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Veronica Pullman's comfortable life comes to a halt when her young daughter Grace tragically dies in a car accident. Months later, unable to come to terms with her daughter's death, detached from her husband and alienated from her friends and family, a chance encounter on a rainy street pushes her into an unlikely new friendship. Scarlet is everything Veronica could've been: feisty, adventurous, unpredictable. But as she approaches what would have been Grace's 10th birthday, it becomes clear to Veronica that the friendship she thought was saving her life could be costing her everything.

Siempre me he sentido atraído por la decidida hija del entrenador. Aunque sé que la sola idea de besar a Ruby podría destruir mi sueño de tener una carrera profesional en el hockey sobre hielo, una noche sucumbo a la tentación y le robo el beso que tanto he deseado. Quiero más, pero antes de que pueda confesarle mis sentimientos, Ruby me da la espalda. Dolido y decepcionado, mantengo las distancias hasta que un proyecto de la universidad nos obliga a pasar tiempo juntos. 

From bustling Hanoi to the heart of Cambodia, best friends Elwis and Chen are off on a magical journey full of surprises! Their mission? To visit Chen's cousin’s amazing shoe factory in Phnom Penh. But this isn’t just any factory—it's a place where shoes are made like magic, and every room holds something new to discover!

Chien Pourri et Chaplapla trouvent une poubelle à remonter le temps. En remontant dans le passé, Chaplapla sera-t-il toujours aussi plat et Chien Pourri aussi pourri ?!

What better way to introduce your little one to the wonderful world of delicious vegan food, than with the "The Little Vegan Books" series. In Book one, The Vegan Alphabet book, join Tofu and Tempeh, and many other vegan characters as we learn the alphabet…vegan style!

Kunstvolles Morden. Kommissar Stijn van der Rijns und sein Kollege Henk Peeters stehen vor einem Rätsel. Unterstützt von der scharfsinnigen Kunsthistorikerin Tessa van Eertvelt tauchen sie tief in die dunklen Abgründe der Kunstwelt ein. Doch der raffinierte Serienkiller ist ihnen immer einen Schritt voraus. Ein makabres Katz-und -Maus-Spiel beginnt, das die Ermittler an ihre Grenzen treibt. Der "Bibelkiller" will nicht nur morden - er will die Sünden der Vergangenheit in dramatischen Inszenierungen ans Licht bringen.

El rey de Yusan debe morir. Los cinco embusteros más peligrosos del país han sido misteriosamente convocados para trabajar juntos con un único objetivo: matar al rey dios Joon. Él se lo ha buscado. Bajo su despiadado mandato inmortal, los nobles prosperan, mientras que los pobres y los inocentes son encarcelados, llevados a la ruina... o vendidos. Pueden acordar cometer un asesinato. Pueden acordar cometer traición.

Die 15-jährige Mara wäre am liebsten eines: unauffällig. Ein ganz normales Mädchen. Ohne die Tagträume, die der Grund für die ständigen Hänseleien in der Schule sind. Doch gerade als sie beschließt, ihr Leben zu ändern, passiert etwas Unglaubliches: Mara erfährt, dass sie eine der letzten Seherinnen ist. Eine Spákona. Und nur mithilfe ihrer besonderen Gabe kann sie verhindern, dass sich der Halbgott Loki von seinen Fesseln befreit und zu einer Gefahr wird. Maras Welt gerät aus den Fugen: Wird sie es schaffen, sich dieser großen Aufgabe zu stellen?

For the last few months, I've been content just watching her from afar, but one rainy night changes everything. Saving her from being roadkill wasn't something I thought about for more than a passing heartbeat. The girl I love wasn't going to die on my watch.

The problem with social anxiety is the longer it goes on, the more you have to struggle and battle to get any enjoyment or pleasure out of meeting other people. Before you know it, things have gotten so hard that you actively avoid situations others seem to love. You're usually uncomfortable and awkward in social events; even when you truly want to enjoy, you feel scared that you may say the wrong things or do something and will humiliate yourself in the crowd. You try so hard to get past that feeling but for some reasons, it's just hard that you end up lost and helpless.

