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Georgia loves wine, reality TV and sitting on the sofa after work. She does not love heights, looking at her bank account and going on dates or activities that involve sports bras, and she will never, ever take a risk. That is until her braver, bolder big sister finds out that she won't be able to tick off the things she wanted to do before turning 30 and turns to Georgia to help her finish her list. With the birthday just months away, Georgia suddenly has a deadline to learn to grab life with both hands. Could she be brave enough to take the leap - for her sister?

Meeresluft ist die beste Medizin. Schock, schwere Not! Emmas Lieblingspony Jolly hat Asthma. Die Stute muss zur Kur an die Nordsee und Emma soll mit! Dabei kann sie Meer und Wellen überhaupt nicht ausstehen. Wenigstens darf ihre beste Freundin Viola sie begleiten, und schnell stellt Emma fest, dass es an der Nordsee superspannend ist. Wären bloß nicht diese eingebildeten Western-Zicken zur selben Zeit auf dem Pferdehof...

JB’s private-detective agency is successful, even if he can’t say the same for his love life, but when two elven princes turn up and demand he fulfill a blood bond by finding a missing princess, he has no choice but to take the case. Heading up an alliance with others provoked by a vindictive sorcerer’s murderous deeds, JB tracks the princess to the blighted Wraithlands. Can they rescue the kidnapped princess in time to prevent her death?

Frühling. Die Kirschbäume blühen. Es könnte so idyllisch sein. Doch Anna Albinger, die am Fuß der Schwäbischen Alb lebt, erkrankt schwer. Plötzlich wird sie von dem Gefühl eingeholt, dass es für manche Dinge irgendwann zu spät sein könnte. Denn da gibt es diese eine große Lüge in ihrem Leben. Schweren Herzens schreibt sie einen Brief, den ihre Nichte Frederike für sie nach Lappland bringen soll. Frederike, frisch geschieden und auf der Suche nach einem neuen Anfang, bricht in den menschenleeren Norden auf. In der Bergwelt Lapplands ist sie auf sich allein gestellt und versucht, ihr altes Leben hinter sich zu lassen.

Das vornehme Ostseebad Zoppot bei Danzig in den 1920er Jahren. Hier herrschen überschäumende Lebenslust und unbeschwerte Sommerfrische. Die vier Freunde Lore, Gundi, Julius und Erik erfreuen die Kurgäste mit flotten Rhythmen und eingängigen Melodien und träumen vom Durchbruch als Musiker. Bald ist ihnen tatsächlich Erfolg beschieden, auf dem Luxusschiff Wilhelm Gustloff befahren sie die Meere - und ignorieren, dass sich die Zeiten schon lange geändert haben. Gundi verliebt sich in den Sänger Tadek, aber dann überfällt Hitler Polen, und Tadek schließt sich dem Widerstand gegen die Nazi-Besatzer an: Das Ende einer großen Liebe?

No longer a small child, Wisp accompanies Dad on one of his treks, her first time more than a few steps away from the cabin. A day exploring with him is the happiest time of her life, but joy is short-lived. A monster follows them home. Safe in her haven, she hides while Dad goes outside to confront the beast. She wakes alone the next morning and waits. Alas, her hope of his return fades with the daylight. Afraid but determined, Wisp sets off on her own into the Endless Forest to find Dad - before the Tree Walkers catch her.

JB runs a private detective agency, but if business doesn’t pick up soon, he’ll have to close the doors for good. When someone steals Hekate’s chalice, JB and his maverick team jump at the chance to track down the supernatural object. They’re resourceful and determined, but can they outsmart wizards, witches, and daemons before the client’s deadline expires?

‘Fun and sexy – a perfect beach read’ THE SUN ‘Brimming full of joy and sunshine’ JULES WAKE Previously published as a Summer Scandal As the mercury rises, so does their chemistry… When Violet inherits a crumbling Victorian pier in the quirky seaside town of Swallow Beach, she sees...

What Maisie Knew was first published as a serial in the Chap Book and (revised and abridged) in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later in the same year. The story of the sensitive daughter of divorced and irresponsible parents, What Maisie Knew has great contemporary relevance as an unflinching account of a wildly dysfunctional family. The book is also a masterly technical achievement by James, as it follows the title character from earliest childhood to precocious maturity.

The intersection of motherhood and creative life is explored in these writings on mothering that turn the spotlight from the child to the mother herself. Here, in memoirs, testimonials, diaries, essays, and fiction, mothers describe firsthand the changes brought to their lives by pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering.

