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En plein centre-ville de Copenhague, une jeune étudiante est retrouvée dans son appartement sauvagement assassinée, le visage marqué par d'étranges entailles. L'inspecteur Jeppe Kørner et son équipière Annette Werner, chargés de l'affaire, découvrent rapidement que le passé de la victime contient de lourds secrets. Quant à la propriétaire de l'immeuble et également voisine, Esther, elle est en train d'écrire un roman qui relate dans les moindres détails le déroulement du meurtre.

Claire will stop at nothing to provide for her daughters. An unwed mother, she does everything possible to raise them whilst avoiding her scandalous past. Some secrets are best kept, even between mother and daughter. Alice longs for a father, especially if that means her mother will be happy. She takes matters into her own hands — but she never expected what she finds.

High Ambo, in England, is the setting. It is winter, and Caroline West - a very human, placid, and unexcitable person - has gone there to escape her late husband's relatives. Like so many good-hearted people, she is immediately put upon. Caroline's sister Iris comes first, full of impulse and determination to be a reporter - an ambition abruptly deflected by a handsome young schoolmaster - an authority on birds. Then comes Robert, with his sweet, ingenuous fiancée Polly, and thus making the three-ring circus of a genuine Cadell household.

Der Ninja-Dämon Shimada, den man auch die lebende Legende nennt, befindet sich in London - und fordert seinen Erzfeind Xorron, den Herrn der Untoten und Zombies, heraus! In einer alten Lagerhalle am Hafen kommt es zum entscheidenden Kampf, bei dem nicht nur John Sinclair, sondern auch die Mafia zwischen die Fronten gerät - und London droht im Chaos zu versinken!

Two stories of private investigators hot on the trails of the women they love…just in time for Christmas! Holiday Protector by Marilyn Pappano The last person Miri Duncan wants to see on her first day out of jail is P.I. Dean Montgomery - the man who put her there. But when their cross-country drive turns dangerous, she can't deny that Dean's protection is good for her. But is it good for her heart? A Chance Reunion by Linda Conrad Who is the mysterious woman who looks so much like his dead wife? Gage Chance doesn't know, but he has to find out.

Eine fesselnde Komposition aus düsterer Gruselatmosphäre, temporeicher Action, einem phänomenalen Soundtrack und den besten Stimmen Hollywoods.

Ein Brief aus Billings in Schottland! Doch der Absender ist nicht etwa Pater Ignatius, der dort im Kloster St. Patrick die Silberkugeln für John Sinclair und Suko herstellt - sondern der Arzt Dr. McGovern. Er bittet John Sinclair um Hilfe, denn immer mehr Menschen in Billings werden Opfer einer dämonischen Seuche... und dann erscheint das Füllhorn der Pandora am Himmel und lässt das Böse frei!

When Leo and Naomi are drafted, along with 22 of the world's brightest teenagers, into the International Space Training Camp, their lives are forever changed. Overnight, they become global celebrities in contention for one of the six slots to travel to Europa - Jupiter's moon - and establish a new colony, leaving their planet forever. With Earth irreparably damaged, the future of the human race rests on their shoulders. But Naomi is suspicious of the ISTC and the fact that a similar mission failed under mysterious circumstances, killing the astronauts on board.

"It's a meditative act," they said. But it's far from meditative for Alexandra Heminsley when yet another wave slams into her face. It's survival. When she laced up her shoes in Running Like a Girl, all she had to do to become a runner was to get out there and run. But swimming is something else entirely. The water is all-consuming, confusing her every move, sabotaging every breath. Determined, Alexandra will learn to adapt, find new strengths, and learn to work with the water.

In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century.

Retrouvez dans cette compilation les titres suivants : La vieille vieille et la petite marmite ; La ruse de Mei Li ; Un nouveau nid pour les petits ; La galette aux cailloux ; Le voyage de Toutrankil ; L'anniversaire de Loup ; Le jardin de Yanko ; L'arbre qui parle ; La fille du géant ; Les graines de patience. Les Trésors de Pomme d'Api, ce sont les plus belles histoires du magazine Pomme d'Api, destinées aux enfants de 3 à 6 ans. Ces 10 histoires nous emmènent dans un monde magique peuplé de géants, de sorcières et de bonnes fées où les enfants prennent leur destin en main et se dépassent.

