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Ever notice sounds? I mean really notice them? I do. I don't have any choice, not since I fell into The Loop. And what's The Loop? It's a world - a world of sounds and narration, of incidental music and special effects. The Loop is ambiance, implication, and the subtle - and not-so-subtle - manipulations of the Off-Mike People. But people are the same on or off The Loop, a distressing fact that always seems to add up to Blues for Johnny Raven.

William ist fünf. Er hat den Kindergarten fast hinter sich und kommt nach den Sommerferien in die Schule. Er ist noch recht klein für sein Alter. Das ärgert ihn und er kann es kaum erwarten, größer zu werden. Seine Freunde, Luke und Oliver, sind schon etwas älter und gehen bereits zur Schule. Allerdings lachen sie nur, wenn William sie fragt, ob sie den Unterricht denn mögen. Er macht sich große Sorgen. Was geschieht in einer Schule? Wird es ihm dort gefallen? Und wird er in der Schule dann tatsächlich ein großer Junge sein, wie seine Eltern immer sagen? Fragen über Fragen. William will es ganz genau wissen und schreibt gemeinsam mit seiner Mutter Robby einen Brief, der auf wundersame Weise seinen Weg findet.

Das deutschsprachige Vorwort stimmt die kleinen Zuhörer auf die Geschichte ein, und die spannende Vertonung mit Originalgeräuschen begleitet sie durch die englischen Abenteuer von Robby und seinen Freunden. Ihr wisst nicht, was Olympische Spiele sind, wer dort mitmachen darf und wann es eine Goldmedaille gibt? Dann geht es Euch wie Toby! Toby ist sechs Jahre alt und liebt Sport. Als er erfährt, dass die Olympischen Spiele bald stattfinden, hat er eine geniale Idee.

Das deutschsprachige Vorwort stimmt die kleinen Zuhörer auf die Geschichte ein, und die spannende Vertonung mit Originalgeräuschen begleitet sie durch die englischen Abenteuer von Robby und seinen Freunden. Angelina ist sieben. Sie mag die Schule, die Farbe Lila und Tiere. Angelina hat eine Katze mit pechschwarzem Fell. Im Kindergarten sang sie mit Robby gern das Lied vom schwarzen Schaf, Baa Baa Black Sheep, deshalb hat sie ihre Mieze Baa Baa getauft.

Esme ist erst vier Jahre alt und liebt den Regen, weil sie dann in Pfützen springen kann. Sie liebt auch die Sonne, denn die kitzelt so schön auf der Nase. Am meisten freut sie sich aber, wenn es regnet und die Sonne scheint, denn dann ist ein Regenbogen am Himmel zu sehen. Doch woher kommen diese wunderschönen Farben? Keiner kann ihr die Frage beantworten und so beschließt sie, Robby um Rat zu fragen. Zusammen mit ihm macht sie sich auf den Weg zum Regenbogen.

As children on the island of Phetray, Minn Macfee, a cottar's daughter, and Ewan Mackinnon, the Minister's son, are bound together by the accidental drowning of Ewan's sister. Ewan is blamed and Minn shunned. As the two children grow, they must go their separate ways grieving. Just before the outbreak of the Second World War Ewan returns to Phetray, now a handsome sailor. He falls in love with Minn's fragile beauty and enchanting singing voice. But they are separated again when Ewan joins the Special Boat Squadron and embarks for France.

London's cutthroat shipping trade is no place for a lady, although Olivia Cantarell has secretly acted as her father's assistant for years. Now she has inherited his company, she has no mind to give up control over it - and herself - by marrying, however flattering it is to be sought after for the first time in her life. In spite of threats and intimidation, she will fight to keep her business.

Do not wander in cursed lands alone...Una wants only one thing, to find and kill the dragon that drove her out of her childhood home in the heart of Arthurian Britain. When a handsome knight frees her from captivity, she learns that she is not the only one who wants the beast dead. The knight is Sir George, a messenger of the Faerie Queen and the man assigned to kill the dragon that still haunts her home. But the road to get there contains new dangers, long shut out from this world...until now.

The seven kingdoms of Avalonia are crumbling, and evil is spreading across the land like a plague. Queen Morgana is close to finding a way to open the Book of Abraxas, and it's only a matter of time until she uses the power trapped inside its pages to enslave the entire world. With Avalonia growing more dangerous by the day, Aurora must travel through war-torn lands and deep into the heart of the fae kingdom of Elfi. Her goal is to find a legendary weapon infused with the last of the realm's ancient magic - the only weapon in the world powerful enough to stop the queen.

