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Dr. John Dolittle lebt mit seiner Schwester Sarah in Puddleby. Er war ein sehr geachteter und reicher Arzt. Doch mittlerweile kommen die Menschen nicht mehr zu ihm, da er viel lieber Tiere behandelt. Und das geschah, weil Dr. Dolittle bemerkt hat, dass er die Sprache der Tiere versteht und mit Hilfe von Polynesia, einem alten weisen Papageien aus Afrika sogar ein Sprachbuch verfasst hat.

Irene Adlers Freundin Cora Spencer wird ermordet. Der Tat verdächtig ist ausgerechnet Mycroft Holmes, der Cora der Spionage bezichtigt. Nach einer hitzigen Auseinandersetzung quittiert Irene ihren Dienst als Sonderermittlerin der Krone. Da taucht eine alte Bekannte auf und macht Irene ein zwielichtiges Angebot. Am Fuße des brodelnden Ätna muss sie sich schließlich entscheiden, wer Freund und wer Feind ist.

Based on true events and individuals, this compelling play outlines the life and love of Cyrano de Bergerac, a man whose talent with words rivals that of his talent with a sword. Sworn to protect a man who loves the woman that Cyrano pines after, he finds himself penning love letters to her on the other's behalf. As Christian and Roxane fall even more in love, Cyrano must stand by watching a life that could have been his.

Niklas, Linus und Melissa - Mitglieder der Pfadfindergruppe "Pollution Police" - gehen in die Luft! Bei einem Rundflug über die Heimatstadt ihrer Freundin Sophie dürfen sie die Welt von oben entdecken. Doch nach der Landung erwartet die Freunde gleich das nächste Abenteuer: Sie sehen mit an, wie ein Flugzeug zur Notlandung gezwungen und ein Passagier entführt wird! Kann die "Pollution Police" auch diesen Fall aufklären? Bei einem Rätsel um Energiekonzerne und Stromausfälle müssen die Kinder buchstäblich Licht ins Dunkel bringen.

This story tells the tale of a boy with an Israelite father and a Canaanite mother. A young boy is caught between two worlds during the time of Samuel the Seer. In the first volume, he is captured by the Sea Peoples during a battle; he is enslaved and taken to the Philistine stronghold of Gath where he meets two young girls who will shape his future. All the while, he remembers his friend, a beautiful Canaanite girl, and wonders whether he will ever see her or his parents again. The journey continues in this volume.

Der hartherzige und habgierige Ebenezer Scrooge unterdrückt seine Mitmenschen und bezahlt seinem Sekretär nur einen Hungerlohn. In der Nacht vor dem Hl. Abend erscheint ihm der Geist seines verstorbenen Teilhabers Marley und mahnt ihn, sein Leben zu ändern. Marley schickt Ebenezer 3 Geister: den Geist der vergangenen, der jetzigen und der zukünftigen Weihnachten. Die Geister zeigen Mr. Scrooge seine einsame Kindheit und Jugendzeit, das armselige Leben seines Sekretärs und sein sinnlos böses Dasein.

Die Tage werden kürzer und das Laub wird bunt. Viel ist nun zu tun, um sich auf den Winter vorzubereiten. Die Igel sammeln eifrig Äpfel, Eichhörnchen Trixi vergräbt viele Nüsse und die Mäuse essen sich tüchtig satt. Doch statt Mittagsschlaf müssen alle an den Teich, um Frosch Franz zu helfen.

Es schneit und Isidor und seine Frau Isidora Igel halten Winterschlaf. Doch andere Tierchen müssen in Eis und Schnee nach Futter suchen. Auf dem Wiesengrund geht das Gerücht um, dass an den Weihnachtsbäumen der Menschen Futter zu finden ist und eine hungrige Expedition macht sich bei Mondschein auf den Weg.

Im grünen Wiesengrund wohnen viele kleine Tiere, die sich alle gut kennen. Igel Isidor & seine Frau Isidora, der Maulwurf, Frosch Franz und die Spitzmaus - alle begrüßen den Frühling und viele freuen sich schon auf Nachwuchs. Nur die Spitzmaus ist sooo schlecht gelaunt. Doch große Gefahr droht dem Wiesengrund, ein gefährlicher Jäger - eine Eule baut sich ein Nest. Gemeinsam schmieden die kleinen Freunde einen Plan, wie sie die Eule vertreiben können.

