Rural Life

When George, the eldest son of Matthew Silverman, announces he won’t follow in his father’s footsteps as editor of the family-owned local newspaper, the family finds itself on a course for change. The newspaper has been going for nearly 100 years. With younger brother Alexander and sisters Loraine and Alison growing up fast, too, and gradual progress in the world around them, can Matthew do what’s best for them all?

Die Unberechenbarkeit zweiter Chancen. Morgen wird alles anders oder jetzt ist auch schon egal. So leben die Bewohner des heruntergekommenen rheinischen Kurorts Villrath. Seit die lokale Heilquelle vor Jahren versiegte, stehen die Gästezimmer leer. Da fördern Bauarbeiten ein mineralhaltiges Rinnsal zutage. Was könnte den Glanz vergangener Tage zurückbringen, wenn nicht das gute alte Heilwasser? Vera, letzte Trägerin der Villrather Nixenkrone und Wirtin des "Stübchen", beschließt gegen jede Vernunft, einen alten Jugendtraum wiederzubeleben. Notfalls mit Lug und Trug.

Sie kennen uns, denn sie beobachten uns. Im Internet verkaufen Kriminelle unsere persönliche Daten. Doch nicht jede Schattengestalt, die sich in den dunklen Ecken des Internets herumdrückt, hat so eindeutige Absichten und will uns Böses. Philipp Winkler erzählt in seinem neuen Roman drei Geschichten: von Fanni in Deutschland, Junya in Japan und Harold in den USA - alle drei suchen im Leben fremder Menschen nach etwas, was sie in ihren eigenen Leben nicht finden: Kontrolle, Zugehörigkeit, Befreiung.

It’s been more than a decade since Charlie Trewin left her sleepy Cornish fishing village for the dazzling lights of London, vowing never to return. But when shocking news of her father’s death forces her back to Carncarrow, she’s confronted with everything she thought she’d left behind: the tragic loss of her mother, her father’s obsessive hoarding—and her own unresolved emotions about them both.

The Morgan sisters spent many blissful summers at their family's lake house growing up, but as they grew older, their lives took very different paths. Hope adores her twin girls, but she doesn't love being a stay-at-home mom. When her workaholic husband doesn't support her career aspirations, she packs up the kids and goes to Sunset Cottage, thinking that some time apart will help her decide what she really wants.

Agatas fabelhaftes Dorf bekommt ein Kind. An Weihnachten platzt der Dorfpfarrer Don Bruno mit einem Bündel im Arm bei Agata herein: Es ist ein Neugeborenes, das er verlassen in der Kälte an einer Straßenecke gefunden hat. Das Mädchen wird von Agata und ihren Freunden liebevoll umsorgt. Die Weihnachtstage verwandeln sich in ein Karussell aus Lachen, Tränen, Vergnügungen, aber auch aus Ängsten und Zweifeln: Wer ist die Frau, die ihr Kind der Kälte überlassen konnte? Ist ihr etwas zugestoßen?

Being the middle son is never easy, especially when your brothers are perfect. T.K. is 14 and has a true talent for getting into trouble. He tries to keep his temper under control, but it’s a difficult task with so many freaking jerks around. T.K. feels like his life has been flushed down the toilet, but soon he’s able to join the football team, and then there’s Finn, the hottie newly hired to help out on the farm. T.K. believes he might finally be happy, but when he spots a blond angel, he realizes he didn’t know what happiness means.

Nominiert für den Deutschen Buchpreis 2021. Ein großer Familienroman, der die Spuren deutscher Geschichte sichtbar macht. Seit sieben Generationen in Folge bewirtschaften die Leebs ihren Hof in der niedersächsischen Provinz. Schließlich gilt es, das Familienerbe zu wahren - allen historischen Umbrüchen zum Trotz. Doch über die Opfer, die jeder Einzelne erbringen muss, wird geschwiegen. Henning Ahrens erzählt den Roman einer Familie und entwirft ein Panorama der ländlich-bäuerlichen Welt des 20. Jahrhunderts.

I feared for their lives and their ears. Our local weekly newspaper showed pictures of them dangling from ropes hanging in woven baskets off the embankment of a mountain in order to tap sticks of dynamite into the holes they drilled in the granite cliff faces they blasted away. One could hear that awful, loud dynamite blasting all the way in town. But the booming had been even worse for the ears of the railroad workers who detonated the charges for the grading and tunneling, especially the Chinese who were given these most dangerous jobs.

