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München, 1895: Isolde und Elsa führen ein behütetes Leben in der Oberschicht Münchens. Als ihr Vater unerwartet stirbt und die Hofsattlerei vor dem Ruin steht, müssen die Schwestern einen Weg finden, um das Familienunternehmen zu retten. Dabei stehen ihnen nicht nur ihre eigenen Erwartungen ans Leben im Weg, sondern auch gesellschaftliche Vorurteile gegen die sie mit allen Mitteln ankämpfen.

A year ago, Sabella Lockhart lived in sheltered gentility as the sister of a Scottish lord. Then her brother's shocking crimes came to light, leaving her with nothing but horrifying memories, unpayable debts, and a blackened name. Before she leaves Scotland, she must face the family he harmed most: the MacPhersons. But when a Highland robbery takes everything but the gown on her back, she's forced to accept help from the MacPherson who despises her more than any other. The one man she can't forget.

Entro quanto tempo bisogna rispondere alle email? È opportuno collegarsi ai propri collaboratori sui social network? Chi paga il conto a un pranzo di lavoro? La nostra vita lavorativa è costellata di dilemmi grandi e piccoli, molti dei quali non trovano risposta nelle nozioni apprese nel corso degli studi o del proprio iter formativo. Anche in ambito business, per avere successo serve un codice di comportamento condiviso, che diventa essenziale per far emergere al meglio la nostra professionalità.

In un Meridione ben distante dai segni della modernità urbana, la protagonista cresce oppressa da un ambiente familiare in cui le condotte pubbliche e private sono spietatamente misurate sul terrore del giudizio sociale e sul rigore vincolante del dovere quotidiano. Il nido protettivo diventa allora nodo difficile da sciogliere e da portare. “Famiglia era questo: una messa in comune del privato, un difetto di autonomia, una continua chiamata in causa dell’altro, un sostenersi che diveniva peso.”

Eat Like a Local: Savannah by author Elise Wilson offers the inside scoop on food in Savannah Georgia. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

""This beautiful page-turner kept me reading all night.” —Janet Skeslien Charles, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Library ""This one’s an absolute gem.” —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Queen When a young librarian discovers hidden historic...

Russell “Lucky” McCoy is the Vice President of the Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club. He’s also the adopted father of his two abandoned siblings, one of which has Down Syndrome. He’d resigned himself to the life of single fatherhood until he meets Harper Hannigan, the school’s newest special education teacher. Nothing matters but winning her heart—not their 14 year age difference, the obstacles determined to keep them apart, or even her father, the town’s new sheriff who’s determined to take down the motorcycle club by any means necessary.

Twelve-year-old Ann Maria Weems works from sunup to sundown, wraps rags around her feet in the winter, and must do whatever her master or mistress orders--but she has something that many plantation slaves don't have. She has her wonderful family around her. To Ann, her teasing brothers, her...

"Niemand kann die Zeit beeinflussen. Niemand außer mir." Die Horaren wurden vom Olymp geraubt, wodurch die Zeit auf der Welt komplett außer Kontrolle gerät. Ohne die Horaren, die das Vergehen der Stunden anzeigen, vergeht auch die Zeit seltsam. Doch das ist nicht genug. Nicole hat gelernt ihre Zeitsprünge zu meistern. Doch jetzt muss sie diese Kraft nutzen, um ihren Erzfeind zu besiegen. Und irgendwie muss sie dabei versuchen nicht allzu viel Schaden anzurichten.

Das großartige Finale: Band 5 der magischen Romantasy-Saga, voller Action, Drama und einer bittersüßen Liebe zum Dahinschmelzen! Lang lebe Solaris! Der grausame Kaiser wurde vom Thron gestürzt – von einem noch brutaleren Herrscher, der jetzt den Schatten des Todes über das Reich wirft. Und wieder steht Windläuferin Vhalla auf der Bühne des Schicksals, um zusammen mit anderen ein letztes Mal für Frieden und Freiheit zu kämpfen. Zerbrechliche Allianzen werden auf die Probe gestellt und unerwartete Bande geknüpft, während der Kontinent ein neues Gesicht bekommt.

