Hard Child

Eigentlich wollte er nur einen Kaffee trinken - doch dann wird Jack Reacher Zeuge einer Geldübergabe. Frau und Tochter eines Millionärs sind verschleppt worden. Steckt wirklich nur eine Entführung mit Lösegeldforderung dahinter, oder hat es mit den schmutzigen Machenschaften des ach so besorgten Edward Lane zu tun, der sein Vermögen als Vermittler für Söldner gemacht hat? Reachers Instinkt für krumme Sachen ist geweckt. Er nimmt sich der Sache an - und gerät zwischen ungeahnte Fronten.

In einer Kleinstadt in Indiana schießt ein Heckenschütze scheinbar wahllos in eine Menschenmenge. Die Spur führt zu James Barr, der Jahre zuvor seinen Job als Scharfschütze bei der Army verlor, weil er ein ähnliches Massaker angerichtet hatte. Sein Vorgesetzter damals: Jack Reacher. Und nach Reacher fragt Barr nun, als man ihn festnimmt. Ausgerechnet Reacher - hatte dieser doch damals geschworen, Barr eines Tages ein für alle Mal hinter Gitter zu bringen.

Master criminal Christmas "Crazy-Eyes" Parker is trying to plan an impossible heist of a mysterious package she was contracted to steal, while also trying to track down and kill her government contact Horace Murchison, who double-crossed her and her men. Meanwhile, Detective Ben Weizmann attempts to track down Parker as part of a wider case against her boss, ruthless industrial magnate Atusa Navarro, whom Weizmann-correctly-suspects of being the lynchpin of a conspiracy between the government and organized crime.

Jack's got a great life. Successful at work and in love. He appears to have it all. A thoughtful gift soon leads to events that make those closest to him question what they have always thought true. Circumstances compromise his happiness, integrity, and in fact, his whole life.

After moving from Korea to New York, Doki and his twin brother Kebi have been settling into their new home. Doki has so many new books to read! But Kebi hasn't been adjusting as easily. He has no friends! And his pranks on New York City haven't been working. Subway delays. Traffic jams. Scary smoke. New Yorkers have seen it all! It's up to Doki to cheer his brother up and come up with pranks big enough to shock their New York City neighbors in this humorous and heartwarming story inspired by the Korean mythology of dokkaebi.

Esme tells us about the night she and her mother became "egg vigilantes" against an illegally parked car; her freewheeling first school, where kids sat on sofas instead of at desks and could choose disco dancing instead of math; her dangerous neighborhood, which her father made seem friendly and wondrous; the Passover dinner when she stole a matzoh right out from under a rabbi; the awe-inspiring, life-threatening Chicago snowstorms; and lessons about love from tea-reading gypsies and Popeye cartoons.

Finding Robert chronicles a family’s journey through the world of developmental disorders. It depicts the struggles faced, examines decisions made, and offers a thorough analysis of the therapies utilized. Amid sadness and confusion, with strength and resolve, Robert and Catherine regained their son. This is their story.

Can artificial intelligence write a novel? In 2174, authors are obsolete. With the exception of a few human "author" titles printed in the small basement and back room libraries, all stories are created by the Artificial Intelligence of the Archive. Most believe the "authors" are only brands to lure people into spending their credits on print. One woman believes that one of them, author Hugh Howey, is real and still alive.

In this enchanting tale, Larry and Mary encounter a colorful cast of characters, from the flamboyant Colonel McPherson to the regal pharaoh with pneumonia. As they journey through meadows of bougainvillea and witness the power of a tsunami, Larry and Mary teach young listeners the value of friendship, perseverance, and the joy of embracing new challenges. Written in delightful rhymes reminiscent of classic children's literature, Hard to Say It not only entertains but also serves as an educational tool.

Believing in miracles can be hard work. Twelve-year-old Amelia Forrest has a lot to pray for: improving her bad grades, fixing her strained relationship with her mama, and most importantly, dealing with her guilt over the role she played in her daddy's death.

Eggworth is a hardboiled egg. In this book, Eggworth goes on a field trip with his class and starts to think about what he will be good at when he grows up. His imagination carries him to faraway lands and comical scenarios. With his birthday and Easter around the corner, Eggworth finds out... he might be great at being an Easter egg.

Learning from humans, when the supercomputers became self-aware, they warred with one another heralding in an apocalypse for humanity.

A man sensing something ominous is on its way prepares a bunker and chronicles a foreseeable tale of genetic engineering and corporate greed gone horribly wrong when a plant HIV - a PIV, plant immunodeficiency virus (HIV is human) - attacks our plant crops.

A CDC, Center for Disease Control, task force commander leads his unit into a small town where all the residents have died of a pathogen that left no trace. Soon he and his unit find themselves at odds. He knows that these are test sites for some unknown, undetectable weapon and a finale is coming.

Using advances in genetic engineering and manipulation, two fast food companies war with one another through their customers.

A solar cataclysm heralds in an apocalypse, in which life on Earth, struggling to rise above a new dark age and a lunar research facility struggling to survive reunite 500 years later in an expected, yet unexpected way.

You’ve tried to eat healthy many times. You’ve probably found by now it is not the easiest thing to do. It can be challenging to get all the right nutrients to achieve good health. There is so much junk food around you all the time and the world doesn’t make it very easy on you. People your around always seem to influence your eating habits. The problem with this is most people don’t eat healthy foods. You're busy, it's expensive and time-consuming. Sound familiar? If it does, then the information inside this book will give you the answers you are looking for.

Earth's first interstellar mission arrives at the exoplanet Alpha Centauri Bb, believing it to be uninhabitable, to discover the joys and horrors of near light-speed travel.

"Ninety days has September, April, June, and November..." is an antiquated rhyme because for an unknown reason, the Earth is spinning faster and faster, and a day is far, far fewer than 24 hours and getting shorter. It's cataclysmic, but most importantly...humanity is persevering.

A civilization experiencing global cooling that will herald in a new ice, age follows in the path of denial that plagued a long extinct civilization.