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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The simple life gets complicated when death comes calling in the first novel in the national bestselling Amish Mystery series.Claire Weatherly has fled a high-stress lifestyle for a slower pace-in Amish country: Heavenly, Pennsylvania. She only planned a short visit but instead found herself opening an Amish specialty shop, Heavenly Treasures, and settling in.Claire loves her new home, and she's slowly making friends among the locals, including Esther, a young Amish woman who works in the shop. So when the store's former owner,the unlikable Walter Snow, is murdered, and the man Esther is sweet on becomes a suspect, Claire can't help but get involved.Newly returned Detective Jakob Fisher, who left Heavenly-and his Amish upbringing-as a teenager, is on the case. But his investigation is stalled by the fact that none of his former community will speak with him. Claire's connections make her the perfect go-between.As Claire investigates, she uncovers more than she wanted to know about her neighbors. And suddenly, everything she had hoped to find in this peaceful refuge is at risk.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Domestic diva Sophie Winston finds trouble in spades in the sixth mystery in the New York Times bestselling series.Determined not to be a garden-variety diva, Sophie's neighbor, Natasha, cultivates a plan to shine on television-using Sophie's backyard. As the cast and crew of the makeover show Tear It Up With Troy bulldoze through her backyard-and vacation-Sophie retreats to her perennial boyfriend Wolf's to replace a dead rose bush. But her tender deed goes awry when she digs up a purse belonging to Wolf's missing wife. As speculations sprout, Wolf bolts, and then a body crops up in a garden. Is Wolf's thorny past raising a dead head This is one case the domestic diva can't let wither on the vine.Includes delicious recipes and entertaining tips!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Roanoke, Virginia, is home to some of the country's most exquisite gardens, and it's Camellia Harris' job to promote them. But when an out of towner turns up dead, she discovers there's no good way to spin murder?

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Retired folk art curator Beatrice Coleman knows everything there is to know about quilts, except how to make them. But with her recent move to Dapple Hills, North Carolina, she's learning all sorts of new things-including how to solve a murder? As the newest member of the Village Quilters Guild, Beatrice has a lot of gossip to catch up on-especially with the Patchwork Cottage quilt shop about to close. It seems that Judith, the landlord everyone loves to hate, wants to raise the rent, despite being a quilter herself? But when Judith is found dead, the harmless gossip becomes an intricate patchwork of mischievous motives. And it's up to Beatrice's expert eye to decipher the pattern and catch the killer, before her life gets sewn up for good. Includes quilting tips!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the 'always fabulous Lauren Dane'\* comes her new novel of a treacherous family legacy, a temptation just as dangerous, and an evil so depraved it can only be spoken of in whispers?

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Abigail Cooper makes a living as a psychic, using her vision to stop others from making a killing on murder. Now, as the FBI's newest Civilian Profiler, she can add something else to her resume-spy. FROM PSYCHIC EYE TO PSYCHIC SPY The CIA and Air Force need Abby Cooper's help. The military has developed a software surveillance system able to lock onto any individual's unique aura. The problem is, the drone carrying the software has gone missing, and the implications to national security could be devastating. To get the drone back, Uncle Sam must recruit a special agent-a very special agent in the form of professional psychic, Abigail Cooper. With her fiancé Dutch Rivers by her side, Abby is eager to do her patriotic duty and stop the criminals before they set their diabolical plan into motion. But the deeper Abby gets involved in counter intelligence, the more she makes herself a prime target?

