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It's the summer term at Aurora House, the school where dancing dreams come true. Tash is hugely excited about the end of year performance - she can't wait to dance on a real stage for the first time, and she's desperate to win the solo role of her dreams. But her friend Dani is struggling with stage fright. Can Tash help her to shine onstage?

Rosie the Not-so-Little Princess has always loved Gilbert, her royal teddy bear. But she feels she's a bit too old for him now and decides to stop playing with him. But then Gilbert goes missing and has a very strange adventure indeed. Will Rosie ever get her teddy back?

Cassidy can't wait to enrol at Dance and Drama Academy summer school! She's always dreamed of discovering her hidden talent - could she be a star in the making? But with auditions looming, Cassidy is gripped by stage fright. As big brother Liam keeps reminding her, she does have a knack for embarrassing herself. What if Cassidy's stage debut turns out to be an all-singing, all-dancing disaster?

Nostalgex: a drug that stimulates memory. In small doses, a person can remember the order of a deck of cards. In larger doses it allows the user detailed access to their past, to focus on previously unnoticed details. On New Year's Day, Jess' and Cooper's worlds collide. They must work together to look into their pasts to uncover what really happened on that fateful New Year's Eve. But what they find is that everything is a lie....

Holly, Anna and Pepino are delighted when King Steve invites them to be his kitchen assistants in an international Royal Bake Off organised by his older brother, King Sam of Americanada. The prize money could finally make their dream come true: the intergalactic holiday of a lifetime. With one of the contestants also plotting to take over Americanada, can Anna, Holly and Pepino stay out of danger and win the competition?

The not so little Princess, Rosie, is growing up! Being a princess, she always has to entertain new friends, and she never likes them. But when Ollie, with his strange old-fashioned way of speaking, turns up at the palace one day, Rosie realises she's never met anyone quite like him before. What adventures will the two get up to?

The King and Queen realise they need to call the Little Princess by her real name now that she's actually not so little any more. But there's trouble...the Princess' real name is so awful that nobody can pluck up the courage to tell her what it is! The Princess is determined to find out her true name. But what will happen when she does?

When 16-year-old K narrowly survives a bomb attack, she agrees to cross the line: to go under cover, befriending the radical young group held responsible. But it's hard making friends when you're lying. And what K discovers is far from black and white. Even enemies become real people - and one boy is special. Can she ever tell him who she really is? Can love unite them all?

Sun, sea and secrets... A week on the sunny Greek island of Kethos is just what Alice Archer needs, even if she has to put up with her difficult sister. Stella's tantrums and divalike demands are a fair price to pay for crystal-clear waters, blue skies and white clifftop villas. When Alice meets Milo, a handsome gardener at the Villa Argenti, for the first time she suddenly feels beautiful, alluring and confident. But is it just holiday magic, or will the irresistible pull between Alice and Milo survive against all odds?

Oxford, 1862: As Mary Prickett takes up her post as governess to the daughters of the dean of Christ Church, she is thrust into a strange new world. Mary is desperate for change, but there is a problem: Mary does not like children, especially the precocious Alice Liddell. When Mary meets Charles Dodgson, the Christ Church mathematics tutor she is flattered by his attentions, and Mary begins to believe that she could be more than just a dowdy governess.

With her Beach Café closed for the winter, Evie should be looking forward to lazy days and a happy Christmas… But her sister Ruth is coming to stay, following her marriage breakdown and her boyfriend Ed breaks the news that he's going to spend Christmas in London, for family reasons. There are still a few surprises in store for Evie though, that look set to make this Beach Café Christmas the most memorable one yet....

Peta Jones is an ordinary girl struggling with the loss of her father, an ex-army hero who died in mysterious circumstances. When she receives clues that he may still be alive, she embarks on a dangerous rescue across the Mediterranean to a clifftop castle, home to an exiled billionaire. Soon she discovers that what some people will do for money, Peta will do for love.

Shiv's younger brother, Declan, died while their family was on holiday in Greece. Shiv doesn't know how to live any more - she is tormented by guilt. Now she finds herself at the Korsakoff Clinic, undergoing a most unorthodox therapy, which is often painful. The clinic must help her find a way to live again. But first, they will make her face what really happened to her brother.

Senior Time Authority Agent Karsten Masters is no stranger to difficult assignments. However, with the fate of the entire world on the line, this one challenges him in ways he never imagined.

This bitterly humorous debut is a novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattle. Katherine has given up trying to be happy. Her cynical wit repels the people she wants to attract, and attracts the people she knows she should repel. Her ex Daniel, meanwhile, isn’t sure that he loves his new girlfriend. But somehow not telling her he loves her has become synonymous with telling her that he doesn’t love her, meaning that he has to tell her he loves her just to maintain the status quo.

Have you ever found yourself wondering why you shrink back into the fakeness of who you are instead of standing in the fullness of who you are? In the split second that it takes to decide to shrink or to stand, I find myself grieving the loss of who I know God called me to be.

Grayson Price rettete River Reed vor acht Jahren vor einer fatalen Entscheidung und stand ihr im schwersten Moment ihres Lebens bei. Damals war sie ein verzweifeltes junges Mädchen, heute ist sie eine wunderschöne, selbstbewusste Frau. Als Grayson sie eines Abends in einer Bar trifft, erkennt er sie zunächst nicht. Erst als sein bester Freund, Rivers Vater, auftaucht, realisiert Grayson, wer sie ist: das Mädchen, dem er einst zur Seite stand und das er nie vergessen konnte. River hat Grayson all die Jahre bewundert und als sie erneut aufeinandertreffen, flammen alte Gefühle wieder auf.

"The Complete Vegetable Gardening Solution" offers an accessible guide for transforming small urban spaces into productive vegetable gardens, even for those with limited space, poor soil, or no prior experience. It addresses common challenges like pest control, water management, and soil quality, offering organic solutions for improving plant health without harmful chemicals. The book includes step-by-step instructions on soil improvement, composting, and innovative techniques like vertical and container gardening, making it suitable for balconies, rooftops, or backyards.

In der malerischen Kulisse des Weinguts River's Bend, gerät das Leben des talentierten Chefkochs Jamie Martinez plötzlich aus den Fugen. Alles beginnt damit, dass Grace, die jüngere Schwester seiner besten Freundin, ihm gesteht, dass sie sich in ihn verliebt hat. Ein leidenschaftlicher Kuss entfacht zwischen ihnen ein Feuerwerk der Gefühle - doch die aufkeimende Romanze wird überschattet: Jamie ist hin- und hergerissen. Obwohl er ihre Zuneigung erwidert, plagen ihn Zweifel wegen des Altersunterschieds. Doch das ist erst der Anfang ihrer Herausforderungen.

Greater Than a Tourist – Jakarta, Java, Indonesia by Hanum Gitarina offers the inside scope on Jakarta. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist.