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Gina Knight is looking forward to the prospect of retirement with her husband of forty-three years. Until, to her surprise, said husband decides he needs to 'find himself' – alone – and disappears to Santa Fe, leaving a Dear John letter in his wake. Now Gina needs a new role in life, not to mention somewhere to live, so she applies for the position of Companion to elderly Dorothy Reed. At eighty-nine, ‘Dot’ needs someone to help her around the house – or at least, her family seems to think so. Her companion’s first role would be to accompany Dot for a week-long extravagant wedding party.

Tradimenti, amori, cospirazioni nell'affascinante epoca Tudor. Due donne, due diversi destini, uniti per sempre sotto l'ombra della torre di Londra. Finché i corvi abiteranno la Torre di Londra, il Regno d’Inghilterra sopravvivrà. Joan Vaux non è come tutte le altre dame di corte. Ha la carnagione olivastra, si veste sempre con abiti scuri e i suoi capelli sono neri come le ali dei corvi che tanto ama. Li considera suoi amici e guardiani della Corona da quando è piccola. E oggi più che mai il Regno sembra in pericolo.

Ирландская писательница и журналистка Мейв Бинчи (1940–2012) хорошо известна не только на своей родине, но и во всем мире. Перу Бинчи, помимо рассказов, принадлежит 16 романов, ее книги неизменно становились бестселлерами и не раз получали престижные международные премии. В 1970-х годах Бинчи опубликовала три сборника рассказов, и довольно успешно, но настоящая слава пришла к ней после выхода первого романа Зажги свечу (1982).

It is almost the year of the millennium, and Melissa meets her college friends Sarah and Doug and her first and only true love John for a reunion in Hyde Park. All four are in the midst of their careers. All struggle with the compromises that have marred their happiness. All wish to change the world, each in a different way. Sarah has left her government job for a new life as a yoga teacher. Doug is helping to birth a new value-based economy. John is a successful academic doctor. Melissa is ailing.

It’s the early 1970s. Melissa and her friends begin their first year of college in the inner city of Chicago at a time when post-assassination riots, Great Society scholarship programs, and veterans returning from Vietnam create a sometimes explosive confluence of urban and rural, rich and poor, white and black, educated and uneducated. Coming of age in a violent, unjust, and yet hopeful time, they struggle to reconcile their hopes and opportunities with the shadows of war and the tragic limitations of colliding ideologies and ambitions.

The last thing Alice expects to see at her husband’s graveside on his birthday is a giant, talking frog. On closer inspection, it’s a grown man dressed as Kermit. Turns out Alice’s husband is buried next to Ben’s older brother Harry, who—as a parting practical joke in his will—insisted that Ben visit his grave each year, on this specific day, dressed in an as-yet-undisclosed pageant of embarrassing fancy dress.

In the midst of World War II, a Tennessee farm boy, a Jewish Cambridge student, and a German POW forge a connection that endures—against all odds. But now everything that Will Dobbins, Dov Silverberg, and Hans Hessler fought for is at risk as their descendants clash for control of the corporation they founded together. In an attempt to remake its tattered corporate image, the firm hires event planner Hadley Jacks and her sister Kitzie to organize a reunion for the families on St. Simons Island, Georgia, the place that changed all three men’s lives forever.

After escaping a train bound for a death camp with a trusty German Shepherd dog, a girl wakes to find that she has no memory of her former life. Lily is fostered by the kind RAF pilot who found her and his wife, Meg. It is not long before their lives are disrupted once again by the war and, with their home in ruins, they are forced to flee to the country. In the Somerset countryside, Lily is reunited with Rudy, the heroic German Shepherd.

Dla szóstki dawnych przyjaciół miał to być nie tylko relaksujący wypad w Tatry, ale i okazja, aby po latach odnowić znajomość. Nic jednak nie idzie tak, jak sobie zaplanowali. Kiedy zaś w czasie kuligu dochodzi do morderstwa córki właściciela pensjonatu "Pod Śnieżycą", szybko okazuje się, że kilkoro z tego grona miało powód, aby je popełnić. Mało tego! Jedno z nich nie jest tym, za kogo się podaje. Kto stworzył sobie fałszywą tożsamość? Kto ciągle nie może się pogodzić z tym, że został porzucony? Kto od lat skrywa w sobie mroczną tajemnicę? I wreszcie: kto jest mordercą? Komisarz Krzysztof Darski rozpoczyna śledztwo.

Marysia, wracając po latach do rodzinnej Białej Podlaskiej, staje twarzą w twarz z przeszłością – śmiercią mamy, przykrym dzieciństwem pod okiem ciotki, dla której zawsze była bajstrukiem, i nieszczęśliwą młodzieńczą miłością. W leśniczówce, otrzymanej w spadku od babci, znajduje pamiętnik Iny, łączniczki AK. Lektura pamiętnika pochłania ją bezgranicznie, choć w tym samym czasie zmaga się z wieloma problemami... Kim była tajemnicza Ina, zakochana we włoskim jeńcu wojennym? Czy Marysia dla dobra chorego synka odważy się odbudować relację z jego ojcem?

