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Die majestätische Winterwelt Alaskas, dramatische Rettungsaktionen, eine idyllische Kleinstadt und die ganz große Liebe: Das Letzte, was Erica Sheraton gebrauchen kann, sind freie Tage. Als Ärztin im Alaska General Hospital in Anchorage bleibt ihr kaum Zeit zu schlafen - geschweige denn, sich über ihr verkorkstes Liebesleben Gedanken zu machen. Doch ausgerechnet über Weihnachten wird sie in den Zwangsurlaub geschickt. Bei ihrer besten Freundin, die in dem kleinen Städtchen Wild River ein Outdoor-Unternehmen führt, will sie die Tage mit Skifahren und Schneetouren verbringen.

Alle Jahre wieder naht der Winter, Kälte und Dunkelheit fordern viele von uns heraus. Manche erleiden sogar eine saisonale Depression. Ihre Einstellung, Rituale und Routinen lassen die Norweger diese Zeit genießen. Das persönliche Mindset und Verhalten können also die eigene Wintererfahrung verändern.

Insecure siblings fighting for their parents' attention; bickering spouses who can't stand to be together or apart; adultery and sexual experimentation; even the struggle to balance work and family: These are themes as much at home in our time as they were in the twelfth century. In James Goldman's classic play The Lion in Winter, domestic turmoil rises to an art form.

The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband, Emerson, and their wild and precocious eight-year-old son, Ramses. The much-coveted burial chamber of the Black Pyramid in Dahshoor is theirs for the digging. But there is a great evil in the wind that roils the hot sands sweeping through the bustling streets and marketplaces of Cairo.

Der Winter in den Wäldern von Maine ist kalt und einsam. Bisher hat das Julius Winsome nicht gestört, er lebt schon lange allein...

Nothing’s ever been handed to Olivia Santini, and she’s proud of her work ethic. After seven years as the assistant manager of the Evergreen Resort and Spa, she has ideas to improve the bottom line and increase reservations. When her manager resigns, Olivia puts in her résumé and waits for the interview. The job is practically hers - all she needs is the paperwork. Hayley Boyd Markham is the youngest Markham, the only girl, and the most spoiled. An artistic soul in a family of business-minded type, as she’s always felt like a bit of a screwup.

What do you do when you come home one day and discover that your parents have been kidnapped? Well, if you're a brave young guy named Charlie Ashanti, you go off in search of them. And since you happen to know how to speak Cat, your feline friends (the stray cats of the city and the caged lions on a magnificent, astounding floating circus) rally around you, bringing help, advice, and occasional special deliveries. Little do you know that in this search of yours, the fate of the world is at stake.

Thirteen years ago, Winter Black came home early from a sleepover to find her parents brutally murdered and her little brother gone — taken by a serial killer called The Preacher. Now a rookie FBI agent assigned to her first murder case, Winter has returned to the small Virginia town where she grew up. But when bones found by a hunter lead to the discovery of a secret burial ground containing the remains of children, the investigation suddenly hits close to home as the past and future collide with each new shocking discovery.

Cultural critic Susie Linfield investigates how eight prominent 20th-century intellectuals struggled with the philosophy of Zionism, and then with Israel and its conflicts with the Arab world. Constructed as a series of interrelated portraits that combine the personal and the political, the book includes philosophers, historians, journalists, and activists such as Hannah Arendt, Arthur Koestler, I. F. Stone, and Noam Chomsky.

Eines Tages veröffentlicht sie einen Artikel über den Star-Anwalt Robert Lewis und enthüllt, dass dieser sich von seiner Verlobten getrennt hätte, weil sie eine Affäre mit seinem Bruder haben soll. Daraufhin wird die Zeitschrift von Mr. Lewis verklagt! Dann läuft ihr ausgerechnet Robert Lewis über den Weg! Was hat er in Waydine Hill zu suchen? Und wieso unternimmt er eine romantische Kutschfahrt ohne seine Verlobte, mit der doch alles in bester Ordnung sein soll? Stacy beschleicht das Gefühl, dass Robert mit seiner Klage ihrer Karriere völlig zu Unrecht einen Dämpfer verpasst hat!

The nefarious lion-tamer Maccomo, recently escaped from captivity, kidnaps Charlie with the intention of selling him and Rafi to the Corporacy! A full-scale chase ensues as Charlie's parents, his Venetian gondolier friend, and his ever-faithful lions pursue Maccomo's ship across the sea.

An epic new fantasy romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author C. L. Wilson After three long years of war, starkly handsome Wynter Atrialan will have his vengeance on Summerlea's king by taking one of the man's beautiful, beloved daughters as his bride. But though peace is...

Die Statusmeldungen aus der Chronik von Westeros und Essos gelten als beliebteste TV-Serie der Welt. Nicht nur die Menschen lassen es beim Spiel um den Eisernen Thron an Benimm mangeln, es singen, tanzen und springen auch feuerspeiende Drachen, kälteresistente Zombies und dreiäugige Raben, quasi eine Märchengrottenbahn auf grausam. Gemeinsam mit der Verhaltensbiologin Dr. Elisabeth Oberzaucher, dem Astronom und Science Blogger Dr. Florian Freistetter und dem Molekularbiologen Martin Moder klärt MC Martin Puntigam die wichtigsten Fragen um die Kultserie: wann kommt der Winter und wie lange wird er bleiben?

Wie jedes Jahr seit dem Tod seiner Frau rüstet sich Kimmo Joentaa für die Einsamkeit der finnischen Weihnachtstage mit einem Glas Milch und einer Flasche Wodka...

In this eagerly awaited follow-up to The Lion's Game, John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. And, unfortunately for Corey, so is Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist otherwise known as "The Lion." Last we heard from him...

Amelia Peabody, archaeologist and woman extraordinaire, should have greeted the approaching excavation with transports of joy. Nothing in the world could compare with exploring the muddy, musty corridors of some bat-infested pyramid. And at Dahshoor, to which she was headed, there existed some particularly fine specimens.

Preferring to spend time outdoors sketching in her drab clothing, Isobel Macdonald is shocked when a handsome laird chooses her to marry. However, as one who treasures loyalty above all, she is mortified to learn his lover lives at the family keep. After being publicly humiliated by her husband, Isobel must ensure two things, to keep her heart protected and remain a wife in name only.

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Le grand Parc Royal s'étend au pied du Kilimandjaro, au Kenya. Patricia, dix ans, vit en toute familiarité avec les bêtes sauvages peuplant ce vaste territoire. Le maître de la savane en personne, le lion King, se transforme avec elle en gros chat débonnaire et caressant ! Il est vrai que Patricia, fille de John Bullit, grand chasseur repenti et gouverneur de la réserve, a recueilli et nourri King au biberon, alors qu'il n'était qu'un lionceau aveugle et sans défense. Mais le parc est traversé par les fiers guerriers Masaïs.

For more than 13 years, special agent Winter Black has believed her little brother was dead - kidnapped and murdered by The Preacher, the same lunatic who killed her parents. A lead into Justin’s whereabouts brings her out of her hiatus to chase it, but other cases need her attention, too. At the FBI, tensions are high when a body is dug up, encased in a 55-gallon drum. The team soon realizes they aren’t hunting the typical serial killer, but a skilled surgeon.