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Randy Carl deals with tattling girls and the very real possibility of not graduating with his eighth-grade class. Does he study or polish his social skills? Nope. The best thing to do in a case like this is to perfect his spitball technique.

Viola und Leon sind beste Freunde - bis sie nach einem gemeinsamen Konzertbesuch die Nacht miteinander verbringen. Für Leon ist dies die Erfüllung all dessen, was er sich heimlich ersehnt hat. Doch Viola packt die Panik, dass sie wie früher wieder nur auf jemanden hereingefallen sein könnte. Am Morgen verlässt sie deshalb ohne Nachricht Leons Wohnung. Doch Leon kann und will Violas Verschwinden nicht so einfach hinnehmen und versucht herauszufinden, warum sie vor ihm wegläuft.

Whatever conflict you are in, you can be confident knowing God is with you. You just need a higher perspective to see it, and that is what this book provides. By presenting biblical examples of those who have gone before us, this book gives you a better sense of perspective.

Legendary sailor Captain J. C. Voss meets a mysterious man in his hotel in Victoria, British Columbia in 1897. The mystery man says he knows where tons of gold and jewels are buried on the remote Cocos Island. Voss takes a 35-foot sailing sloop 7,000 miles through gales in search of the pirate Treasure of Lima worth seven million pounds sterling in 1897 or over $200 million today. This is an edited, abridged, and annotated version of the first section of the Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss concerning the voyage of the Xora sloop.

For the holiday season, long-haul trucker Edd Voss offers this classic, heartwarming tale of big trucks, of Christmas...and of America itself. Climb up in the cab with Ken Rainey, a truck driver with a love for Christmas, the country he travels, and his life on the road. Along the way, even his passenger - cynical bureaucrat Robert Anjer - finds himself caught up in the spirit of the season as they make the long journey from the little mountain town of Leavenworth, Washington, to the nation's capitol. All to deliver a very special tree...a tree for all Americans.

Zweibrücken in der Westpfalz. Hier hat Alexander, der Ende Vierzig ist, seine Kindheit verbracht. Und nun kehrt er zu diesem Ort zurück und nimmt sich ein Hotelzimmer. Er beginnt zu schreiben, über die letzten Kriegstag und den Wiederaufbau bis hin zur Zeit des Wirtschaftswunders. Dabei erzählt er von glücklichen und traurigen Erinnerungen von Freunden, Ängsten, der Schulzeit und von seiner schwierigen Suche nach einer Freundin. Während seiner Zeit im Hotel, macht er die Bekanntschaft von Renate.

Are you tired of the nine-to-five hectic lifestyle? This book gives you the best ideas and instructions to launch your online business and turn it into passive income.

Getting Micky Dolenz is a funny, touching, heartwarming story that will appeal equally to young adults, pop-culture lovers, and Monkees fans of all ages. Peppered with humor and full of heart, this is the tale of Julie Desmond - or, as she likes to call herself, Julie Desmond Dolenz, a 13-year-old living in the psychedelic '60s who is absolutely ape over drummer Micky Dolenz of the sensational made-for-TV band The Monkees.

Lynn Naismith gave up the job she loved when she married Ed, the love of her life, but it was worth it for the happy years they enjoyed together. Now, 10 years on, Ed has been diagnosed with early onset dementia, and things start to happen - things more sinister than missing keys and lost words. As some memories are forgotten, others, long buried, begin to surface...and Lynn’s perfect world begins to crumble. But is it Ed’s mind playing tricks, or hers....?

After battling the elements to cross the Great Plains to Colorado then fighting horse rustlers and a vengeful killer, the Jakes family hopes to finally settle down on their new ranch and breed horses. But a wedding celebration provides the cover for Frank Jakes' young daughter Franny to be kidnapped by a young man known only as Jack. Unless Frank and his family can do something fast, the terrified girl will be sold to the Comanches as a slave. Frank and his family must turn once again to the only man who can help: Frank's new brother-in-law, rugged mountain man Roy Scuggins.

Fresh out of the Academy at West Point, Lt. Sheridan is leading his first patrol. But soon he will learn what it means to be a leader Like many young men, Sgt. O'Connell left his native Ireland to find his fortune. Instead, he found himself in the U.S. Cavalry during the Civil War. Now he's in the Arizona desert, chasing a marauding band of Apaches Pablito is leading that band on what will be one last raid before they all disappear into the Superstition Mountains.

