In 1830s Ohio, the Goodenough family barely scratch out a living in the inhospitable Black Swamp. Robert and his sister Martha must watch as their parents´ marriage is torn apart by disputes over whether to grow sweet apples to eat or sour apples for cider and applejack. One particularly vicious fight sends Robert out alone across America, far from his sister, into a life dominated not by apple trees but by the mighty redwoods and sequoias of California.

It’s May 23, and small town Promise Falls finds itself in the midst of a full-blown catastrophe with dozens dead from a flu-like virus. Investigator Cal Weaver quickly zeros in on mass poisoning and a tainted water supply.
 
Meanwhile, a college student has been murdered, and Detective Barry Duckworth recognizes a killer’s handiwork from the unsolved homicides of two women in town. Suddenly, the strange events from the last month start to add up….Bloody mannequins in car “23” of an abandoned Ferris wheel…a fiery, out-of-control bus with “23” on the back…“23” on the hoodie of a man accused of assault.

Week after week, the postcards arrive, addressed to someone Ellie does not know, each signed with an initial: A. These alluring cartes postales of Greece brighten her life  and cast a spell on her. She decides she must see this country for herself. On the morning Ellie leaves for Athens, a notebook arrives. Its pages tell the story of a man´s odyssey through Greece, Moving , surprising and sometimes dark, A´s tale unfolds with the discovery not only of a culture, but also a desire to live life to the full once more

This new edition of the ground breaking 2008 classic, celebrates the hallmark of Ottolenghi cooking: generous gestures, inventive flavors, intense colors and a wide array of extraordinary ingredients. With everything from meat and fish, to lavish salads and the famously delectable cakes and breads, the imaginative yet uncomplicated dishes rest on numerous culinary traditions, from the Middle East to North Africa to Italy and California

Luke Skywallker dreamed of adventures along the stars

Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and than subsides

Denmark is often said to be the happiest country in the world. That´s down to one thing: Hygge

Grimm´s Complete Fairy Tales collects more than 200 tales set down by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early decades of the nineteenth century, among them some of the best-loved and most famous fairy tales in all literature: "Little Red Riding Hood," "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," "Rapunzel," "Rumpelstiltskin," and "Tom Thumb." Derived from folk tales that had been part of the oral storytelling tradition for centuries, these stories are acknowledged as literary landmarks that transcend their time and culture. This edition also features ten rarely seen "Children´s Legends" and the full-color artwork of Arthur Rackham