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Januar 1948. Der Absturz eines erfahrenen Piloten sorgt für ein reges Aufsehen am Militärflughafen von Fort Knox in Kentucky. Eine Maschine des Typ Mustang P-51 ist aus unerklärlichen Gründen abgestürzt, obwohl ihr Pilot eine beträchtliche Anzahl Flugstunden aufzuweisen hatte und sogar für seine herausragenden Leistungen im Kampf um die Normandie hoch ausgezeichnet war. Niemand glaubt an einen Fehler des Piloten. Seit einiger Zeit häufen sich die Gerüchte, das Jagdflugzeug sei durch Fremdeinwirkung zum Absturz gebracht worden. Doch wie viel Wahrheit steckt hinter dem Gerede der Leute?

"How high does this chair go?" is a question Boone Butterfinkle will never ask his barber again. The chair doesn't stop until a vortex sucks Boone through the ceiling, thrusting him into a world equipped to stop his bullying. If only Brianne Watchler hadn't gone from geeky to drop-dead-gorgeous overnight and refused to be his girl, Boone wouldn't have wreaked havoc on every boy who looked her way. Now he's in a world that specializes in deprogramming bullies by turning them into robots, and Boone's their main target.

Anna didn't even know she had an aunt. Aunt Moira had appeared the day after Anna's parents died in a car crash: a tall grey figure through the screen door, silhouetted against the bright sun. The neighbors welcomed her - they were relieved to get Anna off their hands and into the custody of a relative. But Anna hadn't warmed to her aunt or her pug, whose eyes eerily tracked Anna's every move.

"E Johnny prese il fucile" è un audiodramma in teatro: ogni spettatore, dotato di radio-cuffia, ha vissuto l'esperienza sonora ed emotiva della dimensione acustica, immergendosi nella narrazione in modo totalizzante. Un doloroso monologo amplificato nella sua potenza dall’impiego del microfono binaurale: questa forma di ripresa sonora è impiegata in particolare dal mondo musicale e da qualche anno anche per la registrazione di radiodrammi. Il palco si è trasformato in uno studio radiofonico e la luce rossa della registrazione è accesa.

Broadway star Margo Channing, played to perfection here by Tallulah Bankhead, is at the top of her game and has successful collaborations with her husband, playwright Lloyd Richards and close friend, director Bill Sampson. Enter centre stage, Eve Harrington, a manipulative minx that uses and abuses the lives of Margo and her friends to fulfil her ambitions of theatre stardom. As she manoeuvres her way into taking over Margo's part in the current Broadway hit.

Illuminati want Shale's ancient scrolls and they'll stop at nothing to find them. Shale and Daniel will do everything to conceal them. The battle rages from Jerusalem to Shambhala as they search for Daniel's father. With the apocalypse looming, Shale must choose between mortal love and immortality.

The Academy's watches appear to have taken a sinister agenda placing all the students in harm's way, leaving one question on everybody's lips. Who is attempting this sabotage? Meanwhile, in an undisclosed location, lies the Salamander clan pulled unwillingly deep into Steel's schemes of world tyranny. Also hidden from the world, trapped deep in the swamps with no hope of escape, Jade Steel suffers at the hands of the deadly Lizard Lord's daughter.

Brother witches Josh and Chris have sacrificed a great deal for their magical responsibilities. Their aunt, Kathy, is the only family they have left, and together they must face their enemies to keep them from targeting any more victims. But when Kathy is put in the hospital after an attack, the boys are a witch short.

Michael is a young man in modern England, minding his own business in the local library. Life turns on its head, however, when he has a powerful dream, full of symbols and foreshadowing. After awakening the next morning, he is compelled to seek answers of his dream: a quest that soon draws him into the beautiful and magical land of Aylosia.

With the local vampire coven decimated, Julia and Nicholas try to begin a somewhat normal life together. Bound by secrecy from a shape shifter determined to see Julia's world-saving prediction come to fruition, Julia isn't allowed to tell Nicholas the leader survived, ransacking her happiness with guilt. When Alora returns, bent on revenge, the reunion forces Nicholas and Julia to choose what they are willing to live and die for.

Spanning centuries and continents, Mamet uses war and its players to explore, among other themes, redemption and forgiveness as they unfold in the context of conflict in the form of three novellas. Finely wrought, Mamet eloquently depicts the psychological brutality conflict raises in the landscape of the mind.

John Phillip Santos won immense acclaim for his book Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation, a finalist for the National Book Award. In this beautifully written new book, Santos tells of how a family—his mother’s—erased and forgot over time their ancient origins in Spain. Blending genres brilliantly, Santos raises profound questions about whether we can ever find our true homeland and what we can learn from our treasured, shared cultural legacies.

In the latest chapter of his best-selling Joshua series, Joseph Girzone offers fresh inspiration in this collection of fifty never-before-published contemporary vignettes that underscore the most important lessons of the gospel. In The Parables of Joshua, perhaps his most powerful since since the original Joshua, Girzone distills the essence of Christian teaching in entertaining and inspiring "bite-sized" tales set against the background of current society.

The History: Thousands of years ago, a renegade faction of angels abandoned the spiritual realm and began their inhabitation of earth. Worshiped as gods for their wisdom and power, they corrupted our realm and altered the course of human civilization. Amidst the chaos of a dying world, a prophet foretold the awakening of a human who would bring an end to this evil. But the cataclysmic destruction of our planet forced a rebirth of humanity. The prophecy faded from the memory of our kind and went unfulfilled - until now!

With one kiss, Tatiana has discovered a love for a man she'd hated - the prince of Natatoria. Through the botched rescue attempt by her father against this union, an army of rebels has revealed their identity and intentions - treason. Caught between the bond and her family, Tatiana, the future Queen, must overcome the promise to fight for what's right and uncover the truths of the past or all will become Everlost.

After a series of devastating events, a gifted seventeen-year-old Israeli boy becomes the focus of a wager between good and evil. He travels through time to first century Israel and meets a doctor who becomes his mentor. When he unwittingly makes a pact with the devil and the girl he loves is betrothed to another, his life takes a different course - until his eyes are opened. Trapped in the seventh dimension, how far will God go to save him?

The only thing worse than dying, is running away... Since becoming employed by a supernatural protection agency, Natalie Johnson's life has been more interesting than ever. While most teens are working on their summer tans, Natalie works on slaughtering the undead lurking just outside her town's borders.

Revenge is a dish best served cold, and the angel, Black, has waited nearly ten years to serve up his own brand of vengeance upon Brody West and the Descendants who helped to consign his spirit to Tartarus. Unfortunately, none of the Descendants were aware that Southresh and Anubis managed to release their brother before Grayson Stone's demise at Tidus.

As a young boy, Ryder lived with his family, deep in the caves underneath the Kadin Forest, unaware of the horrors of the world. His simple world was turned upside down one horrible night when Grishma attacked his family, killing his father and kidnapping his mother and younger sister.

The only thing she stands to lose are her shoes.Cinderella is an ordinary teenage girl, with an extraordinary name. But because of that name, she and her cousins, Belle, Aurora, Ariel, and Snow White suffer years of torment from their peers. Then as the girls enter high school and the enticing world of dating, a life-altering decision must be made. Is it finally time to stop fighting, and surrender to the fairy tale clichés that have been holding them back? By embracing their names, the girls discover an inner-strength they never knew existed.