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Following the lives of three women from the Bin-Khalid family, Daughters of the Nile is an original and darkly funny novel that examines the enduring strength of female bonds. These women are no strangers to adversity, but they must learn from the past and relearn shame and shamelessness to radically change their futures.

'Help,' he said. 'He's not breathing.' A tiny baby is rushed to hospital. Doctors find an injury to his brain and suspect he was shaken by his father, who is later charged and convicted. The baby grows up in the care of his mother. Life goes on. Twelve years later, Ethan is now a singular young boy. Gifted with an innate affinity for physics and astronomy, Ethan sees the world in ways his classmates (and even his mum and teachers) simply can't - through a prism of light, time, stars and space.

Bells is always writing to her sister Katie, but Katie never replies. Preoccupied with her glamorous career in fashion, her busy life and her boyfriend Sam, she just doesn't have the time. Then Bells announces that she's coming to stay. She's not a secret exactly, but. . . Sam doesn't know she exists. For Bells doesn't fit into Katie's perfect world. But when Bells does arrive, everything changes for Katie. Perhaps her perfect life isn't so perfect after all?

For Julia Engelhorn life divides into the Before and After. There was a time Before, when her life was filled with the joys and struggles of parenthood, when she was run off her feet trying to take care of a seven year old and three year old twins Octavia and Maximo. And then there was a time After, when her world was encased in darkness, when there was only one child left and she had become a member of a club that no one wants to join.

By April 1916, the fervour that accompanied war’s outbreak has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting on the Western Front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr Stalling, the director of the Red Cross Ambulance Dogs Association, she witnesses a rare spark of optimism.

Die Wachau – sonnenverwöhnte Weinberge entlang der Donau, malerische kleine Ortschaften und kulinarische Köstlichkeiten. Lou Conrad, ehemalige Inspektorin und Winzertochter, ist zurück in ihrer Heimat, wo sie ein Feinkostgeschäft führt und das beschauliche Leben genießt. Doch beim großen Weinfest im September wird die Idylle empfindlich gestört, als ein Weinberg in Flammen steht und der renommierte Winzer Markus Haller tot aufgefunden wird.

Diese Schule birgt ein Geheimnis: Wer Glück hat, findet hier den besten Freund, den es auf der Welt gibt. Ein magisches Tier, das sprechen kann! Wenn es zu dir gehört... Wer in der Klasse wird heute ein magisches, sprechendes Tier erhalten? Es ist einiges los in der Wintersteinschule: Die Band Tausendsassa gibt ein Konzert in der Stadt! Es ist ja wohl klar, dass Ida, Benni und die anderen unbedingt dabei sein wollen. Aber wie sollen sie an die teuren Karten kommen? Die Freunde schmieden wilde Pläne: Vielleicht können sie die Karten gewinnen? Es gibt einen Wettbewerb, bei dem die Klasse einen Song von Tausendsassa aufführen muss.

Evie Grant is forty-five years old, a widow, and single mum of two children about to leave the nest. Suddenly alone in the family home, Evie realizes she hates her job, hardly goes out and hasn't had a date since who knows when... So it feels like fate when the opportunity arises for a girls trip to New York City. Staying with her sister on the Upper East Side, Evie is enchanted by a snow-covered city consumed by preparing for Christmas. Bobble hat firmly on, Evie is walking through the city one day when she bumps into Daniel Roberts, Hollywood heartthrob and one-time boyfriend of hers.

Wie kriegt man als Frau die Verrenkung hin, Rap zu lieben und sich dabei permanent beleidigen zu lassen? EMINEM gehörte einst zu Antonia Baums literarischen Vorbildern und ist auch 20 Jahre nach seinem Rap-Klassiker "Stan" nicht aus ihrer Arbeit wegzudenken. Doch die Welt ist inzwischen eine andere geworden. Was also macht Antonia Baum mit dieser misogynen, homophoben weißen EMINEM-Leiche in ihrem Keller?

