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Amelia and her family are homeless this Christmas. How can their days be merry after they’ve lost everything? When Trilby arrives at the shelter just in time for the holidays, Amelia’s family takes the older trans woman eagerly into their hearts. Trilby reminds the young girl of her late grandmother, who was always so loving and supportive. Everyone is over the moon when a wealthy benefactor arranges a festive shopping trip for the shelter’s residents, but the evening goes sour when a cold-hearted shop assistant denies Trilby the only gift she really wants.

Hoffmann's stories are imaginative, wise, and educational, just how children's stories are supposed to be. Some of his characters instill fear, while others overcome it and continue towards their goal in the surreal world of this great storyteller. Hoffmann's world will awaken the imagination of your child.

Published in 1906, “The Gift of the Magi” is O. Henry’s beloved short story of Christmas giving. Jim and Della are a struggling young couple. Despite their limited resources, each must find a way to give the ultimate Christmas gift. Rosemary Benson narrates this enduringly popular tale that symbolizes the loving spirit of giving. This story is featured in the Middle School curriculum, and many free lesson plans, which include an author’s biography, vocabulary, discussion questions, and other activities, are available online.

Cami McClure is spending the holidays with her best friend, Genie Wainwright Taylor, in Hawaii. Will Cami find love in paradise, or will it slip through her fingers?

Erich Kästner, 1899 in Dresden geboren, begründete gleich mit seinen ersten beiden Büchern seinen Weltruhm: "Herz auf Taille" (1928) und "Emil und die Detektive" (1929). Nach der Machtübernahme der Nationalsozialisten wurden seine Bücher verbrannt, er erhielt Publikationsverbot, sein Werk erschien nunmehr in der Schweiz beim Atrium Verlag. Erich Kästner erhielt zahlreiche literarische Auszeichnungen, u. a. den Georg-Büchner-Preis. Er starb 1974 in München.

It's Christmas Eve, and Will Harding is handed one job to do by his wife: get a Christmas tree! It's a simple enough task for any normal person. When he takes his three best friends along for the ride - Geordie, Robbo, and Flaky - then, nothing is simple...and no one is normal.

Die Ehe von Andreas und Nicola Kantor ist in Routine erstarrt. Da bietet ihnen überraschend ein Freund an, über die Feiertage in sein Ferienhaus in Miramas-le-Vieux zu ziehen. Weihnachten in der Provence, nur sie beide... Tatsächlich reisen sie in einen malerischen, halb vergessenen mittelalterlichen Ort: Das Haus ist romantisch, die wenigen Nachbarn sind freundlich. Doch bereits in der ersten Nacht fällt Schnee in einer Landschaft, in der fast nie Schnee fällt. Langsam, aber unerbittlich wird Miramas-le-Vieux von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten.

Jessica, Mal, and Azrael are about to celebrate their first Yule as a married triad. They've invited all their favorite people to dinner. Azrael is enjoying the chance to play in his new kitchen. He tries out a special cookie recipe on Jessica with unexpected results. Meanwhile, Mal takes Tod on a hunt for a Yuletide goose. Solstice geese migrate between the worlds, and they're supposed to be delicious. Unfortunately, hunting them can be dangerous. In the end, Tod and Mal bring home an uninvited guest that no one expected.

Alice Lim had one rule. Customers were off limits. It was normally not a problem given that most of the Sin Den's clientele was looking for entertainment of the male variety. Still, the hours were good and the tips large. Look but don't touch was easy...before her.

Andrew Lawson’s life in Sacramento has turned from being everything he dreamed of growing up to a lonely place where finding someone special to share his life with is impossible. When the first person he meets on returning home for Thanksgiving is his childhood friend Link, it’s a reminder of happier times when his whole future lay in front of him. Agreeing to a drink before heading to his parents' place is a way to reconnect, and a great way to start the holiday.

Turner has a gym full of sugar-fueled kids and a big red suit to fill when Santa Claus fails to check in for the Green Valley Christmas Pageant dress rehearsal, but more disaster is on the program when he falls at the feet of his fated mate. Linda Powell has come to Green Valley for a short visit, but nothing has gone as she’d planned and now there’s a ferocious dog trapped in her car. When she calls the fire department for help, a gorgeous Santa Claus shows up to save her and steals her heart instead.

A powerful family. A luxury cruise. A dark secret. The Scarmados are the most famous family in Britain, notorious for throwing lavish parties funded by their media and shipping empire. Now, head of the family Mattia is about to retire, and he's taken his four children and his new young wife...

Ah, Christmas. The most magical time of the year. The snow is falling, cider is flowing, and couples are kissing under the mistletoe. Too bad all that makes me want to gag. It isn't that I'm a hater, it's just that I have a job to do, and this particular holiday is getting in the way of that. And I know what you'll say, that Micah Noble's Christmas Tree Farm is a beloved tradition for many of the families, but you have to see the bigger picture here: a luxury resort where overworked Manhattanites can escape to, a serene place of spas and shopping and watching sexy lumberjacks chopping wood.

When my best friend found out I’d be alone over Christmas, she hooked me up with a week's stay in her family’s cabin in Idaho. I was on a publishing deadline for my latest book and was really looking forward to a cozy week by the fire, cuddled up in flannel pajamas with my laptop and hot chocolate. Alone. So imagine my surprise when I arrived at the cabin during a blizzard and found it already occupied by an all too familiar face and a fine pack of chiseled abs.

The Woodsman pub and campsite is under new management, with new staff and improved facilities. The old gang, plus some additional characters, return by invitation to check it out, and the adventures begin: retaliating against marauding motorbikes in the middle of the night, enduring a bike tour to hell and back, watching Tel and Sophie jumping from a plane and witnessing Tel having some sort of nervous breakdown, fighting against the tyranny of Liv’s father and soon-to-be ex-husband, and almost losing a vastly expensive ring.

It’s December in Poplar Falls and the small town is thrumming with activity and alight with festive cheer. Merry Hearts features all your favorite couples coming together in one story to bring you joy, happiness, and a little Christmas hometown joy.

I go through crushes faster than a kid goes through presents on Christmas morning. When I crash into my annoying(ly hot) nemesis and we get stuck on the elevator during a blackout, the last thing I expect is to develop feelings for him. Nate Cruz is opinionated, a stickler for justice, talks with his hands, and is the space heater keeping me safe while we're stuck on this freezing metal box. He's also the first person to ever push past my defense mechanisms and see me as more than "the girl who messes up everything" that my family sees.

From the author of The Kiss Countdown comes a charming holiday novella about a Type A lawyer, a rigorous to-do list, and the man determined to unwrap her heart. After a string of heartbreaks, all Eve Matthews wants this year is a quiet holiday with her pregnant sister. But when early labor...

One secret Santa. Two lonely hearts. And a Christmas spent tearing down walls to let love in. Jason Harker I'll admit it—I can be a little nosy. When you live alone in a town as small and close-knit as Belleville, other people's stories have a way of filling the quiet. So when I find newcomer...

In the holiday-obsessed equestrian town of Hurley Sparks, solitary bookstore owner Frankie is forced to co-chair the annual Christmas jubilee with Jared, a weary veteran struggling to find his footing. Their initial friction soon thaws into a tender romance, but their newfound happiness is pushed to the brink when a devastating fire destroys Frankie's shop and Jared’s youth program loses its funding. As their personal worlds crumble, they must decide if their love is a seasonal fluke or the very thing that will help them save the festival —and each other.