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Welf der Werwolf ist überfordert: Dada die Katzenfrau hat für die beiden einen Urlaub auf einer kleinen Nordseeinsel namens Spökeroog gebucht und duldet keine Widerrede. Es wird nun Urlaub gehabt, gefälligst! Als deutlich wird, dass sich Welf nicht entspannen kann, weil er sich laufend Sorgen um Tom machen würde, liegt die Lösung nah: Tom kommt einfach mit! Und das bedeutet natürlich, dass auch Geistermädchen Mimi mit in den Urlaub flattert. Doch schon bald wird Tom und Co klar, warum Spökeroog übersetzt "Spukinsel" bedeutet...

A beautiful, very moving, melancholic and elegiac novel set in the late 1960s in Melton, a small town in the West Country. The story revolves around a disparate group of people who come together there to establish an arts festival...This is the story of their intertwining relationships and how they come to love, and not to love each other in different ways and why - a perfect book to curl up and read by the fireside on an autumn afternoon and as satisfying a read as Brief Encounter is a film.

Olivia Curtis wakes to her seventeenth birthday and her presents: a roll of flame-coloured silk for her first evening dress, a diary for her innermost thoughts, a china ornament, and a ten shilling note. Safe within the bosom of a family at once lovingly familiar yet curiously remote, she stands poised on the brink of womanhood, anticipating her first dance with tremulous uncertainty and excitement - the greatest, yet most terrifying, event in her restricted social life.

Poor and widowed, Lucy finds a post as chaperon to two young ladies...It sounds like easy work, well suited to her sociable nature, but the sisters squabble over their suitors, and there are tensions below the surface of the seemingly happy family. Then there is the charming Mr Audley, who is more interested in flirting with Lucy than in discovering where his sisters have disappeared to. And as for Lucy’s uncle, she’s quite convinced he is hiding something. Curiosity is Lucy’s abiding sin, and one day it will get her into trouble.

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam star as a married couple who met in the Summer of Love and have stayed together ever since. Children of the '60s, they are still free spirits, drawn together by their love for music and one another. We follow their conversations from the café to the kitchen table, taking in everyday chores, dealing with problems and tackling their frustrations with each other with warmth, wit and honesty.

When Mr. Edmund Winterton of Woodside dies, his daughters find themselves penniless and homeless. What can they do? Unless they wish to live on charity, they will have to find genteel employment for themselves. Annabelle becomes governess to the daughters of the recently bereaved Earl of Brackenwood. She has no idea how to teach, but her pupils can learn all they need from books, so how difficult can it be?

In a skillfully produced and cast audio performance, Alan C. Duncan is able to narrow in on one of the more powerful and effective literary mentorships of the 20th century, that of C.S. Lewis and a critical influence in his faith and life, G.K. Chesterton.

Paired with local lawyer Rob Hewitt, Sammy Baker is excited to start up Sunny Cove Services, a special place where disabled adults can find meaningful employment. There’s a lot of work to do to get it up and running, including hiring a contractor to remodel their workspace. When Sammy hires Harold Woodland, she doesn’t understand why some people are warning her against him. He seems like a pretty nice guy to her. But Harold slowly starts to show his true colors, and it turns out someone dislikes him enough to finish him off for good.

Sammy and the other residents of Sunny Cove are excited to find out that the Columbia County Cooking Competition is to be held right in their small town. It attracts people from all the surrounding counties and even further, so the quiet streets are about to be full of tourists. Helen is convinced that Sammy will win, but when she finds out the famous Chef Collin Casey will be in the running as well, she isn’t so sure.

Ona jako jedyna nie bała się japońskich najeźdźców…. Opowieść o Polce, którą los rzucił na ogarnięty wojną Daleki Wschód. Barbara Prażmowska, polska studentka, zostaje pierwszą kobietą na japonistyce w Londyńskiej Szkole Studiów Orientalnych i Afrykańskich – SOAS. Wkrótce poznaje Davida Fitzroya, potomka arystokratycznego rodu angielskiego, a on popełnia dla niej mezalians. Gdy rozpoczyna się bombardowanie Londynu w 1940 roku, David postanawia udać się z żoną do Singapuru, wielkiej bazy brytyjskiej floty na Indo-Pacyfiku.

