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Zehn Klassiker des Heimatromans

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Dieses eBook: "Zehn Klassiker des Heimatromans" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Inhalt: 1. Uli der Knecht (Jeremias Gotthelf) 2. Der Oberhof (Karl Immermann) 3. Und wenn sich unsere Wege kreuzen (Renate Franken) 4. Der Bürgermeister von Thorn (Ernst Wichert) 5. Marie Verwahnen (Joseph von Lauff) 6. Frau Sorge (Hermann Sudermann) 7. Der Wittiber (Ludwig Thoma) 8. Erinnerungen einer alten Schwarzwälderin (Heinrich Hansjakob) 9. Das Schweigen im Walde (Ludwig Ganghofer) 10. Der Wagehals (Fritz Skowronnek)

The Eagle and the Cocks(Read To Me and Interactive)

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This eBook has a new enhanced version of eBook with special audio, video and illustrations. This story has originated by Aesop. Especially it has included full illustrated story scenes, narrative audio, interactive function, background sound and video for the whole story. Can hear the voices, if touch the face of Eagle and the Cocks in each scenes. Have fun with Read To Me and Interactive! Read To Me and Interactive is Trademark of OrangeDigit Inc.

Nacido de ninguna mujer

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Un manuscrito. Una joven enfrentada a un destino atroz. Un castillo. Una novela gótica perturbadora y fascinante.Un sacerdote rememora un suceso ocurrido cuarenta y cuatro años atrás que le cambió la vida: le pidieron que acudiera a un sanatorio mental para bendecir el cadáver de una interna y alguien le avisó de que, entre las ropas de la fallecida, encontraría un manuscrito.En él se cuenta la historia de la hija adolescente de una familia de campesinos pobres, cuyo padre la vende como criada a un hombre que vive en un castillo con su madre, su esposa, que nunca sale de su habitación, y un mozo de cuadras. El hombre está obsesionado con tener un heredero que su esposa no puede darle y la joven ha sido llevada al castillo con ese propósito...El manuscrito desgrana esa historia atroz, con episodios de una violencia y una crueldad extremas. Pero quedan preguntas por responder: ¿cuál fue el destino del niño concebido en tan terribles circunstancias? ¿Cómo acabó la joven en el manicomio? Lo que se relata en esos papeles ¿sucedió tal como se cuenta? ¿Quedan todavía secretos ocultos?El lector tiene en las manos una novela de tintes góticos que presenta un descenso a los infiernos del alma humana. Una narración perturbadora, que nos atrapa desde las primeras páginas, nos mantiene en vilo y nos sorprende con sus inesperados giros finales. Una novela que, a través del boca oreja, se convirtió en un inesperado y arrollador éxito de ventas en Francia, y va camino de repetir ese éxito en su salto internacional.

Wyoming Homecoming

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"...You just can't do better than a Diana Palmer story to make your heart lighter and smile brighter."—Fresh Fiction New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer's dramatic tale of an embittered small-town sheriff as he comes face to face with the woman who has haunted his dreams for years.She's haunted his dreams for years, and now she’s back to wreak havoc on his heart When Sheriff Cody Banks’s wife died, he blamed Abby Brennan for the illness he's sure killed Deborah and, in his grief, made sure she knew it. Looking back now, he knows that his behavior was likely the reason Abby left town years ago. So when he sees her—and the child she’s raising—at her great-uncle's funeral, Cody attempts to apologize, ashamed to see the fear he puts in her beautiful eyes and determined to show her he's no longer that same angry man. The only reason Abby returned to Catelow, Wyoming, was to bury her last living relative. She has studiously avoided Cody Banks ever since he made it clear how much he resents her, focusing instead on raising her young niece and keeping her own family legacy alive. But when Abby inherits the property adjoining Cody’s, she can't help but face the handsome sheriff who still lingers in her memory. Circumstances keep pulling them together, but has time healed their wounds and given them a chance at a happily-ever-after?Wyoming MenBook 1: Wyoming ToughBook 2: Wyoming FierceBook 3: Wyoming BoldBook 4: Wyoming StrongBook 5: Wyoming RuggedBook 6: Wyoming BraveBook 7: Wyoming WinterBook 8: Wyoming LegendBook 9: Wyoming HeartBook 10: Wyoming TrueBook 11: Wyoming Homecoming

