Dark illustrations in this heartwarming read-aloud picture book make it a perfect bedtime story.Share the classic story of Madelon and the Christmas Rose. The Christmas Rose tells the classic tale of the First Christmas and Madelon, a young shepherdess. Inspired by the generosity of the Three Wise Men as they present gifts to Baby Jesus, Madelon yearns to offer her own present, setting the stage for a poignant journey of giving and faith.The Christ...

This is a beautiful and inspirational story from when Jesus was a little boy. In this children's book about Jesus' life, we gain an insight into the character of Jesus as a boy and His life, and through the story of Jesus in the Temple after Passover, it also gently teaches the wonderful lesson of obedience, love and respect to parents and the charm of a pure and holy childhood. The story is perhaps all the more interesting because it is full of everyday life's human interest.Child...

Pleine de fantaisie et d'humour, la comédie romantique (suédoise) de l'année.Angelika tient un salon de coiffure à Visby, ville pittoresque de l'île de Gotland, au large de Stockholm.Généreuse et pleine d'humour, Angelika est une amoureuse de la vie. La coiffure, pour elle, est bien plus qu'un métier, c'est une vocation. Son ambition est de rendre les gens heureux. Et pour cela, elle n'hésite pas à se faire entremetteuse. Dans sa boutique, il n'y a que deux f...

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."In the aristocratic circles of 19th-century Russia, the veneer of high society hides turbulent secrets and shattered vows. The Oblonsky household is plunged into chaos when a devastating affair is brought to light, unraveling a fragile marriage and sending scandalous ripples through Moscow's elite. Amidst this turmoil arrives Konstantin Levin, a soulful country landowner whose heart belo...

They say money is a great aphrodisiac, but are there really enough billions in the world to mitigate the many flaws of a man who wears DON'T FRIENDZONE ME t-shirts and thinks all you have to do to acquire old-school, film noir charm is to pop on a fedora and call all women toots?Can enough money exist to take the edge off a man like Crispian Neigh, a doughy internet billionaire of uncertain provenance and even less certain weight? Is he doomed to be Forever Alone, or is there a wom...

A glittering facade hides the devastating cost of forbidden passion.In this breathtaking second installment of a transcendent masterpiece, Imperial Russian society is a stage set for profound tragedy and awakening. Anna Karenina has crossed the threshold of no return. Entangled in a deeply scandalous affair with the dashing Count Vronsky, she finds herself isolated by her cold, politically calculating husband and increasingly trapped by a society that demands absol...

In a society ruled by rigid decorum, the cost of true passion is absolute ruin.Part 4 of Tolstoy's monumental saga raises the stakes to breathtaking heights. Anna Karenina and Vronsky's scandalous affair can no longer be hidden behind closed doors. As a cold and humiliated Alexey Alexandrovitch Karenin prepares to initiate a devastating divorce, Anna is haunted by terrifying dreams of her own mortality, pushed to the very brink of despair. Meanwhile, the sparkling ...

Betrayal wears a mask of duty, and forbidden passion demands the ultimate sacrifice in Tolstoy's epic masterpiece.In the sweeping continuation of this timeless saga, the fallout of Anna's illicit confession reverberates across Russia. Alexey Alexandrovitch Karenin, desperate to maintain his immaculate societal facade, coldly calculates his revenge without shedding a single drop of blood. Instead of a duel or a scandalous divorce, he sentences his wife to a torturou...

In a world bound by rigid social expectations, even the purest of loves is tested by the specters of jealousy, pride, and the clash between city artifice and country truth.Set against the sprawling, sun-drenched estates of rural Russia, Part 6 of Tolstoy's monumental masterpiece shifts focus to the delicate intricacies of human connection. Levin and his young wife Kitty are attempting to forge an idyllic life at their country home, welcoming family and eccentric gu...

Personne n'est vraiment normal. Tout le monde tâtonne. Vous trouverez ici quelques codes de triche.Des phrases qui restent en tête longtemps même quand se perd l'intuition.Des numéros à entourer pour y revenir, des ébauches à souligner, des bribes à répéter, des recommandations à envoyer à vos proches, des idées à réécrire, des pages à ouvrir au hasard dans les moments où il faut un signe.Des pistes, pour tous les âges, pour mieux faire nos amours et mieux défaire nos ...

Queensland: Nahe des Zeltplatzes in einem Wildpark findet die Journalistin Abby Bardot ein ohnmächtiges junges Mädchen. Abby fällt sofort deren Ähnlichkeit mit mehreren jungen Frauen auf, die vor einigen Jahren im selben Wildpark tot aufgefunden wurden. Die Fälle wurden nie aufgeklärt, der benachbarte Ort Gundara hüllt sich in Schweigen. Dann verschwindet das gerettete Mädchen spurlos, und Abby macht sich gemeinsam mit dem Krimiautor Tom auf die Suche nach ihr. Doch als beide in Toms Haus ...

In the aftermath of unimaginable tragedy, the quest for meaning becomes a matter of life and death.The eighth and final part of Tolstoy's monumental epic opens under the shadow of loss and the looming drums of the Serbo-Turkish War. Moscow society is swept up in patriotic fervor, but for the shattered Count Vronsky, the military campaign offers merely a dignified way to face death. Haunted by the horrifying memory of a love that ended in ultimate despair, he boards...