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Zane und Sophie haben den „Cold Coast Freediving"-Wettkampf organisiert und rechnen fest damit, dass Will neuer Freitauch-Rekordhalter wird. Die Pressekonferenz und die anschließende Party sollen im „Rikki's" stattfinden. Rikki ist genervt von Zanes Wichtigtuerei und flüchtet mit Cleo in den Meerespark.

Als Neville Collins auf dem verwaisten Landsitz der Lambournes Schutz vor einem Gewitter sucht, macht er in der alten Scheune eine fantastische Entdeckung: Unter den staubigen Laken schlummert eine Geisterbahn aus den 1920er-Jahren - der Nachtmahr. Als Besitzer eines Kuriositätenmuseums ist er sofort Feuer und Flamme und will das marode Fahrgeschäft unbedingt erwerben. Aber der Verwalter der Ländereien, der betagte Mr. Curtis, rät ihm dringend davon ab.

Moving with her husband and children to a new home is just the beginning. The supernatural occurrences in the old house begin on the very first day, but the reality of the situation takes time for Emma to understand and accept. Her sanity is challenged when she cannot convince her husband that these eerie happenings are actually taking place and Emma even begins to doubt them herself, until the danger becomes very real and her children’s lives are now at stake.

Moving Bodies is a chronicle of the brilliant life of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Richard Feynman. From his role in the development of the atomic bomb to his controversial testimony at the investigation of the Challenger disaster, Feynman casts a long shadow across the worlds of physics and mathematics. Through playwright Arthur Giron's eyes, we see how Feynman became one of the most important scientists of our time.

Meet unforgettable characters like the imperious Queen of Hearts, the eccentric Mad Hatter, and the ever-elusive Cheshire Cat. Join Alice as she navigates cryptic caterpillars, chaotic croquet, and troublesome tea parties in a tale that continues to charm and captivate across generations.

Young widow Louise Pearlie seizes a chance to escape the typewriters and files of the Office of Strategic Services, the United States’ World War II spy agency, when she’s asked to investigate a puzzling postcard referred to the OSS by the US Censor. She heads off to St. Leonard, Maryland, to talk to the postcard’s recipient, one Leroy Martin. But what seemed like a straightforward mission to Louise soon becomes complicated.

This is a story from the Ballet Stories collection.

“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...

A beautiful extract from the famous biblical hymn to love, read by Jenny Agutter.

London um 1900: Die amerikanische Entfesselungskünstlerin Eliza Houdini und die ehrgeizige Nachwuchs-Reporterin Millie Watson teilen sich nicht nur eine Wohnung im aufstrebenden London – sondern auch eine Schwäche für Rätsel. Vermittelt von Mister Biggs schickt die Krone sie auf geheime Missionen. Ob zwischen nebligen Gassen, in königlichen Pferdeställen oder hoch oben in einer Zirkuskuppel – die beiden Freundinnen bewegen sich mit Witz, Mut und Verstand durch die Schatten der Stadt.

Könnten Schauspielerei oder Musikhören helfen, Ihr Englisch zu verbessern? Machen Sie in der Ausgabe 7/23 von "Spotlight Audio" Bekanntschaft mit einer Sprachwissenschaftlerin, die vom Spracherwerb durch diese Kunstformen überzeugt ist. Außerdem in dieser Ausgabe: Besuchen Sie die englische Grafschaft Suffolk und erkunden Sie die hübschen Dörfer dort. Die Amateurdetektivin Dorothy Winslow kehrt zurück, um in einer dreiteiligen Kurzgeschichte wieder einmal ein Geheimnis zu lüften. Englisch lernen mit "Spotlight Audio".

In 1924, San Francisco is booming. The great fire and earthquake of 1906 cleared the ground for a modern city, but the closer she comes to the place she used to call home, the more troubling Mary Russell's dreams become. As Russell and her husband, the great detective Sherlock Holmes, attempt to settle their affairs in the City by the Bay, Mary's past isn't the only thing that catches up with them....

What if everything you knew was a lie… This house has a past that won’t stay hidden, and it is time for the dead to speak. Returning to Number 17, Coronation Square, Edie is shocked to find the place she remembers from childhood reeks of mould and decay. After her aunt Dolly’s death Edie...

Life was all about forks in the road, Kat's best friend, Em, told her. And Kat knew she hadn't chosen wisely when it came to the forks in her road of life. It seemed each road had led to dismal failure. Her family. Her relationships. All failures. Kat didn't know why Em was still there, especially when Kat rarely took Em's advice. However, this time Kat had to admit, perhaps Em was right. Renovating the old house she'd inherited gave her a project. It would take her mind off her breakup with Shael, Em said. But going back, facing her past and her bad choices, would that solve anything?

In 1914, a bold young American named Mary Russell meets a retired beekeeper in the English countryside. His name is Sherlock Holmes. And although many years have passed since he astonished Watson by solving Scotland Yard’s most baffling crimes, the Great Detective is no fool. He instantly spots a fellow intellect in Mary. When his greatest enemy returns with a fiendishly resourceful plan for revenge, Holmes knows he faces the case of his lifetime—and that he needs Mary’s help to solve it.

Emmeline knows she’s not supposed to explore the woods outside her settlement. The enemy that wiped out half her people lurks there. Living with the shame of her grandmother’s insubordination, Emmeline has learned to keep her head down and her quick tongue silent. When the settlement leader asks for her hand in marriage, it’s an opportunity for Emmeline to wash the family slate clean - even if she has eyes for another. But before she’s forced into an impossible decision, her dreams urge her into the woods, where she uncovers a path she can’t help but follow.

Hannah Sandoval woke up from a two week coma with more than a murdered CIA agent’s heart. Vivid dreams haunt her of Kate’s life and death, including the memories of the man Kate loved, Agent Jase McCoy. But nothing prepared Hannah for meeting the flesh and blood man of her dreams. As Kate’s memories continue to haunt her with more terrifying details, soon Hannah finds herself embroiled in the same web of lies that cost Kate her life. The only person who can protect her now, is Jase.

All mermaids long for the magic of a human soul. Briony won't drown sailors to get it. She makes potions instead, earning a reputation as a witch and becoming a social outcast. When a little mermaid asks for a potion that can reunite her with the human she loves, Briony reluctantly agrees. But there is more to the mermaid’s plan than a quest for love. The more Briony interacts with the human prince the mermaid wants to claim, the more she suspects that he never loved the little mermaid at all.

In Ten Hail Marys, Kate Howarth vividly recalls the first seventeen years of her life in Sydney's slums, suburbs and rural New South Wales, Australia. Abandoned by her mother as a baby, and then by her volatile grandmother. Kate was 14 when she was sent to live with a neighbour, who barely tolerated her. Kate was taken out of school three days before she was scheduled to take the exams for the Intermediate Certificate, the minimum education required to obtain meaningful employment. At 15, everything and everyone Kate called family and home was gone.

Madame Peregrin hatte sich ruhige Weihnachten gewünscht. Und so haben Eliza und Millie nur Mr. Biggs und Mr. Hoskins eingeladen. Doch bald erklingen unheimliche Geräusche, Gegenstände verschwinden magisch und tauchen andernorts wieder auf. Und vor allem lösen sich Kekse auf - in Luft und ein paar Restkrümel. Ein Geist? Die Feiernden begeben sich auf die Suche...