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INSPIRED BY TRUTH, THE STORY THAT HAS CAPTIVATED THE WORLD. This was not the start of a short trip to deliver supplies. It was the beginning of a one-way journey to start a new life. Life on a leper colony. Life on Spinalonga. Fifty years later, making a life-changing journey of her own, Alexis...

Dora Conroy has a passion for antiques - and any other rarities she can acquire for her quaint Philadelphia shop. A seasoned dealer, she knows all the tricks of the trade. But she is unprepared for the deadly consequences when she purchases a few curiosities at an auction - and unknowingly brings home a priceless cache that makes her the target of an international criminal.

Becky Brown has selected extracts from the Mass Observation Archives to anthologise the voices of everyday people as they deal individually and collectively with the crisis of the Second World War. The diarists themselves have been selected from every level of society - from warehousemen to widows, soldiers to farmhands, WRENs to architects. The extracts have been chosen to both uplift and to ground, to remind listeners that nothing is new, that everything can be weathered and perhaps even made better. After all, World War II saw the birth of the NHS.

Twenty-eight magical short stories to enjoy round the clock from one of the world's best-loved children's authors, Enid Blyton. Follow Edward the very brave pink teddy bear as he rescues his owner Elsie from a dark wood, meet a naughty toy clown who gets a nasty fright when he cooks some sweets...

The Grey sisters had only each other when their mother died years ago. Their father provided for them physically on Water's Edge, the ranch that had been in their family for three generations, each of them however, longed for their father's love.

For decades, Sandra Brown’s life has been intertwined with someone she has never met: an eleven year-old girl named Moira Anderson – who disappeared from their hometown of Coatbridge, Scotland, in 1957. It became one of the oldest cold cases in Scottish history. Sandra lived just around the corner from Moira. She grew up hearing about the missing girl, whose memory haunted the town. But she never imagined that, one day, she would be the one trying to uncover what happened. Or that her search for answers would reveal secrets and lies so close to home.

Based on their workshops and counseling experience, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and at times humorous look at a problem that affects everyone: students and scientists, secretaries and executives, homemakers and salespeople. Procrastination identifies the reasons we put off tasks - fears of failure, success, control, separation, and attachment - and their roots in our childhood and adult experiences.

Die sehnsüchtig erwartete Fortsetzung von Fourth Wing und Iron Flame. Bist du bereit, der Dunkelheit zu trotzen? Nach fast achtzehn Monaten am Basgiath War College weiß Violet, dass die Zeit für theoretische Übungen vorbei ist. Die Zeit für Unsicherheit ist vorbei. Denn der Krieg hat begonnen und mit Feinden sowohl innerhalb als auch außerhalb der Mauern ist es schwer, zu wissen, wem man vertrauen kann. Violet muss jenseits des Schutzzaubers in unbekannten Ländern nach Verbündeten suchen.

Eva Gatsby has often wondered about her grandfather Lawrence's past, and exactly what happened to him in Burma during the Second World War. But it is only when Eva's job as an antiques dealer suddenly requires a trip to Mandalay that Lawrence finally breaks his silence and asks her to return a mysterious artefact of his own - a chinthe - to its rightful owner. As Eva arrives in Burma her mission soon proves dangerously complicated, and the treasure she is guarding becomes the centre of a scandal that will have far-reaching consequences.

Julia genießt ihr Leben im hübschen Münchner Stadtteil Haidhausen und liebt es, in ihrer Goldschmiedewerkstatt alten Schmuckstücken neues Leben einzuhauchen. Doch als ihr 16-jähriger Sohn verkündet, dass er nach dem Schulabschluss für eine Ausbildung zum Geigenbauer nach Mittenwald ziehen will, gerät ihre Welt ins Wanken. Da ist sie einmal mehr dankbar, dass sie sich auf ihre Freundinnen Helen und Sophie verlassen kann. Bei einer Wochenendtour in die Berge, die ein lang gehütetes Geheimnis ans Licht bringt, erkennen die drei: Ihre Freundschaft macht sie stark.

Der Albtraum, vor dem sie flieht, ist nichts im Vergleich zu dem, der sie erwartet Während eines Blizzards kommt die hochschwangere Tegan von der Straße ab. Nach dem Unfall wird sie mit einem gebrochenen Knöchel aus ihrem Wagen gezogen. Zum Glück ist der Mann, der sie gerettet hat, mit einer Krankenschwester verheiratet. Er bringt sie in sein Haus, das abgelegen im Wald liegt. Abgeschnitten von der Stromversorgung kümmern sich die beiden um Tegan.

Watashi no nihongo: El mejor método para aprender japonés desde cero y prepararte el examen de NOKEN 5. ¡Aprende de forma divertida, ordenada! No dudes más. Si quieres aprender japonés de una manera divertida y creativa, este audiolibro es para ti. Este audiolibro es además el complemento perfecto al libro de texto Watashi no nihongo N5. Aquí encontrarás ejercicios de compresión auditiva y podrás practicar pronunciación y expresión oral.

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Mittlerer Westen der USA. Rachel Finley erinnert sich an einen Blick. An einen stillen Jungen auf dem Schulhof - mit traurigen Augen und einer Dunkelheit, die niemand verstand. Jahre später begegnet sie ihm wieder: Kale Hatfield. Ein Mann voller Geheimnisse. Ein Mann, der vor seiner eigenen Vergangenheit flieht. Was Rachel nicht weiß: Kales Leben wurde von Gewalt, Missbrauch und psychischen Abgründen gezeichnet. In seinem Inneren kämpfen mehrere Persönlichkeiten um Kontrolle - und eine davon kennt keine Gnade.

The first mystery in the bestselling Kate Shackleton crime series! A Golden Age murder mystery set in 1920s Yorkshire, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Jacqueline Winspear. Take one quiet Yorkshire Village, add a measure of mystery, a sprinkling of scandal and Kate Shackleton - amateur...

May 1937, and London prepares to crown a new king. At the height of the Coronation celebrations, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose is called to the BBC to investigate the murder of a famous broadcaster, a death which Josephine Tey suspects is linked to a decade-old scandal. With Archie's hands tied by politics, it is left to Josephine to get to the truth. Soon she is forced to confront at first-hand the deadly consequences of love, deceit and betrayal.

A housewife running from years of domestic abuse. A bodyguard hired to escort a smuggled rhinoceros. A group of Islamic terrorists based in a quiet residential street. A secret government agency threatened with amalgamation within a bigger department. A retired policeman trying to get used to...

Shamanic journeying is the inner art of traveling to the invisible worlds beyond ordinary reality in order to retrieve information for change in any area of our lives, from spirituality and health to work and relationships. On The Beginner's Guide to Shamanic Journeying, Sandra Ingerman shares...

Once a celebrated author of short stories now in his twilight years, Anthony Peardew has spent half his life collecting lost objects, trying to atone for a promise broken many years before. Realising he is running out of time, he leaves his house and all its lost treasures to his assistant Laura, the one person he can trust to fulfil his legacy and reunite the thousands of objects with their rightful owners. But the final wishes of the 'Keeper of Lost Things' have unforeseen repercussions which trigger a most serendipitous series of encounters....

A wonderful selection of 27 short stories about holidays by one of the world's best-loved children's authors, Enid Blyton. School's out! So go on a picnic, visit the seaside or throw coconuts at the fair in this enchanting collection of stories perfect for summer holidays...