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Zwischen Leuchtturm und Sternenhimmel: die herzerwärmende Fortsetzung der Reihe "Verliebt auf Borkum". Borkums allseits beliebter Tierarzt Hark Harksen ist überzeugter Single. Doch dann tritt seine Jugendliebe Ella wieder in sein Leben. Zwischen Zwillingskälbern und einem drolligen Minischwein kommen die beiden sich allmählich wieder näher. Bald merkt Hark, dass seine Gefühle für Ella noch genauso präsent sind wie die alten Probleme zwischen ihnen. Tierarzt ist Hark schon immer mit Leib und Seele, aber wird es ihm auch gelingen, Platz für die Liebe in seinem Leben zu schaffen?

Ronjas Umzug nach Berlin stellt in ihrem Leben eine bedeutende Herausforderung dar. Die großen Erwartungen, mit denen sie ihr gewohntes Umfeld zum ersten Mal für längere Zeit verlässt, werden nach und nach durch die großstädtische Alltagsrealität ersetzt. Nachdem ihre Anfangseuphorie abebbt, erkennt sie, dass sie das Leben ihrer Mitbewohnerin und ihres neuen Freundes im Grunde nicht leben möchte. Die Diskrepanz zwischen dem Bedürfnis nach sozialen Kontakten und dem immer stärker werdenden Gefühl, nicht mitmachen zu wollen, wächst von Tag zu Tag.

A 12 ans, afin de protéger Cathy de sa mère abusive, le juge pour enfants la place dans un centre de l'association Le Patriarche à Toulouse. Hélas, cette institution est une secte. Cathy y subit de nouvelles violences et abus sexuels. Après deux tentatives avortées, elle parvient enfin à s'échapper. À Paris, Cathy est embauchée dans un salon de coiffure. Elle vit dans un petit appartement. Mais une jeune femme, rencontrée au centre du Patriarche et avec laquelle elle est restée en contact, l'entraîne dans la drogue.

Widowed ex-cop, Kate Southerland, belongs to a family whose motto is Do right, let the rules be damned! After a lifesaving call for help, Kate is flown to Lummi Island during violent storms, both natural and familial. The woman who rescued Kate as a child needs help. Kate is asked to take over directorship of the Southerland family’s remote three-hundred-acre estate until controversial issues are resolved. The property surrounds a Lodge that’s a bucket list destination for birdwatchers wanting to experience record breaking birds of prey.

After a series of unfortunate events left Holly Hepperdine without an accounting job, the only way to pay bills, pay for her sister's school, and help her sick mother is to work at the local rub and tug massage parlor, The Happy Stroke Club, making a hundred dollars a "pop."

Emilie, the 19-year old daughter of a Sioux mother and a Scottish father, finds her home destroyed when her tribe is caught up in the US-Dakota war of 1862. Her mother is sent to a prisoner-of-war camp, and Emilie sets out to find her father, Jack Ferguson, who has been missing since the beginning of the war. With help from two new and unlikely friends, Eustis and Anders, she begins a treacherous and emotional journey to track him down. Along the way, she meets a mysterious figure, Roger Paltrey, from her father's past who seems to know important things about him.

Research suggests up to 20% of the population has an anxious attachment style. You're not alone. What if you could manage these feelings and rewire your anxious attachment style? Packed with strategies, examples, exercises, and insights, this book promises a journey from anxiety-riddled attachments to secure, loving relationships.

The world is ending. It has been ending for some time. When did the ending begin? Perhaps when Evie’s mother died, or when her father died soon after. Perhaps when her sister, Elena, was forcibly institutionalized in a psychiatric hippie commune in Colorado. Certainly at some point over the last year, as New York City spun down the tubes, as bedbugs and vultures descended, as apartments crumbled to the ground and no one had the time or money to fight it, or even, really, to notice.

Base Notes chronicles a pre-internet smalltown England of the 1980s and 90s already fading from view. Here memories are triggered by perfumes and their aspirational advertising campaigns, the scenes from Adelle Stripe's adolescence and young adulthood Proustian in their poetic scale and universality, but born out of a droll comedic tradition too.

