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Christa Wolfs Meisterwerk erzählt von Kassandra, der schillerndsten Frauenfigur der griechischen Mythologie...

Pearl knows little of her father, Jacob, and elder sister, Row, who left her mother, Myra, when she was pregnant with her. Between them they make do, with Myra fishing and trading to make ends meet, travelling from island to island on Bird, the boat Myra’s grandfather made before he died. Whilst their life is a tranquil one, Myra still aches for the daughter she once lost. When a chance encounter reveals that Row might still be alive, Myra packs up six-year-old Pearl, and together they begin a dangerous voyage to The Valley.

Sinead - who is both resilient and vulnerable, insightful and insecure - spends her days supporting her ailing mother and appeasing Emerson, the man who owns her house and the diner where she works. She wants nothing more than to leave the town her own dark history is bound up in, but Emerson asserts his power over her, thwarting her progress at every turn. One day, Tobias, a mysterious rambler from the east coast, walks into the diner, and Sinead makes the impulsive decision to invite him into her life and home.

Preternatural private investigator and paranormal huntress Kassandra Lyall is used to working alone. Whenever there's a murder or a mystery to solve that involves the preternatural she's the witch they call. When she's contacted to help the local cops work on a mysterious murder case, she finds herself needing all the help she can get. A bloodthirsty werewolf is loose in the city and on a killing spree. As if her plate weren't full enough, a strange she-wolf seeks Kassandra's aid, asking her to help find her missing brother.

Für seine Ballade „Kassandra“ greift Schiller den Kassandra-Mythos aus dem antiken Epos Troja auf. Die Ballade enthält dem entsprechend viele Namen und Anspielungen aus der Troja und der antiken Götterwelt.

Rumi was an ancient teacher, poet, and mystic who had his fair share of tough times. Through the ups and downs, he wrote poetry that, to this day, moves the soul. We all know it's easy to get stuck in places we don't want to be: a dead end job, an unhappy marriage, a toxic family or friendship. Your goal is not to transform all of those areas at once. Your mission is to focus on transforming yourself and, as a result, your relationship to everything else in your life will change.

William James is a man with a lot on his plate. Three years after a messy divorce, he’s renovating the dilapidated old house his wife let him have, working for a construction technology firm, and playing music in bars. But when he moves into a new apartment, he discovers a supernatural ability—he can see ghosts and raise the dead. With his ghostly roommate and two girlfriends, William embarks on a journey to explore the unseen world, build a new family, and learn to control his powers.

When paramedic, Michael Perry, loses his father, he finds himself in a downward spiral. His depression threatens to end him and so does his addiction. In an attempt to quit smoking with hypnotherapy, he is left with disturbing side effects. How far must he go to kill this disease?

Hi. My name is Will. Apparently, I’m a necromancer. You would think that I might be a little bit more certain about something like that. Magical practitioners apparently go through a lot of training in an apprenticeship. Again with the apparently. In this case, "apparently" is completely appropriate because I didn’t do any of that. I was finally ready to renovate my house, so I was in a pinch for an apartment. I ended up in one that had a bunch of weird reviews. I did say I was in a pinch. It turned out that the apartment had a ghost.

When Mayfair’s newly minted Chamber of Commerce goes off the rails, and decides to build an ice skating rink, a decades-old skeleton is uncovered. The secrets it reveals threaten more than the town’s Christmas plans. Feeling responsible since the let’s-attract-more-tourists idea was hers initially, service dog trainer Marcia Banks is determined to help her police detective boyfriend solve the mystery - whether he wants her help or not. Maybe she can wheedle more out of the townspeople than he can.

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Hier werden die Ballade "Kassandra" und das gesellige Lied "Das Siegesfest" vorgetragen. Beide besingen den Kampf um Troja nach dem Mythos der Griechen: Kassandras Weissagung deutet den Kampf der belagerten Stadt voraus; im "Siegesfest" mischen sich Triumph und Trauer derer, die den 10-jährigen Krieg gewonnen und derer, die ihn verloren haben.

At forty-one years of age, William James discovered that he was born a necromancer, the progeny of the most powerful necromancer ever known. He’s won duels with necromancers, drained the life from zombies, battled elves who were super-powered by magical collars, and rescued his succubus girlfriend before marrying her. Will had hoped that his life would calm down after that to let them catch their breath.

Wynter Reeves lives by three rules. Don't stand out. Blend in. Remain invisible. In a world where individuality is dangerous, being forgettable keeps her alive. So when she begins showing signs of a rare disease, it's only a matter of time before she draws the unwanted attention of the State's sinister research facility, the DSD.

Eraina has locked her wolf deep inside to save her from a ruthless pack, but now her wolf is free and her life is on the line. Blessed by a goddess and hunted by the Wolf King, can she survive the torment that awaits her?

Newspaper reporter Cali Stevens boldly walks into Sheriff Nick Justice's office with one goal in mind: to find her best friend who disappeared while vacationing. When the no-nonsense sheriff refuses to give her details of the investigation, Cali takes matters into her own hands and starts her own investigation. She never intends to fall for the sheriff...or into the clutches of Coral Isle's first serial kidnapper.

All Darcie wants is a fresh start, but on her first day of work at her new job, she stumbles across a gruesome discovery - the body of a murdered man. If that weren't enough, the detective in charge of the investigation names Darcie as his prime suspect. She's surrounded by distrust and suspicion - and the eerie sense that someone's been in her apartment going through her things.

Raine gave her life to save her pack, but when a she-wolf wakes with no memory of who she is, can the story have a happy ending? She is hunted by demons and vampires, but Raine must find her way and lead the charge against the Demon King before he can unleash the sorcerer's magic into the world.

When Karina's kid brother is accused of a gang-style killing, she calls the only person she knows who might be able to clear his name - her ex-boyfriend, Mason Sinclair. Though Mason dreads returning to Albuquerque where his wife was murdered, he can't say no to Karina. Before long he's neck-deep in assault rifles and has thrust Karina into the crosshairs of the same desperate criminals who killed his wife. It will take all his skills and those of his Falsely Accused Support Team buddies to keep her alive.

Sometimes a straight woman just needs to explore what it means to taste another woman. In this scorching collection from Happy Hardcore Erotica Publishing, five straight women have their first lesbian experience, and Happy Hardcore authors know how to make it explicit and incredible! Whether you want lesbian seduction, first lesbian sex in a threesome, or a little bit of reluctance, this collection is for you.