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During the kissing season, one kiss from Remy or her older sister Maggie will give the boy—or girl—good luck. Or so it has been for all the Holloway girls before. But this year, Remy's first season, she doesn't follow the rules, dooming the boy she kisses to bad luck that almost kills him and leaving Remy with a cursed kissing season. Now Remy is adamant about keeping her lips to herself. But the new boy in town is making it hard to keep her promise. Especially because he seems to really want to get to know her, and isn't just using her for the Holloway luck.

Lily has tapped in to a timeless purity of childhood that can't help but warm your heart. Her poems are honest, original, and evocative. This is the experience of life for a young girl growing up in England, expressed with such charm.

Secret agents Samuel and Mehrnaz are back in a new supernatural adventure in the ancient world! Imperial spymaster Croesus is sending his top team to Greece on a personal assignment: find out why the Oracle of Delphi betrayed him and how it engineered the death of his son and heir. But to reach Delphi, Samuel and Mehrnaz will first have to fight myth-obsessed pirates, charm a ship of women smugglers, wrestle Spartans in a death match, and outwit amorous Athenians. And at the Oracle, they must face their true opponents.

In The Persistent Penguin Bedtime Stories for Kids, you will find stories that will stimulate your child´s imagination and take their creativity to another level.

Does your child have trouble falling asleep? Doesn't let you sleep at night? Would you like your boy or girl to learn important values? If the answers are yes, then this fantastic audiobook is perfect for you.

Kristy Piper finally achieved her lifelong dream of moving to paradise when she took a job in Hawaii as the Aloha Lagoon resort wedding planner on the gorgeous island of Kauai. Sun, surf, sandy beaches, and glowing brides...what could possibly go wrong?

In the collection of The Patient Panther Bedtime Stories for Kids, you will find stories that will stimulate your child’s imagination and take their creativity to another level.

In The Positive Panda Bedtime Stories Collection for Kids, you will find stories that will stimulate your child’s imagination, taking their creativity to another level.

Fourteen-year-old Jillian has no idea who her dad is but uses her banishment from summer parties in Toronto to isolation in Banff National Park to track him down. But it’s not easy. A reclusive log cabin, a grumpy aunt, few trips to civilization and seriously—no cell phone reception?

Seventeen-year-old Natalie feels like a stranger to herself. Since her dad’s death, she’s withdrawn from her mom, and her best friend Marisa hardly recognizes her. She loses her job. She’s failing half her classes. But Nat doesn’t ask for help, doesn’t want to burden anyone. Instead, she retreats to an off-limits riverside forest—known as the Acres—where she snaps photos and makes sketches, seeking peace. But one night, this peace is shattered by the nightmare of a lifetime. A young woman is shrouded in a tarp. Dead.

MacKenzie Hamilton has the unique ability to see letters and numbers in colors. Her synesthesia seemed almost useless until she decided to start categorizing people based on their names’ color combinations. For instance, her parents’ names are pretty, so they’re destined to reconcile. And David Shaw, the boy next door, has an ugly name, so of course, she had to push him away. For three years, she’s lived with a false sense of security until senior year, when her color theory is put to the test in the worst way possible.

My fated mate and I are running out of time. The man who rejected me wants another chance, but before we can commit to anything, we have to evade the bounty hunters after us and find a way to keep from destroying one another. Hex's former bounty hunting coven has made catching Arsen and me their priority job. Our rare twin flame blood is in high demand among black market magic types. The bond we've forged gives us strength while also threatening to break under the pressure. Hex is doing what he can to help us stay balanced, but all he can do is try to buy us time.

Franny Steinberg knows there’s powerful magic in laughter. She’s witnessed it. With the men of Chicago off fighting WWII on distant shores, Franny has watched the women of the city taking charge of the war effort. But amidst the war bond sales and factory shifts, something surprising has emerged, something Franny could never have expected. A new marvel that has women flocking to comedy clubs across the nation: the Showstopper.

All Lola wants is to be a STAR! All Issy wants is to be left alone, thank you very much. All Cass wants is to play her drums and for everyone to get along, if it isn't too much trouble. This doesn't seem at all likely when Lola secretly decides to do something which, at best, can only be described as unexpected: entering them into SongStarz, the television show, and heading them down a path that feels, to Issy, rather like an out-of-control juggernaut with no brakes. Even if they can break out of the high-security military base where they live, will Issy be able to do what Lola wants?

Bella watches as all the puppies in her litter are adopted until she is the only one left. When other animals in the shelter pick on her, Bella hopes that the perfect owner will come for her one day. Will Bella find her forever home? Find out in this fun, sweet story which shows the importance of believing in yourself and never giving up.

In seinem Buch "The Prophet" offenbart uns Kahlil Gibran zeitlose, universelle Lebensweisheiten, die auch heute noch im 21.Jahrhundert bemerkenswert zutreffend sind. Lily de Silva hat hiervon 18 Gleichnisse neu aus dem englischen Originaltext übersetzt und teilweise behutsam dem heutigen Sprachgebrauch angeglichen, um sie verständlicher zu machen. Kahlil Gibran wurde 1883 in Bisharri im Libanon geboren, doch noch während seiner Jugendzeit immigrierte seine Familie mit ihm nach Boston in Amerika, wo er dann im Jahr 1923 sein Buch "The Prophet" in englischer Sprache veröffentlichte.

The man who rejected me, my twin flame and fated mate, is locked up and losing his mind. Why do I care? Because our souls are entwined. If he goes down, he takes me with him, only I can free Arsen, and only if I'm willing to strike a sinister deal to spring him. In exchange for his freedom, we must agree to take on a deadly task only we can pull off together. Between the trouble caused by Ash's brother, the secrets Hex is keeping, and Rogue's growing lust for my blood, I'm losing a lot of sleep. Unfortunately, Arsen is a vicious mess, and there's no reasoning with a dragon gone mad.

På Hemmet bredvid ån bor det en hel hög med människor. Översten, överstinnan som inte är hans, prostparet, fröken Johansson, docenten - ja, listan kan göras lång. Och ingen av dem har egentligen valt att bo med sina korridorsgrannar. Vad för livshistorier är det som gömmer sig bakom dörrarna? Rykten sprider sig så lätt. Frågan är bara vad som är sant. Föreståndarinnan Syster Sofia får knappt en lugn stund. Det börjar med att fröken Johansson får ett nervöst sammanbrott och inbillar sig att Herren själv besökt hennes rum.

Seriemördare - en person som mördar minst tre personer vid olika avgränsande tillfällen. Motivationen är så gott som alltid ett sökande efter psykologisk tillfredställelse. Så vad är det Ibrahim försöker uppnå när han kallblodigt mördar två personer i Stockholm? Vad är motivet? Vad är kopplingen mellan offren? Polisen jobbar hårt för att hitta honom så rättvisa kan skapas, och när en tredje person faller offer för Ibrahim blir jakten alltmer brådskande.

I februari 2010 i Värnamo hittar en granne Gerd Kveldstads hund springandes ute på gatan. Han följer hunden hem och hittar Gerds vuxna dotter Martina sovandes på köksgolvet, tydligt drogpåverkad. Morsan sitter på toaletten och sover säger hon, men när grannen går in till toaletten finner han Gerd upphängd i tvättstället, död. Martina tas snart in på förhör, och under förundersökningarna börjar polisen misstänka att Martina även ligger bakom en annan kvinnas död några månader tidigare.