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A very merry Kissmas! Küsse unterm Mistelzweig, prickelnde Gefühle im Schneegestöber, romantische Abende vor dem Kamin - was gibt es Schöneres im Advent, als es sich mit einem Buch und einer Tasse heißer Schokolade gemütlich zu machen? In "December Dreams" warten jeden Tag realistische und fantastische Lovestorys auf dich, die die Zeit bis Weihnachten versüßen und nicht nur den Schnee zum Schmelzen bringen... 24 Shortstorys plus ein Silvester-Special deiner deutschsprachigen Lieblingsautor*innen.

Desde mi cielo es una historia asombrosa y de extraordinaria ternura que parte de una de las pruebas más dolorosas: la pérdida de un ser querido. Pero es también un relato lleno de esperanza que nos habla del poder curativo del amor.

Seventeen-year-old Lulu Li has her last summer before college all planned out. But her plans go awry when she learns that Kite Xu, her old next-door neighbor and childhood friend, will be returning home from South Korea.

Helen Vaughan doesn't know why she and her mother left their ancestral home at Harrowstone Hall, called Harrow, or why they haven't spoken to their extended family since. So when her grandfather dies, she's shocked to learn that he has left everything—the house, the grounds, and the money—to her. The inheritance comes with one condition: She must stay on the grounds of Harrow for one full year, or she'll be left with nothing. There is more at stake than money. For as long as she can remember, Harrow has haunted Helen's dreams.

Is cosleeping safe? How important is breastfeeding? Are food allergies preventable? Should we be worried about the aluminum in vaccines? Searching for answers to these tough parenting questions can yield a deluge of conflicting advice. In this revised and expanded edition of The Science of Mom, Alice Callahan, a science writer whose work appears in the New York Times and the Washington Post, recognizes that families must make their own decisions and gives parents the tools to evaluate the evidence for themselves.

Detective Eira Sjödin is just old enough to remember the summer when 16-year-old Lina Stavred went missing. Her entire community was haunted by the disappearance - especially when Olof Hagström, just 14 himself, confessed to her murder. That was two decades ago. No one in their small rural community has seen or heard from him since, but the spectre of his crime lingers in the forests around the town. But now Olof is back, and he stands accused of another brutal crime.

Women are essential to the biblical story - they lead communities, bear life, and testify to God's power and presence. Some of their names we know, others we've only heard, and others, tragically, go unnamed.

It's the mid-'90s, and rebellion is in the air. Skylark is an activist, a raver, a tree-dweller, a world-changer. Handsome, dependable Dan appears on the scene, offering her the security she has never had. When they fall in love, she shows him a new way to live; he will never be the same. But Dan has a secret, which Skylark must never, ever know. A secret so powerful that its fault-lines run from their ordinary council flat right up to the highest echelons of the state.

Pour écrire l'avenir, encore faut-il comprendre son passé. Avril 1945. Jakob et Emmanuelle sont sauvés par les Alliés au camp de Buchenwald. Ensemble, ils décident de tenter leur chance à New York. Des années plus tard, au prix d'un travail acharné, Jakob a fait fortune dans le diamant et a enfin mis les siens à l'abri. Il a aussi tenu à transmettre à son fils, Max, les valeurs qui lui tiennent à cœur. Ce dernier, diplômé de Harvard, est promis à un brillant avenir.

In Lottas Klasse steht nach den Herbstferien "Astronomie" auf dem Stundenplan. Während Paul vor lauter Begeisterung schon eine Geburtstagsfeier in der Sternwarte plant, ist Lotta eher skeptisch. Auch weil Cheyenne "Astronomie" mit "Astrologie" verwechselt und sich jetzt ständig mit Horoskopen beschäftigt. Was aber noch schlimmer ist: Lottas beste Freundin muss in den Herbstferien mit ihrer Familie in den Harz reisen. Und Paul und Rémi sind nur noch mit ihrem großen Astronomie-Projekt beschäftigt.

