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A psychologist's journey to understand one of the most unusual experiences known to humankind: the universal, disturbing feeling that someone or something is there when we are alone.
These experiences of sensing a Presence when no one else is there have been given many names-the Third Man, guardian angels, shadow figures, "social" hallucinations-and they have inspired, unsettled, and confounded in equal measure.
While the contexts in which they...
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What Lies Beneath:
In the hottest summer on record, Iron Lake reservoir is emptying, revealing secrets that were intended to stay hidden beneath the water. The tragic story of a missing man is a media sensation, and abruptly the writer and the cop falling in love is just a postscript to horrors neither could have imagined.
Without a Trace:
When long-buried secrets are exposed, and the search for truth becomes a race to save a life, how can two...
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The most original stalker novel I've ever read!' Lesley Kara
Run for your life...
This year's London Marathon is my last chance to win the final place on the Olympic team. The months of rehabilitation after my injury will feel worth it to cross that line.
But I wasn't expecting the man who's been making my life a living hell to be there. Last I knew, my stalker was behind bars, but he says he's going to be at the race watching.
I have 26 miles...
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A fascinating look at the O.J. Simpson murder trial from one of the original jurors.
On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were violently murdered, leading to the arrest and trial of former NFL player, O.J. Simpson. The " Trial of the Century" soon turned into a spectacle on both sides of the aisle- and in the jury box itself! In this personal account by a juror who was dismissed before the...
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Vier tote Priester in einer Kirche: ritueller Selbstmord - oder etwas viel Grausameres?
In FEUER - Mord auf den Färöern, dem 2. Teil der düsteren dänischen Thriller-Reihe um die Sonderermittler der Task Force 14, wartet auf Rechtsmedizinerin Sidsel Jensen ein Alptraum, aus dem es kein Erwachen gibt.
Fluchtartig hat Rechtsmedizinerin Sidsel Jensen einst ihr Heimatdorf auf den Färöer Inseln verlassen - jetzt wird sie mit ihrem exzentrischen...
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"Martin King tells the human side of the story of the Battle of the Bulge better than anyone."
Commander Jeffrey Barta, US Navy (retired)
"I have walked the battlefields with Martin King, who has traversed them countless times with veterans of the Bulge. No one knows this story like Martin, and no one can tell it quite the way he does."
Rick Beyer, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghost Army of World War II
The vortex of a tornado...
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In welchen trüben Gewässern muss Hamish diesmal angeln?
Eigentlich ist Tommy Jarret auf der Suche nach einem Seeungeheuer in der Nähe des Dorfes Drim. Aber dann ist er plötzlich tot. Offenbar starb er an einer Überdosis Drogen. Hamish Macbeth findet das Ableben des Jungen ein bisschen sehr merkwürdig - und seine Spürnase hat den schottischen Dorfpolizisten noch nie getäuscht! Daher beschließt er, undercover zu ermitteln, und schleust sich...
8) Schneesturm
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Caras Clique war unzertrennlich. Bis das erste Unglück geschah.
Eiskalter Winter, tosendes Meer: Cara und ihre Freunde treffen sich auf der irischen Insel Inishmore wieder. Zehn Jahre sind seit der Tragödie vergangen, die sie auseinandergerissen hat. Nun wollen sie den Jahrestag begehen. Die Feier hat kaum begonnen, als die Insel durch einen Schneesturm abgeschnitten wird; keine Fähre, kein Helikopter. Da kommt die Schreckensnachricht: Ein Mensch...
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A tumultuous story of love, obsession, provocation, and violence that featured in " Trial of the Century."
Here is the intimate untold story of O. J. and Nicole Brown Simpson's tragic, turbulent marriage. Author Sheila Weller was granted unprecedented cooperation by Nicole's family and exclusive access to friends who revealed private information about the couple. Raging Heart is filled with gripping revelations and shocking...
10) The Good Lion
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This book traces the lives of a lion and an antelope, with the lion learning the hard way that life is not meant to be easy. The antelope also learns about the unforeseen values of friendship resulting from his saving of the lion's life.
