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Auf Schreckenstein verschwinden Kleidungsstücke und Fresspakete auf Nimmerwiedersehen. Vielleicht ein Streich der Rosenfelserinnen? Nichts deutet darauf hin. Dann fehlt plötzlich vom kleinen Eberhard jede Spur...

Die Zukunft hat längst ihren Glanz verloren. Und für Ray Lovelock gilt das im Speziellen. Der durchtrainierte MI-6 Mann wendet sich daher an Exit-us. Ein amerikanisches Unternehmen, das Lebensmüden seine Dienste anbietet. Wer Exit-us sein Leben in die Hände legt, verliert es mit Stil.

A boy searches for his archaeologist father, who has gone missing. With the help of some unusual family friends, Matt Stribling discovers that his father had been searching for an ancient code, one rumored to have brought down the Mayans, and maybe even the fabled civilization of Atlantis. Now in the hands of a madman using high-tech computers to decipher it, the code is being readied for new and sinister uses.

Die Karte eines buddhistischen Klosterabtes führt die Archäologen Stig und Gerda Rangström in die abgelegene Gebirgswelt Nepals. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Freund, Professor Lembach rüsten sie eine Expedition aus. Ihr Zweck ist die Erforschung jenes Wesens, das als "Schneemensch" seit Jahrzehnten immer wieder für Aufsehen sorgt...

Denmark, Tennessee, stinks. Bad. The smell hits Horatio Wilkes the moment he pulls into town to visit his best friend, Hamilton Prince. And it’s not just the paper plant and the polluted Copenhagen River that’s stinking up Denmark: Hamilton’s father has been poisoned and the killer is still at large. Why? Because nobody believes Rex Prince was murdered. Nobody except Horatio and Hamilton. Now they need to find the killer before someone else dies, but it won’t be easy. It seems like everyone’s a suspect. But who has committed murder most foul?

So traurig hat Mick William seine Mutter noch nie zuvor gesehen. Das Haus, in dem sie wohnen, soll abgerissen werden - zusammen mit dem alten Filmstudio nebenan. Micks bestem Freund Izzi ist es auch nicht gleichgültig, was aus dem alten Studio wird...

Zwei neue, spannend und rasant erzählte Abenteuer mit Artemis und den Unterirdischen von Erdland. Wie Holly Short mit Mut, Eigensinn und Ungehorsam als einzige Frau die Prüfung zum Aufklärungsoffizier besteht, und wie Artemis Fowl, der Meisterdieb, mit Hilfe von Zwerg Mulch Diggums das wertvollste Diadem der Welt stiehlt.

Whisper - so tauft Noa das 500 Jahre alte Haus auf dem Land, in dem sie zusammen mit ihrer Mutter die Ferien verbringen soll. Etwas Unheimliches und Wartendes geht von dem alten Gebäude aus, aber außer Noa scheint das niemand zu spüren.

Der bekannte Archäologe James Deneuve ist spurlos verschwunden, CONRAD vermutet eine Entführung. In Istanbul ist das Team Extreme einem mutmaßlichen Komplizen auf der Spur, als es die Bekanntschaft von Okay Gozun macht, einem jungen Taschendieb, der als neues Mitglied zum Team stößt. Mit Okays Hilfe wollen die Teammitglieder den Mittelsmann dazu benutzen, sie zu Deneuve zu führen, doch alles kommt ganz anders

Der Kampf Gut gegen Böse ist so alt wie die Menschheit selbst. Und seit jeher wird dabei mit harten Bandagen gekämpft. Diese Erfahrung macht auch der ambitionierte Bildhauer Willard, der eines nachts ungewöhnlichen Besuch bekommt. Eine junge Frau liegt schwerverletzt in seiner als Atelier dienenden ehemaligen Kirche.

Kari and Lucas had two run-ins with a snarling painter who appears to be copying Rembrants. Using the kind of ingenuity and determination that only two teenage girls could come up with, Kari and Lucas embark on an international adventure to figure out who the mystery painter is and what he's up to. But neither is prepared for what they find. Suddenly what began as a madcap pursuit becomes deadly serious. Will they risk their lives in the name of art?

Something’s rotten in Apple country! Hildy Biddle is a high school reporter eager to stand up for the truth. She’s just waiting for a chance to prove herself as a journalist, and yearning for a big story. The trouble is, the town’s biggest story stars...a ghost. Not a very easy interview! This ghost has the town in a tizzy, and the local paper is playing up people’s fears with shocking headlines of eerie happenings and ghostly sightings. Hildy’s determined to discover what’s really going on, but her desire to uncover the truth is making some people awfully nervous.

Zac Baxter's grandfather has always told him that he's the descendant of African kings, whose treasure was stolen when his ancestors were sold into slavery. Of course, Zac brushes this off as a tall tale - until his grandfather is murdered and their apartment is completely ransacked. Clearly somebody is after something.

Die vielen Jahrhunderte sind nicht spurlos an Burg Argus vorübergezogen. Krieg und Belagerung ließen von dem einstmals stolzen Gemäuer nur den wuchtigen Turm unversehrt. Doch schlimmer noch als die Kämpfe außerhalb der Feste, waren die Gräuel, die sich in den Mauern abgespielt haben. Manche Dinge graben sich über die Zeit hinaus tief in das Bewusstsein.

After learning that his explorer father is missing, Max is determined to find him, no matter what dangers may lay in his path. A secret clue his father left behind leads Max to the inhospitable wilderness of Namibia, where he soon discovers a potentially massive ecological disaster masterminded by Shaka Chang, a very powerful and completely ruthless man. Max needs all the help he can get, because whoever is behind his father's disappearance is determined to get rid of Max, too.

After staking out, obtaining, and then being forced to give up her first boyfriend, Josh, all Cammie Morgan wants is a peaceful semester. But that's easier said than done when you're a CIA legacy and go to the premier school in the world...for spies. Cammie may have a genius I.Q., but there are still a lot of things she doesn't know. Like, will her ex-boyfriend even remember she exists? And how much trouble is she really in after what happened last semester? And most of all, why is her mother acting so strangely?

Since first grade, Christopher Creed has been everyone's favorite freak and weirdo whipping boy. But when he disappears without a trace, leaving behind only a strange e-mail message that might be a suicide note, his quiet town becomes consumed with speculation and finger-pointing. And the longer he remains missing, the more clear it becomes that for most people, finding out what happened to Christopher is much less important than finding someone besides themselves to blame.

I think the best number in the whole universe is eight. My friend, Asim, likes numbers about as much as me, but he likes them all - odd or even. Esmarelda, though, who lives across the street, isn't so fond of numbers and she hates math. Singing's more her thing. She's really good, too - nearly as good as my mum. Mum's a professional singer, or was, until we had to move. The worst number in the universe, though, is seven. For a start, it's an odd number, and it's thin and sharp and mean-looking, like a medieval scythe.

It all started as stories - playground tales handed down for generations, stories of plague graves, vanished children and hidden steps leading to a festering underworld. A world so real you could almost smell it.... But when another child goes missing, Fraser wonders if there's some truth in the tales.

When Cat overhears a conversation about a diamond hidden somewhere in the theatre, she's determined to find the treasure. Ably assisted by Pedro, a musician in the company orchestra, she is thrust into a world of drama and intrigue, where she encounters Covent Garden street gangs, boxing matches, theatre riots and spectacular stage productions. En route, she learns a lot about who she is, and who her real friends are.