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Is it an oxymoron to use the phrase "serious humor"? In An Interview with Jesus, E. Hyland Maze explores the otherwise untouchable realm of verifying the biblical expressions attributed to Jesus, straight from the horse’s mouth, if you will. This is a new adventure that might be called an abridged Red-Letter Edition of the words that Jesus spoke more than 2,000 years ago, but with a new twist.

Getting out of Gaia Sur was almost as hard as getting in, but there's no going back now. Jazwyn Ripley and her friends have no choice but to venture into the caves and tunnels underneath the ocean floor as the messages they've been receiving get stronger. Tensions rise and loyalties are tested when another of their crew is captured along the way, and one critical choice means following unlikely allies down a path most would never dare - across the seven biomes of "The Rush" - which, if they survive, will either lead to freedom or imprison them forever.

Prinzessin Adelheid hat zu einer schönen sommerlichen Landpartie eingeladen: Mit ihren adligen Freunden fährt sie hinaus ins Grüne. Sie hat dazu auch die Sängerin Ria Riviera eingeladen, die sie gerne kennenlernen möchte. Der alte Baron spricht gleich von den schönen Sopranistinnen, die er früher kannte und jemand anderes redet über das Venedig von einst. Obwohl alle eigentlich nur neugierig auf die Sängerin Ria Riviera sind, kann sie niemand wirklich leiden.

Perfekt war gestern... Mia hat das perfekte Haus in Berlin Dahlem, den perfekten Mann und überhaupt das perfekte Leben. Bis sie eines Tages ihren Göttergatten beim Fremdgehen erwischt. Plötzlich findet sie sich in einer WG mit dem exzentrischen Künstler Fritz und seinen zwei Katzen wieder. Mia verabschiedet sich ein für alle Mal von den allmorgendlichen Smoothies und dem strengen Sportprogramm. Denn sie erkennt: Glücklich sein geht anders.

In jedem von uns liegt ein ganz besonderes Potenzial. Im Laufe unseres Lebens kommen wir jedoch von unserem wahren Wesen und unserer inneren Wahrheit ab, wir verheddern uns aufgrund limitierender Glaubenssätze und fehlendem Vertrauen in uns selbst und den eigenen Weg. Dana Schwandt zeigt uns, wie wir unser wahres Potenzial wieder entschlüsseln und nachhaltig eine Transformation in unserem Alltag bewirken und leben können.

Venedig, 1502: Als Kinder begegnen sie einander zum ersten Mal - Laura, die vor ihren Feinden flieht, und Antonio, der sich mit Diebstählen über Wasser hält. Gemeinsam mit dem entlaufenen Sklaven Carlo und der Hure Valeria schlagen sie sich durch, immer mit dem Ziel, Elend und Hunger hinter sich zu lassen.

Diane hat es als Kind nicht leicht, denn ihre Mutter lehnt sie ab. Die Schwester hingegen ist Mutters Liebling. Trotzdem entwickelt sich Diane zu einer starken Persönlichkeit. Sie wird Kardiologin und kümmert sich um kranke Herzen, ganz im Sinne des Dichters Alfred de Musset, der sagte: "Klopf an dein Herz, denn da sitzt dein Genie." Doch damit entfesselt sie zerstörerische Kräfte.

Zwei Schriftstellerinnen, eine Leidenschaft: Amélie und Pétronille suchen den Rausch - in der Literatur und im Champagner. In Paris besuchen sie eine Degustation im Ritz, sie feiern in London und in den Alpen. Doch es gibt Dämonen, die sich auch im besten Schaumwein nicht ertränken lassen. Ein spritziger Roman über die Trunkenheit - und eine Ode an die Freundschaft. Eingelesen von Dana Golombek von Senden unter der Regie von Astrid Kohrs.

Hey, kids! These jokes are just for you to tell any time - at home, at school, at your favourite hangout! Your friends will be rolling in the aisles! Q: Why were the early days of history called the dark ages? A: Because there were so many knights!

Hey, kids! These hockey jokes will tickle your funny bone and keep you laughing all through hockey season and beyond: Q: What do a hockey player and a magician have in common? A: Both do hat tricks!

A madcap guide to hiding out in Canada and passing oneself off as a local; the how-to book on quirky Canadian ways.

When it comes to our beloved “good ol’ hockey game”, humour abounds in Canada. The Hockey Joke Book shows you just how funny the sport, its teams, and its toothless players can be.

Canadian sport is the brunt of many jokes, but Canucks take the jabs in stride and still find the humour in what’s laughable from the ice to the water to the field and the court.

When British soldiers began settling in early Canada, their sporting traditions blended with a Mi’kmaq game to create a new sport that evolved into hockey. A History of Hockey in Canada traces hockey’s roots from those first steps on the frozen ponds of eastern Canada to the modern game we know and love.

Kids will roll on the floor with laughter listening to these silly and ridiculous jokes, and then run to tell their friends! Jokes for Canadian Kids is chock full of good, clean laughs.

A tribute to the courageous chiefs and warriors who fought to protect their people and preserve the Native way of life in the face of European expansion across North America, including: Sequoyah, a Cherokee who invented a system of writing for his people; Sitting Bull, the powerful warrior and spiritual leader of the Lakota Sioux who doggedly fought white incursions on Sioux land; Chief Joseph, who led the Nez Perce on a heroic and doomed flight to freedom; and more.

Sea turtles are long-distance swimmers! These travelers cross oceans every year. Young students can learn basic facts about these marine reptiles through easy-to-listen-to text in this fun title. Simple features highlight different species and call out body parts to reinforce concepts.

At first, when a massive ice storm traps 14-year-old Hannah and her family in a remote cabin, it feels like a game to practice the survival skills she's been learning. That all changes when an accident leaves her mother desperately low on insulin. With no power and no way to contact the outside world, Hannah steals away with the four family dogs tied to an old dogsled. All she has to do is make it to the nearest cabin and find a working phone to save the day. But a wrong turn and worsening weather leave her in grave danger and saddled with an unexpected passenger.

Before the league’s founding, East Coast basketball had crowned just three national champions in 40 years, and none since 1954. But in the Big East’s first 10 years, five of its teams played for a national championship. The league didn’t merely inherit good teams; it created them. But how did this unlikely group of schools come to dominate college basketball so quickly and completely?

Alma's life is a series of halfways: She's half-Chinese, half-Jewish; her parents spend half the time fighting, and the other half silent; and she's halfway through becoming a woman. But as long as she can listen to her Walkman, hang out with her friends on the stoops of the Village, and ride her bike around the streets of New York, it feels like everything will be all right. Then comes the year when everything changes, and her life is overtaken by constant endings.