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Lifelong friends Claudia, Ella, Laura and Sal celebrated 60 as the new 40, determined not to let age change things. But now they are looking at the future and wondering how to make growing old more fun. Why not live together and have sunny afternoons on the lawn, helping and supporting each other when any of them need it - and still keep enjoying life? Joined by Claudia’s reluctant husband and Sal’s energetic new fiancé, they ignore the protests of their children and pool their resources in a lovely manor house in the country.

The official companion to the BBC's hit magazine show, The One Show Book is a compilation of the quirkiest, strangest, most random and most fascinating stories pulled from the brains of Icon Films' The One Show research desk. Did you know that Michael Jackson was once made an honorary director of Exeter City football team? Or that Muhammad Ali owed a chunk of his fortune to his love of Ovaltine?

The Time Traveller's Almanac is the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, here is over a century's worth of literary travels into past and the future. The anthology covers millions of years of Earth's history - from the age of the dinosaurs to strange and fascinating futures, through to the end of time itself.

The Time Traveller's Almanac is the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer have scoured time itself to bring you these classic stories. Be warned: reality will be warped, wormholes opened, paradoxes woven and parallel universes breached.

The Time Traveller's Almanac is the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer Ann and Jeff VanderMeer have scoured time itself to bring you this final instalment from their über-guide to exploring the fourth dimension. Be warned: reality will be warped, wormholes opened, paradoxes woven and parallel universes breached.

When the breakdown of her marriage leaves Sadie Turner a single mum, she vows that she will make it on her own. After all, why would a smart businesswoman with a PhD and the prospect of a life-changing deal on the horizon need a man? But Sadie's man-ban is tested to the limit when she travels to Monaco to meet her potential investor. There she encounters Mac, a rough and ready playboy billionaire who lives life in the fast lane. But Sadie's heart isn't the only thing on the line....

A gritty drama that will appeal to fans of The Throwaway Children and authors Nadine Dorries and Kitty Neale. When little Terry and Nancy arrive at the door of St Saviour's Children's Home, they seem shell-shocked after being orphaned in the fire that killed their parents. Terry is terribly damaged by his experiences, though the concerned staff, especially Angela Morton, suspect that there is something more sinister behind his disturbing behaviour.

"Help," he said. "He's not breathing." A tiny baby is rushed to hospital. Doctors find an injury to his brain and suspect he was shaken by his father, who is later charged and convicted. The baby grows up in the care of his mother. Life goes on.... Twelve years later, Ethan is now a singular young boy. Gifted with an innate affinity for physics and astronomy, Ethan sees the world in ways his classmates (and even his mum and teachers) simply can't - through a prism of light, time, stars and space.

In this no-holds-barred collection of essays, prominent women authors, journalists and TV personalities explore the truth about becoming mothers. Covering topics from labour to the breastapo, twins to IVF, weaning to post-birth sex, and with writers including Cathy Kelly, Adele Parks, Kathy Lette and Lucy Porter and many more, Things I Wish I’d Known is a reassuring, moving and often hilarious collection that will speak to mothers - and mothers-to-be - everywhere.

Heart-wrenching, absorbing and magical, Relativity is an irresistible novel about science, love, unbreakable bonds and irreversible acts. Ethan is a bright young boy obsessed with physics and astronomy who lives with his mother, Claire. Claire has been a wonderful parent to Ethan, but he's becoming increasingly curious about his father's absence in his life, wanting to fill in the gaps.

When Ailsa Field uproots her family to Norfolk, she's determined a change of scene will fix all their problems. Then the Fairports move in next door, and Ailsa is terrified their influence will damage her family's new start. But for teenagers Romy and Jay, none of that matters. But when Romy decides to help Jay, what starts as an innocent plan quickly threatens to destroy the Field family forever....

If you love to curl up with Miranda Dickinson or The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes was your favourite, The Last Honeytrap will delight you with its rapidfire, irreverent humour. He's the man every woman wants. Private Investigator Florence Love is out to get him. Florence has ten days to meet, charm and entrap Scott 'Scat' Delaney. Whilst sticking to THE Cardinal Entrapment Rule:One kiss, with tongues, five seconds - case closed.

The story of a young mother who discovers old buried secrets as she goes through her mother's things, all whilst staying in a cottage that centuries before was a silk factory. A beautiful, eerie story of love and memory. If you try to pick up the pieces, sometimes that's when they fall into place. When young mother Rosie gets the news that her mother has died she decides to leave London and head back to her home village.

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Wenn Sie sich kraftlos und erschöpft fühlen, gestresst sind, unter Nervosität, Unruhe, Schlaflosigkeit oder Konzentrationsstörungen leiden, dann können Sie bereits mit dem Üben der Grundstufe des Autogenen Trainings (AT) wieder neue Kraft und Energie schöpfen. Mit diesem Hörbuch finden Sie einen wirkungsvollen Einstieg in das AT. Alle Übungen werden kompetent und verständlich erklärt, sodass Sie auch als Anfänger, ohne Vorerfahrungen, die positiven Wirkungen direkt erleben werden.

Anton kann es gar nicht mehr erwarten, dass er in der Schule Rechnen und Schreiben lernt wie seine große Schwester Lena. Aber bis es so weit ist, gibt es für ihn noch viel Spannendes zu erleben: die Anmeldung an der Schule und eine kleine Führung durch die Klassenzimmer, den Ranzen kaufen und eine Schultüte basteln, und natürlich den sechsten Geburtstag feiern. Dann ist endlich der große Tag da. Für die kleinen Zuhörer gibt es wieder viele Lieder zum Mitsingen und viele Geräusche zum Entdecken.

Anton und Lena verbringen mit ihren Eltern spannende Ferien an der Nordsee. Dabei lernen sie viele neue Geräusche kennen...

Endlich: Das bestgehütete Geheimnis der Republik ist gelüftet. Wie geht es eigentlich bei Merkels zu Hause zu? Schon wieder keine Ravioli im Schrank? Und kein Rabatt beim Porto? Schon wieder dieser Seehofer in der Leitung? Und diese ständigen Fernreisen: NATO, UNO, Klimagipfel. Die bekannte Merkel-Imitatorin Antonia von Romatowski und Stefan Lehnberg zeigen in diesen wundervoll komischen Parodien, wie es Angela und Joachim tagtäglich ergeht zwischen Küche und Kanzleramt.

Vor fast zehn Jahren verwüstete das sogenannte Jahrhunderthochwasser weite Teile Mitteleuropas. Viele Menschen haben dabei viel verloren...

Arifa Akter ist 36 Jahre alt. Über 20 Jahre davon hat sie in Textilfabriken in Dhaka gearbeitet. Mit zehn Jahren fing sie als Helferin an, für etwa 3.30 Euro...