検索キーワード： 著者 "N.N." すべてのカテゴリー

The Great Migration and the Democratic Party frames the Great Migration as an important economic and social event that also had serious political consequences. Keneshia Grant created one of the first listings of Black elected officials that classifies them based on their status as participants in the Great Migration. She also describes some of the policy/political concerns of the migrants. The Great Migration and the Democratic Party lays the groundwork for ways of thinking about the contemporary impact of Black migration on American politics.

C. N. Phillips returns with the next tale in the saga of five crime families that run the streets of New York’s five boroughs. The uneasy alliance they once shared has been compromised, and now no one is truly safe from retribution. Caesar knew the peace he started had an expiration date, but he never thought the end would be so explosive. With the Pact completely dissolved and the Chinese angered beyond measure at the loss of their leader, they want Boogie’s head bloody and served on a stick. Caesar is willing to protect him at all costs.

Do you often wonder why you do not achieve success even after many sacrifices? Do you often feel exhausted, tired with failures, and stuck in life? Do you often wonder why all the successful people beam with self-confidence, grow faster, and win accolades, while others find it difficult and overwhelmed by circumstances? Imagine how your life would change if you knew how sacrifices help in achieving success, performing at the highest levels, and feeling happy.

Once, I was a broke college student. Now, it seems I'm destined to rule as the Lightbringer - queen of the demon realm. Except I have competition in the form of Orion, the lord of chaos. Like me, he has been marked as a leader. We can't keep our hands off each other, even if he swore an oath to kill me. It seems we both want the same thing - the crown. And, in this battle of wills, only one of us will be left standing.

Detective Inspector Fenella Sallow is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. When the body of a retired artist is discovered atop the blackened embers of the town bonfire, the community is rocked to the core. It falls to DI Fenella Sallow and her team to find out how she came to be there. In her 50s, the veteran detective inspector thought she had seen it all. But behind the curtained windows and closed doors of the idyllic Cumbria coastal setting lurks pure evil.

My name is Levi and I swear I didn’t kill her. Sure, I was the only person found at the scene of the crime, and maybe her blood was literally on my hands, but I can explain all that. I’m a journalist writing for Kansas City’s magical community. So when I suspected that a woman had been cursed, it’s only natural that I went to learn more. I couldn’t have known she’d be dead before I arrived. Seriously, I write headlines about bridge trolls and solstice events, not murder. The Wizard’s Council thinks I did it, and I’m going to have a hard time convincing them otherwise.

Blood spilled long ago between the Republic of Mareen and the armies of the Blood Emperor, ending all blood magic. Now there is peace in the Republic—but there is also a strict class system, misogyny and racism. Her world is not perfect, but Ikenna survived in it. With the murder of her grandfather, Ikenna spirals out of control. Though she is an initiate for the Republic’s deadly elite military force, Ikenna has a secret only her grandfather knew: she possesses the blood magic of the Republic’s enemies.

When he started looking for someone to help heal his broken heart, Wilson Curtis never dreamed he’d find two someones. After Wilson Curtis was publicly outed, his restaurant business left in tatters, and dumped by his closeted boyfriend, he goes to Key West alone. There he meets Simon Stanford and Adam Preston. As they get to know each other, in and out of the bedroom, sparks fly, and 10 days is all it takes to change their lives. Wil soon learns that love isn’t always conventional, and the only thing better than giving your heart to one man is giving it to two.

After meeting his old friend Tom, Robert Bruce is commissioned to help Tom find the daughter he never knew. But, even before he can begin his quest, Robert is drawn to a murder investigation. Closely guarded family secrets, and crooked cops, both seem to have something to do with the killing. Dedicated to unraveling the mystery, Robert swears he will find the killer - and Tom's daughter. With bodies piling up and clues hard to come by, can Robert solve the case, find Tom's missing daughter, and help his friends along the way? Listen, as his investigation leads to disaster.

Ein Dorf in Mittelengland, zwei Morde und ein ungewöhnliches Ermittlertrio: Die alte Mrs. Summers sitzt eines Morgens tot im Sessel, ein Bratenthermometer im Gehörgang. Im Wald wird ein unbekanntes junges Mädchen gefunden, erschlagen mit einem Fleischklopfer. Ex-Tanzlehrer Colin, Pfarrer Jasper und die kleinwüchsige Krankenschwester Norma haben eine ganz eigene Idee, wie man den Küchenutensilienmörder findet: Man bringt ihm das Tanzen bei.