Devastated by the sudden loss of her father, Imogene Mussomeli is left adrift, engulfed by a profound sense of loneliness and despair. Though she's an accomplished woman, she feels like a vulnerable little girl again. Despondent and questioning her entire life, she takes a leave from her prestigious university job and returns to her family's Midwest home, hoping to recover and help her mother, who's just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Lyana a passé les vingt et une premières années de sa vie dans l'ombre. Sa hantise ? Se faire démasquer par l'Élite. Personne ne doit savoir ce qu'elle est, personne... Dans ce monde où les humains cohabitent avec les surnaturels, les règles sont claires : chaque être magique doit être recensé. Lyana a, jusqu'à présent, réussi à passer entre les mailles du filet. Jusqu'au jour où il a croisé sa route. Lui, ce métamorphe qui semble lié à elle d'une étrange manière. Il a tout de suite su qu'elle était différente. Va-t-elle choisir de le suivre ou de le fuir ?

Sixteen-year-old Susan Smithson - pretty but poor, clever but capricious - has just been expelled from a school for young ladies in London.At the mansion of the formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh, she attracts a raffish young nobleman. But, at the first hint of scandal, her guardian dispatches her to her uncle Collins' rectory in Kent, where her sensible cousin Alicia lives and "where nothing ever happens."

For centuries, the Owens family has been cursed in matters of love. When beloved Aunt Jet Owens hears the sound of the deathwatch beetle, she knows that it is a signal. She has finally discovered the secret to breaking the curse, but time is running out. She has only seven days to live. Unaware of the family’s witchcraft lineage and all it entails, one of the young sisters of the new Owens generation has fallen in love. As the curse strikes once again, her love’s fate hangs in the balance, spurring three generations of Owens to venture back to where it all began.

Esta deliciosa novela, autobiográfica en la forma pero no en los contenidos, muestra toda la maestría y el peculiar modo de ver la realidad de esta gran figura de las letras contemporáneas.

With its new features meant to enhance Sundahl's original empowering and healing message regarding female sexuality, the second edition of Female Ejaculation and the G-Spot helps listeners appreciate the wonders and healing potential of female ejaculation.

If you feel that you are stuck in a rut in your life, this book will help you start your journey to achieve a millionaire mindset by also empowering your mental health. Success comes with small steps, and through tools such as habits, routines, tracking journals, sleep patterns, and more, this book will help you understand and break down the different components that lead to success.

Jack: Drei Worte, um meine Frau zu beschreiben: Wunderschön. Ehrgeizig. Unversöhnlich. Anna: Ich brauche nur ein Wort, um meinen Mann zu beschreiben: Lügner! Anna hat alles, was sie will. Sie hat hart gearbeitet, um Moderatorin des BBC-Mittagsmagazins zu werden, Freunde und Familie vernachlässigt, ebenso Jack, der inzwischen ihr Exmann ist. Als sie über einen Mord in Blackdown berichten soll, zögert sie. Denn in der verschlafenen Kleinstadt ist sie aufgewachsen. Und das Opfer ist eine Freundin aus Kindertagen. DCI Jack Harper hätte nie gedacht, dass er einmal in Blackdown landen würde.

Julen närmar sig och för det nyöppnade slottscaféet i Helsingborg är det bråda tider. Som konditor i toppklass har Lisa fullständig kontroll över allt från kaneltårtor till tomtecupcakes. När hennes bästa vän tillika chef anställer den talangfulla konditorn Max får hennes annars så stabila ego sig en törn. Det är hennes kök och hon tänker inte låta någon ta det ifrån henne. Men när man tvingas jobba tillsammans i samma lilla kök kan alla sorters gnistor uppstå. Och ju mer Lisa och Max lär känna varandra desto svårare blir det för dem att förneka allt de har gemensamt.

Jorah Mallon-Garth, medieval warrior and alpha of the Varkash wolf pack, seeks a human bride who will do his bidding.... Lady Isolde Merrell is pretty but altogether too plump to be noticed when her beautiful younger sister is around. In desperation she douses herself with a lust potion to snare the attentions of returning warrior Jorah Mallon-Garth, who has just completed three years soldiering for the Crown. Suddenly she finds herself wedded and bedded by the alpha male of the Varkash pack and bound for the Winterlands!