Falling for Her Reluctant Sheikh

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Falling for a desert prince… Sleep therapist Dr. Adalyn Quinn has had difficult patients before…but gorgeous Prince Khalil Al-Akkari presents a whole new challenge! Darkly brooding, and haunted by the night he failed to save his brother, Khalil is the last man Adalyn should desire… But as they share long nights under a desert moon it becomes impossible to deny their sizzling chemistry. Can Adalyn help Prince Khalil recover the peace that eludes him…even if it means unlocking the heart she's protected for so long?

Fiction River: Visions of the Apocalypse

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The end of the world might come in many forms: ecological disaster, alien invasion, cosmic chaos…the possibilities for destruction seem endless. So, how will those facing the end of the world deal with impending doom? The fourteen talented authors of Fiction River’s latest volume explore just that. From an intrepid adventurer fleeing a world-destroying terror to a man who discovers the most savage destroyers of civilization are closer than he thought, to a chilling tale of our whole planet hurled into the icy black reaches of space, these gripping stories demonstrate why Astro Guyz calls Fiction River “a wonderful, mind-expanding read.” “These enjoyable twisting short stories seem more like a stop in the Twilight Zone than pulp fiction.” —Midwest Book Review on Fiction River: Recycled Pulp Table of Contents “String of Pearls” by Eric Kent Edstrom “The Shoes I Wore This Morning” by J. Daniel Sawyer “The Dust Devil, the Riffraff, and the Big Orange Sunset” by Valerie Brook “Goin’ to the Chapel” by Rebecca M. Senese “With Wings the End” by Rob Vagle “Cogs in the Machine” by Paul Eckheart “The Faerie Invasion” by Anthea Sharp “Demon-touched” by Travis Heermann “Same Time Next Year” by M. E. Owen “The Story That Has to Be Written” by Louisa Swann “Tyrph Rights” by David Stier “Paradox. Lost.” by Stefon Mears “The Night of Brahma” by Leigh Saunders “Three Degrees Above Zero” by Doug Dandridge

Hello, Sunshine

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Quand une top chef made in YouTube devient le plus gros bad buzz de l'histoire de la cuisine ! Tout en émotion et en humour, un roman savoureux qui prône le retour au vrai, à la famille et au goût des bonnes choses.À trente-cinq ans, Sunshine Mackenzie est à la tête de la chaîne YouTube la plus trendy du moment. Entre sa célèbre émission de cuisine " A Little Sunshine ", ses millions de followers, son loft à Tribeca et son amoureux parfait, la vie de la jeune femme a tout d'un conte de fées. Jusqu'au jour où la chantilly retombe : un troll révèle que la belle est une usurpatrice, une " chef " tout juste capable de faire cuire un œuf. Pire encore : des photos d'elle occupée à tromper son époux enflamment la toile...Bye-bye les followers, les sponsors, le mari, le loft à crédit ! Devenue persona non grata à New York, Sunshine n'a plus qu'à rentrer piteusement au bercail, dans les Hamptons, et à entamer sa quête de rachat. Apprentissage auprès d'un chef aussi étoilé qu'intransigeant, mea culpa familial, tentative de reconquête amoureuse : Sunshine trouvera-t-elle enfin la recette magique ?

The Efficiency Expert

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Jimmy Torrance was a hero in college. A champion boxer, star of the baseball team and one of the most popular guys on campus. On graduating Jimmy refuses the help of his wealthy father, determined to be his own man. Unable to find a "respectable" job he barely scratches out a living as a waiter, rubbing shoulders with Chicago's underworld.

Lazarus

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Lazarus is one of Andreyev's best known stories, about a man who comes back from the dead after three days to reveal his experiences and "evil peculiarities." "Wisdom and folly are the same, for the Infinite knows them not."Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (1871 – 12 September 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian literature. He is one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period. Andreyev's style combines elements of realist, naturalist, and symbolist schools in literature.

