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When the director of nurses, Zach, finds out his unrequited love is a patient in his hospital and needs a kidney, a quick test confirms he's a match. He let her leave his life once, and he’s determined not to let it happen again. For Michelle, coming back to Massachusetts feels like coming home to die. Without a job, family, or functioning kidneys, and with no donor in sight, her future looks grim. Just as she's ready to accept the end-of-life options, Zach, an old friend from medical school, reenters her life, offering a glimmer of hope.

Trying to get your life together? Got three dead houseplants, no debit card and an exploded yoghurt in your bag? Useful, funny and life-affirming, Nobody Panic is an instruction manual for anyone with absolutely no idea what they're doing. From the creators of the critically acclaimed podcast comes a series of how-to guides for everything from job interviews to leaving a WhatsApp group, from understanding the oven to dealing with your best friend's new (astoundingly dull) partner. There's also a poem about taxes.

April has lots of nicknames: there's April Showers, because she's always crying, and April Fool, because of when her birthday falls. Her worst nickname of all, though, is Dustbin Baby. That reminds her of how she started out in life: abandoned in a rubbish bin. When she turns 14, April decides that she must find out who she really is, where she came from and, most importantly, who her real mother is. There have been lots of people she's called Mum, and now she lives with Marion.

When Charity ran away with the Romany Gypsies, she left everything behind: her name, a way of life constrained by English rules, the punishments her cruel father meted out in the name of God, and the young man who made it all bearable. Certain things she can’t hide, even in wild, remote Wale: a secret longing for the ease of English life, the wisps of faith that still linger, and her reaction to a handsome face she thought she’d never see again.

Der Feind trägt Größe 34 und hat es auf Nikis Gatten Wolfgang abgesehen. Nach Jahren der molligen Idylle nimmt Niki den Kampf auf: um ihren Mann, ihre Familie - ihren Körper! Sie geht in eine Fastenklinik, wo sie unter Glaubersalz und Schlemmerphantasien leidet. Bis sie Bekanntschaft mit dem Shiatsu-Masseur macht. Sollte Fasten der neue Sex sein? Aber was war noch mal Sex?

Ein bezaubernder Liebesroman zwischen Sterne-Küche und Literatur - der neue Bestseller von Nicolas Barreau. Seit einem Jahr sind Aurélie, die schöne Köchin aus dem "Le Temps des Cerises", und André, der Lektor und Bestsellerautor, ein Paar. Nun kommt der Valentinstag - das perfekte Datum für einen Heiratsantrag. Doch ehe André die Frage der Fragen stellen kann, geschieht etwas Unerwartetes: Aurélies kleines Restaurant bekommt einen Michelin-Stern - und die junge Köchin schwelgt im Glück. Bis sie erfährt, dass die Vergabe nur eine Verwechslung war.

Paris, 1919: Coco Chanel ist es gelungen, ein erfolgreiches Modeunternehmen aufzubauen. Doch als ihr Geliebter Boy Capel bei einem Unfall stirbt, ist sie vor Trauer wie gelähmt. Erst der Plan, ihrer Liebe zu ihm mit einem Parfüm zu gedenken, verleiht ihr neue Tatkraft. Auf ihrer Suche danach begegnet sie dem charismatischen Dimitri Romanow. Mit ihm an ihrer Seite reist Coco nach Südfrankreich, in die Wiege aller großen Düfte, und kommt schon bald dem Duft der Liebe auf die Spur. Coco Chanel - eine einzigartige Frau und eine große Liebende. Dies ist ihre Geschichte.

Jas Arsenault won’t let a bad breakup ruin her Christmas. Her heart aches for someone to spend the holiday with, but time with her family will have to be enough. But they’ve made it their mission to find her a girlfriend, and they won’t stop until she has one...no matter how much she protests. Chloe Simmons has always been alone, and this year will be no different. Snowbound at a ski resort with total strangers must be better than spending the holiday by herself, right?

Would you like to be able to improve your daily bodily functions in a natural way? Would you like to be able to live longer and delay the onset of neurodegenerative diseases? You can do it by practicing autophagy! Most of us would relish the idea of living a long life, healthy and free from the effects of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Attaining this can be tricky, as our physical bodies often live on beyond the capabilities of our brain, but there is a way to prevent the decline.

Ever since a tragic car accident around the holidays claimed his mother and sister, Kline West has disliked Christmas. Partially blaming his father for the accident, Kline barely returns his phone calls and only comes to visit him during Christmas so that they can emotionally weather the holiday together. When Kline’s father unexpectedly throws a welcome-home party for the country singer, the pressure becomes more than Kline can bear. Fleeing seems the best solution to ease his stress, and he finds himself at the local coffee shop where Aurora happens to be working.

