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Tusindvis af børn blev født som resultat af forhold mellem tyske kvinder og amerikanske soldater under Anden Verdenskrig. Omkring 3000 af disse uøsnkede børn blev mere eller mindre illegalt sendt til Danmark til adoption. Men de manglende regler for adoption resulterede i, at mange børn blev anbragt hos ikke-egnede familier og resultatet deraf var både misbrug og anden omsogssvigt. For første gang fortaelles historien nu - med de nu voksne adoptivbørn selv som medvirkende. Det er samtidig historien om starten på dansk adoption, der stadig i dag vaekker debat.

Indianer verschiedener Stämme und Regionen der Erde erzählen über ihren Glauben und ihr Leben: 1. Kanada - Die Kraft der leuchtenden Himmel: Daisy Sewid-Smith und Bill Paulus singen und erzählen in ihrer Sprache, dem Kwakwala, die - fast schon ausgestorben- jetzt wieder belebt wird. 2. Nordamerika - Das Geheimnis der Heiligen Bündel: Hungry Wolf und Beverly Little Bear erzählen von den Festen im Jahreslauf der Blackfoot-Indianer.

Polen zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus: Als Kind jüdischer Eltern wird die lebensfrohe Sabina täglich mit Gewalt und Verfolgung konfrontiert. Nur indem das junge Mädchen sich monatelang in Kellern und Erdlöchern versteckt, überlebt es als Einzige ihrer Familie den Holocaust. Doch trotz aller Verluste und Schrecken gelingt es Sabina, sich ihren bemerkenswerten Drang nach Leben zu bewahren.

Die Brontë-Schwestern ermitteln wieder! Haworth, 1845. Emily, Charlotte und Anne Brontë sind enttäuscht: Von ihrem Lyrikband wurden nur zwei Exemplare verkauft. Sie beschließen, fortan Romane zu schreiben. Auf der Suche nach passenden Geschichten erfahren die drei Ungeheuerliches: In den Mauern des düsteren Anwesens Top Withens Hall wurden die Knochen eines Kindes gefunden! Als kurz darauf erneut ein Kind verschwindet, schwören Charlotte, Emily und Anne, es zu finden. Doch ein Unbekannter tut alles, um die drei selbst ernannten Detektivinnen aufzuhalten.

A routine dig in Kazakhstan takes a radical turn for 32-year-old anthropologist Claire Knowland when a stranger turns up at the site with a bizarre find from a remote section of the desolate Kazakh Steppe. Her initial skepticism of this mysterious discovery gives way to a realization that the find will shake the very foundations of our understanding of evolution and intelligence. Corrupt politics of Kazakhstan force Claire to take reckless chances with the discovery. Ultimately, Claire finds herself fighting not just for the discovery and her academic reputation, but for her very life.

Author K. A. Linde presents One Cruel Night, a prequel to the Cruel series.

Lose yourself to the dark and glamorous underbelly of the Upper East Side in the final book in USA Today best-selling author K. A. Linde's billionaire romance Cruel Trilogy. Darkness swept in. Smothering everything in its inky black. In its wake, we became our own worst nightmares. How can we fight our way back? Do we even deserve to? 

Dive back into the sexy side of the Upper East Side with the second billionaire romance from USA Today best-selling author K. A. Linde. I finally have everything I ever wanted - fame and fortune and literary success. Only one problem: I lost my muse. He was tall, dark, and handsome. Broody, enigmatic, alluring, and right for me in every way. Until he wasn't. Until I lost everything. And I can't lose it all again. I'll do anything to keep it.

She was supposed to be a one-night stand. A way to sate my sexual appetite. I let her glimpse the man I am. The face that I hide behind my carefully cultivated life. But she ripped open that divide - and there's no going back. Now, she's here. In my city. I don't care that I'm Manhattan royalty and she's the help. Only that she's living in my summer home. With me. And I want more.

For decades, the United States has been experiencing a shocking decline in the number of new business start-ups - and it has gotten worse since the Great Recession. While new business formation in Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston is booming, entrepreneurship in most of the country - particularly rural regions - is declining. Things are even worse for women and people of color. This is of paramount importance to the United States because start-ups account for all new net-job growth, champion innovation, and strengthen our middle class.

Linden A. Lewis returns with this next installment of The First Sister Trilogy, perfect for fans of Red Rising, The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Expanse. Astrid has reclaimed her name and her voice, and now seeks to bring down the Sisterhood from within. Throwing herself into the lioness’ den...

Combining the social commentary of The Handmaid’s Tale with the white-knuckled thrills of Red Rising, this epic space opera filled with “lush prose” (Publishers Weekly) follows a comfort woman as she claims her agency, a soldier questioning his allegiances, and a non-binary hero out to...

Ten years ago, half-Fae, half human Kerrigan Argon was discreetly dropped off onto the steps of Draco Mountain with nothing but a note. Her life changes completely as she's swept into the care of the House of Dragons-an elite training program for gifted Fae. On the year of her 17th name day, each student will be chosen by one of the 12 tribes of Alandria to enter society. Everyone is chosen, except Kerrigan.

A stately home in the English countryside seems the ideal place for a bad boy billionaire and his bride to tie the knot. Until the internet fails. And the oven breaks. And paparazzi invade. And police crash the bachelorette party. And four unlikely couples discover that passion never waits for perfection.

This collection includes: The Duke's Dressmaker, The Colors of Love, No Accounting for Love, and A Fashionable Affair.

Margaret de Lacey has accepted her unmarried state with dignity, if not delight. She had no suitors when she was young and starry-eyed, though regrettably poor, and it's unlikely any man will court her now that she's older, wiser, and still just as penniless. Until, that is, her brother unexpectedly inherits the dukedom of Durham and settles an enormous dowry on her, making her the most eligible heiress in town.

It’s harder than Ellis thinks to keep a sentient popcorn kernel a secret, because soon her friend and next-door neighbor, Dante, has spotted him. She can trust Dante, though, and it’s good timing, since they’re being tailed by both a bearded American and the owner of Popcorn & Co. It looks like the makers of Bob’s popcorn must want him back.... 

Inspired by the abundance of unique personalities available on dating websites, a renowned neuroscientist examines the science of what makes you, you.David J. Linden has devoted his career to understanding the biology common to all humans. But a few years ago he found himself on OkCupid. Looking...

Reyna Carpenter was 21 when she became a live-in blood escort for the ruthless and darkly handsome vampire Beckham Anderson. She thought this was just a small price to pay for feeding her brothers back home. But nothing went as planned. Not even her tumultuous relationship with Beckham. Now she wonders if anything will ever be the same again. As she finds herself in the midst of a losing rebellion, she and her trusted friends must flee from a city conquered by the vampire elite. 

Charlotte Griffolino knows a rake when she sees one - and the man her niece longs to marry most definitely qualifies. Stuart Drake is handsome, charming - and penniless. That he is interested in more than Susan's considerable inheritance is highly unlikely. That he will be immune to Charlotte's allure is even more unlikely. With a Viscount title in his future, Stuart expects it shouldn't be difficult to marry an heiress. Still, once he meets Charlotte, how hard will it be to charm her? Quite, actually. Now Stuart has only one option: to take revenge on her through seduction.