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»Wie kein Zweiter zeigt Toon Tellegen menschliches Verhalten und menschliche Gefühle in Gestalt seiner liebenswerten Tierwesen.« de Volkskrant Eigentlich ist die Grille immer fröhlich, doch mit einem Mal spürt sie etwas Seltsames in ihrem Kopf. Etwas Dumpfes, ihr Kopf fühlt sich bestimmt doppelt so schwer an wie sonst. Das Gefühl ist so groß, andere Gefühle haben keinen Platz mehr. Wie konnte es nur in meinen Kopf gelangen?, fragt die Grille ihre Tierfreunde um Rat. »Jeder hat halt was«, sagt die Ameise. »Möchtest du etwas essen?«, fragt die Schildkröte. »Das ist schlimm«, sagt die Eule, »aber es gibt Schlimmeres.« Immerhin kann die Grille das Gefühl jetzt benennen: Schwermut. Das Eichhörnchen erweist sich als das empathischste Tier, es wacht jede Nacht am Bett der Grille und weiß: Auch die schwersten Zeiten ziehen irgendwann vorüber.

De två kvinnorna känner inte varandra, de har olika bakgrund, det är tjugo år mellan dem och det finns gömda hemligheter. De skulle aldrig ha träffats i normala fall men ödet ville annorlunda.Agneta lever med skuldkänslor och sorg för det som hände för trettio år sedan och har försökt glömma. Den unga Rebecka, trettiotvå år, som älskade sitt arbete som journalist och gav allt för det, blev utmattad och sjukskriven men vill nu komma tillbaka. En dag träffas Agneta och Rebecka och mötet leder till något de inte hade kunnat föreställa sig. I denna gripande och oförutsägbara roman med stark inre dramatik, kan man läsa om livsöden och utanförskap men också om kvinnlig vänskap och styrka. Där insikter leder till möjligheter att växa som människa men också om modet att våga möta livet och kärleken.

Bruce Malone had turned into a warrior, whose only goal is to win al the money he can to keep supporting the brothers. Under Ray Walton's attentive look, he accepts the life he caused after what happened in Old-Quarter.If someone discovers you Achilles' heel, they'll use it to destroy you.One day, after a hard training at the gym, he visits a café that says it has authentic Texan coffee. Everything seems normal, until he sees her...Could he be away from the only woman who reminds him who he once was? Could he be capable of keeping her away from the life he has? How would Ray react when he finds out that his cash cow doesn't want to be with him anymore because of a woman?

Kids rarely unnderstand things that could shape and affect their whole future. This is a story about kids like that.

Band 8 der beliebten Krimiserie um das Paranormal Investigation Bureau. Weihnachten liegt in der Luft ¿ und Mord. Lily weiß aus eigener Erfahrung, wie unangenehm Geburtstage sein können, aber nun steht der ihrer besten Freundin vor der Tür. Olivias Mutter organisiert das Fest, aber die Dinge laufen alles andere als geplant und bald ist Liv so wütend, dass sie am liebsten überhaupt nicht mehr feiern würde. Es gibt nur einen Lichtblick an ihrem Geburtstag - ihren Lieblingswahrsager Owen. Dummerweise sagt er allerdings die Katastrophen, die auf die Party folgen, nicht voraus. Als einer von Olivias alten Feinden stirbt und sie des Mordes beschuldigt wird, verschlechtert sich ihr Gesundheitszustand zusehends, aber ist es wirklich der Stress oder etwas ... Magisches? Und wessen Schuld ist es? Können Lily und die PUB herausfinden, was vor sich geht, oder wird Olivia für Jahre ins Gefängnis wandern oder sogar sterben, weil ihr die Zeit davonläuft?

