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Nik and his family have just moved to Phoenix, home to dry heat, prickly plants, and bugs straight out of nightmares. Everyone back in Greenville knew him, but only his parents and his dogs know him here. The house next door is barely visible, its secrets hidden by layers and layers of bamboo. Nik's curiosity grows by the minute, but he hesitates. Will he be brave enough to face what lies within?

When Evi Wald was a young girl, she learned the art of shepherding from her mother by day and listened to her mother's fairy tales at night. Now she shepherds her own flock with the help of her dogs, Bric and Brac. But strange sights and sounds are coming from the Black Forest near her hut, and she's beginning to wonder if there is more to her mother's fairy tales than she once thought...

Third grade is over and Jasmine Lin has just finished building a dollhouse all by herself. She's excited for summer to begin. The day after she finishes her dollhouse, however, she discovers her dollhouse at the end of Arcadia Lane. It's not just her dollhouse-it's human-sized. How did it get there? Who built it? And what will she find inside?

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Michelle Lobos is thrilled to be at summer camp at last, even though Terry Groulx just won't leave her alone. In a moment of solitude, however, she discovers something shocking about the labyrinth on the floor of the camp lodge. Later on, the mystery of the labyrinth deepens. Is what her mother told her about labyrinths true? Does she have the courage to find out?

Crystal Winters has always stood out among the other kids, sporting blue hair, a razor-sharp mind, and a craving for adventure. On her tenth birthday, her parents give her permission to ride her bike beyond their immediate neighborhood. She rides far and finds a spooky mansion abandoned in the woods. Will she dare to cross the threshold and explore what lies within?

Eigentlich interessiert Lucy sich nicht besonders für Naturwissenschaft, obwohl ihre Mutter eine bekannte Meeresbiologin war. Aber als einheimische Fischer einen großen Weißen Hai an Land ziehen, ist Lucys Neugier doch geweckt: Wie ist der Hai so weit nach Norden gekommen? Lucy beschließt, ihr Biologie-Schulprojekt zu den Raubfischen zu machen und so die Arbeit ihrer Mutter weiterzuführen. Je länger sie sich mit den faszinierenden Tieren besch...

Liv has lost everything. ¿She now has no family, no college education, no direction, and no plan. Well, she does have a plan - to dull her pain with alcohol and pull herself together long enough to make a trip to Scotland to scatter her aunt's ashes. ¿A chance encounter on the flight to Europe leads to a lasting friendship that Liv comes to rely on above all else. ¿But as Liv grapples with the tragedies of her past, is there room in her broken...

Do you want to trigger toe-curling pleasure with a simple phrase? Or elicit a body-trembling gasp with a not-so-innocent question? Then you need to keep reading… Every sex expert will tell you this: to truly become a master of the bedroom, you must harness the power of dirty talk. Studies have shown that talking during foreplay and intercourse leads to higher sexual satisfaction. It diminishes anxiety, enriches all sensations, and heightens th...

Do you want to trigger toe-curling pleasure with a simple phrase? Or elicit a body-trembling gasp with a not-so-innocent question? Then you need to keep reading… Every sex expert will tell you this: to truly become a master of the bedroom, you must harness the power of dirty talk. Studies have shown that talking during foreplay and intercourse leads to higher sexual satisfaction. It diminishes anxiety, enriches all sensations, and heightens th...

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Funny, poignant, and deeply moving, The Line Tender is a story of nature's enduring mystery and a girl determined to find meaning and connection within it.Wherever the sharks led, Lucy Everhart's marine-biologist mother was sure to follow. In fact, she was on a boat far off the coast of Massachusetts, collecting shark data when she died suddenly. Lucy was seven. Since then Lucy and her father have kept their heads above water--thanks in large ...

Following a tragedy that further alters the course of her life, 12-year-old Lucy Everhart decides to continue the shark research her marine biologist mother left unfinished when she died five years earlier. "(A) celebration of our ability to survive."--Gary Schmidt, Newbery and Printz Honoree and National Book Award Finalist.

Funny, poignant, and deeply moving, The Line Tender is a story of nature's enduring mystery and a girl determined to find meaning and connection within it.Wherever the sharks led, Lucy Everhart's marine-biologist mother was sure to follow. In fact, she was on a boat far off the coast of Massachusetts, collecting shark data when she died suddenly. Lucy was seven. Since then Lucy and her father have kept their heads above water--thanks in large ...

In "Wonder Wheel" geht es um vier Menschen, deren Lebensläufe sich im hektischen Treiben des Vergnügungsparks auf Coney Island kreuzen: Die emotional instabile Ex-Schauspielerin Ginny (Kate Winslet) jobbt jetzt in einem Meeresfrüchte-Imbiss. Ginnys ungehobelter Mann Humpty (Jim Belushi) betreibt ein Karussell. Der attraktive junge Rettungsschwimmer Mickey (Justin Timberlake) träumt von einer Karriere als Bühnenautor. Und Humptys seit Langem ge...

This study examines a group of young Norwegian-American missionaries sent to Japan in the early 1950s. Certain that a communist regime would take over and make mission work impossible, as in China, they instead witnessed Japan¿s economic transformation and were affected by postcolonial ideologies and new ways to understand ¿mission.¿

This study examines a group of young Norwegian-American missionaries sent to Japan in the early 1950s. Certain that a communist regime would take over and make mission work impossible, as in China, they instead witnessed Japan's economic transformation and were affected by postcolonial ideologies and new ways to understand "mission.