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"The Devoted Friend" from the 19th century is an unconventional classic for children and adults alike. The Water-rat tells the story of Big Hugh and his friend Hans, whose friendship is not what it seems, and certainly not easy. This story within the story tells of friendship, its importance and how it can go wrong. This ageless fairy tale is a dark and funny short story created by Oscar Wilde is now read by B.J. Harrison. It was also adapted into an animated TV movie in 2003 called "Wilde Stories: The Devoted Friend." B. J.

The old west was not as most think. Hidden in dark corners and acting in secret, vampires hunt in saloons and small towns. Fortunately, there are Hunters on their trail: Tell Starr, Kit Darling, the notorious Paris Fallon, and Doc Holliday. Wild Boys explores the loves and losses of Doctor Henry Holliday, famed gunslinger, but also delves into the mysterious blood suckers and their insatiable thirst.

How far are you willing to go to secure your friend's good opinion? Little Hans gives freely of all he possesses, in order that the miller will esteem him as a true friend. The miller even promises to give little Hans his wheelbarrow. Hans' gratitude is never-ending, and he learns too late what it sometimes means to be a devoted friend.

Psychische Erkrankungen sind nach wie vor ein Tabuthema in unserer Gesellschaft. Dabei kennt wahrscheinlich jeder irgendwen, der vielleicht Depressionen oder eine Essstörung hat. Vielleicht hatten Sie selbst einmal eine Psychose oder leiden unter den Ausprägungen einer psychischen Erkrankung. Oft entsteht das Bild, diese Menschen seien nicht zurechnungsfähig und enorm gefährlich für die Gesellschaft. Hier mangelt es an Aufklärung. Mit diesem Werk wollen die beiden Autoren S.F und J.K über eine psychische Erkrankung aufklären und Hintergründe sowie die eigene Geschichte von S.F ...

Bri didn’t have it easy as a child growing up in a low-income household, but when she started college her life took a turn for the better in more ways than one. She met her soulmate, married him after graduation and started a successful career. Together, they had a pretty good life for the most part with the addition of their five children. That is, until loved ones were lost in tragedy after tragedy. Little did she know there was a hidden secret stemming from her bloodline; a curse that would plummet her family into the supernatural world—leaving each of them with a story to tell.

Tom is sick of it all - dead-end jobs, working for peanuts. He is going to leave it all behind. A year in the wilderness. The ultimate tale of survival and adventure. Tom must quickly learn to adapt to the unforgiving wilderness, using bushcraft skills. On the way, he soon finds out that the most harrowing danger comes from deep within his own mind. Tom fights the elements and long-forgotten memories as he tries to find meaning and redemption.

The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on February 14th 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.

She thought they were her siblings. By the time she realized they weren’t, one of them was dead. Doctor Emma Kerr had no right counseling them. Adopted and her birth records lost, she believed she was born a McKinney. Her face, intelligence, and depression resembled theirs. For years people mistook her for their sister. So she devised a plan. What begins as a scheme to counsel the McKinney family and determine if they are blood relatives, quickly causes Emma to wonder if she had truly done the manipulating. Is someone following her?

After the death of her father and her own serious issues, Kara Maven decides to move back to her hometown to complete her senior year at Belman University. She settles into life on campus when her world is shaken by a handsome bad boy with a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Dominic Benenati is a half-demon Damamah, or whisperer, whose role on earth is to ensure Hell’s population thrives by pushing humans to act upon their sinful thoughts. To complicate matters, enter Cayden Adams who is an angel determined to save Kara from Dominic’s influence. But does Kara really want to be saved?

Old Shatterhand ist mit seinen Weggefährten Sam Hawkens und Hobble-Frank zu entfernten Apachen-Stämmen unterwegs, als sie auf die Überreste eines Postkutschenüberfalls treffen. Einziger Überlebender ist ein Pater, der jedoch bald stirbt. Vorher kann er noch von dem Überfall berichten. Die Räuberbande erbeutete eine Karte, die zu einem sagenumwobenen Aztekenschatz führt. Die drei Westmänner machen sich auf, die Schatzkarte zurückzuholen, um sie den Nachfahren der ursprünglichen Besitzer wiederzubringen. Dabei müssen sie sich auch um ein von der Räuberbande entführtes Mädchen sorgen.