Writer and journalist Greg Shaw brings us his first collection of poems just in time for his 60th birthday. Shaw's poetry is built on the memory of sadness and humor, despair and hope. Places-an airplane seat, an interstate highway, a cold urban street, an enveloping forest, a warm bed-stir the poetic senses. The trajectory of these places may begin with grief or awe, but the narrative progresses upward, toward humor and hope.Nature and technology are often the inspiration. Shaw's influences can be found in fellow Oklahomans Ron Padgett and Joy Harjo and the poetry of Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, and Billy Collins.

Betty Lou has been writing poetry her entire life. She currently works out of her studio in Woodbury, Connecticut that she calls Poet's Portal. Her poetry is close to the bone. She recently participated in an event in celebration of Darwin's 200th anniversary that featured photos that inspired the poems in this collection.

The family that slays together, stays together.The Hunters appear to be the textbook definition of a perfect family leading a charmed life. When the enigmatic Olivia West befriends teenage daughter Eliza, Olivia becomes one of the family-an "honorary Hunter."Here's what they don't know about Olivia: she's planning a murder. And whether they like it or not, every member of this family is going to become an accomplice.And here's what Olivia doesn't know about the Hunters: they've killed before. And if Olivia threatens their reputation, they will absolutely kill again.

The transit of Venus, in which Venus passes between the Earth and the Sun, occurs in couplets eight years apart. These couplets don't return for another century. If you miss them, you miss them forever.In 1760, astronomer Matthew Sangster leaves his family in Dublin to observe the transit of Venus from India. Despite vowing to return within three years, Matthew's journey is perilous. Delayed by events at sea, the deserts of Arabia, and the Seven Years' War, he misses the first transit.To salvage his career, he decides to wait in India until Venus returns. Matthew spends the next eight years attempting to survive in a world beyond his understanding. As empires collide around him, the heavens move slowly above. All the while, he struggles with doubt, temptation, and a vengeful warlord intent on killing him.With Venus drawing closer, Matthew's options are to succeed in his task, or return to his family with nothing.

Rashad, a high school senior, builds a machine which allows he and his friends to visit their heroes wherever they're at. As they travel about learning life lessons, a sinister acquaintance from their past threatens to destroy their futures.

When God created the world, he sent an angel to spread the souls of fools evenly across the earth. Unfortunately, the angel tripped. As a result, the town of Chelm became home to the world's most densely concentrated nonsense. Though most stories about Chelm are Jewish, Tales of the Chelm First Ward follows a group of locals who recently became Latter-day Saints.The thirty-two stories in this collection offer glimpses into the Chelm ward's uniquely Mormon illogic. Fruma Selig hears it's important for her daughters to marry in the church and worries when one insists instead on getting married in the temple. Heshel is so hungry one fast Sunday that it's hard to calculate what he owes the Lord. Shmuel Peretz knows that eight is the age of accountability and doesn't want to waste any last free chances to sin before his birthday. Through a large cast of equally misguided but mostly likeable characters, captured in accompanying art by David Habben, Tales of the Chelm First Ward pays tribute to the everyday absurdities that come with a community of faith.

Explore the world of "Fresh Burnt Laundry" by Timothy Smith, a captivating story that takes you into the challenging life of prison. In this tale, Smith skillfully tells a story that goes beyond the jail cell, uncovering the tough realities of society's problems and the strong spirit that can emerge when facing tough times.In "Fresh Burnt Laundry," Smith looks deeply into the details of life behind bars, revealing the harsh reality within prison walls. Follow unforgettable characters as they go through the ups and downs, build friendships, and face heartbreaking moments that shape their lives. Smith's storytelling vividly paints a world where every decision matters, and the past echoes in the present.This story isn't just entertainment; it's like a mirror reflecting the complicated relationship between justice, redemption, and what it means to be human. Are you ready to face the challenges that exist behind the bars, or would you rather stay unaware? The decision is yours. However, within the pages of "Fresh Burnt Laundry," the real truth is there for those brave enough to look. Get ready to uncover the secrets hidden within the folds of fresh burnt laundry as you follow the twists and turns of this engaging narrative.

