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Jenseits des Urals herrschen klare Verhältnisse: Die Tatarin Rosalinda bestimmt, ihr Gatte Kalganow spurt, und ihre Tochter Sulfia benimmt sich schlecht...

I have no alternatives—I have to throw myself to Carl Svensson’s mercy like a wretched Victorian romance heroine in order to save my dog. I wish all I had to do was lounge around a haunted mansion in a pretty dress. Instead, Carl is forcing me to run outside in the morning, clean my apartment, and finally do something about my credit card debt. Yes, I am side-eyeing all of this. Carl’s in for a shock of his own, though. I’m a free-spirited, art-loving girl with tattoos, multicolored hair, and piercings. An uptight, suit-wearing investment banker is not going to change me.

A healthy individual can withstand the effects of verbal abuse, but it is the rare individual who can ignore such negativity forever. Eventually, this will lead to poor relationships with others, professional setbacks, and poor quality of life. There are ways to overcome the steady diet of negativity. One of the best ways to overcome poor self-esteem is hypnosis. Hypnosis will reconfigure the thoughts in your subconscious and teach it how to support you instead of bringing you down.

Nach einem Streit mit ihrer Freundin beschließt Lilith, mit dem Hund eine Runde um den Block zu gehen, um den Kopf wieder klar zu bekommen. Doch als sie nach nur 30 Minuten nach Hause zurückkehrt, ist nichts mehr wie es war. Weder der Name ihrer Freundin findet sich noch an der Wohnungsklingel, noch passt Liliths Schlüssel in das Schloss. Als ihr dann auch noch eine fremde Frau die Tür öffnet und ihr erzählt, dass hier nie eine Frau namens Xena gewohnt hat, ist Lilith kurz davor, durchzudrehen und zu glauben, dass sie diejenige ist, die sich alles nur eingebildet hat.

Although at long last Razia Khan has found peace with herself and love with her prince, Arjun, her trials are far from over. In order to save her prince and his city from certain destruction, Razia made a deal with the devil - her father, the Sultan of Nizam. Now the bill has come due. Razia must secure the province of Zindh, a land surrounded by enemies, and loyal to a rebel queen who has survived her father's purge. But when her old tormentor Prince Karim invades her new home and forces her into a marriage alliance, Razia finds herself trapped.

Spanning nearly a century, from 1930s Siberia to contemporary Brighton Beach, a pause resisting, epic family saga centering on three generations of women in one Russian Jewish family - each striving to break free of fate and history, each yearning for love and personal fulfillment - and how the consequences of their choices ripple through time.

Walter Schmidt ist ein Mann alter Schule: Er hat die Rente erreicht, ohne zu wissen, wie man sich eine Tütensuppe macht oder einen Staubsauger bedient. Schließlich war da immer seine Ehefrau Barbara. Doch die steht eines Morgens nicht mehr auf. Und von da an wird alles anders. Walter muss sich am Ende seines Lebens plötzlich neu erfinden: als Pflegekraft, als Hausmann und fürsorglicher Partner. Da entdeckt Walter den Fernsehkoch Medinski und dessen Facebook-Seite, auf der er schon bald nicht mehr nur Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen findet, sondern auch unverhofften Beistand.

Seit der ersten Klasse sind sie beste Freundinnen: Kim, 15, eher unauffällig, und Petrowna, klug, exzentrisch und daran gewöhnt, immer und überall den Ton anzugeben. Alles wird anders, als die beiden mit ihrer Klasse zu einer Schullesung gehen: Während die anderen tuscheln, sich die Haare kämmen oder aus dem Fenster schauen, wird Kim hellhörig, denn was die Autorin da vor sich hin nuschelt, handelt von ihr.

Five years ago, I royally screwed up, lied, and broke the heart of the woman I love. A sane man would buy her a nice present and grovel. Guess I must be crazy. I love Meg more than anything. So why am I running against her for mayor of Harrogate?

When your cheating husband drops dead in your cozy Christmas cat café, the proper response is not to shout, “I didn’t do it!” Showing up at his funeral with a plate of sympathy cupcakes after he’s just been poisoned by your signature Santa’s Surprise confection is…also not the correct response.

