The powerful city-state of Saraykeht is a bastion of peace and culture, a major center of commerce and trade. Its economy depends on the power of the captive spirit, Seedless, an andat bound to the poet-sorcerer Heshai for life. Enter the Galts, a juggernaut of an empire committed to laying waste to

Fractured reality What was once the United States is now the rad-blasted world of Deathlands...a place that more than lives up to its name. Led by a one-eyed warrior called Ryan Cawdor, a straggling band of survivors roams the nuke-ravaged land, honing their survival skills in a wasteland where dan

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After years of struggle, the Foundation lies in ruins - destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But is has been rumored that there is a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established as insurance to preserve the knowledge of mankind through the long centuries of bar

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Schaffen wir die Arbeit – oder schafft sie uns? Das rätselhafte Doppelgesicht der Arbeit: Aus ihr schöpfen wir Befriedigung, Kreativität und ein Leben in Wohlstand. Doch sie kann uns auch krank werden lassen. In jüngster Zeit wächst die Angst um den Arbeitsplatz. Auch keine Arbeit zu haben kann

**He awakened a need within her. But now she belongs to another...** Cole is successful beyond his dreams. He can have any woman he wants, but there's only one he can't stop thinking about: his childhood sweetheart, Renita. He's never forgotten his first taste of innocent love and the desire that

The world moved on. Now we’re ruled by the Summit. In a world where teenagers are ranked from One to Nine, I’m a Five. AN UNCHOSEN. I’m the scapegoat in my family, and today I’ll pay the price for their survival. I will attend the Unchosen Academy. They say you can outlive the Trials and up

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Seymour Levov è un ricco americano di successo: al liceo lo chiamano "lo Svedese". Ciò che pare attenderlo negli anni Cinquanta è una vita di successi professionali e gioie familiari. Finché le contraddizioni del conflitto in Vietnam non coinvolgono anche lui e l'adorata figlia Merry, decisa a porta

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