"Das Niedrigste wird aus den Leuten herausgeholt, nicht das Anständige." Diese einfache und eindringliche Warnung vor einer Rhetorik der Extreme richtete die 90-jährige Holocaust-Überlebende Gertrude Pressburger im österreichischen Präsidentschaftswahlkampf in Form einer Web-Videobotschaft an die Wähler und warnte damit vor der Wahl des FPÖ-Kandidaten. Das Video wurde mehrere Millionen mal geteilt - und Frau Pressburger damit in Österreich zur "Ikone derer, die den Parolen der Rechten etwas entgegensetzen wollen" (Süddeutsche Zeitung). Jetzt hat sie ihre Lebensgeschichte im Gespräch mit der jungen Journalistin Marlene Groihofer aufgezeichnet.

Im Hotel in San Martino di Castrozza trifft ein Expressschreiben für das Fräulein Else ein. Ihr feiner Herr Papa ist in Geldnöten und bittet seine Tochter, ihm auszuhelfen und den Kunsthändler Dorsday um das Geld anzugehen. Die Tochter zögert nicht. Auch Dorsday willigt ein, die Summe zur Verfügung zu stellen, unter einer Bedingung: Er will das Fräulein nackt sehen. In einem furiosen inneren Monolog - hinreißend interpretiert von Elisabeth Trissenaar - ringt Else mit ihrem Schicksal, hin- und hergerissen zwischen Pflichtbewusstsein und Selbstbestimmung.

When Angela was young, before she came to realize she had a rare ability, she was a rather ordinary girl. At least, that was what everyone said. But Angela is anything but ordinary. The daughter of a meth addict, she is convinced she was born a freak. Haunted by an abusive childhood, she was forced to become a woman far too soon. And in the process, she became more.

What do you get if you cross a dozen drunk hens with one shiny Butler in the Buff? Meet Lilah Fox. She's on the hen do from hell. Then she gets a message (44 of them, actually) from her best friend with big news: she's getting married in six months. Oh, and Lilah's her maid of honour. Which means she just got signed up for a military schedule of wedding fairs and weekly planning meetings, Excel spreadsheets and endless hen emails, and all the enforced, expensive fun you can imagine....

Justin and Libby Denbe have the kind of life you’d find in the pages of a glossy magazine: A beautiful 14-year-old daughter. A gorgeous brownstone on a tree-lined street in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. A great marriage, admired by all. A perfect life. When investigator Tessa Leone arrives at the crime scene in the foyer of the Denbes’ home, she finds scuff marks on the floor and a million tiny pieces of bright green Taser confetti. The family appears to have been abducted, with only a pile of their cell phones and electronic devices remaining. No witnesses, no ransom demands, no motive. Just a perfect little family, gone.

Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, "Washington Square" is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, domineering father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared to Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships.

Jane Hawk knows she may be living on borrowed time. But as long as she’s breathing, she’ll never cease her one-woman war against the terrifying conspiracy that threatens the freedom—and free will—of millions. Battling the strange epidemic of murder-suicides that claimed Jane’s husband, and is escalating across the country, has made the rogue FBI agent a wanted fugitive, relentlessly hunted not only by the government but by the secret cabal behind the plot.

Jessie is enjoying an evening run, grateful her life is finally back to normal. Starting the incline toward home, a sudden terror grips her. Someone is watching her. She picks up her pace, but he's hot on her heels - and he means to kill her. She narrowly manages to elude her pursuer and reach the safety of her house. The first one she calls for help is the man she has grown to love, Matt Parker.

Iris Johansen returns with a thrilling novel of action and danger where fan favorite Eve Duncan is thrown once more into a deadly game of intrigue. It begins when Eve receives a package containing a skull - and instructions for Eve to do her work reconstructing it. When she does, a beautiful woman's face emerges. But when Eve is introduced to the dead woman's mirror image, a game is on where her twin's life hangs in the balance.

Berlin Ende der 1920er Jahre: Die junge Franka hat nur einen Wunsch - sie möchte Zoologie studieren. Ihre strengen Eltern und die Weltwirtschaftskrise machen ihren Traum zunichte, doch immerhin gelingt es ihr, eine Stelle als Tierpflegerin im Berliner Zoo zu bekommen. Die Arbeit mit den geliebten Tieren geht ihr über alles, ihnen schenkt sie ihre ganze Liebe - nicht den Menschen. Nur ganz allmählich fasst sie Zutrauen zu dem Tierarzt Carl, der vom Leben ähnlich gebeutelt wurde wie sie.