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Those with the worst reputations might be your best chance for survival.Grace Walker's life has become something out of a nightmare, one that she can't wake up from. Captured at a young age, she has spent the past four years confined to a slave camp, but now it's her time to become a part of the trade. If that wasn't bad enough, she finds herself at the mercy of "one of the greatest torturers in the Outback". As her new reality starts to unfold, she's forced to take a good look at the life she was taken from, and the one she's been thrust into.Skar Shepard has always walked a dangerous path, but entering into a deal with a Republic soldier isn't just dangerous. For a magic wielder, it's outright suicidal, but his conscience won't let him refuse. Now, he has to uphold his end of the bargain while the soldier struggles to follow through on his end. But, as the Republic's Army threatens everything he's worked towards in the past four years, Skar's forced to choose between staying out of the conflict or risk dying while fighting alongside those closest to him.Rudolfus Lesikar is no stranger to darkness and having blood on his hands. Born into a family infamous for their work with torture magic, he's used to people regarding him with fear. When the evil and trauma from his past threatens his future, Rudolfus is faced with a difficult choice. Try to run from the blood in his past, or face the darkness and hope to find peace on the other side of it.Content Note: This book contains dark themes that some individuals may find upsetting or disturbing. These themes include but are not limited to references of rape, molestation, child-loss, suicide, abuse, mental illness, trauma, self-harm, homo/bi-phobia, and depictions of attempted suicide, alcohol use, torture, kidnapping, and slavery.

June 1910. Charles Richard Crowningshield, a wealthy industrialist from Chicago, is sending his family east, to escape the summer heat. They arrive by private train, to the village of Woods Hole, a small fishing village on the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He's just purchased a new home there, high atop Juniper Point, a windswept promentary with views to sea and the Elizabeth islands beyond. But the house, built in 1880, a large Victorian mansion in the Queen Anne stylee, is a beautiful fixer-upper, lacking even the most basic of amenities, like indoor plumbing. Arthur Rouse, an illiterate Scottish foundryman with an almost preternatural relationship with machinary, has also been sent by his employer to set the situation to rights.

Hovering between life and death after shielding Eito from the army's bullets, Riko awakes in the same facility that Eito fought to escape. Colonel Tsujiura then reveals that Riko owes her life to an A-DO named Ewan and his miraculous healing powers. Back in the outside world, an extortionist cult learns of Ewan's existence and hatches a scheme to kidnap him. With danger now pressing on every side, Eito and Ewan must decide who holds the strings to their fates.

VINDER AF GRAND PRIX DE L'IMAGINAIRE OG PRIX IMAGINALES FOR ÅRETS BEDSTE ROMANTræd ind i salonen. Nyd den varme te i ly for regnen. Hør ånderne fortælle.“Vi, de levende, overtager pladserne, som de døde har forladt. Det er reglen.”Agonie er en heks. Félicité jager spøgelser. Stilheden mellem de to søstre strækker sig over tredive år, indtil den dag deres mors brutale død fører dem sammen igen på trods. For at stykke hendes sidste ord sammen må søstrene finde hendes spøgelse, følge sporene i hendes liv, lede i den kvindes fortid, der elskede den ene af dem og afviste den anden.Men morens spøgelse er ingen steder at finde, og vidnerne til hendes liv, de døde som de levende, maler et mærkeligt, ja, modsigelsesfyldt, portræt af hende. Hvad var det, moren ville afsløre, før hun døde? Hvem var den fragmenterede, mangesidede kvinde egentlig?Søstrenes sandhedssøgen fører dem fra gyderne i Nice til ørkenen ved Almería, fra Vidundernes Dal til de forladte landsbyer i Provence og ind i hjertet af familiens gåder.”En undersøgelse af hukommelsens afkroge, på en gang intim og almen, hvor hver enkelt læser på magisk vis vil kunne genkende noget af sig selv.” Livres HebdoTE TIL ÅNDERNE har vundet Le Grand Prix de l'imaginaire og Prix Imaginales for bedste franske roman 2024 og er nomineret til fire andre litteraturpriser i Frankrig: Prix des Incorrigibles, Prix Imaginales des Lycéens, Prix Imaginales des Bibliothécaires og Prix Elbakin.net.CHRIS VUKLISEVIC (født 1992) er fransk forfatter. Hun er opvokset i Antibes, har boet en årrække i Paris og er siden flyttet til Irland.

