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Ireland is a magical land, famous for its shamrocks and harps, leprechauns, shillelaghs, and green-eyed colleens with skin as white as milk. It is called the Emerald Isle, and the national color is green; Ireland is lush green, almost tropical in certain areas. The national drink is Guinness, although he’s a “damned Protestant”. Ireland is not only a country; it’s a state of mind, a way of life. We think of the Irish people as being quite fanciful, partly because of Barry Fitzgerald, who gave us our unofficial description of what an Irishman should be.

Was gibt es heute zu entdecken? Der Tag hat gerade erst begonnen und schon jetzt scheint eine Idee der nächsten zu folgen. Ein Kinderzimmer wird zum großen Meer und ein Nachmittag mit dem großen Bruder bringt ganz neue Erkenntnisse mit sich. Und was wartet morgen? Die Überraschung wird groß sein, denn auch dort gibt es etwas zu entdecken. Doch was kann das sein?

Meghan can't wait to get married to her Prince Charming. She's looking forward to starting life with her long-term boyfriend, handsome Detective Jack Irvin. When her friend proposes throwing a bachelorette party to celebrate her exit from Singleville, she reluctantly agrees. What her friend didn't tell her was that the bachelorette party would take place out of town...in Las Vegas!

The Lord had an urgency to give Saint Faustina Kowalska the message of divine mercy with or without a spiritual director; and so, the day was to come, on February 22, 1931, in Vilnius, when the Lord’s mission would begin to be revealed to her. She was in her cell; she saw the Lord Jesus clothed in a white garment.

Catorce autoras, seleccionadas por Laura Freixas, con relatos sobre un tema poco frecuentado en la literatura, algunos escritos especialmente para esta antología: Rosa Chacel, Carmen Laforet, Carmen Martín Gaite, Ana María Matute, Josefina Aldecoa, Esther Tusquets, Cristina Peri Rossi, Ana María Moix, Soledad Puértolas, Clara Sánchez, Paloma Díaz-Mas, Mercedes Soriano, Almudena Grandes y Luisa Castro.

Aperture d'animo dell'autrice sotto la luna calante di sua vita quando, dopo 15 anni, pur in amore reciproco, si separa. E quelle nel suo novilunio: l'incontro con l'amore non più cercato, un uomo laico in procinto di iniziare un cammino di addestramento monastico che poi inizierà. Come la luna in embrione vibra di amore. Amore che giunge come tregua dalla morte per mano dell'amore stesso e poi matura e va oltre: diviene slancio di fiducia verso sentieri inesplorati da percorrere, se non più tenendosi per mano, comunque assieme, senza distanza interiore.

Discover how Meghan Truman, Sandy Bay's bakery owner, navigates her way through three murder mysteries as she gets to know the quirky characters in her adopted hometown after failing to make a career as an actress in Hollywood. She's finally started a relationship with Jack Irvin, a detective, but will she find time to build a romance while she has to deal with betrayals, ungrateful staff, culture clashes, and murder? Three complete best-selling cozy mystery stories in one boxset!

"Die Hühnerfeder-Wohlfühl-Maschine": Findus verspricht den Hühnern großspurig, ihnen eine Maschine zur Federpflege zu bauen. Er gibt diese schwierige Tüftelei dann aber an den handwerklich geschickteren Pettersson weiter. Der vergisst allerdings leider den Auftrag. Als die Hühner am nächsten Tag freudig die fertige Maschine erwarten und ihnen nichts präsentiert wird, sind sie tief enttäuscht. Der alte Mann und sein Kater erfahren nun, was es heißt, ein Versprechen nicht zu halten.

"Findus und das eigene Fahrrad": Findus sitzt beim Fahrradfahren sehr gerne vorne bei Pettersson auf der Lenkstange. Aber er will jetzt auch einmal ein eigenes Fahrrad haben. Und Pettersson baut ihm eins. Die ersten vorsichtigen Fahrversuche gelingen eigentlich schon ganz gut. Also fühlt sich Findus zu schwierigeren Herausforderungen berufen. Als Pettersson schläft, wagt er eine rasante Hügel-Abwärts-Tour. Was die Hühner in große Schwierigkeiten bringt.

