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The grim discovery of a body brings up a past that threatens to rip a community apart. Whilst a farmer is tearing up trees near the boundary of a reclusive commune in the Welsh hills, he unearths the remains of a man, clearly buried years ago. DI Winter Meadows grew up within this unusual community and uses the trust he has there to investigate the case. But he is knocked sideways when the body looks to be that of his father, who disappeared years ago when the detective was a teenager.

What's it like to be a trail angel and can romance truly blossom from first meeting to marriage on the Pacific Crest Trail? How do trail names get bestowed and what does it mean when you find yourself roaring back at a mountain lion? How have climate change, technology, and the sheer number of hikers affected life on the PCT? Find the answers to all these questions, and so many more, in the diverse writings gathered in Crossing Paths, an anthology of stories and poems written by PCT hikers.

1884 - When Betsan Morgan’s mother succumbs to a devastating illness, she doesn't think her life could get much worse. But then her father moves in his new beau, an unserious flitty woman and coincidentally also the bargirl in the pub he works in, and she soon learns her house is no longer a home. All she can do is sit in the attic and stare at the portrait of her mother. Her new stepmother, Elinor, couldn’t even let them have the grace of keeping it in the hallway.

'A beautiful book. Powerful and captivating, the story will transport you to another time and place, plunging you headlong into the lives of its characters. Tracy Rees's writing is fluid, vibrant and evocative. Extraordinarily good.' - Hazel Prior Tracy Rees's latest novel The Elopement is an...

Mae Crawford always thought she was in control. Now she's learned that her little brother Jamie is a magician and Nick, the boy she'd set her heart on, has an even darker secret. Mae's whole world has spun out of control, and it's only going to get worse. When she realises that Jamie has been...

Evie gets a wonderful surprise when she goes to stay at her grandma's house. Fairies appear in the night. They are dream fairies, and they live at the bottom of Evie's bed. Even better, Evie can go and have magical adventures with them in fairyland! Soon Evie discovers that Grandma can see the fairies, too. But will they still be there when Grandma returns from hospital? And how can Evie make sure that their special brand of fairy magic will stay with Grandma forever?

Brought to you by Penguin. The bestselling historian on the dramatic wartime relationship - and shocking similarities - between two tyrants This compelling book on Hitler and Stalin - the culmination of thirty years' work - examines the two tyrants during the Second World War, when Germany and...

It's Alys Pugh's birthday and her mates are organizing a little surprise for her. When she doesn't show up, they realize something's wrong. Later, her body is found in the cold waters of Llyn y Fan. On searching Alys' house, detectives discover an array of seaside objects and suspect they are some sort of message left by the killer. With everyone seemingly harboring a secret, tempers fray and suspicion grows. And when similar trinkets are found in another of their houses, those underlying tensions bubble to the surface. Then someone else in the group is killed.

Geld bestimmt unser Leben – doch nur wenige von uns haben gelernt, bewusst mit ihm umzugehen. Statt Klarheit erleben viele Druck, Unsicherheit oder alte Glaubenssätze, die sie klein halten. In „Money Mindset – Wie du Geld zu deinem besten Freund machst“ begibst du dich auf eine tiefgehende Reise zu deiner inneren Beziehung mit Geld. Dieses Hörbuch zeigt dir, warum finanzielle Realität im Kopf beginnt – und wie du Blockaden, Ängste und limitierende Überzeugungen Schritt für Schritt in Vertrauen, Fülle und Selbstbestimmung verwandelst.

Secret tunnels, hidden chambers, unexplained happenings, and a killer on the loose ignite Charli's curiosity. Enlisting her ex-rock-and-roll singer grandmother’s help, she delves into clues police ignore. Unraveling the property's notorious history, they become embroiled in a murder case and a major criminal operation that puts Charli's life in danger.

Cosmo has always wanted to be a witch-cat so he's delighted when he passes the test. Now he'll be able to help Sybil with her spells. But Cosmo is suspicious when he discovers that Sybil has a magic recipe for making statues in the shape of kittens.

Cosmo the witch-cat has his paws full with his new baby brothers and sisters. Especially when the kittens accidentally get turned into frogs by the kindly Frog-Witch. But before she has a chance to magic them back, the Frog-Witch and all the frog-kittens are kidnapped by a sinister stranger with froggy plans. Can Cosmo come up with the purr-fect way to save the day... before it's too late?

This is the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins—now the basis of a major motion picture starring Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep! She was a woman with a dream. Nobody believed in her talent. But nothing could stop her. . . She had no pitch, no rhythm, and no tone. Still, Florence...

Ozanna has been kidnapped … for the second time in as many months, though it appears this time around she’s the intended target. Quite the professional setback for a bodyguard. Her captors intend to take her to meet Lhoris and Lobikno’s oldest brother, a meeting she dreads. Bound tight, with her options as limited as her mobility, she waits for the perfect opportunity to attempt an escape.

Este libro es la opción para aprender «el cómo» hacerlo. Podrás reflejarte en las historias aquí plasmadas y te servirán de inspiración para vivir una vida en la cual seas honesto y auténtico, contigo y con el mundo.Reforzarás tu autoconfianza y descubrirás un mundo maravilloso dentro de ti. Aprende a decir no, para decirte sí a ti, te entrega 75 herramientas para decir no amablemente por medio de 25 historias de la vida real de personas con diferentes profesiones, culturas y géneros. La intención es que te atrevas a ser fiel a lo que crees, por lo tanto, no te vas a ...

For most San Franciscans, April 18, 1906 started at 5:12 a.m. with 65 seconds of violent quaking followed by a relentless, raging fire that left 98% of the structures in the most populated part of the city in ruins. However, while everyone felt the earthquake equally, they did not all suffer to the same degree. In Saving San Francisco, Andrea Rees Davies, a former firefighter, tells a new story of the 1906 catastrophe. Saving San Francisco challenges the long-lived myth that the fire brought out altruism and leveled class distinctions among residents.

A member of the tiny but ancient Samaritan community has been murdered. The dead man controlled hundreds of millions of dollars of government money. If the World Bank cannot locate it within the next several days, all aid money to the Palestinians will be cut off. Visiting Nablus, Omar Yussef must solve the murder and find the money, or all Palestinians will suffer.

8 Days on Maui is a fun, yet mysterious and ghostly tale of time travel, romance, passion and murder. This mystery romance takes place at the famed tavern, the Windsock Lounge: a tiny A-framed bar that sat atop the small terminal at the old Kaanapali airport in West Maui. Author Neil Chapman is ready for a vacation. What he gets is more than what he bargained for. He embarks on an exotic adventure to the Hawaiian island of Maui where he encounters the elusive, yet sexy Nikki who seems to be always one step ahead of him. Before he knows it, his relaxing vacation is turned on end when he ...

Award-winning writer and filmmaker Laurence Rees has spent nearly 20 years meeting people who were tested to the extreme during World War II. He has come face to face with rapists, mass murderers, even cannibals, but he has also met courageous individuals who are an inspiration to us all. His quest has taken him from the Baltic States to Japan, from Poland to America and from Germany to China.

The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. There the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray.