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Eine junge Frau braucht nach der Geburt ihres Kindes Erholung, meint ihr Ehemann und mietet ein Sommerhaus, damit sie zur nötigen Ruhe kommt. Die junge Mutter fühlt sich wohl in dem schönen Haus, einzig der Raum mit der gelben Tapete bereitet ihr Unbehagen. Die in sich verschlungenen Muster scheinen von Tag zu Tag bedrohlicher und flößen ihr Angst ein. Was nur verbirgt sich hinter der Tapete? Unheimlich und beklemmend liest sich diese Geschichte in der Tradition von Edgar Allan Poe. Ein Schlüsseltext der amerikanischen Literatur in der Neuübersetzung von Christian Detoux.

Yorkshire is in the grip of a heatwave, and Thruscross Reservoir has dried up to reveal the remains of the drowned village of Thores-Cross beneath. Playing in the mud which coats the valley floor, four-year-old Clare Wainwright finds an old inkpot, and she can’t wait to show it to her best friend, Louise.

Meet Blu Yunger, a wild and woolly young traveler who will take you for quite a ride in his fast Ford Fairlane. Along the way you’ll meet the beauteous Fakyah Aineedair, Big Roid Bagwith, and Trout Bender. If this picaresque adventure isn’t enough to hold you, there’s a handful of other tales to tug on your brainpan. Yes, Reef Perkins can be downright hilarious!

What do a warehouse, a farm, a wedding, a trip to the grocery store, and a beach vacation have in common? They are all everyday settings where, if everything goes right, nothing awful happens. However, sometimes bad choices reap bad outcomes. Come take a side trip to a farm where the laundry may be hiding a secret from view. Or maybe visit a nice beach, with a possibly foreboding name. And do you really know what lurks in the abandoned warehouse around the corner?

A skeleton is dug up at the crossing of the ways on Hanging Moor, striking dread into the heart of Old Ma Ramsgill - the elderly matriarch of the village of Thruscross. And with good reason. The 18th-century witch, Jennet, has been woken.

This audiobook is available so busy executives, retired people, doctors, nurses, sales professionals, students, teachers, and anyone interested in relaxing and achieving their goals will lean in a fast, cheap, and easy way, listening on any device. You will learn how to hypnotize yourself using the Perkins Self-Hypnosis Program used by thousands of people located throughout the world.

For over 200 years, the last of humanity has lived on Mars under the all-seeing eye of The Union. Life on Mars is bleak, nothing like the utopia that was promised to the people before the great migration from Earth. Generations have been forced into backbreaking labor with little reward, and the masses live in constant fear. Alerik and his team find themselves in the eye of the storm, pulled between opposing factions as they search for the truths that have been buried deep beneath the Martian soil.

For centuries, the people of Skywaard have been content in their industrial civilization in the clouds, isolated and separated from the primitive people of Ariviil, with their strange potions and magic. They have been sequestered for too long, however, and resources are running low. The only way the people of the skies will survive is if they find a way to work with those who walk the lands. That is where Sebastian comes in.

American influence across the world really started to be felt for the first time during this period of study. The Roaring '20s conjure up images of wealth, parties, music, gangsters, cars and an emerging Hollywood. The cultural influence of the US was starting to spread. The 1930s Wall Street crash and subsequent depression reverberated around the world and still do. Our GCSE History series for USA 1919-1941 has been written by Briton Dr David Perkins and American historian Jakub Gaweda and gives a fascinating insight into these turbulent times.

This is the final book of the Brotherhood Trilogy, but not the end of your relationship with the principal plays. The journey we have taken has been full of twists and turns, surprises, and almost believable events. Many of you have written to me about your experiences with the first two installments. Be warned - you will find a different tone in this final book, America Responds. I wrote all three books to try and educate America about the serious challenges in fighting terrorists.

Lola har et naesten perfekt liv. Hun bor i San Francisco sammen med sine to faedre, hendes kaereste er rockmusiker, og hun er en spirende modedesigner. Men så flytter de berygtede Bell-tvillinger Calliope og Cricket tilbage til nabolaget i huset ved siden af Lola, og en fortid fyldt med smerte og kvaler bliver gravet frem. Cricket Bell er nemlig fyren, der knuste Lolas hjerte to år tidligere. Men kan en fyr fra Lolas fortid vise sig at vaere hendes store kaerlighed?

Anbefalet af John Green og Rainbow Rowell. I tre år har Isla haft et crush på den indadvendte tegner Josh, som hun går i klasse med på School of America i Paris. I sommerferien møder hun ham tilfaeldigt på Manhattan, og romantikken begynder at blomstre. Men i løbet af skoleåret er både hun og Josh dog tvunget til at konfrontere de udfordringer, som alle unge par må gå igennem: familiedrama, usikkerhed omkring ens valg for fremtiden og risikoen for at blive adskilt.

Looking Up to See the Bottom is a study of specific scriptural references with a very direct, but modern, approach that anyone can understand! Are you ready to grow closer to God and have the Bible be more helpful to you in living your life? Here are 32 simple chapters to help you catch what God has been telling you. In finishing the book, you might even find that you have grown so much that you can understand the message on Sunday morning!

Before living one more moment in the place of not yet, in the time of no hope, or in the company of the deaf, take a moment to look at life from a different perspective. Journey with Abraham to the Promised Land. Watch Joseph endure bitter slavery so he could save the lives of millions (including those who imprisoned him) and forgive those who betrayed him. Listen with Elijah to God's still small voice.

Anna er glad og tilfreds i Atlanta, hvor hun ser frem til at starte på sit sidste år på high school. Hun har en trofast bedste veninde, et godt fritidsjob og et crush på en fyr, der netop er begyndt at vise interesse for hende. Anna bliver derfor ikke begejstret, da hendes far beslutter sig for at sende hende på kostskole i Paris. Selv om Anna ikke kan fransk, møder hun hurtigt en ny gruppe venner, og ikke mindst den søde og charmerende Étienne St. Clair. Desværre er han allerede taget - og det er Anna vel egentlig også? Men i lysets by kan alting ske.

Dwayne mixes storytelling, razor-sharp wit and unparalleled charm to deliver a new comedy classic. The album is an epic offering and an extension to Dwayne's already impressive resume. With a recurring segment on the new Jay Leno Show, an appearance on the Tonight Show, four appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, a half hour Comedy Central Presents Special and now his must-have second album, Dwayne proves once again why he's The Smart Comic for Stupid Times.

An intriguing collection of short stories by some of the greatest women fiction writers of the last century. The Lifted Veil – George Eliot Miss Brill – Katherine Mansfield The Fly – Katherine Mansfield The Jew’s Beech Tree – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff The Yellow Wallpaper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman Mansize in Marble – Edith Nesbit

Are we nearly there yet? is here is make your Christmas journeys less boring, whether you’re a car, a boat, a plane or a sleigh! It's packed full of games, jokes, facts and stories to keep you entertained on the way! We'll also give you some great ideas of Christmas things to do when you get to your destination!

Are we nearly there yet? is here is make your journey to France less boring, whether you're in a car, a ferry, a plane, or a swimming your way across the channel! It's packed full of games, jokes, facts, and stories to keep you entertained on the way! We'll also give you some great ideas of French things to do when you get to your destination!

Gilman's most famous short story illustrates attitudes in the 19th century toward women's physical and mental health.