"Pocketville is a small town, set in its ways, and the arrival of a stranger causes a stir. Monti the mole is stunned one morning to find Leo the lizard hogging his special reading rock. When Monti visits the bakery and the library, he learns that the last cinnamon roll has been purchased, and the book he was waiting for has been checked out. What's a fastidious mole to do? When Monti confronts Leo, the newcomer turns out to be agreeable in the extreme,...

Louise wächst in Frankreich auf, Johann in Westdeutschland. An einer französischen Universität lernen sie sich kennen, sie heiraten, ziehen in ein deutsches Dorf, sehen ihre Kinder aufwachsen und ihre Eltern sterben. Ein ganzes Leben lang suchen sie die passenden Worte für eine Zeit, über die nie jemand sprechen wollte. "Schnell, dein Leben" ist die Entdeckung einer Autorin, die vor über fünfzig Jahren nach Deutschland kam und ebenso viele...

The joyful memories of her childhood are all that she has left. Katalina is determined to regain her freedom. In times of need, she looks up at the blue sky to call upon the universe to give her the strength and the fearlessness of a tiger. Katalina will stop at nothing or let anyone get in her way of finding happiness again someday.

A secret, a sacrifice, and a scandal... Summer 1939 - When war breaks out, Sylvie is marooned with her cousin Nell's family in the Chiltern hills and cannot return to her Normandy home. During the early days of rationing, blackouts, and the threat of bombers in the skies, Sylvie and Nell have to grow up quickly. Yet as the war rages around them, it's the competition and jealousy between the two that dominates their lives. When the girls fall in...

Five friends share life and laughter and love…until unexpected temptation changes everything The Book Babes reading group began as five women wanting to talk books-but now they've become family. There's romance author Ava Sinclair, organizer and backbone; happily-married mother of five Ellie Preston, the heart of the group; elegant art gallery owner Sylvie Everett; single mom and sociology professor Luisa Martinez; and ambitious attorney Laken...

Her dad said nothing could hurt their relationship. But what if he isn't her dad?Summer gets off to a rocky start for twenty-year-old Rae Riley when Rae's con man Uncle Troy returns to Marlin County, Ohio. Rae's father, Sheriff Walter "Mal" Malinowski, warns her to steer clear of Troy. He's convinced Troy conned 5 of his cousins from the outlaw branch of the family to jump him a few years ago.But it seems like wherever Rae goes, Troy is lurking on...

Berührend, klug, hoffnungsvoll: Wie die Umarmung eines geliebten Menschen wärmt und tröstet Mikki Brammers Roman "Dieses schöne Leben". Eine wunderschöne Liebes- und Selbstfindungsgeschichte und eine lebensbejahenden Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema Sterben. Umgeben von Büchern, vielfältigem Wissen und geliebten Ritualen verbringt Clover eine ungewöhnliche, aber liebevolle Kindheit bei ihrem Großvater, einem Professor, in New York. Als...