Ein brüchiger Friede stellt sich zwischen den Orks und den Menschen ein. Doch nicht alle Untertanen des Orkkönigs Ul'goth sind den Menschen wohl gesonnen, und so muss er seine Macht gegen Intrigen aus den eigenen Reihen behaupten.

Indes bedroht das Buch Karand noch immer die Macht der der schlafenden Götter. Erst, als Tharador und seinen Gefährten die wahre Natur jenes magischen Artefakts offenbart wird, begreifen sie, wie gefährlich es für das Reich Kanduras tatsächlich ist ...

Der Kampf des Paladins geht weiter – actionreiche Fantasy im Stile eines R. A. Salvatore

Die römische Kaiserzeit ist eine der faszinierendsten Epochen der Weltgeschichte. Auf das glanzvolle Prinzipat des Augustus folgen mancherlei Krisen bis zum Tod Neros. Im zweiten Jahrhundert erreicht das Römische Reich dann seine größte Ausdehnung und eine bis dahin unerreichte Blütezeit, während im dritten Jahrhundert der Niedergang einsetzt, den Diocletians Reformen noch einmal aufhalten sollten. Das Buch wendet sich an alle, die Wesen und Wirken des Imperium Romanum kennenlernen wollen.Die Darstellung der römischen Kaiserzeit beginnt zunächst mit dem Erbe des Augustus und der Konsolidierung des augusteischen Prinzipats unter der julisch-claudischen Dynastie. Der augusteischen Kultur wird dabei ebenso Beachtung geschenkt wie den verschiedenen Erneuerungsbestrebungen bis zur Krise nach Neros Tod. Ein neuer Ansatz führt dann von der Stabilisierung der Verhältnisse durch die Flavier Vespasian, Titus und Domitian zur Blüte des Römischen Reiches im 2. Jahrhundert unter den sogenannten Adoptivkaisern Trajan, Hadrian und Marc Aurel. Es folgt die Darstellung der severischen Militärmonarchie und des Niedergangs der römischen Welt unter den Soldatenkaisern des 3. Jahrhunderts. Den Beschluss bildet ein Kapitel über die Neurordnung des römischen Staates durch die Tetrarchie Diocletians. Ein Anhang skizziert die Quellenlage und bietet eine Literaturauswahl sowie eine ausführliche Zeittafel.

Über den Autor

Heinz Bellen († 2002) war bis zu seiner Emeritierung Professor für Alte Geschichte an der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Als Mitglied der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz leitete er das Projekt „Antike Sklaverei“; seine Veröffentlichungen zur römischen Geschichte reichen von der Frühzeit bis zur Spätantike. Bei der WBG erschienen seine „Grundzüge der römischen Geschichte“ in drei Bänden.

Parijs, 1934. In de menigte voor de Notre-Dame vindt een wilde achtervolging plaats. De jonge Vango wordt verdacht van moord en de politie wil hem arresteren. Maar hij wordt ook bedreigd door duistere figuren. Zijn het Russische spionnen? Wat willen zij van Vango? Heeft het te maken met zijn geheimzinnige afkomst?

Met hulp van de commandant van een zeppelin en van Ethel, een beeldschone Schotse miljonairsdochter, probeert Vango uit handen van zijn achtervolgers te blijven. Zijn vlucht voert hem van de Eolische Eilanden naar de Bodensee en via Brazilië naar Schotland. Tegen de achtergrond van de roerige jaren dertig beleeft hij een adembenemend avontuur.

NBD|Biblion recensie

Vango is 3 jaar als hij in 1918 met zijn kindermeisje aanspoelt op een eilandje in de buurt van Sicilie. 'Mademoiselle' zwijgt verder over het verleden. Vango verlaat als tiener het eiland om de wereld te ontdekken, waarbij hij allerlei mensen ontmoet die belangrijk voor hem worden. Dan wordt hij beschuldigd van moord. De Parijse politie, maar ook Russische spionnen jagen hem op. De laatsten hebben iets te maken met zijn afkomst, waar slechts mondjesmaat iets over bekend wordt. Verschillende verhalen spelen zich tegelijkertijd af op verschillende locaties met name in Europa, waarbij heen en weer wordt gesprongen in de tijd (de periode tussen 1918 en 1936). De talrijke flashbacks vragen om 'close reading', om deze verschillende verhaallijnen te volgen. Vele historische gebeurtenissen en personen spelen een rol tegen de achtergrond van het oprukkende fascisme. Historische kennis van deze periode maakt het lezen makkelijker, maar is niet strikt noodzakelijk. Het verhaal is beeldend, met aandacht voor de omgeving en de personages. De Franse auteur is bekend van zijn boeken over Tobie Lolness. Met veel vaart geschreven, spannende avonturenroman, waarin ook de romantiek niet ontbreekt. Een paar cliffhangers doen uitzien naar het vervolg. Vanaf ca. 14 jaar.

(NBD|Biblion recensie, Drs. A. ten Bruggencate)
(source: Bol.com)

Gamer. Nerd. Sorceress.

