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Hiermit werden Sie herzlich eingeladen zu einem Dinner und einer magischen Show zum Dessert. Im Rahmen dieses Events fordere ich Sie zu einem Wettstreit der Talente auf. Dem Gewinner winken 1 Million Pfund und der Titel 'Größter Zauberkünstler der Welt'. Mit dieser Einladung weckt ein gewisser Daniel Twain bei fünf Männern und einer Frau den Ehrgeiz das Geld und den Titel für sich zu gewinnen. Doch es ist eine brandgefährliche Falle, denn das Herrenhaus, auf das er sie einlädt, ist gespickt mit tödlichen Fallen und diese müssen sie im Duell mit der Zeit bestehen.

Business sense consists of "five freedoms," says Dan Thomas, President of FOCUS. Success depends on exercising each freedom in developing strategy, systems, organization, and personnel selection. Dr. Thomas, whose company works with client management teams to help them develop and implement business and corporate strategies that make sense, has taught at both the Stanford and Harvard Business Schools. Now he lends his expertise to help you make the decisions that can mean the difference between prosperity and failure in your organization.

Far from being a "First World problem", mental illness is a global scourge that affects people of all incomes and backgrounds. By 2030, mental disorders will cost the global economy around $6 trillion a year - more than heart disease.

In the distant star system of Gerandra, the Dark Queen named Syrinx plots her ultimate ambition: the annexation of the Solar System, and the systematic subjugation of all humanity. To this end, she commands her team of specialists known as the Science Guild to devise a means involving not one, but two moons. Unknown to her, however, she and her Guild are being watched by the quasi-beings called the Elders of the Wind-Light, who even now prepare to bestow a great power on three young Earthmen.

Since the 2008 recession began, sales of Atlas Shrugged have surged and the novel (and author Ayn Rand) have landed at the center of American politics. Whether you decide to embrace Ayn Rand's ideas, reject them, or simply want to be able to participate in an informed way in conversations about Rand's ideas, this slim volume will help you understand her revolutionary philosophy and identify the myths circulating about her ideas. Four authors identify some prominent myths, show why they are false, and state the plain facts that the myths conceal.

Kerry Keen is a young millionaire playboy by day to hide his nocturnal adventures as a costumed airborne crime fighter! From a secret underground hangar on his Long Island estate in the Graylands, The Griffon takes to the skies in the Black Bullet, his supercharged and heavily armed seaplane on missions of justice and vengeance! Six tales of action, excitement, mystery and amazing aerial adventure take flight in this collection.

The war is not going well for Captain McNair and the only way to get the battle off the front doorstep of the planet of Pacifica is to save a mortal enemy. Fleet Captain Lomar has information that will help with the war. Can McNair put aside his hate long enough rescue Lomar from certain death? Find out what happens in the thrilling conclusion of the trilogy The Veterans of the Psychic Wars.

This essay explores the political theory of Ayn Rand, a topic that catapulted to the national stage during the last presidential election following the nomination of Rep. Paul Ryan (a self-described enthusiast of Rand's ideas and novels) to the Romney ticket. Ayn Rand's ideas continue to generate public debate in political and cultural circles, but those ideas are frequently misunderstood and misrepresented. This book provides a succinct summary of key aspects of her thought, enabling you to intelligently discuss Rand's ideas with others.

The space station has been attacked! Captain McNair must find out who did it and why. He struggles with a terrifying enemy in a war that he is not prepared to fight. Victory seems possible only by joining forces with a potential ally he knows nothing about. Is this the Third Dawn for mankind or the end of human existence?

The Darkness is coming. Mankind's last hope is the underwater stronghold of Pacifica. Now a ship that was on a mission critical to Pacifica's future has gone missing and Captain Jay McNair is given the task of finding her - at any cost! Unseen forces conspire to impede his mission at every turn. The seas of Pacifica have turned into hostile waters.

The planets Terra and Gaia have been at war for generations. In a last ditch effort, a council is formed to usher in an era of peace. But when council members are ruthlessly killed, lines are drawn, sides grow hostile, and mutual destruction seems inevitable.

Joe Devlin has just finished his second year at the Space Academy with his dad returning home from a highly classified mission. A secret so powerful that it will change Bandor forever! Can Joe handle the knowledge of what his dad entrusts him with? Or will it be his downfall, tempted by the power of a legend older than the unity of Bandor. Come with Joe as he goes on a journey requiring courage and sheer guts in the face of utter danger.

Joe Devlin is midway through his second year at the Space Academy with his father and sister deployed in the war against the Tourians. When someone close to Joe is missing in action, can he, against all odds, find out what happened? Will he be pushed past his limits as a pilot during his quest for the answers? The Tourians are waiting!

It's the eve of the "ripening" as Gibson Blount discovers the secret history of an ancient race and the true outcome of Lucifer's fall. Now, the fallen angel, Azazel, has horrific plans for Blount's town...and the world. With the help of a local priest, a prostitute, an orphan, historical figure William Quantrill, and one of God's chief angels, Blount must dig for truth and unearth secrets woven deeply within Time itself to uncover a supernatural plot put into motion by the church to punish the Roanoke Puritans.

Joe Devlin has started his first year at the Space Academy and nothing has gone his way. His father's heroics in the Tri-Sun War are legendary and Joe has plans to follow in his father's footsteps to be a Star Fighter. While his father is deployed to the war, can Joe measure up to the task at hand? With the town in smoke, Joe better find out if he can fix what he messed up before his father discovers his secret.

The monsters lurk in everyone: monsters of greed, of guilt, of the pleasure found in pain, of the pain found when pleasure dies. Carefully disguised, the monsters can sit down beside you or take up residence within you at the slightest twist of fate. Will you try to stop them? Will you want to?

Tom McCay's expert story telling envelops you like the embrace of a warm fireside on a cold winter's night. In fact, this novelette was conceived in the hemlock and hardwood-filled Sipsey Wilderness of Bankhead Forest in North Alabama. Tom's clever and distinctly southern idiomatic language makes each sentence crackle with imagery and artifice. Equal parts Stephen King and Shelby Foote, he transports us from the present to the past in seconds.

Captain Daniel Quinn is a struggling mercenary. When he stumbles on a secret location to a powerful energy source, he thinks his financial problems are over. After escaping an enemy ship, Daniel seeks to sell his information only to be cornered and threatened by a dangerous group of people.

With commanding skill, Thomas R. Martin tells the remarkable and dramatic story of how a tiny, poor, and threatened settlement grew to become, during its height, the dominant power in the Mediterranean world for 500 years. Encompassing the period from Rome's founding in the eighth century BC through Justinian's rule in the sixth century AD, he offers a distinctive perspective on the Romans and their civilization by employing fundamental Roman values as a lens through which to view both their rise and spectacular fall.

In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century BC. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and architecture of Athens in its Golden Age, Martin integrates political, military, social, and cultural history in a book that will appeal to students and general audiences alike. Now in its second edition, this classic work now features updates throughout.