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The iconic author of the best-selling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with the glittering tale of a young woman who finds herself torn between two men: the WASPY fiancé of her family's dreams and George Zao, the man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with.

When a sudden diagnosis upends Lia’s world, the boundaries between her past and her present begin to collapse. Deeply buried secrets stir awake. As the voice prowling in Lia takes hold of her story, and the landscape around becomes indistinguishable from the one within, Lia and her family are faced with some of the hardest questions of all: how can we move on from the events that have shaped us, when our bodies harbour everything? And what does it mean to die with grace, when you’re simply not ready to let go?

Isabella träumt sich mit den Landkarten ihres Vaters in ferne Länder, denn sie darf nicht einmal ihr Dorf auf der abgelegenen Insel Joya verlassen. Außerhalb des Dorfes lauern finstere Mächte, alte Legenden sprechen sogar von einem Dämon. Doch als ihre beste Freundin Lupe in den Vergessenen Gebieten verschwindet, zögert Isabella keine Sekunde. Nur sie kann ihre Freundin retten, denn ihre Familie hütet einen wertvollen Besitz: die einzige vollständige Karte der Insel, die ein magisches Geheimnis birgt.

Um die wahre Liebe zu finden, lohnt sich ein zweiter Blick. Grüne Wälder, der blau schimmernde See und himmlische Ruhe. Graham Campbell ist eins mit der Natur. Er liebt seine Arbeit als Ranger und ist glücklich in seiner Blockhütte am Rande von New Hope. Plötzlich zieht neben ihm Liz ein, über die keiner in der Kleinstadt etwas weiß. Da es die Höflichkeit gebietet, stellt Graham sich ihr vor - aber sie legt wohl noch mehr Wert auf ihre Privatsphäre als er selbst. Wortlos knallt sie ihm die Tür vor der Nase zu.

Herakles packt aus! Herakles – der berühmteste Held der Antike – erzählt von seiner Kindheit und wie es zu den berühmten zwölf Aufgaben kam, die er bestehen musste. Geschildert werden alle zwölf Abenteuer aus der Sicht jeweils eines Beteiligten. So erleben wir hautnah, wie Herakles die vielköpfige Hydra erlegt, den Nemeischen Löwen bezwingt und den Höllenhund Kerberos aus der Unterwelt entführt.

The 5 shortlisted titles for the BBC National Short Story Award 2011 administered in partnership with Booktrust, containing: Rag Love by M. J. Hyland, read by Mike Sengelow; The Heart of Denis Noble by Alison MacLeod, read by Tim Pigott-Smith; Wires by Jon McGregor, read by Lydia Wilson; The Human Circadian Pacemaker by K. J. Orr, read by Indira Varma; The Dead Roads by D. W. Wilson, read by Trevor White.

A new adaptation of L. P. Hartley's story of a boy who is betrayed by a sophisticated young rich woman and her farmer lover who use him to ferry letters back and forth in the blazing summer of 1900 - with Richard Griffiths and Harriet Walter. It's best known from the 1970 film, which focused on the main plot line. But on re-reading the book, adaptor Frances Byrnes found within it another drama perfect for audio in which an old man finds a boyhood diary and is forced to unlock the trauma inside.

The Simpsons has been predicting major events with scary accuracy for over three decades, from Donald Trump's presidency to Disney buying 20th Century Fox. People just can't seem to get enough and are eager to know what it's going to predict next. This book goes behind the scenes of this adored cartoon series, and the family we've grown to love. Between Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and the rest of the Simpsons family, the show has stolen our hearts, and also left us amazed at how often The Simpsons predicts the future!

Fille d’une servante et de Lord Lamb, Annabelle est la femme de chambre de Madeleine, la fille légitime de ce dernier. Les deux demi-sœurs partagent, au delà d'une ressemblance troublante, une grande complicité, au grand dam de l’épouse de Lord Lamb.

