Eva: 2125 books

In a terrifying future world, four girls must depend on each other if they want to survive. Louisa is nervous about being sent away to a boarding school -- but she’s excited, too. And she has her best friend, Maddie, to keep her company. The girls have to pretend to be twin sisters, which Louisa...

A twelve-year-old boy, convinced he’s cursed, flees his foster home in Illinois to find a voodoo priestess in New Orleans and runs into the arms of Hurricane Katrina instead. Bobby Thompson wants to be cursed. And not your everyday, mad-at-your-neighbor jinx, but a big, fat, hairy curse....

Amelie, her parents, and her little sister Maya travel to the Netherlands to spend their summer holiday at the seaside. She finds it exciting being in a different country. Every day, she plays with her new friend Anneke, a Dutch girl, who is excellent at pulling funny faces. Amelie likes going for...

In a terrifying future world, four girls must depend on each other if they want to survive. Maddie is ready for action. Louisa, Evelyn, and Rosie helped rescue her from the Alliance's grasp, and she's learned an enormous, game-changing secret: her mother is the leader of the Resistance! But reuniting...

Buddy, a German shepherd, slips his collar during a frightening thunderstorm. Exhausted and hungry after running for miles, he seeks shelter in a thicket. When morning finds him shivering under a bush, he moves on only to be chased away at each place he stops. Finally, a farmer and his wife befriend...

Two men are kicked to death in brutal attacks. Caught on CCTV, the murderer hides his face – but raises a Nazi salute. In a town riddled with racial tension, Detectives Zigic and Ferreira from the Hate Crimes Unit are under pressure to find the killer. But when a car ploughs...

Während einer Kajaktour finden Jugendliche in der Asche eines Lagerfeuers eine menschliche Hand. Die Lübecker Mordkommission ermittelt. In der folgenden Nacht verschwindet die Gruppenleiterin aus der Jugendherberge spurlos. Bei der Suche wird in einem nahe gelegenen Stall ein abgetrennter Unterarm...

B l o o d O f M y F a t h e r s Blood of My Fathers, a dramatic work of art, is a story told in poetic form about the migration of blacks from the African coast to the Americas. It is a short discourse that provides the innocence of an African pride made captive from the motherland. The blood is intertwined...

How Does Foster Care Work? is an international collection of empirical studies on the outcomes of children in foster care. Drawing on research and perspectives from leading international figures in children's services across the developed world, the book provides an evidence base for programme planning,...

In einem beschaulichen Dorf an der Ostsee wird eine junge Frau auf grausame Weise ermordet. Die Dorfbewohner verdächtigen Flora, die als Jugendliche eine Mitschuld am Tod eines Nachbarjungen gehabt haben soll und die nun wieder in ihr Elternhaus zurückgekehrt ist. Die Mordkommission Lübeck ermittelt....

Morgen, Kinder, wird's was geben … In der besinnlichen Adventszeit wird quer durch die deutschsprachigen Lande vergiftet, gemeuchelt und verscharrt. 24 namhafte Regio-Krimi-Autoren packen die Rute aus, bis der Christbaum die Nadeln verliert. Und dabei segnen nicht nur Gänse und Karpfen das Zeitliche.

Librarian Lucy Richardson unearths a mysterious map dating back to the Civil War. But if she can't crack its code, she may end up read and buried. The Bodie Island Lighthouse Library Classic Novel Book Club is reading Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne while workers dig into...

Mapping the contradictions and ambiguities in the cultural politics of Canadian identity, The House of Difference opens up new understandings of the operations of tolerance and Western liberalism in a supposedly post-colonial era. Combining an analysis of the construction of national identity in both...

A brilliant and hilarious collection of photographs, featuring 50 pairs of gorgeous men and candid canines When the world has you down, there's no better way to instant happiness than handsome men paired with cute puppies. In this new book from the creators of the popular blog Des Hommes et...