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On an otherwise ordinary day, in a small shrimping village off the coast of South Carolina, a boat goes missing. The entire town rallies as all are mobilized to find the lost vessel. Throughout the course of one day, flashbacks of Bud Morrison, the captain on board, and Carolina, his wife, reveal the happier days of a once-thriving shrimping industry juxtaposed with the memories of their long term marriage.

A ground-breaking exploration of the changing nature of trust and how to bridge the gap from where you are to where you need to be. Trust is the most powerful force underlying the success of every business. Yet it can be shattered in an instant, with a devastating impact on a company’s market...

A selection of 30 magical and mischievous short stories by Britain's most beloved children's author - perfect for sharing at Halloween! Witches and pixies abound in this magical selection of thirty short stories, perfect for seasonal reading and sharing. With lots of humour and fantastic...

David Korten argues that global corporate consolidation of power is but one manifestation of what he calls "Empire", the organization of society by hierarchies of dominance that have held sway for the past 5,000 years. Empire has always resulted in misery for the many and fortune for the few. Now it threatens the very future of humanity. The Great Turning traces the ancient roots of Empire and charts its long evolution from monarchies to the transnational institutions of the global economy.

"Time is on the Second Floor" is a captivating philosophical and theological exploration centered on protagonist Thomas Lewis. The audiobook is brought to life by an engaging narrator who delights in breaking the fourth wall, fostering a unique bond with listeners. The story immerses us in a metaphysical journey through life, death, and what lies beyond, embodied in an enigmatic community center, a place of living, waiting, and inevitable passage behind a large curtain symbolizing death.

It is 1876. Nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives at the great country house of Evenwood to be interviewed for the position of Lady's Maid by the 26th Baroness Tansor, the former Miss Emily Carteret. But Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent by her guardian, the...

From the double Man Booker Prize-winner, a savagely funny tale that revisits the characters from the much-loved Every Day is Mother’s Day. Muriel Axon is about to re-enter the lives of Colin Sidney and Isabel Field. It is ten years since her last tangle with them, but for Muriel this is not...

Evelyn and Muriel Axon, mother and daughter, lead a haunted existence. Objects of horror to their neighbours, they evade or terrorise any social worker who crosses their path. Inside their house, they pursue a covert persecution of each other, shrinking from the unseen occupants of their spare...

Meet Tannie Maria, recipe writer turned crime fighter, who before she has time to take her Venus Chocolate Cake out of the oven, finds herself embroiled in another mystery. A bushman’s life is under threat and Tannie is determined to find out who wants to kill him. But her boyfriend is keen...

Meet Tannie Maria: A woman who likes to cook a lot and write a little. One Sunday morning, as Maria savours the breeze through the kitchen window whilst making apricot jam, she hears the screech and bump that announces the arrival of her good friend and editor Harriet. What Maria doesn't realise...

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Als die Archäologin Callie Dunbrook an den Fundort eines fünftausend Jahre alten menschlichen Schädels gerufen wird, ahnt sie nicht, dass dieses Projekt auch ihre eigene Vergangenheit heraufbeschwören wird. Zuerst muss sie erfahren, dass sie ausgerechnet mit ihrem Exmann Jake eng zusammenarbeiten soll, und dann sieht sie plötzlich ihre ganze Identität infrage gestellt. Denn eine fremde Frau, angeblich ihre leibliche Mutter, behauptet, dass Callies Eltern sie als Kind entführt haben.

Gemalte Feuer ist ein saugfähiger Roman über Freundschaft, Schicksal, Selbstbestimmung und künstliche Befruchtung. Mit hypnotischen Sätzen und feinem Humor erzählt Eva Hegge von einer Frau, die sich auf der Suche nach einem Kind in einer Zwischenwelt wiederfindet. Rebekka ist Mitte dreißig, studiert und Verkäuferin in einem Möbelgeschäft.

Emotional unreife Menschen – ob Eltern, Freunde oder KollegInnen – können Beziehungen in ein Labyrinth aus Schuldgefühlen, Verwirrung und Erschöpfung verwandeln. Die Psychologinnen Anna Eckert und Lisa Irani analysieren die Mechanismen hinter diesen Verhaltensmustern und zeigen, wie toxische Dynamiken durchbrochen, Grenzen gesetzt und das eigene Selbstvertrauen gestärkt werden können.

Große Gefühle und neue Chancen in Green Valley New Memories ist die neue Cozy Romance innerhalb der Green-Valley-Reihe von SPIEGEL- und BookTok-Bestsellerautorin Lilly Lucas. Es steht eine Hochzeit in der idyllischen Kleinstadt Green Valley an, die nicht nur bei Braut und Bräutigam für jede Menge Gefühlschaos und Herzklopfen sorgt … Drei Jahre ist es her, dass Lenas Traum von einem Leben in der idyllischen Kleinstadt Green Valley in den Rocky Mountains geplatzt ist. In ihrer Heimatstadt Berlin hat sie von vorne angefangen – ohne ihre große Liebe Ryan.

Im Tannental wird wieder munter gemeuchelt! Feinste Cosy-Krimi-Kost aus Süddeutschland! Jäger leben neuerdings sehr gefährlich in Bad Killingen. Zwei ereilt der Tod und ein Dritter ringt mit seinem Leben. Emma Kirsch, die clevere Cafébesitzerin, glaubt nicht an Unfälle und nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Doch dieser Fall ist größer, als sie denkt und bald stecken sie und Lucy, die resolute Dame aus dem Chalet Holms, knietief in Schwierigkeiten. Auch der sechste Fall der ungewöhnlichen Ermittlerinnen fesselt mit viel Spannung, Humor und überraschenden Wendungen.

All of Cecelia Alao's friends call her Cece. All one of them. But she and Therese are so close that one friend is all Cece needs. Both at school and in their shared Minecraft world, Cece and Therese are inseparable. 

A charming, clever, and quietly moving debut novel of of endless possibilities and joyful discoveries that explores the promises we make and break, losing and finding ourselves, the objects that hold magic and meaning for our lives, and the surprising connections that bind us. Lime green plastic...

After their epic journey across Europe, Ayla and Jondalar have reached his home, the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii, the old stone-age settlement in the region known today as southwest France. Jondalar's family greet him warmly, but they are initially wary of the beautiful young woman he has brought back, with her strange accent and her tame wolf and horses.

Ayla, one of the most remarkable and beloved heroines in contemporary fiction, continues to explore the world and the people around her with curiosity, insight, and, above all, courage. As the story opens, Ayla, Jondalar, and their infant daughter, Jonayla, are living with the Zelandonii in the Ninth Cave - a shelter of stone. Ayla has been chosen as an acolyte and has embarked on the arduous task of training to become a spiritual leader.