Introducing Hank Chandler: flawed, fumbling, and about to fail out of college at the end of his freshman year. Struggling to straighten out his life and to figure out the mysterious death of a friend, Hank accepts a job on a Wyoming ranch. The spread on Forty Rod Road, run by Buzz and Hope Stifel, turns out to be a lot less than Hank expected. But the owners are decent, hardworking folks who take Hank on and teach him how to be a ranch hand. Soon, he learns the Stifels have their own secrets and faults, as grudges, infidelity, and a killing or two muddy the waters.

Mit den "Jicki-Sprachduschen" lernst Du Sprachen (fast) so einfach wie Deine Muttersprache. Durch das regelmäßige Hören der Vokabeln, Sätze und Geschichten wirst Du schnell feststellen, wie viel Du schon verstehst und schon bald selbst mit dem Sprechen beginnen. Lerne Englisch beim Kochen, beim Sport und sogar unterwegs im Auto. Die Geschichte: Carsten ist ziemlich im Stress und dann noch ständig die Meetings, die immer häufiger auf Englisch stattfinden. Daher entschließt er sich, bei Sarah einige Stunden in Englischer Konversation zu nehmen.

The situation around the Sanders’ farm is bleak, and likely to remain that way. A region trying to right itself after an incredible disaster is hit once again. This time, it may well be a knockout blow for many. The farm is still running, still surviving, and still trying to get things restarted. Isolation has been the only preventative for the plague, and this leaves them with little to no news of anything happening in the wider world. That is about to change. The Fires of America seem to have truly burned out, leaving nothing more than a few embers. But embers can still burn….

My name is Kaliya Sahni. Obsession is a part of who I am. It’s a fatal character flaw I have a hard time overcoming. Before Raphael, before the mysteries surrounding him, I had another obsession. Who killed my family and why? Who wants my people extinct? I might finally have a chance to find the answers to those questions that have plagued me for over a century. But it would be too easy to just walk away from a man like Raphael, and he’s not ready for me to walk out of his life completely. A mate like no other, he figures out exactly how to pull me back in.

A hilarity smoothie of standup, music, and multimedia slide presentations. Their debut album Horses and Grasses contains songs about the carbon cycle, pi, the Loyal Order of Moose, patriotic dinosaurs, and "Rodeohead", a bluegrass medley of Radiohead songs.

Although the book first appeared in 1616, the story takes place over 150 years earlier. It is an allegoric romance (story) divided into Seven Days, or Seven Journeys, like Genesis, and tells us about the way Christian Rosenkreuz was invited to go to a wonderful castle full of miracles, in order to assist the Chymical Wedding of the king and the queen, that is, the husband and the bride. The story begins on an evening near Easter. In the final chapter - the seventh day - CRC is knighted; the year is 1459.

Halek Cain has one chance to save everyone. The Alon Empire has redoubled its efforts to conquer Yansden and strip the planet bare. Their massive fleet devours every star system it encounters. They demand total surrender and show no mercy. The Neverseen are rising from the forests, oceans, and desert wilderness and thirsty for blood. Cain and his allies have stopped both of these enemies once, but their backs are to the wall, and they must escape or die.

Much of the history written about the Vietnam War overlooks the US Marine Corps Combined Action Platoons. These CAPs lived in the Vietnamese villages, with the difficult and dangerous mission of defending the villages from both the National Liberation Front guerrillas and the soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army. The CAPs also worked to improve living conditions by helping the people with projects, such as building schools, bridges, and irrigation systems for their fields.

The tree house is a magic tree house, but it looks like an ordinary tree house to the public and to all the other children. The tree house is alive and only welcomes her friends. They go there to sit and listen to scary stories told by a 2,000-year-old witch.

This audiobook is for garden lovers, or for those who want to save a bit of money and become less dependent on stores! It mainly focuses on the running of a solar-powered greenhouse - including how to build one yourself - but also includes, to a lesser level of detail, many other ways to be self-sufficient.