In sixteen dazzling, expansive essays, the acclaimed essayist and poet Elisa Gabbert explores a life lived alongside books of all kinds: dog-eared and destroyed, cherished and discarded, classic and clichėd, familiar and profoundly new. She turns her witty, searching mind to the writers she admires, from Plath to Proust, and the themes that bind them―chance, freedom, envy, ambition, nostalgia, and happiness. She takes us to the strange edges of art and culture, from hair metal to surf movies to party fiction.

Your favourite fairytales from a PURRRFECTLY funny point of view. From bestselling author, comedian and actor Ben Miller. First it’s no more milk for breakfast. Then he’s forced to sleep in a windowless shed. And now he has to use a LITTER TRAY?! Not happening! Mittens knows a cat of his...

En tant que demoiselle de la forge, Floriane fournit armes et armures aux chasseurs de son hameau afin qu'ils protègent le monde contre les Vampires. Elle sait que telle est sa place... jusqu'à la nuit de la Lune de Sang. Pour sauver son frère du seigneur vampire Ruvan et de ses armées, Floriane se lance dans la bataille. Elle est prête à y laisser sa vie, mais ce n'est pas sa mort que Ruvan désire. C'est Floriane elle-même, car selon lui, elle est la clef qui mettra fin à la malédiction dont souffre son peuple.

From the award-winning team who created Masterpiece comes a charming chapter book about a young bulldozer who is nervous about making friends and starting school. Bulldozer is shy when it comes to making new friends and nervous about starting school. But when he meets his new neighbor Millie and...

Britain, 1940, the world is at war and 10-year-old twins Harry and Sophie are evacuated from London to live with their Great Uncle. The twins immediately miss home and perhaps most of all for Harry, the tearoom where their mum works, and Harry spends hours watching the professional dancers – secretly dreaming of the day he might do the same.

Letters to My Daughter is a heartfelt exploration of self-discovery, motherhood, and the power of love. Through a series of intimate letters to her daughter, the author delves into the complexities of navigating womanhood, parenting girls, and embracing self-love in a world filled with societal pressures and expectations. From the poignant prologue to the emotional afterword, this book is raw and honest, inviting listeners to embark on their own journey of self-discovery.

Nach einem Alkoholexzess wacht Surferboy Indigo auf der Veranda eines ihm vage bekannt vorkommenden Mannes auf. Noch befremdlicher ist, dass der Typ ihn während des Schlafs gezeichnet hat. Natürlich ohne sein Einverständnis. Doch Indigos loses Mundwerk bleibt verschlossen, denn der um einige Jahre ältere Künstler Ash fasziniert ihn auf unerklärliche Art. Genau diese undefinierbaren Gefühle sind es, die ihn den Rückzug antreten lassen. Denn immerhin möchte er in der Metropole Orlando studieren. Ocean’s View ist nur ein Fischerort. Leider mit geilem Strand und genialen Wellen.

Quante vite può contenere una sola esistenza? Quando Hero De Vera arriva negli Stati Uniti dalle Filippine, dove è nata e cresciuta, ne ha già attraversate molte: a dispetto del silenzio ostinato, i suoi pollici rotti parlano di un passato tutt'altro che semplice. Il suo mutismo si deve a una lunga abitudine, ma anche alla volontà di concentrarsi sulla costruzione di una nuova vita, nella comunità filippina in California dove è emigrata grazie all'aiuto dei suoi zii, Paz e Pol: anche loro si sono lasciati alle spalle traumi e dolori che ancora li inseguono, con un carico di ricordi, affetti, responsabilità di cui non riescono a liberarsi.

Seren Doughty is a forty-two-year-old author who has written nothing in the five years since her daughter's murder. Divorced and alone in her Edinburgh flat, Seren's only relationship has been with Alex, a library research assistant too young and eager for her. So when her former editor approaches her agent with the idea for a ghost story, Seren immediately thinks of the abandoned island of Finish in the Outer Hebrides and seizes the opportunity to commit herself to a new project.

A Sokcho, petite ville portuaire proche de la Corée du Nord, une jeune Franco-coréenne qui n'est jamais allée en Europe rencontre un auteur de bande dessinée venu chercher l'inspiration depuis sa Normandie natale. C'est l'hiver, le froid ralentit tout, les poissons peuvent être venimeux, les corps douloureux, les malentendus suspendus, et l'encre coule sur le papier, implacable : un lien fragile se noue entre ces deux êtres aux cultures si différentes.