Merciless and driven, billionaire Anthony Bertram built his company from the ground-up, dedicating every waking moment to creating one of the most powerful corporations in the world. The last thing he has time for is romance. He almost lost everything when his first marriage fell apart. Disillusioned from his divorce, Anthony knows from experience that love only makes you weak. When a mix-up results in a woman showing up at his supposedly private cabin during his vacation, all of his plans are...
Willow the Armadillo loves picture books. More than anything, she wants to be the hero in a picture book of her very own. She knows that achieving her dream will take a lot of work, so she studies hard at Picture Book Academy and signs up for many auditions. But she just can't seem to land a leading role! After one last heartbreaking rejection, she heads to the library for some peace and quiet, and instead finds…chaos! And that's when Willow discovers something even better than being a...
For Sophie, small-town life has never felt small. With her four best friends – loving, infuriating, and all she could ever ask for – she can weather any storm. But when Sophie's beloved Acadia High School marching band is selected to march in the upcoming Rose Parade, it's her job to get them all the way to Los Angeles. Her plan? To persuade country singer Megan Pleasant, their Midwestern town's only claim to fame, to come back to Acadia to headline a fundraising festival. The...
Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and beyond by examining some astonishing facts that reveal the vast complexities of the universe. There is much about our world that seems to make perfect sense, and important scientific breakthroughs have helped us understand ourselves, our planet and our place in the universe in fascinating detail. But our adventures in space, our deepening understanding of the quantum world and huge...
Manjusha Pawagi, a successful family court judge, has written a not-so-typical memoir about her experience with cancer. Wryly funny and stubbornly hopeful, this is her quirky take on what it's like to face your own mortality when, to be honest, you thought you'd live forever. She describes how even the darkest moments of life can be made worse with roommates; details how much determination it takes to ignore the statistics; and answers the age-old question: what does it take to get a...
Whoever said singles were missing out by not finding true love and getting married before the age of thirty had never experienced the sheer pleasure of nightly romantic comedy viewings in their underwear while eating one of Licked's famous Crazy Cat Lady sundaes. Because life just doesn't get better than that. At least, it doesn't for Shayne Callahan. It didn't take more than a handful of broken hearts after college to solidify that she was better at pairing up those around...
"Hammerhead" Jed Ounstead thought he'd traded the pro-wrestling world for the slightly less dangerous one of a bar bouncer and errand boy for his father's detective agency, but the squared circle wasn't quite done with him yet. When his former tag-team partner draws upon their old friendship for help in finding his kidnapped pet snake, Jed finds himself dragged back into the fold of sleazy promoters, gimmicky performers, and violence inside and outside the ring. As the venom...
Can these two mates live in together in harmony? Carina is tired of working hard with manual labor to help serve the now broken down Earth's society. She wants to have new experiences. She knows the only way off the planet is through Celestial Mates, the mail order bride service, so she decides to sign up. She finally gets selected and gets picked up by a spaceship to take her to her new life. Little does she know, one of her friends who has always had a crush on her, climbs aboard the...
Die zwölfjährige Tessy freut sich kein bisschen, als sie ihre Eltern zu einem Missionseinsatz nach Kalkutta begleiten muss. Auch mit dem Vorbild ihrer Eltern – Mutter Teresa – kann sie wenig anfangen. In Indien angekommen, findet Tessy in einem Versteck das Tagebuch von Charity, einem Mädchen, das geholfen hat, Mutter Teresa auf ihrem Sterbebett zu pflegen. Tessy erfährt immer mehr über Mutter Teresa und die Zeit, in der sie gelebt und gewirkt hat, und taucht immer stärker in das Leben in...
Die Familie des Astronauten Jury Hermes befindet sich mit der Schrottlaube des Urväterchens elektromagnetisch gesteuert auf der Autobahn auf dem Wege zum Mondbahnhof, um dort mit dem Mondlift den ersten Teil der großen Reise zur Hauptorbitalstation «Veilchenbeet» hinter sich zu bringen. Auf der Autobahn wird die Fahrt durch eine sonderbare Erscheinung gestört. Ein UFO setzt sich hinter den Wagen des Urväterchens. Die Fahrt ist unterbrochen, die Familie ist verstört …