Der Welterfolg Wunder erzählt die Geschichte von Auggie, dem Jungen mit dem entstellten Gesicht, aus sechs Perspektiven. Nun kommen auch Julian, Christopher und Charlotte zu Wort und berichten, wie sich ihr Leben durch Auggie verändert hat. Julian, der Mobber: Eigentlich hat er keinen Grund, so gemein zu sein. Doch durch Auggies Ankunft kehren seine überwunden geglaubten Albträume zurück. Reden kann er mit niemandem darüber, und so lässt er seiner Wut freien Lauf.

Vor einem Jahr hat sich Karen darauf eingelassen, einen Hollywoodstar zu heiraten, um die Gerüchte über dessen Privatleben zu zerstreuen. Seit ihrer Hochzeit mit dem berühmten Leinwandhelden sind ihre Schauspielkünste gefragt: Die zierliche blonde Schönheit spielt die Rolle der glücklichen Ehefrau. Jetzt steht das Paar vor der Scheidung und Karen wird fünf Millionen Dollar kassieren - als Entschädigung für das Jahr an der Seite des Stars.

R in Action, Second Edition teaches you how to use the R language by presenting examples relevant to scientific, technical, and business developers. Focusing on practical solutions, the book offers a crash course in statistics, including elegant methods for dealing with messy and incomplete data. You'll also master R's extensive graphical capabilities for exploring and presenting data visually. And this expanded second edition includes new chapters on forecasting, data mining, and dynamic report writing.   

Brooke Callaghan ist die jüngste Bürgermeisterin, die Trillium Bay je hatte. Um allen zu zeigen, dass sie ihrem neuen Amt gewachsen ist, lässt die hübsche Lehrerin ihre Turnschuhe stehen, steigt in waffenscheinpflichtige High Heels - und stolpert direkt in die Arme des attraktiven Leo Walker. Leo ist eine ganz wunderbare Ablenkung für sie, als sie sich von einer Herausforderung zur nächsten kämpft. Auch wenn die Chemie zwischen den beiden stimmt: Leo ist von einem Geheimnis umgeben, das Brooke zu entschlüsseln sucht.

Gideon Sable is a thief and a con man. He specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. Like a ghost's clothes, or a photo from a country that never existed. He even stole his current identity. Who was he originally? Now, that would be telling. One thing's for sure though, he's not the bad guy. The people he steals from always have it coming. Gideon's planning a heist, to steal the only thing that matters from the worst man in the world. To get past his security, he's going to need a crew who can do the impossible....

Von Bestsellerautorin Barbara Longley: Der Auftakt zur romantischen Serie über die Haney-Brüder. Kein Zweifel: Wenn es im Haus etwas zu bauen oder zu reparieren gibt, dann ist Sam Haney der Richtige. Dass er außerdem attraktiv ist wie die Sünde und seinen Auftraggeberinnen nach Feierabend noch so manchen Wunsch erfüllt, hat sich in der Stadt ebenfalls herumgesprochen. Trudy Cooper findet, dass ihre Tochter Haley einen wie Sam braucht. Denn seit Haleys Verlobter sie kurz vor der Hochzeit verlassen hat, sitzt sie mit gebrochenem Herzen in einem halbfertigen Haus.

Dolly Parton's success as a performer and pop culture phenomenon has overshadowed her achievements as a songwriter. But she sees herself as a songwriter first, and with good reason. Parton's compositions like "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" have become American standards with an impact far beyond country music.

With extended longevity comes the opportunity for extended personal growth and spiritual development. You now have the chance to become an Elder, to leave behind past roles, shift from work in the outer world to inner work with the soul, and become authentically who you are. This book is a guide to help get past the inner obstacles and embrace the hidden spiritual gifts of age.  

When a man is found savagely 'crucified' amidst a murky swamp in northern Australia, Detective Dana Russo and her team are called to a shocking scene. The victim is a convicted rapist, just released from prison, who years earlier committed an atrocious crime yards from where he was killed. Who murdered him - and why? With several potential leads, the investigation quickly becomes more complex and sinister than anyone imagined. And Dana realises she'll have to confront her own troubled past to understand the true motives of the killer.

Six classic Doctor Who TV soundtrack adventures starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor. 

This is a difficult piece to write. It cuts closer to the bone than most of what I have written; closer to my bones, through my blood and flesh to the bones of truth and country; there is truth here, not disguised but in the open, and that truth hurts. Colonisation in Australia is not over. Colonisation is a process, not an event - and the after-effects will continue while there are still people to remember it.

Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh and the dead are just passing through. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own sparsely attended funeral, Wallace is outraged. But he begins to suspect she’s right and he is in fact dead. Then when Hugo, owner of a most peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace reluctantly accepts the truth. Yet even in death, he refuses to abandon his life - even though Wallace spent all of it working, correcting colleagues and hectoring employees.

A community of rock quarry miners in a village in Uttar Pradesh, India, gave their tiny cluster of thatched roofed houses the name Azad Nagar. Freedomville. But it hasn't always been identified by that auspicious moniker. The miners renamed their village in 2000, after they staged a revolt that overthrew the profit-driven landowners who held their families in debt bondage for generations. But the complex story of Freedomville, the murder that these revolutionaries nearly got away with, and the short-lived freedom its inhabitants created has never before been told until now.

Seit Anbeginn der Zeit herrscht Krieg zwischen den Mächten des Lichts und der Finsternis. Nun wurde ein Gefallener Engel dazu auserwählt, den Kampf ein für alle Mal zu entscheiden. Sein Auftrag: Er soll die Seelen von sieben Menschen erlösen. Sein Problem: Ein weiblicher Dämon macht ihm dabei die Hölle heiß.

Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Nick Houston is as tough as they come, and he and his K-9, Saxon, are hot on the trail of a major illegal-gun dealer. But his best lead - the beautiful owner of the Dog Park Cafe, Andi Hardt - is not cooperating. Doesn't matter how sexy she is or that his dog seems to be in love with her. She's a suspect, and he won't cross that line. Ever.