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The dead won't stay buried in Denver, so Jonathan Shade isn't too surprised when a deceased woman shows up wanting to hire him. A necromancer stalker has stolen her heart - literally - and she needs it if she's going to live.

Anders, ein Kleinkrimineller - seit seinen zahllosen Gefängnisaufenthalten nur noch "Mörder Anders" genannt -, ist frisch aus dem Knast entlassen und braucht einen neuen Job. Da kommt ihm die Begegnung mit der geschäftsfreudigen Pfarrerin Johanna, die wegen ihrer atheistischen Gesinnung arbeitslos geworden ist, gerade recht. Zusammen mit dem Hotelmitarbeiter Per gründen sie eine "Körperverletzungsagentur" mit Anders in der Rolle des Auftragsschlägers.

Fika is a Swedish word which means to have a social coffee break with cakes, and Spacetime Fika is a podcast where Jonas Enander meets people from the world of science to have an informal talk – like having a fika! – about how the universe works and how we have figured that out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victor Svensson, un tipo ambicioso y sin escrúpulos, se casa con la hija de un multimillonario galerista en los últimos momentos de la vida de este. Cuando el hombre fallece, Victor engaña a su mujer y logra hacerse con el negocio y ver colmadas por fin sus ansias de dinero y poder. Sin embargo, la aparición en escena de un hijo bastardo de Victor, fruto de una antigua relación, podría dar al traste con sus planes, y no está dispuesto a permitirlo.

Oft werden wir im Alltagsstress von unseren Gefühlen übermannt und wissen nicht, wie wir mit unseren Ängsten umgehen oder unsere innere Stärke wiederfinden können. Hier kann die stoische Philosophie eine große Hilfe sein. Schon in der Antike war sie eine der erfolgreichsten lebensphilosophischen Schulen. Um 300 vor Christus von Zenon von Kition gegründet und von großen Denkern wie Seneca, Mark Aurel und Epiktet vertreten, ist sie bis heute unschlagbar in ihrer stringenten Art, Gelassenheit und Gleichmut gegenüber den Untiefen des Lebens zu vermitteln.

The Redeemed (Sarah Roberts Book Eleven) Four Catholic priests have been murdered in Los Angeles; each killed differently. Each priest's name is carved into a small crucifix found with the body. Someone with a deep-rooted hatred of Catholicism is targeting priests with a suspected history of deviant behavior. The lead detective, David Hirst, calls on his friend Parkman for help and asks if he could bring Sarah Roberts along. Since Sarah is on a quest to redeem herself with her colleague Parkman after she had let him down in the past, she agrees to go to L.A. and do whatever she can to aid ...

Twisted Fate: Tales of Horror (A Collection of Stories of Terror) The Reaper - Jacob is a young boy who insists that his name is Mark and that he used to live in a nearby village in the 1930s. His parents agree to drive him to the village if only to put his delusions to rest. When they arrive, they discover that their son is right and that there's a bigger plan in place, and their family is at the very center of it. The Reaper is waiting - and he's been there all along. The Painting - A painting in Matt's home office has him spooked. On the surface, it's nothing more than a landscape scene....

Snön ligger tung i Sundsvall den Luciakväll när den före detta rockstjärnan Rick Johnson under mycket egendomliga omständigheter mördas på ett hotellrum. Kommissarie Johan Axberg inleder en utredning som visar att superstjärnans glättiga fasad dolde många obehagliga överraskningar, däribland nära kontakter med den ryska maffian. Det hela kompliceras av att det enda vittne som sett mördaren på nära håll ligger i koma på Sundsvalls sjukhus. Och samtidigt planerar mördaren att slå till igen.

Det är den kallaste vintern på decennier och kylan slår hårt mot det lilla jämtländska samhället Svartviken. Byns uppskattade luciafirande står för dörren, men själva lucian, sextonåriga Ebba Lindgren, dyker inte upp till sin egen kröning. Hon lämnade hemmet för att gå de femhundra meterna till kyrkan, men kom aldrig fram. Nya och gamla konflikter blossar upp när alla plötsligt misstänker alla. Efter fem dagar lägger polisen i Östersund ner sökandet efter Ebba. Dagen därpå hittas hennes lärare brutalt knivhuggen till döds i sitt kök.

Det är valborg i Uppsala - studenternas stora högtid. Men den uppslupna stämningen förtas när två kvinnliga studenter våldtas inom loppet av några dygn. Kort därpå hittas ännu ett offer. Den här gången är kvinnan strypt till döds och utstuderat placerad i den anatomiska teatern i en av universitetets äldre byggnader. Oron sprider sig och polisen befarar att det kommer begås fler brutala överfall.

