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Eine einsame Shetlandinsel. Zwei Männer aus unterschiedlichen Welten. Eine zerbrechliche Freundschaft. Dies ist eines der Bücher, die man unmöglich vergisst. Es ist ein kalter Sommertag 1843, als John Ferguson nach einer stürmischen Überfahrt die kleine, karge Insel im Nordmeer erreicht. Für einen Monat ist der verarmte Pfarrer von der schottischen Freikirche hierhergeschickt worden, um Ivar, den letzten verbliebenen Bewohner, von der Insel wegzuschaffen. Im Auftrag des Gutsbesitzers soll er den großen, stillen Mann samt seinen wenigen Habseligkeiten mit dem nächsten Schiff nach Aberdeen bringen, von seinem Zuhause verjagen.

Dax Pelletier is ready for a new life, far away from the one he left behind in Savannah following the South’s devastating defeat in the Civil War. The ex-Confederate general wants nothing more to do with commanding men and confronting the tough truths of leadership. Rachel Davenport possesses skills unlike those of her Boston socialite peers—skills honed as a nurse in field hospitals during the Civil War. Eschewing her northeastern suitors and changed by the carnage she’s seen, Rachel accepts her uncle’s invitation to assist him at his clinic in the dangerous and wild frontier of Montana.

Dive into the intricate and fascinating world of knotting with "Knots of the Deep: A Comprehensive Guide to Natural Knotting." This authoritative guide is the ultimate resource for sailors, scouts, climbers, and hobbyists who seek to master the ancient and essential art of knot tying.

Mae atgofion hunllefus achosion y gorffennol wedi gorfodi Taliesin i ymddeol fel ditectif. Mae e'n cyfrannu i bodlediad am Droseddau Gwir a phan fo linc i lofruddiaeth yn ei gyrraedd ef a Mari, y cyflwynydd, mae'n sylweddoli bod yna debygrwydd rhwng y weithred dywyll a'r hyn maen nhw wedi bod yn ei drafod Ar Ffeil Drosedd. Ond pwy yw'r llofrudd a pham mae'n e'n edrych i'r gorffennol?

Sara Davies is known for her no-nonsense, down-to-earth entrepreneurship, and this book reveals her secrets to success in just six minutes a week. Filled with stories from Sara's own career, her 52 invaluable lessons span the year, teaching you everything you need to know to launch, run and grow your business.

Broken and shattered after her confrontation with the Great Silver Monarch Dragon, the young elf maiden is forced to put the pieces of herself back together. Realizing that healing the land of Onis will require a much greater effort than facing one dragon, the friends must devise a plan to strengthen their efforts and recruit whomever they can to join their cause.

Entertaining, informative, irreverent and indiscreet – and sometimes very touching – Letters to Margaret reveals an eighty-seven-year-old Hunter still raging against the dying of the light, and seeking consolation for life’s frustrations and disappointments (and the loneliness of widowerhood) through a sustained conversation with the woman he shared his life with for more than half a century.

Death is hard. It’s as inevitable as manipulation and misogyny; as inevitable as love, conflict, insanity, sleep-deprivation, and broken hearts. It’s coming. It’s here. On the 28th April 2018, a young poet called Dan “DC” Collins was found dead in the woodlands by his home in Birmingham. He’d taken his own life. This was done, at least in part, because I had made the incredibly selfish decision to stop being his girlfriend. This decision would go on to affect the rest of my adult life.

A Love Letter to Football is the story of how the beautiful game, from the litter-strewn pitches of the grassroots to packed stadiums at the top of the sport, can help carry us through our darkest days.

Meera, Gemma and Karl have always dreamed of owning a farm, and when Meera discovers an abandoned railway station, it seems like their dream might come true. Soon Silver Street Farm is up and running—but news of the city farm spreads like wildfire, and the council try to shut it down. Can the people of Lonchester come together to save it?

It was a simple job, they said: just collect a package in Vienna. But when Bill Kemp’s contact washes up dead on the frozen banks of the Danube, where the Iron Curtain falls across the map of Europe, he’s thrown into the heart of a dangerous conspiracy that threatens to destabilise the continent. As winter closes in and Kemp faces a treacherous expedition across the Alps to Switzerland, his introduction to the dark world of espionage proves as deadly as the bleak, beautiful mountains.

I returned to Storm Harbor for a simple job gathering intel for my best friend's security company, but my rule to keep business separate from pleasure goes up in flames when I meet my target’s niece, Petra. She's all innocence and sweet curves and way too good for me, which is exactly why I should resist her. In my world, distractions are deadly. And yet, when she opens that sassy mouth of hers and refuses to stay out of trouble…my resolve crumbles.

In a place where horror straddles humor, Cheeky, Bloody Articles dares to answer questions like: What if you lived to be 100 years old but absolutely hated your family? And: Exactly how long does it take for a rat to decompose? This poignant yet provocative collection is terrible, wonderful, but most of all insightful. Every story of this anxiety-ridden tongue-in-cheek romp challenges our bonds with romantic partners, family, friends, and our entire view of the complicated universe we share.

Blake finds himself enmeshed in two wild situations—an expanding family and a dead United States Senator. It turns out that Senator Todd Ashford was one of the rare “good ones”, and his death has the strange stench of a political hitjob. But why was he murdered? Working for his favorite billionaire, Mr. Triplehorn, again, Blake heads to Washington, D.C. to try and discover what no one else can.

Trapped in the ophidians dungeon, Brokk will do anything to break free and save Kaylia, but trying to escape the monsters imprisoning them is harder than he anticipated. As days turn into months, freedom becomes a dream he and Kaylia share while their bond grows deeper. But when secrets surface, will the tangled web of lies destroy them or make them stronger?

Family secrets, lost loves, and one woman’s fresh start... When heartbroken Lowri Morgan, a young Welsh widow, discovers a secret inheritance after finding a mysterious letter among her late husband's belongings, she and her daughter's world is about to shift. Now the owner of Clearwater Castle, she's determined to make the best of it, despite the derelict state of the castle and the overwhelming responsibilities.

Attending my best friend Noah’s wedding last summer was both the best thing and the worst thing to ever happen to me. The best was meeting Cora Tucker, Noah’s feisty little sister. That night we danced, laughed ourselves silly, and shared our dreams. Though we both knew it was just friendship, our chemistry crackled like a lit fuse. Not kissing her was the worst thing that could have happened to me. That and saying goodbye.

When Arnie refuses surgery for his bum knee, Laurel takes the family on a relaxing trip to the beautiful sunset coast on Lake Michigan to recuperate. Accompanying them are Arnie’s sixteen-year-old son, Sawyer, and things are made even better when their close friends Claire and Charles join them for a visit.

Kaylia and Brokk are determined to uncover the mysteries of the Valley and retrieve the crudue vine necessary to save Lexi’s life. They’re prepared for the worst, but they’re not ready for the many horrors of the Valley, the undeniable attraction rising between them, or the whispers haunting their journey. Whispers that will bide their time before unleashing their deadly truth.

Cadmon has always been a loyal member of the King's Guard, shouldering the blame for serving the corrupt king of Abbarkon. But when he is ordered to perform yet another abomination, he can no longer stand idly by while innocent lives are destroyed. Bent on fighting back, he vanishes into the wilderness to build a rebel army powerful enough to topple the reigning forces. However, in the peace of the remote village, the urgency to revolt fades. It takes the arrival of a young, masked warrior to prod him toward a perilous mission to assassinate the worst of the unscrupulous dukes.