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This is a story of Jelena Dokic's survival. How she survived as a refugee twice. How she survived on the tennis court to become world number four. But, most importantly, how she survived her father, Damir Dokic, the tennis dad from hell. From war-torn Yugoslavia to Sydney to Wimbledon, she narrates her hellish ascent to becoming one of the best tennis players in the women’s game, the abuse she endured at the hands of her father and her heartbreaking fall from the top. Jelena never told anyone the full truth of what she went through until now, and her unbreakable spirit will inspire you.

In Priests of History, Sarah Irving-Stonebraker draws upon her expertise, and her experience as an atheist who has become a Christian, to examine what history is and why it matters. If Christians can learn how to be "priests of history," tending and keeping our past, history can help us strengthen and revive our spiritual and intellectual formation and equip us to communicate the gospel in a confused and rootless world.

Warum wir in deprimierenden Zeiten echte Mutmach-Geschichten brauchen? Das Leben kann einen manchmal ganz schön in die Defensive drängen. In diesem Mutmach-Buch des Inspirations-Trainers David Kadel erzählen 35 Persönlichkeiten wie Samuel Koch, Heiko Herrlich, Britta Hofmann, Andreas Adenauer, Thilo Kehrer, Yasmin Kwadwo, Matthias Ginter, Michael Herberger und viele andere ganz offen aus ihrem Leben - das in den meisten Fällen nicht immer so glatt gelaufen ist, wie sie es sich gewünscht hätten.

As dawn breaks on a summer morning in 1900, Darby Walker, owner of a St. Petersburg, Florida, ferry service, sets out to check on his older brother, Tulley, whose lighthouse across Tampa Bay on Walker's Key has gone dark. The recent death of their father, a ship pilot based on Egmont Key, has been declared a suicide, but Darby knows better, and signs point to Tulley as the murderer.

During a stifling summer in Sydney, the body of a chaplain’s daughter is found wrapped in black plastic on the deserted grounds of an elite boarding school. Is it the work of the killer who’s been stalking the privileged neighborhoods along the Parramatta River? Gut instinct tells Detective Sergeant Rose Riley something even more devious might be at play.

Evie Berry is a 30-year-old wannabe screenwriter who spends her days managing a London cinema bar and making the podcast Pasta La Vista with her best friend, Ben. She's also obsessed with Hugo Hearst. Have you heard of him? Of course you have. He's only one of the most influential and not to mention swoon-worthy best-selling writers of his generation. When Evie's not hooking up with her on-again, off-again booty call 'Ever-Ready Freddy' (and sometimes even when she is), she fantasises about what might have been if she'd met Hugo years ago, when he was just a struggling writer.

It started with the Hemsworths. Now, Byron Bay local, Aimee Maguire, is about to lose everything because she can’t afford to pay the rent. Her engagement is also on an official time-out since her fiancé doesn’t know what he wants. The last thing she needs is a surprise visit from her micro-influencer niece looking to ‘build her brand’.

Jody, also known as the Stay at Home Mum, has been there and done it herself. She was made redundant while pregnant with her second child and, inspired by necessity, built a money-saving blog from her kitchen table that has grown to become Australia's biggest mothers' network. In this book, Jody explains everything she's learned to help other women get it right: from how to choose a smart business idea and where to start, to the best marketing strategies and digital tools to use, and much more.

All her life Julia Gunn has been weighed down; now she's going to do something for herself.... Except en route to a new life on the coast, she finds herself, courtesy of a rockslide, stuck in the remote town of Lake Grace. Yet maybe fate is on her side. Because Lake Grace is home to Rick Halloran, the man with whom she enjoyed a romance 20 years ago. Julia is finally on the verge of the life she's always wanted. Then a long-buried secret knocks at the door....

Charlotte Wood’s The Writer's Room is essential for writers at all stages of their careers, and also pure pleasure for booklovers everywhere. Charlotte's interviews with a wide variety of well-known writers, range in topic from the subject matter of the writers' work to intricate - and intimate - revelations about the ways in which they work. Frank about the failures and successes, the struggles and triumphs of the writing life, this is a must for writers.

