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It was supposed to be a night to get drunk, a night to get stoned, a night to get laid. But at an after-hours party in a house on the rich side of town, an old acquaintance has walked out of the darkness, dragging the past with him. The meeting is no chance affair, and it can only mean that someone is gunning for Nicki Valentine, someone who's used to getting what he wants and who has the means to take it, whatever the cost.

"Fire it up" for friendship, fun, adventure, mystery, and courage that fill Scary Spring: Our Polio Fright of 1955. Like the Indian-head hood ornament on Aunt Jean's Pontiac Chieftain car that leads the way down dark and scary streets, Pete leads his friend, Carol Ann, on fun and frightening adventures. The two 11-year-olds play fast-paced games of hide and seek, hot potato, and jump rope. They confront their polio vaccine fears, then hunt for tasty treats like homemade cookies or Popsicles from the ice cream man.

Greater Than a Tourist - Clermont Ferrand France by Patricia Ingrid Coelho offers the inside scoop on Clermont Ferrand. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Make the summer scene for friendship, fun, adventure, and mystery that fill Sinister Summer: Cars, Cruisers, and Close Calls, the second volume in a four book series, The 1950s Adventures of Pete and Carol Ann. Join two eleven-year-old, All-American, Southern California kids, Pete and Carol Ann, for patriotic fun and trips around the Southland. Follow them as they set off fireworks on the Fourth of July, learn to surf at Huntington Beach, ride horses in Lytle Creek Canyon, visit Tarzan's jungle at the Los Angeles Arboretum, and have a blast at a backyard Hawaiian luau.

Thunder roars in the cloudy skies over El Monte, Southern California, during October of 1955, as friendship, fun, fall leaves, and mystery fill the pages of Ferocious Fall: Our Wild Weather Escapes, the third volume in a four book series, The 1950s Adventures of Pete and Carol Ann. Join two eleven-year-old, All-American kids, Pete and Carol Ann, and a beagle puppy, as they scramble from one weather-filled adventure to another.

Ride along with two eleven-year-old, All-American kids, Pete and Carol Ann, and a one-year-old beagle hound, as they travel on Route 66 in Hawk's Ride or in Uncle Charlie's "tank" to Santa's Village and Christmas Tree Lane. Join Pete and Carol Ann as they plan a Christmas pageant to raise money for needy families in their 1950s community of El Monte, California. When the money is missing and destruction occurs, can these best friends find clues to trap the crafty crooks who are stealing their holiday joy?

Emma's husband is missing. She keeps house, keeps her five children fed as best as she can, and keeps smiling as her hope fades. But when the days stretch to weeks, she faces the possibility that he will never come home. Left with the likelihood of losing their farm and the ever-present pangs of hunger, she is forced to consider opportunities that, under normal circumstances, she would never contemplate.

The Meeting Planning Process: A Guide to Planning Successful Meetings by certified meeting professional Mary Jo Wiseman offers a common-sense approach to managing the meeting planning process based on the knowledge and experience she garnered over a 20-plus-year career as a corporate meeting and event coordinator. The author’s systematic approach to project management helped her to get and stay focused on the task at hand while handling multiple details, projects, and deadlines throughout her career, and she wants to share her secrets for success with others.

Adam cannot understand Eve - her penchant for naming everything in the garden irks him, as does her boundless curiosity, but he learns, in time, that he cannot live happily without her. And Eve finds that she loves Adam above all things.

Eine Höhle, ein Gewitter und eine Suchmeldung im Rundfunk sind der Anfang eines spannenden Abenteuers mit Pat und Kai, in dem ein geheimnisvoller feuerroter Ball eine ganz entscheidende Rolle spielt.

Pat und Kai haben von der Polizei eine Belohnung erhalten. Gemeinsam mit ihren Eltern und ihrem geheimnisvollen Freund, dem feuerroten Ball, besuchen Sie ihren Onkel in Madagaskar. Bei einem Spaziergang im Dschungel müssen sie mit ansehen, wie der Onkel von Eingeborenen verschleppt und in eine versteckte Pyramide gebracht wird. Pat und Kai wollen ihn mit Hilfe des feuerroten Balls befreien. Wird es ihnen gelingen?

