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Lina Townend is making a name for herself as an antiques dealer, in partnership with her old friend, Griff Tripp. When she is accused of stealing an item she is selling for her father, the disreputable Lord Elham, her plight attracts the attention of Piers, a handsome fellow dealer. But is Piers all he seems? And what about the kindly policeman investigating the case? There’s only one person she can really trust – Griff. But when violence threatens him, Lina has a difficult decision to make.

For many decades Australia was the country that rode on the sheep's back. No more - now we are a country of mining and services. In QE42, one of Australia's most original and respected political thinkers, Judith Brett, looks at what this has meant for the country and the city in our politics and culture.The politics of independence and dependence are complicated, as the Murray-Darling water reform shows. And the question remains: What will be the fate of rural and regional Australia?

WILLIAM SHATNER READS CAPTAIN KIRK'S ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! During James T. Kirk's heroic five-year mission as captain of the Starship Enterprise, a mysterious alien threat called "The Totality" commenced its stealthy invasion intending to conquer the Milky Way galaxy as it had conquered the...

In a city in Arabia there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then out of the smoke comes a magical jinnee (genie). With the jinnee’s help, Aladdin is soon rich, with gold and jewels and many fine things. But can he win the love of the Sultan’s daughter, the beautiful Princess Badr-al-Budur?

We all know what it means these days to be a "grumpy old man", because part of that role is to be outspoken. Well, we've heard just about enough out of the men, thank you very much. Grumpy Old Women gives us the other perspective, the female take, on the million irritations of today's world.

A lovely discussion between Judith Jones and Alex Prud'homme on their new books, The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food and My Life in France (co-authored by Prud'homme with Julia Child). As a young editor at Knopf, Jones edited Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and a relationship blossomed between her and Child. Since then, Jones has worked with a glorious lineup of cookbook writers from Madhur Jaffrey to Marion Cunningham, and has become an editorial legend.

When the brainy, luminous Louise Vandermeer embarks on a transoceanic quest to marry an aristocrat, she dives into a scorching affair with a stranger on the ship. Their trysts take place in darkness, so Louise does not know her lover is Charles d'Harcourt, the passionate European playboy who just happens to be her intended! Charles is playing a game, but his plan has unexpected results.

From the moment Lina Townend and Griff Tripp, set up their antiques stall at the weekend fair, Lina knows they’ve made a mistake. But Lina’s day is brightened when local director Emilia Cosworth begs Griff to take part in her latest play. Lina’s own good luck seems in short supply. Griff’s frequent rehearsals put strain on her relationship with DI Morris; a new antiques centre threatens their business; and Lina is visited by a man who wants her to work for him and seems disinclined to take no for an answer.

Wellensittiche sind die wohl beliebteste Vogelart, um sich einen gefiederten Freund ins Haus zu holen. Doch was müssen Sie beachten? Wie lange können Ihnen Ihre Vögel treue Begleiter sein? Was brauchen sie, um ein möglichst friedliches und artgerechtes Leben zu führen? Es gibt auch bei den Wellensittichen einiges zu beachten. Wie bei uns Menschen, gibt es auch bei den Wellensittichen unterschiedliche Charaktere, dennoch können Sie beruhigt sein.

Nullzinsen, drohende Rezession, das Sparbuch als Kapitalvernichter. Schlagworte wie diese nähren die Unsicherheit der Anleger. Sie haben dramatische Auswirkungen auf Privatvermögen und Altersvorsorge. Altersarmut wird immer mehr zur Gefahr, Lebensversicherungen stecken in der Krise. Auch auf den Staat ist schon lange kein Verlass mehr. Daher muss jeder Anleger das Heft selbst in die Hand nehmen und handeln. Aber wie baut man ein Vermögen auf oder erzielt ein dauerhaftes Einkommen aus Zinserträgen und Dividenden?

Wer eine gute Königin sein will, der geht in die "Schule der Prinzessinnen"! Denn hier lernen die Mädchen, den Zauber ihrer Reiche zu schützen! Kimi aus dem Kirschblütenreich ist neu im Internat. Ob sie hier eine beste Freundin findet? Plötzlich hat Kimi so großes Heimweh, dass sie keinen Tag länger in der Schule bleiben will. Da kann ihr auch ihre kleine Feenzofe Kiki nicht helfen. Zum Glück gibt es in jedem Prinzessinnenzimmer eine magische Tür, die zurück nach Hause führt. Die ist zwar nur für den Notfall gedacht, aber für Kimi ist das ein Notfall!