Forty-eight stories of brave sparrows, wilds winds, and how to live in times of climate change. A prize-winning book by the natural storyteller Georgiana Keable, sharing long experience with children in the forests and snows of Norway. Meet the girl who became a fish, married a bear, and had a tree as her mum and dad. Meet the boy who tried to stop the wind, fetched fire from the center of the earth on the back of a bird, and whose father was the river.

For Eve Nicholls, walking up the driveway of her childhood home stirs up a whirlwind of emotion. The horses she loved still dot the paddocks, but the house is empty and the silence allows the past to come flooding back. She’s glad to have her best friend Banjo the kelpie with her, along with a bottle of bourbon. Her plan is simple – sell the farm, grab the cash and get the hell out. Within days of her return, Eve runs into all the people she hoped to avoid: the uncle who can't forgive, the ex who moved on, and the best friend he moved on with.

After the untimely death of their biological father, triplets Eva, Rosa and Hannah find themselves the unlikely owners of Heatherly Hall, the vast manor house overlooking their home village of Westenbury. But the beautiful house comes with almost as much baggage as it does land, not least high running costs and expectations. It's up to the sisters to find a way to keep Heatherly Hall going and, most importantly, in the family. But with drama in their private lives and secrets about to emerge, can the sisters stick together to focus on the task at hand?

Long before fracking ever came to Minden, Pennsylvania, the fissures in the Pierson family were developing into major fault lines. Green Energy arrives, offering the rural community of Minden the dream of making more money from their land by leasing natural gas rights for drilling. But orchardist, Jack Pierson, fears his brother, Wade, who now works for Green Energy, has returned to town after a twenty-year absence so desperate to be the hero that he'll blind their hometown to the potential dangers.

Morgan Rosewood finds herself at a crossroads in her life after returning home to Forget-Me-Not Cottage to care for her ailing mother. She and boyfriend Ronan, had plans, big plans, but all these hopes and dreams are put on hold when Morgan's mum suddenly dies. Morgan’s emotions are in turmoil but she sets about the task of clearing the house and running her late mother’s vintage market stall.

Three generations. One summer that will change everything. Jenna has returned to the sunny shores of Lake Summers, tucked under the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York, with her daughter Sophie to care for her aging mother, Sweet. Recently divorced, Jenna finds comfort in lazy afternoons along the water and long nights watching Sweet tell Sophie stories about her long-lost loves. When she meets Sweet’s new next-door neighbor, Troy, she recognizes him instantly as the boy with whom she shared her first kiss.

Wendell Combs is as local as they come. Born and raised in the small town of Saybrook, Connecticut, his venture into the larger world was met with heartbreak. Now, middle-aged and a confirmed bachelor, he seeks solitude from his tour of duty as a soldier back in his hometown, working as head caretaker for wealthy Alan Lancaster’s forty-acre estate, White Pines, a place he has come to love for its beauty, peace, and quiet.

Summer is approaching in the market town of Little Woodford, which can only mean one thing: the town fete! But the winds of change are blowing through the sleepy town high street and trouble is on the horizon... Two hot properties have come up for sale: The Talbot, Little Woodford's much-loved local pub and The Reeve House, a beautiful country manor cut off from the rest of the town and closed to the community. A 'for sale' sign means new members of the community, and gossip begins to fly about an offer on the Reeve House.

After the death of their beloved aunt, the estranged Burke sisters reunite at their childhood home for an unforgettable summer, each harboring a secret. With their family once again at a turning point, they must overcome their differences to discover what the future holds for the lakefront house and each other.

Colby Mills sonhava com uma carreira musical, até que uma tragédia frustrou seus planos e ele acabou se tornando fazendeiro na Carolina do Norte. Tempos depois, ele resolve dar um intervalo nas tarefas cotidianas e vai fazer alguns shows em um bar de praia na Flórida. E lá Colby conhece uma mulher que vira seu mundo de cabeça para baixo.

Die neue Bestsellerserie von Manuela Inusa – Romane zum Wegträumen und Wohlfühlen. Für Mütter und Töchter und alle Fans der "Gilmore Girls". Savannah betreibt eine zauberhafte Pension in Lake Paradise. Für ihre Gäste tut sie alles, jeder soll sich hier wie zu Hause fühlen. Doch Savannah selbst hadert mit ihrem eigenen Heim: Die Ehe mit Gene steckt in einer Sackgasse. Wann fängt er endlich an, Verantwortung zu übernehmen? Ob er merkt, wie ernst es ihr ist, wenn sie ihre Sachen packt und in die Pension zieht? Savannah lässt es darauf ankommen.