Die kleinen Tiere genießen den Sommer und dann kommt auch noch eine Stadtmaus zu Besuch - Flips Vetter Klecks möchte einmal das Landleben kennenlernen, doch Klecks hat leider ganz schlechte Manieren und alle Tiere auf dem Wiesengrund sind verärgert.

Lou Prophet loves to keep beautiful women company. But when the invitation comes from Miss Louisa Bonaventure, the Vengeance Queen, he finds himself intimate with hot lead instead of her warm female form. Louisa’s got him riding the brutal Mexican frontier chasing outlaws led by Tony Lazzaro, a notorious thief whose deadly weapon, Sugar Delphi, is a blind and blood-hungry pistolera.

The glaciers of the Sierra Nevada are melting, destroying the habitat of the mastodons, creating the rich land that will become California. The coastal people struggle to understand the changing world around them: their seer Sunchaser has lost his way to the Spirit World and mammoths continue to disappear. When a beautiful woman arrives, fleeing from her abusive husband, the people know what they must do - for if the Spirits are already taking the animals away, what will happen if they shelter a stranger?

A beautiful woman, a powerful Mexican rancher, and an exotic new breed of cattle come to John Slaughter’s San Bernardino Valley ranch, along with the prospect of making a small fortune. While Slaughter’s men are out keeping the peace in Tombstone, an act of betrayal turns up the heat under his own roof, and a killer is stalking Slaughter’s wealthy Mexican guest. Indians suddenly savagely attack Slaughter’s ranch, but it is only the first shot in a bigger, blazing Arizona bloodbath.

Shady Rest, Texas, has the dubious reputation for being the deadliest town in America. Getting yourself killed is as easy as blinking and twice as quick. Sure enough, Matt Jensen hasn't swallowed his whisky before the town's marshal is gunned down before his eyes. Matt defends himself by putting two bullets in the shooter's chest, unaware that he's in line for a $5,000 bounty - as long as he stays in Shady Rest to collect it. And staying gets even more tempting when a red haired beauty decides to be the next town marshal....

The damsel is in distress, or so it seems to Conrad Browning. On his way across the wide, tall Utah territory to California, the Loner meets a beautiful Mormon girl on the run from a forced wedding - and the gun-toting faithful trying to hunt her down. But there are two sides to every story - and the ones you don't hear are the ones that can get you killed. The runaway bride has a little history of her own. Soon, the Loner touches off a storm of unholy gunfire, drawing blood from an outlaw and a death sentence from a patriarch.

They met on the battlefields of Vicksburg. General Ulysses S. Grant, George Armstrong Custer, and the Rebel Johnny Yuma. Three men united by fate — in a nation divided by war — they were dedicated to freedom, driven to extremes, and destined for greatness.... Of the three, Johnny Yuma was the most elusive. A Confederate soldier during the war, he was about to play a key role in Grant’s victory for the Union, Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, and Custer’s deadly campaigns in the West.

Boot Stoner spent 12 years of his life behind bars for stealing a horse and rustling cattle. Upon release, he adds murder and kidnapping to his criminal skills, slaughtering his own parents before exacting revenge upon the man responsible for his incarceration and abducting a young Creek girl his folks adopted. The best hope for stopping Stoner's bloody rampage in Oklahoma Indian Territory is the veteran manhunter, John Ward, deputy marshal.

The year 1964: Life on the North Dakota farm hasn’t always been easy for Marjorie Trumaine. She has begun working as a professional indexer to help with the bills - which have only gotten worse since the accident that left her husband, Hank, blind and paralyzed. When her nearest neighbors are murdered in their beds, though, Marjorie suddenly has to deal with new and terrifying problems. Sheriff Hilo Jenkins brings her a strange amulet, found clutched in the hand of her murdered neighbor, and asks her to quietly find out what it is.

John Henry Cole had worked for years as a lawman and then as a detective for an agency out of Cheyenne, Wyoming. It was this work that he enjoyed, despite its dangers, that had inspired him to establish his own agency. He gathered ex-lawmen like himself, men he knew and trusted, most of whom he had worked with at one time or another. Cole's agency was located in just about the most dangerous place one could find in Red Pony, in the Cherokee Strip, commonly called No Man's Land because of the rampant outlawry.

Taken captive on a ship in the former Caribbean, Ryan and his companions must work as part of the crew or perish at the hands of the captain. But the mutant in charge of the vessel is the least of their worries. Each day is a struggle as they face rivalry among the sailors, violent attacks, and deadly storms. Worse, a powerful enemy is hunting the ship to destroy everyone on board. Fighting for their lives and those of their shipmates, the companions must find unity within the chaos or die in the attempt.