Semia, the innocent Egyptian princess who damned herself to the fires of hell. She blames the angel Mala'ik for her torment. After centuries of burning, she is suddenly released from hell. She is a beautiful monster who must feed of the essence of children to sustain her beauty and strength. She now wanders through the ages of men eager to find Mala'ik and get her revenge.

In July 1978, two bodies were discovered in the sea off Guatemala. They were found to be the remains of Chris Farmer and his girlfriend Peta Frampton, two young British graduates. Having been beaten and tortured, then thrown, still alive, into the sea, their bodies had been weighted down and dumped from the yacht on which they had been crewing. For nearly forty years, no one was charged with these brutal murders.

Legal, illegal – ganz egal! Drei Frauen auf der Suche nach Gerechtigkeit und Liebe Als die drei Freundinnen Nele, Fiona und Hermine unverschuldet in existenzielle Nöte geraten, ist Schluss mit lieb und nett. Um sich und ihre Kinder über Wasser zu halten, gehen sie aufs Ganze: Mit Witz, Fantasie und einer guten Portion krimineller Energie holen sie sich einfach, was sie brauchen. Dabei geraten sie in jede Menge skurriler Situationen und finden am Ende, womit sie am wenigsten gerechnet haben: die Liebe. Eine charmante Komödie über Haben und Sein, nicht zuletzt auch über die ganz großen Gefühle.

Victoria Stratton tried to heal her broken heart by working. When she was focused on saving her father's legacy, she couldn't think about Shelby Kimball. She knew it was too much to ask when suddenly five years ago Victoria's father sent her to Japan to save the company. Shelby wouldn't come with her, but now, she was coming home and prepared to do whatever it took to get another chance with Shelby. It had been five long years since the love of Shelby Kimball's life left for Japan without her. Five years of questioning why Shelby didn't go with her.

Welcome to Pity Party, where the social anxieties that plague us all are twisted into funny, deeply resonant, and ultimately reassuring psychological thrills. There's a story about a mood ring that tells the absolute truth. One about social media followers who literally follow you around. And one about a kid whose wish for a new, improved self is answered when a mysterious box arrives in the mail. There's also a personality test, a fortune teller, a letter from the Department of Insecurity, and an interactive Choose Your Own Catastrophe.

It's World War II and Ludwika Gierz, a young Polish woman, is forced to leave her family and go to Nazi Germany to work for an SS officer. There, she must walk a tightrope, learning to live as a second-class citizen in a world where one wrong word could spell disaster and every day could be her last. Based on real events, this is a story of hope amid despair, of love amid loss...ultimately, it's one woman's story of survival.

Lena ist eine der Letzten ihrer Art: Sie glaubt an Romantik - und an Bücher. Am liebsten versinkt sie in Liebesgeschichten, doch um mit ihrem kleinen Buchladen zu überleben, muss sie mehr bieten. Also organisiert sie eine Lesung mit dem Erfolgsautor Benjamin Floros, der behauptet, den alles entscheidenden Algorithmus für die Liebe entdeckt zu haben. Prompt geraten sich die beiden in die Haare - bis Benjamin darauf wettet, dass Lena mit seiner Formel den Mann fürs Leben findet. Trotzig lässt sich Lena auf das Experiment ein - und erlebt ein echtes Dating-Abenteuer.

Deutschland, im November 1972: Niemand kennt das Bonner Polittheater besser als Hilde Kessel, legendäre Wirtin des Rheinblicks. Bei ihr treffen sich Hinterbänkler und Minister, Sekretärinnen und Taxifahrer. Als der Koalitionspoker nach der Bundestagswahl härter wird, wird Hilde in das politische Ränkespiel verwickelt. Verrat ist die gültige Währung.

In ihrem New Yorker Appartement lauscht die 35-jährige Billie auf Schreie der Panik. Es ist Cassie, ihre beste Freundin seit Kindertagen, die nur eine Etage über ihr wohnt, und sie hat gerade entdeckt, dass ihre kleine Tochter verschwunden ist. Als Billie den Blick senkt, liegt dort das Baby in ihren Armen. Ist sie für die Entführung verantwortlich? Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Psychologisch geschickt und mit viel Empathie entwirrt Carola Lovering in diesem spannungsgeladenen Roman das komplexe, hochemotionale Geflecht einer jahrzehntelangen Frauenfreundschaft.

Think about it - if someone liked you enough to go out with you for a while and continue a relationship for more than a few dates, there was something there. There can be a variety of different reasons why he or she broke the relationship. In most cases, one person is moving along too quickly for the other person. In other words, you are not both on the same track.