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On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop - or, rather, a 'literary apothecary', for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of his customers. The only person he is unable to cure, it seems, is himself. He has nursed a broken heart ever since the night, twenty-one years ago, when the love of his life fled Paris, leaving behind a handwritten letter that he has never dared read.

In a town in the south of France in the 1960s, a dazzling encounter with Love itself changes the life of infant orphan Marie-Jeanne forever. As a girl, Marie-Jeanne realizes that she can see the marks Love has left on the people around her—tiny glowing lights on the faces and hands that shimmer more brightly when the one meant for them is near. Before long, Marie-Jeanne is playing matchmaker, bringing true loves together in her village. As she grows up, Marie-Jeanne helps her foster father begin a mobile library that travels throughout the many small mountain towns in the region of Nyons.

Claire is one of Paris’s most esteemed behavioral biologists, with an enviable career and family. But she has become increasingly frustrated by the stasis of her marriage, including her husband’s unremarked-on affairs, and feels caged by the obligations she took on too early in life. As she and her family prepare for their annual holiday to the Brittany coast, her son, Nico, comes to her with a request: Can his new girlfriend, Julie, join them for the summer?

Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a life-saver, and can transmit deadly infections. It is medicine, and a commodity dearer than oil. Each of us has nine to 12 pints of it, yet many don’t know their own blood type. For all its ubiqutousness, menstruation is perhaps the single most demonized biological event. In Nine Pints, Rose George takes us from ancient practices of bloodletting to a cutting-edge trauma ward.

Weil Bücher unsere Herzen heilen:. Bestseller-Autorin Nina George kehrt zurück auf das Bücherschiff und erzählt eine bewegende, bezaubernde und nachdenkliche Geschichte über das Leben, das Lesen und die Liebe. Monsieur Perdu ist mit seinem Bücherschiff Lulu wieder in Paris. In seiner "Pharmacie Littéraire", der literarischen Apotheke, folgt der leidenschaftliche Buchhändler seiner Berufung: Menschen und Bücher zusammenzubringen, damit jede Maladie von Herz und Seele mit der richtigen Geschichte geheilt werden kann.

To seek answers, more blood must spill. Three years have passed since Líf’s family and friends left Midgard, the world of mankind, and journeyed through realms filled with danger and despair. Many have been lost along the way. Yet the survivors still cling to the hope that their mission will succeed, for failure will doom all humanity. Now that the bitter winter that held them captive has abated, a tentative alliance has been formed between man and elf. Together, they venture to far off lands whose native races lie in wait to destroy them. Fate controls all. Where will Líf’s destiny take her?

Von Sehnsucht, Sinn und Sinnlichkeit: ein intensiver, poetischer Roman von Bestseller-Autorin Nina George über die Liebe und das Leben vor der beeindruckenden Kulisse der bretonischen Küste. Die angesehene Pariser Verhaltensbiologin Claire sehnt sich immer verzweifelter danach, zu spüren, dass sie noch lebt und nicht nur funktioniert. Die junge Julie wartet auf etwas, das sie innerlich in Brand steckt – auf des Lebens Rausch, auf Farben, Mut und Leidenschaft. Ein Sommer in der Bretagne, am Ende der Welt, führt die beiden unterschiedlichen Frauen zusammen.

Marianne is stuck in a loveless, unhappy marriage. After 41 years she has reached her limit, and one evening in Paris she decides to take action. Following a dramatic moment on the banks of the Seine, Marianne leaves her life behind and sets out for the Brittany coast. There she meets a cast of colorful and unforgettable locals who surprise her with their warm welcome and the natural ease they all seem to have, taking pleasure in life's small moments.

Most leaders start out with passion, a sense of calling, and a focus on building ministry skills. Such things might get some results, but they are not enough to sustain a healthy ministry - or a healthy life. Beyond the vocational capacities every church planter needs, there's a range of capabilities more difficult to measure but even more essential: What veteran church planter Tim Morey calls spiritual competencies. Morey provides here a practical guide to spiritual formation geared to the unique needs of church planters.

In 1935, nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, heir to one of the wealthiest families in America, is snatched off the streets two blocks from his home. The boy is kept manacled in a pit, chained to a tree, and locked in a closet. The perps - a career bank robber, a petty thief, and his 19-year-old never-been-in-trouble Mormon wife - quickly become the targets of the biggest manhunt in Northwest history. The caper plays out like a Hollywood thriller with countless twists and improbable developments. Perhaps the most astonishing thing of all, though, is how it all ends.

