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Eighteen-year old Lexie Woods was sent in a cruise to Bahamas to celebrate her brother's 25th birthday. The cruise ship wrecked and went underwater fast; separating Lexie and her brother Billy forever. Lexie found herself inside one of the three life boats that were tied together. The twenty four survivors were taken to the shores of a beautiful island, and they all felt lucky to have found such paradise. To their horror, they soon learned it was a “Werewolf Island” and the fight for survival began!

Marisol Guzman has deferred college for a year to accomplish two things: She will write a novel and she will fall in love. How hard could that be? She gets her very own apartment (with her high school best friend as roommate) and a waitressing job at a classic Harvard Square coffeehouse. When she enrolls in an adult education class - "How to Write Your First Novel" - there are two big surprises waiting for her.

April is a seventeen-year-old girl who lives in the remains of Las Vegas one year after the outbreak. She has become a ferocious vampire killer and after her family is abducted, she goes searching for them. What she finds is a new breed of vampire, unlike any she has seen before. Unsure of whom she can trust, she discovers that her view of the world is not as black and white as she once thought, and she's willing to bend the rules to rescue her family.

Liberty Thomas is a young girl who, for most of her life, has been abused by her parents and two neighborhood kids who enjoy picking on her. The only ones who show her love are her aunt, Rosemary, and a boy she meets in the woods one day. With God's and their help, love, and encouragement, she stays strong throughout the eight years of torture. She proves that she can rise above her circumstances and come out stronger than before.

When her daughters are born deaf, Rosner is stunned. Then she discovers a hidden history of deafness in her family, going back generations to the Jewish enclaves of Eastern Europe. Traveling back in time, she imagines her silent relatives, who showed surprising creativity in dealing with a world that preferred to ignore them. Rosner shares her journey into the modern world of deafness, and the controversial decisions she and her husband have made about hearing aids, cochlear implants, and sign language.

In this entertaining anthology of seven new ghost stories, written especially for Naxos AudioBooks, we meet all kinds of phantoms in different situations: a kind-hearted but accident-prone spectre unwittingly upsetting a family home, as well as ghosts in ancient Egypt, on board a pirate ship, and in a Newcastle swimming pool. Engaging and slightly sinister, The Clumsy Ghost and Other Spooky Tales is a delightful shiver for all the family.

Meet Christy. She's all about Palouse. She was born in the town of Palouse, in the Palouse region of Washington State. Her family name is Palus, and her father is a descendant of the Palouse tribe. Watered down to a few drops. Still, it's something she is proud of. If someone had told her that she will become a predatory lender, betray her best friend, fall in love with a thief, and help her bosses bust up the bank she works for, she would have laughed out loud.

In the coffee-growing highlands of Ethiopia, an Italian scientist on a plant-collecting expedition discovers a local medicine man dispensing an apparent cure for AIDS. As the medicine man’s teenage daughter reveals the plants behind the cure, their lives become irrevocably intertwined. Through These Veins weaves together the dramatically different worlds of traditional healing, U.S. government funded AIDS research, and the pharmaceutical industry in an intensely personal, fast-paced tale of scientific intrigue and love, with both devastating and hopeful effect.

Classic Poems for Girls is a collection of over 25 funny, whimsical and moving poems for 5- to 10-year olds, designed to fuel the imagination. From the adventures of the Jumblies, who sail away in a sieve; to the sticky end of a girl named Matilda; to the courtship of a maiden who lived long ago, in a kingdom by the sea, there’s a poem to suit any feeling or mood. Seasoned Naxos AudioBooks readers Laura Paton, Anne-Marie Piazza, Benjamin Soames and Roy McMillan work their magic on the works of Edward Lear, Louisa May Alcott, Christina Rossetti, and many more.

I H.C. Andersens kunsteventyr "Tommelise" møder vi først en barnløs kvinde, der så inderligt ønsker sig et barn, at hun opsøger en heks for at få hjælp. Heksen giver kvinden et korn, som hun skal passe godt på. Kornet spirer og bliver til en smuk blomst. En dag åbner blomstens knop sig og ud kommer pigen Tommelise, der er så lille, at hun kan sejle på en åkande og sove i en nøddeskal. Mange ønsker at eje den lille og fine Tommelise, men hun er, på trods af sin størrelse, et væsen med ret til at være sig selv, og den ret må hun kæmpe for på sin videre færd i livet.

