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Im Jahr 1689 verschwindet in Radolfzell ein Mädchen spurlos aus einem adeligen Haushalt, doch nur die Schulmeisterin scheint sich dafür zu interessieren. Fast 200 Jahre später stößt der Dichter Joseph Victor von Scheffel auf einen Brief der Schulmeisterin und will daraus einen historischen Roman machen. Als nach einem Brand die verkohlte Leiche einer jungen Frau auftaucht, ist Scheffel überzeugt, dass es sich dabei um das vermisste Mädchen...
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PERCY'S DILEMMA
As winter nears, Percy is very hungry when he spots an ad for Cardiff Bay. He ventures out on a disaster-prone journey to find food. Along the way, kind strangers help Percy before he discovers adventure and new friends.
THE COSMESTON SECRET
Dai and Nye are Cosmeston's woodland elves and feather rangers, tasked with the important job of collecting fallen feathers for recycling. Exhausted from overwork, they oversleep one morning....
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Harth has been the center of a great spiritual war since the archangel Dom'rel led a rebellion in Eternity many years before. Even the beings that predate the archangels―the Celestials―have taken part. Both have fallen from the Light's grace, leading to primordial conflicts, but humanity has been blessed with a number of heroic gifts. Many of those gifts have lain dormant for centuries, only to resurface now, at Harth's greatest time of need...In...
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Das Heidelberger Altstadtfest. Tausende drängen sich durch die Straßen des historischen Zentrums. Plötzlich fallen Schüsse auf dem Uniplatz, es gibt etliche Tote und Verletzte. Der Täter flüchtet unerkannt.
Der Amoklauf eines Verwirrten? Ein Terroranschlag? Oder die Tat von Rechtsradikalen? Fieberhaft ermitteln Polizei und Geheimdienste. Und auch Privatdetektiv Max Koller wird in den Fall hineingezogen: Flavio Petazzi, italienischer Politiker...
25) Prison of Glass
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Cooperation has been the key to their survival, but in the end, each must choose a new destiny. In the fallen citadel of eldritch demigods, seven travelers find themselves imprisoned with the monstrous remnants of the masters and the resourceful descendants of their former slaves. The arrival of outsiders disrupts the ceaseless struggle for resources and sets in motion plans that could be cataclysmic for the survivors. They say the gods watch over...
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My name is Long Xiyi, and I am eighteen years old. From a young age, I was overlooked by my family. Once, I overheard the elders in my family saying that I was some kind of cursed birth, doomed not to live past twenty. Despite this, I have steadfastly faced my imminent fate.In my eighteenth year, everything changed drastically in an instant, and I felt as though I had fallen into a dark and endless abyss! A cat-headed humanoid with nine lives, a spirit...
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The apostle Paul wrote 1 Corinthians to a church struggling with their identity as Christians. Designed to help modern readers understand and apply this biblical letter to their own lives-especially when it comes to fighting sin and interacting with a fallen world-this commentary by pastor Stephen Um explains the biblical text with clarity and insight. Part of Crossway's award-winning Preaching the Word commentary series, this volume uses powerful...
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The prophet Jeremiah is a supreme example of how believers can live well in a society that has turned against God. While the book of Jeremiah chronicles the last, desperate days of Jerusalem before it is conquered by an invading army, Lamentations expresses the cries of Jeremiah's heart for the fallen city. Together, the two books reflect on the meaning of human suffering and illustrate the eternal principle that a man will reap what he sows. In this...
29) Petty Treason
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Welcome to Miss Tolerance's Regency London, where nothing is what it seems and the only way to serve justice is to follow conscience rather than law.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Fallen Woman of good family must, soon or late, descend to whoredom.
Miss Sarah Tolerance refuses to follow the path of the Fallen Women who have gone before her. She's a straight shooter, with her pistol as well as her wit, and her mind is as sharp as...
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Kassandra Winters has intrigued Gabriel St Germain since he accidentally knocked her flying outside her university professor's office. Her face haunts his dreams, yet he never expected to see her again. So, he is surprised when she appears, as though destined to do so, in the middle of a ruin, and he concocts a plan to win her heart.Gabriel's old-fashioned courtship touches something deep inside Kassie and, although struggling to believe someone as...