Jade Crow lives a quiet life running her comic book and game store in Wylde, Idaho. After twenty-five years fleeing from a powerful sorcerer who wants to eat her heart and take her powers, quiet suits her just fine. Surrounded by friends who are even less human than she is, Jade figures she's finally safe.

As long as she doesn't use her magic.

When dark powers threaten her friends' lives, a sexy shape-shifter enforcer shows up. He's the shifter world's judge, jury, and executioner rolled into one, and he thinks Jade is to blame. To clear her name, save her friends, and stop the villain, she'll have to use her wits... and her sorceress powers.

Except Jade knows that as soon as she does, a far deadlier nemesis awaits.

Justice Calling is the first book in the USA Today Bestselling The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series. Readers who enjoyed The Dresden Files or The Iron Druid Chronicles will likely enjoy this series.

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Review

"This is a wonderful story, complete with cool quirky characters,well-thought-out magic rules, secondary characters you love and aquietly-integrated backstory that has both breadth and depth." - Prescott Librarian Staff Pick from Normalene Zeeman, Prescott Public Library AZ

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The Twenty-Sided Sorceress series in reading order:

Justice Calling
Murder of Crows
Pack of Lies
Hunting Season
Heartache
Thicker Than Blood 

Magic to the Bone 

Dungeon Crawl

They say you can never go home again. If only that were true...

Game store owner and nerd sorceress extraordinaire Jade Crow knows death stalks her in the form of her murderous ex-lover, Samir, a sorcerer who wants to eat her heart and take her power. With the help of her friends, and sexy tiger-shifter Alek, Jade trains for the inevitable confrontation.

Until her estranged father shows up begging for help. Someone or something is murdering the crow shifters of Three Feathers ranch and her father believes sorcery is the only way to stop the killings.

Faced with an unknown foe, a family that exiled her decades before, a deepening relationship with Alek, and Samir's ever-present threat, Jade will need all the power she's gained and then some to stop the Murder of Crows.

Murder of Crows is the second book in the USA Today Bestselling The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

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About the Author

Annie Bellet is the USA Today bestselling author of The Twenty-Sided Sorceress, the Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division, and the Gryphonpike Chronicles series. She holds a BA in English and a BA in Medieval Studies and thus can speak a smattering of useful languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Welsh.

Her interests besides writing include rock climbing, reading, horse-back riding, video games, comic books, table-top RPGs and many other nerdy pursuits.  She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and a very demanding Bengal cat.

Let sleeping dogs lie. Wolves, on the other hand…

Recovering from a broken heart and coming to terms with her family history, all sorceress Jade Crow wants is to resume running her comic book store and gaming with her friends. With a town full of strange wolf shifters, a hundred-and-fifty-year-old peace accord hanging in the balance, and the Justice who broke her heart back in her life, Jade’s plans go out the proverbial window.

Wolves are killing wolves, innocent human lives are caught in the crossfire, and not everyone in town is who they appear to be. As the bodies stack up and the doubts build, Jade and her friends race to find the true killer.

And then Jade’s evil ex-lover makes another move…

Pack of Lies is the third book in the USA Today bestselling The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

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About the Author

Annie Bellet is the Alfie Award winning and USA Today bestselling author of The Twenty-Sided Sorceress, Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division and the Gryphonpike Chronicles series. She holds a BA in English and a BA in Medieval Studies and thus can speak a smattering of useful languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Welsh. 

Her interests besides writing include rock climbing, reading, horse-back riding, video games, comic books, table-top RPGs and many other nerdy pursuits.  She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and a very demanding Bengal cat. 

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. Nothing more...

Demon hounds. Celtic legends coming to life. Angry druids. Just what gamer and sorceress Jade Crow needs to help her days feel complete. All her hits will have to be crits to get out of this one as enemies and friends collide and the lines between the two blur.

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About the Author

Annie Bellet is the author of the Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division and the Gryphonpike Chronicles series. She holds a BAin English and a BA in Medieval Studies and thus can speak a smattering ofuseful languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Welsh.   Her short fiction work is available in multiple collections and anthologies.

Her interests besides writing include rockclimbing, reading, horse-back riding, video games, comic books, table-top RPGsand many other nerdy pursuits.  She livesin the Pacific Northwest with her husband and a very demanding Bengal cat. 

"Life-changing moments are sneaky little bastards. Often we don't
even know that nothing will be the same until long after, only in
hindsight can we look and say 'There! That was it! That changed
everything.'
At least we could, if we're alive to do it."

Gamer and sorceress Jade Crow's psychotic ex-boyfriend, Samir, shows up for an epic showdown, and nothing in Wylde will ever be the same.

Heartache is the fifth book in the USA Today bestselling Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

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If you want to be notified about new releases and other Twenty-Sided Sorceress news, please sign up for Annie's mailing list by copy/pasting this link and following the instructions. Thank you!

Mailing list link: tinyurl.com/anniebellet

About the Author

Annie Bellet is the Alfie Award winning and USA Today bestselling author of The Twenty-Sided Sorceress, Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division and the Gryphonpike Chronicles series. She holds a BA in English and a BA in Medieval Studies and thus can speak a smattering of useful languages such as Anglo-Saxon andMedieval Welsh.

