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Who is the new family on the Seahills estate? Who is it that spends her days staring out of the window deeply regretting her bid for freedom, yet still plotting? Can Lorraine Hunt put what happened to her three months ago out of her mind to catch a vicious serial killer who scalps his victims? Will Dev be allowed to bring his plan to fulfilment and what is the real reason he turned up fresh from prison three months ago? As the Seahills residents go about their daily lives more than one plot unfurls bringing about a terrifying climax.

A stunningly original debut collection about lives across history marked by violence and longing. A brother and sister turn outlaw in a wild and brutal landscape. The daughter of a diplomat disappears and resurfaces across the world as a deadly woman of many names. A young Philadelphia boy...

Seltsame Dinge passieren in Nimmerland... Obwohl Angelina McFarland Märchen über alles liebt, hätte sie sich nie träumen lassen, selbst einmal mitten in eins hineinzufallen. Wortwörtlich! Aber wer ist dieser fliegende Junge namens Peter, der sie aufgefangen hat? Und warum will er nicht erwachsen werden? Auf der verzweifelten Suche nach einem Weg von dieser verwunschenen Insel herunter, läuft Angelina geradewegs in die Arme eines skrupellosen Piraten.

Adam Bricklin has heard the melody in his head for years, the melody that told him if a decision was right or wrong. When he met Ragan Newlin, the song told him she was the one. He was devastated when circumstances tore them apart. It has taken three years for Adam to finally move past the heartbreak he suffered when Ragan left town in the middle of the night. Now he has a new girlfriend, a new album in the works, and his daughter is doing well in school. Until the day Ragan returned to Fairfield Corners.

Gwenda and Douglas Brady were among the millions of British children sent to live with new families for their own safety during the Second World War, leaving behind their parents, their friends and all that felt familiar and safe. Evacuation could be a scary experience, but five-year-old Gwenda and her brother were lucky enough to be housed with a kindly schoolmaster and his wife, and soon the realities of the war felt very far away.

Nina, Ivy, and Oswald know a huge secret. There is a hidden room in the Lost Bookshop and the books inside are magic, transporting the children to untold adventure. When they find themselves zapped by the wand of a witch with a glitch they begin a race against time to reverse the spell. They must find the mysterious Izzy before the clock strikes midnight on Halloween or risk being stuck in the fairytale land forever.

When Ryan Matthews meets Julia Abbott for the first time at Stanford University, he immediately knows she will change his life. They have an instant, unbreakable connection that goes beyond partying and palpable attraction. Although Ryan's intelligence and good looks land him any girl he wants, he hesitates to cross that line with Julia because she is quickly becoming the best friend he's ever had.

Empower yourself and the latest generation of girls with this collection of inspiring reflections from notable, highly accomplished women in politics, academia, athletics, the arts, and business, including Madeleine Albright, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and more. In What I Told My Daughter, a powerful...

Raised in a swamp by a mad witch, poor Louisa grew up with one goal in mind: to marry a wealthy man, then inherit his lands and money by whatever means it takes. And Louisa may well succeed, for she is a stunning beauty with the manners of an angel. At last she sets off to make her fortune...and with the help of her vial of undetectable poison, she soon finds her first victim. A dazzlingly dark fantasy, as only Tanith Lee could write it!

She was the daughter of a preacher and a gypsy. A strange and elusive child with powers of prophecy, she grew into an even stranger woman. From those around her she inspired love and admiration or furious hatred. Nothing in between. And somehow Jassy could transform even those who loved her into her enemies. Barney Hatton, the dispossessed heir of Mortiboys, loved her but not enough. Lindy, a girl who worked there, loved her too much.

Ivy, Dulcie, Barbara, Ann, Dorothy and Jean all had different reasons for applying to work at Carr’s biscuits, but once they had put on their overalls and walked through the factory gates they discovered a community full of life, laughter and friendship. To those who didn’t know, the biscuit factory that towered over Carlisle might look like just another slice of the industrial North, a noisy and chaotic place with workers trooping in and out at all hours.

A short story of approximately 3,600 words, set in a Welsh village in the 1950s. Jenny, a naive 10-year-old school girl who is "smitten" with a young lad, tells her story. This is a short story suitable for kids from about seven or eight years old to about 10 or 11 years old.

A girl with no home, a house in need of love... A beautiful romance set in the breathtaking Welsh mountain. Lark has been wandering the country for many years, with no real place to call home. Until she meets Matthew Williams, a Canadian who has inherited a run-down hill farm in North Wales. Young and enthusiastic, Matthew has no knowledge of farming and no experience of living in the countryside.

In beraten und verkauft deckt der Politikwissenschaftler die erschütternde Wahrheit über eine geheimnisvolle, weil undurchschaubare Branche auf. Er nennt nicht nur Zahlen und Summen (in Millionenhöhe), sondern schildert auch die Gefahren, die durch die Einflußnahme von Beratern auf DAX-Unternehmen und politische Entscheidungen entstehen...

Köln anno 1377: Mitten im Karneval kommt eine Reihe junger Frauen durch merkwürdige Unfälle ums Leben. Als die junge Begine Almut Bossart und ihr Freund Pater Ivo mit ansehen müssen, wie eine Schülerin ihres Konvents spurlos verschwindet, reift in Ihnen ein grausiger Verdacht. Folgt der Mörder der der Legende der Heilige Ursula , wonach noch eine elfte Jungfrau sterben muß?

"Narr vom Bodensee" nennt man bis heute den weltweit berühmten Erfinder des lenkbaren Luftschiffs: Graf Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August von Zeppelin. Zeppelin wird 1838 in Konstanz geboren. Er ist ein deutscher Graf, General der Kavallerie und Luftschiffkonstrukteur. Was aber kaum einer weiß: Der Schwabe unternimmt als junger Mann eine waghalsige Reise nach Amerika und wird dort sogar von Präsident Abraham Lincoln empfangen.

Nach dem langen, kalten Winter wird es wieder munter: Das Osterfest rückt näher und mit ihm die Jahreszeit des Erwachens. Frohe Ostern entführt auf eine Reise von Aschermittwoch bis in die Zeit nach Ostern, bringt berühmte Texte wie Goethes "Osterspaziergang", Mörikes "Er ist's" oder die Erzählung vom Osternest aus "Peterchens Mondfahrt" zu Gehör.

Diese kurzweilige Lesung besteht aus 40 der schönsten Gedichte und Kurz-Erzählungen aus der Feder von Wilhelm Busch, Christian Morgenstern...

Siebzehn alte, mit Witz und Charme erzählte, Thüringer Geschichten in neuer Bearbeitung für erwachsene Leute von heute...

Eighteen-year-old Evie arrives at Post Stone Farm in December 1944, and, choosing to join the land army, she longs for quiet days. The other land girls have already formed close friendships, and Evie barely makes a ripple when trying to blend in. But it is there she falls in love with Giorgio, an Italian POW. All this changes one June evening when Corporal Norman Clark arrives at the farm, and a startling revelation thrusts Evie into the spotlight.