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It's 1983 and best friends Vicky and Lucy swear that they will always be there for each other, that they'll never let anyone come between them. But fast forward 4 years and life on the Canterbury Estate has gotten very messy. Lucy has fallen for local policeman's son, Danny. And Vicky is madly in love with Paddy, the charming but ruthless local bad boy. The boys are bitter enemies and determined to keep the two girls apart. But then Vicky is accused...
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In the midst of a devastating year for his and most businesses, Stefan Danis searched for a challenge that would get him in physical and mental shape for what lay ahead, inspire others in similar situations, and raise funds for those in his industry who had fallen on even harder times. With only a vague understanding of what he was getting himself into, he settled on the Gobi March, an unaided 250-kilometer foot race in the Gobi Desert of China. Now,...
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Es ist wirklich kein guter Tag für Hans Garber, so kurz vor Weihnachten: Erst wird der Wiener Bankdirektor der versuchten Vergewaltigung beschuldigt, dann erfährt er, dass seine Villa in Klosterneuburg in die Luft geflogen ist. In den Trümmern wurde seine tote Frau entdeckt.
Gleichzeitig wird der Kriminologe Mario Palinski mit einem merkwürdigen Fall beauftragt: Dr. Axel Rossbach, dessen Zahnarztpraxis sich im selben Haus wie Palinskis Büro befindet,...
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As fallen human beings we are quick to deviate from the true gospel, for, as Pastor Josh Moody writes, "we tend toward human gospels." Believers must constantly battle to maintain the purity and simplicity of the gospel. Paul was acutely aware of this as he wrote his letter to the Galatians. He was writing to an established church-experienced believers who had started to slip in their gospel witness.
Moody finds in Galatians particular relevance and...
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Dieser Band enthält folgende SF-Romane:
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Bio-G.A.U. (Wilfried A. Hary)
Der verlorene Krieg (Wilfried A. Hary)
Die sterbende Welt (Wilfried A. Hary)
Mission Sternenstaub (Jo Zybell)
Seit Tausenden von Jahren bekämpfen sich zwei Völker, ohne dass ein nennenswerter Vorteil für eine Seite erlangt werden kann. Erst als durch Zufall ein Raumschiff des Kelradan-Imperiums auftaucht, eskaliert die Lage, denn das Schiff wird von einer automatischen...
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After the Morrigan revealed themselves and her true nature became known, Adeline Colton is on the run. Seeking revenge for their fallen sister, they will hunt her to the end of the world. But there is another who pursues Adeline-the man with golden eyes and dangerous power, the one who betrayed her with the parallel bond and has the means to be her ruin-Jack Warren. But the past holds secrets of its own, revealed to her through Jack's memories. As...
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Spirits haunt the realm of Zekiaz. Flee them, fight them, or wield them. But they bow to no master.The upstart matriarch of a fallen house, Kasia Niezik has sworn to destroy the elusive Crimson Court who assassinated her father. They are near immortal, wielding the spirits that once ended civilization a millennium ago, but she is a Reacher of the realm of Death. Their worst fear.But to kill her deceitful foes, first she must find them.Kasia travels...
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The world fades as dragons, having turned on their human masters, seek to destroy civilization and rule supreme. Dragon Slayers – a cursed family with the power to steal dragon souls and abilities – stand as humanity's last defense.Basa Alkire emerges from hiding to join the Fallen Embassy, dragon-fighting warriors. But he soon discovers his uncle, their leader, is a dangerous zealot. Deception and betrayal lurk around every corner. Amidst the...
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Upon a Marigold volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
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Who knew love could be so amazing-and stupefying? Not Christian. He was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, after all. If his dad had only warned him about all that mind-boggling love stuff, maybe things wouldn't be such a mess. But then, maybe, Princess Marigold would be dead.
But Christian wasn't warned. And now that he's fallen for the princess, it's up to him to...
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Seth Fisher has been to hell and back, but he has no intention of letting the torment of his past destroy his future. He thinks he's doing good. He's working again, talking, laughing, living. But everyone else still sees him as broken. Except for one man. Raymond Vargas. If only Seth could leave his apartment alone without a panic attack, then he could prove to everyone he's going to be okay. And he could tell the one man who has never let him down...