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London, 2095. Sixty years after rising seas drowned the old world, a corrupt system of servitude keeps the new one afloat. Alexander Lytton is now a pawn in his captor's hands. Stripped of his freedom and forced into a life of prostitution in Ghost Eye City, he clings to the memory of who he once was.

Walter Moers' Bestseller: Hildegunst von Mythenmetz reist in die magische Welt der Bücher Das Manuskript eines unbekannten Autors treibt den jungen Dichter Hildegunst von Mythenmetz nach Buchhaim. Wenn er dem Geheimnis des Verfassers irgendwo auf die Spur kommen kann, dann hier in den labyrinthischen Katakomben dieser buchverrückten Stadt. Der Geruch von Druckerschwärze durchzieht die Straßen, Bibliothek reiht sich an Bibliothek. Belesene Buchlinge und Bücherjäger stürzen sich auf alles, was Buchstaben hat. Als Mythenmetz nach unzähligen Abenteuern den Schattenkönig von Buchhaim trifft, scheint er am Ziel... Produktion: Hessischer Rundfunk 2005

Since 1946, more than 250 armed conflicts have broken out around the world, a number that continues to rise. Major civil wars are now being fought in countries including Iraq, Syria and Libya. Smaller civil wars are being fought in Ukraine, India and Malaysia. Even countries we thought could never experience another civil war are showing signs of unrest. Acclaimed expert Barbara F. Walter, who has advised on political violence everywhere from the CIA to the US Senate to the United Nations, explains the rise of civil war and the conditions that create it.

One of the world’s greatest conquerors that ever was, Alexander the Great never lost a battle and built one of the largest empires. Discover his military brilliance and what lead to his early death. After listening to this audiobook, in an hour or so, you will know everything about the life and legacy of Alexander the Great!

The award-winning podcast Tell 'Em Steve Dave brings you four of the most righteous, grooviest tales of the flyest, dopest baadasssss albino bruthah that ever was and ever will be! From the creators of the Audible best-selling Fair-re-re Tale Theater, join us on an adventure through time and space.

It's anything but Grimm when the Tell 'Em Steve Dave crew gives their hilarious takes on some of the best and least known fairy tales. Join Bryan Johnson, Brian Quinn and Walt Flanagan with special guest Sunday Jeff as they create a magical world of fantasy and wonder, trolls, living plants, and sinful dwarves. It doesn't get any better than this...or funnier.

Published to great acclaim in 1873, Walter Pater’s compendium of idiosyncratic, impressionistic essays on the Renaissance gained him a reputation as a daring modern philosopher. Oscar Wilde called it the “holy writ of beauty.” It was Pater’s cry of “art for art’s sake” that became the manifesto for the aesthetic movement. He believed that art should be sensual and that beauty should rank as the highest ideal. Marked by elegant fluency, Pater’s essays discuss Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and other artists who, for him, embodied the spirit of the Renaissance.

Political violence rips apart several towns in southwest Texas. A far-right militia plots to kidnap the governor of Michigan and try her for treason. An armed mob of Trump supporters and conspiracy theorists storms the U.S. Capitol. Are these isolated incidents? Or is this the start of something bigger? Barbara F. Walter has spent her career studying civil conflict in places like Iraq, Ukraine, and Sri Lanka, but now she has become increasingly worried about her own country.

Before you can achieve anything in life, you need a solid foundation of self-discipline. Talent, intelligence, and skill are only a part of the equation. Positive thinking, affirmations, and vision boards are only a part of the equation. If you want to turn your dreams into reality, you need self-discipline. Self-discipline is what will keep you focused when all hell is breaking loose, and it looks like you are one step away from failure.

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail?

In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin's amazing life, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, scientist, and Founding Father. He chronicles Franklin's tumultuous relationship with his illegitimate son and grandson, his practical marriage, and his flirtations with the ladies of Paris. He also shows how Franklin helped to create the American character and why he has a particular resonance in the twenty-first century.

Professor Block's book is among the most famous of the great defenses of victimless crimes and controversial economic practices, from profiteering and gouging to bribery and blackmail. However, beneath the surface, this book is also an outstanding work of microeconomic theory that explains the workings of economic forces in everyday events and affairs.

The search for a missing parishioner continues as The Watcher scours the city’s sewer system, only to discover The Wolf’s cabal has widened. Meanwhile, the city’s evangelicals are being targeted for assassination by an enigmatic terror group known as The Sons of Cain.

Der große Geschichtenerzähler Sir Arthur Conan Doyle nimmt seine Hörer heute mit auf eine Kreuzfahrt. Auf der Jungfernfahrt der Elisabeth Victoria wird die lebenslustige Witwe Helena Minton erschlagen aufgefunden, ein Teil ihres wertvollen Schmucks fehlt. Der Psychologe Professor Nolan Flagg, der ebenfalls an der Jungfernfahrt teilnimmt und bei dem es sich um einen alten Freund von Captain James Carden handelt, ist entschlossen, den Mord aufzuklären. Gemeinsam nehmen die beiden Männer die Ermittlungen auf, die bald in eine Richtung führen, mit der keiner von den beiden gerechnet hätte.

Anchored in Messiah (AIM) “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient path, where the good way is, and walk in it…” – Jeremiah 6:16 AIM stands for Anchored in Messiah — a podcast for those seeking to walk the ancient path, stay grounded in Yeshua, and aim for the mark of high calling. Each episode invites you to slow down, search the Scriptures, and zero in on truth — not tradition — as we align our lives with the Word from the beginning.

Victor Frankenstein, Theodora Sachs und Aleister Crowley gelingt es, Bruder Ares und Bruder Elias in eine Art Heilschlaf zu versetzen. Als die beiden Wachmänner daraus erwachen, sind sie sich sicher, dass es sich bei Frankenstein tatsächlich um einen Nachfahren des Äskulaps handelt. Kurzerhand lassen sie die Gefangenen frei und zetteln einen Aufstand an, der Tote und Verletzte mit sich bringt. Frankenstein gelingt es unterdessen, unbemerkt in den Raum zu gelangen, in dem das Bild aufbewahrt wird.

This tale, published in 1828, is based on The Story of an Apparition, a ghost story published in Blackwood's 10 years earlier by an author identified only as A. B. Sir Walter Scott took that rather flimsy story and turned into a masterful tale of the supernatural.

Structured query language, or SQL (pronounced "sequel" by many), is the most widely used programming language in database management and is the standard language for relational database management systems (RDBMS). SQL programming allows users to return, analyze, create, manage, and delete data within a database - all within a few commands.

Lieutenant Cora Harper joined the Systems Alliance to develop and enhance her powerful biotic talents. She was assigned to the asari commando unit Talein's Daughters, where she honed her abilities to become a skilled and deadly huntress. Returning to Earth, Cora finds herself a stranger among other humans, and joins the Andromeda Initiative as Alec Ryder's second-in-command. The mission will send 100,000 colonists on a one-way, 600-year-long journey into the unknown.

A watchman's primary duty is to thwart the evil plan of Satan. The role of a watchman is vital to a full understanding of the work of God in the end time.