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Wir schreiben das Jahr 1880: Nach seinem Abenteuer in Wien will sich Jacques Pistoux nach Frankreich durchschlagen: Unterwegs engagiert ihn ein adeliger Landsmann, der Deutschland bereisen will. Doch die Fahrt der kleinen Entourage wird zur Tour de force. Pistoux beobachtet höchst verdächtige Gestalten, zudem häufen sich mysteriöse Vorfälle. Die Reisegruppe erreicht Elsass-Lothringen und sucht Zuflucht auf einer Burg. Zu spät stellen die Franzosen fest, dass sie in eine Falle geraten sind.

"Ihr wurde bewusst, wie wunderschön Kuros Augen waren. Wie schwarze Opale, in denen seine Seele geschrieben stand." Die schüchterne Sabrina ist nervös, als sie ihre Sommerferien auf einem Reiterhof antritt. Eigentlich hat sie gar kein großes Interesse an Pferden und fühlt sich ziemlich fehl am Platz. Als sie sich ihr Pflegepferd für die nächsten zwei Wochen aussuchen soll, fällt ihr Blick jedoch auf einen wunderschönen Rappen namens Kuro. Von den anderen Pferden gemieden steht er abseits der Herde – wie ein Schatten, den niemand bemerkt.

We live in a world designed to make us hate our bodies. By the time children start school, most have learned that 'fat' is bad. As they get older, many pursue thinness to survive in a society that ties their value to their size. Meanwhile, multibillion-dollar industries thrive on our insecurities, and the medical system pushes weight loss at almost any cost. Talking to researchers, doctors, and activists, as well as parents and young people, Virginia Sole-Smith lays bare how diet culture has perpetuated a crisis of disordered eating and body hatred.

The principal theme of this ambitious book is time, threading together three generations of the Pargiter family. The story begins on a day in 1880 in the household of Colonel Abel Pargiter, his dying wife, and their seven children, and it ends in the 1930s with a brilliantly depicted party at which the Pargiters, young and old, pass in review. Important events - births, deaths, marriages, wars - occur in the wings; it is the commonplace moments that are captured here in a sequence of perfectly drawn scenes.

From the author of the number one international best seller Gomorrah comes an electrifying investigation of the international cocaine trade, as vicious as it is powerful, and its hidden role in the global economy. In many countries, “000” flour is the finest on the market. It is hard to find, but it is soft, light, almost impalpable - like the purest, highest quality grade of cocaine. ZeroZeroZero is also the title of Roberto Saviano’s unforgettable, internationally best-selling exploration of the inner workings of the global cocaine trade.

Bookish, snarky, and fiercely independent Nate Boudreaux leads a solitary life. Between teaching classes at the university and working toward his PhD, he doesn’t need a partner to occupy his time, and he certainly doesn’t need a man like Alistair Drake complicating his future. Alistair Drake, black sheep of the tremendously wealthy Drake family, is more interested in adding another notch to his bedpost than another zero to his bank account.

Fat Talk argues for a reclaiming of “fat,” which is not synonymous with “unhealthy,” “inactive,” or “lazy.” Talking to researchers and activists, as well as parents and kids across a broad swath of the country, Sole-Smith lays bare how America’s focus on solving the “childhood obesity epidemic” has perpetuated a second crisis of disordered eating and body hatred for kids of all sizes. She exposes our society’s internalized fatphobia and elucidates how and why we need to stop “preventing obesity” and start supporting kids in the bodies they have.

For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers will go on forever; but as the First World War looms, the integrity of family and society will be fatally challenged. The novel's use of stream of consciousness, reminiscence and shifting perspectives gives it an intimate, poetic essence, and at the time of publication in 1927 it represented an utter rejection of Victorian and Edwardian literary values.

A spirited new version of Virgina Woolf’s Orlando adapted with a distinctly queer point of view. This adaptation revels in the origin of the story as a love letter from Woolf to Vita Sackville West. Beginning the story as a young 16th century nobleman, Orlando’s life spans centuries, continents, lovers and genders in a sumptuous celebration of what it means to explore one’s own identity.

Obra cumbre de la narrativa de Virginia Woolf, Las olas es un clásico intemporal cuya lectura acompaña al lector a lo largo de los años como el recuerdo de un verano lejano e irrepetiblemente feliz.Desde que se publicara en 1931, Las olas ha sido considerada una de las obras capitales de la narrativa del siglo XX, tanto por la originalidad e hipnótica belleza de su prosa como por la perfección de su revolucionaria técnica, y, con el paso de los años, su influencia en la literatura contemporánea ha ido acrecentándose.