The Wedding

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Emma's small, simple wedding has turned into the event of the season! Things to do before the big day:-Find something, anything, for Mom and Dad to talk about with Taylor's parents-Get a job-Discuss strange underwear found in Taylor's laundry-Keep the families apart until absolutely necessary-Find out exactly what's going on between Aunt Virginia and Taylor's uncle-Convince Taylor's mother I don't want $480-a-place-setting china and Baccarat crystal-Try on all that wicked lingerie from shower-Recuperate from bachelorette party-Maybe, just maybe, tell Taylor the big secret I've been hiding for years (but then there might not be a wedding)-Elope!

A Hero of Our Time

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Originally published in Russian in 1840 Lermontov's "A Hero of Our Time" greatly influenced the later works of other great Russian authors such as Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. "A Hero of Our Time" is a pioneering work in the genre of the anti-hero novel. The novel's narrative is the story of Pechorin a young nihilistic officer in the army who's story is told in five non-chronological parts.

Metaphorosis

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Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.Beginnings, endings, and transformations. Quirky alien visitors, hand-knit wormholes, sandcastles with attitude - the best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's seventh year.ContentsHope on the Vine - R.E. DukalskyIndicative of Future Results - C.H. RosenbergThe Girl Who Drew the World - L.D. OxfordHolding On - Justen RussellIn the House of Geometers - David CledenThrough the Middle - J.B. KishPortals and Other Lost Things - Elizabeth RankinA Lie in the Sand - Devin MillerSince We Don't Have Wings - Gwen WhitingA Xenothanatologist's Guidebook to Death Practices Among the Sapient Species of the Outer Perseus Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy - P.G. StreeterSnowman - Han WhiteoakHer Last Will - Karl El-KouraFor the Love of Wild Things - Mande MatthewsCover art by Carol Wellart.

Marshal Logan und der Hass des Siedlers: U.S. Marshal Bill Logan - neue Abenteuer #16

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Marshal Logan und der Hass des Siedlers U.S. Marshal Bill Logan – neue Abenteuer Band 16 Western von Pete Hackett Der Umfang dieses Buchs entspricht 48 Taschenbuchseiten. U.S. Marshal Bill Logan – die neue Western-Romanserie von Bestseller-Autor Pete Hackett! Abgeschlossene Romane aus einer erbarmungslosen Zeit über einen einsamen Kämpfer für das Recht.

The Innkeeper's Sister

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Welcome to Honey Ridge, Tennessee, where Southern hospitality and sweet peach tea beckon, and where long-buried secrets lead to some startling realizations… Grayson Blake always has a purpose—and never a moment to lose. He's come home to Honey Ridge to convert a historic gristmill into a restaurant, but his plans crumble like Tennessee clay when the excavation of a skeleton unearths a Civil War mystery…and leads him back to a beautiful and familiar stranger. Once a ballet dancer, now co-owner of the Peach Orchard Inn, Valery Carter harbors pain as deep as the secrets buried beneath the mill. A bright facade can't erase her regrets any more than a glass of bourbon can restore what she's lost. But spending time with Grayson offers Valery a chance to let go of her past and imagine a happier future. And with the discovery of hidden messages in aged sheet music, both their hearts begin to open. Bound by attraction, and compelled to resolve an old crime that links the inn and the mill, Grayson and Valery encounter a song of hurt, truth…and hope.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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"I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning." James Joyce's supremely innovative fictional autobiography is also, in the apt phrase of the biographer Richard Ellmann, nothing less than "the gestation of a soul." For as he describes the shabby, cloying, and sometimes terrifying Dublin upbringing of his alter ego, Stephen Dedalus, Joyce immerses the reader in his emerging consciousness, employing language that ranges from baby talk to hellfire sermon to a triumphant artist's manifesto. The result is a novel of immense boldness, eloquence, and energy, a work that inaugurated a literary revolution and has become a model for the portrayal of the self in our time.

Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections)

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The facts of Lincoln's early life are best stated in his own words, communicated in 1859[see Appendix] to Mr. J. W. Fell, of Bloomington, Illinois. Unlike many men who have risen from humble surroundings, Lincoln never boasted of his wonderful struggle with poverty. His nature had no room for the false pride of a Mr. Bounderby, even though the facts warranted the claim. Indeed, he seldom mentioned his early life at all. On one occasion he referred to it as "the short and simple annals of the poor". Lincoln himself did not in any way base his claims to public recognition upon the fact that he was born in a log cabin and that he had split rails in his youth, although, on the other hand, he was not ashamed of the facts. More, perhaps, than any other man of his time he believed and by his actions realized the truth of Burns' saying, "The man's the goud, for a' that". The real lesson to be drawn from Lincoln's life is that under any conditions real success is to be won by intelligent, unwavering effort, the degree of success being determined by the ability and character of the individual. Still less profitable is the attempt to contrast the success of Lincoln with that of Washington, or Jefferson or of any other American whose early circumstances were more favorable than Lincoln's.

Sara und der Kult der Schlange: Roman

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Romantic Thriller von Alfred Bekker. Sara Norwood reist nach Irland, um den Tod ihres Bruders aufzuklären. Der Archäologe und Spezialist für alt-keltische Kulte starb unter mysteriösen Umständen. Welche Rolle spielte dabei ein mysteriöser Schlangenkult, der offenbar bis heute praktiziert wird? Sara begegnet einer Mauer des Schweigens und einem gleichermaßen faszinierenden wie zwielichtigen Mann, in den sie sich verliebt. Schließlich muss Sara erkennen, dass man auch sie töten will...

Έρωτας με αστερίσκο

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Μια απαγορευμένη, μυστική σχέση που αποδεικνύει πως στον έρωτα και στην επιστήμη όλα επιτρέπονται. Η Ρου Σίμπερτ μπορεί να μην τα έχει όλα, αλλά έχει όλα όσα χρειάζεται. Λίγους και καλούς φίλους, μια επιτυχημένη καριέρα στην Κλάιν –μία πολλά υποσχόμενη σταρτ-απ βιοτεχνολογίας στον τομέα των τροφίμων–, και την οικονομική ασφάλεια που πάντα ονειρευόταν. Ο κόσμος της είναι σταθερός και ήρεμος, μέχρι που εμφανίζεται ο Ιλάι Κίλγκορ. Γοητευτικός, αλαζόνας και αποφασισμένος να αποκτήσει την Κλάιν, ο Ιλάι είναι ο εκπρόσωπος μιας εχθρικής εξαγοράς, παίρνει πάντα αυτό που θέλει και απειλεί όλα όσα έχει κατακτήσει μέχρι τώρα η Ρου. Το μεγαλύτερο πρόβλημα όμως δεν είναι η επαγγελματική σύγκρουση. Είναι η έλξη. Αμοιβαία, επικίνδυνη και φυσικά… απαγορευμένη. Διχασμένοι ανάμεσα στον επαγγελματισμό και όσα νιώθουν, η Ρου και ο Ιλάι τελικά κάνουν πέρα τη λογική, για μια σχέση χωρίς δεσμεύσεις αλλά με προκαθορισμένη ημερομηνία λήξης: τη μέρα που μία από τις δύο εταιρείες θα επικρατήσει. Μήπως όμως η καρδιά είναι ο μόνος αντίπαλος που δεν μπορείς να νικήσεις;

The King Next Door

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Single mom Nicole Baxter is perfectly fulfilled without a man in her life. But when billionaire Griffin King moves in next door, she considers a fling. Not only is he gorgeous and exciting, but he’s not staying. It’s an ideal situation, as long as she doesn’t fall in love….Griffin King never met a woman he couldn’t leave. But desire sparks with Nicole like lightning: quick and hot. It’s just what this workaholic commitmentphobe needs. But why does the thought of summer’s end have Griffin longing for more with the one woman he shouldn’t have?

Cowboy, It's Cold Outside

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Photo journalist Trey Scott comes back to Marietta for Christmas, only to find no one home... except for the enchanting Lucy DeMarco. Although Lucy isn’t crazy about the holidays, Trey does his best to restore her enthusiasm, starting with nestling her snug in his bed. But if he’s only in town until New Year’s...

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