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Twelve-year-old George Stable wants to be a rock star someday, but he gets horrible stage fright - unless he has his old teddy bear with him. Hiding the teddy in his guitar seems like a brilliant idea. Then George discovers that someone has hidden stolen jewels in the stuffing of his beloved bear. George's embarrassing "teddy bear habit" becomes the center of a life-and-death chase through Manhattan. Can George survive long enough to make his first TV appearance?

Popular author of Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids turns his witty pen to the classic knock-knock joke, providing hours of entertainment for young and old.

Recipient of the prestigious Templeton Prize, Brother John is the true story of a meaningful encounter between a man going through a mid-life crisis, and an umbrella-wielding Trappist monk. This magical encounter on Christmas Eve eventually leads the author, and us all, to the redemptive power of an authentically purposeful life.

"Dann Telefonat mit einem mir unbekannten, älteren Mann in Westdeutschland. Noch am Tag der Histologie war Holm abends auf einer Party mit dem Journalisten T. ins Gespräch gekommen, dessen Vater ebenfalls ein Glioblastom hat und noch immer lebt, zehn Jahre nach der OP. Wenn ich wolle, könne er mir die Nummer besorgen. Es ist vor allem dieses Gespräch mit einem Unbekannten, das mich aufrichtet. Ich erfahre: T. hat als einer der ersten in Deutschland Temodal bekommen."

What happens to race car drivers when they eat too much? They get indy-gestion. Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids provides children ages seven-to-10 many hours of fun and laughter. Young listeners will have a blast sharing this collection of hundreds of one-liners, knock-knock jokes, tongue twisters, and more with their friends and family! This mega-best-selling book will have children rolling on the floor with laughter, and is sure to be a great gift idea for any child.

Frederick is the shy new boy, and Xio is the bubbly chica who lends him a pen on the first day of class. They become fast friends - but when Xio decides she wants to be more than friends, Frederick isn't so sure. He loves hanging out with Xio and her crew, but he doesn't like her that way. Instead he finds himself thinking more and more about Victor, the captain of the soccer team. But does that mean Frederick's gay? He hopes not - he sees how everyone makes fun of Iggy, a boy all the other kids think is gay. Frederick has to deal with some tough choices.

Pumuckl und der Nikolaus: Die Weihnachtszeit ist angebrochen. Meister Eder erzählt Pumuckl vom Nikolaus. Der Pumuckl glaubt, dass der Nikolaus nur zu Kindern, aber nicht zu Kobolden kommt und spielt Meister Eder freche Streiche. Vor lauter Übermut treibt er es immer toller. Bis es plötzlich an der Tür klopft: Der Nikolaus will wissen, ob der Pumuckl auch immer brav war!

Yaminah Okar left Obsidian and the wreckage of her family years ago. She and her father have made lives for themselves in Brooklyn. She thinks she’s moved on to bigger and better things. She thinks she's finally left behind that city she would rather forget. But when a Facebook message about her estranged mother pierces Yaminah’s new bubble, memories of everything that happened before her parents' divorce come roaring back. Now, Yaminah must finally reckon with the truth about her mother and the growing collapse of a place she once called home.

Heinrich Breloers Verfilmung der "Buddenbrooks" wird das Kinoereignis der besonderen Art: Er zeigt das Drama um Glanz und Untergang der reichen Lübecker Kaufmannsfamilie in intimen, anteilnehmenden und vielschichtigen Szenen. Regisseur Heinrich Breloer selbst verfasste unter Mitarbeit von Rainer Zimmer das Erzählmanuskript und setzte den Film in eine einzigartig verdichtete und nachhaltig beeindruckende Hörspielfassung um.

I köket hade Trolle börjat tugga på en duk. Han såg mycket pigg ut. Han verkade vara full i bus. De andra såg förskräckta på honom. "Ta ut honom på balkongen", sa pappa. "Annars äter han upp våra dukar och sparkar sönder våra möbler." Lena Stiessel bor i Järvsö men föddes i Stockholm 1931. Hon började som bibliotekarie och författardrömmen blev till verklighet när hon fick ett uppdrag av ett förlag hon arbetat på. Det var en faktabok som skulle bli inkörsporten till en mängd böcker för barn och unga, fakta som fiktion.