After testifying against her husband in a harrowing human trafficking case, Julia Becker is thrust into the secluded world of Witness Protection. Faced with a future in isolation, she manages a daring escape, seeking refuge in a quaint small town in South Carolina's lowcountry. But rather than the serene haven she'd envisioned, Julia stumbles upon a new kind of peril.Will Darby is his own worst enemy. His anger management issues have gotten him into a world of trouble that could land him in prison for life. He's under investigation for the tragic boating accident that claimed his wife's life. His in-laws are seeking custody of his two young daughters. And an independent journalist is determined to tarnish his reputation. Amidst the chaos, he befriends an intriguing young woman who is grappling with her own shadows. She holds the power to either alleviate his legal troubles or become his damning witness.

Flavio Luca shut down his mob operations with little hesitation after his visit with the lady in the red dress. He became a recluse, spending the rest of his days in the mountain side, painting the most exquisite and fiery portraits of his lost love. Of course, the wounds inflicted upon him by his loathsome father never fully healed but stood as a reminder of the man Flavio could never become.Chataluma's appetite for violence and decay eroded, with men and women sick and tired of losing their children to the mercy of a decadent and narcissistic culture of materialism and unaddressed fear.The cause of the strife, violence, and chaos inflicted upon the city by its own creation was never known. Nero was lost in the vastness of time, a puppeteer of chaos in an enigmatic period. Her name merely a fable taught to children for centuries to come, a warning to societies retreating from compassion.

1939, India. Gently kissing her child, Bindu reaches into her pot of powder and touches her finger to the baby's forehead. She tries to hide her tears behind her sari as she hands her daughter into a stranger's arms, wondering if she will ever see her again... Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Bindu is desperately lonely. Before her wedding, she was a highly sought-after cook and although she is not allowed into the kitchen in her new house, she can still taste chilli on her tongue and remember the feel of ground turmeric on her fingers. She finds solace in writing recipes and creating new spice mixes, hoping to pass them down to her unborn child. But when her jealous husband finds out, he confines Bindu to her room alone. As she goes into labour, Bindu is trapped and desperately afraid for her child's life. Even a recipe cannot rescue her this time. Will she and her baby find a way to survive? 1990, London. Eve's most treasured gift from her beloved adopted father was a hand-written Indian recipe book. Grieving his death, she begins to grind and mix the spices penned so carefully in the recipes. Do the crumbling pages hold the key to uncovering the secrets of her past? Her father never spoke of her birth mother, finding it too painful to talk about his time in India. But now he's gone, Eve is desperate to understand where she comes from. Will finding her birth family, lost for so long, help Eve to find her place in the world, or will it tear her apart? The Spice Maker's Secret is an utterly unforgettable and heartbreaking story about love, betrayal and one woman's extraordinary sacrifice. Fans of The Henna Artist, The Beekeeper of Aleppo and The Storyteller's Secret will be utterly hooked. What readers are saying about Renita D'Silva: ¿¿¿¿¿ 'OMG... The story takes on an unexpected, shocking twist... Ended up with tears running down my cheeks... That ending (WOW!) will remain imprinted on my mind for many years... I really enjoyed this book... Simply fantastic!!... Highly recommended!!' Relax and Read Reviews 'LOVE LOVE LOVED this fabulous novel... I couldn't put it down... Stunning and beautifully written... Highly recommended.' NetGalley reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿ 'I was completely mesmerised by this entire story and I read the whole book on my flight... Heartbreaking and compelling... I loved every minute.' Stacy is Reading ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Brilliant... I was fully immersed... I flew through the pages and I didn't want it to end... I loved every page' Donna's Book Blog ¿¿¿¿¿ 'WOW... I was hooked!... Easy FIVE STAR READ!?? I was hooked from the very first page and I couldn't turn them quick enough! Amazing, unique, stunning.' @oh.happy.readin'BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND EMOTIONALLY GRIPPING... Just took my breath away!... I shed a little tear... Amazing!' Goodreads reviewer

These five short stories show us that Pearse was a man of deep understanding with immense human awareness of the way of life of the average person.

