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Violet Mayhew is a proper young lady—who's on the run from her parents! Eleven-year-old Violet has one goal in mind when she runs away from home: to find her sister, Chloe. Violet’s parents say Chloe has turned into the "wrong sort of person," but Violet knows better. The only problem is...

The Joe Bev Holiday Treat is a joyful and surprising one-hour compilation of Christmas themed stories - some true, some fictional - hosted by veteran public radio producer Joe Bevilacqua. The stories included are "Sleepy Santa", "The Christmas I Saved Macy's", "Sherlock Holmes' Creepy Christmas in Scotland", "A Rockabilly Christmas", and "Willoughby and the Professor Spend Christmas in the Middle East".

Elaborar un duelo no es tarea sencilla, algunos quieren entender el proceso fríamente, otros optan por seguir al corazón y entregarse a todos los sentimientos y emociones que de la pérdida se generan. Pero hay un tercer grupo, aquellos que deciden que lo que están viviendo no los va a destruir, sino a reconstruirlos en mejores personas.

Nirgends ist es so schön wie in Bullerbü! Dort können Lisa, Lasse, Bosse, Inga, Britta, Ole und die kleine Kerstin herrlich spielen. Auch im Winter herrscht niemals Langeweile: Die Kinder bauen Schneeburgen, laufen Schlittschuh oder gehen auf Schatzsuche. Und im Sommer? Da belauschen sie den geheimnisvollen Wassergeist...

Ein wunderbarer Querschnitt durch das Werk eines der bedeutendsten Kinder- und Jugendbuchautoren deutscher Sprache...

Carla Del Ponte wurde als Chefanklägerin des Uno-Kriegsverbrechertribunals in Den Haag das Gesicht der internationalen Justiz...

My name is Breana James. I am 24 years old. As of last week, I have a quarter of a million dollars' worth of gold coins, bearer bonds, jewelry, and cash in my safe-deposit box. This is my story.

Ángela ha decidido hacerle caso a su corazón. Ha decido quedarse en Almahue para amar a Fabián sin temores, sin la condena del malamor sobre sus hombros. Fabián ya no tendrá que recurrir a esos brebajes que aliviaban solo por momentos los terribles dolores que el hechizo, ahora convertido en un mal recuerdo, provocaba en los enamorados.

Malamour Sustantivo, masculino. 1. Falta de amor o amistad. 2. Falta del sentimiento y afecto que inspiran por lo general ciertas cosas. 3. Enemistad, aborrecimiento. 4. Condición de ausencia total de amor producto de un conjuro o hechizo. A veces es necesario llegar al fin del mundo para encontrar el amor y la amistad verdadera.

A veces para poder seguir viviendo, hay que morir y dejar atrás lo que uno fue.El tercer libro de la Trilogía del Malamor concluye las historias de Ángela, Rayen y del peculiar poblado de Almahue y sus desventurados pobladores, condenados a sufrir del hechizo del Malamor.

Stay follows Abbey, a young woman from Canada now living in a village outside Galway. She falls in love with Dermot, an older Irish man, in an unconventional, affectionate but troubled relationship.

Sometimes love is meant to be. But sometimes...love is the death of you. Fans of The Vampire Diaries and Once Upon a Time will fall head over heels for the desperate characters and endless mysteries in Anew!

17-year-old Scarlet has just died. Only, dying isn't unusual for a girl under a centuries old curse that left her semi-immortal. This time, though, she comes back to her current life instead of awaking in a new one, and she realizes her curse is changing. With the help of the immortal Archer brothers, Scarlet tries to piece together her life and break the curse before her impending death comes again.

In 1918, rainy Dundee is nearly emptied of men. The Great War has left the town’s women both newfound freedom and servitude. They toil in the deadly jute mills, taking in the children of perished family members and praying their own bodies - and spirits - do not fail them too. A grateful widow of the war, Morag shelters her daughters as best she can: beautiful Caro schemes to escape the working class with well-calculated seduction, while Wallis works in the mill alongside her mother, slowly fortifying both spirit and pocketbook for a more radical departure.

When her boyfriend is naively sucked into the Mob, young Rita Napapolus spends years trying to reconcile her days as a school teacher against her nights as a mob mistress. Eventually, the distraught young woman flees the familiarity of the east coast with her daughter to begin a new life in Seattle. Though tortured by leaving her lover behind, she is now free of the Mafioso’s hold. After peaceful years in the Pacific Northwest, Rita’s life takes another dangerous turn....

In this candid confessional, comedian Carla Collins divides the world into the angels who guide us, inspire us, and save our butts; the sexy and trendy vampires who suck the life out of us; and the douche bags who constantly annoy, disgust, and taunt us. With a fast wit, fake breasts and real heart, Collins shares her unconventional journey from a small steel town in Ontario, Canada, to Tinseltown, L.A.

"Kom här så ska jag visa dig. Jag bits inte", tillade han leende när han såg hennes ögon spärras upp. Elena kände att benen höll på att vika sig. Utrymmet mellan pumpen och hantverkaren var så trångt att det skulle bli omöjligt att inte ha kroppskontakt. På övervåningen sitter hennes man Arne fastnaglad framför TV:n och följer sporten. Deras relation har stagnerat. Det var flera år sedan som Arne visade Elena något genuint intresse.

Anna befinner sig mitt i en livskris. Det mesta passerar henne förbi och hon har tappat kontakten med sin familj och sina halvvuxna barn. I den lilla hålan där hon jobbar som receptionist på hotellet ska en ny storfilm spelas in. En av Sveriges mest omskrivna personer har huvudrollen. Hans ansikte, med ögon melerade i grönt och blått och en intensiv blick, har prytt oräkneliga tidningsomslag. Det är en man som utöver sin framgångsrika skådespelarkarriär är känd för sitt idrottsliv och även för sitt vilda festande och många kärlekshistorier.

Candide è in grande difficoltà. Afflitto da una serie infinita di tragiche sfortune, riesce comunque a tenere la testa alta, rimanendo caparbiamente aggrappato alla promessa del filosofo Leibniz per la quale il mondo in cui viviamo è il migliore dei mondi possibili. "Candide", la celebre e pungente satira di Voltaire del 1959, ha un ritmo frenetico, è caustico e fa sbellicare dalle risate, ma al contempo contiene un'esplorazione magistrale della filosofia, della religione, del pregiudizio e della crudeltà del cieco ottimismo.

You are about to enter the enchanted world of Classics Collection. Are you ready? So, let's go together to defeat giants and pirates, rescue princesses, teach the bad wolf a lesson, help the prince to find the shoe owner and the brothers to get safe from the witch. And, to celebrate the happy ending, let's sing with the piggies and dance with the dwarves. But, beware of the noise, lest we wake the beautiful sleeping princess!