Fiaba musicale e bilingue (italiano/inglese) del Signor Coccinella che arriva in una città piena di smog a regalare i semi della fortuna, i pois neri che saltano via dal suo cappello scuotendolo. In città sono tutti molto indaffarati e nessuno sembra notare i preziosi semi che si perdono lungo le strade. Ma l'ultimo dei pois arriva davanti a una vecchina che li raccoglie e ne fa una torta che non finisce mai, per quanto ne regali o ne venda, aumenta sempre. Apre così un chiosco di "torta al mirtillo" fuori dal quale c'è sempre una lunghissima coda.

After discovering a man’s body in the Rotherhithe tunnel, Alice Carter embarks on one of the most unusual cases she will ever encounter. Politicians and civilians are dying in odd circumstances and it leaves her mentor, Max Greenstick, scratching his head. Why are they being targeted, and what links the outlandish deaths together?

Die Welt eines Jungen ist unerschöpflich. Wenn du am Morgen aufwachst, weißt du noch nicht, was der Tag für dich bringt. Doch auch dann, wenn du schon einen kleinen Einblick hast und dir vielleicht Sorgen machst, darfst du dich von diesen nicht aufhalten lassen. Du kannst alles schaffen und deinen Weg genauso gehen, wie du es dir vorstellst. Auch wenn du dich vor einer Hürde siehst, lohnt es sich, noch einen Schritt zu gehen.

Die Welt steckt voller Erlebnisse - Stärke ist nicht nur ein Wort der Kraft - Alles schimmert und glitzert - Hilfreiche Tipps, in traumhaften Geschichten gesammelt, die Mut geben und das Selbstbewusstsein stärken, wenn Sorgen das Handeln eines kleinen Mädchens schwer machen.

Our Lord Jesus loves us so much, he made detailed preparations for our well-being, right up to the end of his life. He wanted to have a last supper with his disciples. He had instructions for them. He wanted to be sure they understood their role in Salvation History, and how they were to conduct themselves. He wanted to leave them and his Church ammunition for the days ahead.

Discover how Meghan Truman, Sandy Bay's latest resident and new bakery owner, navigates her way through three murder mysteries as she gets to know the quirky characters in her adopted hometown after failing to make a career as an actress in Hollywood. She's finally started a relationship with Jack Irvin, a detective, but will she find time to build a romance while she has to deal with betrayals, ungrateful staff, culture clashes, and murder? Three complete best-selling cozy mystery stories in one boxset!

This is a story of a young Guatemalan man, family, and friends in the mid '70s who are trapped in the injustice of a corrupt social and political system. Like them, thousands were forced to migrate in search of a better future.

A reincarnation goes terribly wrong when Bill dies of a heart attack and his soul travels out of his body and into a newborn. But he mysteriously comes back to life, and the soul then splits in two and baby Lily gets half of the soul of Bill. The two share the same soul, and things get just a little whacky as she grows up. The reincarnation people try to get the two together to see what happens, and they succeed to find there’s a definite connection between the two.

Quattro storie di giovani che, di fronte all’insorgere di malattie mortali hanno saputo offrire la loro vita e le loro sofferenze a Gesù: Chiara Luce Badano, Carlo Acutis, Angelica Tiraboschi e Matteo Farina. L'audiolibro contiene una breve biografia di ciascuno e una selezione di brani dei loro scritti a modo di diario. Un audiolibro da ascoltare carichi di tutte le domande che abbiamo nel punto della vita in cui ci troviamo. Non impareremo cose nuove, ma vedremo le cose nuove dentro la carne viva di questi quattro ragazzi di cui ci viene offerta la testimonianza.

Le trappole dell'anima sono le più dannose. "Liberi nella trappola" nasce dall'omonimo spettacolo di Beppe Frattaroli con l'intento di rispondere a quelle domande che, da sempre, contraddistinguono i movimenti più significativi dell'animo umano: Chi siamo? Dietro cosa ci muoviamo? Quali sentimenti abitano e dominano il nostro cuore? Siamo in grado di riconoscerli? E se riconosciuti abbiamo la capacità di scegliere in libertà quali di essi accogliere o respingere?

Für Selenka Durev hat die Sicherheit ihres Rudels oberste Priorität. Das Symposium der Empathen in ihrer Stadt ist daher ein einziger Albtraum für sie. Begleitet werden die Medialen von ihren Beschützern aus der Pfeilgarde, darunter Ethan Night. Ein Pfeilgardist, gebrochen und mit einem Auftrag, der Tod und Verderben bringen kann. Als Selenkas Blick auf Ethan fällt, ist ihr klar, dass er der Eine für sie ist. Doch Ethan hütet ein dunkles Geheimnis, für das er alles aufs Spiel setzen muss.