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The crowd sways to the melodic strumming of a bossa nova guitarist. A vocalist belts out lyrics that blend English and Spanish. These are the sounds of Latin music. Before Latin music exploded into the mainstream in the 1990s, it was on the sidelines of American pop. Ritchie Valens fused Latin dance music with rock. Julio Iglesias popularized Latin ballads in the United States. And Gloria Estefan was the first crossover artist. But after Ricky Martin's "Livin' la Vida Loca" exploded onto the pop scene in 1999, Latin music took center stage.

Exiled from the lands of Everfell, Quinn the empath tries to make a life for herself in the islands of Sha'sek - but no matter where she goes, she cannot escape what she was born to be. The Sea of Sighs will awaken an ability in Quinn that even her father had not anticipated. As the powers of the two kingdoms gather, each will want to use Quinn for its own purposes. If Quinn wants peace, she will have to fight for it.

In the last book of the Jack Templar series, Jack and his friends race to stop Ren Lucre before he launches this Creach army against humankind. But the Lord of the Lesser Creach and the Lord of the Zombies hold the last two Jerusalem Stones Jack needs to have any chance of success. To make matters worse, the Oracle predicts that one of their group will die in the upcoming fight, and Jack discovers betrayal among those he trusts most.

Can a boy who doesn't exist love a real girl? How about a girl who does exist, can she love a pretend boy? Download and listen to find out.

Er sollte sie trainieren... und ihr nicht den Limettensaft von den Lippen küssen! Schon den ganzen Sommer lang träumt Liza Matthews davon, dass Tony, ihr bester Freund und Star-Spieler des Highschool Fußball-Teams, sie endlich küssen würde. Doch als er schließlich aus dem Trainingslager zurückkommt, stellt Liza mit Entsetzen fest, dass die Dinge zwischen ihnen nicht mehr so sind wie früher. Ein neues Mädchen steht auf dem Spielfeld, das plötzlich seine verliebten Blicke erhält! Liza hasst Fußball, doch um ihre Liebe zurückzugewinnen, lässt auch sie sich für das gemischte Team aufstellen.

Rachel Griffin has one goal. She wants to know everything. Arriving at Roanoke Academy in the Hudson Highlands, Rachel discovers that her perfect memory has an unexpected side effect. With it, she can see through the enchantment that sorcerers use to hide their secrets. But even her perfect recollection does not help her when she finds a strange statue in the forest—a statue of a woman with wings. Nowhere in the arcane tomes of the Wise nor in the dictionary and encyclopedia of the non-magic-using Unwary can she find mention of such a creature.

Keith's mother is dead, but that doesn't mean she's stopped trying to help him turn his life around. His dad, however, doesn't see any reason he or Keith should stop drinking or using drugs. Ashley and her two best friends have never known real love. When the girls make a road trip into a larger city near their home on the Oklahoma plains, they stumble upon a book at an estate sale that might be the answer to their romantic problems.

One of the magical flower Kin, Prince Sels has a terrible problem - he has no magic. Forced by his mother to tour the Empire in search of his magical bonded, Sels is terrified of what will happen if he returns home empty-handed.

The Colonial Scouts are an elite group of explorers who seek out habitable planets for the Colonial Expansion Board. They travel through space via programmable wormholes. Impani, a brilliant girl with a dark past, dreams of escaping the streets by becoming a Scout. Because she is homeless, she feels she must study twice as hard to get into the program. The day before her final exam, however, a transporter malfunction sends her jumping uncontrollably from planet to planet.

Was ist ein Mädchen, das fast zwölf Jahre alt ist? Nicht Fisch noch Vogel. Nina, Kennzeichen: Sommersprossen, rote Zottelhaare und endlos lange Beine, steckt gerade mittendrin in allen möglichen Veränderungen. Nina und Heidi sind die besten Freunde seit Schulanfang, aber in der fünften Klasse fängt sich alles an zu verändern. Heidi hat sich im Urlaub in Ørjan verliebt und ihn sogar geküsst! Ganz schön aufregend ist es, was sich da so tut - bei ihr selbst, in der Schule, mit der besten Freundin und in der Liebe!

