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Keely does what any girl would do once she starts to have fantasies about Caiden, her best friend since kindergarten. She represses them and starts dating Ted, the attractive man who shows up at the 24-hour restaurant where she bartends and serves coffee. Things go well until Caiden breaks up with his girlfriend and leans on Keely for support. One night under the influence and a bad decision later, and their friendship as they knew it is in jeopardy. Is it possible that Caiden has real feelings for her? Is it possible she has real feelings for Caiden?

Floyd Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile, and influential American Men of Letters of the first third of the 20th century". Though he was primarily a newspaper and magazine editor, most prominently of the radical left-wing magazine The Masses, he also published many best-selling feminist works. As a staunch advocate of feminism, socialism, psychoanalysis, and progressive education, his writing greatly shocked the American bourgeoisie at the time, to the point where it became so controversial, he was put on trial twice for his subversive literature.

Silvesterabend 1973: Auf der ausschweifenden Neujahrsfeier im Schloss von Lord Burlington kommt es zu einem tragischen Todesfall. Die Anwesenden beschließen das Unglück zu vertuschen. Keiner soll die Wahrheit erfahren. Doch einer weiß Bescheid und lässt exakt ein Jahr später die ersten Köpfe rollen. Inspektor Ryan Porter folgt der Spur des unheimlichen Rächers. An seiner Seite der junge, ungestüme Kenneth Stafford, der mit diesem Fall seine Bewährungsprobe im Yard antritt. Wird er den Erwartungen gerecht?

A song half-heard. The murmur of a voice singing in the dark. There it is again...a few words set to an old melody filled with mystery, heartbreak and horror. Out of Tune gathers a collection of original dark fantasy tales inspired by folk ballads. Here you'll find stories of strange creatures and strangers humans, treachery and love, murder and monsters.

Once believed dead and gone, Daemons have found a way back into the world. But the only people who can withstand their assault are spread across the face of the Sfaera. Free at last from the influence of assassins and emperors alike, the psimancer Winter sails back to her hometown - only to find a new trouble stirring. Meanwhile, the heretic sisters Jane and Cinzia Oden are beset by supernatural attacks. And soon their allies, the vampire-girl Astrid and the former assassin Knot, must face the terrifying Black Matron.

It’s 2125 when a long-separated grandson suddenly arrives on his doorstep looking for answers. Max MacGyver retells their family story and secrets, revealing a century of challenges that they’ve faced. Journey to 2125 is one family’s touching story, across generations, of adventure, rivalry, loss, survival, and resilience.

David and his wife Helen decided to swap the frenzy of Croydon for the serenity of the Yorkshire countryside. When they finally reach their new secluded home, David's dream of isolation is even more remote. There are teething problems with country life and the couple's relationship is put to the test. A romantic reconciliation meal does not quite go as planned and it's panic stations for Helen as her mother arrives unannounced.

Die alte Mrs. Mulligan bietet Sherlock Holmes und seinen Freund Dr. Watson um Hilfe. Ihre Tochter Louise ist seit einigen Tagen spurlos verschwunden, weshalb die gebrechliche Dame vom Schlimmsten ausgeht. Die Detektive werden bei Ermittlungen von dem übereifrigen Reporter Geoffrey Cooper begleitet, der einen großen Bericht über Holmes schreiben will und ihnen keine Minute von der Seite weicht.

Aladin packt aus! Aladin, der Junge aus den Gassen von Bagdad, erzählt selbst von seinen Abenteuern im Orient: Von der zauberhaften Wunderlampe und ihrem mächtigen Bewohner, dem Dschinni, dem launischen Lampengeist, der jeden Wunsch erfüllen kann, und wie er auf einen sagenhaften Schatz stieß.