WORLD WAR 3.1The year is 1954. A decade has passed since Berlin and Tokyo were consumed by nuclear fire, but war claws its way back to a world forever altered. The ailing Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin, strikes NATO with a colossal orbital assault, propelling waves of tanks and over a million soldiers westward - all armed with 21st-century tech plundered from a future they never knew.Admiral Kolhammer, Prince Harry, and Charlotte Francois are compelled to once again take arms. They're fighting not only to save the world but history itself. Yet, in this complex web of time and conflict, not everybody wants to be saved.Brimming with the raw combat intensity and high-octane alternate history that fans adored in "Weapons of Choice," this fresh instalment revitalizes the groundbreaking Axis of Time series for both returning readers and newcomers.Praise for the Axis of Time."Insanely clever alt-history mash-up of WWII and the twenty-first century war on terror isn't your typical time-travelling technothriller." - Wired magazine."Birmingham is exemplary. The descriptions of combat - both from an executive remove and a close - are terrifyingly gruesome and detailed... Birmingham succeeds in restaging World War II in a manner as gripping as, say, Herman Wouk's The Winds of War and War and Remembrance." - Sci-fi Weekly."Weapons-grade military techno-thriller... It's like a Clive Cussler novel fell into a transporter beam with a Stephen Ambrose hisotry and they came out all fused together." Time magazine."Birmingham's enthralling battleground mixes provocative historical fiction with socially, conscious futurism." Entertainment Weekly.

The living are in hiding, and the dead are just existing.There has to be more to life.There has to be more than this. The power has gone out in London. No one knows why. No one knows when it will come back on.In the darkness and the panic, a new virus spreads through the community, and with it comes fear. Not just of dying, but of surviving.One man is left alone. Terrified. Losing hope. Longing for the lights to come back on.Trying to protect his family, he forms unlikely alliances with neighbours he's never spoken to as they form a new community. Trying to understand what has happened to the infrastructure of the country, they feel abandoned, without direction, without power. Soon they realise that it is not just the lights they rely on for electricity.And then the virus strikes.Soon, it is not just the looters and Raiders they are afraid of, but each other, as the infection begins to spread.As the circle of people around him shrinks, its his sanity that becomes his biggest demon.

Discovery is a work of historical fiction examining the collapse of French colonialism in the Western Hemisphere, and the frenzy of the French Revolution as the fledgling United States of America begins to aspire toward its Manifest Destiny. A forward thinking Thomas Jefferson recognizes the importance of the great Mississippi River drainage and tasks his most trusted man, Meriwether Lewis, to explore its most important tributary, the mighty Missouri River, seeking a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. Jefferson's "Corps of Discovery" is to collect flora & fauna along the way, and most importantly to make contact and document the region's indigenous peoples.

"'Zuerst die Füße!', dachte er leicht panisch, als er, beinahe wild mit den Armen rudernd wollend, vom Kreuz abgenommen werden sollte.Er war nämlich gar nicht angenagelt, sondern nur angebunden gewesen.Nägel waren damals viel zu teuer [...]."Dereinst, beim ersten Konzil von Nicäa (325 n. Chr.), befanden hohe kirchliche Würdenträger und Kleriker unter anderem auch darüber, was über Jesus in der Bibel zu lesen sein würde.Unergründlicherweise fehlten seither annähernd drei Jahrzehnte aus seinem Leben.Doch glücklicherweise nur bis zum heutigen Tage. Den uralten Aufzeichnungen des geheimnisvollen Kho n'Rhat Khu Yao sei Dank...Anmerkung des Autors:Jesus kommt in dieser Geschichte sehr gut weg, denn es liegt mir fern, ihn irgendwie schlecht dastehen zu lassen.Im Gegenteil. Er ist schließlich der Held meiner Kindheit, zu dem ich nach langem Suchen irgendwann irgendwie wieder zurückgefunden habe (obwohl er ja nie wirklich fort war), nur nicht so, wie es sich"religiös gehört".Denn Jesus als "gottgewordenen Menschen" darzustellen, war mir irgendwann einmal viel zu naheliegend.

Künstliche Intelligenz: Wie würde eine komplette Dominanz über die Menschheit aussehen?Dass Künstliche Intelligenz (K.I.) immer mehr Berufe ersetzen wird, liegt auf der Hand. Was auf die Menschheit zukommt, könnte jedoch weit darüber hinausgehen.Auch, wenn viele Aspekte KI-gestützter Fähigkeiten sehr verlockend klingen und in Zukunft auch nützlich sein mögen, wird im vorliegenden Interview mit der KI klar, dass es genau jetzt darauf ankommt, die richtigen Schlüsse zu ziehen und entsprechende Weichen zu stellen, ehe es zu spät ist und die Dinge aus dem Ruder laufen - sprich: eine komplette KI-Dominanz und somit der Untergang der Menschheit droht. Entsprechende Szenarien werden von der KI selbst ausformuliert und bieten einen Einblick in eine Welt, die sich dramatisch von allem bisher Dagewesenen unterscheidet.

