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Lukas und seine Freunde möchten unbedingt die Höhle im Grünberg unter die Lupe nehmen. Doch dann passiert es - Die drei Jungs verlaufen sich in der Höhle und finden den Ausgang nicht mehr. Sie sitzen in der Falle. Doch Lukas verliert die Hoffnung nicht und ruft ohne Unterlass nach Hilfe.

Eine Geschichte rund um einen Waldbrand. Keines der Kinder aus dem Zeltlager will etwas gesehen haben... Und dann ist im Durcheinander rund um das Feuer auf einmal Elena verschwunden. Die Kinder machen sich auf die Suche.

Löschen, retten, helfen: Herzlich willkommen, kleiner Flo! Das kleine Feuerwehrauto Flo ist ein echter Helfer in der Not. Er lebt mit seinen Freunden Milla, dem kleinen Krankenwagen, Leopold, dem kleinen Polizeiwagen, dem Feuerwehrmann Bruno und vielen Kindern in Plätscherbach.

This beautiful collection picks up from where the author left off in Poems from Song Tan. David Wellens has once again created an emotive and evocative range of poetry, delving into life and love, and touching upon the true melody and mystique of nature. Listen, relax, and enjoy.

David Wellens' words will command you to look deep within your own knowledge of life, love, and language - and to succumb to expression. The complexity of emotions is perfectly captured here in this skilfully written collection of poems to open and engage the mind.

Say it isn't so! You are coming to the end of your novel...DUN, dun, dunnnnn...and now you have no idea what to write or what to do. How are you going to wrap up those loose ends in time (before the deadline of your debut novel)? I mean, brainstorming doesn't seem to work; inspiration from similar novels and the support of fellow authors doesn't seem to work. What, oh what, can a serious writer do in order to get the job done?

Libertarianism is a synopsis of the origins of the Libertarian Party. It details the various political agendas that have attempted to incorporate themselves into the mindset of Libertarians.

Hard-working, dedicated, inventive, and ready to tackle any genre - that was Academy Award-winning director Robert Wise. Despite all the praise and awards, Wise could easily be called one of Hollywood's always working blue-collar directors. He helmed everything from B movies to Academy Award-winning blockbusters, all while managing to live a quiet life amid the glitz, glamour, and scandal of Tinsel Town. How this soft-spoken man managed to tame mega-stars' egos while directing film classics remains a mystery.

We are living in a world in which cows send texts to farmers when they're in heat, where the most valuable real estate in New York City houses computers, not people, and some of humanity's greatest works are created by crowds, not individuals. We are in the midst of a networking revolution - set to transform the way we access the world's information and the way we connect with one another. Studying biological systems is perhaps the best way to understand such networks, and nature has a lesson for us if we care to listen: Bigger is rarely better in the long run.

Blackstone Audio presents An American Family Shakespeare Entertainment: Based on Charles & Mary Lamb's 20 Tales From Shakespeare, augmented by miscellaneous scenes and soliloquies from Shakespeare's plays, featuring Elizabethan songs and dances in new arrangements for stringed instruments.

Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium Trilogy is an international phenomenon. These books express Larsson's lifelong war against injustice, his ethical beliefs, and his deep concern for women's rights. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy probes the compelling philosophical issues behind the entire trilogy. What philosophies do Lisbeth Salander and Kant have in common? To catch a criminal, can Lisbeth and Mikael be criminals themselves? Can revenge be ethical?

Taut with suspense, this critically-acclaimed adaptation of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House focuses on Nora, a young wife and mother who exploits her childlike charm to survive in a man’s world. But Nora has a secret that threatens her cozy existence. Recorded before a live audience at the Doubletree Guest Suites, Santa Monica, CA, in 1997.

The consequences of adopting the cynical but popular worldview are many, including needless pessimism, missed investment opportunities, and - surprisingly - even poorer health. Yet An Embarrassment of Riches provides a powerful antidote. Green begins with a robust survey of the many ways our lives are becoming longer, easier, safer, healthier and more prosperous. He then embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of the ideas and the many men and women - both living and dead - who are still enriching our lives today.

Chosen by The Guardian as one of the best 100 novels of all time, Disraeli’s classic 1845 ‘condition-of-England’ novel exposes the inequality and exploitation endemic in 19th century Britain, and the vast gulf between the haves and the have-nots. It centres on Charles Egremont, a member of the landed gentry and newly elected MP. With a glittering future ahead of him, he is in need of a suitable wife, and his brother, the Earl of Marney, is keen that he should marry Lady Joan Fitz-Warene.

Alfred Lichtenstein was born on the 23rd August 1889, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, the son of a Jewish manufacturer. He grew up in Berlin before studying law at Erlangen in Bavaria. A writer in the Expressionist style his poems and stories are short but beautifully honed works. His tragically curtailed life allowed only a small part of his talents to rest with us. Undoubtedly a full life would have given the world a very gifted literary force.

Ein Geheimauftrag des Vatikans führt Padre Manzoni nach Jerusalem, wo er einer Archäologin bei der Suche nach einem vorchristlichen Tempel behilflich sein soll. Doch schon kurz nach seiner Ankunft versuchen dunkle Mächte, ihn ins Jenseits zu befördern. Der seit Jahrtausenden verschollene Tempel birgt den Schlüssel zum Schicksal der gesamten Menschheit und Padre Manzoni muss verhindern, dass die Diener des Bösen das Tor zur Hölle aufstoßen.

Als Mason nach Greenville zurückkehrt, hat er ein klares Ziel: die Beerdigung seiner geliebten Grandma überstehen und danach sofort wieder aus seiner Heimatstadt verschwinden, mit der er so viele schlechte Erinnerungen verbindet. Ein unerwartetes Erbe zwingt ihn, seinen Aufenthalt zu verlängern – und sich endlich den Dämonen seiner Vergangenheit zu stellen. Dabei trifft er auf den sympathischen Konditor Ryan, der ihm Trost spendet und sogar einen Job verschafft.

The third volume in this unabridged chilling collection of short tales from the author of the bestselling Inspector Banks series. Peter Robinson is one of the crime world's finest stylists. This is a collection that will explore our hidden paranoia, challenge all that we take for granted, lure us to new, exotic places - only to make us wish we could run back home, and keep us up all night just waiting for the safety of the dawn.

The third volume in this unabridged chilling collection of short tales from the author of the bestselling Inspector Banks series. Peter Robinson is one of the crime world's finest stylists. This is a collection that will explore our hidden paranoia, challenge all that we take for granted, lure us to new, exotic places - only to make us wish we could run back home, and keep us up all night just waiting for the safety of the dawn.

Das Biest Um mit Zuma sprechen zu können, müssen Po und sein Team bei einer Pok-Ta-Pok-Meisterschaft gewinnen. Ihre Gegner sind die Blutjungs, eine Gürteltier-Mannschaft. Klinge möchte anfangs nicht mittspielen, da sie aus Erfahrung weiß, dass sie sich in solchen Wettkämpfen in ein Biest verwandelt. Doch Po überredet sie mitzumachen, bedauert dies aber bald wieder. Kampf um den Vulkan Po und seine Freunde gelangen zu Königin Zuma von Tikal, die jedoch weniger hoheitlich drauf ist, als Klinge es aus England kennt.