September 1939, troubled young Imogen Lockhart travels to Cornwall by train to deliver two small boys to their prep school, which has been evacuated to Penmartin House for the duration of the war. When she's asked to stay on at the school as temporary cover for the usual matron she readily agrees. After all, it enables her to put off more serious decisions of what to do with her life. But her time at the school turns out to be more complicated than she'd imagined.<br> <br> In 1966, sensitive and musical Belle Patterson is restless. She's finishing her first year at a Midlands university but not enjoying it and is troubled by secrets in her family life. When, after a chance meeting, she falls in love with talented and attractive folk musician Gray Tucker, he easily persuades her to abandon her studies and accompany him to Cornwall, a place that piques her interest because of a particular photograph she's recently found of herself as a baby.<br> <br> On a small commune at Penmartin House near the beautiful Helford estuary she finds life off-grid idyllic at first, the other people creative and interesting, but underlying tensions soon reveal themselves. <br> <br><b>When the conflicts in the commune come to a head, Belle is forced to face some difficult truths. She also comes to see how Imogen's story entwines with her own and unravels the mysteries of her own family.</b><br>
A really uplifting novel about a neurodivergent young man who unexpectedly builds a community and saves a friend in need by following - in a way only he can - advice from his mother.
<b>One of the world's greatest novelists returns with his first novel in seven years - a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics.</b><br>
Gartenexpertin Simone Kern zeigt, was den Garten des 21. Jahrhunderts ausmacht. Robuste Pflanzen, die Wetterextremen trotzen, clevere Bewässerungsstrategien und viele weitere Praxistipps und Anregungen sowie kreative Beetideen machen diesen Ratgeber zum Muss für Hobby-Gärtner und jeden Garten "fit for the future".
<b>Eleven-year-old Oliver wants to be an astrophysicist and explain the wonders of the universe . . . to anyone who will listen to him, in this brand-new fully illustrated series.</b>
Wer beruflich mit Immobilientransaktionen befasst ist, kommt um die branchenspezifischen Standards bei der Planung und Durchführung nicht herum. Die rundum aktualisierte 3. Auflage des bewährten Praxishandbuchs nimmt nach einem einleitenden Überblick über den deutschen Immobilienmarkt die hierbei wichtigsten rechtlichen, steuerlichen und wirtschaftlichen Fragestellungen systematisch in den Blick. Ein weiter ausgebautes Add-on mit deutsch-englischen Vertragsmustern und Checklisten (z.B. Due Diligence-Checkliste, Kaufvertrag) unterstützt Sie bei der erfolgreichen Umsetzung. Alle Muster im Buch, die von erfahrenen Praktikern in unzähligen Immobilientransaktionen entwickelt und verfeinert wurden, sind zusätzlich online abrufbar und editierbar.
<b>A new and vibrant cultural history, investigating the tangled and complex history of pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon Schama.</b><br> <br> With the devastating effects of Covid-19 still rattling the foundations of our global civilization, we live in unprecedented times - or so we might think. But pandemics have been a constant presence throughout human history, as humans and disease live side by side. Over the centuries, our ability to react to these sweeping killers has evolved, most notably through the development of vaccines.<br> <br> The story of disease eradication, however, has never been one of simply science - it is political, cultural and deeply personal. Ranging across continents and centuries, Schama unpacks the stories of the often unknown individuals whose pioneering work changed the face of modern healthcare. Questioning why the occurrence of pandemics appears to be accelerating alarming, he looks into our impact on the natural world, and how that in turn is impacting us. And interrogates how geopolitics has had an often devastating effect on global health.<br> <br> Inspirational and tragic in turn, these are stories of success and failure, of collaboration and of persecution, as humanity struggles to work together in the face of one of our most deadly shared enemies: the pandemic.
<b>The highly anticipated follow-up to the Queen of Suspense's iconic bestseller, <i>Where Are the Children?</i>, which set the stage for a new generation of psychological suspense fiction.</b>
<b>Being BAD has never felt so GOOD! The second book in the villainously funny, highly illustrated young middle-grade series from author-illustrator Ryan Hammond. For fans of <i>Amelia Fang</i>, <i>Dog Man</i> and <i>Grimwood</i>.</b><br>
