Agnew and his motley band of Viking warriors are stranded on their ship, sinking fast in a terrible storm. In answer to Agnew's desperate prayer, Hel, Queen of the Underworld, offers to rescue Agnew and his men but on the condition that they retrieve Hel's rake, a powerful death-wielding weapon, which also happens to be a convenient and highly functional item of gardening equipment. Agnew and the crew must hunt down the formidable Guthrun Doombringer, who has stolen the rake from Hel and thus incurred her wrath. However, the other Norse gods and goddesses soon begin to meddle in affairs, and Agnew and his band must survive these nefarious plots if they are to retrieve the rake and live to see another day. Their fate, it seems, is in the hands of the gods.

The emancipator revolution of woman, life, freedom in Iran was the most different political and cultural movement among the whole middle east, because it was calling for liberalism in the Middle East. Iranians rose up bravely against the Islamic totalitarian regime. By putting away traditions and political Islam as a governing model in the Middle East region, they want to destroy the rigid laws and put an end to the religious governing system. They want change and are fighting for women's rights, liberalism, equality, and democracy. In this book, the nature and the reason of this revolution is debated.

It is the year 1854 and witch hunts are taking place. Violet lives with her father and cat Widow deep in the forest, far away from the villagers responsible for her mother's death. She was suspected of black arts and nasty stories are also told about Violet in the village. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. What would you do if you were suddenly faced with death, but it turns out there is one simple solution to everything? What if you could outsmart death? Widow, meanwhile, tries to do everything possible to keep Violet from going down a dark path, but sometimes people make the wrong choices ... A gritty tale of love and loss of that which you hold most dear.

Imagine it's Thursday morning. You are going about your work outside when it starts to rain. A storm is approaching. You want to finish quickly. You get into a rush. An accident happens. Your leg is injured. Your only option is to be admitted to a foreign hospital. And what awaits you there will shape the next year and a half of your life. This is what happened to Reinhard Lack, who was working in Romania and had to be treated quickly in a hospital in Bucharest because of his injury. He was deeply shocked by the conditions there. After his operation, he arranged for transportation to Germany. But his rocky road to full recovery had only just begun.

Germany and Europe are facing numerous challenges. Financial problems, climate change, war and other problems threaten the stability of the democratic system and social cohesion. To avert the impending disasters, there is therefore only one answer: Germany must become smaller again. The solution lies in the reorganization of our federal states. The rest of the world would also benefit from this. In a satirical essay, Heinrich Labentsch unceremoniously extinguishes several trouble spots at once and paves the way for the future. Surprisingly, we only have to look to the past.

Jean-Michel d'Aron, son of Alain d'Aron, owner of the noble inn "Zum Weißen Falken" in Paris, was born in 1769. As a student, he was forced to flee during the night of the fire in Paris in 1793. He stayed in La Rochelle and Marseille before making his way to the Occitan Alps to visit an inn that was up for sale. On the way, he meets Don Luciano Varini, the leader of a criminal empire that controls the smuggling of goods in the Occitan Alps, as well as racketeering and prostitution. The encounter with Don Luciano Varini becomes a threat to Jean-Michel d'Aron and his family.

Stefan "Charly" Bach is asked by Karen "Carry" Lund to help her search for a missing friend. Together they experience adventures that endanger both their lives and their love. Experience the two of them and their friends on the hunt for a criminal organization that spans three continents. And although the story takes place in exotic locations around the world, the biggest problems will be resolved in the idyllic Taunus region of Germany. So join Carry and Charly on their travels to far-flung destinations around the world and into the deepest corners of their souls. Museum Rescue or "The Golden Elephant". A story in which fact and fiction meet.