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Linni vor! Noch ein Tor! Ich schieß den Ball und dann gewinnen wir auf jeden Fall! Zuerst hatte Linni nicht so viel Lust auf das Fußballturnier zu dem Sportlehrer Fröhlich ihre Klasse angemeldet hat. Aber als Isadoras Papa ihrer Mannschaft so schöne Trikots sponsert (in rosa mit Pflaumenkuchen drauf), Linni ihr erstes Tor schießt und Uroma sie zur Torschützenkönigin machen will, träumt Linni doch noch vom Pokal.

Als eines Tages die schrullige Thekla Salmonis im Waisenhaus "Zur barmherzigen Einfalt" auftaucht, hat Bendix keine Ahnung, dass damit das größte Abenteuer seines Lebens beginnt. Denn Thekla hütet ein unglaubliches Geheimnis: Auf einer kleinen Insel in der Südsee ist die Zeit im Jura stehen geblieben. Hier leben die letzten Dinosaurier der Welt... solange niemand auf "Floribunda" aufmerksam wird.

Hören sie die Lebensgeschichte von Alice Schumacher, die sieben Jahre vor Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkrieges in Schlesien das Licht der Welt erblickte. Was einst als ein Leben voller Hoffnung und Träume begann, mündete in eine Zeit des Krieges, der Entbehrung, der Trennung und Enteignung und beendete nur 13 Jahre später eine kurze Kindheit, die geprägt war durch die grausamen Erfahrungen der Vertreibung aus der geliebten Heimat. Alice Schumacher erzählt von ihren Erinnerungen, ihren Verletzungen und Sehnsüchten, aber auch von ihrem lebenslang andauernden Heimweh nach Schlesien. Gefühlvoll, manchmal sogar heiter, schildert sie in vielen kleinen Begebenheiten detailgetreu ihr Aufwachsen in Kriegszeiten, beschreibt intensiv die Flucht und den schweren Neuanfang an einem Ort, den sie nicht freiwillig aufgesucht hat: Als Deutsche unter Deutschen und doch eine Fremde.

"Mer liere Kölsch...ävver höösch" ist ein Sprachkurs, der unabhängig und für sich oder in Ergänzung zum gleichnamigen Buch Gebrauch findet. Durch Dialoge in authentischem Kölsch dient er dem Training und dem praktischen Gebrauch der kölschen Sprache. Die Erläuterungen werden zunächst "Rheinisch" (Hochdeutsch mit "Knubbeln") gesprochen und mit zunehmendem Kenntnisstand Kölsch.

Sprachenlernen für Eilige! In nur 24 Stunden führt Sie der Compact SilverLine Schnell-Lern-Kurs zum Erfolg. Mithilfe unterhaltsamer Dialoge meistern Sie jede Situation des täglichen Lebens. Die 24 Lektionen mit Beispielen zum Zuhören und Nachsprechen helfen Ihnen, sich richtig und sicher zu verständigen, egal, ob beim Smalltalk, im Restaurant oder in der beruflichen Konversation.

The sea is Deirdre MacKenzie's home, and the crew of her father's Baltimore clipper is the only family she loves. She's happier wearing breeches and climbing the rigging of the Maid of Alexandria than donning a dress and learning to curtsy. But when the War of 1812 erupts, the ship is captured by a British privateer, leaving her father, the captain, dead. Deirdre watches her crew herded into the hold, destined for the notorious Dartmoor prison in England.

Wir könnten uns selbst und andere aufrichtig lieben, wenn wir echte Liebe von den eigenen Eltern erfahren hätten...

Told through the voice of a woman with a powerful intellect that is maddeningly slipping away, Turn of Mind is not only a suspenseful psychological thriller that pulses with intensity but also a brilliant portrayal of the fragility of consciousness and memory, and of a mind finally turning on itself.

The matriarch of a Long Island clan with a stubbornly suicidal son and a defiant, restless granddaughter, Esther has hired a Russian landscaper to watch over the family as well as the grounds of their secluded waterfront estate. But he has been watching Esther, too. And his love for her is growing wild enough to uproot them all.

There's the lost. There's the missing. And there's the taken. She asked me once if we had any secrets, and I shook my head. 'No secrets between us', she said. 'No' I answered. 'Never ever.' In a Durham hotel at dawn, celebrated preacher Tristan Snow is murdered as he prays. None of the other guests - not even his daughter, his wife, or her sister - saw or heard anything. But then again, they each had a motive for murder.

At twenty-something, Alice is eager for the milestones of adulthood: leaving home, choosing a career, finding friendship and love on her own terms. But with each step she takes she feels the sharp tug of invisible threads: the love and worry of her parents, who want more than anything to keep her from harm. Her father fears for her safety to an extraordinary degree - but why?

Her husband’s suicide left Nora MacKenzie alone, and his shady Wall Street dealings left the Manhattan socialite penniless. By a miracle, she’s held on to their mountainside farm - and she’ll keep holding on, no matter what. The property is Nora’s one chance to wring some dignity out of the sham she’s been living. The Vermont locals think she’s a city girl on a nature kick, but she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty. Nora’s serious about learning the farming business...if she can figure out where to begin.

For years, Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now-grown daughters. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined.

When Ethan Ford fails to show up for work on a brilliant summer morning, none of his neighbors would guess that, for more than 13 years, he has been running from his past. His true nature has been locked away, as hidden as his real identity. But sometimes locks spring open, and the devastating truths of Ethan Ford's history shatter the small-town peace of Monroe, affecting family and friends alike.

Writer, lecturer, and feminist activist Gloria Steinem and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker sit down with Wilma Mankiller to discuss gender and politics in today's world. The three consider the path each took to became icons of the feminist movement, the ways religion plays into gender and power relations, and the future of feminism.

Mrs. Wiggs and her five children find themselves in danger of losing their shack in the cabbage patch, as they are falling behind on the mortgage and unable to get the necessary employment that they need. They are so deep in debt that they must sell the beautiful Christmas dinner that is donated to them by the local church in order to buy cheaper food supplies. Her oldest son, Jimmy, who is often the breadwinner, grows sicker and sicker until he passes away and Mrs. Wiggs turns to Lucy.

From the town’s founder, a brave young woman from England who has no fear of blizzards or bears, to the young man who runs away to New York City, the characters in The Red Garden are extraordinary and vivid: a young wounded Civil War soldier who is saved by a neighbor, a woman who meets a fiercely human historical character, a poet who falls in love with a blind man, a mysterious traveler who comes to town in the year when summer never arrives.

Rosie Maldonne thought she hit it big when she stumbled upon an envelope of cash in Queen of the Trailer Park. But with a nasty flu keeping her laid out, school fees due, and Christmas on the way, she finds herself back in the red. Time to find a real job. After weeks of searching, Rosie is losing hope when the man of her dreams happens to post a new position: cleaning for an elderly person. Perfect! She lands the job, but the new role brings more than the promise of romance.

Nora Silk doesn't really fit in on Hemlock Street, where every house looks the same. She's divorced. She wears a charm bracelet and high heels and red toreador pants. And the way she raises her kids is a scandal. But as time passes, the neighbors start having second thoughts about Nora. The women's apprehension evolves into admiration. The men's lust evolves into awe. The children are drawn to her in ways they can't explain.

For more than a century, the small town of Haddan, Massachusetts, has been divided, as if by a line drawn down the center of Main Street, separating those born and bred in the village from those who attend the prestigious Haddan School. But one October night, an inexplicable death thrusts the two worlds together, and the town's divided history is revealed in all its complexity.