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The Guild of Immortal Women are a powerful band of immortals who have guarded the mystical tapestry for thousands of years. The tapestry functions as a depository for the immortals fondest memories (allowing them to take respite within their past) and a prison for immortals who defy the rules of the clan. When the outlaw, Robert de Baudricourt, betrays the race by arranging the murder of Joan of Arc, a tear appears in the fabric of time and space. The Guild must now race against time to save Joan, restore her sanity, and restore the Tapestry before time and space bleed into each other.

Закон будды Амиды превратил Страну Восходящего Солнца в Чистую Землю. Отныне убийца жертвует свое тело убитому, а сам спускается в ад. Торюмон Рэйден – самурай из Акаямы, дознаватель службы Карпа-и-Дракона - расследует случаи насильственных смертей и чудесных воскрешений, уже известных читателю по роману "Карп и дракон".

The world is changing, gods of old stir, and their agents work behind the scenes to fulfill their masters' commands. Who will have the courage to stand for The Light when darkness rises to swallow the world? Doctor Nicole Salem is a beautiful and brilliant Egyptologist who is working on a dig outside Luxor, Egypt, when she is confronted by her own destiny. She is plunged into a world of divided loyalties, intrigue, and treachery that will destroy her and everything she knows if she isn't strong enough.

Герой "Дикарей Ойкумены" - солдат Марк Кай Тумидус. Можно сказать, герой-профессионал. Астлантида, мир энергетов-убийц, в кольце эскадр Ойкумены. Совет Галактической Лиги спорит до хрипоты: как поступить с упрямым Островом Цапель? Три решения - карантин, уничтожение и насильственная технологизация - имеют свои плюсы и минусы. На кону - судьба целой расы.

At strong safety, Grady Jamison could defend against opponents in the red zone, but he couldn’t stop the drunk driver who hit his car and killed his sister. Does Allie Petrenko’s call for help mean Grady has been given a second chance, a chance to do things right? Once again, he’s defending in the red zone. And he must not let the world-class assassin score, because the goal line marks the end of Allie Petrenko’s life.

You can change your life in 90 days. In this book, you will learn the “ABCs of Abundance”, the three step framework that transformed my life and took me from broke to multimillionaire in six years, from working a job I hated to achieving my lifelong dream of being a best-selling author. To this day, I use the ABCs to turn my mood from desperate to joyful in an instant.

This poetry collection is one of varying themes that generated the most response in Poetry180's Allpoetry website. In addition, more than just a few of these poems have been published in journals and newspapers over the years. These poems are designed for the enjoyment of listeners of all ages, from childhood to adults.

The poetry collection is part of a number of future volumes, the collection being called Songs of the Whippoorwill.

Small-town veterinarian, Nathan Daniels never opted to become rich. Yet, wealthy women seem to fall right out of the sky and onto his lap—all but one, that is...cattle heiress Margaret Wainwright. She’s the only woman he has ever loved, and the only one who got away. Margaret is above his station—way out of his league. It takes him years to get her out of his system; and many a woman pay the price trying to fight against Margaret’s lingering shadow. The heiress wants back into Nathan’s life. But in the 1920s Victorian South, marriage is sacred, and there are just too many social obstacles to climb.

As Dr. Meiling Chen-Adams, prepares for her Maui honeymoon, a call from President Warrington changes her and Ryan’s lives forever. Meiling's story has weaved through the media during the previous three months and attracted the president's attention. He wants Meiling to apply her RNA virus theories to counter the CCP’s bioweapons.

A preacher's daughter's excessive appetite for the dark side compromises her relationship with a young atheist; his desperation to save her catapults him into a strange world that is literally about to blow up in his face; and a theology professor turned demon hunter tries to save our world by battling a creature from the River Styx. In a hidden place where demons float in and out of earth's realm through a swirling mystical hole, what can save us?

Jim Bridger was a famous frontiersman in the Rockies whose legacy extended beyond the wilderness he explored. The legends of his life inspired countless Western stories, this one included.

Kaylee’s thesis project could get her killed. She’s determined to move forward with it anyway, especially after finding and meeting Mama C and her band of homeless young people. As Kaylee gets more deeply embroiled in the lives of this makeshift family, she realizes her thesis isn’t what’s important, but the real lives and broken families of those living on the streets. And she wants to help. Within the despair of homelessness and all that comes with it, Mama C sparks hope in countless others who thought they’d lost it. Can Kaylee help keep that spark going?

Гюнтер Сандерсон - молодой эмпат с просвещённого Ларгитаса, обладатель уникальных способностей. Мирра Джутхани - бродяжка с нищей Чайтры, звёздная автостопщица, зарабатывающая на жизнь энергоресурсом собственного тела.

Inspired by the remarkable life of Dorothy Peto, the Metropolitan Police’s first female superintendent. In 1914, the idea of a female police officer is dismissed as absurd, but to a small group of determined women, not impossible.

American journalist, essayist, satirist, and cultural critic H.L. Mencken makes his 3-pronged case for the death penalty for those who take the lives of other people, challenging civilized order. Mencken argues the death penalty is a form of catharsis for the immediate victims of the crime, and is not solely for deterring other criminals, but also to give peace of mind to the society that has been wronged.

Roma, Madrid, Berlín, la Guerra Civil, la Guerra Fría y el Pazo de Meirás. El Pasatempo, la Fábrica de Curtidos, los masones y unos libros misteriosos. ¿Qué tienen que ver entre ellos? Paola Gómez y su equipo intentarán desentrañar los hilos que unen cada una de las aristas de esta historia, escrita entre asesinatos, misterios, enigmas y tiempos históricos conectados entre sí.

X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.

Donovan, a boy of only 12 years, and his best friend, Akenji, are torn from their lives in a small fishing village by a band of barbarians.

Listeners are launched into a world of rune crystals, dawn ages, schools of magic, and five elven factions as Watson creates a mystical world like no other to transport his listeners to. Alayna, an elven commander of the House of Dorandal, orders the others not to harm the "innocents", assuming responsibility for their welfare. While they await orders, Alayna becomes fond of the children, particularly Donovan; when the orders do come, the Rangers find them "far from satisfying"....

What if instead of reading human thoughts and feelings you could read those of machines? That's what happens to Lester Shay when he becomes the "Inside Man". Soon he is driving himself, along with friends and coworkers, crazy every time he encounters an aging, ill-treated mechanism. For Lester can feel their pain, and it won't stop till the machine is fixed and running happily again.

In this podcast, we explore the Working Genius Model and apply it to marriage. In figuring out the types of work that energize and drain you and your spouse, you can understand one another better, extend grace, and work together in a way that brings unity and empowerment.