Die Hölle, das sind immer die anderen... Was passiert, wenn man vier Männer und vier Frauen in ein riesiges Terrarium einsperrt? T. C. Boyles fabelhafter Roman, basierend auf einer wahren Geschichte, erzählt vom halsbrecherischen Versuch, eine neue Welt zu erschaffen, um sich vor dem Untergang unserer eigenen zu retten. Zwar bleibt die schöne neue Welt im Glas von Kriegen, Epidemien und Umweltkatastrophen verschont. Doch es kommt darauf an, wer mit im Glashaus sitzt.

Ryan Scott is big and bad, and he has a body made for sin. When he leaves the SEALs and heads home to DC, the first person he wants to see is his best friend, Poppy Baker. Just to be around her, of course...nothing funny. Their friendship isn't like that. Except...one look at the beautiful blonde and he starts to question how he never thought of her as more than just a friend before. Ryan likes to imagine how it could be more. It doesn't hurt anyone if it's just in his head.

His somewhat eccentric and secretive father has disappeared. KT has been forced to move from his hometown to live with an aunt and uncle he barely knows. And as the story opens, he is waking up in a hospital room from a three-day coma, with his left arm and leg paralyzed after a catastrophic bicycle accident.

After a tumultuous first semester in seventh grade, Jed Rivers returns triumphant - or so he thinks. After embracing his undeadness to put his archenemy Robbie in his place, the 13-year-old zombie thought he'd have a much easier time surviving the second semester relatively intact. That was before he came across the antizombie propaganda published by the mysterious NZN Network, a group trying to push Hollywood stereotypes as the truth.

Sinatra’s Tailor is the remarkable story of Umberto Autore, orphaned as a young boy in Italy during WWII and raised by “nuns and Nazis”. He eventually immigrated to America where he became the tailor of Frank Sinatra and The Rat Pack, Steven Spielberg, and many other Hollywood luminaries.

In The Best American Erotica, Volume 11, we learn about the very first penis in science-fiction hotshot Geoffrey Landis's bawdy fairy tale; Touré's breathless prose poem sets us up with an evening's worth of erotic visitors; and in Jerry Stahl's story, a man recalls his boyhood fascination with his mother's friends and their elaborate undergarments.

Eighteen-year-old Pearl Hardisty discovers the small town of Silver Lake in Eastern Oregon has more to offer than dry sage brush, old farmhouses, and unbearable freezing cold winters when she met Frank Bunyard. The kindhearted, handsome cowboy made her glad she decided to move with her family after all. Through stories Frank shares with her, she learns about friendship, survival, and an unforgettable story of privation and loss from a small band of Modoc Indians who were left behind after the Modoc war.

Shift the world from fear to love with a dose of Fierce Kindness: a movement of nonviolence poised to ignite positive change on a personal, community and global level. This uplifting guide inspires people to be effective warriors for positive change both within themselves and out in the world. Sections encouraging accountability, courage, and action guide the listener on a personal journey of transformation.

Meet an earnest first-grader, intent upon convincing his hill-country parents that other children are treated to a party each year on their birthday, that they invite friends, eat cake - and receive presents. Meet also his equally intent mother, who is determined not to open this can of worms, not with the 128 cousins who might start doing the same thing. Both of them step out of this luminous story that turns the concept of "good neighbors" upside down.

Die Geschichte des Juden Jakob Heym, der im Ghetto einer polnischen Stadt zum Lügner wird, um anderen Hoffnung zu schenken. Die Rote Armee ist nur noch wenige hundert Kilometer entfernt, diese Meldung hat Jakob zufällig vernommen. Mit der Aussicht auf baldige Befreiung wird ein Morgen wieder vorstellbar, deshalb will Jakob die frohe Botschaft mit seinen Mitgefangenen teilen.