"Plötsligt hade han handen på min höft och strax efteråt hånglade vi vilt i en taxi på väg hem till honom". Julia har ett rikt liv. Hon har en fartfylld karriär som hon älskar, väninnorna i BBI (Bokklubben Basic Instinct) och en fin relation med sin snart vuxna dotter. Det enda hon saknar är samvaron med en man. En relation som skänker såväl spänning som trygghet. Som både är fysiskt och mentalt stimulerande. En livskamrat helt enkelt.

I was taught that life is pain. That love is pain. It was unavoidable. Acceptable. I never had anything, or anyone I could count on. Not really. Not even myself. Until I met Dr Menon... To the outside world Lauren Taylor’s relationship with her boyfriend Josh is perfect. He is supportive and loving and has been there for Lauren during her darkest moments. But behind closed doors, secrets and lies can be hidden…

Die Enthüllungsjournalistin Hilde Jahn ist der Story ihres Lebens auf der Spur, nur leider wird das Treffen mit ihrem geheimnisvollen Informanten zu einem Rendezvous mit dem Tod. Ihre Assistentin Sarah Pauli übernimmt und stößt auf eine Geschichte über eine Reihe von mysteriösen Todesfällen unter Wiens Arbeitslosen. Doch je weiter ihre Recherchen fortschreiten, umso näher kommt ihr der Mörder.

Pig/Pork explores the love-hate relationship between humans and pigs through the lenses of archaeology, biology, history and gastronomy, providing a close and affectionate look at the myriad causes underlying this multimillennial bond. What is it that people in all four corners of the world find so fascinating about the pig? When did the human obsession with pigs begin, how did it develop through time and where is it heading? Why are pigs so special to some of us but not to others?

When the breakdown of her marriage leaves Sadie Turner a single mum, she vows that she will make it on her own. After all, why would a smart businesswoman with a PhD and the prospect of a life-changing deal on the horizon need a man? But Sadie's man-ban is tested to the limit when she travels to Monaco to meet her potential investor. There she encounters Mac, a rough and ready playboy billionaire who lives life in the fast lane. But Sadie's heart isn't the only thing on the line....

As a dark evening draws in, the lives of three women are changed forever. The worlds they have been living in, the people they thought they knew - in an instant it all changes. But when everything seems to shatter around them, could three little words be enough to help put the pieces back together again?

Isabelle Rackham knows she will not marry for love. Though arranged marriages have fallen out of fashion, hers has been settled for some time to combine the upper-middle-class wealth of her father’s coal mines with Alexander Osgood’s prospering Northern country textile mills. Though not a man prone to romantic gestures, Alexander is well known as an eligible bachelor. His good looks have turned more than one head, so Isabelle is content to think of herself as Alexander’s wife.

Travelling from the UK to Nashville, Tennessee, for a week of honky-tonks, karaoke and cowboys, is definitely not Claire Buchan’s idea of a good time. But she can’t avoid her sister’s hen party. Then she meets Rafe Castello, a handsome, roguish cowboy, who seems to have far more to him...

This magical flight of fancy is for children aged six to 12 years old and for the young at heart! It is a delightful and absorbing tale which will leave you wanting more. A dull, wet school holiday which has been so disappointing, is now drawing to a close for Alex. All this changes when an unexpected visit to the Great Museum of History with his eccentric aunt sets off a fantastic chain of events.

We've heard the name "Condoleezza Rice" over and over again as the spokesperson for President George W. Bush in matters of national security and foreign affairs. She presented a balanced, firm, unafraid presence to the country after the terrible events of September 11, 2001, as she spoke to the media and the public on behalf of the President. And, when the President has something to say about our friends and foes overseas, "Condi," as she is known to her friends, is usually standing in the background.

Auf einem ihrer Streifzüge durch den Prater beobachtet die Fotografin Lucie Viktor ein Gespräch zwischen einem bekannten Wiener Geschäftsmann und einer Obdachlosen. Kurz darauf versucht man, sie zum Schweigen zu bringen. Unterdessen schreibt Journalistin Sarah Pauli an einer Reportage zum bevorstehenden Prater-Jubiläum. Dabei entdeckt sie ein erschütterndes Muster: Bereits drei Obdachlose starben unweit des Riesenrads einen qualvollen und einsamen Tod. Sarah will herausfinden, was wirklich geschah, und stößt auf Lucies Schicksal.