24 reformramte danskere skriver om deres møde med beskæftigelsessystemet og om de konsekvenser, mødet har haft for deres hverdag, deres familie og deres liv i det hele taget. Bogen er en samling af meget personlige beretninger af mennesker, der føler sig klemt i arbejdsmarkedssystemet. Om magtesløshed, kampen mod systemet og oplevelsen af ikke at blive hørt og få den rette hjælp. Forsidefoto: Eric Ward, Unsplash Næstehjælperne, Jobcentrets Ofre og Alternativet er gået sammen om at bringe en række fortællinger fra det danske kontanthjælpssystem og de mennesker, der lever i det.

1948. Lorsque Françoise, 17 ans, douée pour les études, se voit refuser la possibilité de suivre son cours classique pour accéder à l’université, elle se rebelle. Lasse d’une vie choisie par ses parents, elle succombe aux avances de Léopold Daumais, un intrigant célibataire de 35 ans. D’abord destinée à défier sa mère, cette relation se transforme pourtant en un amour passionné. Puis, survient la grande demande. C’est là que tout se gâte.

Hélène s'est difficilement remise du décès d'Étienne et, depuis cette épreuve, elle a renoncé à l'amour. Elle est donc la première surprise d'éprouver une attirance envers Gabriel Delisle, un client qui la consulte pour une cause de divorce. Question d'éthique professionnelle, Hélène et Gabriel choisissent d'attendre la fin des procédures pour laisser libre cours à leur amour naissant. Mais le jour où ils peuvent enfin vivre leur idylle, voilà qu'un terrible obstacle les sépare et jette une ombre sur leur nouvelle relation.

"Il y a dans son regard de la compassion, celle des chevaux qui voient les pauvres hommes aller d'une comédie à l'autre." Ils s'appellent Zingaro, Chaparro, Lautrec, Le Caravage... L'un fut sauvé in extremis de l'abattoir, un autre légué par un torero en déroute, un autre encore, racheté pour une poignée de pesetas à un maquignon véreux. Ces chevaux ont marqué la vie de Bartabas, célèbre fondateur du théâtre Zingaro. Grâce à leur complicité naturelle, il est devenu un écuyer d'exception, réalisant des prouesses qu'aucun artiste n'avait accomplies avant lui.

Il y a soixante ans, le 25 novembre 1959, disparaissait Gérard Philipe. Il avait trente-six ans. Juste avant sa mort, ignorant la gravité de son mal, il annotait encore des tragédies grecques, rêvait d’incarner Hamlet et se préparait à devenir, au cinéma, l’Edmond Dantès du Comte de Monte-Cristo. C’est qu’il croyait avoir la vie devant lui. Du dernier été à Ramatuelle au dernier hiver parisien, semaine après semaine, jour après jour, l’acteur le plus accompli de sa génération se préparait, en vérité, à son plus grand rôle, celui d’un éternel jeune homme.

New to town and a little rough around the edges, Detective Rachel Ryder finds herself on the receiving end of a suspicious person’s call in Hamby, Georgia. When the call turns out to be a dead body, the medical examiner is quick to rule the death a suicide. But was it something more sinister? Everyone in the small department believes the case is closed - except for Rachel.

Christmas has never been more wicked.... The Earl of Edgemore, Blake Fox, does as he pleases and he would not dream of apologizing for it. His only weak spot is his sister, Lady Minerva. Little does he know the minx has matchmaking on her mind and Christmas provides the perfect opportunity. Does Blake stand a chance against his meddlesome sister, mistletoe, and Christmas magic?

With her quest for revenge mapped out, Ayla St. John persuades the irresistible vampire Kellan to accompany her to where her target is hiding. However, the incident, and what follows after, goes horribly wrong for both Ayla and Kellan. As her connection with Kellan heats up to scorching levels, she realizes it’s time she finds out what the elusive vampire is hiding. What she eventually learns about his horrific past will shake the very foundation of everything she thought she knew about him and his association with Linden.

A wealthy shut-in is found murdered in his mansion. Five other people were in the lavish home at the time of the crime—one of whom had motive enough to kill. And Detective Rachel Ryder is determined to discover who. But the more she and partner Rob Bishop learn about the wealthy and unsociable victim, the harder it becomes to narrow down the suspect list. Frustrated, the investigators refuse to allow anyone to leave, until the culprit is unmasked.

Welcome to the world of Battle Scars, an exclusive collective of divorced women who've turned their pain into power as successful businesswomen. But when new member Veronica St. James faces a terrifying home invasion and ominous threats, the group's solidarity is put to the ultimate test.