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Drei starke Frauen in bewegten Zeiten: Band 2 der großen Familiensaga rund um den Aufstieg einer Hamburger Kaffeedynastie vor dem Hintergrund der deutschen Geschichte zwischen 1889 und 1989. Hamburg 1929: Anders als ihre Mutter Maria hat Cläre Behmer zunächst kein großes Interesse am Kaffeekontor der Familie. Sie will lieber studieren und ihren eigenen Weg gehen, was ihrem Verlobten missfällt, hofft er doch, durch die Heirat mit Cläre "Behmer & Söhne" übernehmen zu können.

Lüneburg im 14. Jh. Nach dem Tod ihrer Familie hat die junge Adlige Jakoba in einem Kloster ihre Bestimmung als Krankenpflegerin gefunden. Doch ihr Bruder zwingt sie in eine neue Ehe, und als ihr brutaler Mann einem Unfall zum Opfer fällt, muss Jakoba fliehen. Nur der Hilfe Arnolds, eines Theriak-Krämers, hat sie es zu verdanken, dass sie sich nach Paris durchschlagen und als Heilerin einen Namen machen kann. Rasch ist sie so erfolgreich, dass sogar der sieche König nach ihr ruft und nach der "Arznei der Könige" verlangt. Doch damit macht sie sich gefährliche Feinde.

On August 6, 1993, twenty-year-old Natasha Alexenko was assaulted at gunpoint. After nearly a decade, her backlogged rape kit was finally tested and her rapist, who roamed free for ten years, was brought to justice. On the day he was sentenced, Alexenko vowed that she would no longer be a statistic and would do whatever she could to help police on behalf of other rape victims. In 2011, she founded Natasha’s Justice Project (NJP), a nonprofit committed to ending the rape-kit backlog. This unflinching memoir chronicles her journey from trauma to triumph.

When investigative journalist Sierra Southworth went undercover to infiltrate a pack of wolf shifters, she knew she was risking her life to tell a story. However, as she began to get close to the pack's alpha, Paul Wyatt, she soon realized she was also at risk of losing something else. Her heart.

Lucinda Riley macht es spannend. Als die junge Londoner Journalistin Joanna Haslam durch mysteriöse Umstände in den Besitz eines alten Briefes gerät, steht sie vor einem Rätsel. Was sie da in Händen hält, ist ein Liebesbrief - geheimnisvoll, wegen der enthaltenen Andeutungen, und gefährlich. Denn plötzlich bricht jemand bei Joanna ein und sucht danach. Joanna beginnt unerschrocken zu recherchieren und gerät dabei immer stärker ins Visier der Widersacher.

Jahrelang hat Emilie de la Martinières darum gekämpft, sich eine Existenz jenseits ihrer aristokratischen Herkunft aufzubauen. Doch als ihre glamouröse, unnahbare Mutter Valérie stirbt, lastet das Erbe der Familie allein auf Emilies Schultern. Sie kehrt zurück an den Ort ihrer Kindheit, ein herrschaftliches Château in der Provence.

Mark Watney è stato uno dei primi astronauti a mettere piede su Marte. Ma il momento di gloria è durato troppo poco. Un'improvvisa tempesta lo ha quasi ucciso e i suoi compagni di spedizione, credendolo morto, hanno abbandonato il pianeta rosso per fare ritorno sulla Terra. Mark si ritrova completamente solo su un pianeta inospitale e non ha nessuna possibilità di mandare un segnale alla base. E in ogni caso i viveri non basterebbero fino all'arrivo di una nuova spedizione.

When Keelin Shanley passed away aged 51, it was hard to grasp that someone so filled with life was gone. But a light so bright never really goes out, especially since in her last few months Keelin left behind this remarkable record of her life - a life cut short, but lived to the fullest. Charting the twists and turns of both a career as an investigative journalist and a lengthy battle with cancer, A Light That Never Goes Out reveals with real honesty what it’s like to keep living your life whilst dealing with the challenges of cancer treatment.

Sometimes, people are so damaged, they can’t find their way out of the storm to embrace love. Rachel and Porter must decide if what they have is worth fighting for and if they are willing to trust in love - and each other. When you can’t completely trust your heart, sometimes it’s just as simple as letting go enough to just say you will.

