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Babbo Natale è triste, vorrebbe tanto avere un animale domestico che gli facesse compagnia, ma non può: se si affeziona a qualcuno rimpicciolisce fino a sparire facendo perdere la magia anche agli elfi. E quando un piccolo cane nero raggiunge il Paese di Incanto e di Neve, ahimè, succede l'inevitabile: Babbo Natale scompare. La bambina Bi, gli elfi, il Babilussa (il saggio asinello polare), saranno coinvolti in una straordinaria avventura per salvare il Natale e risolvere il problema: affideranno al vecchio la cura degli animali randagi della città.

Die junge Kunsthändlerin Vicky gerät durch Zufall an einen ungewöhnlichen Brief: Der 10jährige Finlay aus Swinton in Schottland hat ihn an seine verstorbene Mutter geschrieben. Vicky ist berührt - aber auch neugierig, denn dem Brief liegt ein Foto bei, auf dem im Hintergrund eine seltene Ausgabe von "Alice im Wunderland" zu sehen ist. Sie reist nach Schottland - und entdeckt mit Swinton einen ganz und gar außergewöhnlichen Ort. Ein uriges Dorf voller Buchläden und Bücherwürmer, und dazu eine Schar mitunter sehr eigenwilliger Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner.

What Did Not Kill Me, Made Me is the second in a trilogy after the best-selling and award-winning book Girl, Taken: A True Story of Abductions, Captivity and Survival.

"A Conversation of a Drunk with a Sober Imp" is a short story by the Russian writer and playwright Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904). Written and first published in 1886, the story is a miniature describing the meeting of a retired collegiate secretary Lakhmatov, who was pretty drunk, with the imp who suddenly appeared at night. The uninvited guest turned out to be a talkative creature who experienced the same infringements and inconveniences in his service as the retired collegiate secretary Lakhmatov.

Thirteen-year-old Varka, who lost her father, is hired as a servant and a babysitter in a shoemaker's house. All day long, she is forced to fulfill the owners’ orders, and later, she sits all night long by the cradle, trying desperately not to fall asleep. Varka knows that she would be severely beaten for that by her masters….

"Life in Questions and Exclamations" is a short story by the Russian writer and playwright Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904). Written and first published in 1882 in the journal Alarm Clock under the pseudonym Antosha Chekhonte, the short story "Life in Questions and Exclamations" is written in an unusual form of a collection of key phrases—memoirs for each stage of a man's life—childhood, adolescence, youth, the period "between 20 and 30 years", "between 30-50 years", and old age.

Alice is a detective with a bizarre ability. She can take out criminals with her powerful static shocks. Sounds like an impressive weapon? It should be, but she’s been banned from using this power by her bullying chief inspector. Working with her partner, Max Greenstick, Alice investigates a spate of kidnappings and finds herself in a dramatic situation. With thugs closing in and an officer down, she uses her static to gain an advantage and is inevitably suspended from duty. Alice’s only option is to continue investigating undercover.

Meghan hates goodbyes, but she knows she has to say her farewell to some people and situations in her life. She's left anxious and confused when a know-it-all neighbor is found dead under questionable circumstances. Was their final farewell natural or calculated? Meghan has her hunches. She's determined to find out, even though she knows she'll be putting her life at risk, along with the most precious person in her life. In her quest for the truth, will she be successful or end up the victim of a ruthless killer who's determined to have the last laugh?

Eine abenteuerliche Reise vor der malerischen Kulisse der grünen Insel und die Suche nach der wahren Bestimmung – Band 2 der brandneuen Trilogie erstmals auf Deutsch! Breen Kellys Herz ist zerrissen, denn die junge Lehrerin steht vor einer schweren Entscheidung.

Eine abenteuerliche Reise vor der malerischen Kulisse der grünen Insel und die Suche nach der wahren Bestimmung – Band 2 der brandneuen Trilogie erstmals auf Deutsch! Breen Kellys Herz ist zerrissen, denn die junge Lehrerin steht vor einer schweren Entscheidung.