Starting from the most unlikely, humble, tumultuous beginnings, Shailah Edmonds left her native Portland, Oregon in pursuit of her dream of being a movie star. Fate instead led her into a modeling career, which after several rejections in America, she blindly went to Europe where she achieved resounding success.

In this hospital… …the doctors are sexy, arrogant, and trouble. Will she be able to resist the Golden Boy’s charms? Bailey had done her best to raise her 15-year-old sister Josie since their parents died. It wasn’t easy, but she worked hard to build a career. Now, she was the top Surgical Technicians and had earned the doctor’s respect. When her boss, Dr. Lopez, decides it’s time to retire, she’s not ready for his successor. The hospital's top surgeon had it all. As sexy as he was successful, she felt her pulse raise when he entered the operating room. Would she fight her ...

After the mysterious death of her boyfriend, Abby Cox swore off men. She’s held true to that promise for the past eight years, but then, Nik happened. A stranger in the right place, at the right time, he not only rescues Abby from a destructive tornado, but also stokes her long-buried desires. For Nik’s safety, she can never act on those feelings. Pieces of a peculiar puzzle start falling into place, throwing Abby’s entire life into an upheaval, thrusting her into a world she never knew existed. Nik is a Storm Thief, and what’s more, she is a Sky Sorcerer.

As a young woman in Florence, Diana Savrano's life is a privileged one of elegant balls, handsome suitors, and frivolity. But the sudden death of her mother leaves her adrift and abandoned. As she sobs over her mother's casket, another member of the procession reveals the awful truth. Before her last days, Diana's mother had joined a Luciferian cult. Despite knowing little beyond her pampered world, Diana determines to unmask those responsible for her mother's death. But someone does not want such secrets revealed, and they are willing to send assassins to keep her silent.

The instant Sherry and Carston meet, there’s desire and fascination in the air…but they’re complete opposites. Smart-talking Sherry fought her way up from poverty to stardom as a country music singer. Now, she’s ever in the limelight, ever surrounded by clamoring fans, male admirers, and paparazzi, and her spangled cowboy boots carry her all across the country, from one brightly lit stage to the next. A renowned but reclusive playwright, Carston cherishes his freedom, the silence of his home in the woods, and his solitary country walks.

Ericka Gilmore dabbles in life and death when she tries to conjure a ghost lover. But when Joe Reeves appears on her doorstep in the midst of a storm, she has to rethink her destiny. A car accident left the former cop with the ability to foresee death. No longer willing to watch people he cares about die, Joe goes in search of a shaman to remove his "gift". His remedy until then is to avoid all relationships. But like a lightning strike, he experiences a strong connection with Ericka. A nearby mystical ley line could be Joe's solution if he and Ericka combine their gifts.

When Jestine Darnell is rescued from her sabotaged starship by the crew of the Destiny, her only objective was to complete her mission and keep her promise to save a world from slavery. Love was the last thing on her mind. However, she did count on losing her heart to Kerry Marchant, the ship’s second in command, who makes his distrust of her painfully obvious, despite the chemistry between them.

Charli Boyd is "good time Charli" to her friends and even her enemies. She wants nothing to do with committed relationships. She isn't interested in marriage or babies or settling down in one place for more than a night or two. A brief stay on her friend's ranch, the Double B, leads to a temporary job helping in the grouchy Dr. Clark's veterinarian office. Not her usual role, but the idea of playing nurse to the cute but grouchy doctor is too much fun to resist. Besides, Doc needs to lighten up, and she's just the gal to show him how.

Samuel Hinton learned at the tender age of 15 just how violent some men could be. But as a detective with the police force in 1910, he must deal with the murder of a schoolteacher, and he is shocked by the brutality. Kathleen Campbell travels to rural Florida to seek justice for her sister’s death. What she finds is an instant and unexpected attraction to the handsome investigator who swears he will find the killer. Another murder fills Samuel with a sense of urgency as he struggles with the depth of his feelings for Kathleen, knowing she could be the man’s next victim.

In rural Florida, 1903, Mae Hinton cares for her father and younger brothers, trying to fill her deceased mother's shoes. Her life is shattered and her faith tested when her innocence is stolen by roving miscreants. Left unconscious and unable to identify her attackers, she pledges to help other victimized women. She pursues an education and learns to deal with bigoted ministers, well-to-do hypocrites, and men with higher regard for their livestock than their women.