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Zwei Familien. Zwei Parties. Ein Albtraum: der sensationell packende Bestseller aus Schweden.
Silvester. Du dachtest, alles wird wie immer. Alte Freunde, viel Sekt, ein bisschen Hoffnung. Doch dann folgt der absolute Albtraum: Eine der Töchter verschwindet. Die Panik steigt. Die Beziehungen eskalieren. Wer lügt hier und warum?
Dichter Nebel liegt über der Stadt: Die 17-jährige Jennifer verschwindet von einer Party. Am anderen Ende des Orts...
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Old Mother Bear's Happy New Year is a story about learning how to behave. Old Mother Bear is worried she will have a bad New Year, because her children are being naughty. A fairy comes to teach them a lesson. The moral of the story is: Sometimes naughty children need to learn a lesson. Recommended for age 3+.
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"Covering the time period from late November to early January, this joyful guide embraces all the festive holiday build-up and then welcomes the new year in a holistic, nurturing way. Author Beth Kempton gently encourages you to prioritize your holiday hopes and take a slower, more mindful approach to your celebrations. Kempton also offers helpful suggestions for making the most of winter, and recommends using this quiet time to dream new dreams,...
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"When a box from her mother showed up on Katy Tur's doorstep, months into the pandemic and just as she learned she was pregnant with her second child, she didn't now what to expect. The box contained thousands of hours of video - the work of her pioneering helicopter journalist parents. They grew rich and famous for their aerial coverage of Madonna and Sean Penn's secret wedding, the Reginald Denny beating in the 1992 Lost Angeles riots, and O.J....
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It's no secret that federal agencies are waging a broad, global war against terror. But for the first time in this memoir, an active, Muslim American federal agent reveals his experience infiltrating and bringing down a terror cell in North America. A longtime undercover agent, Tamer Elnoury joined an elite counterterrorism unit after September 11. Its express purpose is to gain the trust of terrorists whose goals are to take out as many Americans...
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The flesh-and-blood story of the outlaw lovers who robbed banks and shot their way across Depression-era America, based on extensive archival research, declassified FBI documents, and interviews
The daring movie revolutionized Hollywood-now the true story of Bonnie and Clyde is told in the lovers' own voices, with verisimilitude and drama to match Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.
Strictly nonfiction-no dialogue or other material has been made up-and...
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The author wasn't looking for romance when she sat down for lunch with Cary Grant in the studio canteen; she was a young actress on the outskirts of Hollywood just hoping for her big break. What she found was a star-crossed soul mate, a man who fell instantly in love with her, pursued her relentlessly, and eventually persuaded her to love him back equally. She and Cary Grant were a glamorous and popular pair, the epicenter of chic and swinging 1960s...
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Attention this is a nice gift for Mom and Dad or Grand-mom. The purpose of this audio poem is to count down the days until Christmas-eve. This is just one day out of the series Advent Calendar Day1- Day24 celebrates day1 in the Advent Calendar with a unique Christmas poem. You will get to listen to a Christmas poems each and every day with the complete series. So, enjoy, share, and use this calendar every December day and keep counting the days until...
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Happy new Year from Hollywood 360!
On This week's show, we'll hear Groucho Marx in You Bet Your Life! We'll also hear The Life of Riley, The Adventures of Sam Spade and the Green Hornet. Plus, The Black Museum and The Whistler.
A Falcon Picture Group audio production.
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After her parents divorce, fun-loving San Francisco girl Julie moves away from her best friend Ivy to start over again in a new house and school. But before long, she learns to create a few changes of her own--from saving endangered eagles to celebrating the U.S. Bicentennial.
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The sound of corks popping and distant cheers of 'Happy New Year!' wake me. I crack my eyes open and take a slow, surprisingly painful breath. My sister's face comes into focus, and I see the tears staining her cheeks. Where am I?
One minute, pastry chef Tabitha Greenwood is driving through rain-soaked Dublin with her fiancé Mark, on their way to a New Year's Eve party. The next, she is waking up in the hospital, the devastated face of her sister...
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Left alone by her Indian tribe when they decide to sail to the east, Karana, a young Indian girl, lives on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, where she spends eighteen years, surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance. Year after year she waits for the ship to return but it never does. Finally she realizes she must make a fateful choice: follow her people on her own or remain alone for the rest of her life....
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On the outside, Gretchen Rubin had it all--a good marriage, healthy children and a successful career--but something was missing. Determined to end that nagging feeling, she set out on a year-long quest to learn how to better enjoy the life she already had. Each month, Gretchen pursued a different set of resolutions--go to sleep earlier, tackle a nagging task, bring people together, take time to be silly. She read everything from classical philosophy...
17) Pollyanna
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"The young orphan Pollyanna is sent to live with her stern Aunt in a dour New England town. Refusing to be cast down by her circumstances, Pollyanna begins teaching the town "the glad game", which her father taught her. To play, one must find something to be glad about in every situation. Gradually, the irrepressible girl brings happiness and light to the lives of everyone around her. Pollyanna is a children's literature classic."--Back cover
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"The Danes are famously the happiest people in the world, and hygge is a cornerstone of their way of life. Hygge (pronounce Hoo-ga) loosely translates as a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. You know hygge when you feel it. It is when you are cuddled up on the sofa with a loved one, or sharing comfort food with your closest friends. It is those crisp blue mornings when the light through your window is just right. It is about gratitude...
20) From strength to strength: finding success, happiness, and deep purpose in the second half of life
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"The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist, Arthur Brooks. Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice our decline, and the more painful...
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