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On a balmy June night, Kirsten, a young university student, strolls home through a silent moonlit park. Suddenly her tranquil mood is shattered as she is viciously attacked. When she awakes in hospital, she has no recollection of that brutal night. But then, slowly and painfully, details reveal themselves: dreams of two figures, one white and one black, hovering over her...wisps of a strange and haunting song...the unfamiliar texture of a rough and deadly hand.

Sonja und die Kinder Sara und Taio testen den neuen Spielplatz und erleben dort die ganze Bandbreite an Gefühlen: Taio ist traurig, weil er mit seinem Gipsarm nicht so gut mitspielen kann, doch über ein Eis von Sonja freut er sich trotzdem. Ein Mädchen tröstet ihren Freund, der vom Fahrrad gefallen ist, und Sara ist es unangenehm, dass sie Sonja und Taio versehentlich mit der Wasserflasche nass spritzt. Nach einem gemeinsamen Übernachtungswochenende sind sich die drei einig: Bei starken Gefühlen hilft es, mit Freundinnen, Freunden und anderen Bezugspersonen darüber zu reden.

From best-selling creator Debi Gliori comes an audio collection of some of her best picture books, brilliantly read by Emilia Fox. From an irresistible bedtime lullaby to an energetic cautionary tale addressing concerns about the environment to her best-selling picture book about unconditional love, there is something for every child in this stand-out collection.

Sex. Murder. Shoes. A shockingly original and darkly decadent thriller. By day Judith Rashleigh is a put-upon assistant at a London auction house. By night she's a hostess in one of the capital's unsavoury bars. Desperate to make something of herself, Judith knows she has to play the game. She's learned to dress, speak and act in the interests of men. She's trying to be a good girl. But after uncovering a dark secret at the heart of the art world, Judith is fired, and her dreams of a better life are torn apart.

Eis essen mit einem Brontosaurus? Ein Basketball-Match mit Michael Jordan? Alles kein Problem im Virtual-Reality-Resort Pangalaman Island. Derek, Sohn der Besitzerin, konnte seine kühnsten Träume schon als Kind ausleben. Nun hat er das ganze Imperium geerbt–und steht vor einem Problem: Der Promi Mr. Wagner ist in einem virtuellen Abenteuer verschwunden.

“Haven’t you heard about the virus?” When her BFF asks this question at the bus stop, there was no way 10-year-old Emilia could know that the global pandemic of COVID-19 was about to turn her life upside down. Based on true events, this story follows the journey of Emilia, who lives in South Korea with her teacher mother, where they both enjoy their international school community. Life is wonderful until the rapidly spreading global pandemic of COVID-19 prompts her mother to take Emilia from her home in Korea to her home in New Zealand.

Katie Piper was 24 and well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model. She has the world at her feet – but then she meets Daniel Lynch on Facebook. After a horrific rape and acid attack her mind, body and spirit are snatched away. This is the inspiring story of her fight to get them back.

Summer 1924. On the eve of a glittering society party by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses are sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, and they will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999. Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet’s suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace’s mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks.

Eleven-year-old Olivia Brown has been in care since she was five. She has just been asked to leave her eighteenth placement. Her new home is a secluded farmhouse, centuries old, where she slowly bonds with her foster family. But the house holds dark secrets. The danger is real - but does it come from the twisted mind of a very disturbed child?

Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother's past, but Sofia has never spoken of it. She only admits to growing up in a small Cretan village before moving to London. When Alexis decides to visit Crete, however, Sofia gives her daughter a letter to take to an old friend and promises that, through her, she will learn more. Arriving in Plaka, Alexis learns that it lies a stone's throw from the deserted island of Spinalonga - Greece's former leper colony.

Edie Millen hatte hohe Erwartungen an ihr letztes Highschooljahr - mitten in einen Raubüberfall zu stolpern, gehörte jedoch nicht dazu. Als ihr das Gerede ihrer Mitschüler zu viel wird, wechselt sie die Schule - nicht ahnend, dass sie dort auf John Cole treffen würde, der ihr an jenem Abend das Leben rettete. Wilde Gerüchte ranken sich um John - er sei gewalttätig und deale mit Drogen. Edie weiß, dass sie ihr Herz aufs Spiel setzt, doch kann sie nicht gegen die Gefühle ankämpfen, die John in ihr hervorruft ...

