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Caprock, Texas is a sleepy cow town until oil is discovered in the 1920s. Suddenly thousands of people stream in to find their fortune. Some are honest folk like Elise and Victor Underwood, who pray for a little luck with their daily bread. But too many are two-bit swindlers. And then there’s frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty. Sheriff Dave Buckalew faces a whole different set of circumstances as his town springs to life — in good and not-so-good ways.

Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister Emma is born deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. A big fantasy reader, Jilly connects with another fan, Derek, who is African American and a deaf ASL user. She goes to Derek for advice but doesn't always know the best way to ask for it and makes some mistakes along the way. Jilly has to step back to learn to be an ally, a sister, and a friend, understanding that life works in different ways for different people, and that being open to change can make you change in the best possible ways.

Nach dem Tod seiner Eltern kommt der Junge Steven in die Obhut des exzentrischen Mr Abney. Sein neues Heim ist ein altes, verwahrlostes Herrenhaus auf dem Land. Eines Tages macht Steven beim Spielen einen Fund, der alles verändert... Ursprünglich erschienen als "Nachtmahr 03 Verlorene Herzen".

The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable - and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face....Michael Havel was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane’s engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident.

For Lawson, the horrors that stalked the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh were more than just those of war. After being forcibly given the gift of undeath by the mysterious vampire queen LaRouge, Lawson chose to cling to what remained of his humanity and fought his way free of the Dark Society's clutches.

Eine Geschichte über Sehnsucht, Schneeflocken und Weihnachtswunder... Patricias langgehegter Traum erfüllt sich, als sie ein Volontariat bei einem berühmten Lifestylemagazin in New York antritt. Für die Karriere nimmt sie die Trennung von ihrer Familie in Kauf und beendet rigoros die bröckelnde Beziehung zu ihrem Freund. Nach ein paar kleineren Artikeln für das Magazin ergattert sie die Titelstory über den Rocksänger Timothy Clarke, einen bekannten Macho mit dem rauen Charme eines Grizzlybären.

In L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Magic Engineer, Dorrin, a young scion of Order magicians, is interested in forbidden knowledge - the working of machines. He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce, and in order to pursue his invention he must go into exile - in the lands of Chaos. Tortured by the knowledge that to preserve Order he must create new devices for war, Dorrin stands between Recluce and the forces of the Chaos that seek to destroy it.

He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce, and in order to pursue his invention he must go into exile - in the lands of Chaos. Tortured by the knowledge that to preserve Order he must create new devices for war, Dorrin stands between Recluce and the forces of the Chaos that seek to destroy it.

After the disappearance of a suspect and a hastily organized election, the power balance in Leadville and the friendship of Sheriff Gannon and Marshal Spencer are thrown into turmoil. But the unknown forces driving the election, push both men to decide on which side of justice they are willing to reside; lawman or outlaw.

In this genre-defying story from Lygia Day Peñaflor, four teens befriend their favorite YA novelist, only to find their deepest, darkest secrets in the pages of her next book - with devastating consequences. Miri Tan loved the book Undertow like it was a living being. So when she and her friends went to a book signing to hear the author, Fatima Ro, they concocted a plan to get close to her. Told as a series of interviews, journal entries, and segments from the book within the book - this gripping story of a fictional scandal will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Die junge Miss Buckley sucht den Meisterdetektiv auf. Sie bittet ihn, nach einem Mann zu suchen, mit dem sie vor Kurzem eine heftige Liebesaffäre gehabt hatte. Nach dieser verschwand er spurlos. Ist ihm etwas zugestoßen? Und welche Rolle spielen ihr Bruder Marmaduke und die seltsamen Gemälde ihres verstorbenden Vaters?