Starry Knight knew that the last battle with Draco and Alkuzor would be the hardest battle she would ever face. Or was it? Once more at the heart of power, Starry Knight confronts the question of death and love, only to find Adonaias waiting for her, but plenty of other surprises - and battles - as well. Join her as she faces even darker forces in this short story that takes place between book six and book seven of the Starlight Chronicles from C. S. Johnson.

The gender gap reaches beyond the workplace: it also impacts medical diagnoses! While 13% of boys are diagnosed with ADHD, only 4.2% of girls are, and it’s not because girls don’t have it: it’s because we are misdiagnosed! To make matters worse, the older we get, the harder it is for medical professionals to diagnose and treat us properly. Often the only time a medical professional will notice it is if we have children who are diagnosed. By then, you’re used to living in the chaos of your home and brain!

When she was just a tiny baby, something terrible happened to Lexi. It left her with an out-of-control body and without a voice. Now, as a precocious, superhero-obsessed thirteen-year-old, Lexi is counting down the final 24 hours to a risky brain surgery that might help her talk or—dare she dream it?—to walk and use her hands. As surgery grows closer, Lexi finds an urgent, relentless need to share the story of the year in her life she calls The Year of the Buttered Cat. That year, on the verge of shutting out the rest of the world, Lexi began a solitary quest to find her "missing" body.

Between August and October 1720, two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Read terrorized the Caribbean in and around Jamaica. Despite their short career, they became two of the most notorious pirates during the height of the eighteenth-century Golden Age of Piracy. In a world dominated by men, they became infamous for their bravery, cruelty and unwavering determination to escape the social constraints placed on women during that time.

Alexandra Nizhelskaya, creadora del canal de YouTube de desarrollo y bienestar espiritual The Vortex Way, nos enseña en este audiolibro a manifestar nuestros deseos con la ley de la atracción, para que empecemos a vivir en un estado de creación que nos permita transformar el presente y el futuro. Con un lenguaje cercano y ejemplos claros y sencillos, la autora nos comparte los nueve pasos de la ley de la atracción y nos da ejercicios y métodos probados para que la apliquemos en el día a día.

It was hard enough for Naomi to leave Leo, a fellow Final Six contestant, behind on a dying Earth. Now she doesn’t know who to trust. The International Space Training Camp continues to dodge every question about its past failed mission, and Naomi is suspicious that not everything is as it seems on her own mission to Europa. With just one shot at Jupiter’s moon, Naomi is determined to find out if there is dangerous alien life on Europa before she and her crew get there.

Le jour de son emménagement à Los Angeles, Mei a le coup de foudre. Tom, son voisin d'à côté, est sombre et sexy, et elle ressent immédiatement pour lui une attirance irrésistible. Hélas, elle comprend vite que rien ne sera jamais possible entre eux. Mei a l'habitude, sa vie sentimentale est un fiasco ! Pas étonnant qu'elle soit toujours vierge à 23 ans. Ceci dit, rien ne les empêche d'être amis. Et puis, c'est moins dangereux... tant qu'on ne se lance pas, on n'a pas le cœur brisé, pas vrai ?

Award-winning author Lauraine Snelling continues the story of Ruby Torvald in book two of her Dakotah Treasures series. Ruby's most recent boarder at the Dove House is schoolteacher Pearl Hossfuss. Avoiding an arranged marriage, Pearl has deserted her home in Chicago to teach in Little Missouri. There she has befriended Ruby and fallen for carpenter Carl Hegland. But her father threatens to take her back home. Ruby must turn to God for the strength to stand up to her father.

As Opal begins, it's 1886 in the wild and untamed Dakota Territory. To avoid a drifter's murderous clutches, tomboy Opal Torvald is forced to leave the ranch she loves. But when she returns - older and more lady-like - she meets Jacob, a new ranch hand from back east. Now Opal must choose between an old friendship and a new romance.