Wenn die Franken Trauer tragen – »Die Tote im Volksbad«, »Agnes und der Engel«, »Tödlicher Segen« und »Reif für die Insel« – diese und viele andere ebenso packende wie unterhaltsame Fälle löst Bestsellerautor Jan Beinßen in seiner neuen Kurzkrimisammlung mit jeder Menge Charme. Dabei geht es natür

Ancient papyrus scrolls recovered among the charred ruins of the Library of Alexandria reveal astonishing texts that detail the wonders of Atlantis--knowledge that could shatter the blueprint of world energy. Archaeologist Annja Creed confronts shadow figures determined to preserve empires built on

*Immigrants in Our Own Land & Selected Early Poems* is a new, expanded edition of Jimmy Santiago Baca's best-selling first book of poetry (originally published by Louisiana State University Press in 1979). *Immigrants in Our Own Land & Selected Early Poems* is a new, expanded edition of Jimmy Santi

Christmas is an ancient Roman festival, not to be celebrated by decent folk in the Scottish Highlands. Police Constable Hamish Macbeth has always loved the festivities, but this year his family is vacationing in sunny Florida. He is stuck with the long, lonely Christmas shift in freezing Lochdubh. A

SUMMARY: Precocious 12-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives inthe hectic New York City of 1940 with her family.Then tragedy strikes--and Lou and her younger brother,Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on theirgreat-grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains.Suddenly Lou finds herself com

SUMMARY: The Theocracy has been dead for twenty years, and the Polity rules on Masada. But the Tidy Squad consists of rebels who cannot accept the new order. Their hate for surviving theocrats is undiminished, and the iconic Jeremiah Tombs is at the top of their hitlist. Escaping his sanatorium To

"Bizarre radio broadcasts luring dissolute souls into the dark woods of Western Massachusetts. Sinister old men in topcoats gathered at corners and in playgrounds. A long-dead sorcerer returning to obscene life in the form of an old buck goat. Welcome to Leeds, Massachusetts, where the drowned walk,

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Annotation;Introduction : Walter Benjamin and the birth of photography -- Small history of photography (1931) -- Nothing wrong with the illustrated press! (1925) -- Letter to Grete Cohn (16 October 1927) -- New things about flowers (1928) -- Paris, the city in the mirror : declarations of love by po

DELIVERED FROM THE DARKNESS, A WOMAN FINDS HERSELF PLUNGED INTO A PASSION THAT IS DEEPER THAN MIDNIGHT.? At eighteen, Corinne Bishop was a beautiful, spirited young woman living a life of privilege as the adopted daughter of a wealthy family. Her world changed in an instant when she was stolen away

In the third installment of the Century Quartet, Italian author P. D. Baccalario continues the mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve. PARIS, JUNE 20 When new information turns up about the Star of Stone, the object they found in New York, Mistral, Elettra,

From the extraordinary imagination of the #1 *New York Times*bestselling author of *The Handmaid's Tale ,* comes one of her most intricate and subversive novels. Set in contemporary Toronto, *The Robber Bride* revolves around the lives of three fascinating women. Classmates from university, Roz, Cha

Inspired by real events The year is 1889. When a fire tears through the Mauricewood coal pit there is no escape. Of sixty-five men working, only two survive. Many of the bodies will not be recovered for months. Martha and her sister have lived with their granny since their mother died, but she is no

Weird things happen in Mrs Cartier’s house: knocking and thumping sounds, furniture moves, cups fly through the air. This is a case to the taste of Jupiter, Pete and Bob! The initial enthusiasm of the detectives soon turns into fear and horror. Is it true that a poltergeist is up to mischief? Is Mrs

SUMMARY: It’s the job of a science fiction writer to visualize extrapolations of the future. But there are those who go far beyond, venturing into realms of breathtaking science. That kind of cutting edge talent is as rare as a supernova—and, in its own way, just as powerful. Arthur C. Clarke had it