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Lena von Lew enjoys the privileges she has as a rich diplomat’s daughter to the fullest. She is 22 years old and for many years, she has been living with her parents in Washington D.C., where her father holds a high-ranking position in the German Embassy. When Lena barely escapes a kidnapping attempt after a party, the Secret Service assigns one of their agents as her protective detail. Connor James is far from pleased about the thankless task of acting as a babysitter and Lena adds to it by making...

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A captivating and epic adventure and coming-of-age storyIn his latest novel, best-selling author Luca Di Fulvio takes his readers on a fascinating journey to Argentina and creates the most stunning mental images of Buenos Aires in the beginning of the 20th century. When life DISCOVERED our dreams is a gripping and touching drama with a multitude of twists and turns about the fulfillment of dreams in spite of life’s adversities.In 1913, three orphans find themselves in desperate situations. Rocco,...

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Baking and crafting with Petronella ApplesaucePetronella Applesauce has plenty to do during the holiday season. There is a lot of baking and crafting and, of course, the apple is being decorated for Christmas. So the wait for Christmas will be over in no time. The apple witch and her friends have collected a lot of ideas that they share with you in this little book. You will find recipes for yummy cookies you can bake at home, ideas for crafting terrific gifts, and suggestions as to how you can decorate...

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The little spider’s winter bliss „Hooray, it has been snowing!“ The little spider is very excited because this marks the beginning of what is perhaps the most wonderful time of the year: building a snowman, go sledding, and baking cookies. There are so many terrific things the little spider and her friends can do during the winter months... More than 450,000 copies sold in the series Beautiful and atmospheric winter adventure With fascinating information about snow and animals in winter

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A riveting novel about a great love, trust, betrayal, and a camellia nursery in Brittany THE WOMEN OF CAMELLIA ISLAND is the stand-alone sequel to CAMELLIA ISLANDand starts with the divine wedding of Sylvia und Maël on Camellia Island. After the wedding, Sylvia has to deal with the fact that Maël wants to have a baby with her but having a family has never been part of the plan she had for her life, at least not up until now. On the other hand, she started a new life in Brittany and loves Maël more...

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The frightening scenario of big data surveillance in a totalitarian systemWhat if there had been computers during the Third Reich, the Internet, emails, cell phones, and social media – as well as their complete surveillance? Andreas Eschbach’s thriller, NSA, tells the story of people, who live in a world, which turns each and every one of them into a transparent citizen that can be manipulated. And it gives us a completely new perspective of burning issues like data mining and analysis, propaganda,...

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Tomorrow, Santa Claus is coming to town... isn’t he?„Due to very important and completely unforeseeable events, Christmas will be delayed this year!“ Ida no longer understands the world when the Post Office returns her Christmas list unopened with this note. As it turns out, the elves are on strike, Santa Claus has disappeared, and the plan is to cancel Christmas this year.But not on Ida’s watch for she cannot imagine anything more beautiful than wrapping gifts, baking cookies, and sipping hot cocoa...

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A heart-stirring love story, which centers on those moments in our lives that make us the happiest, on those dreams we once had and on what became of them When Stella, a young physician, attends a high school reunion, the sight of, Max, who was the love of her life, almost gives her a heart attack. On the one hand, they had a very romantic and close relationship as teenagers, but on the other hand, Max betrayed her in a way that changed Stella’s life forever. But even though Stella is still suspicious...

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A beautiful landscape, a soul-stirring love story, and a big secretLaura Walden’snewnovel, THE POWER OF THE MAORI AMULET, is, onceagain, thetaleof a darkfamilysecretthatunfoldsagainstthebackdropof a breathtakinglandscape.Mila, whois half Maori, grewupwith her grandmother in Hokitika, a littletown on the West Coast ofthe South Island. After studyingjewelry design, shewouldlovetostay in Dunedin but her grandmotherOmakalures her intocoming home bypretendingthatsheis on her deathbed. When Mila getsthere,...

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When Skip’s uncle wins the lottery, they use it as a chance to move from a desolate desert planet to the colossal space station of Astropia. This place is brimming over with alien creatures and shady figures. So it is a good thing that Skip makes new friends among his fellow students, Nax, an Argosanian, and Trenna, the daughter of the Lady Commander! Together, they want to explore the secrets of the space station. They are having a hard time with it, though, not only because of a mean fellow student...

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