Sufi dan Nita terlanggar Maya yang berhenti tiba-tiba di tengah-tengah padang. Dalam samar-samar cahaya bulan, mereka ternampak barisan manusia sedang mengadakan latihan kawad. “Fuh! Nasib baik budak-budak JPAM ada.” Maya menarik nafas lega. “Ma… Maya. Itu… tu… bu… bukan budak-budak JPAM.” Tergagap-gagap Nita bersuara. “Apa kau mengarut ni? Itukan kawan-kawan kawad kau. Marilah kita ke sana.” Maya tetap berdegil. Tanpa ragu-ragu dia melangkah ke arah barisan kawad yang tegak berdiri. Tiba-...

Ruby, a young woman growing up in the remote town of Big Chimney, in the deep woods of Virginia, faces challenges not common to someone her age. She is met with role reversals as her mother’s mental capacity shrinks and Ruby is bound to her care. She has the support of her Aunt Myrtle, elderly friend Ginny, a close-knit community, and a cowboy named Jason. This might be enough until Ruby is being visited by a fox who keeps to the edges of the woods and who fills her dreams. This is a tale ...

Colore-moi de ton amour...En entendant ces mots murmurés à son oreille, Calliope, qui n’existe qu’en noir, ne s’attendait pas à tomber sous le charme d’une couleur : le vert. Comme les yeux de ce séduisant inconnu venu à la même exposition qu’elle.Cynique et méfiante, la jeune étudiante en arts accepte pourtant d’échanger son numéro avec le jeune homme.Le cœur assombri par son passé, elle envisage pour la première fois de teinter sa vie de rouge, à l’image de...

Na Het geheime kistje van Elle en Rachels wens een nieuwe historische roman van bestsellerauteur Aline van WijnenHamburg, 1941. Het leven van de achttienjarige Joodse Anna staat al jaren op zijn kop. Haar vader mag niet meer werken, hun prachtige huis is onder dwang verkocht en nu wordt ze met haar ouders en broertje op transport naar het oosten gezet. Haar hoop op een betere toekomst verdwijnt als ze in Minsk aankomen en in het overvolle getto worden opgesloten. ...

Nachts erwachen alle Monster. Und sie haben es auf dein Herz abgesehen.Der Vampirjäger und erbitterte Jahrhunderterzfeind von Vampirin Ethel hat alles vergessen – sogar, dass er sie töten will. Währenddessen trifft Brigan, ein Unsterblicher, auf Cat, die erste Frau in 900 Jahren, die seiner magischen Anziehungskraft widerstehen kann. Journalistin Petra hingegen glaubt nicht an Magie – bis sie Dax trifft, dessen seltsame, fast lebendig wirkende Tattoos mehr erzählen...

This is the tale of three women - one witch, one mermaid and one missing - and how Ruby was caught up in between.The Black Country town of Cradle Cross - home to buttonmakers, canal folk, and more than its share of widows - is bounded by canals, grief and superstition. Caught within this web is motherless thirteen-year-old Ruby, who dreams of escaping the soot and smoke of her home-town for the clear air of the sea. When a mysterious stranger named Isa Fly appears on a que...

New York Times bestselling author and “the biggest literary phenom of her generation” (Cosmopolitan) Anna Todd returns with a moving and empowering new romance about a sheltered young woman whose life transforms during a summer in Majorca with a mysterious local.Twenty-two-year-old Oriah Pera feels like she's stuck waiting for her life to begin. Between managing her health conditions and her overprotective mother, she struggles to find her indepen...

Fully updated and containing chapters on the new EU member states and the attempt to form a common EU migration policy, this new edition of European Immigration: A Sourcebook provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and developments in migration in all EU countries. With chapters following a common structure to facilitate direct international comparisons, it not only examines the internal affairs of each member state, but also explores both migratory trends within the EU itself and ...

Wir alle kennen es, dieses Gefühl, dass ein Taylor-Swift-Song alles besser machen kann. Ob Herzschmerzerinnerungen, Schmetterlinge-im-Bauch-Augenblicke oder die typischen Durchs-Schlafzimmer-Tanzen-und-in-die-Haarbürste-Singen-Momente - Taylors Songs sind der perfekte Begleiter für Romantiker:innenherzen und Datingrealist:innen.Unsere LOVE POETS SOCIETY hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, genau diese Gefühle in 13 romantischen Kurzgeschichten einzufangen. Jede einzelne widmet sich ein...

This international collection studies how the financial crisis of 2007 and the ensuing economic and political crises in Europe and North America have triggered a process of change in the field of economics, law and politics. Contributors to this book argue that both elites and citizens have had to rethink the nature of the market, the role of the state as a market regulator and as a provider of welfare, the role of political parties in representing society’s main political and social cleav...

A collection of stories written in duet.Eight highly original stories, each woven from the joint inspiration of two amazing writers.Sixteen celebrated authors respond, play, twist and develop their story in turn. Without the certainty of being in full control, Duets brings a new dimension to the drama of reading and writing.

Europe is imbued with a multitude of social, cultural, economic and political meanings. The authors of this comprehensive text present an authoritative yet accessible introduction to understanding Europe today, moving beyond accounts of European integration to provide a holistic and nuanced study of contemporary Europe and its historical development.This book explores evolving definitions of Europe from antiquity, to the Cold War, right through to Europe in the midst of the Eurozon...