Housesitting in rural Burdekin's Gap is not an obvious career move for PR executive Jaime Hanrahan, but retrenchment is a kicker. Soon Jaime is fending off stampeding cows, town ladies wielding clipboards, nude sportsmen and one very neurotic cat. So why does she feel like she's falling in love...with the life, with the breathtaking landscape, and with one very infuriating cowboy?

A powerful and moving story of one family's courageous journey. After a perilous and terrifying escape from war-torn Afghanistan, Gulnessa and her family find themselves in Australia, a place they know nothing about. They are exhausted and traumatized, but so full of hope. But their struggle isn't over yet.<

Thirteen-year-old Hayaat is on a mission. She believes a handful of soil from her grandmother's ancestral home in Jerusalem will save her beloved Sitti Zeynab's life. The only problem is the impenetrable wall that divides the West Bank, as well as the check points, the curfews, the permit system and Hayaat's best friend Samy, who is mainly interested in football and the latest elimination on X-Factor, but always manages to attract trouble.

Maureen Barnett was once a singer renowned the world over. Now though, things couldn't get much worse. She's stuck performing in dives, her daughter hates her, and she’s recovering from a severe nervous breakdown that leaves her petrified in front of large crowds. Prospects couldn’t look bleaker, when in walks Amelia Storm, an aging chanteuse, offering Maureen the ability to see into the future. Maureen reluctantly accepts and finds herself haunted by visions of something dreadful happening to her daughter....

Und weiter geht es mit den unheimlichen und blutrünstigen Märchen der Brüder Grimm Teil 2! In einer schaurigen Blutkammer kommt es zu einer lebensgefährlichen Entdeckung, eine Todgeweihte sinnt auf Rache, und ein Geköpfter kehrt zu seiner Mörderin zurück, um die Tat aufzuklären.

A stage adaptation of Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights."

Überraschungsfeste sind die schönsten. Als Talissia unbedingt ein großes Fest feiern will, muss Nelia sie bremsen – denn es ist nicht mehr genug Geld dafür in der Schatzkammer, das Fest muss warten. Talissia gefällt das gar nicht, sie schmollt und will ihren anderen Schwestern ihr Leid klagen. Aber keine hat Zeit für sie! Talissia fasst nicht, dass sich niemand Mühe gibt sie zu verstehen und zu trösten. Doch dann erkennt sie, warum ihre Schwestern und Freunde keine Zeit für sie hatten: Alle haben heimlich ein Picknick für sie vorbereitet, um ihr zumindest ein kleines Fest zu bescheren. Talissia ist überwältigt von dieser Überraschung.

Das Rätsel des verschwundenen Picknicks. Nelia, Talissia und Joni machen ein Picknick an einer schönen Stelle, wo ein Fluss ins Meer mündet. Dort entdecken sie nicht nur wunderschön glitzernde Libellen, die durch das hohe Schilfgras zischen. Joni glaubt, ein rätselhaftes Wesen im Wasser zu entdecken. Nachdem unsere Freunde sich fragen, was Joni da wohl gesehen hat, wollen sie sich an ihr Picknick machen und stellen fest, dass viele ihrer Picknick-Vorräte auf rätselhafte Weise verschwunden sind!

Colins Schulkamerad Maurice hat mit seiner Frau und seiner Tochter für kleines Geld ein historisches Haus auf dem Land erworben. Die Idylle hat jedoch eine enervierende Schattenseite, da die Familie des Nachts dort von einem geisterhaften Mann in Grün heimgesucht wird. Können Colin und Alwyne der Familie helfen, den Spuk zu bannen...? Das bereits 7. Abenteuer von Alwyne und Colin Hargreaves, unserem sympathischen Geisterjäger-Ermittler-Team im Gruselkabinett!