Math and science require a heightened state of concentration. It needs rational, sequential, and analytical ways to solve issues. The prefrontal cortex of your brain, which sits just below your brow, is thought to be involved in concentration when you're in focused mode. Mathematical ideas are often more abstractly encoded than those of common language, and it is possible that humans have not developed through millennia to manage them. Because of their abstraction and encryption, it's possible to think about math and science, but it takes more time and effort to do so.

Whether you want to reset your career, strike out on your own, or just ignite more joy in what you do, this Illuminating book shows you how to create a working life that reveals meaning while rewriting our collective future. When we connect with something larger than ourselves, we enjoy the fruits of our labour as well as the journey - the sweat and the struggle. It's the unyielding commitment to a purpose that gives shapers their shimmer. The benefits of this shine are plentiful: enhanced well-being, more community engagement, a healthier economy, and better work for all.

Einmal um die Erde in den Triathlon-Disziplinen Schwimmen, Laufen und Radfahren. Ganz auf sich allein gestellt macht Jonas Deichmann das Unmögliche möglich. Während die Welt im Lockdown verharrt, umrundet er sie in 14 Monaten voller Grenzerfahrungen und Momente größten Glücks. Deichmann schwimmt durch die Adria, fährt mit dem Fahrrad 20 000 Kilometer bis nach Wladiwostok und durchläuft Mexiko in 120 Marathons.

An insane look into Aaron's life before he met Sarah Roberts in her series! Aaron Stevens's sister has gone missing. She's an adult entertainer, and the police aren't taking it too seriously, so Aaron Stevens takes the law into his own hands. As he uncovers connections between a series of brutal murders that have the Toronto police baffled, Aaron gets too close to the truth. He finds himself targeted by a billionaire who doesn't care how many people have to die to keep his secret hidden. With unlimited resources, The Specter eliminates anyone who dares threaten his empire. Aaron's amateur ...

Twists of Fate (Tales of Hope): The earliest writings of Jonas Saul! Some of these stories were written years before he ever wrote a novel. Readers familiar with his Sarah Roberts Series may notice an earlier version of that storyline developing in some tales. The stories include: - A man sees the future in a freak occurrence and saves the lives of people he was connected to for several decades but didn’t know existed. - A 911 operator receives a request for help that mystifies her because it’s her own emergency. - A woman suffering from face blindness (prosopagnosia) is robbed and ...

Jack Talon, a former US Marshal and infamous gunslinger, is dying of tuberculosis when he arrives in Silver Plume, Colorado with his lovely wife, Sonya. He just wants to do a bit of gambling and get on with the business of dying. Instead, he finds himself face to face with Christopher Smythe, a vampire who holds a grudge against the mayor of the town. The mayor hires Jack to kill the vampire, but what Jack doesn't know is that his wife sees the vampire as Jack's salvation. Vampires don't get sick. Vampires live forever.

När överläkare Pia Fjällstedt försvinner under mystiska omständigheter, blir det inte vilket fall som helst för Sundsvallspolisen. Åtminstone inte för kriminalinspektör Sofia Waltin, eftersom Pia Fjällstedt är hennes faster. Dessutom har Sofias pappa länge haft en konflikt med sin syster och hamnar högt upp på listan över dem som kan tänkas ha med försvinnandet att göra. Också Sofias kollega Johan Axberg får problem att skilja yrkesroll från privata bekymmer när hans nya flickvän blir misshandlad av sin exman.

Have you ever noticed that sometimes life just feels easier? Especially when judgement, of you or anyone else, ceases to exist?brbr What if you could function from that space all the time? What if gratitude is the key?brbr Join our hosts and their guests for an exploration of creating from the space of gratitude. We're going beyond saying thank you and no topic is off limits.brbr What difference can you create in your life and the world from the energy, space and consciousness of gratitude?

Everett is a down-on-his-luck magical tradesman just trying to make a living. He has manifested the seven spells required to earn the rank of Journeyman Magicker, but few of his spells are useful enough to earn coin, and when he does manage to find work, he is often paid in farm produce. His life is simple, ponderous, and unexciting. Then, almost miraculously, he manifests an eighth spell: Beautiful Woman, come forth! And this is when his troubles truly begin. Potatoes, Come Forth! is a fantasy novel of 89,400 words or approximately 357 pages.

Tout condamnait Nombeko l'analphabète, née dans le ghetto de Soweto en 1960, à une vie anonyme. Mais un accident de voiture et son incroyable facilité à manier les chiffres...