Bianca reist in die Toskana, um ihre „verschollene“ Tante Flora wieder zurück zur Familie zu holen. Dass die jedoch gar keine Lust darauf hat, versteht Bianca schnell. Denn in Camaiore ist es einfach zauberhaft und so idyllisch, dass sie kurzerhand entscheidet, ihre baldige Hochzeit hier zu feiern. Noch bevor die Planung überhaupt richtig losgeht, stellt sich jedoch heraus, dass ihr Verlobter sie betrügt. Bianca ist am Boden zerstört, sagt alles ab und will Camaiore sofort wieder verlassen.

Lily Mains, pregnant and distraught over the death of her fiancé, Konnor, goes home. She faces a mother intent on marrying Lily off to a socially acceptable man Lily knows is abusive and pushing her to abort her baby. Lily’s dad intervenes and sends Lily off to live with an old friend in his old home town. But what kind of welcome will single, pregnant Lily find among strangers in a small town in Montana? Amid COVID and a cave in, old secrets and new situations, revelation and romance, will Lily and her baby find peace?

In Alison Bechdel’s hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new comic novel confection, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont, is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a citizenry on the brink of civil war. She wonders: Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege?

This comprehensive guide delves deep into understanding the root causes of procrastination, equipping you with effective strategies and practical tools to foster a proactive mindset and achieve your objectives more swiftly. Discover how to reshape your mental approach to tasks, optimize your workspace, and master your daily schedule for peak productivity. Through Laser Focus, you'll gain insights into creating an environment that promotes concentration and minimizes distractions.

In the bustling heart of New York City, Karen finds herself entangled in a world of temptation and uncertainty. A lover of all things chocolate, she navigates through passionate encounters with Tim and Marcus, each offering a different flavour of excitement. As she indulges in chocolate tasting sessions and navigates the complexities of her heart, Karen must decide if she's willing to risk it all for love, or if the sweetness of her desires will leave her craving more.

Man ist nie zu alt zum Morden! Kati Blum ist frustriert, denn ihr Freund Lars ist seit Wochen von der Bildfläche verschwunden. Ein Besuch bei Marias Tante im Altersheim soll sie auf andere Gedanken bringen - und das funktioniert auch bestens. Dem Namen "Glücklicher Lebensabend" zum Trotz, soll ein Bewohner Selbstmord begangen haben. Die übrigen Senioren machen allerdings kein Geheimnis daraus, dass sie anderer Meinung sind, und Kati nimmt nur zu gerne die Ermittlungen auf. Auf der Faschingsparty der Seniorenresidenz überschlagen sich dann die Ereignisse.

A child ventures out into the world, one bold step at a time, as her mother looks on, both of them brave in embracing change and steadfast in their ever-evolving love. In this ode from parent to child, Christina Perri's hit song "A Thousand Years" is turned into a tender reminder that a mother's love is forever.

All Dylan has known since he was fifteen was how to be a dad. He still had his flings, still not ready to settle down, but his life completely revolved around his little girl. Until he sees Paige in class. Suddenly, everything is changing, and when he finds out that Paige is in a tight bind with no where to go, he can't help it. He does everything he can to help her. And maybe, if he's lucky, he'll finally get to call Paige his.

In The People's War, John Willis unearths untold stories of everyday bravery, moments of terror, and tales of life-affirming community, that guide us through the years of the Second World War. From soldiers in North Africa and prisoners of war in East Asia, to evacuees in the British countryside and women in the factories, The People's War is a truly ambitious and comprehensive journey through a devastating and pivotal period of our history, as you've never read before.

Conny Blank erhält den Hilferuf einer Nixe. Sie soll als Vermittlerin dienen, um die Menschen auf Wangerooge vor einer Sturmflut zu warnen. Conny reist an die Nordsee. Doch so sehr sie sich auch bemüht, niemand will ihren Worten Glauben schenken. Wie von der Nixe prophezeit beginnt der Sturm und er bringt einen noch größeren Schrecken nach Wangerooge, als es ein Sturm allein jemals könnte. Einen Schrecken, der 600 Jahre lang auf dem Meeresboden lauerte.

Who hasn't known the magic and the mess of the human heart? Doubt, fear, disillusion, loss - sometimes the only way of growing into our better selves. We travel without signposts and fall without warning. We can also recover in unexpected ways. These stories are fictional but also real: each one created from true-life fragments formed into an imaginary whole.