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Emma loves music. She loves the boom boom boom of a good bass beat. She loves the stomp stomp stomp her feet make when she dances. She loves to rock out with her mom, her dad, and her little sister. And she loves to twang, strum, and thrum on her guitar.

Teorien om ingenting handler om alt det, der ikke er noget - i hvert tilfælde ikke noget, vi rigtigt forstår. Universet er stort, og i forhold til pladsen er der forsvindende lidt i det store vakuum. Det synlige stof, vi kender og selv er lavet af, er små bølger i kvantefelter og fylder kun omkring fem procent af universets hele, mens det mørke stof og den mørke energi fylder resten. Oven i købet tyder alle observationer på, at universet udvider sig, så det synlige materiale kommer til at fylde mindre og mindre i forhold til ‘ingenting’, som der på sin vis bliver mere og mere af.

Nowhere Park is a haven for troubled kids. On the first night of summer, magic doorways appear in each of the seven cities of the southwest, and all the bastard boys and wild girls come running to answer the call. No adults, no police, no laws can follow them through. There are only a few rules to the Park, and the first is to obey the king. Legend has it that anyone who breaks the rules will be cut down by the Snipes — huge scorpion creatures with sword-like claws.

Några småpojkar som är ute och leker i skogen hittar en död kvinna. Kvinnan har blivit strypt, hennes kläder är sönderrivna och allting tyder på att det är ett sexmord. Den enda ledtråden efter mördaren tycks vara den röda Golf som setts lämna området strax efter mordet. Kvinnans mobiltelefon saknas, och kommissarie Johan Axberg och hans kollegor vid Sundsvallspolisen har inte mycket att gå efter när de tar upp jakten på mördaren. Samtidigt har Axbergs bäste vän läkaren Erik Jensen fått personliga problem.

More and more space arks are landing on Lumera. The humans' new home is breathtakingly beautiful, but dangerous plants and bestial predators punish every careless step. Sophisticated aliens keep themselves hidden, and they may be superior to humans. The human colony is beset by internal conflict. A civil war threatens.

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.

When the security director of the powerful corporation Nebulaco dies under mysterious circumstances, courier Sai Collins has one last top-secret delivery to make on his behalf. Sai has come a long way from her street-kid childhood, but she has her secrets - namely that she’s a cyber-psi, a computer telepath who can connect to the grid without hardware. A talent she’s going to desperately need.

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.

On Earth, desperate survivors flock to the portal, hoping for a better life on Lumera. As passage is denied, the situation threatens to escalate. A team of humans and Kidj'Dan sets out to recover more portals to restore peace, but they find a deadly threat that can be turned into a fearsome weapon. The powder keg threatens to explode. How far does the trust in the counterpart reach? Who will press the red button first?

When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me. And so we meet our deliciously incisive narrator: a popular English professor whose husband, a charismatic professor at the same small liberal arts college, is under investigation for his inappropriate relationships with his former students. The couple have long had a mutual understanding when it comes to their extramarital pursuits, but with these new allegations, life has become far less comfortable for them both.

The Earth is dying. For centuries, the continents have been sinking into the oceans. What is left of them has turned into a burning desert. In the 24th century, the last humans live in tightly-packed domes. Outside, agonizing heat death awaits. But, there is a glimmer of hope: Lumera. The humans have founded a colony in another solar system and made a fragile peace with the Kidj'Dan, an alien race living there. But terraforming, which the telepathic aliens hope will help Earth's inhabitants, takes more time than Earth has.

Four men gather in Stockholm. Each has existed on the fringes of Stockholm society. Each has a past that just won't let him go. Then a plan falls into their laps. A plan to steal millions from the largest cash facility in Sweden. At first the scheme seems foolproof, every contingency covered, every detail planned perfectly. But is everyone involved who they say they are? Can they ever really hope to pull off such an extraordinary crime?

När Jerker Gudmundsson på Nationella Operativa Avdelningen (NOA) får i uppdrag att lösa mordet på tre kommunalråd börjar en resa in i beställningsmordens värld på dark web, men leder snart till en kamp mot terrorism. Jerker Gudmudsson är en medelålders polis, alltför glad i mat och dryck, men det hindrar honom inte från att, tillsammans medsina kollegor, ta sig an fallet och dessutom möta kärleken i den unga filippinska bartendern Marilyn.

Speaking Up for Each Other has 24 award-winning short stories by talented young writers. These stories are original, enjoyable, and contain a rich variety of themes and situations ranging from a helpless girl living in fear of her own family to a robot contemplating what's best for its employer.

Stephen Noble, a board member of Dragon Gate Industries (DGI), is decapitated. DGI, a front company for wizards, decides to provide executive protection services for Noble's son, Graham, and daughter, Rayna. But Graham doesn't trust wizards and refuses their offer, so DGI hires Jonathan Shade and his team to keep the Noble family safe.

Der "Hundertjährige" ist zurück - jetzt endlich die Fortsetzung des Weltbestsellers! Was als beschauliche Heißluftballonfahrt zum 101. Geburtstag geplant war, endet für Allan Karlsson auf hoher See, wo er von einem nordkoreanischen Schiff aufgefischt wird. Als er erfährt, dass der Kapitän in geheimer Mission für Kim Jong-un unterwegs ist, nimmt das nächste wahnwitzige politische Abenteuer für Allan Karlsson seinen Lauf.

Överläkaren Erik Jensen försvinner obegripligt i kulverten under en nattjour på Sundsvalls sjukhus. Kommissarie Johan Axberg kopplar snabbt ihop fallet med psykiatrikern Thomas Hoffman, som försvann spårlöst på samma plats tre dygn tidigare. När Hoffman senare hittas brutalt mördad i ett skogsparti tyder allt på att han har hållits fången i ett par dygn för att sedan bli ihjälslagen. I både Hoffmans och Jensens fall har gärningsmannen lämnat efter sig en dominobricka.

A couple of jerks wake me up at the crack of noon. Seems my klepto uncle stole an ancient deck of Tarot cards from a high-powered wizard, and too many losers want to ruin my day to get them back. The cards are cool, so I check them out, but my magic-happy cousin, Sabrina, tells me I'm not supposed to touch them. Oops. Too late. Now the damn cards are tuned to me, and if someone else wants to use them, I have to die. Why couldn't she have led with that information?

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.

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...