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In the vein of The Lovely Bones and The Little Friend, Ghosts of the Missing follows the mysterious disappearance of a twelve-year-old girl during a town parade and the reverberations of this tragedy throughout the town.
On Saturday, October 28, 1995, a girl vanished. She was not a child particularly prized in town...When questioned by reporters, those who'd known Rowan described her as 'quiet' and 'loner' and 'shy' and even 'awkward.' Words...
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Book two in the gripping Nurse's War series by bestselling author Fenella J. Miller.
Will she be reunited with those she loves?
With her first husband dead and the war still ferocious, Victoria finds herself nursing injured soldiers on the Burma front. There she meets charismatic American, Captain Taylor King and, impulsively, marries a man she barely knows.
But when Victoria becomes pregnant with his child, she must leave the only security she...
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A gripping story from bestselling author, Fenella J. Miller.
For King, for country...for love?
Victoria Bahani, the privileged seventeen-year-old, daughter of the Rajah of Marpur and an English woman, has always believed she would marry an Englishman. And when she meets Captain Henry Hindley-Jones she knows he's exactly the kind of man she's been thinking of.
But when war breaks out everything changes for Victoria. With Henry away fighting, Victoria...
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London, 1974: Die siebzehnjährige Pippa St George, Tochter aus gutem Hause, wird von ihrer besten Freundin auf ein Konzert im dunklen, schmutzigen London geschleppt. Dort trifft sie auf Oz, den Sänger der Punkband, der für alles steht, was ihre Familie verachtet. Gegen alle Konventionen und gegen jede Logik verlieben sich die beiden ineinander, doch dann werden sie von der harten Realität eingeholt.
London, Gegenwart: Online-Redakteurin Gilly...
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Die Macht der Träume und der Wunsch nach Liebe: Der dritte Band der neuen gefühlvollen Nordsee-Familiensaga der SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Regine Kölpin.
Friesische Wehde 1945: Nach dem Krieg übernimmt Alea die Leitung der Molkerei, die erneut vor dem Ruin steht, während Lina sich von den schrecklichen Ereignissen der letzten Jahre erholen muss. Obwohl Alea von Derk unterstützt wird, fällt es ihr schwer, den Betrieb wieder aufzubauen. Hinzu...
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"For Mason Mortimer Morrison, life isn't so magical. His dad was just sent to jail, his grades have been plummeting from meh to yikes, and, oh yeah, two officers from some organization called Magix just showed up to arrest him in the middle of fourth period. Talk about bad luck. Mason knows he's innocent. But in order to clear his name, he's going to need the help of a plucky Magix junior detective and a cantankerous talking bunny--and a little bit...
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Sommerferien! Alle Menschen sind draußen, sitzen im Eiscafé oder liegen am Badesee. Nur der vierzehnjährige Juri bleibt zu Hause, denn Juris Lieblingsort ist sein Zimmer-hier fühlt er sich sicher.
Knapp zwei Wochen vor Schulbeginn erhält er eine Nachricht von Ava. Die beiden kennen sich aus der Grundschule, seit Jahren haben sie nichts voneinander gehört. Ava würde liebend gern mit anderen Menschen im Freibad sein. Doch Ava hat Hausarrest....
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“His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes” is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917). The collection's first US edition adjusts the anthology's subtitle to “Some Later Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes”. All editions contain a brief preface, by "John H. Watson, M.D.", that assures readers that...
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This program is read by the authors and features original music on a bonus track, performed by Tony Award–winning actor Leslie Odom Jr., who played Aaron Burr in Hamilton, and stage actor Nicolette Robinson.
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know is a touching and heartfelt ode about the we feel for their children.
Do you remember when we first met?
It was a moment I won't soon forget.
Your sparkling aura. Your crooked grin!
Do you remember,...
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A young boy's imagination takes off as he gazes at family photos, whisking him off on a fantastical journey. Along the way, the boy tries exciting and bold new things, ventures into unexplored worlds, and forms deep connections with his multicultural heritage and the ancestors who imbue him with the strength and courage to make a difference.
Best-selling author and Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Amerie has written a moving, sweeping, and deeply...
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Science fiction is rare in theatrical form, but with Posing As People, three unforgettable sci-fi stories by Orson Scott Card are adapted into powerful stage plays by three different writers.
"Clap Hands and Sing" shows us a lonely-but rich and powerful-old man who has only one wish before he dies: To go back in time and take an opportunity for love that he once let slip by. But what will it do to the young girl who used to love him?
"Lifeloop"...
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At 28, with a Ph.D under her belt and a meteoric rise to head of Research and Development at Mercer Robotics, Reese feels her decision to put her career first has worked out pretty well for her. Sure, she doesn't have many personal relationships to speak of, but she does love her team and they like her too.
So when she's called to the Big Boss's office and told she will be looking after his son while he does a rotation in her lab, she's not thrilled...
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Harper Gale has gotten half of her revenge.
She's also gotten herself mixed up in a serious mess.
The Acolytes of Darkness now have an army of wraiths at their command. Numbering in the hundreds, virtually invulnerable to non-magical weapons, and able to kill with a touch, the wraiths are a threat to all of Montage.
Harper is dispatched from the legendary village of alchemists with a warning for the capital.
Little does she know that the Army...
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Trouble in paradise?
Having sold her photography studio in the UK, Freya Johnson is now living the American dream, engaged to Hollywood film star, Nicholas Kaden. Finally, her past is behind her and the only way is up.
But with a wedding to plan and a whole heap of charity work to organise, she could do without the reappearance of her childhood sweetheart, Jonny Sanders. He's rich, he's better looking than she remembers and he reminds her of all...
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