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'The Stairway of My Life' is a memoir with a message. First written as a record for her future generations, this book follows a young woman growing up in Catholic, rural Ireland in a large family in the 1960's and 1970's with no modern amenities and a scarcity of money. It takes us through the life of the author from a child helping on the farm to setting up her own business, which became a global success.

In Mühlensommer erzählt Martina Bogdahn warmherzig und humorvoll von einer Frau und ihrem Leben zwischen zwei Welten. Von einer Jugend auf dem Land, einer Flucht in die Stadt und einer folgenreichen Rückkehr. Von Müttern und Töchtern und davon, dass man manchmal zurückblicken muss, um sich selbst zu finden. Ein drückend heißer Sommertag. Mit ihren beiden Töchtern macht sich Maria auf den Weg in ein langes Wochenende fern von Stadt, Stress und Schule. Doch dann ruft Marias Mutter an. Der Vater hatte einen Unfall und liegt im Krankenhaus.

Reyna married the ruthless Wolf King for the sake of her father’s kingdom, but she still refuses to give him her heart. Despite this, she can’t resist the opportunity to travel with Elias when he requests that she accompany him to the kingdom of dragons on royal business.

"For the Blood is the Life" is a F. Marion Crawford's classic horror story about two lovers, a murder, and a revenant This story tells the gothic horror account of a young man in the thrall of a vampire, and...yes, there WILL be blood.

Acclamata dal Los Angeles Times Magazine come "la più grande saga nella storia delle graphic novel", The Sandman ha cambiato le regole del gioco, con il suo mondo letterario tenebroso, sospeso tra fantasy e horror, creando, nel contempo, un fenomeno culturale globale. Finalmente, Audible e DC presentano la primissima produzione audio della serie best-seller del New York Times scritta dall'acclamato storyteller Neil Gaiman (che ne è anche il co-produttore esecutivo).

UN AMORE MALEDETTO, SOSPESO FRA DUE MONDI. UN PRINCIPE DISPOSTO A TUTTO PER SALVARE IL SUO REGNO IN PERICOLO. Lavinia vive da sola in una casa in rovina, mentre si destreggia tra lavori part time ed esperienze dolorose. Giunta allo stremo delle forze, un giorno decide di farla finita lanciandosi da un ponte. A salvarla, mentre precipita nelle acque gelide del fiume sottostante, è un giovane dai riccioli d'oro, Arthur. Il ragazzo sembra non avere un'identità né una famiglia, così Lavinia per sdebitarsi finisce per accoglierlo in casa propria.

In this fascinating collection of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archive, Martina Navratilova talks about her life and career as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

I know the way I feel is wrong, and I try to push it all aside. I find another man and even go so far as getting engaged. It’s what I need; a normal relationship that leads to a normal life. Except that isn’t what I get. My fiancé doesn’t turn up to our engagement party, and guess who’s there to pick up the pieces. Jared and Jamie are my amazing, perfect, twin stepbrothers, and they know excellent ways to make me feel better. Even my wildest imaginings have never come close.

Dane, Dylan, and Drew are triplets. It’s almost impossible to tell them apart. Dark. Daring. Defined. They leave me dazed. The other D’s I hear whispered on the wind are what make me hotter than a BBQ in Satan’s backyard. Devilish. Depraved. Deviant. I know they like to share more than just a family bucket of KFC, and I can’t help but wish it was me they thought was finger-licking good.

Reyna’s status as queen of Nightfall may be official, but she is still learning to trust her partnership with the fearsome wolf king. And now the Fae have returned to the lands of Frasia, threatening Elias’ power. Without magic, the wolves will need strong allies to defeat their enemy. To prove his faith in his new queen, Elias tasks Reyna with the honor of bringing together an army of shifters, except not everyone in the court thinks that war is the answer.

