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Tim Flannery's international best seller The Weather Makers changed minds and hearts about global warming. We Are the Weather Makers is a concise and revised edition that allows listeners of all ages to learn the facts about climate change. In this passionate book Tim Flannery writes about cyclones and droughts, about coral reefs and polar bears, about wind energy and nuclear power. He reminds us that climate connects us all, from the Arctic to the Outback. And our climate is influenced by how we choose to live - how we use our fuels, our water and our land.

Freya isn't your average suburban school kid–she's a demigoddess. But even a demigoddess can't hold back the sea. After a violent storm, Freya and her family are set adrift in a world where the weather comes with attitude, and rising sea levels are as much about personality clashes as climate change.

After nearly 12 months without rain and the hinges of the world barely still oiled, Thomas and his younger brother, Dustin, set out across a drought-ridden landscape in search of answers. What they discover along the way will change their lives, and their country, forever.

Despite taking her cat with her when she moved for university, Freya is lonely. Her need for friendship leads her to join a group on a night out. But can her new acquaintances be trusted? An out-of-season snowstorm descends on the city. The night streets are haunted by terrifying black barghests. There's a freak accident in the climbing gym. And not all of her new friends are what they seem. When a descendant of Apollo attacks the group with crows and arrows, Freya is horrified. But when it turns out he's on a vendetta to get rid of weres, Freya isn't sure what to think.

Christmas Kisses. Ein Adventskalender – 17. Dezember. Nach einer schmerzhaften Trennung bestehen Baileys Weihnachtspläne aus einem Abend mit Wein und jeder Menge Comfort Food.

Nach einer schmerzhaften Trennung bestehen Baileys Weihnachtspläne aus einem Abend mit Wein und jeder Menge Comfort Food. Doch bevor sie ihre Ideen umsetzen kann, muss sie noch etwas erledigen: Das Päckchen zustellen, das sie auf der Straße gefunden hat – ansonsten gibt es ein Kind, das dieses Weihnachten kein Geschenk bekommt! Schneeflocken vor dem Fenster, Dates auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt, gemütliches Plätzchennaschen - Weihnachten steht vor der Tür.

Meet Tammy, a demigoddess gifted with a water affinity. Her only problem? She resides in perpetually soggy England, where her unfortunate rain allergy complicates life. One fateful day on her way home, she stumbles upon a flash flood and a teenage werewolf, sparking a chain of events that will alter her destiny forever.

Mira Storm Weather often wondered why people thought she was strange. She always thought she lived an ordinary life. However, events at Halloween would prove to Mira just how extraordinary her life could be. She had inherited magical powers. Now, Mira must gain knowledge and courage to fight the evil one in her village and find her true destiny as a witch.

On her 15th birthday, Mira Storm Weather made a wish to not be sent on any more dangerous missions; but destiny, it seemed, had other ideas. Dark Wizard Damien Charmer has escaped from prison and is somehow more powerful than ever. With the fate of the world in their hands, it's up to Mira and her friends to discover Damien's plan and stop him by any means possible, even if it means breaking a few witch rules along the way. During this time, astonishing secrets about Mira's father and her own identity are revealed to her. Is she a witch? A human? Or something else entirely?

Anthony and Mira are summoned to the side of a dying dragon. Glycinda's last deed on Earth was to hand over a book she had been protecting for years. A book that would lead them to a castle that had been lost for centuries. Anthony, Mira, and their friends set off on an adventure to find the kingdom, where they encounter a ghostly couple who need help to confront their murderer.

Cuatro historias del maestro indiscutido de la literatura de horror, H. P. Lovecraft, para lectores valientes: “El llamado de Cthulhu”, “Sueños en la Casa de la Bruja”, “El extraño” y “El pantano de la luna”. Seres inmemoriales que un buen día despiertan y quieren dominar el mundo, hechiceras malvadas, engendros diabólicos, casas embrujadas y pantanos malditos, te esperan para entretenerte. Eso sí, con un poco de miedo.