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Indien, 1969: Hennakünstlerin Lakshmi gelingt es, ihrem Schützling Malik eine Anstellung im königlichen Palast von Jaipur zu verschaffen. Malik ist die rosafarbene Stadt Indiens bestens vertraut. Auf den Straßen Jaipurs ist er groß geworden. Und er kennt die ungeschriebenen Gesetze, nach denen die Mächtigen Geld und Einfluss nur unter sich aufteilen. Doch Malik will aufsteigen. Für sich und für Nimmi, seine große Liebe. Also wendet er an, was er von seiner Lehrerin Lakshmi gelernt hat.

Search for the People of the Temporary Tattoo. Examine the tortured mind of the Mad Stock Boy. Thrill to the exploits of the Hugging Detective. Cower in fear of the Grateful Man. These adventures and more await you in Giant Banana Over Texas: Darkly Humorous Tales, a collection of 31 short stories, perfect for fans of absurd comedy. Monty Python meets Douglas Adams meets Salvador Dali.

When Princess Matilda is eighteen years old, tragedy strikes the royal family, and she becomes the only child of the king of England - the de facto heir to the throne. As her dying father persuades the barons to pledge allegiance to her, Matilda returns to England - but the lords and clergy do not like an independent woman. And Matilda is nothing if not headstrong. When the old king dies, the country is plunged into instant chaos. So begins a fierce battle between cousins that will go down in history as a time called 'The Anarchy'.

Al wordt een ontvoerde tiener weer teruggevonden, haar beproeving is nog lang niet voorbij. Caitlyn - Cate - Sullivan, dochter van Hollywoodberoemdheden, is op haar tiende al een ster, en nog steeds gek op verstoppertje spelen met haar nichtjes in het grote familiehuis in Big Sur. Tijdens een van die spelletjes verdwijnt Cate: ze blijkt te zijn ontvoerd. Maar ze is een slimme overlever en ze slaagt erin te ontsnappen. Tiener Dillon Cooper is geschokt als hij het bont en blauwe, doodsbange meisje vindt, in elkaar gedoken in een uithoek van de ranch waarop hij woont.

Die besten Erfahrungstipps von der Expertin für Baby- und Kleinkinderschlaf für maximale Entlastung und ausgeschlafene Eltern! Bekommt mein Kind genug Schlaf? Wie viele Stunden sind eigentlich normal? Und was ist mit mir, ich will endlich auch mal wieder schlafen! Katharina Meier-Batrakow ist Expertin für Baby- und Kleinkindschlaf und selbst Mama von zwei Kindern. In ihrer Praxis berät die Psychologin Eltern in allen Fragen rund um das Thema Schlaf und unterstützt Familien dabei, wieder in einen guten Tag-Nacht-Rhythmus zu finden und zur Ruhe zu kommen.

Tjerk Boomsma, leider van de reddingsbrigade, ex-commando en eigenaar van Pension Westerveld, is degene bij wie iedereen op het eiland aanklopt als er iets aan de hand is. Nu burgemeester De Lange weg is en er nog geen nieuwe burgemeester is aangesteld, geldt dat des te meer. Ook de vriendengroep die samen strandtent Grote Vis runt kan op zijn onvoorwaardelijke steun rekenen: bij alle perikelen rondom Wende en Axel, Cam en Mayke, Vincent en Milena en alle andere oude bekenden uit de Eilandliefde-serie weet Tjerk wel raad.

In Renaissance Italy, intrigue is as intricate as carved cathedral doors, but none is so captivating as that surrounding the prized Wind Dancer, the lost treasure of a family—and of the man who will stop at nothing to reclaim it. Lionello Andreas is bound by his vow to guard the exquisite statue. But to recover what is rightfully his, he will need the help of a thief—one he can control body and soul.

“Villa Mimosas hemlighet” – en hjärtevärmande och överraskande historia med franska rivieran som fond. Perfekt för alla som gillar Jill Mansells böcker och Emma Hambergs serie om Agneta. Carla Sullivans 50-årsdag närmar sig med stormsteg – och precis då rasar allt. Inte nog med att hennes mamma nyss har gått bort, hon upptäcker dessutom att maken David varit otrogen... igen. När Carla hittar ett brev adresserat till moster Josette, som hon knappt haft kontakt med, ser hon det som en chans att fly från allt. Hon packar väskorna och ger sig iväg till Antibes och moderns gåtfulla barndomshem, Villa Mimosa.

På en övergiven strand i Pointe Noire, Kongo, får Frida syn på en man som tar sig fram över sanden med hjälp av händerna. Mannen kallar sig "Personne" men heter egentligen Nicolas. Han saknar inte bara ben, utan också hem och familj. Det visar sig snart att han bär på ett brokigt förflutet och försörjer sig som fiskare och kriminell. Frida, en svensk sköterska från sjukhusfartyget i hamnen, blir nyfiken på honom. Varför är han helt ensam här? Vad har hänt honom? Det blir början på en vänskap som så småningom utvecklar sig till stark kärlek.