Her interests besides writing include rock climbing, reading,horse-back riding, video games, comic books, table-top RPGs and manyother nerdy pursuits.  She lives in the Pacific Northwest with herhusband and a very demanding Bengal cat. 

If you are going through hell... keep going...

Wounded, defeated, and flung across the wilderness, Jade Crow and her peeps faced their worst enemy and not all have escaped... or survived.

Separated from her friends, their fates unknown, and without her magic, Jade must discover her own heritage and unlock her true powers... or else her next fight with Samir will be her last.

For Jade, life has come down to two choices...
Level up. Or die.

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Mailing list link: tinyurl.com/anniebellet

Series books in reading order:

Justice Calling (Free!)

Murder of Crows

Pack of Lies

Hunting Season

Heartache

Thicker Than Blood

Magic to the Bone

Dungeon Crawl

About the Author

Annie Bellet is the Alfie Award winning and USA Today bestselling author of The Twenty-Sided Sorceress, Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division, and the Gryphonpike Chronicles series. She holds a BA in English and a BA in Medieval Studies and thus can speak a smattering of useful languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Welsh.

Her interests besides writing include rock climbing, reading, horse-back riding, video games, comic books, table-top RPGs and many other nerdy pursuits.  She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and a very demanding Bengal cat.

Boss Fight: Samir! Roll for initiative…

Bruised, battered, but not even close to broken, Jade and her friends must reunite, and get ready to take out her psycho ex once and for all. Leveled up and wiser, Jade stands a chance this time.

As long as she takes out Samir BEFORE he turns into a god…

This is book seven in USA Today bestselling The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

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If you want to be notified about new releases and other Twenty-Sided Sorceress news, please sign up for Annie's mailing list by copy/pasting this link and following the instructions. Thank you!

Mailing list link: tinyurl.com/anniebellet

About the Author

Annie Bellet is the USA Today bestselling and Alfie Award winning author of The Twenty-Sided Sorceress, Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division and the Gryphonpike Chronicles series. She holds a BA in English and a BA in Medieval Studies and thus can speak a smattering of useful languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Welsh. 

Her interests besides writing include rock climbing, reading, horse-back riding, video games, comic books, table-top RPGs and many other nerdy pursuits.  She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and a very demanding Bengal cat.

• New Rule: Never owe a vampire a favor...*

Nearly a year after defeating her evil ex, sorceress Jade Crow has found some peace running her comic book store and gaming with her friends. Until the vampire who helped her win against Samir comes knocking and wants the favor repaid. 

The Archivist's request looks simple on its surface. Go into an empty house and check for magic items. 

There's just a tiny problem: simple is not Jade's forte. There are lies around every turn and soon she's neck deep in undead. 

Not all quests are what they seem and laid to rest doesn't mean the dead stay buried... 

Dungeon Crawl is the eighth book in The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

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From the Author

If you want to be notified about new releases and other Twenty-Sided Sorceress news, please sign up for Annie's mailing list by copy/pasting this link and following the instructions. Thank you!

Mailing list link: tinyurl.com/anniebellet

Series books in reading order:

Justice Calling (Free!)

Murder of Crows

Pack of Lies

Hunting Season

Heartache

Thicker Than Blood

Magic to the Bone

Dungeon Crawl

About the Author

Annie Bellet is the Alfie Award winning and USA Today bestselling author of The Twenty-Sided Sorceress, Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division and the Gryphonpike Chronicles series. She holds a BA in English and a BA in Medieval Studies and thus can speak a smattering of useful languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Welsh. 

Her interests besides writing include rock climbing, reading, horse-back riding, video games, comic books, table-top RPGs and many other nerdy pursuits.  She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and a very demanding Bengal cat.

Regina Finč, protinga ir knygas be galo mėgstanti mergina iš mažo miestelio, gavo išsvajotą darbą pagrindiniame Niujorko viešosios bibliotekos skyriuje. Garbinamos knygų šventovės salėse ir saugyklose atskleidusi niekingus jauno palaidūno milijonieriaus seksualinius nuotykius patiria sumišusį pasibjaurėjimo ir aistros jausmą, kuris grasina ją praryti. Tik susipažinusi su Bettie Page, garsiosios Amerikos sekso ikonos, darbu ir seksualumo prabudimu Regina gali tikėtis atrasti savo seksualumą ir sugundyti vyrą, kurį myli.

„Atėjo diena, kai pirmą kartą skyriau penkias žvaigždutes erotinei knygai.“
Manhattan Reader

Logan Belle yra rašytojos Jamie Brenner, kuri aštuntoje klasėje slapta pasiskolinusi iš bibliotekos erotini romaną prisiekė rašyti „seksualias“ knygas užaugusi, slapyvardis. Prieš tapdama rašytoja, kurios erotiniai kūriniai verčiami Į kitas kalbas ir garbinami moterų literatūros skaitovų, Jamie padirbėjo grimuotoja, advokato padėjėja ir literatūros agente. Erotinės trilogijos Blue Angel ir romano The Gin Lovers autorė gyvena Manhatane, augina dvi dukras, kurioms kol kas draudžiama skaityti mamos kūrinius.