Lovers Brogan and Lula Gauge have traveled the haunted byways of Route 66 for almost a hundred years. Their deal with the god Cupid has brought Brogan back to life, but the return to the living world hasn’t been easy for him. What’s more, that deal left them deeply indebted to the god. Now the god is demanding his due. To honor their side of the deal, Brogan and Lula must find what Cupid wants found. The god hasn’t given them much to go on other than: find the rabbit that is not a rabbit. Do the right thing.

The militant Warriors of the Cross, have come to Shadows Fall to capture and wrest control of the legendary Forever Door from Old Father Time and a town they see as being filled by sinners, witches, and demons. James Hart makes a startling discovery about his grandfather. And Mayor Rhea Frazier and the revenant Leonard Ash renew their relationship, after his return from the dead.

The present: His daughter, fifth generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong, finds herself on the trail of that same cargo when skeletal remains are found near an excavation site in the Texas desert. She’s also dealing with the aftermath of a massacre that claimed the lives of all the workers at a intelligence company on her watch. These two cases are connected by a long buried secret, one that men have killed and died to protect. Caitlin and her outlaw lover Cort Wesley Masters must prove themselves to be as strong as steel to overcome a bloody tide that has been rising for centuries.

Smoke Jensen’s daughter Denny can outride, outrope, and outshoot any man who gets in her way. But being a pretty woman, Denny sometimes attracts the attention of unsavory suitors. Like the lecherous Count Malatesta. Denny met the seductive Sicilian on her trip to Europe - and almost fell head over heels for the swindler. What’s he doing in America?

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer - a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.

In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war, a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end. For known only to a few, the leaders of the great Hives, nations without fixed location, have long conspired to keep the world stable, at the cost of just a little blood. A few secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction can ever dominate, and the balance holds. And yet the balance is beginning to give way.

No gun. No horse. No water or food. And worse yet: No idea how he ended up in the middle of a desert with a bullet in his leg and a bump on his head. That’s the sorry situation Matt Jensen wakes up to — dazed and confused — until he slowly pieces together what happened. The last thing he remembers: He agreed to help out a friend of Duff MacCallister’s. A pretty lady and her husband at a horse ranch. He also recalls their cross-country trip through hell to deliver the horses safely to market. That’s when the outlaws showed up. That’s when the shooting began.

My name is Larkspur, and I am an Elemental. My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I should be at my father's side as a royal princess. But as a half-breed, bastard child, that isn't going to happen. The King is missing and his mind is cracked. It is up to me to find him before the Rim is taken over by the bloodthirsty heir to the throne.

Weihnachten steht vor der Tür und alle freuen sich auf die Feiertage. Nur Adrien ist deprimiert. Doch als er in den Straßen von Paris auf den Weihnachtsmann trifft, heitert sich seine Stimmung sichtlich auf. Leider hat Hawk Moth seine eigenen Pläne mit dem Weihnachtsmann und lässt diesen ganz besondere Geschenke verteilen... Schaffen es Ladybug und Cat Noir, Weihnachten zu retten?

Marinette und Adrien sind zwei ganz normale Schüler - aber nur fast. Der Unterschied ist: Bei der kleinsten Bedrohung von Paris werden sie zu Ladybug und Cat Noir. Ihre Mission: Die Akumas des mysteriösen Hawk Moth fangen, der die Pariser in Bösewichte verwandelt. Das nette Mädchen Marinette ist verliebt in Adrien, doch Adriens Herz schlägt für Ladybug. Obwohl die beiden Helden ein Team bilden, wissen weder Marinette noch Adrien, das sich hinter dem jeweils anderen Cat Noir und Ladybug verbergen.

Marinette und Adrien sind zwei ganz normale Schüler - aber nur fast. Der Unterschied ist: Bei der kleinsten Bedrohung von Paris werden sie zu Ladybug und Cat Noir. Ihre Mission: Die Akumas des mysteriösen Hawk Moth fangen, der die Pariser in Bösewichte verwandelt. Das nette Mädchen Marinette ist verliebt in Adrien, doch Adriens Herz schlägt für Ladybug. Obwohl die beiden Helden ein Team bilden, wissen weder Marinette noch Adrien, das sich hinter dem jeweils anderen Cat Noir und Ladybug verbergen.