Why do we live? Why do we have to die? Why does it hurt so much to say goodbye? And what actually comes after life? The great nothingness or the divine heaven? Many philosophers have dealt with this question without ever being able to agree on an answer. Science, religion - what does knowledge or faith mean? No human being has ever found out the secret of eternity, and probably never will. But when Charles Edward the poodle senses that his time has come, he is determined to find the answer. The answer to what awaits him. Together with his friend John Watson and his girlfriend Emma, he sets out to find the truth. Can a dog find the solution to a question that humans still haven't solved after millennia?
Jake Miller aka Jakob Schulz is one of Germany’s most famous actors – always caught in a scandal, usually in relation to women. When he comes to the peace and quiet of the Scottish Highlands to learn horse-riding for a new movie he’s going to star in, Alyson is sure: this arrogant bloke who seems to think no woman would ever be able to resist him will certainly not make her heart flutter in the slightest. Not even with Christmas approaching and her desire to spend the dark, long nights in the warm embrace of someone she loves. Things take a turn when Alyson’s horse Hamlet gets seriously ill, and Jake suddenly shows a caring, sympathetic side of himself she would have never expected. She slowly starts to wonder whether there could actually be more to him than his shallow appearance allows anyone to see. A stolen kiss and romantic night as the first snow starts to cover the Highlands around them make Alyson think that maybe, only maybe, Jake could be the man of her dreams. But then Jake’s past catches up with him and threatens to endanger the happiness he and Alyson are just beginning to find ...
After her ex-boyfriend’s betrayal, Rowan decided to stay away from any male creature on the planet for the rest of her life – with one exception: Silvano, her Welsh pony and surely the only man she needs ... Until Tristan appears at the Little Horse-Yard in Cawdor. He is tall, handsome, an incredibly good horse-rider and seems to have an eye on Rowan. While she is determined to stay away from him, her best friend Alyson tries to convince her that giving love a second chance might actually hold some unexpected happiness. After a series of incidents occur at the yard, all somehow linked to Tristan, Rowan can tell he is hiding a secret. Determined to uncover the truth, Rowan vows to get closer to him, even if it means risking her heart once again ...
After her ex-boyfriend’s betrayal, Rowan decided to stay away from any male creature on the planet for the rest of her life – with one exception: Silvano, her Welsh pony and surely the only man she needs ... Until Tristan appears at the Little Horse-Yard in Cawdor. He is tall, handsome, an incredibly good horse-rider and seems to have an eye on Rowan. While she is determined to stay away from him, her best friend Alyson tries to convince her that giving love a second chance might actually hold some unexpected happiness. After a series of incidents occur at the yard, all somehow linked to Tristan, Rowan can tell he is hiding a secret. Determined to uncover the truth, Rowan vows to get closer to him, even if it means risking her heart once again ...
Jake Miller aka Jakob Schulz is one of Germany’s most famous actors – always caught in a scandal, usually in relation to women. When he comes to the peace and quiet of the Scottish Highlands to learn horse-riding for a new movie he’s going to star in, Alyson is sure: this arrogant bloke who seems to think no woman would ever be able to resist him will certainly not make her heart flutter in the slightest. Not even with Christmas approaching and her desire to spend the dark, long nights in the warm embrace of someone she loves. Things take a turn when Alyson’s horse Hamlet gets seriously ill, and Jake suddenly shows a caring, sympathetic side of himself she would have never expected. She slowly starts to wonder whether there could actually be more to him than his shallow appearance allows anyone to see. A stolen kiss and romantic night as the first snow starts to cover the Highlands around them make Alyson think that maybe, only maybe, Jake could be the man of her dreams. But then Jake’s past catches up with him and threatens to endanger the happiness he and Alyson are just beginning to find ...
Why do we live? Why do we have to die? Why does it hurt so much to say goodbye? And what actually comes after life? The great nothingness or the divine heaven? Many philosophers have dealt with this question without ever being able to agree on an answer. Science, religion - what does knowledge or faith mean? No human being has ever found out the secret of eternity, and probably never will. But when Charles Edward the poodle senses that his time has come, he is determined to find the answer. The answer to what awaits him. Together with his friend John Watson and his girlfriend Emma, he sets out to find the truth. Can a dog find the solution to a question that humans still haven't solved after millennia?
Amelia has everything she has ever dreamed off. After finishing university she now works as a tour-guide in the romantic ruins of Urquhart Castle, overlooking Loch Ness. The only thing she hasn’t been lucky with so far is love. Amelia never believed in something like love at first sight – until she meets Dermot. The handsome, red-haired Highlander makes her heart suddenly miss a beat whenever she dares to look at him. But Dermot only has eyes for a beautiful singer, regularly performing in the local pub. When he tells Amelia that he and her are finally a couple, Amelia feels as if her world is falling apart. She seeks comfort with her friends at the Little Horse-Yard in Cawdor. With Freddie, the young farrier, she finds a shoulder to cry on and he always seems to be around when she needs someone to lean on. When the two of them watch the magical play of colours of the Northern Lights in the November sky, Amelia starts to wonder whether Dermot really is the answer to her happiness, or whether it may be found a lot closer than she had ever expected ...
In 1916, when Rebecca West was not yet twenty-five years old, George Bernard Shaw wrote: 'Rebecca can handle a pen as brilliantly as ever I could and much more savagely.' These early writings, collected ehre for the first time, established Rebecca West's reputation as a brilliant journalist and a dedicated yet undogmatic feminist and socialist. From the age of nineteen, writing articles for The Freewoman, and later the Clarion, she displayed her characteristic fierce intelligence, her passion and her biting wit in articles on women's suffrage, imperialism, the Labour Party, and trade unionism as well as literature, religion, domesticity, men and crime. Whether reviewing the latest novel by H.G. Wells ('the sex obsession that lay clotted on Ann Veronica... like cold white sauce'), describing police brutality against suffragettes ('An Orgy of Disorder and Cruelty'), or arguing for better conditions for working women ('Women ought to understand that in submitting themselves to this swindle of underpayment, they are not only insulting themselves, but doing a deadly injury to the community'), she demonstrated again and again a characteristic fearlessness and a formidable grasp of events. Including a short story, 'Indissoluble Matrimony', which appeared in the historic first issue of Blast, and a biographical essay of great psychological penetration on the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, this exhilerating collection introduces the early work of one of the most distinguished writers of our time and provides a portrait of a fascinating and turbulent period of British political and literary history.
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A Beautiful Devotional Rooted in Biblical Wisdom from the Book of Ruth "And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God" (KJV). This brand-new devotional, offering equal parts inspiration and encouragement, will uncover the "secrets" of Ruth. Each reading, tied to a theme from the Old Testament story of Ruth, the Moabitess, is rooted in biblical truth and spiritual wisdom. You will be inspired to emulate the example of enduring love extolled in this memorable passage of scripture as you wrap your heart in a timeless message from God's Word.
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