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Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals had officially replaced religion. Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe, was almost impossible to visit, almost impossible to leave. It was a place of queuing and scarcity, of political executions and secret police. To Lea, it was home. People were equal, neighbours helped each other and children were expected to build a better world. There was community and hope. Then, in December 1990, a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, everything changed.

Als Pippilotta Viktualia Rollgardina Pfefferminz Efraimstochter Langstrumpf in die Villa Kunterbunt einzieht, staunen Tommy und Annika nicht schlecht. Pippi hat nicht nur einen Koffer voller Goldstücke, einen Affen und ein Pferd - sie ist auch das stärkste Mädchen der Welt! Zusammen erleben sie viele Abenteuer, gehen in den Zirkus und auf den Jahrmarkt, feiern Geburtstag und reisen auf der Hoppetosse zur Taka-Tuka-Insel.

When an amateur journalist encounters a mysterious radio program while driving alone one late night, he is presented with a set of instructions with potentially fatal consequences. After escaping with his life, obsession takes hold and he is determined to find out who is behind the broadcast and who else it has affected. His investigation leads him to speak with travelers and truckers, vagabonds and vacationers, models and rock stars, each with their own sinister encounter with the strange program. His search draws him into a world of deadly discovery.

Madeline Stone is determined to heal from her tragic past, one difficult step at a time...and she doesn’t need any distractions. Then she meets a mysterious and captivating stranger - and over a glass of outrageously expensive wine, her world turns upside down. Try as she might to banish the wealthy business mogul from her thoughts, Madeline can’t fight Alex’s staggering appeal or his enticing offer of intimate discovery. Alex doesn’t date - at least, not in the traditional sense. Still, he wants Madeline...and his sexual intensity provides her with a much-needed escape.

Young Gwenni Morgan is fond of strawberry whip, detective stories, and asking difficult questions. When a neighbour mysteriously vanishes, she resolves to uncover the secret of his disappearance. She truthfully records what she sees and hears: but are her deductions correct? What is the real truth? And what will be the consequences - for Gwenni, her family, and her community - of finding it out?

Millie ist zurück und das Grauen lauert dort, wo sie es am wenigsten erwartet: in ihrer Nachbarschaft Die Tage, in denen Millie die Häuser wohlhabender Menschen geputzt hat, liegen lange zurück. Ihr Traum von einem eigenen Haus in einer ruhigen Nachbarschaft, wo ihre Kinder spielen können, ist wahr geworden. Doch Millie wird das Gefühl nicht los, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Sie fühlt sich beobachtet. Schließlich macht sie einen grausigen Fund, und ihre Vergangenheit holt sie mit voller Wucht wieder ein.

What happens when women step out of line and take control of their own stories? Big fears, small frustrations, and the power of hope collide as seven award-winning authors explore the possibilities. From demanding equal pay to resisting a genetically engineered future, this collection offers up visions that are grimly funny, deeply touching, and chillingly conceivable.

Lea Ypi grew up in the last Stalinist country in Europe: Albania, a place of queuing and scarcity, of political executions and secret police. While family members disappeared to what she was told were "universities" from which few "graduated," she swore loyalty to the Party. In her eyes, people were equal, neighbors helped each other, and children were expected to build a better world.

When business mogul Elijah Masterson travels to the Mexican coast for his chain of luxury resorts, he purchases an emerald green glass sculpture for one of the properties. He is soon fascinated by the fiery temptress who created it. The attraction between them is instant and explosive, but Elijah resists, unsure that a woman as strong-willed as Samantha would ever yield in the way he needs her to. Headstrong glass artist Samantha Collins hides a secret desire to submit to the right man. Samantha sees everything she wants in Elijah, but apart from one steamy night, he seems determined to keep his distance.

