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Raised in a progressive Muslim family in the shadows of the Himalayan mountains, where she attended a Catholic girls' school, Daisy experienced culture shock when her family sent her to the States to attend high school in a mostly Jewish Long Island suburb. Ambitious and talented, she quickly climbed the corporate ladder after college as an architectural designer in New York City. Though she loved the freedom that came with being a career woman, she felt that something was missing from her life. One day a friend suggested that she visit a Sufi mosque in Tribeca.

"The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and one of eight stories in the volume His Last Bow. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859-July 7, 1930) was a British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction.

Alien - Erste Invasion (First Invasion) ist eine aufregende SciFi Liebesroman-Sammlung (18+) von Jenny Foster. Enthalten sind die Alien-Romane: Buch 1: Erdenbraut. Buch 2: Drachenkrieger. Buch 3: Die Gefangene. Alien - Erdenbraut: Jennas Exfreund ist untergetaucht und hat ihr jede Menge Spielschulden bei einem zwielichtigen Casinobetreiber hinterlassen, die sie nun bezahlen soll. Als sie sich weigert, bedroht er ihre Eltern und gibt ihr 48 Stunden, um das Geld aufzutreiben.

Ich bin einer der wenigen Menschen, die den Kampf gegen die Sethari noch nicht aufgegeben haben. Eher würde ich sterben, als mich den Aliens auszuliefern, die uns Menschen seit mehr als einhundert Jahren versklavt haben. Dann passiert das Undenkbare: Eine andere Rasse Aliens erreicht die Erde und bietet den Menschen einen Handel an. Im Austausch gegen gesunde Frauen vernichten sie die Tyrannen.

Amanda Cross liebt ihren Job, bei dem sie im Regierungsauftrag Zeitungsberichte auf Unregelmäßigkeiten in der Berichterstattung überprüft. Doch als sie ihre Vorgesetzte auf das merkwürdige Verschwinden junger Frauen hinweist, stößt sie auf eine Mauer des Schweigens. Jaroth Varek ist ein Bild von einem Mann. Doch hinter seiner muskelbepackten Fassade verbirgt sich ein dunkles Geheimnis.

Jennas Exfreund ist untergetaucht und hat ihr jede Menge Spielschulden bei einem zwielichtigen Casinobetreiber hinterlassen, die sie nun bezahlen soll. Als sie sich weigert, bedroht er ihre Eltern und gibt ihr 48 Stunden, um das Geld aufzutreiben. Rasquar Raell Dah'riss ist mehr als zufrieden mit dem Leben, das er führt. Als oberster Warlord der Nagaheri dient er dem König und genießt die Achtung seines Volkes. Er liebt es, zu kämpfen und zu erobern.

Inspired by the success of her crush, Sandy Blatch, Jelly decides that she needs to become a rock star. That way she'll get as many fans as Sandy's band, and Sandy will fall completely in love with her. Jelly's best friends, Myf and Roobs, are totally up for it. Meanwhile, Jelly's volunteered to help with the school's performance of Romeo and Juliet and has to watch while her Romeo, Sandy, stars alongside annoying Cicily Fanshaw.

Alice Augustine runs the oldest bookstore in the historic district of Natchitoches and believes technology is the root of most problems. If only more people would turn off the TV and shut down the computer, the world wouldn't be in the mess it's in. She wishes she could get the teens she loves to step away from the screens and hold on to their Creole culture. The only person who seems to understand her passion for classic literature is the mysterious website owner, Browning Wordsworth Keats.

It's not the end of the world...well, I suppose, literally, it is. A research student goes to his tutor in despair, his whole world on the verge of collapse. His project is evolving badly. Should he have tried a more intelligent design? Is it too late for his tutor to save him? Meanwhile they await the results of the competition for the most prestigious science prize of all time.

Lottie is the greatest spy at Crabtree School. If anyone wants to know anything, Lottie will know the answer. But when the school cat, Lady Lovelypaws, goes missing, Lottie is totally clueless. There's no trace! Will she be able to solve the greatest mystery Crabtree School has ever seen?

