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Ten-year-old Pinchas is separated from his parents and twin sister when they are deported from the Warsaw ghetto to the killing site of Majdanek. As Pinchas is sent on to a series of concentration camps, he shuts himself off to the terrors surrounding him and tries his best not to be noticed, to become almost invisible.

Set in the forest in northern New Zealand, Mila is a young woman descended from healers. A family death causes her terrible guilt and sets her on a path away from home and to the distant city. Her friend Tommy, the quirky boy next door who makes models from bones, helps to bring her home, where she belongs.

"Conni im Sommer": Endlich ist der Sommer da, die schönste Zeit des Jahres. Es duftet nach Sonnenmilch und süßen Kirschen und Conni ist glücklich. Denn nun kann sie barfuß gehen, planschen, mit Papa und Mama Tretboot fahren, Ausflüge machen, Johannisbeeren naschen... "Conni zieht um": Conni soll umziehen. Ihre Eltern finden die alte Wohnung zu klein. Das fällt Conni nicht leicht, denn was wird denn dann aus ihrer Freundschaft mit Julia? Und das neue Haus gefällt Conni auch nicht.

Heroines in History: A Thousand Faces moves beyond stories of individual heroines, taking a thematic, synthesizing, and global in scope approach to challenge previous understandings of heroines in history. Responding to Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces, Katie Pickles explores the idea of a transcultural heroine archetype that recurs through time. Each chapter addresses an archetypal theme important for heroines in history.

As the eldest son of the Duke of Langford, Nathaniel Gresham sees his arranged marriage to Lady Violet Devere as just another obligation to fulfil – highly suitable, if unexciting. But as Violet sets out to transform herself from dowdy wallflower to dazzling young duchess-to-be, proper Nathaniel sets out to prove he's a match for his new bride's vivacity and daring.