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - More than 70,000 entries Thoroughly revised and updated 2,500 new words and meanings More than 400 photographs and illustrations Expert guidance on correct usage YOU ARE YOUR WORDS The words you use define you. Make the most of them with The American Heritage® Dictionary. THE FIFTH EDITION FEATURES Clear definitions written in a style that is accurate and easy to understand New words and senses in all areas from science and technology to food and clothing Biographical and geographical entries that identify the people and places you need to know Useful illustrations that enhance the definitions and make learning easier Expert guidance on usage based on surveys of the American Heritage® Usage Panel Etymologies, synonyms, antonyms, and much more.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A novel of courage and terror from the author of Sand and Fire and The Warriors.Estimated time of arrival: Never.When a terrorist bombing strikes a police training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, many are killed. The wounded, including Sergeant Major Sophia Gold, are loaded onto a C-5 Galaxy bound for Germany. But after takeoff, aircraft commander Michael Parson receives a message: the jihadists have placed bombs on planes leaving Afghanistanand his is one of them. They are trapped in the air. And if they descend, they will die.As the aircraft deteriorates and the patients grow worse, Parson, Gold, and the crew are pushed to the breaking pointand their biggest challenge has yet to show itself.For the enemy is already closer than any of them can dare to imagine.'Fans of Clancy, Coonts, and Dale Brown need to add Young to their must-read lists.' (Booklist).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the author of Hemlock Island comes a battle of epic proportions in this next novel of the #1 New York Times bestselling Otherworld series. Savannah Levine is all grown up. As a witch endowed with an array of spells, she is also a force to be reckoned with. As a paranormal investigator she is finally coming into her own. But her last case tore a family apart, and Savannah swore she'd give up her powers to fix the mess she helped create. Someone-or something-must have been listening.Powerless and on the run from witch-hunting assassins, Savannah stumbles upon a gathering storm that threatens the very existence of the Otherworld. The danger is real, and Savannah must somehow join forces with old friends like Elena, Clay, Paige, Lucas, Jaime, and Hope to face their world's greatest threat-and one that just might come from within.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER If you don't take this note to the police . . . I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. . . . If you do . . . I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have six hours to decide. The choice is yours. The typewritten note under his windshield seems like just a sick joke. But in less than twenty-four hours, Billy Wiles, an ordinary, hardworking guy, is about to see his life take on the speed of a nightmare. Because a young blond schoolteacher is murdered-and now Billy has another note. And another deadline. This time he knows it's no joke. He's racing a killer faster than evil itself. And Billy must accept his terrifying challenge: The choice is yours. Think fast. Fear never slows down. . . .

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Koontz is America's No. 1 author of thrillers [and] The Husband is one of his finest novels.'-The Denver PostWe have your wife. You get her back for two million cash. On an ordinary afternoon, an ordinary man, a gardener of modest means, gets a phone call out of his worst nightmare. The caller is dead serious. He doesn't care that Mitch can't raise that kind of money. If she's everything to you, then you'll find a way.Mitch loves his wife more than life itself. He's got sixty hours to prove it. He has to find the two million by then. But he'll pay a lot more. He'll pay anything.Praise for The Husband'Breakneck speed and complexities . . . Koontz is a master of the edge-of-your-seat, paranoid thriller-and perhaps the leading American practitioner of the form.'-The Star-Ledger'A pulse-pounding thriller with echoes of Hitchcock.'-Publishers Weekly'[A] hair-raising thriller . . . Nothing should be given away about this sinuous nail-biter's developments . . . all help ratchet up the suspense.'-Booklist (starred review).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Rizzoli & Isles now a series on TNT In the murky shadows of Boston's Chinatown lies a severed hand. On the tenement rooftop above is the corpse belonging to that hand, a red-haired woman dressed in black, her head nearly decapitated. Two strands of silver hairnot humancling to her body. They are homicide cop Jane Rizzoli's only clues, but they're enough for her and medical examiner Maura Isles to make the startling discovery: that this violent death had a chilling prequel. Nineteen years earlier, a horrifying murder-suicide in a Chinatown restaurant left five people dead. One woman connected to that massacre is still alivea mysterious martial arts master who is now the target of someone, or something, deeply and relentlessly evil. Cracking a crime with bone-chilling echoes of an ancient Chinese legend, Rizzoli and Isles must outwit an unseen enemy with centuries of cunningand a swift, avenging blade.Don't miss Tess Gerritsen's short story "Freaks" in the back of the book.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Longarm's after a killer who slays with fire?In her youth, her fiery temper and wild ways earned her the nickname Naughty Nellie. But this close kin to Marshal Billy Vail is no killer-at least Billy doesn't think so. A jury in Carson City disagrees, and they've sentenced Nellie to hang for burning her husband alive in their marriage bed.Billy has always turned to his best deputy marshal to put out his fires-but this time it's personal. Longarm barely has time to rekindle his romance with a Denver waitress before he lights out for Carson City. After he sees Nellie, he's determined to make sure an innocent widow doesn't go to the gallows-and a match-happy murderer burns in hell?

