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France, 1944. Deep in the river valley of the Dordogne, in an old stone cottage on the edge of a beautiful village, three sisters long for the end of the war. Hélène, the eldest, is trying her hardest to steer her family to safety, even as the Nazi occupation becomes more threatening. Elise, the rebel, is determined to help the Resistance, whatever the cost. And Florence, the dreamer, just yearns for a world where France is free. Then, one dark night, the Allies come knocking for help.

Un'esperienza straordinaria, il racconto di un viaggio unico nella saggezza di una cultura antica, che ha qualcosa di irresistibile ed eterno da comunicarci anche oggi. Questa è la storia di una donna che inconsapevolmente parte alla scoperta di sé: invitata da un gruppo di aborigeni australiani a ritirare un premio per il lavoro medico svolto con diverse tribù, Marlo parte piena di curiosità e gratitudine.

È un mercenario delle Highland. Lei è la nobile donna che ha abbandonato. Il figlio di cui non era a conoscenza e la donna che non ha mai dimenticato potranno salvarlo da un oscuro destino questo Natale? Le Highlands scozzesi, 1308. L'infame mercenario Hamish Dunn ha tradito un potente capo clan ed è ora inseguito da assassini quasi altrettanto spietati di lui. Dopo un duello mortale, una fata delle Highland lo convince a recarsi a Carlisle per un incarico che gli fornirà abbastanza oro per fuggire e vivere in pace. Deidre Maxwell ha un segreto pericoloso.

Accusata di aver ucciso l’ex-fidanzato, l’ufficiale dell’esercito degli Stati Uniti Amber Ryan fugge in Scozia e si nasconde tra le rovine del castello di Inverlochy. Ma quando una fata delle Highlands la trasporta nel 1308, si trova catapultata in uno scontro violento accanto a un affascinante guerriero. L’highlander Owen Cambel è scioccato quando vede una donna stupenda combattere con coraggio nel castello. Rischia tutto per salvarla, solo per finire prigioniero degli inglesi insieme a lei. Amber non può fare a meno di innamorarsi di quello scozzese ribelle.

Une Pomme en Thaïlande, ça a de quoi ajouter des épices à la compote de la vie quotidienne !À 28 ans, Pomme a un bel appartement parfaitement rangé, un emploi stable et un futur mari idéal, le tout enrobé d’une routine qu’elle chérit et compte bien garder le plus longtemps possible. Mais si elle pense contrôler sa vie, le destin, lui, a d’autres plans…Du jour au lendemain, elle perd son job et son fiancé, mais gagne un voyage en Thaïlande. Tout son train-train déraille et la voici propulsée seule au bout du monde.

During a treacherous winter trek to the basecamp of Annapurna, one woman is forced to confront the events leading up to her best friend’s tragic death twenty years earlier as well as the nature of their friendship, the meaning of love, and the unexpected consequences of what is spoken—and what is not. When Livy receives a package containing the ashes of her best friend, she knows she must return to the place Mo loved best to honor her memory. Leaving her son and her estranged husband behind, Livy travels to Kathmandu and the mountain towns of Nepal, and to the past.

María y Elena son dos hermanas que se mudan a un nuevo piso con el estrés que eso supone. Durante la mudanza tienen la suerte de coincidir con Silvia, una vecina que además de vivir tiene un negocio en las proximidades y hace que las dos hermanas se sientan acogidas en este nuevo barrio que parece ser perfecto.

Von einer kleinen friesischen Insel nach New York – eine mitreißende Familiengeschichte. Auf Föhr kennt jeder die fast Hundertjährige Inge Martensen. Ihr runder Geburtstag soll mit allen Ehren gefeiert werden. Doch kurz vor dem großen Fest haut Inge zum Erstaunen aller einfach ab. Mit ihrer Urenkelin Swantje besteigt sie ein Schiff nach New York: Noch einmal will sie die Freiheitsstatue sehen. So wie sie es als junges Mädchen tat, als sie Anfang der 1950er Jahre ganz alleine auswanderte. Dabei schien das Leben eigentlich vorherbestimmt für die Föhrer Bauerntochter.

A dazzling romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Sara Ackerman. They say opposites attract, but are they meant to last? ‘Iwa Young’s life is high in the Maui rainforest. As a field biologist, she’s happiest in the company of trees and birds and waterfalls. When a developer arrives with...

"An exhilarating adventure." —Zoje Stage, USA Today bestselling author of Baby Teeth and Dear Hanna A smart, thrilling and powerful debut by Lilli Sutton that asks what it costs to pursue your wildest dreams? Evelyn and Sophie, sisters and best friends, were known as one of the climbing...