Nerds sind heiß. Besonders Nerds, die Kampfroboter bauen! Bel würde lieber sterben, als Pläne für ihre Zukunft zu schmieden. Sich mit der College-Zulassung beschäftigen? Ha ha. Außerschulische Aktivitäten? Nie im Leben! Dann jedoch erkennt ihre Physiklehrerin ihre Begabung für Maschinenbau und steckt Bel kurzerhand ins Robotik-Team. Schlimmer: Die Jungs dort beachten Bel gar nicht, und Neelam, das einzige andere Mädchen im Team, kann sie offenbar ebenfalls nicht ausstehen. Da ist allerdings noch Mateo Luna, der Teamkapitän, der in Bel ein Potenzial zu sehen scheint.

Control is an art form. One Nick Fairhaven thought he mastered long ago. But gambling is a cruel mistress, and he lost everything. A chance meeting gives him hope for redemption. Now, he's balanced on the knife's edge between the future he wants and the past he can't escape. Will he risk it all for the woman he loves? Or will his life be nothing but unfulfilled promises?

Experience the healing of radical disclosure as two courageous women engage in a paranormal adventure to unmask the shadows that bind us to a deep state fueled by women’s tacit consent. Stealing the Moon blazes a trail to move us beyond leadership based on shadow distortion into a culture based on love and radical self-responsibility.

Long-retired cop Fitch Henry Haut is terminally ill and living out his final years alone. As he sits in his favorite diner enjoying the meatloaf special, he watches as a young girl steps in and spots two rough-looking men at the counter. When they see her, she runs off and they give chase.

Ali Devlin isn't the type of woman to have an affair...but as her marriage to her childhood sweetheart Colin turns bitter, she begins to rediscover the woman she once was. She seeks solace from her toxic relationship by throwing herself into a new job that she loves; confiding in her best friend, Corina; and, most dangerously of all, spending more and more time with her workmate Owen - who just so happens to be passionate, charming and everything her husband used to be.

The story girl of the title is the 14-year-old Sara Stanley who weaves spellbinding tales that enchant her audience that comes from near and far. These 32 stories range from the humorous and satirical to exotic romances, Scottish folk tales, retellings of Greek myths and poems by Tennyson, to ghost stories. They include the scary "Tale of the Family Ghost", and the bittersweet "The Blue Chest of Rachel Ward".

Wondering Who You Are braids the story of Sonya and Richard's relationship and those memories he could no longer conjure together with his fateful days in the hospital and through a marriage no longer grounded on decades of shared experience.

The Truth About Lying is a book about how and why people lie, how we respond when others lie to us, how to tell when someone is lying, and what to do about it. As the book illustrates, we lie for all kinds of reasons - to protect ourselves, gain an advantage, avoid punishment, protect other's feelings, escape blame, or get out of something we don't want to do. Though philosophers, religious leaders, teachers, and parents tell us lying is morally wrong - at some time, everyone does it. And in the last decade, we have seen more and more examples of lying in the news.

Constance is a wild, stubborn young girl growing up poor in a small industrial town. But beneath her threadbare exterior beats the heart of a dreamer and a wordsmith. She feeds her hunger for reading by picking the lock on the local bookstore late at night to enjoy her own private reading room. But at age 12, she's orphaned. With no relatives to take her in, the local authorities scheme to take charge of the bewildered girl's life.

Als die lebenslustige Christiane nach Australien und Indonesien reist, hat sie nur ein Ziel vor Augen: Nichts wie weg, um endlich den Liebeskummer zu überwinden, der sie hartnäckig plagt. Auf einer kleinen Insel Sumatras beginnt sie einen romantischen Urlaubsflirt–mit weitreichenden Konsequenzen.

Moteur. Ça tourne... Inaction ! Ivy Wilde, paresseuse sorcière de l'Ouest et addict de la Sieste, est toujours obligée de faire copain-copain avec le Saint Ordre des Lumières Magiques. Ce qui n'est pas si mal, hein, vu que ça lui donne un prétexte du tonnerre pour passer plus de temps avec Raphaël Winter, son pseudo-Némésis aux yeux saphir. Et quand il toque à sa porte en lui demandant d'aller jouer l'espionne sur le tournage de sa série préférée, Enchantement, elle saute sur l'occasion. Glander sur un plateau télé, c'est sûrement pas difficile.