Sixteen-year-old Aurora wishes she were anyone else. Mistreated by her adopted family and bullied at school, she believes things can’t get any worse. But when she’s kidnapped and dragged through an ancient tapestry into the magical world of Avalonia, she soon discovers that some dreams can easily turn into nightmares.

In series 1 and 2, as his mum and wife, Mary, sit round his bedside and wonder how to wake him up, Ben’s mind is busy elsewhere. In his imagination, he lives with his two-year-old daughter, Blitz (now miraculously grown up), encounters celebrities such as Sue Lawley, Elvis Presley and Tom Paulin, relives memories from his past and gets into a compromising situation with a fellow inmate at a strangely familiar Torquay hotel. Meanwhile, an imaginary sitcom written by him, about coma patients in a hospital, plays in the background.

Tensions run high as the final battle with The Protectors approaches. Secrets are uncovered, and new allies arise. With the help of her vampire lover, Victor Harlow, and their friends, Candi needs to prepare for the coming battle - a battle she might not survive. Danger surrounds her. The battle ground has been chosen.

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical fiction novel about the exciting life and adventures of Ada Lovelace. In Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code, Ada uses her incredible imagination to dream up technology that could have jump-started the digital age nearly 200 years ago. In fact, she writes what will become the world's first programming language.

What happens when you fall in love with the fantasy man in your dreams only to discover that he's real...but, not human? That's what happened to Gertie Hitchcock on the eve of her 25th birthday. Not only did her sexy dream man show up in the flesh, but so did a lot of unexpected situations with alien shape-shifters and crazy lovers who stalk and kidnap her. Can her dream love come to her rescue and save her from some seriously bad errors in judgement?

A body turns up in a field. She’s blonde and her eyes have been gouged out. DI Sophie Whitton knows it's him - The man the press has dubbed: The doll maker. Whitton and her team must act fast if they are to stop anyone else falling victim to the doll maker. With an innate need to seek the truth and find justice for the dead, DI Whitton risks losing it all, including her long-term relationship with live-in lover, Yvonne, as she strives to find a killer, and maybe even herself along the way.

It’s a race against time, Candi with the help of her friends and Vampire lover, Victor Harlow must follow cryptic clues to find the prophecy. Secrets of the past are spilling into the present and danger is creeping closer. Nothing is as it seems and the answers they find just lead to more questions. The protectors are growing in strength and numbers and it’s up to them to stop them. With her own special kind of magic, Candi finds herself on the front lines of a coming war, and if that weren’t enough, her heart is fighting a war of its own.

Dobson, just one of those names anyone who's anyone in London knows. Elizabeth and her brother James have it all: the clubs, the money, the high life. But after the sudden death of their parents the only thing they really have is each other, and that's the way they're both determined things are going to stay. With help from Michael, James' best friend, it's the way it stays for a while, but time and the violent side of their nocturnal profession are against them at every turn.

After serving in the Army, Candi Reynolds has returned home to her Grandmother's small town. She hopes for a quiet life but instead finds mystery, murder, and an oh-so-hot vampire who leaves her questioning her feelings. Searching for answers to his own mystery, Victor Harlow finds himself drawn into Candi's search for the murderer and finds himself attracted to the beautiful witch. With the help of Candi's best friend, and a werewolf detective they race against time to find the killers before they become the next victims.

Foolish innocence and wicked deceit took her from the man she loved. Orphaned at the tender age of eight years, Elizabeth is raised as a ward in the loveless home of her uncle. Stuck on the desire for freedom from oppression and unfamiliar with the concept of love, she flees from her husband of an arranged marriage with the assistance of an old family friend. Sadly this friend was no match for the perils that awaited in the new world. To add to her misery, she realizes that she loved the man she'd married and just didn't recognize that love.

Jazzy is fresh out of high school and looking to get away from her past. There’s no better way to do that than going away to college out of state. The only things she planned on taking with her to the dirty south where her New York state of mind and her best friend, Anika...Man-made problems arise and it’s up to them to keep their friendship on track. Drown yourself in this short story about two best friends that just can’t seem to get it right. Their loyalty to one another is constantly tested and when it’s time to apologize, it just might be too late.