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It's hard to make a dishonest buck in Sin City, especially when a rogue FBI agent is gunning for your head. Flat broke and one step ahead of the law, Daniel Faust flees Vegas and lands in Chicago, where a risky heist promises to fill his pockets with cash.

The first story ever told left a scar on the skin of the universe, with its characters doomed to an endless cycle of reincarnation and death. Trapped by his enemies, Daniel Faust - magician, mobster, and newly-minted knight of hell - has been cast in the role of the eternal Thief. Now, the story is dead-set on writing his final chapter, the one that ends with a knife in his back. The curse can’t be broken without tracking down the original Thief. The truth is buried beneath the legacy of a long-dead stage magician and a cache of occult relics from the 1940s.

Bodo Schafer is a successful time management trainer. Through his time spent as a financial guru, Schafer has come up with a set of 30 laws that, when followed, can drastically improve the quality of one's life. The laws give you the tools used by this world's elite in order to gain control of your life and attain the confidence you need to move forward with all the gusto and purpose of a true winner.

Out of prison and back on the streets, Daniel Faust returns home to a city on fire. The Chicago mob is making their play for control of Las Vegas, with an army of gunmen and a lethal shapeshifter on their side, while Daniel's friend Jennifer marshals the forces of the Vegas underworld. Staying on the sidelines isn't an option, especially when a Metro detective orders him to get the war under control - and if he can't, he'll expose Daniel's secrets to the FBI.

As the FBI closes in on the Las Vegas underworld, Daniel Faust - grifter, thief, and sorcerer - isn't the only one feeling the heat. Half-demon racket boss Nicky Agnelli is fighting to hang on to his empire, leaving a trail of dead informants in his wake, while Daniel's ex-girlfriend, Jennifer, rallies her forces on the street and aims her sights at Nicky's crown. May the best villain win.

In today's world, there is a permanent advantage to becoming known in your field. Those who are known get the customers, the better jobs, and the invitations to exclusive opportunities. But can anybody become known? In this path-finding book, author Mark Schaefer provides a step-by-step plan followed by the most successful people in diverse careers like banking, education, real estate, construction, fashion, and more.

When a high roller dies in his Vegas penthouse suite, that's a problem. When his ghost refuses to leave, that's a bigger problem. Daniel Faust is the solution. Called in to clean up the casino's mess, the modern-day sorcerer soon learns that the restless spirit isn't going down without a fight. To set things right, he'll have to delve someplace even seedier, even more treacherous, than the Vegas Strip: the Los Angeles music industry.

Daniel Faust’s last heist ended with a betrayal, a bullet in his heart, and a plunge from a lonely back-country bridge. Now he’s on life support, and the occult relic keeping him tethered to this world is counting down the last seconds to midnight.

Who is DB Cooper? A look into America's only unsolved skyjacking and the people who are trying to solve it.

Nachdem sie nur knapp einem Anschlag auf ihr Leben entgangen ist, beschließt die Privatermittlerin Zoë Boehm sich zurückzuziehen und will den Fall um Caroline Daniels scheinbaren Unfalltod ablehnen. Doch dann stirbt eine weitere Frau unter beunruhigend ähnlichen Umständen, und der kompromisslosen Zoë bleibt keine andere Wahl, als den Hinweisen nachzugehen. Mit Hilfe ihrer Freundin Sarah Tucker stößt sie auf gefährliche Spuren und wird das Gefühl nicht los, dass sie beobachtet wird.

Sie sind von urwüchsiger, wilder Schönheit: Raubvögel beherrschen die Lüfte. Bussarde, Falken und Habichte sind Meister der Jagd. Um ihr Wesen zu verstehen, nähert sich Sy Montgomery der Kunst der Falknerei. Vom Bussardweibchen »Jazz« lernt sie: Auch in der Jagdpartnerschaft mit dem Menschen bleiben die Greifvögel wild, eigensinnig und unberechenbar. Ihr unbezähmbares Herz ist fähig zu übermenschlicher Liebe – sie ist bedingungslos und ein Geschenk aus Gnade.

