A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of *The Terror* It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the following year, three climbers -- a British poet and veteran of the Great War, a young French Chamonix guide, and an idealistic young American --...
Following an all-out battle with the walking Dead, the Spirit Hunters have fled Philadelphia, leaving Eleanor alone to cope with the devastating aftermath. But there’s more trouble ahead—the evil necromancer Marcus has returned, and his diabolical advances have Eleanor escaping to Paris to seek the help of Joseph, Jie, and the infuriatingly handsome Daniel once again. When she arrives, however, she finds a whole new darkness lurking in this City of Light. As harrowing events unfold, Eleanor is...
Moonset, a coven of such promise . . . Until they turned to the darkness. After the terrorist witch coven known as Moonset was destroyed fifteen years ago—during a secret war against the witch Congress—five children were left behind, saddled with a legacy of darkness. Sixteen-year-old Justin Daggett, son of a powerful Moonset warlock, has been raised alongside the other orphans by the witch Congress, who fear the children will one day continue the destruction their parents started. A...
With the help of her animal companions, Angie has finally located her long-lost grandmother. Charles, Paisley, and Octo-Cat accompany Angie on an impromptu road trip, but this family reunion isn't all hearts and flowers. Join the gang as past and present converge, and both bring new mysteries to solve.
If you've never been to a magical cat wedding, then you are definitely missing out! But with so many supernatural creatures gathered in one small space, there's bound to be a kerfuffle or two. Luckily, Gracie Springs, resident human, wedding planner, and familiar extraordinaire, is on the case.
If Ryu Murakami had written War and Peace As the introduction to this book will tell you, the books by Gromov, obscure and long forgotten propaganda author of the Soviet era, have such an effect on their readers that they suddenly enjoy supernatural powers. Understandably, their readers need to keep accessing these books at all cost and gather into groups around book-bearers, or, as they're called, librarians. Alexei, until now a loser, comes to collect an uncle's inheritance and unexpectedly...
Sometime in the future, the human race realizes how much the population is outgrowing the planet and decides to train people to go explore the galaxy to look for other inhabitable planets. The trainees are chosen for their intelligence at a very young age, then spend their entire childhood learning a skill such as medicine, engineering, physics, etc. When they reach adulthood, the best six of them are sent off to other star systems to spend the rest of their lives searching for a place that may...
An exciting new series featuring Mike “Primetime” Brown, a character from her popular “Black Ops, Inc.” series. For the seven years after Operation Slam Dunk went south, Mike Brown got drunk on each anniversary. The eighth year was no different—until he was drugged by a woman and woke up to her questions about what had happened eight years ago in Afghanistan. CIA attorney Eva Salinas has her own theory behind what happened to Mike’s team—which included her husband—in Afghanistan eight years...
Been there, slain that . . . Ashe Carver, monster-killer, has the scars to prove it. But faced with a custody battle, she's hung up her stakes and taken a job at the public library, determined to show the courts and her ten-year-old daughter that she's as good a mother as she is a hunter. Easier said than done. There are lovelorn vampires haunting the library, a slime demon in the shopping mall, and her new-mom sister needs a hand with her ghostbusting biz. Then, after centuries guarding a...
Humanity is only at the very beginning of the path of studying the universe. The carefree merry man Lupo Devega, idly wasting time, accidentally encounters an alien on the city embankment. The guy does not care about the universal problems and mysteries of the universe, but playfully and having fun, he wedges into the cunning plans of a humanoid.
Scientist Ridge creates models of robots, each of which is becoming more and more perfect. The latest model, a robot named Asso, which Ridge will have to finish working on by making his first flight to Mars.
Obadja er en af de mindre profeter, en samtidig med Jeremias og Ezekiel. Profeten Obadias bog ligger på fjerdepladsen i rækken af bøger om de mindre profeter og består af et kapitel. Det menes, at bogen blev skrevet under det babyloniske fangenskab. Uden undtagelse er alle Obadias profetier rettet mod edomitterne – et folk, der boede sydøst for Judæa og deltog i plyndringen af Jerusalem i 586 f.Kr. e.
Obadja är en av de mindre profeterna, en samtida med Jeremia och Hesekiel. Profeten Obadjas bok ligger på fjärde plats i serien av de mindre profeternas böcker och består av ett kapitel. Man tror att boken skrevs under den babyloniska fångenskapen. Utan undantag är alla profetior från Obadja riktade mot edomiterna – ett folk som bodde sydost om Judéen och deltog i plundringen av Jerusalem 586 f.Kr. e.
Вольтер-просвітитель, що оспівував радощі життя і ненавидів усе, що пригнічує людину, розкривається в своїх філософських повістях («Задіг, або Талан», «Мікромегас», «Кандід, або Оптимізм», «Простак», «Вавилонська царівна»), глибоке ідейне значення і високі художні достоїнства яких ставлять їх у ряд тих творів, що цілком витримали випробування часом.
Infinite Jest is the name of a movie said to be so entertaining that anyone who watches it loses all desire to do anything but watch. People die happily, viewing it in endless repetition. The novel Infinite Jest is the story of this addictive entertainment, and in particular how it affects a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts and a nearby tennis academy, whose students have many budding addictions of their own. As the novel unfolds, various individuals, organisations, and governments...
The family is a social unit based on marriage and blood relations; in the modern sense, it is a group of close relatives (parents, children and others) living together. Having arisen at a certain stage in the development of primitive society, the family subsequently undergoes a number of changes based on the development of production and in connection with the development of forms of marriage and kinship.
The chronicle of the heroism of the Soviet people includes the immortal feat of the Tatar Soviet poet Musa Jalil, a native of the village of Mustafino in the Sharlyk district of the Orenburg (Chkalov) region, who was seriously wounded and captured by the Nazis. Despite the atrocities of the fascists, he managed to organize an underground group. Betrayed by a traitor and sentenced to death, he remained faithful to the party, the Soviet people, and his beloved Homeland until his last breath.
Lo sport ha origini antichissime ed è parte integrante della cultura fisica, un mezzo e un metodo di educazione fisica e un sistema per organizzare gare in vari esercizi fisici.
Diese Sammlung von Gedichten und Geschichten umfasst Themen wie: Liebe, Freundschaft, gebrochene Herzen, Familie, Karriere, Erinnerungen und vieles mehr. Der Autor schafft Bücher mit Seele, Emotionen und eigenen Erinnerungen.
Нова книжка видатного історика, письменника і військового аналітика Віктора Суворова, написана в кращих традиціях бестселерів «Криголам» і «Акваріум» - це грандіозна історична реконструкція подій кінця 1950-х - першої половини 1960-х років, коли в результаті протистояння СРСР і США людство опинилося на межі Третьої світової війни, на волосині від загибелі в глобальній ядерній катастрофі. Складаючи відомі та маловідомі факти й події тих років в єдину мозаїку, автор розповідає про справжні...
Бұл өлеңдер мен әңгімелер жинағы Махаббат, достық, сынған жүректер, отбасы, мансап, естеліктер және т.б. сияқты тақырыптарды қамтиды. Автор жанымен, эмоцияларымен және өз естеліктерімен кітаптар жасайды.