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After an insult from the French Dauphin, King Henry V of England invades France to claim the throne he believes should be his. Henry stops an assassination plot, gives powerful speeches and wins battles against the odds. In the end, he woos and marries the princess of France, linking the two nations.... 

Between his bullying father and dissolute brother, Percival Endicott Whyborne has quite enough problematic family members to deal with. So when his sister returns to Widdershins asking for help solving the mystery of a derelict ship, Whyborne is reluctant to get involved. Until, that is, a brutal murderer strikes, leaving Whyborne and his lover Griffin no choice but to take the case. The investigation leads them deep into a conspiracy of blackmail, murder, and darkest sorcery.

Widdershins has been unusually quiet for months. But now a mysterious creature from the Outside is on the loose, assassinating members of the town's old families by draining their blood. Whyborne and Griffin set out to solve the mystery -- but as the evidence piles up, the police begin to suspect Whyborne himself is the murderer.

Feeling trapped in your own mind? Here’s a life-changing guide with practical strategies to sharpen your focus, eliminate distractions, and take control of your life! ADHD can impact your life in many ways. Think about it… Do you find yourself caught in a whirlwind of thoughts and tasks, endlessly chasing productivity but hardly nailing it down? Maybe you've spent what seems like half your life looking for things you've misplaced. Or perhaps you're always on the edge, struggling to meet deadlines and feeling like you're perpetually behind the eight-ball. Does this resonate with you?

Elli wagt einen Neuanfang und lässt dank eines Stipendiums für das Miravalle Memorial College in Florida das düsterste Kapitel ihres Lebens hinter sich. Riven lebt in einer ganz anderen Welt als sie, ist reich, privilegiert und selbstgerecht. Doch sein Blick sieht mehr, als Elli zeigen will. Je näher sie ihm kommt, desto mehr gerät ihre Welt ins Wanken. Riven trägt eigene Narben, die von tiefem Schmerz gezeichnet sind.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Surfing icon Laird Hamilton offers inspiration to anyone who wants to elevate their ordinary, landlocked lives to do extraordinary things. “When Laird Hamilton surfs, you must watch. When he speaks, I listen. And when he writes a book, I’m damn sure gonna read...

Forced to face the wrath of either heaven or hell, Olivia and Holden must choose a side before a war begins and tears their lives apart forever. They always felt an unseen force brought them together, but was it to prevent the end of their world or to ensure it? Their secrets threatened to destroy them. Their choices led them to this moment. The consequences cannot be avoided.

Robert Nash is unlucky in love. He is so unlucky in love, in fact, that he has never been with another living person. And that's not about to change any time soon when his latest date is far from living.

Das große, verstörende Porträt der Sackler-Familie, die sich als Philantropen feiern lassen, deren Vermögen durch Valium entstand und die mit der Erfindung des Medikaments OxyContin die Opioidkrise in den USA auslöste. Und Millionen Menschen weltweit in die Abhängigkeit stürzte. Der preisgekrönte Autor Patrick Radden Keefe zeichnet das Sittengemälde einer Industriellenfamilie, die die Welt prägt.

The Rubik’s Cube seems like an innocent, colorful, and perfect gift for kids, something that will keep them busy for hours on end... Until you’re faced with helping them solve it a few minutes later. That’s when you realize the fiendish difficulty involved and feel a rising sense of panic as your plan backfires.

He lives in your community, in a nice house with a well-tended garden. He shops in your grocery store, bumping shoulders with you and apologizing with a smile. He drives beside you on the highway, politely waving you into the lane ahead of him. What you don't know is that he has an elaborate cage built into a secret basement under his garage. And the food that he's carefully shopping for is to feed a young woman he's holding there against her will - one in a string of many, unaware of the fate that awaits her.

Whyborne’s Endicott relatives have returned to collect on the promise he made to help them take back their ancestral manor from an evil cult. In exchange, they’ll give him the key to deciphering the Wisborg Codex, which Whyborne needs to learn how to stop the masters. To that end, Whyborne, his husband Griffin, and their friends Iskander and Christine travel to a small island off the coast of Cornwall. But when they arrive at Balefire Manor, Whyborne must not only face the evil within the ancient mansion, but the painful truth about his own destiny.

In a world full of rooms, the most valuable lesson you can learn is how to read them. Lo’ak Jordan has been reading the rooms of the streets for as long as he could read. The one room that he has not been successful at reading is the room of love. How can you read a room that you haven’t had...

Dramatisations of two novels by the Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick White Australian author Patrick White is is widely regarded as one of the most important English-language novelists of the 20th century. His debut novel, 1939’s Happy Valley, was awarded the Gold Medal of the Australian...

Investigative journalist Sam Irvin's tell-all behind the making of FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY (Universal / NBC-TV, 2-part miniseries, 1973) has many facets. It is an eye-opening exposé on the movie industry of the early 1970s with an emphasis on Universal Pictures and the horror genre. But the chronicle also reveals a hidden agenda – fueled by the astonishing courage of a revolutionary group of LGBTQ+ artists spearheaded by producer Hunt Stromberg Jr. and his screenwriters Christopher Isherwood (THE BERLIN STORIES – the basis for CABARET) and his lover, artist Don Bachardy.

Matthias Hegel ist forensischer Phonetiker und der beste Audio-Profiler Deutschlands. Er ist imstande, nur anhand von Tönen, Geräuschen, Dialekten und Stimmfarben ein psychologisches und optisches Profil von Menschen zu erstellen. Dank ihm sitzen einige der gefährlichsten Straftäter im Gefängnis. Erpresser, Geiselnehmer, Attentäter, von denen die Ermittler oftmals nur kurze Audiomitschnitte hatten. Hegel ist faszinierend, charismatisch, schwer durchschaubar. Und: Er sitzt in Einzelhaft. Vor einem Jahr hat er eine obdachlose Frau bestialisch ermordet.

Ein Krieg, der alles zu zerreißen droht. Eine Macht, die alles fordert. Und eine Liebe, die zwischen den Fronten steht Tisaanah hat alles aufs Spiel gesetzt, um die zu befreien, die noch in Ketten liegen. Doch ihr Blutschwur an den Orden zwingt sie, einen Krieg zu führen, der nicht der ihre...

'ONE DAY is destined to be a modern classic' - Daily Mirror Twenty years, two people, ONE DAY. The multi-million copy bestseller that captures the experiences of a generation. 'I can imagine you at forty,' she said, a hint of malice in her voice. 'I can picture it right now.' He smiled without...

Schlipperdibix! Neues Hörspiel mit Charly Hübner, Felix von Manteuffel, Hedi Kriegeskotte u.v.m. Der Bösewicht mit den sieben Messern und der Pfefferpistole hält seit Generationen die Welt in Atem! Seine Räubergeschichten werden nun frisch und fulminant für die Ohren alter und neuer Fans...

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was perhaps the most dramatic single event of the Cold War and a major turning point in history. Though it ended unsuccessfully, the spontaneous uprising of Hungarians against their country's Communist party and the Soviet occupation forces in the wake of Stalin's death demonstrated to the world at large the failure of Communism.