Could you be the answer to the problems you see? Every day we are faced with the needs of those around us. Emotional. Physical. Spiritual. What are we to do about it? Are these problems for our pastors to address, or is there a way for the church member to make an impact that will last?

Well Aware offers a timely take on the leadership issues that businesses face when it comes to the threat of hacking. Finney argues that cybersecurity is not a technology problem; it’s a people problem. Cybersecurity should be understood as a series of nine habits that should be mastered - literacy, skepticism, vigilance, secrecy, culture, diligence, community, mirroring, and deception - drawn from knowledge the author has acquired during two decades of experience in cybersecurity. By implementing these habits and changing our behaviors, we can combat most security problems.

From the outside, respected behavioural biologist Claire is happily married, with a perfect son. But behind closed doors she yearns for more, throwing herself from one affair to another. Young Julie is trying to piece her life together – unsure exactly she wants. She needs something to set her heart and mind on fire. She is also the new girlfriend of Claire’s son, Nicolas, and through a chance encounter in a hotel, becomes aware of Claire's double life.

Um die Zerstörung der zauberhaften Buchwelt zu verhindern, müssen sich die Buks in ihr bislang größtes Abenteuer wagen: Sie erobern zum ersten Mal das für sie unbekannte "Draußen" jenseits ihrer magischen Bibliothek. Zeitgleich reisen die Kinder Finn und Nola mithilfe von magischen Kristallmedaillons durch die Welt der tollsten Geschichten auf der Suche nach dem verschollenen Buchmeister und der Heilung gegen die schreckliche Bleichkrankheit. Inzwischen entdecken Mira und Thommy in der Welt der Menschen die Geheime Büchergilde und kommen dem unbekannten Zerstörer der Bücher gefährlich nah.

Vier Jahre sind vergangen, seit der Buchhändler Jean Perdu sein Bücherschiff, die »Pharmacie Littéraire« verließ, und den Aufbruch in eine neue Liebe mit der Bildhauerin Catherine in der Provence wagte. Doch die in einer Zeitkapsel aufbewahrte letzte Bitte des Schriftstellers José Saramago an Monsieur Perdu lockt ihn zurück in das Herz seiner Leidenschaft: Bücher und Menschen zusammen zu bringen, und für jede Seelen-Maladie die wirksamste Lektüre zu empfehlen.

Er weiß genau, welches Buch welche Krankheit der Seele lindert: Auf seinem Bücherschiff, der "literarischen Apotheke", verkauft der Pariser Buchhändler Jean Perdu Romane wie Medizin fürs Leben. Nur sich selbst weiß er nicht zu heilen, seit jener Nacht vor 21 Jahren, als die schöne Provenzalin Manon ging, während er schlief. Sie ließ nichts zurück außer einem Brief - den Perdu nie zu lesen wagte. Bis zu diesem Sommer. Dem Sommer, der alles verändert.

Marianne Messman longs to escape her loveless marriage to an uncaring husband - an artillery sergeant major named Lothar. On a day trip to Paris, Marianne decides to leap off the Pont Neuf into the Seine, but she is saved from drowning by a homeless man. While recovering in hospital, Marianne comes across a painting of the tiny port town of Kerdruc in Brittany and decides to try her luck on the coast. In Kerdruc, Marianne meets a host of colourful characters who all gravitate around the restaurant of Ar Mor (The Sea).

Henri Skinner is a hardened ex-war reporter on the run from his past. On his way to see his son, Sam, for the first time in years, Henri steps into the road without looking and collides with oncoming traffic. He is rushed to a nearby hospital, where he floats, comatose, between dreams, reliving the fairy tales of his childhood and the secrets that made him run away in the first place. After the accident, Sam - a 13-year-old synesthete with an IQ of 144 and an appetite for science fiction - waits by his father’s bedside every day.

Das Leben besteht aus der Summe stündlicher Entscheidungen. Doch welche sind richtig? Welche führen zu Glück, Liebe, Freundschaft – welche zu Verzweiflung und Einsamkeit? Mit dieser existenziellen Frage ringen die Verlegerin Eddie, der Kriegsreporter Henri und der hochsensible Teenager Sam, als Henri nach einem Unfall ins Koma fällt. "Verdammt, Henri, was hast du dir dabei gedacht? Du hast mich benutzt, du hast mich zurückgewiesen.

Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened.