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Forty-six-year-old divorcée Christine is finally happy - or so she thinks. She has an amazing boyfriend but she also has a drama-filled family she fears might scare him off. And when Christine spies her dependable Aunt Inge in the company of a man who is most certainly not her husband, it sends the family drama into overdrive - and delivers an unexpected wake-up call to Christine. Because after witnessing the newfound passion with which 60-something Inge is tackling each day, Christine becomes aware of the mounting frustrations in her supposedly fabulous life. Sick and tired of playing it safe, Christine finally decides the time has come to make some big changes.

Until the helicopter crash, Jill Smith never knew fear. A homicide detective in the leftist enclave of Berkeley, California, she has faced down her share of thugs, thieves, and killers, but since surviving the downed helicopter, her nerves have been shot. Unwilling to submit to her anxiety, she goes back to work. The chef and owner of Paradise, an upscale restaurant in Berkeley’s so-called “Gourmet Ghetto,” is found on the floor of his own kitchen, poisoned by the soup he was seasoning.

Quite a few conspiracy theories exist as to what Area 51 really is about. There are quite a few people who believe that the government has been covering up the existence of aliens since the 1950s and that the aliens and their UFOs are present in Area 51. Throughout this book, you will learn more about Area 51, including the government, the UFOs, facts about aliens, and much more. Then you can decide what you think is really going on in this area.

Lars, der kleine Eisbär, trifft in seinem neusten Abenteuer auf viele Freunde. Da wäre Conny der Kormoran, der wegen des warmen Wetters hoch in den Norden geflogen ist, Bella das Walmädchen, samt ihrer Familie und Pjotr der mächtige Potwal. Zusammen haben die Freunde viel Spass. Doch als Walfänger aufkreuzen, wird Lars Hilfe benötigt. Zum Glück hat der clevere, kleine Eisbär auch schon eine gute Idee, wie sich die Wale in Sicherheit bringen können.

Lars, der kleine Eisbär, trifft am Nordpol das kleine Rentier Oliver, das seine Herde verloren hat. Mit Hilfe des Moschusochsen Oskar begeben sich die drei auf die Suche und finden Olivers Mama und die Herde wieder. Die Rentiere müssen weiter zu ihren Winterweiden. Doch eine Pipeline und ein Drahtzaun versperren ihnen den Weg...

In Berkeley, people don't just disagree; they make careers out of it. And in a city where anything goes, where burned-out '60s hippies haunt the shadows along Telegraph Avenue, no one can outrun the past. Now police detective Jill Smith is plunged into a case that's pure Berkeley: a tangled tale of sins and retribution that has led to one man's disappearance, and another man's murder.

After six months of perfect weather, the people of Berkeley, California, have forgotten how to drive during a thunderstorm. Newly christened homicide detective Jill Smith is on her way home to a chocolate ice cream dinner when she gets caught in a traffic jam at the city’s only roundabout. At the front of the line, she sees the trouble: a flipped-over Cadillac and one dead driver. The man behind the wheel was one of the city’s leading citizens, a philanthropist in a town that puts charity first.

Two witnesses see the man drag the old woman into a canyon while brandishing a rifle. As night falls, detective Jill Smith and the Berkeley police department set up a perimeter. The canyon is a hostage negotiator’s nightmare - dark, rough, and full of escape routes - and when she finally opens communication, the gunman doesn’t respond. Rather than wait for dawn, Jill leads her team into the darkness. At the bottom of the canyon they find a battered old mannequin and a box of stolen parking tickets.

At first the townspeople of Cherryvale welcome the rising medium Kate Bender and her family. Kate's messages from the Beyond give their tedious dreams hope and her mother's potions cure their little ills—for a price. No one knows about their other business, the shortcut to a better life. And why shouldn't their family prosper? They're careful. It's only from those who are marked, those who travel alone and can easily disappear, that the Benders demand their pound of flesh. But even a gifted seer like Kate can make a misstep.

When Philip Drem, the most feared and hated IRS auditor, is murdered, junk food junkie Jill Smith finds a long list of suspects among Berkeley's eclectic community.

Die Geschichte von Hänsel und Gretel, die sich im Wald verirren und von der bösen Knusperhexe gefangen werden, ist eines der bekanntesten Märchen. 1893 schrieb Engelbert Humperdinck seine gleichnamige Oper, dessen Musik märchenhaft bezaubernd, gleichzeitig aber auch höchst-dramatisch wirkt.

Melanie Hansen loved her younger sister, Carrie. But when Carrie moved to Missouri to restore an antebellum house, Melanie was pretty sure her baby sister had lost her mind. Then her worst fear comes true: Carrie dies. When a letter arrives, asking Melanie to return to Celebration House, she has no choice but to leave all that she knows in Seattle and travel to Missouri. All Melanie wants to do is find a buyer. But that’s a difficult task with all of the restrictions her sister and the local historian, Zach Oakes, put on the sale of the house.

Beth Kozera promised her best friend, Carrie Hansen, she would stay and manage Celebration House in Carrie’s absence. How she regrets that promise! She has no idea how to run an event venue. Since when did brides become so demanding and grooms so lecherous? Plus, she can’t boil water, let alone supervise a sit-down dinner for 200 guests every weekend! Thank goodness for Joshua - or, at least, she thinks. But when Beth offers his mom a job overseeing the kitchen, Josh shows his patriarchal colors - so much for tall, dark, and haughty.

Piraten kennt jeder. Aber Musik-Piraten? Nun, ihre Wunderwaffe ist die MUSIK, die sie bei jeder Gelegenheit einsetzen. Der kleine Locke will auch Musik-Pirat werden. Als Neuer an Bord stellt er aber erstaunt fest, dass das wilde Piratenleben mit Putzen beginnt. Auf seiner Geige quietscht er anfangs noch ziemlich herum. Als die Piraten bei einem Sturm über Bord fliegen und auf einer Insel gefangen werden, muss Locke sie mit seinem Geigenspiel frei spielen. Das kann nur schief gehen. Zum Glück aber träumt die Insel-Prinzessin von einem freien wilden Leben als Piratin.

Es ist Sommer. Die Eltern sind auf Reisen und schicken ihren Kindern täglich eine Ansichtskarte von den exotischen Plätzen dieser Welt. Der Großvater liest daraus vor, was er lesen möchte, und das ist meist das Gegenteil dessen, was dort geschrieben steht. Für die Kinder Anlass genug, sich selbst das Lesen beizubringen. Lesen kann man angeblich auch von den Vögeln lernen. Die Kinder mit ihren selbstgebauten Flugmaschinen aus Federn, Papier und Draht.

Adelbert von Chamisso, bekannt durch seine Märchenerzählung "Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte", war nicht nur Dichter, sondern auch ein angesehener Naturforscher. Zwischen 1815 und 1818 segelte er auf dem russischen Expeditionsschiff "Rurik" um die Welt. In Brasilien und Chile, auf den pazifischen Inseln, in Alaska und Kalifornien machte er unglaubliche Entdeckungen, traf auf neue Kulturen und erlebte auf See so manches Abenteuer.

Ecko was a kind and gentle dinosaur. He didn't hunt or growl like the other little dinosaurs in the forest. The other dinosaurs just couldn't understand him at all. One day, Ecko found something shiny in the forest grass. Do you know what it was? Who does Ecko play with at the game? Do you know what happens at the end?

Get set for a rollicking adventure. The Stone Apples is a fairy tale in the classic tradition, filled with heroes, villains, monsters, wizards, battles, and romance. With more than 40 haunting scenes, this story is sure to become a bedside favorite.

Can Carrie Delaney find a man good enough to be both a father to her six-year-old, Dannie, and her own second chance at love? During a summer singles week at a Vermont ski resort, Carrie meets two men and is instantly attracted to one of them: a slick, gorgeous "Mr. Impossible". She tries earnestly to fall in love with the other, a teddy bear of a pediatric dentist and a sweet guy - but not her destiny.

Frank Wedekind erscheint heute zu Recht als einer der bedeutendsten Dramatiker der Jahrhundertwende. Damals, ein Jahrzehnt vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg, war er im Widerstreit der Meinungen und unter den Attacken der Zensur das 'enfant terrible' der deutschen Bühnen. Die Groteske "Der Kammersänger" stammt aus dem Jahr 1897; Wedekind wollte sie weder als 'Hanswurstiade' noch als 'Konservationsstück', sondern als den 'Zusammenstoß zwischen einer brutalen Intelligenz und verschiedenen blinden Leidenschaften' verstanden wissen.