In 2013, journalist Ginger Gorman was trolled online and terrified, but once the attack subsided, she found herself curious. Who were these trolls? How and why did they coordinate such an attack? And how does someone fight back? Over the next five years, Gorman spoke to psychologists, trolling victims, law enforcement, academics and, most importantly, trolls themselves, embedding herself into their online communities and their psyches in ways she had never anticipated. She uncovered links between trolling, cyberhate and real-life crimes.

Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, 400 stainless steel poles, a gash in a mesa, four concrete tubes, and military sheds filled with cubes. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. It also took her through the states of anxiety, drunkenness, disorientation, and heat exhaustion. Spiral Jetta is a chronicle of this journey.

Among the piles of obsolete farm and household implements, haystacks, dust, and debris abandoned in her historic barn, Katie Aldridge discovered a box containing the Civil War letters of Charles Freeman Biddlecom. Painstakingly transcribing and lightly editing more than 100 letters written by the soldier to his wife during his service, Ms. Aldridge resurrected the voice of the Civil War combat soldier. The tone and character of "Charlie's" detailed accounts of the war compelled Ms. Aldridge to find out more.

Irgendwo, in den Tiefen des Alls, findest Du einen einsamen, grauen Planeten. Eine Welt namens... Cungerlan! Nachdem verblendete Fanatiker des Serhildan unter Führung des jungen Shrill-Itzu-Schülers Bor Toth (gesprochen von Jo Weil) durch einen hinterhältigen Anschlag auf die Zollstation von "Galone" die Pläne zur Sanierung des Staatshaushaltes verzögert haben, herrscht in allen Königreichen Cungerlans tiefe Besorgnis und Verunsicherung. Fester denn je entschlossen, Sicherheit und Ordnung umgehend wieder herzustellen, hat der gütige Ayir-Kaiser Erzeboon II. seine fähigsten und charaktervollsten Befehlshaber zu einer Zusammenkunft in den Stählernen Palast von Sanruhn gerufen. Aber die Fanatiker sind ihnen bereits auf den Fersen.

When your life changes where do you find yourself? How do you find yourself? This is a collection of short stories and poems describing the journeys of these women as they cope with life, accept the changes, and discover their new selves.

In einem Antiquitätenladen kommt es zu einem tödlichen Unfall. Als sich der Interessent Pierre Trondell in den Uhrenkasten einer Standuhr beugt, löst sich wie durch Geisterhand das dort eingebaute Fallbeil und enthauptet ihn. Die Vorrichtung scheint von einem Bösen Geist besessen zu sein... oder etwa doch nicht? Es bleibt nicht nur bei einem Opfer von Satans Mörderuhr! Larry Brent, alias X-RAY 3, erfährt von einem Freund von den Ereignissen und übernimmt den Fall...! Auch er gerät in die Räder dieser unheimlichen Standuhr. Gibt es für ihn noch eine Rettung?

Auf einem Wissenschaftskongress in Seoul ist Professor Amos Boaring mit Dr. Frank Haily verabredet, doch dieser erscheint nicht. Professor Boaring lässt das Hotelzimmer öffnen und findet Dr. Haily tot vor. Der Leichnam vertrocknet und ausgehöhlt... Die PSA ist alarmiert und schickt ihre besten Agenten in Sachen "Horrror": Larry Brent und Iwan Kunaritschew...!

In dem kleinen, kahlen Raum brannte nur eine helle Lampe. Sie leuchtete den schmalen Operationstisch aus, auf dem ein Mensch lag. Ein muskulöser Körper zeichnete sich deutlich unter dem weißen Laken ab. Zwei Personen beugten sich über den wehrlosen Körper... den wehrlosen Körper von Iwan Kunaritschew. Wird Larry Brent seinen Freund und Kollegen retten können oder ist es Iwan Kunaritschews Endstation?

Anna Lehner und Melanie Burgstein, zwei gut betuchte Frauen lernen auf Mallorca den Amerikaner Bert Hopeman kennen. Hopeman vermittelt den Damen Ihre Traummänner... allerdings wird aus dem Traum bald ein Albtraum! Die PSA vermutet wieder einen Angriff von Dr. Satanas! Larry Brent und sein Freund Iwan Kunaritschew geraten in ein Abenteuer mit tödlichem Ausgang!