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There were so many terrifying stories about the Jews. People called them useless vermin, filthy, dangerous. Before I met Abram, I was afraid of them, too. But I am about to tell you a very different story—a forbidden story. My love for Abram defied all reason...as well as German law. Tonight our son giggles with excitement as he blows out the candles on his birthday cake. But our safety is nothing but an illusion. As his candles burn out, a window shatters outside. The room shudders as the synagogue down the street is engulfed in flames.

The King's Hidden Heir He’s claimed his throne. Now he will claim his son! A new royal romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Sharon Kendrick. What’s a king…Without an heir? Emerald Baker was a checkroom attendant when she spent one mind-blowing night with a prince. Now Kostandin is a...

Brought to you by Penguin. A wonderfully weird love story about the sometimes mad, troubling and vulnerable things people do to get close to others - Open Wide will quite literally get under your skin Olive is desperate to get close to Theo – really, really close. Despite being a radio host...

"What this charming, moving and fascinating collection proves is that the [letter] form itself - a scribbled note, a declaration of love, an outpouring of passion, a bitter word -has always been with us." - Mark Gatiss A good love letter can speak across centuries, and reassure us that the agony...

The Windsor Diaries are the never-before-seen diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard, who lived alongside the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret at Windsor Castle during the Second World War. Alathea's home life was an unhappy one. Her parents had separated and so during the war she was sent to...

We’re told women are good at listening, but we rarely examine what they’re listening to, what their worlds sound like, or how it feels to be expected to listen in a world of noise made by men. Like so many of us, Alice Vincent had become overwhelmed by the sensory overload punctuating our every moment. And then, a baby’s heartbeat arrived. A rapid, pulsing whoosh of white noise. An undeniable rhythm. Once again, Alice’s life became cacophonous – both with a new child, but also with the societal pressures that motherhood holds.

Sie sind zurück – cooler, chaotischer und (fast) geschniegelt wie nie zuvor: Mr. Wolf und seine legendäre Gangster Gang! Doch gerade als sich Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, Mr. Piranha und Hacker-Genie Ms. Tarantula an ihr neues Leben auf der guten Seite gewöhnen, geraten sie mitten hinein in einen spektakulären Mega-Coup. Und hinter diesem genialen Plan steckt eine brandneue, hochgefährliche Truppe: Die Gangster Girls. Angeführt von der eiskalt-eleganten Schneeleopardin Kitty Kat stellt diese Truppe die Gangster Gang vor ihre bisher größte Herausforderung.

Kira hat mit ihrem Konzept zur Schulgartengestaltung den ersten Preis gewonnen. Wie bescheuert, dass Kira sich ausgerechnet jetzt mit dem Roller hinlegt und ihr Arm nicht einsatzfähig ist. Dabei gibt es doch so viel zu tun, und alles soll perfekt sein! Auf Kira lastet ein ziemlicher Erfolgsdruck. Leider verliert sie dabei ihr Team aus den Augen. Es kommt zum großen Krach, und Kira will alles allein durchziehen.

Der charmante Anführer Mr. Wolf, der sarkastische Safeknacker Mr. Snake, der Meister der Verwandlung Mr. Shark, Mr. Piranha, der Mann für's Grobe und die brillante Hackerin Ms. Tarantula bilden die berüchtigte „Gangster Gang". Nach einem weiteren spektakulären Coup landen die fünf hinter Gittern. Ihre einzige Chance? Sie versprechen, von nun an brav zu sein und als Vorzeige-Gutmenschen durchzustarten. Schnell merken sie: Held zu sein ist mindestens genauso aufregend wie ein Leben als Schurke. Doch dann taucht ein geheimnisvoller Superbösewicht auf, der die ganze Stadt bedroht!

For readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast: A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality--and an incisive interrogation of the sex-obsessed culture that invisibilizes and ignores asexual and A-spec identity. Everything you know about sex and asexuality is (probably) wrong. The notion that...

Ghosted follows the journey of paranormal investigations from the Victorian era to the modern day, examining how our fascination with ghost hunting has changed alongside technology and culture. Where we once gathered around tables, observing and recording every movement of the medium, we now take electronic equipment and app-laden phones around haunted locations to catch ghosts digitally.

La communication non violente - Résoudre enfin les conflits de manière constructive, pacifique et efficace grâce à des méthodes CNV raffinées. En cas de désaccord avec votre entourage, vous retrouvez-vous rapidement dans des discussions agressives ? Prenez-vous souvent les déclarations de votre interlocuteur personnellement et êtes-vous donc souvent blessé ? Vous avez l'impression que le message que vous souhaitez envoyer est mal perçu par votre interlocuteur et que cela dégénère en conflit ? Alors ce livre est absolument indispensable pour vous !

Read by the author, Alice Loxton. Biggest books to look out for in 2024 – The Guardian 'Loxton is the next big thing in history' – Dan Snow At eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots. You have everything to look forward to – unless you’ve got the plague. From a young...

Brought to you by Penguin. Six hundred years. Five interlocking lives. An immersive, open-hearted exploration of the many paths that can lead us home. It’s 1983 and Becks can’t wait to get the hell out of Cincinnati. But for now she has work to do: her programmer uncle, the only person who...

Florence Day è la ghostwriter di una delle più famose autrici romance del momento. Ma ha un problema: dopo una rottura terribile, non crede più nell'amore. Quando Benji Andor, il suo nuovo, affascinante editor, si rifiuta di concederle più tempo per consegnare il romanzo, Florence si prepara a dire addio alla sua carriera. Ma le cattive notizie, si sa, non viaggiano mai da sole: sua madre la chiama per avvisarla che il padre è venuto a mancare. Così, torna nella cittadina di provincia dove è nata e dove la sua famiglia gestisce un'agenzia di pompe funebri.

Sonnet is a writer. She is a professional with a wide network of important people. She is athletic, creative and successful. She always remembers to send Christmas cards. Sonnet also likes to be caned. She likes to be humiliated. She likes to go into a room blindfolded with ten strangers and have them do whatever they want to her. Sonnet likes whatever you tell her she likes. This is the secret memoir of a submissive.

The opportunity was just too damn delicious for Ginger Peet to pass up. The purse full of money she finds - $50,000 to be exact - could give her and her teen sister the new start they need. So she grabs the cash, her gothy sibling, and their life-sized statue of Dolly Parton, and blows outta Nashville in a cloud of dust. Chicago, here we come...

Alice Carrière tells the story of her unconventional upbringing in Greenwich Village as the daughter of a remote mother, the renowned artist Jennifer Bartlett, and a charismatic father, European actor Mathieu Carrière. From an early age, Alice is forced to navigate her mother’s recovered memories of ritualized sexual abuse, which she turns into art, and her father’s confusing attentions—her childhood is spent in an adult’s world, with little-to-no boundaries or supervision.

Sir Michael Morpurgo retells 10 of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays in this stunning audio collection in association with the RSC, featuring readings by members of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Michael himself. This collection includes Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Henry V, Twelfth Night, Taming of the Shrew, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest.

Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions? You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t have to be...