A New York Times columnist delivers an eye-opening big idea: Embracing mistakes can make us smarter, healthier, and happier in every facet of our lives. In Better by Mistake, Alina Tugend shows that mistakes are everywhere, and suggests that when we acknowledge and identify them correctly, we can improve not only ourselves, but our families, our work, and the world around us.

I turn weird and awkward around attractive men. I'm a nervous sweater, and when Archer walked into my art cafe that night, he was making me soaking wet. He was stupidly attractive - which caused me to go into excruciating detail about my sweating problem, insult what he had under his fig leaf, and imply I was running a brothel. My career as an artist was a joke. I was desperately trying to live the #bossbabe life after I couldn't hack it as an artist in New York City and moved back to my small hometown. Now my business is failing. But hey, suffering is inspirational, right?

Growing up in a polygamist cult, crazy defined my life. Everyone was crazy - my father, his wives, my older brothers who abandoned me. Though I can’t escape the crazy brothers, I think I’ve finally managed to find balance.... Until some crazy, curvy girl storms into the restaurant, interrupts my date, and dumps an entire table's worth of food on me.

Fall. Autumn. It doesn't matter what you call it, I hate it. I despise pumpkins, Halloween, and the overwhelming sense of dread as the cold and damp move in. But when my new chauffeur drives up in a hearse, Halloween carols blaring, I realize there will be no escape from the holiday.

Christmas is bad enough without all the music, frantic shopping sprees, and holiday parties. So many parties… with people you couldn’t stand in high school and definitely can’t stand now. Top of the list? Patty Harrison. She made my teen years miserable and, now that we’re adults, she’s trying to get me banned from the Christmas market. Even so, I’m not going to commit literal murder.

Ein Podcast begleitend zur Wechselausstellung „Gefühlsdinge – How to listen to objects“, die vom 22.05.2025 bis zum 12.04.2026 in der Stiftung Neue Synagoge – Centrum Judaicum besucht werden kann. Wir begeben uns hinter die Kulissen der Ausstellungsgestaltung, machen hörbar, was nicht sichtbar ist und bieten zusätzliche Informationen zu den Menschen, die das Projekt ermöglicht haben. Dafür sprechen wir mit ihnen über ihre persönlichen Erfahrungen, sie teilen ihr Wissen und wir gehen u.a. folgenden Fragen nach: Wie kommt ein Objekt in unsere Museumssammlung, welche Verantwortung ...

In my defense, my twin sister is engaged to the love of my life. Ok, so he’s my ex of two weeks, but I have totally been in love with him since we were kids!

When your wedding-crazy, septuagenarian grandmother arranges a contest to see which of her granddaughters marries first, you have to bring out the big guns. And my billionaire boss Blade’s guns are banging! Billionaire, high-powered CEO, more money than personality, Blade Svensson is all business. He needs to win a contract, and I need a house. He and I both know that this is a logical, rational response to one of life’s many curveballs.

"Ich kann mich genau an den Moment erinnern, als mein Großvater sich verliebte. Es war klar, dass die Großmutter nichts davon mitkriegen sollte. Sie hatte schon bei geringeren Anlässen gedroht, ihn umzubringen." Max‘ Großmutter hat im Flüchtlingswohnheim ein hart-herzliches Terrorregime errichtet. Wenn sie nicht gerade gegen das deutsche Schulsystem, die deutschen Süßigkeiten oder ihre Mitmenschen und deren Religionen wettert, beschützt sie ihren einzigen Enkel vor dem schädlichen Einfluss der neuen Welt.

Bullies never get what’s coming to them. No, I didn’t put poison in their food - I am a jam maker, and food is sacred. But I did plot the most epic plan of revenge. I needed to get one over on the biggest baddest high school bully and prove that I wasn’t the awkward pushover anymore, just like Weston wasn’t the obnoxious teenager anymore. Now, he was a powerful billionaire. Though he’s taller, sexier, bigger, I need to stay on my guard. I know men like Weston don’t really change. Or did he?