In such modern classics as Chesapeake, Centennial, Hawaii, Alaska, and Texas, James A. Michener proved time and again that his understanding of and love for his country was unparalleled. This Noble Land is Michener’s most personal statement about America, an examination of the issues that threaten to fragment and undermine the nation—racial conflict, the widening gulf between rich and poor, the decline of education, the inadequacies of our health care system—as w...

Carola Lembeck ist Mitte 40 und erfolgreiche Leiterin des städtischen Museums in Hoelven, einer kleinen Stadt im Herzen Deutschlands. In einer alten Villa am Stadtrand lebt sie gemeinsam mit Butler Gerhard und ihrer Mutter. Letztere wird heute 70 Jahre alt und soll zu eben jenem Anlass von der Stadt die Ehrenbürgerschaft erhalten. Zwei Tage zuvor wurde im Smithonian Museum in Washington der weltberühmte Blue Hope Diamant gestohlen. Er gilt als Unglücksdiamant, um den sich viele Legenden ra...

A prince in search of his missing brother. Two sisters tucked away in a snowy wood trying to live in peace. When their paths cross, they find not all in the wood is as it seems.When their father the king is assassinated in the palace courtyard, Frederick Belvare can do nothing to stop his older brother Matthias from plunging into the Blackwald forest after their father's assassins to bring justice and to retrieve his stolen crown. Only the Crown Prince does not return, and...