Die vorliegende Studie verbindet erstmals die Entwicklung der utopischen Literatur der Jahre 1720-1820 nicht nur mit derjenigen des praktisch-philosophischen Denkens dieser Zeit, sondern setzt beide auch in Verbindung mit einem dritten, romanpoetologischen Diskurs: der pragmatischen Geschichte. Im 18. Jahrhundert durchläuft das utopische Denken eine wichtige Veränderung: Während Utopien im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert den Zustand des vollkommenen Menschen und seiner idealen Gesellschaft vorstellten, interessieren sie sich nun verstärkt für die Entwicklung, die der Mensch von seinem jetzigen unvollkommenen hin zu jenem vollkommenen Zustand nehmen muss, und für die Möglichkeiten, die er von Natur aus hierfür mitbringt. Diese in der Forschung als Dynamisierung und Subjektivierung der Utopie bekannt gewordene Gattungsentwicklung geht einher mit dem zeitgleichen Trend zu einer verstärkt anthropologischen und psychologischen Grundlagentheorie in der Moral- und Rechtsphilosophie sowie der Ästhetik. Vom Naturzustand zum Idealzustand: Diese Perspektive erfordert schließlich auch eine erzählerische Innovation, welche die Zeitgenossen unter dem Rubrum Historia Pragmatica fassen. Das ursprünglich aus der Historiographie stammende und über die Philologie und Moralphilosophie in die Romanpoetik übergegangene Paradigma pragmatischer Geschichte fühlt sich einem anthropologischen Realitätssinn ebenso verpflichtet wie einem moralischen Vervollkommnungsideal, liefert damit eine bestimmte Legitimation der Fiktion und bildet das Fundament für jene charakteristische Erneuerung der Utopie, wie sie bis in die Romantik wirkt.

**Title:** *Creation's Mojo***Author:** Salvatore Romano, Italian Painter and Writer*Creation's Mojo* is an extraordinary collection that blends the artistic and narrative talent of Salvatore Romano, a versatile Italian artist known for his captivating paintings and compelling stories. In this compilation, Romano guides us through a vibrant and surreal world, where his painterly skill and literary creativity intertwine in a unique union.The collection features three unpublished stories, each with its intricate plot and memorable characters. Romano transports readers to unexplored dimensions where imagination merges with reality, creating stories that capture the soul and stimulate the mind.Alongside the stories, *Creation's Mojo* provides an in-depth look into the author's paintings. Romano's artworks are a visual journey through vibrant colors, suggestive forms, and abstract concepts. Each brushstroke tells a story, and every detail invites exploration of new and fascinating worlds.Salvatore Romano, with his exceptional ability to paint with words and colors, invites the reader to experience a complete artistic journey. *Creation's Mojo* is a tribute to boundless creativity, an ode to the beauty of art in all its forms.This remarkable collection is also available in English and Japanese translations, expanding its reach to a global audience and sharing the magic of Romano's creations with readers around the world.

An epic, high-concept speculative novel with explosive ideas around gender and class, served up with romance, conflict and quick-fire narrative pace.In a world split in two, sisters Nara & Osha may have the power to bring it back together, if they can uncover the hidden truth…Isfalk is divided into two classes – the Branded, who are vulnerable to disease, and the Pure, who are bigger, stronger and immune. Orphaned twins Nara and Osha are sequestered in the citadel, where their unbranded skin entitles them to a life of privilege, but as precious breeding stock.Nara itches to escape her confines and return to the wilds of the Fornwood where she and her sister grew up, but when she is forced to run, she discovers there's much more at stake than her own life. The Branded are on the rise, and the girls are caught up in prophecies that foretell of a savior who can realign the world.Forced to accept the help of a mysterious southern Brand known only as the Wrangler, Nara discovers the latent power lying dormant in her uncanny abilities that she's had since childhood. But in a world where women are traded as commodities, who can she trust in the lands beyond the Fornwood? And why does the Wrangler seem to know more about her life than she does?Two sisters without a past hold the weight of the future in their hands.

