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In einem fensterlosen Lagerhaus am Hafen hat der Gamemaster eine weitere Runde unfreiwilliger Mitspieler für sein nächstes Todesspiel gefunden: Ein Vater und seine Tochter, zwei Zwillingsschwestern und zwei Kriminelle sollen für ihn in den Rollen von Fischern und Meerjungfrauen schlüpfen und ein blutiges Angelspiel absolvieren. Schon bald zeigt sich, zu welcher Brutalität und Grausamkeit der Mensch bereit ist, um seine Liebsten zu retten.

A fascinating four-volume collection from the private journals of four distinguished historical figures, presented in a dramatised setting.

In her first book, Patrice shares her story about being a 14-year-old girl who endures the horrors of child sexual abuse. On a path filled with every horror imaginable, there were still angels along the way. She is able to triumph and then dedicates her life to see that the hidden world of pedophiles is no longer safe. Patrice has worked to change laws, and these horrendous offenders will no longer be permitted to camouflage themselves inside the world of music.

Genießen Sie in dieser "Spotlight Audio" Ausgabe 5/2022 eine Fahrt über zwei der landschaftlich reizvollsten Straßen im Vereinigten Königreich. Eine Spendenbeauftragte aus Kalifornien erzählt von ihrer Aufgabe, ländliche Gemeinden in den Vereinigten Staaten zu unterstützen. Zudem können Sie Wörter und Redensarten lernen und einüben, die mit Leistungsbeurteilungen am Arbeitsplatz zu tun haben. Englisch lernen mit "Spotlight Audio".

Step into the captivating world of The Brothers Grimm. This charming collection features more than 60 of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s most beloved and enduring stories, including Little Red Riding Hood, The Frog Prince, Rumpelstiltskin, Briar Rose, Rapunzel, Tom Thumb, Hansel & Gretel, The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, and more. Whether you grew up with these stories or are discovering them for the first time, the Grimm Fairy Tale Collection delivers a perfect blend of magical adventures, romantic fantasies, and grizzly cautionary tales.

Michael’s story did not begin with a prophecy, a divine star, or heavenly omens. Instead, he arrived on a cold winter’s evening, born into a farming family where profit mattered more than portents. Yet from his very first breath, shadows stirred. No angels heralded his birth—only the ghosts of siblings gone too soon, lingering with whispers of envy, regret, and fate.

The author of the acclaimed mystery The Unquiet Dead delivers her first fantasy novel—the opening installment in a thrilling quartet—a tale of religion, oppression, and political intrigue that radiates with heroism, wonder, and hope. A dark power known as the Talisman has risen in the land...

Seit Paige denken kann, ist sie in Arden verliebt. Der rechtschaffende und attraktive Sheriff von Crosston Creek ist die Personifizierung von Recht und Ordnung. Sobald irgendwo Hilfe benötigt wird, ist er der Erste, der alles stehen und liegen lässt. Hält sich jemand allerdings nicht an das Gesetz, lernt er Ardens unerbittliche Seite kennen. Und genau da liegt das Problem: Sollte er jemals erfahren, welche kriminelle Energie in Paiges Familie steckt, wird er einen großen Bogen um sie machen. Paige weiß, dass es besser wäre, Arden zu vergessen.

Eighteen-year-old Michelle knows that her stepbrother Adam isn't the perfect boy everyone makes him out to be. She's determined to find a flaw, if only to sour his image in the eyes of her family. When Michelle comes across Adam's weakness, a box containing porn DVD's, she's surprised to find pictures he's taken of her. Naughty pictures. Will Michelle use her newfound information to destroy Adam, or will she give in to the desires she suddenly finds herself having for her stepbrother?

What would you do if the boyfriend you totally made up to get your sister off your back showed up at your place of employment? Free-spirited Stella Stone has always been the wild child in her family, but even she is surprised at the amount of trouble she's found herself in this time. Now she somehow has to keep the uptight, tie-wearing, self-contained Christopher from figuring out that the whole town thinks they are dating, and somehow also keep the whole town from figuring out she's a pathetic liar with a fake boyfriend.

Working in a filing room isn't all it's cracked up to be, and to make matters worse Rebecca's job description involves pleasing any and every man in the office, although that's beginning to seem like less and less of a downside. This story contains themes of submission, domination, humiliation, and several very kinky activities.

From dutiful debutante... to passionate princess! Lieutenant Michael Thorpe is a forbidden temptation for Lady Hannah Chesterfield. Etiquette demands Hannah ignore the shivers of desire his wicked gaze provokes, but he's the only man to recognise her restless spirit, and her unawakened body is clamouring for his touch. Thrown together by scandal, defiant Hannah joins Michael on an adventure to uncover the secret of his birth - could this common soldier really be a prince?

"A Birthday": Christina Rossetti's joyful celebration that her one true love has arrived, read by Jenny Agutter.

No ballet speaks Christmas more than The Nutcracker, written by Piotr IlyichTchaikovsky in 1891-2. The enchanting story was based on a fairy tale by E. T. A Hoffman called The Nutcracker and The Mouse King, but it was the dramatisation by Alexandre Dumas that the composer used as the starting point for his ballet.

Divorced and struggling, middle-aged Kim is hanging on by her fingernails. When her elderly mother invites her to move home to Florida, to the lush island of her childhood, Kim is tempted. She could spend time with Mom, start her dream business, and craft the perfect new life. On the other hand, Mom has a masters in manipulation, and there’s a reason Kim fled to California in her youth. But, she’s too mature and experienced now to fall into the same family drama.

Eleventh century, Northern Spain. Isabella has been a nun in the Christian kingdom of Galicia since she was a child, a gifted herbalist leading a quiet and spiritual life, devoted to God. But on a rare journey outside of the convent, she is taken by Viking raiders and sold to Morocco as a slave. Cruelly treated by her first owner, salvation comes from an unlikely source: Yusuf bin Tashfin, leader of a vast Muslim army intent on conquering all of North Africa. Isabella must struggle not only to survive her new life but to hold true to her faith, which is tested by great dangers...

Although Katherine Mansfield was born in New Zealand in 1888, she spent much of her short life in England and on the Continent. As she wrote about the privileged worlds she encountered there, her stories quickly attracted literary attention. Prelude was hand-published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at their Hogarth Press. Readers today still applaud the grace with which Mansfield fuses image, mood and meaning. Here are ten of Katherine Mansfield’s extraordinary tales.

To save her family, Mairey Faelyn must give herself in marriage to her sworn enemy, the powerful and ruthless Lord Rushford. Already a wealthy man, Rushford seeks a treasure that only Mairey can reveal, for she knows the family secret that leads to a hidden fortune. Now Mairey must decide whether to protect her vow of silence or enlighten her husband, who is beginning to feel more like her true love than her adversary.

Baby Box' Miauseumstag. Die Gabby-Katzen arbeiten an einem Kunstprojekt für Baby Box’ Miau-seums-Tag. Man kann auf so viele Arten Kunst schaffen – wofür werden sich die Kätzchen entscheiden? Carlita, der Eiswagen. Carlita hat sich in einen Eiswagen verwandelt. Doch bevor sie die Gabby-Katzen beliefern kann, braucht sie erst einmal Eis, eine Speisekarte und ein Lied.

Ashling Donoghue never dreamed that moving to Ireland would rock her perception of reality and plunge her into a mystery that brings legend to life. At 17, she’s never had a boyfriend, but she feels an immediate connection to Aengus Breasal, the son of a wealthy Irishman, who’s invited her family to stay at his Killarney Estate.