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Slocum's got just enough rope to hang himself?or someone else.With buzzards circling in the sky, young Tom Garvin hopes his search for the lost cattle of the Bar M Ranch has not ended in vain. It turns out the carrion those birds are after isn't cows but the body of a man hanging from a dying tree with a very mysterious black rope around his neck.Impressed by the rope, Garvin decides to take it-along with the dead man's beautiful horse-back to the ranch where he works with John Slocum. And the two of them are about to learn that this is one rope they don't want to be at the end of?

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNo fan of Dean Koontz or of psychological suspense will want to miss this extraordinary novel of the human mind's capacity to torment-and destroy-itself.It's a fear more paralyzing than falling. More terrifying than absolute darkness. More horrifying than anything you can imagine. It's the one fear you cannot escape no matter where you run . . . no matter where you hide.It's the fear of yourself. It's real. It can happen to you. And facing it can be deadly.False Memory . . . Fear for your mind.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAt a small-town carnival, two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed 'Jason Bourne.' Only they know Bourne's true identity and understand that the telegrams are really a message from Bourne's mortal enemy, Carlos, known also as the Jackal, the world's deadliest and most elusive terrorist. And furthermore, they know what the Jackal wants: a final confrontation with Bourne. Now David Webb, professor of Oriental studies, husband, and father, must do what he hoped never to do again-assume the terrible identity of Jason Bourne. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically and economically omnipotent Medusan group and use himself as bait to lure the cunning Jackal into a deadly trap-a trap from which only one of them will escape.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Welcome back to Threadville, Pennsylvania, where crafts are king, and a 'killer' sewing machine lives up to its name?

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When his family abandoned him at Eton, Benedict Hastings found an unexpected ally in his best friend's sister. Her letters kept him going-until the day he had to leave everything behind. Years later, Benedict has seen his share of betrayal, but when treachery hits close to home, he turns to his old friend for safe haven? After five torturous years on the marriage circuit, Lady Evelyn Moore is finally free to live her life as she wishes. So when her brother shows up with a dashing stranger, she finds herself torn between her dreams.and newfound desires. Despite his determination to keep Evie at a distance, Benedict cannot deny the attraction that began with a secret correspondence. Yet as they begin to discover one another, the dangers of Benedict's world find them, threatening their lives, their love, and everything they thought they could never have?