Earth was never going back to normal. All that was left in the post-apocalyptic destruction were humans trying to survive and running from the aliens who had come to scavenge what was left. Raine had never been a particularly brave woman. She preferred staying at home, rather than making an effort to become hurt by a real relationship. She only managed to survive by being at the right place at the right time. Now, the other survivors in her group blame her for being a jinx for every catastrophe that has happened to them.

Welcome to Barksdale, where all the dogs strive for perfection. Every shopkeeper claims to be the “best groomer” or sell the “best biscuits.” And at Barksdale Academy, the pressure is on for one pup to be named Best in Show. Duke’s cousin Coco, a French bulldog from Paris, is visiting for the K-2 loyalty exam. During this exam, the Underdogs and their classmates will participate in a field day event against a rival school.

Lord Randolph Litherholm has spent a year coming to terms with the death of his twin brother Gervase, the 7th Duke of Falconbury. Now it’s time to set aside his mourning and accept his role as the 8th Duke of Falconbury. It’s not the management of the vast Litherholm wealth that bothers him, for he’s been running the estate for years. No, his reluctance is all due to the marriage that was arranged for his brother, and the expectation that Ran will take on his brother’s bride as well as his title.

In 'Homecoming', read by Sean Campion, the Brennans run Quentin's restaurant in Dublin for the owner, who lives abroad. But what will happen when he suddenly pays a visit? 'Telling Stories', read by Joanna Myers, sees Irene's fiancé turning up the night before the wedding with a face as white as the dress that is to be worn the next day. Then trouble starts....

Córka cieni to Juliana i jej niezwykla historia.

Przypadkowo znaleziony pamietnik z czasów wojny odkrywa historie wychowanej w lesie dziewczynki. Dalszy ciag historii Juliany nie daje sluchaczowi odetchnac. Ucieczki, tulaczka, praktyki u szeptuchy, niechciana milosc i milosc niespelniona... niespodziewany wróg, pasja, ciezka praca, a wreszcie wlasny dom. Czy odnajdzie w nim szczescie i spokój?

Zapraszamy do fascynującej lektury o życiu uczuciowym Jagiellonów: przeczytaj o wielkich namiętnościach i sekretach dnia codziennego z historią Polski w tle! Poznaj historię miłości Zygmunta Augusta i Barbary Radziwiłłówny, odkryj, jakie intymne sekrety skrywał Władysław Warneńczyk i dowiedz się, kto w rodzie uchodził za rozpustnika. Sięgnij po najnowszą pozycję Iwony Kienzler - autorki bestsellerowych biografii historycznych, a przekonasz się, że życie miłosne Jagiellonów kryje wiele niespodzianek i tajemnic.

Are you fed up with parents nagging you about the mess in your bedroom? Are you sick and tired of being reminded that your feet smell and your armpits pong? Does it bug you when they keep telling you to have a shower or get off your phone? If you are going through those frustrating teenage years, this audiobook is all you need. Having to deal with so much pressure, anxiety, and stress can often feel overwhelming and no one seems to have the answers that you are looking for.

Belle is the plain one of the six Allamont sisters, happy with her books. When their father dies suddenly, his will leaves large dowries for his six daughters, but only if they marry in the proper order, the eldest first. With Amy betrothed, now Belle must find a husband.

Pełna zaskakujących sytuacji i mozolnego borykania się z codziennością, inspirowana autentycznymi przeżyciami historia trzech kobiet – Agaty, Olgi i Amiry. Ich losy splatają się, chociaż każda z nich ma inne oczekiwania. Tarot, bioenergoterapia, medycyna ingerują w ich życie – słuchacz sam oceni czy wpływ ten jest tak naprawdę motorem ich działań, czy jednak same kierują swoim losem. „Żyj w tych pragnieniach, jakbyś żyła w realnym świecie. Przekonuj się, że są prawdziwe.

Przypadkowo znaleziony pamietnik z czasów wojny odkrywa tajemnice wychowanej w lesie dziewczynki. Po stracie rodziców mala Juliana samotnie musi ruszyc w swiat. Czy dziewczynka poradzi sobie bez pomocy bliskich? Jak potocza sie jej losy powojnie? Czy obce matki pomoga Julianie przetrwac i dorosnac? Cz. 2 "Obce matki" Co za historia – az chce sie wykrzyknac po lekturze kolejnego tomu "Córki Cieni".