No-one is ever happy to see Grace Salmon. As a funeral arranger, she’s responsible for steering strangers through the hardest day of their lives. It’s not a task many would want - but for Grace, giving people the chance to say a proper goodbye to the ones they love is the most important job in the world. From the flowers in the church to the drinks served at the wake, Grace knows it’s the personal touches that count - and it’s amazing what you can find out about someone from their grieving relatives...or their Facebook page.

Vicky Turnbull has never regretted giving up her career for family life in the suburbs. And apart from being outstandingly good at paintball, no one would ever know that in a past life she was an undercover spy and has been trained to kill a man with her bare hands. Not even her husband and certainly not the other mums at the school gate. But beneath the school runs and bake sales, Vicky had never quite said goodbye to the past.

Hüseyin Rahmi, detaylı ve isabetli gözlemleriyle kendi düşüncelerini birleştirir romanlarında. Hayattan Sayfalar'da da İstanbul'un dönem hayatından hüzünlü bir kesiti yansıtır. Kenar mahallelerde yaşananlar, yoksulluk, açlık ve sefaletin getirdiği zorunluklarla fuhuşa sürüklenen bir genç kız ve onu bu yola iten annesinin serüvenini bazan güldüren ama çoğu zaman da dokunaklı, hüzünlü bir dille anlatır bize. Kitabı seslendiren usta oyuncu, sevgili ağabeyimiz Bülent Yıldıran'ı da bu kayıttan hemen sonra sonsuzluğa uğurladık.

Erst geparkt, dann ausgemustert? Nicht mit Monika! Charmant, lebensklug und voller Situationskomik erzählt Bestseller-Autorin Susanne Fröhlich in ihrem humorvollen Roman Geparkt von einer nicht mehr ganz jungen Frau, die sich mit der Hilfe neuer Freundinnen gegen ihren Ex-Mann behauptet. Monika hat das große Los gezogen: Einen solventen Freund, der nicht nur ziemlich verliebt, sondern auch ganz schön großzügig ist. Immerhin überlässt er ihr seine Finca auf Mallorca – und finanziert ihr einen entspannten Lebensunterhalt.

The last thing I needed was to fall for Kody Goodwin, my friend's sister turned nanny. There's something about a woman who has no problem putting a man in his place. And Kody does exactly that, she doesn't take my surly attitude or the way I try to ignore her every move. My heart has other plans, there is no keeping her at arm's length. Not when I see her everywhere, the way she looks, her sweet voice, and the way she loves my daughter. Now all I need to do is prove I'm worthy of Kody's love and I'm going to do everything in my power to make it happen.

Emory doesn't think what we have is real . . . that I'm merely pretending to be her boyfriend to help her out of a delicate situation. What she doesn't know is she's been in my crosshairs since the day I staked my claim in the frozen food aisle of our small-town grocery store. However, I've got secrets. Huge ones, the national security kind that threaten to destroy us before we can begin. There's one option: make her fall in love with me before the walls of deception crumble around us.

"โสมส่องแสง" นวนิยายยอดนิยมที่นักอ่านทั้งประเทศชื่นชม และไทยทีวีสีช่อง 3 เคยแพร่ภาพเป็นละครฟอร์มใหญ่แห่งปี 2537 หัวใจที่สว่างไสวและเดียงสาใสบริสุทธิ์ ของเจ้านางน้อยรอยคำ ที่ผูกพันกับนายทหารไทย "ผู้พันภูริต" ผู้ที่หลายคนตั้งคำถามเสมอว่า เขาเป็นใคร ทำไมต้องมารบเพื่อเวียงสรอง? ภูริต…ทุกลมหายใจของเขา…เพื่อเพื่อน…เพื่อนของเขา…เจ้ารอย! รอยอินทร์ หากเมื่อเวียงสรองล่ม เสด็จพ่อของเจ้ารอยคือเจ้าหลวงแห่งเวียงสรอง กำลังจะถูกประหารชีวิต!

إنها قصة شابة من عائلة سعودية ثرية تعيش في الظهران. منذ طفولتها كان عليها أن تعيش في صراع مع خالها المتعصب. وبسبب تمردها المتواصل تُطرد وهي تلميذة من المدرسة...

Поцелуй - вещь прекрасная, но не сравнится с бриллиантовым браслетом. Вооружившись этим девизом неподражаемая Лорелей Ли весело и задорно решает все проблемы, возникающие в ее насыщенной событиями жизни. А как же иначе. Ведь прежде всего, мисс Лорелей – восхитительная блондинка, предпочитающая исключительно богатых мужчин. Среди ее поклонников есть промышленники и кинематографисты, английские лорды и французские юристы.

It’s 1343 and Jeanne de Clisson is out for revenge. At forty-three, her perfect life—a loving husband, three young children, and two castles in the French countryside—shatters when Phillip VI, the King of France, arrests and beheads her husband for treachery. There’s no evidence and no trial—only the execution. The nobles are shocked. The paranoid king is relieved. And Jeanne…Jeanne wants the king’s head on a pike.