Horn: 408 books

Jason has had a tough life, but everything spirals out of control when the king is murdered and he and his friends are accused of his murder. Together they must uncover the world's most darkest secrets in order to stop the mad man who has taken over the kingdom. Can they survive, or will darkness rule forever?

Franconofurd, Mainhatten, Bankfurt, Europastadt oder einfach FRA. Die Stadt am Main bekam im Laufe der Zeit nicht nur viele verschiedene Beinamen, sondern hat auch zahlreiche Gesichter, die selbst unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Soziologen bezeichnen Frankfurt auch als die Stadt der "super...

The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories is a work of mystery. Gertrude Atherton--a protégée of Bierce--is a very good writer, and the three supernatural stories included in this collection of ten--"Death and the Countess," The Striding Place" and"The Bell in the Fog"--are fine examples of the genre. (Excerpt from Goodreads)

This tale of scientific rejuvenation was the number one best seller of 1923. A woman in her late fifties undergoes treatment to become younger and now looks 30. She falls in love with a 34 year old man and the story focuses at length on his/her struggles to overcome their real differences in ages, outlooks, and priorities in life.

Die Philosophie der Antike umfasst einen Zeitraum von ungefähr 1100 Jahren. Sie bildet eine der bewegtesten und der reichsten Perioden der Philosophiegeschichte überhaupt. Vor den Griechen existierte philosophisches Denken nirgendwo im Mittelmeerraum – vielleicht ja sogar nirgendwo auf der Welt....

Der Krieg, der einen Großteil der Welt Rodinia vernichtet und die Grundfesten der Menschheit erschüttert hat, ist vorüber. Die Magier gingen als Sieger aus der Schlacht gegen die Zauberer hervor, die von der Erdenscheibe getilgt und über deren Rand hinaus verbannt wurden. Sie waren es, die die...

When the super-rich CEO of a giant hospital chain, Stewart Grumman, is found lying dead eye-to-eye with his beloved Doberman, Beowulf, tranquilized at his side, it exposes a web of jealousy and greed. Grumman was the client of a cunning ex-Brit and a cold-blooded South Korean who are making millions...

In 1982, at age two, Jonah was abandoned on an isolated Ozark farm by a desperate, young mother. The farm’s sole occupant, an elderly widow, kept him to help her as he aged. He had no birth certificate, recorded fingerprints, DNA or any other kind of traceable identification. He never learned to...

Overview Spencer Tillman collapses on the sixteenth tee while playing golf with his father and two brothers. The autopsy determines he was poisoned. But how? And by whom? Hank Tower, former spy turned New York PI, enters the case when Spencer's eighteen-year-old son skips school to seek his...

Beim Krippenspiel ihrer Schule hat es Ruben und Kent dieses Jahr besonders schlimm erwischt. Ruben hat die Rolle der Jungfrau Maria aufs Auge gedrückt bekommen und Kent das Christkind. Voll peinlich. Bei der Aufführung kommt es dann zur Katastrophe: Das Dach der Turnhalle stürzt ein, als der Erzengel...

One of an elite group of four New York City detectives is a professional killer. The group’s former Chief tells the four that he is dying and leaving his three million dollar estate to them, but under an ominous condition. The Chief knows who the killer is, but won’t reveal it. Instead, he challenges...

Amir Carrington was the ideal plant to help the U.S. identify money flowing to the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS). He was Syrian/Canadian, a computer wizard, fluent in Arabic and living in Damascus. He succeeded grandly. He uncovered a transfer of a half-billion dollars going to the terror organization...

As Seen in the New York Times Book Review  Billionaire hedge fund managers are being murdered in New York.  In December 2009 when the Great Recession was at its peak and anger at Wall Street bordered on hysteria, two hedge fund managers were poisoned on Christmas Eve while...

Was heißt es für eine Tochter, ihren leiblichen Vater nicht zu kennen? Welche Rolle spielt der Abwesende im Leben der jungen Frau? Im Gegensatz zur oft behandelten Vater-Sohn-Beziehung ist die Bedeutung der Väter für die Töchter bisher kaum thematisiert worden. Dabei sind auch Töchter bei der...