Elterliche Führung übernehmen fällt vielen Müttern und Vätern schwer, die bedürfnisorientiert erziehen und autoritäre Konzepte ablehnen. Die Erziehungsberaterinnen Kathy Weber und Dr. Martina Stotz zeigen erstmals gemeinsam anhand ihrer neuen FüLi-Erziehung, wie liebevolle Führung in der Familie ohne Bestrafung, Drohen und Schimpfen umgesetzt werden kann. Die Grundlagen ihres Ansatzes sind u.a. die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation, die Bindungstheorie und entwicklungspsychologische Hintergründe sowie ihre Beratungs- und Kurserfahrungen mit über 8.000 Familien.

No one expects an orphaned servant girl like me to amount to anything, least of all me. But on my first shift, I’m fiercer than even the toughest wolves in the pack. I capture the attention of the royal brothers, who invite me to join training camp with them—except it’s strictly no girls allowed. So I pretend to be one of them and tell them I’m a lost ‘prince’, because females are meant to be submissive and fighter wolves like me are unheard of. Not this she-wolf.

At age 28, the doctors told Martina Clark she had HIV and five years to live. With a sense of nothing to lose, she dove into activism. Then, she fell into an international career, starting as the first openly HIV-positive person to work for UNAIDS in 1996. A mix of personal memoir, travel, humor and an up-close look at the squishy underbelly of the United Nations, My Unexpected Life follows her personal journey—emotional and physical—interwoven with her professional path.

Der Rechtsstaat muss gelten, sonst macht sich der Mensch zum Gott. DER SPIEGEL. Ein Terrorist kapert eine Passagiermaschine und zwingt die Piloten, Kurs auf ein voll besetztes Fußballstadion zu nehmen. Gegen den Befehl seiner Vorgesetzten schießt ein Kampfpilot der Luftwaffe das Flugzeug in letzter Minute ab, alle Passagiere sterben. Der Pilot muss sich vor Gericht für sein Handeln verantworten. Seine Richter sind die Theaterbesucher, sie müssen über Schuld oder Unschuld urteilen.

Die tausend Welten stehen vor dem Abgrund, ihre Magie schwindet. Sowohl die Magierin Rielle als auch der Magier Tyen haben sich der Macht verweigert, mit der sie sich gegen den Verfall hätten wehren können. Dennoch fühlen beide sich verantwortlich, auch wenn nicht einmal ihre vereinte Macht ausreicht, die Menschen zu retten. Da tritt eine dritte Partei aus dem Dunkel und bietet eine Lösung. Rielle und Tyen müssen sich entscheiden - denn nur gemeinsam können sie das Gesetz der tausend Jahre beenden.

Audible welcomes the unrivalled master of crime fiction, Martina Cole, back into the Audible studios. From her debut book Dangerous Woman in 1992 to her 2016 novel Betrayal, her books have sold in excess of 14 million copies worldwide and Martina is back to talk about her 24th novel.

Winding up in bed with a handsome stranger for one night was a way to help me forget my grief over losing my father. It’s just my luck he turned out to be a buyer interested in my family business.

It started with a kiss. One that never should have happened. Liam was only doing what best friends do—standing up for me. It didn’t mean anything. Right? Sure, it made the fact I had to move in with him for a few months a bit complicated, but we’ve been firmly in the mutual friend zone for years. He’s the one who christened me ‘Charlie’ after all. He only saw me as one of the guys. Crossing the line is off limits.

Two years after her father figure tries to kill her, Kendall has finally learned to live a normal life again. It helps that she's had four very solid anchors to keep her from going adrift. Now, the time has come for more permanency in their lives, with a wedding worthy of magazines and a honeymoon guaranteed to rock their worlds. Throw in some family drama, a little bit of bad news, and a kid closer to Kendall's heart than she realizes. Kendall and her husbands realize being an adult isn't going to be any easier than growing up. What lies ahead for this fivesome family?

For English people Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) is as famous as L.Carroll and A.A.Milne. We hardly know her fairy tales: in spite of their simplicity, her wonderful stories about rabbits, mice, frogs, and squirrels are very difficult to translate – they are full of idioms, puns and lambent humour. Graham Greene called Beatrix Potter "Children' Jane Austen" for deep understanding of the human nature, soft irony, ideal language and style. The collection The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter contains her best fairy tales that have been stealing a way to little readers' hearts for almost one hundred years already.