Seamus O'Kelly's mastery of the short story is evident in this seven-story collection, showcasing his aptitude for creating rich atmosphere and motion. The collection reveals O'Kelly's versatile portrayal of Irish life.

When Kasper is seven, his mother steals him away from London and takes him to India. His new life is dream-like: no formal education, the freedom to explore, and the mascot-like status the spiritual community confers on him. Then one day his mother is gone and Kasper must find his own path. Liftman is about the search for home, belonging, identity and truth.

I'd learned pretty quickly that the only person you can depend on is yourself. But when I awake alone, in a city enveloped in mist, I find myself frantically searching for anyone who can help. Desperate to escape my new reality, I'm forced to overcome challenges I never could have imagined. As I struggle to stop a murderer from a place beyond the physical world, I slowly learn the value of letting the right people into your life. With the help of a selfless twelve-year-old and an amateur sleuth I can't seem to tear myself away from, I only hope that I can do what needs to be done before it's too late. The Pale: Diary of the dead is J.McDonald's debut novel. Leveraging a unique writing style developed over shorter works and Master's thesis piece, this author's works explore the concept of what matters most about a person while sending readers on a thrilling ride.

2024 Reprint of the 1947 Edition. Decline and Fall is Waugh's first novel published in 1928. It is based, in part, on Waugh's schooldays at Lancing College, undergraduate years at Hertford College, Oxford, and his experience as a teacher at Arnold House in north Wales. It is a social satire that employs the author's characteristic black humour in lampooning various features of British society in the 1920s.Reviews"Irresistible....One of Waugh's best."¿New York Times Book Review"A savagely comic masterpiece."¿Times Literary Supplement"A world of anarchic fantasy, floodlit with a bland, devastating brilliance....Waugh's people were of two classes, both of whom he knew intimately: the giddy rich and adventurers of vast caddishness....The characters reeled their lunatic way, with sublime insouciance or sublime rascality, through a harlequinade ending in gruesome but hilarious calamity."¿Charles J. Rolo, Atlantic Monthly"Decline and Fall is that all-too-rare phenomenon, a good nonsense novel. Its author has had the happy inspiration to take nothing seriously, and least of all himself. The result is a book which makes more sense than most."¿T.S. Matthews, The New Republic"Surely one of the finest satirical novels of our time, in whcih uplift, religion, romance, and personal animus do not dissipate the satiric intention."¿Ernest Jones, The Nation

In the rugged expanse of West Texas, a timeless tale of love, loyalty, deception, and redemption unfolds against the backdrop of the early 1900s Texas Panhandle. Meet Trent Sanderson, a man as striking as the untamed landscapes he commands, dedicated to his sprawling ranch and the loyal cowboys who tend to it. Within the bounds of the ranch, respect is earned, and trust is sacred-except when it comes to the women in his life.Helen, once a vibrant spirit, now confined to a wheelchair, will do anything to protect Trent from unsuitable, money-hungry women, even if it means weaving a web of lies.Flossy seeks to ensnare Trent in her web of desire. But when her intentions turn to marriage, Helen's lies spiral out of control.Sassy, a sweet young woman with a secret past, resorts to deceit when Trent questions her about his personal life. Her prayers for forgiveness echo through the vast prairie.Patsy, the pretty teacher, and Angel, Trent's younger sister, also harbor secrets, further complicating the tangled web of deception that surrounds Trent.Trent's world is shaken in the wake of a devastating tornado, testing the limits of his strength and love. As he faces the aftermath, he questions his own feelings and seeks the elusive truth of genuine love. As secrets unravel and hearts collide, Trent's journey toward authenticity takes center stage as honor clashes with love.Publisher's Note: Readers who savor heartfelt tales of life, faith, and romance will not want to miss this endearing series set in early 1900s West Texas, where the struggles and joys of a bygone era come to life.Hearts of Texas SeriesThe Widow Jane ParkerThe River RiderThe Twelve Mile SchoolHonor Versus Lies