This audiobook features opening arguments followed by two rounds of reply between two moral philosophers on opposing sides of the abortion debate. In the opening essays, Kate Greasley and Christopher Kaczor lay out what they take to be the best case for and against abortion rights. In the ensuing dialogue, they engage with each other’s arguments, and each responds to criticisms fielded by the other. The result gives listeners a window into how moral philosophers argue about the contentious issue of abortion rights, and an in-depth analysis of the compelling arguments on both sides.

Seit Jahrzehnten führt Klara eine verwunschene Pension und empfängt mit Hingabe und Einfühlungsvermögen ihre Gäste. Doch kurz vor ihrem sechzigsten Geburtstag gerät ihr ganzes Leben ins Wanken. Der wunderschöne Garten soll einem großen Bauprojekt zum Opfer fallen. Klara kämpft um ihre Pension – und um die Träume, die sie für sich selbst noch hat.

Am 26.06.2020 fanden sich Wigald und Teresa Boning im Tonstudio von Autor und Regisseur Tommy Krappweis ein, um eine Episode von "Die phantastischen Fälle des Rufus T. Feuerflieg" auf dem Twitch Kanal WildMics live aufzuführen.

Ambientada en la década de los años treinta, cuenta la dura vida de la hija de un clérigo, maltratada y condenada a ser una criada hasta que un brusco cambio la llevará inesperadamente a Londres, donde vivirá una vida totalmente distinta, exiliada incluso de su propia memoria. Retrato de la Inglaterra de la gran depresión, esta novela es una de las obras esenciales del realismo inglés de principios del siglo XX.

In the aftermath of an asteroid impact, Earth’s power grid is damaged nearly beyond recovery. The survival of our world may well depend on energy sources collected from an abandoned undersea settlement beneath the icy surface of Enceladus. Earth-raised Colonel Carter Rhodes, in charge of Earth’s recovery efforts, calls upon Gwen Baré, a Venusian engineer, to regain control of the deserted moon outpost and collect fuel for Earth’s collapsing power grids.

Listeners will discover lost and forgotten women who wrote horror every bit as effectively as their male contemporaries. They will learn about their lives and careers, the challenges they faced as women working in a male-dominated field, the way they overcame those challenges, and the way they approached the genre - which was often subtler, more psychological, and more disturbing.

It's a usual Friday afternoon in Kabul. Residents are praying, drinking, shopping. At exactly 2:36pm the bomb explodes. Merza, an Afghan parliamentarian receiving ominous threats, thinks he's the target. Alive, but shaken, he stops to aid the wounded. Alec, an American journalist who shouldn't even be in Kabul, looks for a story. With other reporters, he rushes to the scene. Taking place over twelve hours on January 28, 2011, The Finest Supermarket in Kabul is inspired by true events.

An Instant Sunday Times Bestseller! "Livingstone’s deeply researched, unfailingly fascinating book gives the many extraordinary women at or near the centre of the Nuremberg trials their proper, important, and often ignored place in history" —Salman Rushdie Bestselling author and historian...

At the beginning of Virginia Woolf's fantastical and satirical 1928 novel, Orlando is a young nobleman in Elizabethan, England. At the age of 30, Orlando awakens to have found he's now a woman. Moving through the following centuries, the novel stretches over 300 years, during which time Orlando meets several key figures of English literary history.

Amsterdam, at the turn of the 18th century. For as long as she can remember, Dorothea Graff has lived in service to her mother, Maria Sibyilla Merian, one of the greatest naturalists in Europe. But as she collects insects and colours illustrations for Maria's world-famous publications, Dorothea longs for a life that is truly her own. When Maria becomes entranced by the plant and insect life of Suriname, she is determined to record it for herself, taking Dorothea with her. All the family's savings are ploughed into the dangerous expedition, but greatness is never achieved without sacrifice.