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All Lola wants is to be a STAR! All Issy wants is to be left alone, thank you very much. All Cass wants is to play her drums and for everyone to get along, if it isn't too much trouble. This doesn't seem at all likely when Lola secretly decides to do something which, at best, can only be described as unexpected: entering them into SongStarz, the television show, and heading them down a path that feels, to Issy, rather like an out-of-control juggernaut with no brakes. Even if they can break out of the high-security military base where they live, will Issy be able to do what Lola wants?

Olivia Bailey and her sister are in dire need of some time away from their work-driven lives. Neither realized how strenuous running their own business would be. Eager for a change, the girls set off for a trip to Scotland. But things quickly go awry when an unlikely incident sends Olivia off the side of the Quiraing. Rather than meeting her near-certain death, she opens her eyes to find herself transported through time and hidden away in a castle with two of the most damaged, but handsome, men she’s ever laid eyes on.

Bella watches as all the puppies in her litter are adopted until she is the only one left. When other animals in the shelter pick on her, Bella hopes that the perfect owner will come for her one day. Will Bella find her forever home? Find out in this fun, sweet story which shows the importance of believing in yourself and never giving up.

In seinem Buch "The Prophet" offenbart uns Kahlil Gibran zeitlose, universelle Lebensweisheiten, die auch heute noch im 21.Jahrhundert bemerkenswert zutreffend sind. Lily de Silva hat hiervon 18 Gleichnisse neu aus dem englischen Originaltext übersetzt und teilweise behutsam dem heutigen Sprachgebrauch angeglichen, um sie verständlicher zu machen. Kahlil Gibran wurde 1883 in Bisharri im Libanon geboren, doch noch während seiner Jugendzeit immigrierte seine Familie mit ihm nach Boston in Amerika, wo er dann im Jahr 1923 sein Buch "The Prophet" in englischer Sprache veröffentlichte.

The man who rejected me, my twin flame and fated mate, is locked up and losing his mind. Why do I care? Because our souls are entwined. If he goes down, he takes me with him, only I can free Arsen, and only if I'm willing to strike a sinister deal to spring him. In exchange for his freedom, we must agree to take on a deadly task only we can pull off together. Between the trouble caused by Ash's brother, the secrets Hex is keeping, and Rogue's growing lust for my blood, I'm losing a lot of sleep. Unfortunately, Arsen is a vicious mess, and there's no reasoning with a dragon gone mad.

Ever since she can remember, Aly has tried fixing things: her parents' marriage, colleagues' work problems, and all her friends' love lives. But when she bumps into her ex—who has gone from a living in his parents' basement to a happily married success—she realises she's been fixing her boyfriends, too. When an in-joke with her friends at the office spirals out of control, Aly uses her talents to set up The Fixer Upper—an exclusive underground service for women who are tired of mothering, nagging and coaching their boyfriends through life.

 In this delightfully inventive series of short solo sketches, an eclectic range of unusual individuals find themselves cheerfully engaging in a deeply un-British activity: chatting to a stranger. And in each scenario, the silent recipient of their confidences is the listener themselves. They may be a stranger you thought you knew, a stranger you've just met, or the only stranger in a room full of friends. But whatever the situation, they all want to open their hearts to us - and they're not shy about sharing.

This is the diary of me, Ellery Brown, aged 15 and a half. I’m supposed to use it to record my feelings about my mum, since she died. So why do I keep thinking about who my dad might be, instead? I have so much STUFF to think about—including a whole new life in Ireland. So why can I not stop thinking about my DAD? Especially because it is so weird to think about someone you don’t know. Like, literally, I have NO IDEA who my dad is. My best friend, Meg, has narrowed it down to three authors my mum knew.

I screwed up. Not only did I make my first innocent kill, I failed to get rid of the evidence in time. Now the Circle of the Veil has sent a hunter after me. Not just any hunter. Arsen. My twin flame, the light to my dark. My literal other half. I won't run from him. If he comes for me, I'll give him the fight of his life. Every moment spent divided from him sends me spiraling deeper into the void. If Arsen wants to bring our volatile bond to a tragic and violent end, he'll have to hurry. Because he's not the only one coming for me.

With its backdrop of US Supreme Court corruption and nuclear power plant sabotage, Contract with the Lycanthrope is one wild ride into the grisly dominion of The Lycanthrope, whose ancient origin reveals the source of his otherworldly power.

Brought to you by Penguin. From an exciting new voice in literary fiction comes a brilliantly innovative, tender and unsettling novel exploring what it means to lose our innocence Surrounded by the dramatic beauty of Guernsey, a teenager discovers a secret and finds his betrayal has the power to...

When Lily Dunn was six years old, her father left for India to join the cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. She grew up enthralled by the myth of him—a brilliant, charismatic writer and entrepreneur who would appear with gifts from faraway places. Yet he was also a compulsive liar whose pursuit of transcendence took him from sex addiction, via the Rajneesh cult, to a relentless chase of money, which ended in ruin and finally addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs.

This is Book Five in the Scottsdale series....

Nineteen people from across the globe, ranging in age from 20 to 70-plus, tell their stories of living and thriving in diverse fields - in sport, the arts, medicine, business, and more. With refreshing frankness, they share their successes along with their struggles - grit is the one characteristic they all have in common. These are not stories of people overcoming disability - they’re stories of people accommodating disability while pursuing their dreams. Pure Grit shines a light on boundless possibility whatever the individual challenge.

When Margaret Hamilton’s father rescues Elizabethan manuscripts from a flooded tomb, he asks his daughter’s former fiancé Stephen to help decipher them, bringing the couple back together again. When they uncover links between the buried papers and Shakespeare’s Macbeth, ruthless art and antiquities thieves scheme to take the priceless papers at any cost.

Ten years ago, Jess Mills had her life changed when she crossed paths with Shannon Parker, the most beautiful girl at their small liberal arts college. But what Jess assumed to be nothing more than a crush on a straight girl turned into the night of her dreams senior year. Then? Nothing. Shannon was gone before graduation. But Jess's love for astrology and divination is about to come in handy now that Shannon is determined to face her feelings and understand the whim of the universe.

When a royal decree demands the death of all young children, along with any born over the next two years, Adriella's life comes unraveled. Instead of the excitement of a new baby, she feels nothing but trepidation at telling her soldier husband. She decides to flee before he can turn her in.

Madeline knows firsthand that life rarely goes according to plan. If it did, her husband would still be alive, Scotland wouldn’t be her home, and she wouldn’t be living in the 17th century. Hardened by grief and broken dreams, Madeline hopes that a new life for her and her daughter might be enough to pull her from her years’ long rut. Despite her best efforts in a new century, little changes. As the months pass, her wish for a happier tomorrow seems unlikely to come true. But when a newcomer with ties to the castle arrives in the village, Madeline’s interest is piqued.

Sadie Sanders believed her life couldn't get any worse when her parents moved her from sunny California to gloomy Salem, Massachusetts. Of course, Sadie was wrong - dead wrong. After a dangerous and almost deadly first year in Salem, Sadie's parents decide to send her away for the summer to visit her Aunt Morgan in the small town of Nicholasville, Kentucky.

Death seems to follow 17-year-old Sadie Sanders everywhere she goes - literally. As a mediator to the dead, she must constantly face fighting demons and the occasional angry dead girl. After a dangerous and almost deadly first year in Salem, Sadie's parents decided to send her away for the summer to visit her Aunt Morgan in the small town of Nicholasville, Kentucky. After uncovering a murder hidden for centuries, she embarked on a deadly mission to solve the crime while trying to enjoy her summer vacation.