Nelson Mandela ist eine der Lichtgestalten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Kompromisslos kämpfte er für die Abschaffung der Apartheid und ein demokratisches Südafrika und zahlte für sein Engagement einen hohen Preis. 1964 wurde er zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt und erst 27 Jahre später entlassen. In seinem "zweiten Leben" wurde er an die Spitze des Staates gewählt und schrieb als erster schwarzer Präsident Südafrikas Weltgeschichte. Das hervorragend recherchierte Feature des NDR folgt den Spuren eines außergewöhnlichen Lebens und zeichnet mit zahlreichen O-Tönen den Weg eines politischen Visionärs und warmherzigen Menschen nach.

“A Final Kiss” relates the wedding day of Natalie St. John, an educated young woman from a wealthy New England family who must come to terms with the fact that she’s made a life-altering mistake. As an idealistic 17-year-old, Natalie meets and falls in love with Joey Renetti, a charming young waiter at a local Italian café. From the very beginning, it is evident to Natalie that the two are a match made in heaven. But Natalie’s uppity parents are far from being in agreement with their daughter.

Stephanie Gallagher had a brilliant career as a journalist until a devastating betrayal upended her life. Now she's back in her hometown of Forsyth, Texas, working for the local paper and trying to get back on track. But doing the cutting-edge investigative work that won her a Pulitzer will be difficult in sleepy Forsyth. Her most exciting story is an ongoing series of petty thefts with a peculiar twist: the thief always leaves some cash behind for the victims. Stephanie nicknames the thief the ‘Reluctant Robber,' speculating the perp is a Forsyth resident forced to crime by the economic downturn. Then one night, the Reluctant Robber strikes again, but this time, the Robber leaves more than just cash to be found.

It all started with a storm, a real gully washer, the type that comes racing across the plains with driving rain, howling winds, and hail as big as your fist. If it hadn't been for the stranger in buckskins, the Jakes family would have been in serious trouble. Little did they know, the storm was just the beginning of their struggles. They'd come to Colorado to raise a new breed of horse. Along the trail they would follow were new friends, old enemies, and the land. At times it was hard to tell which ones were the most dangerous.

Western Civilization transformed the world through reason, freedom, progress, individualism, ingenuity, and the great experiment known as America. America is not all good, but we're losing what is good because we're afraid to claim it. As though somehow it's shameful to honor such an imperfect country. But the beauty of America is that we're founded on perfect ideals. And as short of those ideals as we sometimes fall, we never stop striving to attain them. That's what we need to honor. That's what we don't want to lose.

If you save someone's life, do you become responsible for them? When Anna receives a letter from Adam, thanking her for saving his son Max's life with a bone-marrow donation, it's the first positive thing that's happened to her for a long time. Grief-stricken at the recent loss of her baby, she's failed to give life in the past. Now this four-year-old boy is alive and healthy because of her: it's a heady realisation. Anna is desperate to get to know Max, yet terrified at how responsible she feels for him.

Helena Nicholls - ex world-famous pop star and prime-time DJ - wakes up in hospital to find her looks, her career and her personal life in tatters. She has been let down by her boyfriend, and the one person she loved most in the world - her best friend since the age of five - is dead. She feels that she belongs nowhere, and her sense of identity, fragile at the best of times, is in pieces. So Helena turns to the one thing that has always got her through, the one thing that has real resonance: music.

From the age of 19, Emma Victor has had to bring up her much younger sister, Stella. It has shaped both their lives. Now Stella is almost grown up, and Emma's nurturing instincts extend to her work as an aromatherapist and inform her relationship with the unreliable but irresistible Gavin. But something is missing, and Emma has to confront her deepest need - a need she's been denying for years - and embark on a search for her birth mother.

He's posted on your wall. He's following you on Twitter. He knows where you are right now.... When Amy receives an email from her older sister, Becky, announcing that she's off travelling and 'don't try to find me', she is worried. Becky would never do such a thing on a whim. Amy - who is recovering from an abusive relationship that has left her terrified of love - soon finds that Becky had started using online dating sites. Aided by Becky's neighbour, Gary, Amy sets about tracking down the men her sister had dated.