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Notorious bad boy Simon Harrington, third in line for his uncle's title, has finally conceded to settling down and finding a noble wife. Then he stumbles across a courtesan in peril on a dark London street, and his life takes an unexpected turn. Fearing for her safety, he brings the mysterious beauty to his cousin's School for Brides, where compromised women are taught how to be suitable wives. But he finds it impossible simply to walk away.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - While on a relaxing vacation in Bali, Julian decides to consult a legendary and wise healer whose reputation precedes him. The old Master Samtyang's diagnosis on meeting the schoolteacher is firm: you are healthy, but you are not . . . happy.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Between 1989 and 1990, Aileen Wuornos, a hitchhiking prostitute, shot, killed, and robbed seven men in remote Florida locations. Arrested in 1991, Wuornos insisted she had acted in self-defense, but the jury had little sympathy. Condemned to death on six separate counts, she was executed by lethal injection in 2002. An abused runaway who turned to prostitution to survive, Wuornos has become iconic of vengeful women who lash out at the nearest target. She has also become a touchstone for women's, prostitutes', and prisoners' rights advocates. Her story has inspired myriad books and articles, as well as the 2003 movie 'Monster,' for which Charlize Theron won an Academy Award. But until now, Wuornos's uncensored voice has never been heard. 'Dear Dawn' is Wuornos's autobiography culled from her ten-year death row correspondence with beloved childhood friend Dawn Botkins. Authorized for publication by Wuornos and edited under the guidance of Botkins, the letters not only offer Wuornos's riveting reflections on the murders, legal battles, and media coverage, but go further, revealing her fears and obsessions, her rich humor and empathy, and her gradual disintegration as her execution approached. A candid life story told to a trusted friend, 'Dear Dawn' is a compelling narrative, unwaveringly true to its source.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally published in hardcover: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. Co., 2005.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A kayak accident during a South American adventure takes one woman to heaven-where she experienced God's peace, joy, and angels-and back to life again. In 1999 in the Los Rios region of southern Chile, orthopedic surgeon, devoted wife, and loving mother Dr. Mary Neal drowned in a kayak accident. While cascading down a waterfall, her kayak became pinned at the bottom and she was immediately and completely submerged. Despite the rescue efforts of her companions, Mary was underwater for too long, and as a result, died. To Heaven and Back is Mary's remarkable story of her life's spiritual journey and what happened as she moved from life to death to eternal life, and back again. Detailing her feelings and surroundings in heaven, her communication with angels, and her deep sense of sadness when she realized it wasn't her time, Mary shares the captivating experience of her modern-day miracle. Mary's life has been forever changed by her newfound understanding of her purpose on earth, her awareness of God, her closer relationship with Jesus, and her personal spiritual journey suddenly enhanced by a first-hand experience in heaven. To Heaven and Back will reacquaint you with the hope, wonder, and promise of heaven, while enriching you own faith and walk with God.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There's a place where the ocean meets the shore, where kicking off your shoes and baring some skin is as natural as sneaking under the boardwalk for an ice cream cone and stolen kisses. But life isn't all a beach for Shaye Cates, even if her idea of an office is a shady umbrella at the water's edge equipped with cell phone and laptop. Steely-eyed Trace Saunders is the incredibly irksome fly in her coconut tanning oil. And running a kids' softball team with her longtime rival is going to have everyone in her little Florida town buzzing. Her scads of laid-back relatives and his whole uptight clan know that Shaye just wants to play ball while Trace thinks only of business. But beneath the twinkling lights of the ferris wheel, the magic of sea and sand can sweep away every inhibition . . . Suddenly, it's summertime, and the lovin' is easy. 'Hot, sexy and smart!' --Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling authorPraise for Kate Angell and her novels'Fast-paced. Fun characters.' -Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author 'Her stories are delightful with a satisfying ending.' -RT Book Reviews'No fan of the genre should miss Angell's surefire romances.' -Booklist.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ALL-NEW IN AN EXTRAORDINARY ROMANCE. Return to the captivating storytelling of New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks, and her stirring saga of three brothers and one indomitable woman-of wounded hearts, family, and forgiveness? When it came to overcoming the odds of a tragic past, Lily was determined to move on. The three Colter brothers helped her do it. They taught her new ways to love, new dreams to share, and offered her a new life that she never thought possible. Now is a time for celebration, and what better way than with a long-awaited family reunion, a homecoming that will bring together the entire Colter family and a few surprises no one anticipated. But first, there's something from Lily's past she still needs to reconcile-even when all the while she is holding close to her heart a newfound secret that will change her future, forever enrich the Colter legacy, and make every promise come true.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - By understanding how and when common sense fails, we can improve our understanding of the present and better plan for the future. Drawing on the latest scientific research, along with a wealth of historical and contemporary examples, Watts shows how common sense reasoning and history conspire to mislead us into believing that we understand more about the world of human behavior than we do; and in turn, why attempts to predict, manage, or manipulate social and economic systems so often go awry.It seems obvious, for example, that people respond to incentives; yet policy makers and managers alike frequently fail to anticipate how people will respond to the incentives they create. Social trends often seem to be driven by certain influential people; yet marketers have been unable to identify these 'influencers' in advance. And although successful products or companies always seem in retrospect to have succeeded because of their unique qualities, predicting the qualities of the next hit product or hot company is notoriously difficult even for experienced professionals.Watts' argument has important implications in politics, business, and marketing, as well as in science and everyday life.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The latest psychological thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Wrong Mother and The Cradle in the Grave.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A child born in the plague year of 1348, abandoned and raised within the oppressive walls of a convent, Alice Perrers refused to take the veil, convinced that a greater destiny awaited her. Ambitious and quick witted, she rose above her obscure beginnings to become the infamous mistress of Edward III. But always, essentially, she was alone.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Perhaps nowhere are the competing ideas of heaven and hell exhibited more clearly than in the dark and tormented soul of Thomas Cale. Betrayed by his beloved, Cale will lead the Redeemers into a battle for the fate of the human race.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being HumanSuperman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, and the X-Men-the list of names as familiar as our own. They are on our movie and television screens, in our videogames and in our dreams. But what are they trying to tell us For Grant Morrison, one of the most acclaimed writers in the world of comics, these heroes are powerful archetypes who reflect and predict the course of human existence: Through them we tell the story of ourselves. In this exhilarating work of a lifetime, Morrison draws on art, archetypes, and his own astonishing journeys through this shadow universe to provide the first true history of our great modern myth: the superhero.Now with a new Afterword.