Quinn is an empath; but if anyone finds out, she will be killed. Her father Baron Sammah has used her abilities to fortify his position in the court at the royal city of Everfell. As Quinn starts to question Sammah's motives, the young Lord Eden arrives at the court, and Quinn's life is turned upside down. As Sammah begins to make his move on the crown he has coveted for so long, he threatens to expose Quinn for the outsider she is. Can Quinn stop Sammah before he closes his fist around the Everfell crown, without losing her love - or her life?

When 10-year-old Lara Demming discovers her next-door neighbor is a witch, she is initially horrified by the discovery. And then, she becomes curious what she can learn from Old Widow Holcomb.

Thirteen-year-old Boli and his friends are deep in the middle of a game of marbles. An older boy named Mosca has won the prized Devil's Fire marble. His pals are jealous and want to win it away from him. This is Izayoc, the place of tears, a small pueblo in a tiny valley west of Mexico City...

Some people bomb auditions. Sadie Ramirez throws up during her tryouts on TV show America's Top Talent. Her performance is so bad, it earns her a fairy godmother through the Magical Alliance's Pitiful Damsel Outreach Program. Enter Chrysanthemum Everstar: a gum-chewing, cell-phone-carrying, high-heel-wearing fairy godmother in training.

Eine Begegnung kann alles verändern... Ein Draufgänger, der sich von einem Risiko ins andere stürzt - das wäre der 19-jährige Aaron gerne. Stattdessen sitzt er seit seinem Nierenversagen fünfzehn Stunden pro Woche im Krankenhaus und erlebt Abenteuer nur im Kopf. Nia hingegen kann auf Abenteuer gut verzichten. Vor lauter Angst, ihre strengen Eltern zu enttäuschen, geht sie lieber gar keine Risiken mehr ein.

Never seen before private diary entries they don’t want you to know about. Peek into the mind of the making of a maverick, a window to the soul of an angry, young girl, who will come of age in a city on the verge of total annihilation.

Die Sommerferien sind vorbei und Cecilies Leben ein einziger Trümmerhaufen. Sie hat sich mit Julie und Helena zerstritten und von Kasper hat sie seit der Aktion im Freibad auch nichts mehr gehört. Doch zum Glück kann sie sich mit dem neuen Mädchen in der Klasse anfreunden. Anna haust mit ihrer Schwester in einer Gartenkolonie, trägt Lederjacken und ummalt sich die Augen mächtig schwarz. Als sich zudem herausstellt, dass Anna so einiges von Magie weiß, beschließt Cecilie ihr das Magische Buch zu zeigen.

I didn't know who I was. The official story was shipwreck, and, though I know there was more to it than that, I never asked. Life for me began eight years ago when my uncles fished me from the sea. Keeping me had meant one more blanket on a floor and one more plate on a table that had little enough to start with. I was quick to find ways to make up the difference. I had skills that helped me to pick my marks and contribute my share. I also had plenty to learn about life on the street.

Lenore Lee wants nothing more than to make new friends in her new town of Whitby, Yorkshire, and to forget about the disturbing dreams that hold her captive at night. But what she discovers in Whitby, might be even more disturbing than the dreams. Dreams which may hold the key to her survival in the hidden world of the supernatural.

Dwójka gimnazjalistów dziwnym zbiegiem okolicznosci trafia do swiata gier komputerowych. Przemierzaja te dziwna kraine, podzielona na rózne kategorie. Okazuje sie, ze w kazdej z nich panuja osobliwe prawa i idee. Kalina i Kaj, chcac sie wydostac z tej alternatywnej, zrozumialej tylko dla doroslych rzeczywistosci, musza stawic czola wszelkim przeciwnosciom. Spotkania z Ideami Zasciankowosci, Zaklamania, Nerwic, Biurokracji uswiadamiaja im, jak wiele traci pokolenie ich rodziców.