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Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a poet, novelist, and literary critic. He created the enchanting world of fairyland inhabited by characters like the snow-queen, the mermaid's son, ogres, dwarfs, monsters, magicians, and giants. The Pink Fairy Book contains 41 tales from Africa, Japan, Scandinavia, and Europe. They range from familiar stories like "The Snow-Queen" and "The Fir-Tree" to the obscure tales of the Tanuki. This collection contains stories like "The Cats' Elopement", The "Princess in the Chest", "Snowflake", and more....

Guilt is a deeply human emotion that everyone has experienced (at least) once in their lives. They act as a warning signal to us that we are about to commit a wrong, that we are violating our moral code and creating an imbalance between us and one or more other people. In hindsight, help us restore the violated balance, make amends, and learn from our mistakes. But why do some people tend to feel inappropriately strong guilt for saying "no" just once, while others can literally walk over dead bodies without batting an eye?

As a homeless orphan, shunned for having the gift, Rachael knows how to survive. The visions of people dying are only hers to see. The shadows are her safety. When Cephy comes into her life, having a friend who is as feared by the villagers as Rachael seems too good to be true. After a fiery incident, the villagers call on the White Guard to execute Rachael and Cephy. Together, they flee into a world they know nothing about.

In just thirteen days, Iain Clark—along with his friends—survived the initialization of the System, cheated said System to deal with a world boss, and eradicated a vampiric incursion. Oh, right, and he was directly responsible for wiping out the residents of Kringleton—Santa Claus included. Turns out Santa was a jerk, who knew? Now after two weeks of insanity, Iain thinks he's caught a break. Of course, with the System involved, things aren't so easy—they never are.

"Hallo Merelie, danke, dass du mir gestern zugehört hast. Das hat mir einen richtigen Powerschub gegeben. Nun bin ich gerade auf einen seltsamen Roman gestoßen: ‚Das Buch, das dich findet‘. Der Anfang verwirrt mich sehr und macht mir Angst. Ich muss unbedingt mit dir darüber reden. Wir treffen uns dann morgen wie verabredet, ja?" Alinas seltsame WhatsApp-Nachricht ist ihr letztes Lebenszeichen - jetzt ist sie spurlos verschwunden. Ist Alina ihrem Bruder David in den Tod gefolgt, so wie es die Polizei vermutet?

This delightfully narrated classic is a story within a story. In an attempt to postpone execution, the king's new bride spends one thousand and one nights enchanting him with story after story of true love, tragedy, sorcerers, and jinns.

A collection of traditional stories for children from England, Ireland, France, Germany, Norway, Russia, Rumania, and Finland, The Red Fairy Book consists of 37 tales and is the second book in the series by Scottish novelist Andrew Lang.

First published in the New Yorker in 1969 and later adapted into an acclaimed film starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn, Casualties of War is the shocking true story of the abduction, rape, and murder of a young Vietnamese woman by US soldiers.

21 Erfolgsfrauen, das sind 21 Topmanagerinnen, die zeigen und beweisen, mit welchen Karriere-Formeln Erfolg auf jeden Fall erfolgt. 21 Erfolgsfrauen, das sind 21 individuelle und außerordentlich erfolgreiche Karrierewege, allen Stolpersteinen und Hürden zum Trotz. 21 Erfolgsfrauen, das sind 21 weibliche Strategien direkt an die Spitze. Das sind 21 seltene Einblicke in die verborgenen Machtzentralen der Wirtschaft. Das sind 21 konkrete ErfolgsFormeln für die Karriere.

For fans of Lang Leav, beloved pieces from Lullabies and Love & Misadventure are collected together in this treasury. In addition, 35 new poems that have not been published in any Lang Leav collection offer something new to discover.

Neurologist Helen Chang Frobisher is on a mission to ban hockey from Portland to prevent the kind of concussive brain injury that plagues her father. Oregon Wolves player Adam Magnus is desperately trying to secure his career and his retirement despite the team's dismal record. But while the two spar in public over the future of a sports franchise on the brink, in private, they battle an impossible attraction. When their no-strings-attached fling turns into the real thing, Helen and Adam must decide what's really important to them.

Joe Hustle is a survivor. A Gulf War vet and ex-con always one stumble away from catastrophe, he manages to scrape together enough money from various jobs to eke out a precarious existence on the darker fringes of Los Angeles. When he meets Emily, the black-sheep daughter of a wealthy family, the two spark an instant connection—she seems like the best thing to happen to him in a while. But their whirlwind romance is put to the test when what starts out as a simple favor for a friend leaves Joe homeless, unemployed, and on the wrong side of a vengeful drug dealer.

A Sherlock Holmes fan for most of her life, Gayle Lange Puhl has collected in this volume her latest stories and studies on the Great Detective. Included here are her well-reviewed “Colonel Warburton’s Madness” and “The Blood-Splattered Bridge”, plus other entertaining adventures. Essays on various Sherlockian subjects are also covered. Notable among them are the history of the real Criterion Bar and the contents of the Agra Treasure box.

This is a story from the Tales from the Arabian Nights collection.

As an Amazon best-selling author responsible now for seven books on commercial property investing, this latest audio version is the culmination of over 45 years of buying and selling commercial property - both for myself and clients. A brief background....The previous six books have been all about the WHAT, as far as commercial property is concerned. Whereas, this one is intended to help you with HOW to actually become successful yourself.

You don't become the NFL's defensive player of the year without playing the game rough and dirty, and while I won't deny my past, I'm determined to change that narrative. But as they say, it's darkest before the dawn—and that's precisely when she steps into my storm.

Five years ago, Nora Wilder disappeared. The older of her two daughters, Zadie, should have seen it coming, because she can literally see things coming. But not even her psychic abilities were able to prevent their mother from vanishing one morning. Zadie’s estranged younger sister, Finn, can’t see into the future, but she has an uncannily good memory, so good that she remembers not only her own memories, but the echoes of memories other people have left behind. On the afternoon of her graduation party, Finn is seized by an “echo” more powerful than anything she’s experienced before.

Two young Chinese teenagers in 1937 rescue a British Freemason as the Japanese invaded China prior to World War II.

50 Ways to Worry Less Now offers four life strategies and 50 eclectic tools to dissolve the whispered lies of negative self-talk. Although many books address negative thinking, very few give the listener step-by-step directions on how to defeat it. Others simply advocate a single approach. With candor and humor, Langer describes a wide variety of strategies that helped her, and others, defeat dysfunctional relationships, perfectionism, addiction, and worry about loved ones.

Auf der Suche nach Schönheit begibt sich ein Mann auf eine Reise durch die Jahrhunderte und lernt ihre Schrecken kennen. Ein anderer verliert sich in der Liebe und stößt doch nur auf ihre Unmöglichkeit. Und einen dritten lässt die Frage nach den letzten Dingen in den Abgrund blicken. Wie kaum ein anderer Schriftsteller der Gegenwart vermag Hartmut Lange unsere Nöte zu fassen, zu verdichten und dabei doch so drängend auf den Punkt zu bringen, dass man sich nicht entziehen kann.