Recently divorced Claudia is looking to start again in a small town, in Colorado. Problem is she's still hooked on a mysterious crush she's found on a dating app, in New York City. "Jamie S" is gorgeous, accomplished, a former NFL football player, now a tech guru millionaire. He’s also twelve years younger than her. Determined that she doesn't have time for steamy New York fling, Claudia heads to Colorado, only to find someone waiting on her new doorstep.

Il corpo in cui sono nata è una sorta di memoir in cui Guadalupe Nettel, fortunata autrice messicana de La figlia unica, ripercorre la propria infanzia e adolescenza tra Messico e Francia in seno a una famiglia progressista che, suo malgrado, si trova a fare i conti con gli anni ‘70 e la fine dell’utopia. La protagonista si confronta con la sua infanzia segnata da un neo bianco sulla cornea che l’ha costretta a portare per anni un grosso cerotto sull’occhio che la porta a sviluppare fin da piccolissima un profondo senso di estraneità nei confronti del mondo che la circonda.

Este curso está lleno de novedades. Las delegadas son dos chicas repetidoras que tienen que ganarse a sus compañeras. Además, han llegado alumnas nuevas, Gladys y Mirabel, dispuestas a lo que sea para no seguir en la escuela.

Clare's brother, Tom, also known as the pied piper, has stolen away the children of Hamelin. But Clare knows that’s only half the story. Tom isn’t the easiest person to love, but she’s certain that he couldn’t be so cruel. There has to be a good reason why he stole the Fae Queen’s magic pipe and led the children to a faraway land, never to be seen again. Together with Anna, the mayor of Hamelin’s daughter, Clare embarks on a journey into the Faerie Realms. Only she can save the children of Hamelin and clear her brother's name.

When Felice learns that she’s the daughter of La Llorona, she catches a ride to the magical town of Tres Leches, where her mother is said to be haunting the river. Growing up with her uncle Clem in Corpus Christi, Felice knew that she had been rescued from drowning—it’s where her intense fear of water comes from—but she had no idea her mother remained trapped between worlds, looking for her.

Love. Anyone who has ever loved knows that love kills. Sometimes quickly. Sometimes slowly. Sometimes in pleasure, but more often in the agony of unbearable pain. The victim of love loses the ability to think rationally. Trying to predict your own death is pointless. The Silver Island is the first in a series of fantasy fairy tales for adults with not necessarily happily ever after: about passionate love on an island that does not exist.

Meghan takes a walk down memory lane and remembers the fright that was before Christmas when she was an aspiring actress in Hollywood. She thought she had gotten the role of a lifetime until she discovered the role she got was for something totally different. Things go from bad to worse when she's identified as a prime suspect for the murder of a key person on set. Meghan knows there are several women who had plausible reasons to want to do something diabolical to the boss from hell. She's one of those women, but she knows she didn't do it. So if it wasn't her, who was it?

El libro revela el Amor Universal y Cósmico del Sendero Rojo. El Sendero Rojo es la filosofía/cosmovisión/religión de las tribus/pueblos indígenas nativos de América del Norte y del Sur. Esta cosmovisión promueve la integración con la Madre Tierra y el cosmos para lograr la armonía dentro de la Existencia en eterna evolución.

When Meghan’s admitted to hospital as a precautionary measure, she’s glad to discover she won’t have to stay long. She feels bullied, threatened, and confused by some of the people she meets and things she sees while on the hospital ward. When the most obnoxious character on the ward is found dead, it seems everyone is happy to move on with their lives.Meghan is happy to let the police do their jobs and solve the latest murder mystery in Sandy Bay…until one of her employees is identified as a prime suspect.

Rose es una joven bióloga afincada en París y dedicada al estudio de la Lamprohiza splendidula, una variedad de libélula que promete aportar grandes avances en la investigación médica. Aunque Rose es una excelente investigadoray sus trabajos sobre la química sexual de losinsectos y su reproducción son muy destacables,en el terreno personal se siente del todo desamparada. Últimamente parece tener problemas con las relaciones humanas en general y con Leo en particular, el investigador con el que lleva varios meses trabajando y de quien se ha enamorado perdidamente.