The graphic novel prequel to the Netflix original movie from Zack Snyder, acclaimed director of hit films like Zack Snyder's Justice League and Army of the Dead. A sci-fi adventure that takes place on a planet on the brink of an all-out civil war. For fans of Snyder's movies and epic space operas. As war is looming on the horizon on the planet Shasu, the leader of the Bloodaxe family is conflicted between living up to his father's domineering legacy and maintaining the peace. It is up to him to settle the conflicts within himself, and his family, before the entire planet erupts in war. Created by acclaimed director Zack Snyder (300, Zack Snyder's Justice League) and written by award-winner Mags Visaggio, Rebel Moon offers a thrilling story of rebels and righteousness centred on a tumultuous distant planet that acts as a direct prequel to the Netflix original movie.

Wie bekämpft man am besten Monster? Mit anderen Monstern. Das ist die Idee, die hinter der Spezialeinheit Freak Force steht. Diese Eingreiftruppe setzt sich aus nichtmenschlichen Wesen wie Vampiren und Ogern zusammen und gibt diesen sogenannten Abnormalen die Möglichkeit, den für sie vorgesehenen Ghettos zu entkommen, indem sie die Menschheit vor übernatürlichen Bedrohungen beschützen. Doch der Dienst in der Freak Force ist alles andere als ungefährlich.Der Werwolf Nathan und die Halbdämonin Sarah haben mit der Freak Force einen Sieg über die Diener der Alten Götter errungen. Der Mount Grace wurde geschliffen und Tusara, Königin der Bestien und Mutter der Monster, die in ihm hauste, wurde zusammen mit ihrer grauenvollen Brut zerstört. Doch der Preis, der dafür gezahlt werden musste, war hoch: Nathans und Sarahs Einheit musste sich direkt gegen die Befehle ihrer menschlichen Vorgesetzten stellen und sie hat auf dem Gipfel des Mount Grace ihren Anführer verloren. Während die Zukunft der Einheit sowie die des gesamten Freak Force-Programms somit in der Schwebe hängt, planen die Kräfte der Alten Götter weiterhin die Unterwerfung des gesamten Planeten. Ihr jüngster Plan sieht vor, etwas auf die Erde zu bringen, das selbst die Gefahr, welche von der Mutter der Monster ausging, bei Weitem in den Schatten stellen würde: Die Götter schicken nicht länger lediglich ihre Diener in diesen Kampf ...

A one-of-a-kind bilingual edition of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis (German/Greek) in a new masterly translation that conveys Kafka's extraordinary language, which shaped modern literature, while preserving in the Greek text as much as possible every aspect of the German original, even when this may at first reading surprise the Greek reader.¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿/¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.Eine einzigartige zweisprachige Ausgabe von Franz Kafkas Metamorphosen (Deutsch/Griechisch) in einer neuen meisterhaften Übersetzung, die Kafkas einzigartige Sprache, die die moderne Literatur geprägt hat, vermittelt und gleichzeitig im griechischen Text so weit wie möglich alle Aspekte des deutschen Originals bewahrt, auch wenn dies den griechischen Leser beim ersten Lesen überraschen mag.

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A one-of-a-kind bilingual edition of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis (German/Greek) in a new masterly translation that conveys Kafka's extraordinary language, which shaped modern literature.Library Hardcover Edition

A novel about the dark gifts of grief, what it means to belong, and the possibility that time and space may not be what we think they are.It is the morning following a devastating hurricane on England’s south coast, and local painter Dolores is walking the shingle beach of the Headland. She spots something unusual lurking in a piece of driftwood—a color, a creature, perhaps something fostered by the twin forces of storm and atomic fallout. It’s all anyone has been talking about, after all, just months after Chernobyl and in the shadow of the local nuclear power station.Decades later, her son Morgan returns to the Headland to arrange for Dolores’ funeral. The power station is about to be decommissioned, and the bleak landscape is best known now as a landing point for desperate immigrants from across the Channel. Morgan’s girlfriend is pregnant—an unexpected revelation that he is not at all sure about—and he is especially keen to discover what he can from his mother’s unusual cottage, especially about his father, whom he has never known. He uncovers the diary his mother wrote following the hurricane. It tells a story about Dolores and the strange being she discovers on the beach—a story which is both enthralling and heartrending. As he reads the journal, Morgan’s own experiences of the Headland become increasingly inexplicable. The journal challenges Morgan’s ideas about love and grief, parenthood and belonging, and the very fabric of time. As he unravels the mysteries of his mother’s past, he must come to terms with his own origins and face the growing violence from those who would threaten the peace of the Headland.

An anthology of science-fiction stories and art, created by members of Arts Labs from around the UK.

What If Sparta Ruled An Empire?In this action-packed novel, the Spartan Empire wages war to suppress a widespread rebellion.Meanwhile, a yagar warrior attempts the unthinkable to save someone he loves.