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Orphaned at an early age, the young girl Heidi finds a home high in the Swiss Alps with her reclusive grandfather. There, each glorious day is filled with discovery, adventure and the friendship of a gentle goat boy, Peter. But when Heidi is sent away from her mountain paradise to a large, cold city, she is determined to find a way to return to the place she loves. For generations, children around the world have fallen under the spell of this small alpine girl. Heidi is the heartwarming story of an exuberant child’s goodness, courage, and love.

A Summer in Suffolk could be just what she needs… When Tilly heads to the river in Willowell, Suffolk, to scatter her dad’s ashes, she’s in need of some rest and relaxation. Life has been tough lately, and she wants a new start. Constance has lived in Fernside forever. She owns the...

A cheerful girl named Heidi moves to the Alps to live with her grandfather, where she discovers the joys of nature, kindness, and friendship.

Her dream holiday is his everyday life. His dream holiday is her normal life. What happens when they collide? Ally and her dad, Geoff, run the family business, a creative retreat, from their home Hollyhock Cottage in picturesque Kittiwake Cove. They give their guests their dream break, but Ally...

'Grab a hot chocolate and lose yourself in this heart-warming story of romance, community and secrets. The perfect story to read by the fire!' PHILLIPPA ASHLEY ‘Brimming with warmth and Christmas cheer’ SARAH MORGAN When Paige turns up unannounced at Wynthorpe Hall, she discovers the place...

***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** Escape to the seaside this summer with the brand new novel from Heidi Swain, the Sunday Times bestselling author of feel-good women’s fiction. Think idyllic beaches, refreshing rock pools and breathtaking romance. The PERFECT summer read! Following a shocking...

From the bestelling author of Mince Pies and Mistletoe at the Christmas Market and The Cherry Tree Café comes a glorious summer treat of glamping, vintage tearooms and love ... When Lottie Foster’s grandmother’s best friend Gwen dies, she leaves Lottie her lovely home, Cuckoo Cottage...

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Despite Toni’s legendary brilliance, even she could not stop the march of time. After learning her daughter, Joy, and Joy’s two best friends, Pepper and Alina, attempted to deceive the senior agents in The Organization with a bogus Spring Break cover story, she convinces her wife it’s time to let the Next Generation take over.

One long summer. One perfect setting. Can fiction inspire real life…? Sometimes a book grabs you by the heart and grows to mean everything to you. That’s what Hope Falls is to friends Emily, Rachel and Tori. So, when they get the chance to spend a whole summer at the cottage in Lakeside...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Come Back For Me by Heidi Perks, read by Sally Scott and Nathalie Buscombe. WILL YOU UNCOVER THE TRUTH? The breathtaking new thriller from the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller NOW YOU SEE HER ____________________________ A DEADLY DISCOVERY. AN...

Das kleine Mädchen Heidi verbringt mit ihrem Großvater auf einer abgelegenen Hütte ihre ersten Lebensjahre. Der Großvater wird sehr traurig, als Heidi mit ihrem Vormund, der Tante Dete, nach Frankfurt ziehen muss. Dort lebt Heidi im Haus des Witwers Sesemann als Spielkameradin für dessen gelähmte Tochter Klara. Heidi erkrankt jedoch vor Heimweh und muss auf Anraten des Arztes zu ihrem Großvater zurückgeschickt werden.

Emmet Washington has never let the world define him, even though he, his boyfriend, Jeremey, and his friends aren't considered "real" adults because of their disabilities. When the State of Iowa restructures its mental health system and puts the independent living facility where they live in jeopardy, Emmet refuses to be forced into substandard, privatized corporate care. With the help of Jeremey and their friends, he starts a local grassroots organization and fights every step of the way.

Five hundred years ago, a band of adventurers known as the Roseguard defeated a powerful sorcerer named Belcorra Haruvex, foiling her plot to destroy the teeming metropolis of Absalom. But this victory came with a great sacrifice, and the surviving members of the Roseguard founded the town of...

Heidi is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning and Heidi: How She Used What She Learned. It is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her paternal grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book "for children and those who love children" (as quoted from its subtitle).

Kommen Sie mit in die heile Welt der Berge mit Heidi, dem Ziegen-Peter, Großvater und Klara...

This Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning play is the tale of a baby-boomer's long hard road from 1960s confusion to 1990s self-made woman...or so she hopes.

Bangkok, 1975. Alexa Wu er topmodel og har rejst til alle de vigtige modebyer verden over. Nu vender hun tilbage til Bangkok, og i lufthavnen står en ganske særlig mand klar til at hente hende. Han har ikke kunnet glemme hende efter deres møde i den lyserøde villa – og nu skal de bo under samme tag i det store hus. The Hamptons, 1995. Alexa har samlet sine venner fra ungdommens Bangkok, og nu begynder hemmelighederne at blive afsløret. Hvem er Alexas store kærlighed? Og hvem er egentlig far til June, hendes attenårige datter?

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Heidi es un libro infantil de 1880 de la escritora suiza Johanna Spyri. Recibe el nombre del personaje protagonista de la historia, Heidi, una pequeña niña que vive en los Alpes suizos cercanos a la frontera con Austria. Heidi ha dado fama internacional a Spyri, y es uno de los libros más leídos de la literatura suiza en el mundo. Lleno de inocencia, resalta los valores humanos y el amor hacia la naturaleza.