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I'm Hazel Kinsey, a special agent for the FBI, and I'm also a witch. Seventeen years earlier, I packed up my belongings and my squirrel familiar Tizzy, and I left my paranormal hometown of Paradise Falls for good. Or so I thought. When my best friend from high school, Lily Mason, calls and asks me to investigate her brother's murder, I can't say no. She was there for me during the worst time of my life, and it's my turn to return the favor, no matter the personal cost.

Still grieving the death of his long-time partner, Chase reunites with his dear friend and fellow Anglophile Billie Mondreau for a seacoast holiday of historic sightseeing. Assigned a pair of guides from the tour company Wanderers, Chase and Billie join seven other like-minded Americans looking forward to an English getaway. All except for Ronald Gretz. The wealthy entrepreneur behind the international Golden Sunset nursing home chain doesn’t like anything about walking, touring, or England.

On the night of 14/15 April 1912, a supposedly unsinkable ship, the largest and most luxurious vessel in the world at the time, collided with an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage. Of the 2,208 people on board, only 712 were saved. The rest either drowned or froze to death. How could this 'unsinkable' vessel sink and why did so few of those aboard survive? The authors bring the tragedy to life, telling the story of the ship's design, construction, and maiden voyage.

Despite her name, Clover has always felt decidedly unlucky. So when she stumbles upon a mysterious cottage in the woods, she can hardly believe her good fortune. It's the Magical Animal Adoption Agency, and it houses creatures of all kinds. Fairy horses, unicorns, and a fiery young dragon are just the beginning! Mr. Jams, the agency's owner, agrees to hire her as a summer helper and Clover hopes her luck has finally changed. But when she's left alone to care for the agency, a sneaky witch comes after the magical creatures! Will Clover outsmart her in time to protect the animals?

As fate would have it, George E. Johnson meets an accomplished barber, Orville, who is frustrated because he needs to smooth out the kinks in a product he’s created to straighten men’s hair, in the look of Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. A couple of months later, Johnson finds the perfect ingredient and emulsification process to rectify the problem and goes into business with Orville. The relationship quickly dissolves when Orville deceives Johnson. At 27 years old, in 1954, George launches Johnson Products Company (JPC) with a higher quality formula for straightening hair.

Get cosy in bed and settle down for Quiet Time, as you and your little ones immerse yourself in this collection of well loved fairy tales, that will have them dreaming of magical forests and kingdoms.

Hayvan Çiftliği merkezine insan kadar insan olmayan canlıları almış, geçmiş kadar bugünle açıklanabilecek ve ikisiyle ilişki kurmamızı sağlaması mümkün trajik bir romandır. Herkesin okuyabileceği modern fabl örneğidir. Emeklerinin sömürülmesinden ve öldürülmelerinden bıkıp insanlara karşı ayaklanan hayvanların hikâyesidir.

Fliegen fasziniert und begeistert die Menschen seit Generationen. Vielleicht gehörst auch du zu denen, die schon immer von einem Job über den Wolken geträumt haben? Aber vielleicht hattest du bislang nicht den Mut, diesen Traum wahrwerden zu lassen? Dann ist dieses Buch für dich: Luftfahrtexperte und Flugpersonalausbilder Hans-Georg Rabacher gibt tiefe Einblicke in die Arbeit als Flugbegleitung, teilt Insiderwissen mit dir und verrät allerlei nützliche Tricks, die dich perfekt auf deine Karriere in der Luft vorbereiten. Also, worauf wartest du noch?

Neither a protest against AI, nor a speculative work on how AI could replace humans, Algorithms of Armageddon provides a time-critical understanding of why AI is being implemented through state weaponization, the realities for the global power balance, and more importantly, U.S. national security.

From his phenomenal memory, George O. Hallman, Ph.D., describes in fascinating detail what it was like to grow up as a member of the Silent Generation and how a tragic accident on a U.S. Air Force base in Korea led to the loss of his eyesight and the gain of his cherished wife Eileen. With Eileen’s sacrificial support, George became a beloved psychology professor and an extreme marathon runner. George and Eileen raised two sons together and enjoyed a long, happy marriage.

Années 1970. Une lettre de suicide, celle du député Alex Fisher, menace d'ébranler les mondes parallèles des familles Clifton et Barrington. Car si la lettre pourrait se révéler salvatrice pour Emma, elle pourrait tout aussi bien être le coup de grâce pour son frère Giles... Sans compter que ce dernier doit choisir entre sa carrière politique ou le sauvetage audacieux de Karin, captive derrière le rideau de fer ! Pendant ce temps, Sebastian fait face à un dilemme similaire. Directeur général fraîchement nommé chez Farthings Bank, il tombe amoureux d'une mystérieuse Priya, une indienne destinée à un mariage arrangé.

