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Wenn die Schatten der Vergangenheit dich einholen, ist es zu spät, um zu bereuen... Die alleinerziehende Mutter Louise lebt ein ruhiges Leben mit ihrem kleinen Sohn Henry. Eines Abends, sie klickt sich gerade durch ihre Social-Media-Kanäle, pingt eine Nachricht auf: "Maria Weston hat Ihnen eine Freundschaftsanfrage geschickt." Louise ist geschockt. Maria war eine Klassenkameradin - doch sie verschwand vor 25 Jahren spurlos. Zuletzt wurde sie am Abend der Schulabschlussfeier gesehen, und jeder geht davon aus, dass sie tot ist. Doch nun scheint es, als sei sie zurück, und macht Louise für die dramatischen Ereignisse von damals verantwortlich.

What starts out as a simple PR stunt for New York City gallery owner, Stacie Emerson ends up a dangerous slog through the Oregon wilderness in the company of wildlife photographer, Harris Walker. As their initial dislike for each other gives way to respect, then passion, then something deeper, they struggle to prevent an environmental disaster orchestrated by Terrance Jamison, the arch-enemy of her ex-fiancé Ellison Thorne.

Nellie Bly arrives at age 24 in Manhattan, lacking connections and money, but blessed with an abundance of courage and a skill for reportage. Within ten months she lands two front-page stories on the country’s most widely-read newspaper, Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World.

Enormity is the strange tale of an American working in Korea, a lonely young man named Manny Lopes, who is not only physically small (in his own words, he's a "Creole shrimp"), but his work, his failed marriage, and his race all conspire to make him feel puny and insignificant - the proverbial 98-pound weakling. Then one day an accident happens, a quantum explosion, and suddenly Manny awakens to discover that he is big - really big. In fact, Manny is enormous: a mile-high colossus!

Orphaned during the Siege of Sarajevo, Marina - now a teenage figure skating star - returns to Bosnia for the first time since an American family adopted her as a baby. Tag along with Marina as she discovers the true meaning of family, learns about her heritage, and explores the war-torn city that could have been her home.

Henry Spearman, the balding economics professor with a knack for solving crimes, returns in The Mystery of the Invisible Hand - a clever whodunit of campus intrigue, stolen art, and murder. Having just won the Nobel Prize, Spearman accepts an invitation to lecture at Monte Vista University. He arrives in the wake of a puzzling art heist with plans to teach a course on art and economics - only to be faced with the alleged suicide of womanizing artist-in-residence Tristan Wheeler.

Overworked CEO Ellison Thorne has no time for sex, let alone romance. The only answer, at least where his retiring business partner Beverly is concerned, is a no-strings sex clause in her replacement’s contract, designed to make Ellis’ busy life easier - and hotter. But she’s joking, right? When Dee Henning takes over Beverly’s job, sparks fly between her and Ellis, but work takes priority in driven Dee’s life too. Can one night of passion in a Paris hotel room prove Beverly’s Sex Clause is their secret to success in the boardroom and the bedroom, and what will happen if that private clause becomes public knowledge?

The lives and schemes of frontier politicians, Northern Pacific Railroad executives, bonanza farmers, and homesteaders converge in the story of Frances Houghton Bingham, who marries the son of a Red River Valley bonanza farmer in order to remain near her new husband's sister. Emotionally complex, willful and resourceful, Frances is seduced by the myths of opportunity driving the settlement of Dakota Territory, and dares to dream of a new world in which to realize her unconventional desires.

Garrett Thorne is not just business tycoon, Ellison Thorne s mooch kid brother, Garrett secretly writes best-selling romance novels under the pen name, Tess Delaney. But when Tess wins the prestigious Golden Kiss Award, to keep his identity secret, Garrett will have to attend the ceremony in drag or find a woman to play Tess and go as her date. Cynical PR rep Kendra Davies doesn't believe in romance, but grudgingly agrees to play the part of Tess Delaney. All goes swimmingly until word gets out that Garrett is Tess’ toy boy.

Churchill is Prime Minister for the last time. Rationing is still in force. All music sounds like the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. People like living in 1952: it's familiar and reassuring, and Britain knows its place in the world. Few have noticed it's been 1952 for the past 65 years. Meet Professor Quanderhorn; a brilliant, maverick scientific genius who has absolutely no moral compass. With his Dangerous Giant Space Laser, High Rise Farm, Invisible Robot and Fleet of Monkey-driven Lorries, he's not afraid to push the boundaries of science to their very limit.