Neapel in den 90er-Jahren: Die amerikanische Studentin Heddi lebt in einer WG im quirligen Spanischen Viertel. Unten in den engen Gassen ist es selbst im Sommer dunkel, oben glüht die Sonne in die Wohnungen, und der Vulkan wacht über die Stadt. Heddi fühlt sich frei, und ihre Freunde geben ihr die Geborgenheit einer Familie, die sie nie hatte. Eines Tages trifft sie den Geologiestudenten Pietro, ohne große Erklärung überreicht er ihr ein Mixtape mit Liebesliedern. Es ist der Beginn einer großen Liebe. Unerwartet, intensiv und verwirrend.

Im verschneiten Aspen soll Rosies Hochzeit stattfinden. Doch dem steht mehr im Weg, als alle ahnen: Die Eltern der Braut stehen selbst kurz vor der Scheidung und wollen nur genau bis nach den Feierlichkeiten den Schein wahren. Die Schwester der Braut hält die Eheschließung für einen Fehler und will Rosie davor bewahren, verliebt sich aber unsterblich in den Trauzeugen. Und die Braut selbst hat auch schon kalte Füße! Je näher der große Tag rückt, desto höher schwappen die Emotionen. Dieses Weihnachtsfest wird für jeden in der Familie unvergesslich!

Matthias Hegel è un fonetico forense e il miglior audio-profiler in Germania. È in grado di creare un profilo psicologico e ottico di una persona attraverso suoni, rumori, dialetti e colore della voce. Grazie a lui alcuni dei criminali più pericolosi sono ora dietro le sbarre. Ricattatori, sequestratori di ostaggi, assassini, dei quali gli investigatori avevano solo brevi estratti audio. Hegel è affascinante, carismatico, difficile da decifrare. Ed è in isolamento. Un anno fa ha brutalmente ucciso una senzatetto. Le prove sono state schiaccianti.

DU traust mir. SIE traut dir. ICH traue niemandem. Eben noch war Ben in der Boutique, in der Nile ein Kleid anprobierte, doch als sie aus der Umkleidekabine kommt, ist ihr Freund spurlos verschwunden. Nile ist sich sicher: Es muss etwas Schreckliches passiert sein. Aber niemand will ihr glauben. Also muss sie ausgerechnet ihre größte Feindin um Hilfe bitten: Flo, die Frau, mit der Ben noch verheiratet ist. Zu Niles Erstaunen ist diese sehr kooperativ. Doch dann entdecken die beiden Frauen immer mehr Ungereimtheiten in Bens Leben.

Wanting to do her part in the war effort, Clara McBride goes to work in the cartridge room at the Washington Arsenal, the city's main site for production and storing of munitions. All seems to be going well, especially when one of the supervisors shows interest in her. Lieutenant Joseph Brady is an injured army officer who, no longer able to lead troops into battle, has been assigned to a supervisory position at the Washington Arsenal. Suspicions rise after multiple shipments of Washington Arsenal cartridges fail to fire and everyone is suspect for sabotage.

When James Baldwin takes a new position with the B&O Railroad, he and Carolina decide to move their growing family from Baltimore to a small rural town in the Allegheny Mountains. Carolina's stepdaughter, Victoria, becomes enthralled with handsome Kiernan, an Irish railroad worker. But will the upper-class Baldwins even consider him as a suitor for their daughter? And when tensions rise among the workers, can James stop a destructive plan before it's too late?

With the loss of her first true love, Carolina Adams finds life at the family plantation nearly unbearable. Desperate to escape, she moves to Baltimore to become a nanny to Victoria, a little girl whose mother has died. After breaking his wedding engagement with Virginia Adams, Carolina's older sister, James Baldwin immerses himself in work for the B&O Railroad, the other passion in his life besides Carolina. But when a shocking business proposal is given to Carolina, James and Carolina seem destined to be apart. Can they dare to dream their aspirations for love might come true?

The year is 1835, and Carolina Adams finds herself enchanted by an unlikely suitor: the railroad. Frustrated by society's expectations upon her gender, she longs to study more masculine subjects and is thrilled when her father grants her a tutor. James Baldwin arrives to serve as Carolina's teacher, but of more importance, he is to court Carolina's beautiful older sister, Virginia. Will expectations - and Virginia's Southern charm - elicit the hoped-for proposal? Or will James and Carolina dare to acknowledge the mutual interests and feelings growing between them?

Driver’s ed. Deadly clues. And a secret magical society… It can be tough to get an education at the School of Necessary Magic. Good thing Raine Campbell is a witch who longs to be an FBI agent. That’s a girl with a dream – if she can live through her school days. When Raine finds hidden messages and symbols in old yearbooks, it can’t be ignored. Not if she wants everyone at school to stay alive. Some investigations need the help of trusted friends.