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When Crab finds a new shell, he doesn’t want to share it with anyone - especially not a blobby purple anemone and a tickly bristleworm. But life in the rock pool proves tougher than Crab thinks and he soon finds he needs his new housemates. Sharing a Shell is a charming underwater tale of friendship and fun from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard. With brilliant rhythmic verse, charmingly read by Julian Clary, this is a firm favourite with children and parents alike.

The Birth of British Airpower describes how Hugh Trenchard, a man with few leadership skills, became a much-loved and inspirational commander who laid the foundation for British airpower on the Western Front in World War I and created the preconditions for the establishment of the world's first independent air service, the Royal Air Force. Author Peter Dye explores how friendship can overcome significant personal and character deficiencies and how, by assembling the right senior leadership team, Trenchard achieved greatness.

Das Letzte, was Sydney will, als sie bei dem attraktiven Gitarristen Ridge einzieht, ist, sich in ihn zu verlieben. Zu frisch ist die Wunde, die ihr Ex hinterlassen hat. Und auch Ridge hat gute Gründe, seine neue Mitbewohnerin nicht zu nah an sich ranzulassen, denn er hat seit Jahren eine feste Freundin: Maggie - hübsch, sympathisch, klug, witzig. Und dann passiert es doch. Als Sydney beginnt, Ridge beim Songschreiben zu helfen, kommen sie sich näher als erwartet.

The environment is collapsing at a rapid rate, and in increasingly unpredictable ways. Everyone knows that this is happening, and yet the only politics that is emerging to tackle it are coming from the increasingly nativist far-right. How should the left respond? In Planet on Fire, two rising stars of the British left lay down a set of proposals for a fundamental re-shaping of the global economy and offer a road map for tackling climate breakdown.

Winning Not Fighting draws on the philosophy of Wing Tsun, an ancient Chinese martial art, to offer a profound and practical guide to achieving success at work, life and business. By explaining what these teachings reveal about decision-making, professional relationships, personal targets and positivity, it challenges some of our deepest held assumptions and forces us to unlearn many ideas that inform our current ideas on professional success. Why, for example, do we refer to business through a lens of conflict?

This book asks a simple question: are the tech giants monopolies? In the current environment of suspicion towards the major technology companies as a result of concerns about their power and influence, it has become commonplace to talk of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, or Netflix as the modern-day version of the 19th-century trusts. This book's theory advances that the tech giants, or at least some of them, coexist both as monopolies and oligopoly firms that compete against each other in an environment of substantial uncertainty and economic dynamism.

Die TikTok-Sensation – Mitreißende Young Adult Romantasy-Reihe mit Suchtfaktor für alle Fans von Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J. Maas und Victoria Aveyard. Juliette Ferrars ist nicht, wer sie bisher glaubte zu sein und nichts ist, wie es scheint. Sie dachte, sie hätte das Reestablishment geschlagen. Sie dachte, sie hätte endlich die Kontrolle über ihr Leben, ihre Macht, ihren Schmerz. Doch als all die Lügen ans Licht kommen, die sie ihr Leben lang geglaubt hat, ändert das alles. Stärker, mutiger und widerstandsfähiger als je zuvor muss Juliette erneut für ihr Leben und ihre Liebe kämpfen. Doch zuerst muss sie sich erinnern, wer sie ist.

Als mehrere Lehrer und Lehrerinnen der Bärbel-Rapunzel-Grundschule sich krankmelden, vermuten die Superhelden, dass es an dem blauen Eis liegen könnte, das der Eisverkäufer mit seinem mobilen Wagen vor der Schule verkauft hat. Die Nachforschungen von Kriminalkommissar Lorenz ergeben wenig später, dass das Eis vergiftet war.

An award-wining poet, short story writer and novelist, Walter de la Mare is probably best known for his works for children and his perennially popular poem ‘The Listeners’. His ghost stories were much admired by H. P. Lovecraft and inspired subsequent authors of supernatural horror such as Robert Aickman and Ramsey Campbell. In 1921, his novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction, and this haunting, surrealistic tale is the opening tale in our anthology.

