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Half the world's population speaks a language that has evolved from a single prehistoric mother tongue. First spoken in Stone Age times on the steppes of central Eurasia 6,500 years ago, this mother tongue spread from the shores of the Black Sea across almost all of Europe and much of Asia. It is the genetic basis of everything we speak and write today - the DNA of language.

She teaches the dead for a living. History teacher Elise Alden knows the Salem witch trials by date, by name, by outcome. What she doesn't know is why she can feel the rope. Three years after her husband was killed in the line of duty, she has built a careful life around her teenage daughter Brooklyn and her classroom. Then the visions begin — flashes of frozen New England ground, accusation in every face, a woman's eyes holding hers like a lifeline across time.

Hurtled back through time more than two hundred years to 1743 Scotland, Claire Randall finds herself caught in the midst of an unfamiliar world torn apart by violence, pestilence, and revolution and haunted by her growing feelings for a young soldier, James Fraser.

My heart is healed. That fear is gone. It has been replaced with faith. I have been called many things in my life. Actor. Director. Producer. Friend. Brother. Son. But of all these, husband is the one I’m most proud of. Alexandra has filled me with a love I thought I’d never have again. The ferocity with which I will protect it is the only thing I truly fear. I won’t let anything take that or her away.

Er: Top-Journalist. Sie: Horoskop-Schreiberin. Eine Zeitungsredaktion, in der die Funken fliegen. Stella schreibt Horoskope für die Lokalzeitung von Sunset Cove, hat aber selbst keinen Plan vom Leben – außer, dass sie mit ihrem Freund Bryan alt werden will. Doch der legt wegen eines Tipps von Dr. Love, der anonymen Liebeskolumne der Sunset Gazette, eine Beziehungspause ein. Dr. Love entpuppt sich als Rowan, Stellas miesepetriger Redaktionskollege. Um Bryan zurückzugewinnen, zieht sie bei ihm ein und schmiedet Pläne.

On his way back from an ongoing investigation into a serial killer in Scotland, forensic anthropologist David Hunter is asked to examine a fire-death on the remote Hebridean island of Runa. Told only that there is something 'strange' about it, Hunter is intrigued enough to accept - despite the worsening winter weather conditions, and the strain it will put on his already troubled relationship with his girlfriend, Jenny.

""I was hooked from the very first page!” – Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of In a Holidaze ""This book is a delight."" – New York Times Book Review A National Bestseller and winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Romance! Featured on Shondaland, Oprah...

Enter the world of the Others in the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s thrilling fantasy series: a place where unearthly entities—vampires and shape-shifters among them—rule the Earth and prey on the human race. As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg...

It is June 1778, and the world seems to be turning upside-down. The British Army is withdrawing from Philadelphia, with George Washington in pursuit, and for the first time, it looks as if the rebels might actually win. But for Claire Fraser and her family, there are even more tumultuous...

Brought to you by Penguin. Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow. Drawing upon her years of research and a wealth of remarkable experience, the world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dame Sue Black takes us on a journey of revelation...

‘Wonderful storytelling, with a superbly drawn killer, it underlines exactly how good Carter has become’ DAILY MAIL THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A serial killer who will stop at nothing… The Killer His most valuable possession has been stolen. Now he must retrieve it, at any cost...

Despite the fierce, and seemingly personal, objections of secretary Gerald Hadleigh, members of the Midsomer Worthy Writers' Circle press ahead and invite bestselling author Max Jennings to talk to their group. Besides, it's not as though he'll say yes. So when Jennings turns up to their meeting, they are completely over-awed by his presence. But before the evening is over, Gerald has been brutally murdered. Summoned to investigate, Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby discovers that Gerald's life was as much of a mystery to his neighbours as his violent death.

Jalon Chupp has a past he isn't proud to claim. He's worked hard to overcome his youthful mistakes, and he has recommitted himself to his faith. When he receives a sweet note included in a piece of misdirected mail, he can't help but write back. Soon, the letters he receives from Phoebe are the highlights of his days, and with a hopeful heart, he suggests they meet in person.

From her first step onto Canderfey University's campus, Joanna Wick, the new librarian-in-training, is overwhelmed by the bustle of people and the wealth of magical information now available to her. Most overwhelming of all, she attracts the attention of three handsome professors. But Aiden King, Callum Pike, and Isaac Metclaffe are a coven waiting to find their fourth and complete their home, and Joanna knows she can't be that witch. She's barely magical. 

Alles, was du siehst, ist nur Teil meiner Fassade. Ich spiele ein Spiel, das ich längst hätte verlieren sollen. Und dann kommt sie. Louisa Velmont. Die Tochter aus gutem Haus, der ich nicht zu nah kommen darf. Sie ist die verbotene Frucht. Verlobt. Unberührbar. Tabu. Ich wäre nicht Stone Blakewell, wenn ich es schaffen würde, mich von ihr fernzuhalten. Der erste Kuss ist elektrisierend und ich weiß sofort, dass ich mehr will. Doch wenn sie erfährt, was ich verberge, wird mein größter Fehler nicht mein Geheimnis sein, sondern, dass ich sie nicht gehen lassen kann.

Eugenia Fain presents a collection of poems. 

Eine Jungfrau auf der Flucht. Und eine heiße Nacht, die alles verändert. Parker Whiscott ist tief in die schmutzigen Geschäfte seiner Familie verwickelt. Kontrolle bestimmt sein Leben. Schwäche ist keine Option. Doch dann trifft er auf die zwölf Jahre jüngere Georgina und plötzlich steht alles auf dem Spiel. Trotz ihres jungen Alters hat sie es geschafft, dem Casino-Imperium seiner Familie eine gewaltige Geldsumme zu stehlen. Eines weiß Parker sicher: Georgina muss für ihre Taten büßen.

Ashes and Stones is a moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages and modern cities, in search of the traces of those accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Scotland. We visit modern memorials, roadside shrines and standing stones, and roam among forests and hedge mazes, folk lore and political fantasies. From fairy hills to forgotten caves, we explore a spellbound landscape.

Sechs Monate ist es her, seit Ashlyn mit ansehen musste, wie alles, was sie besaß, in Flammen aufging. Sechs Monate, seit sie die Stimme gegen ihren gewalttätigen Stiefvater erhob und mit einer gebrochenen Rippe vor die Tür gesetzt wurde. Das Letzte, was sie gebrauchen kann, ist noch mehr Ärger – vor allem wenn dieser in Gestalt des Tätowierers Lane Garrett daherkommt. Denn Lane ist zwar unglaublich attraktiv, aber der totale Bad Boy. Noch dazu interessiert er sich kein Stück für sie. Doch hinter seinen Tattoos und seiner ruppigen Art steckt ein Geheimnis, von dem Ashlyn noch nichts ahnt.

Kragnor is an ancient gargoyle, who was released from his 700-year prison by the spell of an unknowing Kevin Arkis. Now cursed to share one body, Kevin and Kragnor must learn to work together. Kevin enlists the help of fellow high school senior, Megan Petrov, who has secrets and a curse of her own.