The master storyteller continues the Clifton saga with this, the second novel. New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for first degree murder. He stands accused of killing his brother. When Sefton Jelks, a top Manhattan lawyer, offers his services for nothing, penniless Tom has little choice but to accept his assurance of a lighter sentence.

One late spring evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for an elegant supper party in honor of Emerald Torrington's twentieth birthday. But only a few miles away, a dreadful accident propels a crowd of mysterious and not altogether savory survivors to seek shelter at the ramshackle manor - and the household is thrown into confusion and mischief.

Notiz an mich selbst: Es ist vollkommen okay, einen Mann in einer Bar aufzureißen, um mich über Billie hinwegzutrösten, der per SMS mit mir Schluss gemacht hat. Nur sollte ich nächstes Mal nicht unbedingt Billies Dad nehmen. Dark Romance. Düstere Themen. Eindeutige Szenen. Deutliche Sprache. In sich abgeschlossen.

Dieses Buch ist eine kompakte, faktenbasierte Reise durch die Frage, die seit Jahrhunderten Gläubige, Skeptiker und Historiker gleichermaßen beschäftigt: Gab es Jesus wirklich? Es kombiniert wissenschaftliche Präzision mit einem zugänglichen Stil und verzichtet bewusst auf überlange Ausschweifungen oder spekulative Mystik. Stattdessen konzentriert es sich auf das Wesentliche – die Spuren, die Jesus von Nazareth in der Geschichte, Kultur und dem Denken der Menschheit hinterlassen hat.

Things will never be the same again... Ben is driving on the motorway, on his usual commute to the school where he works. A day like any other, except for Adam, who in a last despairing act jumps in front of Ben's car, and in killing himself, turns the teacher's world upside down. Wracked with guilt and desperate to clear his conscience, Ben develops a friendship with Alice, Adam's widow, and her seven-year-old son, Max. But as he tries to escape the trauma of the wreckage, could Ben go too far in trying to make amends?

Deși destul de diferite între ele prin subiectele abordate și prin personajele cărora le dau viață, toate poveștile sunt, de fapt, fețe ale aceleiași monede; sau, pentru a folosi drept metaforă titlul uneia dintre ele, fațete ale aceluiași „cub al fericirii“. Pentru că toate cuprind lecții importante de viață, foarte folositoare celor mici, oferă răspunsuri la unele dintre cele mai dificile întrebări ale copilăriei și sunt un îndemn de a privi mereu dincolo de aparențe și de a crede în tine până la capăt.

Cine crede că istoria dictaturilor nu se poate scrie și prin… femei? Figuri simbolice ale puterii absolute, marii tirani au încercat întotdeauna să-şi treacă sub tăcere slăbiciunile sentimentale. Uneori, aventurile lor amoroase spun despre ei mult mai mult decât teribilele spectacole politice pe care le regizează cu atâta grijă. Această carte este o investigație alertă în spatele ușilor închise din viețile amoroase ale dictatorilor, iar atenția autoarei este îndreptată cu precădere către soții, amante sau chiar spioane.

A obra de Clarice Lispector é elogiada, com distinção, por muitos aspectos: a densidade na busca dos mais profundos mistérios humanos, seu incrível tom ao mesmo tempo de conversa ligeira e de refinamento metafísico, o pacto que constrói com o leitor colocando a Literatura a serviço da nossa existência. Questões amplamente encontradas em seus livros e que lhe conferem destaque dentre os autores mais importantes de nossa Literatura. Mas como observar isso?

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Suntem într-un viitor distopic. Mișcarea feministă a ieșit învingătoare, femeile conduc lumea, iar bărbații sunt internați în Institut, pentru a trece printr-un proces de reeducare. Acolo, pe căi cel puțin originale, le sunt eradicate ideile de dominanță a masculinității și de transformare a corpului femeii în obiect sexual. Lumea Nouă răstoarnă vechile obiceiuri și concepții, dar cele care le înlocuiesc nu sunt mai puțin periculoase.