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Die Tiere des Waldes bitten Laura und Sternenschweif um Hilfe: Der Bach im Wald trocknet aus! Wo sollen sie bloß genug zu trinken finden? Hier kann nur noch ein Wasserzauber helfen. Finden Sie in dem Kästchen mit der geheimnisvollen Münze die Lösung?

In his first short story collection, Tim Chapman explores behaviors that are at once familiar and bizarre, while introducing us to an odd assemblage of characters. A reformed hit man has to kill to save the love of his life. An advertising executive deserts her family to find happiness as a forest nymph. A downsized factory worker decides to fake a disability. A young girl has to decide whether her divine power is a blessing or a curse. Engaging stories about family, class, crime, and love from the author of Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold.

I have wanted to be a legitimate author ever since graduate school. I got the writing bug after spending nearly six months of writing my thesis and I actually enjoyed it. I had no trouble starting to write books, but I rarely got past the first chapter. After years and years of these false starts, I finally figured out a method of writing that works in the cracks of time within my insanely busy schedule created by being a high-level executive in a sizable corporation, an involved father of two kids, and a dedicated husband.

Sometimes everything works out the way it’s supposed to. And sometimes, you have to give life a nudge. That’s been Harper Duquaine’s experience. It’s how she went from last in her fantasy football league to its fiercest competitor. It’s how she won the heart of her true love. And, this year, it’s how she’s going to level up. With problems at work leaving her stressed and an increasingly distant boyfriend, Harper feels like she’s back at square one. But if she’s learned anything in the past year, it’s that you can’t give up on what you love without a fight.

Small-town lawyer Lilly Atkins has calmed down. She's doing yoga, her hair is relatively tame, and she hasn't shot anyone in a while. But with bad boy Cash Stetson out of rehab, former FBI agent-turned-attorney Spencer Locke dogging her steps and a ghost from her past who just won't go away, her trigger finger is starting to itch.

Wenn Laura einen geheimen Zauberspruch aufsagt, verwandelt sich ihr Pony Sternenschweif in ein wunderschönes Einhorn. Gemeinsam helfen sie Menschen und Tieren und erleben magische Abenteuer. Komm mit auf fantastische Reisen durch den Sternenhimmel, in die Welt der Tiere und der Freundschaft. Die Geschichten führen dich an magische Orte und zaubern dir wunderschöne Träume.

Gypsy Smith (1860-1947) was an evangelist who made over 40 evangelistic trips abroad to such countries as the United States, Australia, and South Africa. J. Wilbur Chapman (1859-1918), a Presbyterian, had great success in four pastorates, but is best remembered as a powerful evangelist. William Booth (1829-1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army.

Im Einhornland Arkadia gehen die jungen Einhörner zur Schule, um den richtigen Umgang mit ihren magischen Fähigkeiten zu lernen. Die Abschlussprüfungen stehen an und Mondstrahl überredet Saphira, vorab einen Blick auf die Prüfungsfragen zu werfen. Als der Schwindel auffliegt, droht Saphira der Schulverweis... Eine fantasievolle Geschichte rund um Freundschaft, Vertrauen und Zusammenhalt.

Im Einhornland Arkadia gehen die jungen Einhörner zur Schule, um den richtigen Umgang mit ihren magischen Fähigkeiten zu lernen. In der Schule soll das beste Haustier gewählt werden. Sturmwind hat Angst, mit seinem einfachen Feuersalamander ausgelacht zu werden. Doch dann kann Archie zeigen, was in ihm steckt... Eine fantasievolle Geschichte rund um Freundschaft, Vertrauen und Zusammenhalt.

Laura und Sternenschweif dürfen bei einem echten Zirkus mitmachen. Gar nicht so leicht ohne Sternenschweifs magische Kräfte. Zum Glück hilft ihnen der Junge Paul. Doch der hat ein Geheimnis - warum sonst würde er nachts über das Zirkusgelände schleichen?

Seeing True: The Way of Spirit by Ronald Chapman promotes an experience of the ways and means by which Spirit weaves in and through our lives. With this unique framework for insight and understanding, we learn to see and to express with a certainty that the Divine is intimately intertwined with us every moment of our lives.

Harper Duquaine doesn’t have the best record. After coming up short in her last relationship, and consequently losing her job, she’s in rebuilding mode, living in her brother’s basement while trying to save up enough money for a fresh start. On a whim, Harper decides to impress her new co-workers by joining their fantasy football team. The only problem: She doesn’t know a tight end from a running back or a sleeper from a keeper. It doesn’t help that she almost immediately finds herself drawn to her two biggest competitors.

Fresh from her medical exams, Katya Brie heads to a new life on Outpost Frelik. Thrust into her duties, Brie tends to badly wounded yet handsome Lt. Commander Sheve Hadi. From that moment, life takes an interesting turn as she finds herself amid treason, conspiracy, and a plot that threatens her, the Ainoren, and everyone she loves on Letháo.

Kept away from her grandmother for most of her life, young Natalie stumbles upon a secret hidden in the old woman's drawings: communications from another world. She quickly finds herself learning not only of an alien race, but the many dark truths that pulled her family apart.

Second-generation event planner Elliot Lynch has helped Charleston, South Carolina’s elite tie the knot since she was in diapers. When her father botches the books and the bank comes after their business and home, she’ll do anything to save both. She’s in for a bigger shock when her ex reappears. While her family said Eric wasn’t good enough for her a decade ago, he’s now a billionaire holding the purse strings to a wedding that could put them back in the black. Though he still has a chip on his shoulder, the chemistry between them is undeniable.

Kendro, King of the Aonise, can do nothing to prevent their sun from collapsing, consuming their home planet, Letháo, in a single fiery blast. Running out of time and options, he evacuates the entire population, setting off into the unknown galaxy in four crowded ships. Under constant danger from their ancient enemy, the Zefron, treasonous dissent seeps into his inner circle. Threatened inside and out, Kendro struggles with whom to trust, until a mysterious vision finally brings hope to the distraught king.

Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) was, amongst other things, an eccentric archaologist, historian, architect, antiquarian collector and author of Gothic horror stories very much after the fashion of M. R. James. 'The Dolls' Castle' is the creepy story of a haunted house with a sinister past which uses old, rotting dolls to lure unwary children away from their parents.

Allegra Teagarden, a musical prodigy, flees her father's dominance and abuse while touring in pre-civil war Charleston, South Carolina. Plagued by depression over her mother's suicide during their previous visit, she escapes in an effort to piece together the details behind her mother's mysterious demise.

One of the most enduring themes in great literature is the eternal struggle between good and evil - often embodied in such devices as the werewolf, the doppelganger and the evil twin. This anthology presents a selection of the greatest short stories whose tension and drama revolves around the conflict of good and evil.

Auf der geheimen Lichtung soll ein großes Einkaufszentrum gebaut werden. Dagegen sind auch Sternenschweifs magische Kräfte wirkungslos. Als Laura der Schal von Mrs Fontana in die Hände fällt, ahnt sie noch nicht, welch zauberhaftes Geheimnis in ihm steckt.