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In the midst of wonder and awe lies challenge and danger. Cara's first journey takes her to the beautiful Kingdom of Jama'a, but something terrible awaits her, the Omiran - a cruel creature made of stone and malice. Cara must do what she can to defeat the monster and protect the kingdom.

1918. Timid Emmaline Balakin lives more in books than her own life. That is, until an envelope crosses her desk at the Dead Letter Office bearing a name from her past, and Emmaline decides to finally embark on an adventure of her own—as a volunteer librarian on the frontlines in France. 1976. Kathleen Carre is eager to prove to herself and to her nana that she deserves her acceptance into the first coed class at the United States Naval Academy. But not everyone wants female midshipmen at the Academy, and after tragedy strikes close to home, Kathleen becomes a target.

In the smart Parisian suburb of Maisons-Larue, in the wake of the Paris 2015 terrorist attacks, an au pair is arrested after the sudden and suspicious death of her nine-year-old charge. The truth behind what happened is unravelled through six women, and all of them play a part in nine-year-old Julien's death.

Meine geliebte kleine Schwester wurde mir genommen, als wir noch Kinder waren. Mein sadistischer Bruder hatte sie verkauft, um Schulden der Familie zu begleichen. Damals war ich noch zu jung, als dass ich sie hätte retten können. Und zu schwach. Jetzt zeichnen zwar Narben meinen Körper, aber ich bin stärker als je zuvor. Mit meinem klugen Kätzchen an meiner Seite bin ich zu allem fähig. Samantha hat endlich meine verloren geglaubte Schwester Valentina ausfindig gemacht.

Nicht nur Mikael hat Freya gesucht. Schnell wird der Direktorin bewusst, dass die Aufmerksamkeit der Hexenjäger ihr gilt. Während Aslan Hayet einen Moment der Auszeit beschert und sie in sein Geheimnis einweiht, setzen Ivan und die anderen alles daran, Freya und die Schüler vor der plötzlichen Bedrohung zu schützen. Doch schnell wird ihnen klar, dass nicht immer die Schuldigen diesem Krieg zum Opfer fallen.

She’s a huntress: Sol d’Hillerod is sent on a desperate mission through a treacherous winter pass. He’s a monster: Lieutenant Kelan Birke has spent his whole life fighting for his freedom and his soul. Sol and Kelan are enemies in an age-old war, forced to depend on each other to survive a perilous journey through the mountains. As fire melts the ice in Sol’s heart, she questions everything she’s been taught to believe, and Kelan becomes more desperate to fight the flames that consume him. Together they discover that their struggle will have repercussions for both sides of this burning war.

The year is 1873, and a bison hunter named Samson travels the Kansas plains, full of hope for his new country. The year is 1975, and an adolescent girl named Bea walks those very same plains; pregnant, mute, and raised in extreme seclusion, she lands in an institution, where a well-meaning psychiatrist struggles to decipher the pictures she draws of her past. The year is 2027 and, after a series of devastating storms, a tenacious engineer named Paul has left behind his banal suburban existence to build a floating city above the drowned streets that were once New Orleans.

Set in a wealthy Parisian suburb, an emotionally riveting debut told from the point of view of six women, and centered around a group of au pairs, one of whom is arrested after a sudden and suspicious tragedy strikes her host family—a dramatic exploration of identity, class, and caregiving from a profoundly talented new writer.

What really happened to the girl who walked into the woods and vanished forever? It’s a never-forgotten mystery that clings like a shadow in a short story about dark memories and inescapable fears.

Eva must return to Cassia with Lark in chains or forfeit her life and her crown. But Lark proves to be elusive prey, and Eva will do whatever she must to wrap her claws around Lark’s neck. Devastated by her loss and adrift in her new life, Lark begins a journey to find freedom and family. When Lark and Soren cross paths once more, she is forced to conceal what she is to keep her freedom. But her pyra’s power is growing, and she doesn’t know how long she’ll be able to stay in control. Only their lies keep this crumbling empire from burning.

In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king's blood sacrifice, Évike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered. But when monsters attack the woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other.

In the fall of 1942, the United States is still reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbor. While the US starts sending troops to the front, the March family of Concord, Massachusetts grieves their own enormous loss: the death of their daughter, Beth.

Een waardevol en uniek document uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog, te vergelijken met Eindstation Auschwitz. In november 1943 wordt Renata Laqueur, dochter van een Pruisische hoogleraar en van Joodse afkomst, met haar man Paul Goldschmidt gearresteerd. Ze komt terecht in doorgangskamp Westerbork en vier maanden later worden ze samen overgebracht naar kamp Bergen-Belsen in Duitsland. Laqueur maakte altijd al aantekeningen wanneer ze op reis was. En hoe cru ook, zij ziet haar gedwongen vertrek naar Bergen-Belsen op dat moment als een soort reis.

Alternativlosigkeit nach der Wende? Davon will die größtenteils in der ehemaligen DDR aufgewachsene Wirtschaftswissenschaftlerin Christa Luft nichts wissen - stattdessen versucht sie, Fakten zu schaffen und mit Legenden aufzuräumen. Luft fordert die Erneuerung der Gesellschaft, was Demokratie und Gleichheit stärke. In ihren Argumentationen bezieht sie sich auf Krisen und Reformen der Wirtschaft, Sozialsysteme und die EU-Osterweiterung.

A historical thriller perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Elizabeth Wein, about two girls from separate worlds flee across the Russian countryside at the height of the Russian Civil War.

An enthralling historical novel of the woman’s suffrage movement inspired by three courageous women who bravely risked their lives and liberty in the fight to win the vote.

Flameskins are born to be shunned and hated, enslaved or killed. It is fire that runs through their veins, not blood, and the demons inside them will always whisper death in their ears. All of them succumb to the lies of the fire in the end, to become creatures of burning and malice. Enslaved as a child, Flameskin Lark has been forced to use her fire to smuggle goods across the Sunken Sea. She has resisted the whisperings of the flames all her life, but her time is running out. When a smuggling job goes wrong, she is abandoned by her slaver to be killed or captured.

Mary Garrett has a gift for finding missing girls, a special kind of clairvoyance she calls “the sight”. Lured by a poster and the promise of a reward, she arrives at a small town in the Jim Crow South to discover that not one but three girls have vanished - two of whom are Black and whose disappearances have gone uninvestigated outside their own community. She sets out to find them.

In 1949, Lloyd Wilkinson Petrie has returned as a trustee to live in the long-defunct boarding school that he had attended as a child. There he is preparing a memoir. He writes, with faltering recall, of the subtle anti-Semitism that pervaded the school's ethos and of his fascination with the Egyptian archaeological adventures of his distant cousin, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie. Memories return, too, of the passions of a boyhood friendship with named Ben-Zion Elefantin, a mystifying older pupil who claims descent from Egypt's Elephantine Island.

Le professeur Pierre Philip est reconnu en France et à l'étranger comme un expert du sommeil. Ses nombreuses publications scientifiques ont montré comment un meilleur sommeil permet de combattre la fatigue. En trente ans, nous avons perdu 1h30 de sommeil. Anxiété, stress, bouleversement des rythmes de vie... Les conséquences sur notre santé sont désormais prouvées et sérieuses. Et c'est un véritable enjeu de santé publique. La durée et la qualité de notre sommeil sont nos meilleurs atouts antifatigue.