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“We’re suckers for it.” — Entertainment Weekly Book two in the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series! Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose… It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if handto- hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad enough, Rose’s tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason’s got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa’s head while she’s making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy’s not taking any risks.... This year, St. Vlad’s annual holiday ski trip is mandatory. But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price…

"The New York Times bestselling author of the "heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism" (People) The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis-until a secret from her past threatens everything"--

Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies...Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires—the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. But inside the iron gates, life is even more fraught with danger... and the Strigoi are always close by.Rose and Lissa must navigate their dangerous world, confront the temptations of forbidden love, and never once let their guard down, lest the evil undead make Lissa one of them forever...

In this suspenseful thriller, teenagers in a small town are drawn deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need . . .regardless of the consequences. . .

One life-changing summer Charlie meets Fran... In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread. Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope. But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person. He must join the Company. And if the Company sounds like a cult, the truth is even more appalling. The price of hope, it seems, is Shakespeare. Poignant, funny, enchanting, devastating, Sweet Sorrow is a tragicomedy about the rocky path to adulthood and the confusion of family life, a celebration of the reviving power of friendship and that brief, searing explosion of first love that can only be looked at directly after it has burned out.

The British child care expert provides advice and suggestions for parents of preschoolers on developmental stages, establishing a household routine, and handling such potential trouble spots as dressing, toilet training, meals, and bedtime.

Een ontroerend, indrukwekkend verhaal over de gevolgen van de Tweede Wereldoorlog voor een overlever De Duits-joodse Peter Rashkin heeft de concentratiekampen van de Tweede Wereldoorlog overleefd, maar verloor er zijn hele familie. Na de oorlog ontvlucht hij Europa en probeert hij in Amerika een nieuw leven op te bouwen. Hij trouwt en krijgt met zijn vrouw June een dochter, maar onder de oppervlakte van zijn geslaagde nieuwe leven sluimeren de herinneringen aan alles wat hij moest achterlaten. Terwijl Peter en zijn gezin te maken krijgen met de snelle veranderingen en spanningen van de naoorlogse jaren in Amerika, dringt het verleden, dat Peter liever zou vergeten, zich steeds meer op. Als hij zijn dierbaren niet nog eens wil verliezen, kan hij de zwaarst wegende herinnering van allemaal niet langer wegstoppen: die aan zijn verloren familie…

The stunning new novel from bestselling Elizabeth Buchan. The Museum of Broken Promises is a beautiful, evocative love story and heart-breaking journey in to a long-buried past.

A chi la visitasse per la prima volta, Pagford apparirebbe come un’idilliaca cittadina inglese. Un gioiello incastonato tra verdi colline, con un’antica abbazia, una piazza lastricata di ciottoli, case eleganti e prati ordinatamente falciati. Ma sotto lo smalto perfetto di questo villaggio di provincia si nascondono ipocrisia, rancori e tradimenti. Tutti a Pagford, dietro le tende ben tirate delle loro case, sembrano aver intrapreso una guerra personale e universale: figli contro genitori, mogli contro mariti, benestanti contro emarginati. La morte di Barry Fairbrother, il consigliere più amato e odiato della città, porta alla luce il vero cuore di Pagford e dei suoi abitanti: la lotta per il suo posto all’interno dell’amministrazione locale è un terremoto che sbriciola le fondamenta, che rimescola divisioni e alleanze. Eppure, dalla crisi totale, dalla distruzione di certezze e valori, ecco emergere una verità spiazzante, ironica, purificatrice: che la vita è imprevedibile e spietata, e affrontarla con coraggio è l’unico modo per non farsi travolgere, oltre che dalle sue tragedie, anche dal ridicolo. J.K. Rowling firma un romanzo forte e disarmante sulla società contemporanea, una commedia aspra e commovente sulla nozione di impegno e responsabilità. In questo libro di conflitti generazionali e riscatti le trame si intrecciano in modo magistrale e i personaggi rimangono impressi come un marchio a fuoco. Farà arrabbiare, farà piangere, farà ridere, ma non si potrà distoglierne lo sguardo, perché Pagford, con tutte le sue contraddizioni e le sue bassezze, è una realtà così vicina, così conosciuta, da non lasciare nessuno indifferente.

Douglas Peterson wordt midden in de nacht door zijn vrouw Connie gewekt met het bericht dat ze hem wil verlaten. Hun zoon Albie gaat na de zomer het huis uit om te studeren en zij vindt dat het de hoogste tijd is om te scheiden, nu hun ouderlijke taak erop zit. Douglas houdt van zijn vrouw en het vooruitzicht van een leven alleen jaagt hem angst aan. Maar hij heeft nog een kans. Er staat nog een familievakantie gepland, een Europese rondreis langs steden als Parijs, Barcelona en Amsterdam. Hij besluit dat dit de trip van hun leven moet worden: de vakantie die hen weer nader tot elkaar zal brengen, waarin hij het respect van zijn zoon en de liefde van zijn vrouw terugwint. De hotels zijn geboekt, de tickets gekocht, de route uitgestippeld. Wat kan er nu in hemelsnaam nog misgaan?