Ava Alexandra Hughes is seven years, four months and 15 days old. She's looking forward to her first day of year three at Crabtree School for Girls. But there is a serious problem: Crabtree School is just too good. It's such a good place that the a class from last year refuse to leave. Now those pesky 11-year-olds are clogging up the whole school, and Ava is going to be stuck in year two forever and ever. Ava and her friends must come up with a plan to get the year sixes out for good.

Isabel has always been the most well-behaved girl at Crabtree School, and she's definitely done the most to help the school with the recycling Green Planet Award. But when another girl is given the prize, Isabel suddenly isn't sure that being good is the best thing any more. Maybe she should be a little bit naughty for once! And being naughty is fun - until she does something really bad.

Jelly (who is wobbly when she runs and when she sees Roger Lovely) and her dorky best friends Ruby and Myf are going to senior school. They want to be cool - the trouble is, none of them is cool at all. Jelly's mum and stepdad are like chalk (a bit screechy) and cheese (a bit smelly). They're not helping the cool situation either, until Jelly's mum suggests a birthday party…

When Louis Pasteur discovered the process of fermentation in the 1870s, he noted that, while most organisms perished from lack of oxygen, some were able to adapt and even thrive as 'life without air'. In this capricious, dreamlike collection, characters and scenes traverse states of airlessness, from suffocating relationships, religions and institutions to toxic environments and ecstatic asphyxiations. Both compassionate and ecologically nuanced, this innovative collection bridges poetry and prose to interrogate the conditions necessary for survival.

All Daisy wants for Christmas is a little brother or sister. Her parents have tried everything to make her dream come true, but nothing is working. So Daisy takes matters into her own hands, praying every day and writing a letter to Santa Claus about her one and only wish. Daisy's parents are touched by her strong belief and grateful for her help, but as they explain, sometimes you have to wait. God will give you the perfect gift when the time is right.

Ruth is 30 years old. She works as a nurse in a care home, and her fiancé has just broken up with her. The only thing she has left of him is their shopping list for the upcoming week. And so she uses that list to tell her story. Starting with six eggs, and working through spaghetti and strawberries, and apples and tea bags, Ruth discovers that her identity has been crafted from the people she serves: her patients, her friends, and, most of all, her partner of 10 years.

Former Crime Analyst Merilyn Davies brings to life a gritty, heart-stopping crime thriller that will have you utterly obsessed. When a young couple are the lead suspects for the murder of their only child, Crime Analyst Carla Brown and DS Nell Jackson are assigned to investigate. The evidence seems conclusive, but something just doesn’t feel right. The case is quickly cast into doubt when the lead forensic pathologist starts receiving threatening letters - containing details only the police should know.

Acclaimed author Sam Sykes returns with a brilliant new epic fantasy that introduces to an unforgettable outcast magician caught between two warring empires. Set in the Scar, where the magical, decadent Imperium battles the upstart, technologically-savvy Revolution, Seven Blades of Black follows the exploits of Sal the Cacophony, the most famous and dangerous of all the rogue mages. Among humans, none have power like mages. And among mages, none have will like Sal the Cacophony. Once revered, now vagrant, she walks a wasteland scarred by generations of magical warfare.

The severity of climate change leaves no one indifferent. The Climate Is Changing, Why Aren't We? will not try to convince you that climate change exists - we know that. It offers-easy to-understand insights into the structures that suffocate our future, while upholding a sense of optimism and humanising the climate story.

As the daughter of Sir Alfred Whitford, Kat has a certain set of responsibilities. Chasing her wayward sister, Ellie, to Nazi-occupied Paris was never supposed to be one of them. Now accustomed to the luxurious lifestyle that her Nazi boyfriend provides, Ellie has no intention of going back to the shackled life their parents dictate - but Kat will stop at nothing to bring her sister home.