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Hygge is not about candles. You can feel hygge without candles, woolen socks, or a fireplace. It's about something more. It's about mindset. Danes have been living this lifestyle for centuries. I studied how they live and applied what I've learned. My life has never been better. Now it's your chance to discover the secrets of living hygge.

When Mulan takes her father’s place in battle against the besieging Teutonic Knights, she realizes she has been preparing for this journey her whole life—and that her life, and her mother’s, depends on her success. As the adopted daughter of poor parents, Mulan has little power in the world. If she can’t prove herself on the battlefield, she could face death - or, perhaps worse, marriage to the village butcher.

As Hitler’s troops sweep into Vienna, Austrian Max Dornbach promises to help his Jewish friends hide their most valuable possessions from the Nazis, smuggling them to his family’s summer estate near the picturesque village of Hallstatt. He enlists the help of Annika Knopf, his childhood friend and the caretaker’s daughter. Eighty years later, Callie Randall is mostly content with her quiet life, running a bookstore with her sister and reaching out into the world through her blog. Then she finds a cryptic list in an old edition of Bambi that connects her to Annika’s story.

Ein Schicksal - zwei große Lieben Paris, 1940: Für die jüdische Studentin Judith wird es unter der deutschen Besatzung immer gefährlicher. Zusammen mit ihrer großen Liebe Christian, Sohn eines Bankiers, plant sie heimlich die Flucht. Doch plötzlich ist sie spurlos verschwunden. Mehr als fünfzig Jahre später in Washington: Auf Jacobina lastet ein Versprechen, das sie ihrem Vater gegeben, aber ihr Leben lang nicht eingelöst hat. Sie soll ihre unbekannte Halbschwester Judith finden. Jetzt bleibt ihr nicht mehr viel Zeit. Da trifft sie auf die junge Französin Béatrice.

The acclaimed author of Pandora’s Lunchbox and former New York Times reporter takes an enlightening, engaging, deep dive into the world of alternative medicine and the surprising science that explains why it may work.

Parenting 101 is an alphabetically indexed collection of topics on the subject of raising children. The author covers a range of subjects of interest to parents of children of all ages. In a conversational tone infused with illustrative personal anecdotes, she discusses problem areas, metes out some helpful advice, and shares some of her personal thoughts on various parenting practices and trends.

When Isabelle Hawking and her papa set out from London on a sea voyage, Isabelle is thrilled. Visiting foreign courts, learning from master tinkerers, and studying mechanicals is her dream. But Isabelle never arrives. Swept up in a tempest, her ship is lost. Isabelle survives the storm only to be shipwrecked on a seemingly deserted island. The magical place, dotted with standing stones, faerie mounds, and a crumbling castle, hints of an ancient past. Isabelle may be an unwilling guest, but her arrival marks a new beginning for the beastly residents of this forgotten land.

Du bringst den Tod. Du weißt es nur noch nicht. "Am 11. Februar wirst du am Prater einen Mann namens Arthur Grimm töten. Mit gutem Grund. Aus freien Stücken." Gerade ist die junge Journalistin Norah von Berlin nach Wien gezogen, um ihr altes Leben endgültig hinter sich zu lassen, als ihr eine Bettlerin auf der Straße diese Worte förmlich entgegenspuckt. Norah ist verstört, denn ausgerechnet in der Nacht des 11. Februar ist vor vielen Jahren Schreckliches geschehen. Trotzdem tut sie die Frau als verwirrt ab - bis kurz darauf ein mysteriöser Mann namens Arthur Grimm in ihrem Leben auftaucht.

Du bringst den Tod. Du weißt es nur noch nicht. "Am 11. Februar wirst du am Prater einen Mann namens Arthur Grimm töten. Mit gutem Grund. Aus freien Stücken." Gerade ist die junge Journalistin Norah von Berlin nach Wien gezogen, um ihr altes Leben endgültig hinter sich zu lassen, als ihr eine Bettlerin auf der Straße diese Worte förmlich entgegenspuckt. Norah ist verstört, denn ausgerechnet in der Nacht des 11. Februar ist vor vielen Jahren Schreckliches geschehen. Trotzdem tut sie die Frau als verwirrt ab - bis kurz darauf ein mysteriöser Mann namens Arthur Grimm in ihrem Leben auftaucht.

