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Zwei Frauen, zwei Häuser, ein unvergesslicher Sommer. Ria Lynch und Marilyn Vine könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein. Sie leben tausende Meilen voneinander entfernt: Ria in einem gemütlichen viktorianischen Haus in Tara Road, Dublin; Marilyn in einem modernen Haus in New England. Nach schweren persönlichen Verlusten beschließen sie, ihre Häuser für einen Sommer zu tauschen. Doch dieser Haustausch erweist sich als alles andere als die ruhige Auszeit, die sie sich erhofft hatten.

2015 saw the worst American maritime disaster in decades. The captain of the SS El Faro commanded his crew to sail straight into a hurricane. The ship sank and all 33 crew members died. The sinking raised troubling questions: Why did the captain choose to sail into the hurricane? Why did no one on board or on shore stop him? And why was such an old and heavily loaded ship even allowed on the water? The crew of the SS El Faro is gone, but their haunting final hours were preserved by the ship’s black box.

Haelyn Ross is barely keeping it together. With her family shattered and financial struggles mounting, she's hesitant when a promising match on a dating app encourages her to apply for a job at Graves Automobile. By some twist of fate, Haelyn lands the job as assistant to the CEO, Tristan Graves. His cold, brooding demeanor should keep her at a distance, but there's a white-hot spark between them that she can't seem to smother.

Der Titel "Der grüne See" (im engl. Original: "The Glass Lake") zählt zu den erfolgreichsten Werken von Schriftstellerin Maeve Binchy. Darin wird Helen MacMahon, Ehefrau und Mutter zweier Kinder, vermisst. Niemand aus ihrem Heimatort weiß, was mit der schönen, aber auch zurückhaltenden Frau geschehen ist. Tochter Kit, ihr Bruder und Vater versuchen fortan mit dem plötzlichen Verschwinden einen Umgang zu finden. Ein eindringlicher Roman der Bestseller-Autorin über Verlust und Trauer.

Esmeray Hamilton was born to be married, both theoretically and practically. When the day of her meticulously planned wedding arrives, she defies her destiny and ultimately, the man who was waiting for her at the altar, by running away right into someone else's arms. Or rather—the hood of someone else's car.

Adult autism assessment is a new and fast-growing clinical area, for which professionals often feel ill-equipped. Autistic adults are often misdiagnosed which has enormous implications for their mental health. This accessible and comprehensive adult autism assessment handbook covers the most up...

Ein meisterhafter Geschichtenerzählerin - New York Times. Leise rieselt der Schnee und die Glöckchen läuten so hell wie Engelsflüge: So stellt sich wohl jeder das perfekte Weihnachten vor. Doch für Stephen ist es das genaue Gegenteil. Dies wird das erste Weihnachten ohne seine Frau und dann wird ihm auch noch ausgerechnet am 24.12. fristlos gekündigt. Dieses Fest scheint für ihn alles andere als besinnlich. Doch ihm steht eine wundervoll-weihnachtliche Überraschung bevor.

New York Times best-selling author Maeve Binchy has a way of making everyday experiences extraordinary. Scarlet Feather introduces budding entrepreneurs Cathy and Tom who, along with their extended families, meet the trials and rewards of life head on. Scarlet Feather is a new catering company formed by two friends from cooking school, Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather. Their dream is to have the best business in Dublin.

After finding my apartment ransacked for the third time, I'm done being stalked. I'm just some nameless orphan who's only trying to survive in this broken city. I shouldn't matter. I shouldn't be a target. I shouldn't have to live on the run. But here I am, trying to find a hideout when living beyond the city without a permit is punishable by death. I'm desperate. But I'm scrappy too, and soon I'm surviving off the land with only the rodents for company. Everything's fine. Until he shows up.

Val has never considered love real. Not tangible, not attainable, nothing more than fiction. Until he came along. Dominant. Insufferable. Bossy. Pyro didn't plan to fall in love. He didn't have time to until a stubborn cupid shot into his life like an arrow soaring through the sky. Now, he wants to prove to Valentine that love is real and Pyro won't give up on him no matter what.

Five decades of selected writings from the Irish Times by the beloved and best-selling author, filled with her hallmark humor, candor, and wisdom-a timeless gift to her legion of fans. Maeve Binchy once confessed: "As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were...

The job is supposed to be easy. All I have to do is deliver a spaceship of living cargo to the vile Uldani and they'll release my brother. If I fail, they'll take it out on him. Except the cargo is something I've never seen before - human females. The one called Frankie is beautiful and soft, and I've already spilled blood for her. Now how am I going to save my brother? Because this human female is mine.

“WHITETHORN WOODS is Binchy’s best read in a decade . . . Few contemporary novelists match Binchy’s gift for giving us the world through her characters’ eyes.” –The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Maeve Binchy once again brings us an enchanting book full of the wit, warmth, and wisdom that...

Mellem to unge piger udvikler sig et ubrydeligt venskab, som trods store forskelle i arv og miljø hjælper dem gennem mange genvordigheder hjemme i landsbyen og under studieårene i 1950'ernes Dublin.

Although my brother disappeared many cycles ago, I've never given up hope that he's alive. I get word about a human who has seen him, but she's evading me. When I finally come face to face with her, the situation becomes a whole lot more complicated, because I can't deny the pull toward the female with the smart mouth. She doesn't know it yet, but she'll be by my side as I rule over my people.

Stoneybridge is a small town on the west coast of Ireland where all the families know one another. When Chicky Starr decides to take an old, decaying mansion set high on the cliffs overlooking the windswept Atlantic Ocean and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, everyone thinks...

Maeve Binchy is back with a tale of joy, heartbreak and hope, about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close-knit Dublin community. When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once she’s born. But as...

“[Maeve] Binchy makes you laugh, cry, and care. Her warmth and sympathy render the daily struggles of ordinary people heroic and turn storytelling into art.” –San Francisco Chronicle With the insight, humor, and compassion we have come to expect from her, Maeve Binchy tells a story of...

How did a once faceless bureaucrat, a man whose own wife said he was born under the sign of the vampire, become the idealized face of Russian manhood and its authoritarian leader? Deputy Mayor Putin examines the man behind the myth. We will explore how Putin’s formative years shaped and drove him and how the supporting cast of characters he gathered along the way helped him get to the Kremlin’s inner sanctum.

Her entire life, Xo has brought others happiness and love, complete with endings tied in pretty little bows. This year, she wants that for herself. Love. Romance. A happy ending. And there's a grumpy Santa who's more than willing to grant her this wish in exchange for finding his love for Christmas again. Where there are candy canes, there are happily ever afters... and they're both about to find theirs.