USA Today best-selling author Caitlin Crews has the uncanny ability to transport listeners to exotic locales with her mesmerizing prose. Pure Princess, Bartered Bride stars Princess Gabrielle, a pure and true royal who has caught the eye of dashing rake Luc Garnier. After arranging a marriage, Luc is shocked to discover the princess is just as proper in public as she is behind closed doors. Luc then makes it his mission to find the wanton hellcat she must keep hidden within.

This audiobook offers the first systematic analysis of Putin's two wars, placing the Second Chechen War and the War with Georgia of 2008 in their broader historical contexts. Drawing on extensive original Russian sources, Marcel H. Van Herpen analyzes in detail how Putin's wars were prepared and conducted and why they led to allegations of war crimes and genocide.

Das Warten hat ein Ende: Die TikTok-Sensation der New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Penelope Douglas endlich auf Deutsch! Wir waren perfekt füreinander – bis wir uns trafen. Misha und Ryen sind Brieffreunde. Sie haben sich über Jahre hinweg all ihre Geheimnisse, Sorgen und Wünsche anvertraut – und sie haben drei Regeln: kein Kontakt im echten Leben, keine sozialen Medien und keine Bilder. Denn das, was sie miteinander haben, ist perfekt. Warum es also ruinieren?

Wozu wärst du bereit, um deine Liebsten zu retten? Eine Akademie voller Lügen und Verrat. Quinn wird sterben. Denn ihr Spenderherz hält nicht mehr lange durch. Um den Tod besser zu verstehen, studiert sie Medizin an einer Eliteuniversität. Doch da wird der Rektor getötet, kurz darauf stirbt eine Studentin – und niemand anderes als ihr Bruder gerät unter Verdacht. Quinn muss herausfinden, was wirklich passiert ist. Dabei kommt sie einem Geheimnis auf die Spur, das nicht nur ihre Welt, sondern auch die der Medizin auf den Kopf stellen könnte.

Als der Klassenhamster Hamstersaurus Rex eine Packung Proteinpulver "Dinosaur Powerpacker" verschlingt, verwandelt er sich in ein dinoähnliches Geschöpf, dem Fangzähne und Krallen wachsen und dessen Hunger nicht zu stillen ist. Der schüchterne Sam nimmt das kleine Monster heimlich bei sich auf. Schnell wird klar, dass es ihm dabei helfen kann, sich gegenüber dem schlimmsten Fiesling der Schule zu beweisen.

Lieutenant Peter Cochrane of the Quantar Royal Navy believes he has his future clearly mapped out. It begins with his new assignment as an officer on Her Majesty's Spaceship Starbound, a lightship bound for deep-space voyages of exploration. But everything changes when Peter is summoned to the office of his father, Grand Admiral Nathan Cochrane, and given devastating news: the death of a loved one.

Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering. As guests arrive, Lady Playford summons her lawyer to make an urgent change to her will - one she intends to announce at dinner that night. She has decided to cut off her two children without a penny and leave her fortune to someone who has only weeks to live.... Among Lady Playford's guests are two men she has never met - the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard.

Trojan Prince Troilus falls in love with Cressida as war rages around them. After vowing to be faithful, Cressida is traded to the Greek camp, where she then agrees to see another man. Troilus witnesses Cressida's unfaithfulness and vows to put more effort into the war. The play ends after further deaths on both sides and with no resolution in sight.

Lady Sophia struggles to gather the pieces of her life after the devastating attack on Berwick, Scotland, that tore her world apart. Now head of her family, she does all she can to keep them safe and help the people of her city regain what they lost. The arrival of an English knight raises her distrust, especially when he suspects her of stirring unrest.

Mia’s cozy bakery has always been her sanctuary—a sweet escape in a world filled with uncertainties. But her peaceful routine is thrown into disarray when Liam, a charming newcomer with a mysterious past, strolls into her small-town life. Liam is witty, talented, and maddeningly persistent. Beneath their playful banter lies an undeniable spark, but Mia’s heart is guarded, and Liam’s past holds secrets he’s reluctant to share. As walls come down and misunderstandings arise, their connection deepens into something neither expected.

When London is lost beneath the rising tides, unconscious desires rush to the surface in this apocalyptic tale from the author of Crash and Cocaine Nights. Fluctuations in solar radiation have melted the ice caps, sending the planet into a new Triassic Age of unendurable heat. London is a swamp; lush tropical vegetation grows up the walls of the Ritz and primeval reptiles are sighted, swimming through the newly-formed lagoons.