Rowena Akinyemi Bücher

Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it. .. and a few weeks later you are dead. Today, of course, most people don't believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family. schovat popis

Ein zäher junger Jockey mit einer rauhen Vergangenheit und einer erfolgversprechenden Zukunft stolpert über Erpressung und manipulierte Rennen und erledigt gemeine Verbrecher mit Heldenmut und fotografischer Hexerei!

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Oxford Bookworms Library New Edition: Stage 4: 1,400 Headwords People who ride racehorses love the speed, the excitement, the danger - and winning the race. Philip Nore has been riding for many years and he always wants to win - but sometimes he is told to lose. Why? And what is the mystery about the photographer, George Millace, who has just died in a car crash? Philip Nore knows the answer to the first question, and he wants to find out the answer to the second. But as he begins to learn George Millace's secrets, he realizes that his own life is in danger.

Basierend auf den weltberühmten Roboter-Erzählungen von Isaac Asimov verfilmt der preisgekrönte Regisseur Alex Proyas(„The Crow“) die Geschichte eines Detectives, der in einem mysteriösen Mordfall ermittelt. Will Smith („Independence Day“,„Men in Black“) spielt die Hauptrolle in einem der aufwändigsten Filmprojekte der letzten Jahre. Das Drehbuch stammt vomOscar-gekrönten Akiva Goldsman („A Beautiful Mind“).

"In 1918 in the peaceful province of Transkei, South Africa, the Mandela family gave their new baby son the name Rolihlahla - 'troublemaker'. But the young boy's early years were happy ones, and he grew up to be a good student and an enthousiastic sportsman. Who could imagine then what was waiting for Nelson Mandela - the tireless struggle for human rights, the long years in prison, the happiness and sadness of family life, and one day the title of President of South Africa? This is the story of an extraordinairy man, recognised as one of the world's greatest leaders, whose long walk to freedom brought new hope to a troubled nation."--Publisher

They said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised ? This is the story of a man's fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of ail people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of ail people who cry 'Freedom', and who are not afraid to die.

Orphaned when their Royalist father is killed during the Civil War, the four Beverley children are taken into hiding in a cottage in the New Forest and disguised as the grandchildren of a poor forester.

Vic Warshawski, Chicagoer Privatdetektivin und Spezialistin für Wirtschaftskriminalität ermittelt in ihrem zweiten Fall! Champ, ehemaliger Eishockey-Star und der Lieblingsvetter von Privatdetektivin Vic Warshawski, gerät im Hafen von Chicago in die Schiffschraube eines Getreidefrachters. »Ein bedauerlicher Unfall« meint sein Arbeitgeber, eine angesehene Reederei. Doch Vic ist mißtrauisch: Je weiter sie ihre Nase in die Frachtschwindeleien steckt, desto tiefer gerät sie zwischen die Fronten der großen Reeder... »Vic ist die coole, starke Frau, von der wir alle ein bisschen träumen« Brigitte