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Universal Love welcomes listeners to a near-future world where our everyday technologies have fundamentally altered the possibilities and limits of how we love one another. In these gripping stories, a young boy tries to understand what keeps his father tethered to the drowned city they call home. A daughter gets to know her dead mother's hologram better than she ever knew her living mother. And, at a time when unpleasant memories can be erased, a man undergoes electronic surgery to have his depression, and his past, forever removed.

In 16 wonderful stories, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener burrows deep into the secret lives of animals and the hidden world of nature. Here he sheds light on nature's most awesome and beguiling handiwork, from the sublime shaping and reshaping of earth's lands and seas to a ridiculous armadillo's assault on a bit of Texas real estate that paid off handsomely.

A Romance of Wastdale, published in 1895, is a novel by the British writer A.E.W Mason. In 1921, it was turned into a film of the same name directed by Maurice Elvey and made by Stoll Pictures, Britain’s biggest studio of the silent era. The novel is set in the scenic area of Wastdale, Cumbria, situated in the Lake District National Park and surrounded by some of England’s highest mountains. Wastdale Head has been a starting point for walks and climbing trips into the mountains, in this context, this story of mountains, mountaineers, romance, and treachery unfolds.

Jack London's South Sea Tales is a collection of eight short stories set in the South Pacific. The stories include: "The House of Mapuhi", "The Whale Tooth", "Mauki", "Yah! Yah! Yah!", "The Heathen", "The Terrible Solomons", "The Inevitable White Man", and "The Seed of McCoy".

Sandra Brown, author of more than 40 New York Times best sellers, explores how an ambitious executive - whose lonely personal life clashes with her career success - discovers that the business of love means taking the biggest risks of all.

From the coasts of Brazil to the borders of Tibet to the very heartland of America, May There Be a Road gathers 10 previously uncollected stories that capture the magnificent scope and sense of epic adventure that epitomize Louis L'Amour classic fiction. In these vivid settings L’Amour takes us into the pivotal moments when lives are altered forever, when men and women face a deadly enemy, find a kindred spirit, or confront their own mortality.

A chilling short story taking us back to DI Sean Corrigan's days as a detective from Luke Delaney, ex-Met detective and author of Cold Killing. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Stuart MacBride. DI Sean Corrigan is not like other detectives. The terrible abuse he suffered as a child has left him with an uncanny ability to identify darkness in others. Early in his career as a detective, Corrigan is approached for an undercover assignment.

Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s. Published when Patrick O'Brian was just 19, this is the enchanting, often bloodthirsty collection of 12 tales of animal adventure that would be published in 1934 as the author's second book. His first, Caesar, had been published in 1930 and was an instant success, seeing O'Brian hailed as the ‘boy-Thoreau'.

Hayley Martin and Fiona Chambers have been best friends since they were 10. From the moment that beautiful Fiona stood up to the school bullies for Hayley, the misfit, the two have been inseparable. Twenty years on, they still share everything, and even run their own business together. Until a dark secret threatens to test their loyalty to breaking point. Is anyone really who they appear to be?

Conspiracy thrillers don’t come any bigger or better than The Key – from the author of Top 5 Bestseller Sanctus: ‘Plenty of action, plenty of intrigue and wonderfully imaginative. The sort of novel to devour in one sitting' Kate Mosse Hounded. Haunted. Hunted. She is the most important person in the world. She is The Key. In the ancient Turkish city of Ruin, American journalist Liv Adamsen lies in an isolation ward staring at walls as blank as her memory.

If you’re a fan of Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, you won’t be able to pause the compulsively addictive Danny Pearson thriller series.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Jagd mit Bertram Graf von Quadt, einem passionierten Jäger und Geschichtenerzähler. In diesem Hörbuch versammeln sich ausgewählte Erzählungen aus sieben seiner Werke, die den Hörer auf eine Reise durch Wälder, Wiesen und Berge mitnehmen. Mit einer tiefen Verbundenheit zur Natur und einem feinen Gespür für die besondere Stimmung des Augenblicks beschreibt Graf v. Quadt unvergessliche Jagdabenteuer, die von Spannung, Respekt und Bewunderung für die Wildnis geprägt sind.

In this volume, the girls are braving strange new waters as they are off on vacation in the paradise that is the Svanire Archipelago. Only for them to come across an ages old myth for which only their curiosity must seek out. Field Trips, such a wonderful and insightful time for the young middle school age girls. After countless time raising funds for them to spend the weekend away along with the rest of their sixth-grade classmates, but what may happen should three get left behind?

A collection of aviation short stories, Hangar Tales takes you on wild rides and crazy aviation adventures. Aviation is full of colorful characters that create and tell the best stories. During my career as "The Flying Salesman" I have been fortunate to meet many of these wonderful people. They have shared these stories with me and I have written them down so that others may enjoy them.

Ralph Core, non più direttore del Worldwide Chronicle ma finalmente scrittore a tempo pieno, presenta a Londra la sua ultima opera, Vite giocate, che tratta della tragica spedizione inglese del 1924 per la conquista dell’Everest, in cui persero la vita il capo degli scalatori George Mallory e il compagno di cordata Andrew Irvine.Il suo libro, che esplora il dramma umano dei protagonisti di quella tragedia, suscita presto l’interesse di due importanti produttori che intendono trarne un film e chiedono a Core di partecipare alla sceneggiatura.

Shad Marone is hunted across the desert by a posse and vengeful sheriff who falsely accuse him of murder and intend to kill him without a trial.

Chat Lock is trailed to his ranch by a posse who suspect him of shooting a man in the back in a barroom gun fight.

Do you recognize uniquely hillbilly shinola when you hear it? Does your mouth go off long before your brain fully engages? Do you easily get exquisitely simple things bollixed up beyond reasonable repair? Are you a veritable storehouse of meaningless and insignificant information? If so, you’ll feel right at home with the retired redneck geezers who regularly gather around the wood stove at the Gatesville General Store. Set in the hills of southern Indiana, the store is the old boys’ high church for general tomfoolery and otherwise misguided prattle, and their beloved heater is their altar.

ukpa had a layer of sweat on his face that he hadn’t wiped for a long time. He didn’t want to get distracted. There was a vague pain in his chest. The moment he paid attention to it, it increased. It was fear. He didn’t think it would be this frightening. He had imagined it very differently. He thought he would go there with immense bravery in his heart and they would all attack the elders’ huts of the Jandunga tribe and return with immense pride back to their own tribe.

En un antiguo rancho, Juan, bajo la tutela de su padre Nahum y su mentor Sebastián, se prepara para un torneo de artes marciales entre clanes. Enfrentando rivalidades ancestrales, Juan se ve envuelto en un conflicto que desafía su coraje y lealtad. En una comunidad con sus problemas violentos, Juan descubre una fuerza interior que lo guiará hacia la resiliencia y el triunfo. "El Campeón Oculto" es una emocionante historia de acción y valentía, donde los lazos del pasado se entrelazan con el destino del futuro.