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Summer is over, and Asha and Alex haven't had a decent case in months. But just as a chill begins to stir the air, and the autumn leaves start to turn, Dr. Wright from the Fairfleet Institute comes to them with a cryptic note, signed by “The Witch of Waverly College,” about Hannah Grimthorpe, the notorious witch from Northbrook’s colonial past. This is the perfect case to breathe new life into the agency, but distractions come their way as school activities divide their attention.

This brief, but quite remarkable, look at the life and work of Tolstoy includes a critical analysis of his novels, as well as his ethical philosophy. Includes a judicious selection of photographs....

Classic horror stories from the 19th and early 20th centuries - annotated for modern listeners. This collection of stories and poems was originally selected with oral readability in mind, making this audiobook a sure-fire hit for listening to around the campfire at night, or to play for students - or for friends and family at Halloween get-togethers. For horror fans of all ages, these stories are guaranteed to intrigue, delight, and frighten!

Unter dem Druck außerirdischer Mächte sieht die Menschheit keine andere Wahl als mit einem von Perry Rhodan inszenierten Bluff den Untergang der Erde vorzutäuschen. Doch die auf diese Weise erkaufte Ruhe täuscht, denn aus einer Unterwasserkuppel am Grunde des Atlantiks taucht ein geheimnisvoller Fremder auf, der die Terraner jäh wieder mitten in das galaktische Geschehen katapultiert: Atlan, der arkonidische Kristallprinz.

With his promotion to a field operative, “Twigs” thought it was finally his time to step into the spotlight and be the hero he always wanted to be. However, when he finds himself working alongside "Shiver", the most dangerous woman in the whole megatropolis of Umbrae, he soon realizes that he might just be the sidekick.

In a world gone wrong, heroes and villains are not always easy to distinguish and every individual has the ability to contribute something powerful. In this stunning collection of original and rediscovered stories of tragedy and hope, the stars are a diverse group of students, street kids, good girls, kidnappers, and child laborers pitted against their environments, their governments, differing cultures, and sometimes one another as they seek answers in their dystopian worlds.

The golden age of the short story was in Victorian and Edwardian times, when authors made a living by contributing to literary magazines and journals. These popular journals threw up such literary greats as Dickens, Conan Doyle, Rider Haggard, and Jerome K. Jerome. Many of the great writers are undeservedly neglected by modern audience...but what a pleasure it is to rediscover the literary treasures that delighted our great grandparents!

FNH Audio presents 10 short stories from the classic era of science fiction....

Die künstlich geschaffene Hohlwelt im Leerraum zwischen der Milchstraße und der Andromeda-Galaxis ist die vollkommenste Falle, der Menschen jemals begegnet sind. Nie zuvor hat sich Perry Rhodan in einer auswegloseren Lage befunden, als im Inneren von Horror, wie er und seine Gefährten den Planeten genannt haben.

Inviting you to explore and question! Making the Bible come to life, this audiobook rhymes and helps people of all ages learn 12 reasons why the Bible is reliable and verifiable. But I’ll let you make up your mind and come to a conclusion of whether or not the Bible is the absolute truth.

Als der Robotregent erfährt, dass der Untergang der Erde nichts als ein genialer Bluff Perry Rhodans war, wendet er sich mit der Bitte um Unterstützung gegen eine schreckliche Gefahr an die Menschheit. Immer häufiger werden Planeten der Milchstraße aus dem Unsichtbaren attackiert und auf geheimnisvolle Weise entvölkert. Atlan, der Unsterbliche, erinnert sich an ähnliche Vorfälle in ferner Vergangenheit, als er auf der Erde die "Festung Atlantis" errichtete.

My Korean Mom is a bittersweet love letter from Mary H. K. Choi to her mother that hopes to convey the frustration, shame, loyalty, and searing adoration that's part and parcel of being the kid of an immigrant. It's not as if she could tell her mother to her face how much she loves her. That's just not how it's done.

The celebrated museums of the Fairfleet Institute are known for curating the mysteries of humanity. But they don’t solve mysteries. Luckily, twelve-year-old friends Alex Foster and Asha Singh of the AA Detective Agency do. Or they will … once they get a real case to test their skills as sleuths.

Included in this collection: "Who Killed Zebedee" by Wilkie Collins, read by Sean Barrett; "Blue Suit" by Edgar Wallace, read by Paul Panting; "A Mysterious Case" by Anna Katharine Green, read by Liza Ross; "The Crooked Man" by Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Stephen Thorne; "Vendetta" by Guy de Maupassant, read by Liza Ross; "The Sapient Monkey" by Headon Hill, read by Paul Panting; and more....

Immer noch zieht der mysteriöse Schwarm durch die Milchstraße; aufgrund der Strahlungswelle, die das kosmische Gebilde aussendet, werden die Bewohner der Galaxis in den Zustand der Verdummung versetzt. Auf zahllosen Welten herrschen Chaos und Verzweiflung. Nur wenige Immune gibt es, darunter Perry Rhodan, die terranischen Mutanten und die Zellaktivatorträger. Gemeinsam nehmen sie den Kampf gegen das grausame Schicksal und die unheimlichen Fremden auf, die den Sternenschwarm lenken. Mit einem kleinen Raumschiff, der GOOD HOPE, und einer verzweifelten Gruppe von Gefährten folgt Perry Rhodan den Schiffen des Schwarms.

Are you tired of your kids thinking that you can’t be as funny as dad? Are you ready to make your kids crack up with these witty and so bad that they are good jokes? Have you been telling the same old jokes and getting little to no laughs? Mom Jokes is the perfect ammo you will need to fire out quick and clever jokes and riddles to your family when they least expect it.

Auf seiner Suche nach Hilfe im Kampf gegen die Galaktischen Händler erhält Perry Rhodan bei einem Ausflug in die Unendlichkeit von ES, dem Geisteswesen des Planeten Wanderer, eine geheimnisvolle Waffe - den Fiktivtransmitter - mit dessen Hilfe er den Springersippen eine schwere Schlappe beibringen kann. Doch die Patriarchen der Springer geben nicht auf.

Der trügerische Frieden, der auf Terra herrscht, wird durch Sabotageakte gestört, hinter denen sich ein geheimnisumwitterter Unbekannter namens Overhead verbirgt...

Das Notsignal des auf dem Mond havarierten arkonidischen Schiffes lockt außerirdische Intelligenzen ins Solsystem. Die Menschheit, die Perry Rhodan gerade vor der atomaren Selbstvernichtung bewahrt hat, sieht sich den gefaehrlichen Individualverformern gegenueber. Rhodan entdeckt auf der Venus eine uralte Basis, die er in den Besitz der von ihm gegruendeten Dritten Macht bringen kann. Dort schult er parapsychologisch begabte Menschen, positive Mutanten mit ungewoehnlichen Faehigkeiten.

No one knows what really happened on that summer day a year ago, but the world has gone straight to hell since. Matt, Johnny, Kent, and Steve have made their way through the Midwestern Wasteland to an abandoned farmhouse that looks almost too good to be true. The kitchen is fully-stocked, and the locks on the doors will hold against intruders. The men settle in for the first good night's sleep they've had in months. They don't get it.