In Tensions in the American Dream, Melanie and Roderick Bush ask how a "nation of immigrants" pledge inclusion, yet marginalize so many citizens based on race, class, and gender. The authors consider the origins and development of the US nation and empire; the founding principles of belonging, nationalism, and exceptionalism and their lived reality.

Nach dem erfolgreichen BILD-Bestseller "Im Lautlosen" erschafft Melanie Metzenthin ein bewegendes Nachkriegsportrait über Menschlichkeit, Versöhnung und die Liebe zur Medizin. Hamburg, 1945: Der Krieg ist zu Ende und die Naziherrschaft endlich vorbei. Doch in der Familie von Richard und Paula Hellmer kommt an diesem ersten Weihnachtsfest im Frieden keine rechte Freude auf. Zu beengt sind die Wohnverhältnisse, zu groß der Mangel an Lebensmitteln und warmer Kleidung. Vor allem Richard macht sich Sorgen - nicht nur um seine Familie.

Several years ago, your husband, and the father of your young son, disappeared. Since then, you’ve dreamed of his return; railed against him for leaving you alone; grieved for your marriage; and, finally, vowed to move on. One morning, the phone rings. When you answer, a voice at the other end tells you your husband’s on a plane bound for home, and that you’ll see him tomorrow. You’ve imagined this reunion countless times. Of course you have. But nothing has prepared you for the reality.

Refinement of Manner will set you on a journey to a finer, more elegant lifestyle, while encouraging and challenging you to become the best person you can be in all areas of life. Social, career, financial, home life... you can balance it all with grace, poise, and talent you never thought you had. This is your way to a greater, more fascinating you! This is the book on becoming beyond mannerly to absolutely elegant and refined. Here are the tools to becoming a refined elegant woman of the 21st century.

Australia Day is a collection of stories by debut author Melanie Cheng. The people she writes about are young, old, rich, poor, married, widowed, Chinese, Lebanese, Christian, Muslim. What they have in common - no matter where they come from - is the desire we all share to feel that we belong. The stories explore universal themes of love, loss, family and identity while at the same time asking crucial questions about the possibility of human connection in a globalised world.

I'm about to throw an ashtray at my boss's head. Turns out, the mind behind my favorite, steamy romance novels...the ones I only read in private...the ones that are my only escape after a long day of dealing with The Boss from Hell? It's not Natalie McBride, the sweet, rural housewife. It's him. That's right: my boss, Adrian Risinger, the 33-year-old, maddeningly sexy, pissant billionaire "bad boy" who thinks he runs my life. He is also the author of all my deepest, most secret fantasies.

Siblings Only is an ode to the special ties formed between sisters and brothers, which stand apart from those forged with peers and even other family members. The bond between siblings is unmatched by any other and it's always worth celebrating - even on the days you can't stand each other.

In the summer of 2004, veterinarian Melanie Butera received an unexpected patient: a three-day-old blind, dying fawn she called Dillie. Melanie doubted the deer would survive, but with the help of her husband, Steve, she miraculously nursed Dillie back to health. The tenacious deer quickly became a member of the family, running around the house with the dog, the cat, and the people and enjoying all of the perks, including her own bedroom, plates of her favorite linguini, and swims in the family's pool.

While it's tough to understand what leads a person into addiction - to witness someone you love kind-of kill herself - the truth is that you can learn from it. By the time Céline died at age 30, she was Kermit The Frog green and she vomited blood more frequently than she was able to eat. In less than a decade, she had gone from summa cum laude Columbia graduate to NYU PhD student to unemployed, rambling, stumbling drunk saddled with a cirrhotic liver beyond repair.

Benjamin Chase is not my type. He's abrasive. He's arrogant. He doesn't take anything seriously. I'd die before I dated him, but he has something different in mind. He has to get married in the next nine months, or he loses his company to his ex-wife. And apparently I'm the most eligible bachelorette in town.

Orphaned and alone, Aladdin travels from the streets of his Arab homeland to a strange, faraway place. Growing up in an orphanage, he meets young Lady Kirstyn, whose father is the powerful Duke of Hagenheim. Despite the difference in their stations, Aladdin quickly becomes Kirstyn’s favorite companion, and their childhood friendship grows into a bond that time and opposition cannot break.