From an early age, Margaret Fuller provoked and dazzled New England’s intellectual elite. Her famous Conversations changed women’s sense of how they could think and live; her editorship of the Transcendentalist literary journal the Dial shaped American Romanticism. Now, Megan Marshall, whose acclaimed The Peabody Sisters "discovered" three fascinating women, has done it again: No biography of Fuller has made her ideas so alive or her life so moving.

Veranix Calbert führt ein aufregendes Doppelleben: Tagsüber ist er ein Student der Magie an der Universität von Maradaine, nachts klettert er über die Dächer der Stadt als heimlicher Rächer. Eines Nachts stört Veranix die Übergabe einer geheimnisvollen Lieferung und entkommt mit dem Diebesgut. Doch nicht nur der Unterweltboss Fenmere will seine kostbare Ware zurückhaben. Bald machen auch diverse Straßengangs, mächtige Magier und gedungene Meuchelmörder Jagd auf Veranix... Teil 1 der fantastischen Reihe "Die Chroniken von Maradaine".

Viele Arbeitnehmer hoffen, befördert zu werden. Aber die wenigsten sind darauf vorbereitet, was von ihnen erwartet wird, wenn sie sich in einer Führungsposition befinden. Dieses Hörbuch stimmt auf die neue Situation ein.

Ein anschaulicher Ratgeber, der durch leichte Sprache sowie mit der Darstellung von alltäglichen Beispielen besticht. Nur wer sich selbst liebt, ist in der Lage auch andere zu lieben. Rosenberg eröffnet uns in diesem Ratgeber einen fortschrittlichen Zugang zur Liebe, der den Anspruch hat, unser Leben zu bereichern. Wir lernen über eine Liebe, die keineswegs egoistisch ist, sondern geprägt ist von Geben und Nehmen, von Leben und Leben lassen. Hierbei spielt auch Rosenbergs Konzept der Gewaltfreien Kommunikation eine bedeutende Rolle, die frustrierenden und eskalierenden Diskussionen innerhalb einer Partnerschaft ein Ende bereiten soll.

Ein leicht verständlicher Ratgeber, der uns zeigt, wie wir unserem Gegenüber in Konfliktsituationen respektvoll und achtsam gegenübertreten können. Ob innerhalb der Familie oder im beruflichen Umfeld - Konflikte entstehen in jeglichen Lebensbereichen. Doch wie können wir sie friedlich und mit gegenseitiger Akzeptanz lösen? Diese zentrale Frage beantwortet uns Rosenberg, der jahrzehntelange Erfahrung als Konfliktmediator vorweisen kann und ein Experte in dieser Thematik ist. Hierbei geht auch darum zu verstehen, wie sich Konfliktsituationen überhaupt erst entwickeln.

On April 10, 1966, a crowd of 10,000 farm workers and supporters gathered at the California state capitol to celebrate victory in one of the most significant strikes in American history - one that made Cesar Chavez famous as leader of the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). Marshall Ganz tells the story of the UFW's ground-breaking victory, drawing out larger lessons from this dramatic tale.

With the unexpected death of the Siren king, Princess Serena finds herself next in line for the Adrellan crystal throne. But with a new ruler, comes a new agenda. Betrothal to the Land King's son was not what Serena had envisioned for herself, and now she must find a way to live without her vicious instincts. Serena faces love and death. Heartache and ruin. And when a scorned Marquess finds out that Serena had been betrothed to the prince, she stops at nothing to bring down the siren, even if it means taking her voice.

One of Ian Rankin's top ten books of 2021. When you have a problem that can't be solved, you call John Tyler. Nine people are trapped on an anthrax-infested, government-controlled island off the west coast of Scotland when the door to their decontamination chamber suddenly stops opening. The only man who can fix the door – the onsite technician – is dead. Was it an accident? Or was he murdered? On an island populated by an international team of scientists with a military-grade bioweapon readily available, the motive to kill is strong, and death is laced into the very soil.

James Marshall retells the familiar tale in which one of three pigs survives a wolf's attacks by using his head.

On the 12th of April 1865, the Army of Northern Virginia marched to the field in front of Appomattox Court-House, stacked their arms, folded their colors, and walked off empty handed to find their distant, blighted homes. These are detailed and moving first-hand accounts from a number of prominent witnesses to Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.