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Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) now lives under the shadow cast by his more famous brother Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859, naturalist, explorer, geographer and much else), but Wilhelm was an important figure in Prussian-German history in his own right. He contributed considerably through his work as a diplomat, educationalist (he was one of the principal founders of the Humboldt University of Berlin), philologist and linguist. Yet The Sphere and...
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One wedding. Two feuding families. Three sneaky suspects.
Daphne Jones has travelled with her cute-as-a-button camper Bluebell to the outback town of Little Bridges to officiate a wedding at a beautiful rural home. Such a perfect setting. But not so perfect people are determined to stop the union and before the day is done, a member of the bridal party ends up face down in the swimming pool.
She's no detective nor a spring chicken, but Daphne does...
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A little boy and girl find a seed, and decide to keep it safe. They play with it but it doesn't grow. What must they do to make it grow, and what will happen when it flowers and dies? The second in a collection which encourage children to relate to the natural world. Each title has a short and rhythmic text perfect to learn by heart and recite as a poem. Rob Ramsden teaches graphic illustration and animation in East Anglia to pupils from 5 years old...
14) Paging God
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While the modern science of medicine often seems nothing short of miraculous, religion still plays an important role in the past and present of many hospitals. When three-quarters of Americans believe that God can cure people who have been given little or no chance of survival by their doctors, how do today's technologically sophisticated health care organizations address spirituality and faith?
Through a combination of interviews with nurses,...
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You may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom. You might be a juror, a victim, a witness or - perhaps through no fault of your own - a defendant. Whatever your role, you'd expect a fair trial.
I'm a barrister. I work in the criminal justice system, and every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed. Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect. The innocent...
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Wer waren die Frauen, die hinter dem Trojanischen Krieg standen?
Die Schwestern Helena und Klytämnestra brechen in Claire Heywoods Neuerzählung des Trojanischen Kriegs Wir Töchter von Sparta endlich ihr Schweigen.
Helena und Klytämnestra sind durch ihre Schönheit und ihren Stand nichts als Überfluss gewohnt, ganz Griechenland liegt ihnen zu Füßen: Sie sind die Prinzessinnen von Sparta. Doch dieses Privileg hat seinen Preis. Noch als Mädchen...
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Ein spannender Krimi über die dunklen Seiten des hellsten Tages im Jahr
Mittsommernacht auf Sandhamn: Alle Menschen sind auf den Beinen, um den längsten Tag im Jahr mit Trinken, Essen und Tanzen zu feiern. Doch als der neue Tag beginnt, wird ein Jugendlicher tot am Strand gefunden. Wer ist der Tote? Und warum musste das Fest für ihn so enden?
Nora ist endlich wieder glücklich. In Jonas hat sie nach der Trennung von ihrem Mann einen neuen Partner...
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A fascinating examination of the search for life in our solar system and beyond!
In this intriguing recording, Professor Emeritus Timothy Ferris- one of the world's most respected science writers- explores man's search for life elsewhere in the universe. Ferris combines new discoveries about the origins of life as we know it on Earth with recent revelations about the sun's planets and their moons. Ferris explains why many...
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Unstillbares Verlangen, das nie enden soll.
Ein gewagtes Abkommen, das alles zerstören könnte.
Weitere hinterhältige Angriffe, die nicht jeder überleben wird.
Nachdem Madison Diabos Deal angenommen hat, versucht sie sich an den Teil ihrer Abmachung zu halten. Leider ist das leichter gesagt als getan. Wenn sie versagt, wird sie ihren Bruder nicht mehr wiedersehen. Aber da sie mehr als einem Lord das Leben gerettet hat, ist es für sie eine große...
20) Rescuing Kaye
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Kaye's dream of attending Veterinary School at UC Davis turns into a nightmare when her abusive ex-lover, and former professor, refuses to let her go. His violent and dangerous behavior escalates despite their breakup, leaving her in dire need of help.
When she meets Zeb, a fiercely protective Guardian on Bravo team, she never expects to be swept off her feet by the charming Guardian. Their connection is instant-electric-igniting a fiery passion...
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