In Angel, the life of a slave owner and his family, as well as their slaves, is explored through the story of a genius slave named Angel. Appointed as overseer of the plantation in her teenage years, Angel's ideas bring great success to the slave owner and turn him into a multimillionaire. However, when the Civil War sweeps through the plantation, the owner and his family are killed. After the war, Angel uses the owner's gold to support 116 former slave families until law and order is restored in Mississippi. She builds a school for the slaves and attends to their medical and dental needs, eventually purchasing land for them to become sharecroppers. Follow Angel's journey as she works to create a thriving utopia at the plantation, called Richmond Crest, and see what the future holds for her and the community she has built.

As World War II sweeps over Europe, nine-year-old Danielle ("Dani") Loesseps escapes from Latvia under the protection of the Dutch consul. Her Jewish mother, the consul's secretary, is tragically left behind at the end of a momentous year which sees a heroic scheme to save refugees from the Nazis, the blossoming of a secret love, and an unhappy woman's revenge. The consul's young daughter Berta Vandercam also grows up in the shadow of the war and strives to understand why her father never speaks about their time in Riga. Memories of the Riga consulate and questions about what happened there haunt the survivors as they remake their lives in the postwar world.

When his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist reluctantly returns to his New Hampshire hometown – and all the ghosts he left behind.Fans of Andrew Sean Greer, Bryan Washington, and Jonathan Tropper will adore this outrageously funny, deeply touching, buoyant novel from the award-winning author of Leave Myself Behind.As it turns out, you can go home again. But sometimes, you really, really don’t want to . . . Home, for Noah York, is Oakland, New Hampshire, the sleepy little town where Noah’s mother, Virginia, had a psychotic breakdown and Noah got beaten to a pulp as a teenager. Then there were the good times—and Noah’s not sure which ones are more painful to recall.Now thirty-seven and eking out a living as an artist in Providence, Rhode Island, Noah looks much the same—and swears just as colorfully—as he did in high school. Virginia has become a wildly successful poet who made him the subject of her most famous poem, “The Lost Soul,” a label Noah will never live down. And J.D., the one who got away—because Noah stupidly drove him away—is in a loving marriage with a successful, attractive man whom Noah despises wholeheartedly.Is it any surprise Noah wishes he could ignore his mother’s summons to come visit?But Virginia has shattering news to deliver, and a request he can’t refuse. Soon, Noah will track down the sister and extended family he never knew existed, try to keep his kleptomaniac cousin out of jail, feud with a belligerent neighbor, confront J.D.’s jealous husband—and face J.D. himself, the ache from Noah’s past that never fades. . . . All the while, contending with his brilliant, unpredictable mother.

Daniel wants to become a lawyer to right the wrongs he believes have been inflicted on his people by the white colonisers. His schoolteacher convinces him that he can arrange a university education. Instead, he is abducted and is trained as a terrorist. He returns to his country and uses his skills to fight the invaders of his land.Peter fulfils his ambition to be a pilot, flying a combat helicopter against the country's enemies who are seeking to overthrow the government. Often flying into action with only a Perspex windscreen to protect him, he has to learn to control his fear.This is the story of boys forced into different sides of a war, pawns of the architects of the conflict, Cecil Rhodes, Robert Mugabe and other nationalists, Ian Smith the Rhodesian Prime Minister, and his nemesis, British PM Harold Wilson.As the two become men and seek their destinies, they become adversaries in an unconventional conflict that causes significant loss of life and injuries, untold misery, and results in the devastation of a country once described as 'Africa's bread basket,' and which became 'Africa's basket case.'The terrorist and the pilot meet several times on opposing sides of the Rhodesian Bush War determined to prevail.On one side, a terrorist skilled in terrorising the population using hit and run tactics. On the other, a highly skilled pilot flying a highly manoeuvrable aircraft with significant speed, armament, and height advantages.Can there be any winners in this conflict?