Daniel Faust is back from hell and out for blood. He has a new face and a deadly mission: to find the tiger-queen Naavarasi and his own traitorous brother, and put them both six feet underground. But when Naavarasi’s shape-shifting minions abduct one of Daniel’s own, it’s time for a desperate rescue. With his demonic lover Caitlin and his precocious apprentice Melanie, he follows a thread of nonexistent airlines, ghostly packages, and urban legends all the way to Springfield, a small town with big secrets.

When two operatives go dark in Tampa, chasing the trail of an oligarch with ties to the demonic underworld, Vigilant Lock - the nation’s first and last line of defense against occult attack - sends their best to the rescue: Harmony Black, a troubled investigator and an elemental witch with a keen but tangled mind; and her partner Jessie Temple, the daughter of a supernatural slasher and the inheritor of her father’s powers.

Sie stehlen ein neues Raumschiff. Sie fliehen von der Erde. Der Preis ist Perry Rhodans Leben! Im Sommer 2089 steht der Start eines neuen Raumschiffes bevor: Mit der FANTASY soll ein neues Triebwerk ausprobiert werden – der Flug durch den Linearraum als Alternative zu bisherigen Antrieben. Das Ziel, das Perry Rhodan und seine Gefährten anstreben, ist das sogenannte Compariat, ein Sternenreich in den Tiefen der Milchstraße. Nur dort kann man Rhodans Leben retten. Doch beim ersten Flug gibt es technische Probleme, die FANTASY strandet.

Im Jahr 2088: Mit der Gründung der Solaren Union beginnt für die Menschheit ihr bisher größtes Abenteuer – der Aufbruch zu den Sternen. In mehreren Sonnensystemen sind die ersten Kolonien auf fremden Planeten entstanden. Weit von der Erde entfernt, müssen die Menschen erkennen, dass ihr Kampf um die Zukunft gerade erst begonnen hat. Als eines Tages ein mysteriöser Fremder erscheint, ist die Zeit der relativen Ruhe und des friedlichen Aufbaus vorbei.

Seventy years ago, people turned on their televisions and saw magic on the streets of Manhattan. Real magic, and real monsters, in broad daylight. Today, corporate sorcerers defend their employers’ interests with curses and bullets, street vendors sell cheap talismans to the masses, and the most popular late-night talk show host is a demon. It’s a world of wonders and terrors, but you still have to earn a living.

Nobody knows the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas like Daniel Faust, a sorcerer for hire and ex-gangster who uses black magic and bullets to solve his clients' problems. When an old man comes seeking vengeance for his murdered granddaughter, what looks like a simple job quickly spirals out of control. Soon Daniel stands in the crossfire between a murderous porn director; a corrupt cop with a quick trigger finger; and his own former employer, a racket boss who isn't entirely human.

Faust has been caged, buried, cut off from his allies and his magic. His enemies think they've won. They're about to learn, the hard way, that this is one sorcerer who always has a trick up his sleeve. Nobody has ever escaped from the Iceberg. But the Iceberg has never had a prisoner like Daniel Faust.

Harmony Black is much more than your average FBI special agent. In addition to being a practicing witch, she's also an operative for Vigilant Lock, an off-the-books program created to battle occult threats - by any means necessary. Despite her dedication to fighting the monsters threatening society, Harmony has become deeply conflicted about her job. Her last investigation resulted in a pile of dead bodies, and she suspects the wrong people are being punished for it.

Daniel Faust, Las Vegas sorcerer and career criminal, has never pulled the trigger on an innocent man. When the infernal Prince Sitri challenges him to do just that, though, he can't walk away. His lover, Caitlin, is Sitri's right hand... and if Daniel refuses the job, he'll never see her again. While Daniel works to unravel Sitri's twisted game, putting his principles and his life on the line, Caitlin has problems of her own.