When Jonah Steele hung a flyer in the local coffee shop advertising his services as a housekeeper, he didn’t expect the town’s hot doctor to hire him on the spot. He definitely didn’t think he’d still be working for the mysterious older alpha two years later. But something about Dr. Pictou keeps Jonah returning to the big house on the cliff, a bone-deep longing he can’t explain—and recently, it’s been making Jonah crave the good doctor in ways he shouldn’t.

Grabación con voz humana en español castellano. 1984 es una novela satírica que ofrece una descripción aterradora de la vida bajo la vigilancia constante del “Gran Hermano”. SINOPSIS. En una supuesta sociedad policial, el estado ha conseguido el control total sobre el individuo. No existe siquiera un resquicio para la intimidad personal: el sexo es un crimen, las emociones están prohibidas, la adoración al sistema es la condición para seguir vivo. La Policía del Pensamiento se encargará de torturar hasta la muerte a los conspiradores, aunque para ello sea necesario acusar a inocentes.

Winston Smith works in the Ministry of Truth—or Minitrue as it is called in Newspeak—where he alters newspapers and reports to follow the arbitrary dictates of Big Brother’s propaganda. Beneath his outward conformity, however, Winston dreams of sharing his treasonable thoughts and breaking through the loneliness in which he lives. Thus he takes his first dangerous steps, writing a diary of his doubts and then falling in love with a woman of the Party, the beautiful and brave Julia.

Nella, the main character from Nickelodeon’s Nella the Princess Knight, is planning a “best sisters” playdate with her little sister, Princess Norma—but will two bumbling giant brothers ruin the day?

Ein phantastisches Plädoyer fürs Lesen und für die Fantasie! Die Buks, das sind Buchschutzgeister, die versteckt in einer alten Villa leben. Ihre Aufgabe ist es, die Bücher ihrer Bibliothek zu bewahren, die es in der normalen Welt nicht mehr gibt. Allerdings sind die verbliebenen Bücher in großer Gefahr, sie sind von einer scheinbar unheilbaren Krankheit befallen. Als das Verrückte Orakel prophezeit, dass Menschenkinder die Rettung bringen werden, staunen die Buks nicht schlecht.

Das dramatische Finale des packenden Zweiteilers von Bestsellerautorin Miriam Georg. Hamburg, 1914. Rosa ist fort! Alice sucht überall nach ihrer kleinen Tochter, aber sie bleibt verschwunden. Zugleich muss Alice eine respektable Arbeit vorweisen, um vor Gericht die Auflösung ihrer Ehe zu bewirken. Die Situation scheint ausweglos … In ihrer Verzweiflung schleust Alice sich als Dienstmädchen in John Reevens Villa am Feenteich ein. Nun begegnen Alice und John sich täglich, ohne ein offenes Wort miteinander wechseln zu können.

La Fattoria degli Animali di George Orwell è una satira politica e un'opera allegorica che esplora il tema della corruzione del potere. Ambientato in una fattoria, gli animali si ribellano contro il loro padrone, aspirando a un'utopia egualitaria. Tuttavia, l'ideale "Tutti gli Animali Sono Uguali" viene distorto dai nuovi leader, portando a un regime altrettanto tirannico. Il romanzo, famoso per slogan come "Quattro zampe buone, due zampe cattive", critica l'uso di slogan per manipolare l'opinione pubblica.

LES GRANDS TEXTES DU XIXe SIÈCLE. 16 juin 1816. L'orage gronde. Dans une ville cachée au milieu des arbres, sur les bords riants du lac de Genève, une petite société s'ennuie. Il y a deux poètes, Byron et Shelley, leurs compagnes, Claire et Mary, un médecin, Polidori. On se raconte d'horribles histoires, selon la mode du temps. On décide même d'en écrire. Dans la nuit, la jeune Mary – elle n'a pas encore 19 ans – ne peut dormir : elle rêve d'un hideux fantasme d'homme.

Considerado o mais sombrio dos escritos de George MacDonald, este é um romance sobre a rebelião, o egoísmo, o amor sacrificial e a vida que só pode ser encontrada através da morte — temas que são cuidadosamente intrincados pela poderosa pena do autor.