Novum: 157 books

Based on a true story A severe heart attack throws the project manager Gerd completely off track. From one second to another, life changes dramatically for him and his whole family. Instead of travelling around the world as a successful business man, he is in need of assistance for everything now....

When two best friends spontaneously decided to attend a seminar trip to the beautiful islands of Hawaii, they had lots of things in mind: Having fun, enjoy life, explore the Island, and much more. They were not aware of the mighty Hawaiian spirits, already waiting for them to do their magic.

Die irdisch geborene Naien Patty Brian führt auf der verwunschenen Nora Isle in der Irischen See ein Leben zwischen Magie und Menschlichkeit. Die strahlende Aura der Albe hat ihr Gewand über die Insel geworfen: Außerhalb der Zeit dieser Erde herrschen dort Harmonie und Balance. Doch es wird Zeit...

Vater, Mutter, Kind - ist diese Familiensituation indiskutabel? Für einige Mitmenschen offenbar schon, im Sinne von: „Das geht gar nicht!“ Denn schließlich hat die Mutter zwei Doktortitel, der Vater ist jedoch geistig behindert. Aber auch für die betroffene Familie ist ihre Situation indiskutabel,...

This is a scrupulous account of the petroleum industry from 1906 to the present. The story traces development before the discovery of oil in Oloibiri and proceeds to offer comprehensive account of various legislative instruments that were adopted in the development process. The Nigerian Content Law,...

Das Lokal Insieme am Innsbrucker Bahnhof sorgt landesweit für Aufsehen. Auslöser des medialen Interesses ist das Kussverbot, das der Wirt verhängt. Gäste, die aufgrund dieses Verbotes dazu aufgefordert werden, das Lokal zu verlassen, haben das Gefühl, ihr Freiheits-Grundrecht werde angegriffen....

Je bent 52 jaar en er wordt darmkanker bij je geconstateerd. Dan ga je een traject in van onderzoeken, chemokuren en ziekenhuisbezoeken. Om zijn familie, vrienden en collega's op de hoogte te houden van de ontwikkelingen begint Roy Geurs tweewekelijkse berichten te schrijven. Hij begint hiermee in augustus...

Mohammed S. Nasrullah (1943) werd geboren in Nickerie, Suriname. Hij heeft in Nederland informatie- en communicatietechnologie gestudeerd aan de TU Delft en vervulde een functie als diplomaat bij de NAVO in Brussel. Hij is gehuwd en vader van drie kinderen. In zijn debuut "Het Engelenboek” vertelt...

A fascinating collection of stories that are by turns both macabre and poignantly sad. Many of them deal with the last moments of characters from History and the World of Film. The stories are often quite dark and are, as Paul Littlewood says in his foreword, "Not for the faint-hearted"....

Across the world, the disparity between the rich and the poor has grown dramatically during the past few decades, with globalisation being the full driving force. This is a major factor with regards to national discontent and could largely be responsible for deep divides and the emergence of radicalism....

This story begins in a small village in Nigeria, with the birth of a beautiful baby girl named Iyobosa, 'Iyobo' for short. Little did anyone know that one day, this little girl would go on quite an adventure and change many people's lives forever. Iyobo was born into a poor family, her father was called...

Awakening to Fire is a timeless romance, spanning both the physical and spiritual realms, focused on the idea of unconditional love. The heroine undergoes a spiritual and emotional labour that offers her a new perspective upon life and births her into another dimension of being. Our heroine records her...

This is the true story of Lucky, the cat, told from Lucky's perspective. As a kitten, Lucky lived with his mother, two brothers and a sister, who was very weak and she died. Lucky was then adopted by another family. They named him Lucky, in return he named them as Mr and Mrs Oilrag (because Mr Oilrag...

I remember my name is a compelling contribution to Arabic literature and shares with you the deeply personal and deeply political expressions of three gifted Palestinian poets in exile from Gaza: Samah Sabawi, Ramzy Baroud, Jehan Bseiso. Although Samah, Ramzy and Jehan have distinctive styles, they possess...