This original hour-long audio documentary will take you in the footsteps of the 19th century’s most beloved and most played piano composer in the world: Frederic Chopin. So here we are going to discuss a relatively undocumented musical event (rich in anecdotes): Frederic Chopin's concert at the Hotel de Ville in Rouen on the evening of March 12, 1838. Whether you are a music lover, passionate about history or simply of a curious temperament, I invite you to immerse yourself in this fascinating story, alone or with your family.

Natasha är som en magnet för konstiga killar, särskilt medelmåttiga typer med ett intellektuellt svårmod. Alla påpekar det för henne, och efter det senaste fiaskot svär hon på att hon ska ta semester från kärleken. Hon har inte för avsikt att bli kär igen på ett bra tag. Tills Jorge dyker upp ... Jorge, Natashas nya chef, är en lugn man med en stark personlighet. En entreprenör som tror på den sanna kärleken och som, trots att han inte är hennes typ, börjar attrahera henne mer än vad som känns bekvämt.

Kurz nacheinander werden zwei tote Frauen mit Bisswunden an den Hälsen aufgefunden. Nachforschungen ergeben eine Gemeinsamkeit: Beide waren sie "schwarze Schwäne", sie ließen andere Menschen freiwillig ihr Blut trinken. Die Kommissarin Marie Liebig taucht in eine geheimnisvolle Szene ein, von deren Existenz sie zuvor nichts geahnt hatte. Als sie dort schließlich sogar undercover ermittelt, wird es gefährlich für sie. Denn längst nicht alles scheint so einvernehmlich und gewaltfrei abzulaufen, wie die Anhänger des verborgenen Kultes vorgeben.

On the day that her youngest child leaves home, Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a matter of hours. The Empty Nest cliché is true. And she does not love her husband Peter at all. Now in her fifties, Alice is appalled to realise that she is no longer considered her own person, but is instead defined by her relationships – mother to her adult children, wife to her husband. Horrified by the thought of spending another thirty years with Peter in their North London suburb, Alice decides to take matters into her own hands.

Nobody asked him to step in. I had everything under control, but by the time I shuffled onstage, there was no chance to stop him. Men ogled and touched as I offered my body and soul to the highest bidder, and I could tell my stranger didn’t like what he saw. Or maybe he did. Maybe he liked it too much, and that was why his number shot up. A quarter billion dollars and one existential crisis later, Cash Primrose was dragging me down the aisle in the name of convenience. I suppose it could be worse.

All it took was a blizzard and a pair of sky-blue eyes to break me. I had one rule when I decided to rent out the ground level of my house—keep it professional. So I have no idea why I told the hospital to call my new tenant, Logan Hawkins, when I ended up unconscious in the snow. It was impossible to keep my distance from the brooding single dad after he came to my rescue.

I never thought I’d find her. After eight years in the marines, I’m still looking for the mysterious woman I’ve obsessed over since her first letter. When she shows up in my small town, I’m thrilled. But when she turns out to be my brother’s best friend--and the girl he’s always loved--I’m caught between the two people who matter to me the most.

Amara is my dark obsession. She was promised to me in a deal she knows nothing about. Four years ago, I sent her away to protect her from the life I live as the son of a crime lord. Now her brother—my best friend—is dead, and though I wasn’t there for him in the end, I intend to look after his little sister. I should stay in the shadows, let her live the life her brother wanted for her, but she’s in trouble in more ways than one, and I’m the only one who can save her...but I’ll have to break her first.

Something happened to me when I was nine. My childhood memories before that fateful day are gone. Extinguished. The aftermath has become a living nightmare with a guilt that runs so deep that I’m not sure I can ever tell anyone. I fear I've left it too late. The burden of my secret and the hurt and pain that silence cost each and every member of my family is too overwhelming. But you can't avoid fate and now I have the opportunity to right the wrongs inflicted on us. There was no justice. Not then. Not now. But I can change that.

Vita longs to write plays and poetry - but as a high-born girl in Roman Londinium, her fate is sealed: marriage and children. Then her father is murdered, her mother and brother disappear, and Vita flees from a shadowy enemy. Disguised as a slave at the gladiators' arena, she forges an unlikely bond with Brea, a native Briton gladiatrix - and her wolf. Together, they resolve to discover and bring the killer to justice before Vita's identity is revealed.

Wieder einmal ist Miss Fishers Spürsinn gefragt. Ein Orchesterdirigent, von niemandem besonders gemocht, wird tot aufgefunden: ermordet auf höchst extravagante Weise, in der Mendelssohn Bartholdys Oratorium Elias eine zentrale Rolle spielt. Während die clevere Detektivin entschlossen ist, das Rätsel um die 'Partitur des Todes' zu lösen, versucht sie zeitgleich, auf ihre einzigartige Weise, einem alten Freund zu helfen, der unglücklich in den genialen wie unsympathischen Mathematiker und Codeknacker Rubert Sheffield verliebt ist.