De la exitosa autora Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth cuyos libros han vendido más de tres millones de copias y han alcanzado a los corazones de mujeres en todo el mundo. “Muchas mujeres viven debajo de la nube de culpa personal y de condenación”, dice Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth. “Muchas están esclavizadas por su pasado. Otras están atrapadas por el miedo al rechazo y un deseo de aprobación. Todavía otras son prisioneras emocionales.”

This course focuses on the French needed for teaching, lecturing, and instruction-based roles, such as managing a classroom, giving feedback to students, arranging group work, and other topics related to learning and education. Content is presented in a topic-based fashion with French words and phrases alongside the English.

A best friends to lover romance. Willow: I did it. I fell in love with my best friend. Should I mention he’s a player? So, I make a proposition - we be friends with benefits. Surely, it won’t backfire. Rider: I’m in a motorcycle club and my best friend is a girl. She wants to be friends with benefits. I want forever. Somehow, someway, I’m going to convince her how good love can be between friends.

An alpha older man, younger curvy woman romance. Lilly: I found my brother, the President of the Exiled Guardians, when I was 18. He wanted me safe and sent me away to college. But now I’m back...and the one man I’ve thought about all these years is still here and I’m pretty sure he’s been waiting for me.

Rancher - Injured, I can’t run my ranch and I can’t ride my bike. The two things I love. And just when I’m at my lowest, I’m sent Zoey. She’s sassy, bossy, and pushes me to my limits. She’s everything I need. Zoey - It’s my job. To help people heal. But when I’m assigned Rancher, I find out that I’m in way over my head. I want to help mend his body...he wants to mend my heart.

Dal grande successo del metodo SBP - Sleep Brain Programming, il metodo che affianca e potenzia tutti gli altri metodi di apprendimento delle lingue. Il metodo originale e unico per imparare le lingue grazie alla programmazione subconscia notturna. Questo è un metodo guidato straordinario per la programmazione della mente subconscia durante la fase del sonno. La programmazione subliminale avviene direttamente al livello del subconscio, senza che il tuo livello conscio ne abbia consapevolezza.

Many years ago, the magical kingdom of Avalon was left desolate and encased in ice when the evil Snow Queen waged war on the powerful country. Its former citizens are now refugees in a world mostly devoid of magic - which is why the crown prince and his protectors are stuck in...Arizona. Prince Alexei, the sole survivor of the Avalon royal family, is in hiding in a town so lame that magic doesn't even work there. Few know his secret identity, but his friend Tala is one of them. Tala has secrets of her own - namely, that she's a spell breaker, someone who negates magic.

I knew Erik Chenault was dangerous the moment I saw him. Everything about him should have warned me away, from the scar on his face to the fact that mobsters call him Blade. But I was drawn like a moth to a flame, and I ended up burnt...and blushing, sore, and thoroughly used.

After aliens invade and conquer Earth, Eva is transported to a distant slave-trading planet. Freedom and escape are her only priorities, but none of her martial arts training could have prepared her for enslavement to the warrior King Taio. Eva finds herself drawn to this sexy alien male who ignites her heart and body. Taio is disgusted with the idea of owning a slave - until now. From the moment he sees her, he knows Eva is his for the taking. Torn between lust and duty, Taio discovers nothing will stop him from protecting his little warrior.

Die Vergangenheit war nur der Anfang. Jetzt beginnt der Kampf um die Zukunft. In einer Welt voller dunkler Geheimnisse und altem Zorn gilt es weitaus mehr zu riskieren als das eigene Leben. Avery und Alexander glauben, sie hätten das Ende ihrer schlimmsten Albträume erreicht. Doch das Schicksal hat noch eine weitere Prüfung für sie parat.

Nach zwei Büchern über die Familie ihrer Mutter widmet Anne Berest dieses neue Kapitel ihres Romanwerks dem väterlichen, dem bretonischen Zweig ihrer Familie. Wie schon in Die Postkarte vermischt sich die private mit der »großen« Geschichte, von der Gründung der ersten Bauerngenossenschaften bis zum Mai 1968, von der deutschen Besatzung eines Dorfes im Léon bis zur Zerstörung der Stadt Brest.