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An unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes. When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes, choosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls. Struggling to survive, Jim finally finds some friends...only to be snatched away and made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nick, constantly guarded by his vicious dog, Snipe. Will Jim ever manage to be free?

When the breakdown of her marriage leaves Sadie Turner a single mum, she vows that she will make it on her own. After all, why would a smart businesswoman with a PhD and the prospect of a life-changing deal on the horizon need a man? But Sadie's man-ban is tested to the limit when she travels to Monaco to meet her potential investor. There she encounters Mac, a rough and ready playboy billionaire who lives life in the fast lane. But Sadie's heart isn't the only thing on the line....

In this no-holds-barred collection of essays, prominent women authors, journalists and TV personalities explore the truth about becoming mothers. Covering topics from labour to the breastapo, twins to IVF, weaning to post-birth sex, and with writers including Cathy Kelly, Adele Parks, Kathy Lette and Lucy Porter and many more, Things I Wish I’d Known is a reassuring, moving and often hilarious collection that will speak to mothers - and mothers-to-be - everywhere.

If you love to curl up with Miranda Dickinson or The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes was your favourite, The Last Honeytrap will delight you with its rapidfire, irreverent humour. He's the man every woman wants. Private Investigator Florence Love is out to get him. Florence has ten days to meet, charm and entrap Scott 'Scat' Delaney. Whilst sticking to THE Cardinal Entrapment Rule:One kiss, with tongues, five seconds - case closed.

The story of a young mother who discovers old buried secrets as she goes through her mother's things, all whilst staying in a cottage that centuries before was a silk factory. A beautiful, eerie story of love and memory. If you try to pick up the pieces, sometimes that's when they fall into place. When young mother Rosie gets the news that her mother has died she decides to leave London and head back to her home village.

Wenn Sie ein persönliches Vorhaben verwirklichen oder ein Verhalten verändern möchten oder mehr innere Tiefe in Ihrem Leben erfahren möchten...

Wenn Sie sich kraftlos und erschöpft fühlen, gestresst sind, unter Nervosität, Unruhe, Schlaflosigkeit oder Konzentrationsstörungen leiden, dann können Sie bereits mit dem Üben der Grundstufe des Autogenen Trainings (AT) wieder neue Kraft und Energie schöpfen. Mit diesem Hörbuch finden Sie einen wirkungsvollen Einstieg in das AT. Alle Übungen werden kompetent und verständlich erklärt, sodass Sie auch als Anfänger, ohne Vorerfahrungen, die positiven Wirkungen direkt erleben werden.

Anton kann es gar nicht mehr erwarten, dass er in der Schule Rechnen und Schreiben lernt wie seine große Schwester Lena. Aber bis es so weit ist, gibt es für ihn noch viel Spannendes zu erleben: die Anmeldung an der Schule und eine kleine Führung durch die Klassenzimmer, den Ranzen kaufen und eine Schultüte basteln, und natürlich den sechsten Geburtstag feiern. Dann ist endlich der große Tag da. Für die kleinen Zuhörer gibt es wieder viele Lieder zum Mitsingen und viele Geräusche zum Entdecken.

Endlich: Das bestgehütete Geheimnis der Republik ist gelüftet. Wie geht es eigentlich bei Merkels zu Hause zu? Schon wieder keine Ravioli im Schrank? Und kein Rabatt beim Porto? Schon wieder dieser Seehofer in der Leitung? Und diese ständigen Fernreisen: NATO, UNO, Klimagipfel. Die bekannte Merkel-Imitatorin Antonia von Romatowski und Stefan Lehnberg zeigen in diesen wundervoll komischen Parodien, wie es Angela und Joachim tagtäglich ergeht zwischen Küche und Kanzleramt.

Anton und Lena verbringen mit ihren Eltern spannende Ferien an der Nordsee. Dabei lernen sie viele neue Geräusche kennen...

Vor fast zehn Jahren verwüstete das sogenannte Jahrhunderthochwasser weite Teile Mitteleuropas. Viele Menschen haben dabei viel verloren...

Arifa Akter ist 36 Jahre alt. Über 20 Jahre davon hat sie in Textilfabriken in Dhaka gearbeitet. Mit zehn Jahren fing sie als Helferin an, für etwa 3.30 Euro...

Weihnachten (und andere Katastrophen) bei den Merkels - Frohes Fest mit Angie und Joachim! Wie feiert man eigentlich Weihnachten bei Bundeskanzlers? Was hat es mit den teuflischen Plätzchen des Grauens auf sich? Und warum tauscht man seine Geschenke am besten schon vor Heiligabend um? Angela Merkel und ihr Joachim sind vielleicht nicht gerade die Experten für besinnliche Stimmung, aber irgendwie ziehen sie das schon durch - Gnadenlos!

When war photographer Jo returns from her latest assignment in Afghanistan and moves into the Brighton flat she's just inherited, she hopes to restore equilibrium to her chaotic life. But images and events of her recent past and the reading of her great-grandmother Elizabeth's diary haunt her night and day, forcing Jo to come to terms with demons she thought she could leave behind.

Your Soul Mate is out there! Let a past life lead the way…Rachael Jones is a 'past-life regressionist' and hopes to help her clients find their ‘Soul Mates’ through reconnecting them with their past lives. But when Rachael regresses her best friend, Susie Morris, she is haunted by events of her past life. So when Susie meets George Silbury, she is completely unprepared for the intense mutual attraction. Can George help Susie overcome her hauntings or will history repeat itself?

Adam and Rachel are getting married at last. Childhood sweethearts whose lives and families have been intertwined for years; theirs is set to be the wedding of the year. But then Rachel's cousin Ellie makes an unexpected return to the family fold. As the long-awaited wedding approaches, Adam is torn between duty and temptation, security and freedom, and must make a choice that will break either one heart, or many.

Neither Jon nor Alice feels like they are getting enough and the frustration is tangible. If the other can’t help then who can? Best friends? Colleagues? The corner shop/kebab house owner? Fighting for the remote are Jon and Alice, a twenty-something couple living together in London. Alice enjoys socialising; Jon hates meeting people. While Alice is climbing her career ladder, Jon is quite content on the bottom rung of his.

As a dark evening draws in, the lives of three women are changed forever. The worlds they have been living in, the people they thought they knew - in an instant it all changes. But when everything seems to shatter around them, could three little words be enough to help put the pieces back together again?

I remember when we used to have a life and not just a "Lovefilm" account" Jon and Alice’s latest dinner party attempt results in some guests glad to get away. Alice is nostalgic for the past, but realises some things have always been the same.

When Anna Hunt takes a break from her job to live in Peru, none of her friends take her seriously. With a love of stilettos, chocolate, and Sauvignon Blanc, how will she manage in a developing country? Anna's quest takes her from the wilderness of the Amazon jungle, to a passionate affair with Maximo Morales, a seductive and charismatic shaman who offers her the opportunity to become his apprentice…