Hugh Drake, the most whimsical member of the Drake family, wants a clutch badly...and despite his sanctioned period to reproduce nearing its end, he just might get his wish. New information has emerged that suggests Disgraces are dragons and able to bear eggs. All that’s left to do is find one Hugh can tolerate, and who better to help him find his perfect match than his steadfast and faithful secretary, Finch?

Like her father before her, Joan Matthews is a witch. For generations, their family of binder witches has protected Calvert, Oregon from vampires by strengthening the land with spellcraft. Pushing back against tradition, Joan defied her father and left town to become a war witch, one who fights the monsters hand-to-hand. But when her father dies, Joan returns to find her hometown assailed by a vampire lord's endless attacks—and the answers lie with the one woman who chose a rival over Joan.

Au phare, c'est cette destination vers laquelle se tend et se déploie tout le roman, un serment en suspens, à flux tendu au-dessus des profondeurs abyssales de la conscience des personnages. La promesse d'une promenade scelle l'alliance de Mrs Ramsey avec ses enfants, contre le père, contre vents et marées, le temps qui passe et la Guerre - c'est autour de cette parole donnée que se nouent les désirs enfouis et les pensées tues, que se cristallisent tragiquement les souvenirs d'enfance.

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Published in 1928, Orlando is a fictional biography that spans several centuries and follows the protagonist, Orlando, an Elizabethan nobleman who undergoes a mysterious gender transformation. The novel explores themes of gender identity, fluidity and the constraints imposed by societal norms. It challenges traditional notions of gender roles and raises questions about the nature of identity and the passage of time.

Dating apps were supposed to be a fun new way to meet men - but for many women, they've morphed into a digital dystopia of lies, harassment, and few (if any) quality dates. Stop competing against thousands online and start enjoying endless, untapped opportunities to attract great men in the real world. In The Offline Dating Method, author Camille Virginia draws upon her transformation from a shy girl with social anxiety into a socially confident woman who's been asked out by hundreds of men in everyday places - without ever going online or using an app.

Nach seinem Abenteuer als Leibkoch eines Lords beschließt Jacques Pistoux, der britischen Insel den Rücken zu kehren und mit einer amerikanischen Reisegesellschaft eine Kreuzfahrt auf dem Mittelmeer zu wagen. Doch auch hier zieht der französische Meisterkoch das Verbrechen an wie Honig die Bienen. So kommen in diesem kulinarischen Krimi dank vielfältiger Rezepte sowohl Gourmets als auch Gourmands auf ihre Kosten.

Er könnte alles verlieren, auch sein Herz... Aiden Kelley ist ein milliardenschwerer CEO und liebt Planung über alles. Doch sein extravagantes Leben wird auf den Kopf gestellt, als seine Exfreundin mit einer Zehnjährigen auftaucht, die seine Tochter sein soll. Hilfe muss her, denn er weiß nicht, wie er sich plötzlich um ein Kind kümmern soll. Die einzige Frau, die Aiden helfen könnte, ist ausgerechnet seine persönliche Assistentin Chelsea Houston - die gerade gekündigt hat.

Six children - Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny and Louis - meet in a garden close to the sea, their voices sounding over the constant echo of the waves that roll back and forth from the shore. The book follows them as they develop from childhood to maturity and follow different passions and ambitions; their voices are interspersed with interludes from the timeless and unifying chorus of nature.

Hamburg 1962. Der Star-Club öffnet seine Pforten als eine Beatband aus Liverpool, bestehend aus John, Paul, George und Pete, von sich reden macht. Aufsehen erregt der neue Beat und der freche Lebensstil der vier Pilzköpfe. In allernächster Umgebung tummelt sich die Mädchenband She Bees,deren Gitarristin Tina sich in John verliebt hat. Als ein Star-Club-Kellner ermordet wird und die Kriminalpolizei ermittelt, wird es richtig mulmig. Johns Verhaftung kann nicht verhindert werden, die beiden Bands verstricken sich im Reeperbahngeflecht. Es geht um Opium, um die Chinesenmafia, um Geldschiebereien. Wann schlägt der Serienkiller wieder zu?