When Mae and Ari meet outside a crowded gay bar during their final year of university, their connection is instant, sparking a lifetime friendship. Stubborn and no stranger to breaking hearts, Mae needs Ari's bright light to guide her out of her self-centered ways. Reeling from a scandal in New York, vibrant, charming Ari sees Mae as an anchor keeping him grounded. Though they are young, ambitious, and queer, both Mae and Ari secretly daydream about settling down somewhere with a garden, children, and dogs, building a life that feels like home.

Der neue Roman von Bestseller-Autorin Alexandra Potter übers Älterwerden und Jungbleiben. Ein Hoch auf die grandiose Mitte des Lebens! In dieser wunderbar witzigen Fortsetzung des Bestsellers Je größer der Dachschaden, desto besser die Aussicht dürfen unsere Lieblingsheldinnen Nell und Cricket wieder viel übers Leben lernen, Abenteuer erleben und Spaß haben – egal, wie alt sie sind! Eigentlich war gerade alles gut. Aber Nell wäre nicht Nell, wenn das Leben ihr nicht ganz schnell wieder ein paar Striche durch die Rechnung machen würde.

The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on her face. Living and schooling on Haxby Road alongside the Rowntrees Chocolate Factory, Molly watched the daily trudge of women employed there in their white uniforms as she sat at her school desk. When Molly secures a job on the production line at the factory, she's excited to become one of these women. As she labours hard at the factory, she meets Connie. Quickly the two form a close friendship, and Molly begins to see the world differently.

Victoria is looking for a life away from the dangers of wartime London for herself and two orphaned children. Her search takes her to Churchwood in Hertfordshire which looks ideal, but the village residents are already dealing with their own problems . . .With so much trouble and uncertainty in the village, can Victoria and her little family find the safe haven they crave?

Lee knows she’s the best. A professor favorite and fellowship winner, there’s no doubt she’ll land one of the coveted jobs at a Big Five corporation. So when, upon graduating, Lee is instead assigned to an unknown company in the dead city of New York, her life goals are completely upended. In this new role, Lee’s task is to gather enough research to train an AI how to be a friend. She begins online and by studying the social circle of her clueless, outgoing roommate Veronika.

Eine Silvesterfeier unter Freunden. Die Frage nach den Vorsätzen für das neue Jahr wirft Konflikte auf. Am Neujahrsmorgen steht das Versprechen, sich in einem Jahr am selben Ort wiederzutreffen. In diesen zwölf Monaten brechen alte Wunden auf und es zeigen sich ungeahnte Abgründe in ihrer scheinbar perfekten Welt.

Der Unternehmer Wolfgang ist ein Sympathieträger: Humorvoll, erfolgreich, bodenständig - ein "Gemütsmensch", der urplötzlich eine fatale Diagnose erhält und von da an sein eigenes Leben auf den Kopf stellt. Anstatt sich den notwendigen medizinischen Behandlungen zu unterziehen, macht er sich spontan auf die Reise in seine eigene Vergangenheit. Er sucht nach seinem Freund von früher - und so wird der Hörer/Leser auf eine ungewöhnliche, abenteuerliche Reise eingeladen, die sich schnell zu einem "odysseartigen Roadtrip" entwickelt.

Die Stunde der Frauen: Drei Freundinnen erobern das Fernsehen Das Fernsehen ist ihre Zukunft, dafür nehmen die drei Freundinnen Ina, Barbara und Alexandra in Kauf, mit den Erwartungen ihrer Familien zu brechen. Doch auch als Ina eine Anstellung als Assistentin für eine Samstagabendshow findet, Alexandra in die Tanzkompanie aufgenommen wird und Barbara eine der raren Stellen als Ansagerin ergattert, müssen die drei feststellen, dass es nicht leicht ist, sich in der Männerdomäne zu behaupten, denn selbst in dem neuen Medium Fernsehen herrschen noch überkommene Konventionen.

At last, 33-year-old Jess has saved enough to move into her own apartment! But troubles at work and the endless disappointments of online dating have made her feel worse than ever. She finally finds a ray of hope when she adopts another soul in need—her rescue dog, Icing. With new purpose and the help of her friends, Jess hopes she's heading in the right direction. Can these two navigate all that life has to throw their way?

Jessica and Linda have been best friends since the first day of school. Both girls are from very different broken homes—and beautiful, wilful Jessica has always ensured their survival. Now eighteen, the two have come to Wilde—an elite university in the heart of Dublin, far away from their troubled childhoods. Jessica thrives immediately, and, with the faithful Linda at her side, finds herself at the heart of a new circle of friends. But then Mark enters the picture.