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Willkommen im Leben der verrückten Cat, der einfühlsamen Belle und der kampflustigen Raina. Die drei Sandkastenfreundinnen könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein, dennoch verfolgen sie ein Ziel: Das Studium beenden und bloß nicht durch irgendwelche Männergeschichten ablenken lassen. In einer feuchtfröhlichen Nacht formt sich ein Gedanke in ihren alkoholgeschwängerten Köpfen: Ein Mann muss her! Keiner, der ihnen den Kopf verdreht und ihre Herzen höherschlagen lässt. Nur einer, der erheblich zu ihrer Entspannung beitragen soll.

Malin Hagelins liv är en röra. Hon inser att hon behöver göra upp med det förflutna för att kunna komma vidare. Så hon återvänder till sin barndoms Sälen och tryggheten hos mormor Dagmar. Samtidigt sker ett fynd på fjället: i ett stenröse där en ny anläggning ska byggas återfinns en kropp. Är det mannen som försvann en vinterkväll för femton år sedan? Vad hände egentligen den kvällen på högfjällshotellet? Nu återser Malin människorna som en gång betydde allt för henne. Helt ovetande om vilka hemligheter de bär på idag och vad hennes återkomst kommer att riva upp.

A woman determined to hide. A joyful man with the heart of a wanderer. Nebraska, 1879The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. For young widow Eloise, all she sees is the taking. Now content to find purpose in raising her baby nephew, Eloise hides from life. If she doesn’t open her heart, it won’t have any reason to break. When a lost traveler tumbles into her solitude, she’s forced to consider if God still has good things in store for her. Carefree Zeke James searches for fun and adventure. Act now, figure it out later.

These are Poems from Exile by Balint Bodroghy. The first was written as an 18-year-old youth when becoming what is now known somewhat pejoratively as an economic migrant, after escaping from Hungary to Austria, and subsequently emigrating to Canada. The last poems in this batch were written in Vancouver in 1958, when he was a 27-year-old "young man". The next batch was all written in England, in English—still in exile, but no longer homeless. The final batch, contemporaneous poems, all in English—no longer in exile and no longer homeless.

While searching for a better home, encountering arson, floods, murder, litigation, threats, and scams.... But ultimately leading to a contended life - growing old among friends, in circles of interlocking, and overlapping communities.

Aden House, successful but driven chef and TV personality, refuses to slow down. His life implodes one night, damaging him both physically and emotionally. He's rescued by a woman he thinks of as his angel. Shay McDowell has rebuilt her life after her divorce. She juggles volunteer EMT duties and her job, while dreaming of becoming a chef. She finds her way to Rock House Grill and back into the life of the man she helped save. Can love be the ingredient needed to survive the many obstacles they face?

This book is a record of a friendship. Adrien and I were of different nationalities, she Hungarian and I British, and I knew little of Hungary and nothing of the language when we first met, in the autumn of 1937. We had only a short time together then, from October 1937 to August 1939. Then came an 18-year gap, only bridged by such letters as it was possible to exchange during the war and later during the Russian occupation of Hungary

A fairy tale. Like most of them, it is about the horrors inflicted by humans on one another, with a hesitant little note of optimism tucked in at the end. It is meant for adults.

Following the startling events at the Bay View Estate in Minorca, with multiple deaths under puzzling circumstances, a forensic team has assembled in Mahon to solve the mystery. But two protagonists, both former sex workers, decide to go into business together, splitting their revenues half and half - mitad y mitad - like trusted old friends. And the business takes off, leading to further surprising developments.

This is a continuation of dramatic events unfolding in a holiday chalet in the Balearics, leading to multiple deaths and a complex investigation. Was it murder or a crime of passion? A gripping tale with the scenes shifting back and forth between Mahon and London.

First part of a trilogy of tales about sex workers, sex paid for and freely bestowed, warm affection, and accidental adventure on a Balearic island in the Med, with tragic consequences, and a happy ending of sorts.

A Polish American family visits Arnhem in the Netherlands, where the anniversary of the tragic attempt to shorten WWII by massed parachute landings (in which the Polish grandfather lost his life) is being commemorated. After a massed jump by NATO paratroops and a memorial service, the children of the family pretend and come firmly to believe that it is a landing by evil aliens from outer space; they stalk and spy on them and get captured and rescued after an adventure they will remember to the end of their days.

A man of 84, tired of life, meets an unhappy young woman on a chatline for suicides and they form a happy bond that unites them, with a happy ending of sorts..

I want a baby - now! A mature woman's quest for maternal fulfilment is played out against the backdrop of a scientific conference on nanotechnology held in Vals - an amazing Swiss mountain resort and spa - with unexpected consequences....

A man, affected by early onset dementia, finds himself following in the footsteps of the Deer Hunter and stumbles in a confused state on an old romance in a Mediterranean seaside campsite...and is tempted to rekindle old flames....

A seven year old boy, in a new school, comes face to face with the school bully - and, on his uncle's advice, gets the better of him by making him laugh, knocking him down, picking him up (as he has seen professional footballers do it), and then makes friends with him (sort of).

A feisty women of 80, once a senior civil servant now wheelchair-bound, takes on and gets the better of callous internet fraudsters by playing their own banking scam back at them in revenge - but finds herself feeling just a little sorry for them in the end.

A mildly political prisoner, incarcerated in an intolerant banana republic, manages to keep in touch with his lover outside, in spite of the heavy odds stacked against them, by inventing an ingenious method for signaling in secret - the story references Bizet's Carmen.

A magical encounter between a leaf-frog and a butterfly, who form a strange bond based on mutual attraction - in spite of dangers to both.

It is a story about babies waiting in heaven to be born, but a little one due to be delivered that day gets lost (or, perhaps, is just scared and goes into hiding), giving the nurse in charge a major headache, but sorted out in the end with the help of an indulgent and amused God.