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March 2016The Scourge
by Keen Butterworth
Jake Battle is minding his own business, just fishing, when he follows the squawking of ravens and magpies to find the body of a beautiful woman, wife of a local ranch owner who is also one of the richest men in the country.When the fatal slug is dug out of her, everyone in Clark City, Montana, knows there's only one gun around that could have fired it, the rifle of Jake's friend, Carlton Heavy-Eagle."Don't get mixed up in this mess," Jake's girlfriend, Gwen, tells him. "You can't tell what's going on." But Jake is too mixed up in it already. The path he follows to clear his friend leads to tales of gang violence, wanton sex, cocaine smuggling, and the mysterious Scourge -- a man monstrous in size and ugliness.In his debut novel, author Keen Butterworth has painted a vivid portrait of both man and nature as Jake -- haunted by his past in Vietnam, soothed by the love he shares with Gwen -- pursues a dangerous manhunt amid the rugged beauty of the northern Rockies.
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June 2008Sex im Büro
Erotische Geschichten
by Übersetzt von Berg, Markus; Herausgegeben von Sharp, Kerri
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August 2012Auch Frauen wollen nur das eine
Erotische Storys
by Herausgegeben von Sharp, Kerri; Übersetzt von Berg, Markus
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Insecticide & herbicide technologyJuly 2002Tropical Fruit Pests and Pollinators
Biology, Economic Importance, Natural Enemies and Control
by Edited by Jorge E Peña, Jennifer Sharp, Manes Wysoki
Insect and other pests cause major economic damage on fruit crops in the tropics. However, some insects are beneficial and have a role in pollinating flowers, thus enabling fruit set. This book reviews these injurious and beneficial organisims and how they might be controlled to enhance fruit production and quality.
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Forestry & related industriesAugust 2001Forestry Budgets and Accounts
by G Bright
Few people who are involved with the management of forests are comfortable with the accounting side of their role. This book is set out in an approachable and structured way, providing clear guidance for students and practitioners on how to proceed. The reader is lead through the subject, building up understanding in a series of steps, covering the methodology and rationale and accompanied by worked examples. Chapters cover the management process, the budgeting steps for profit, cash and capital, recording, accounts construction and appraisal, evaluation of alternative investments, information technology and tax. To avoid confusion, more complex issues are dealt with in a number of appendices.The book is intended for a global audience, since the principles discussed and examples given are universally applicable. It also includes specific appendices relating the content to the USA, Australia and New Zealand. As well as for students the book also provides essential reading for foresters, estate plantation managers and owners, surveyors, accountants and advisors.
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Children's & YAJuly 2021Vielleicht Jetzt
by Carolin Wahl
Maybe Now (MAYBE Trilogy, Vol. 1) Gabriella, Joana and Karla share a flat. To finance their studies, they all work at a catering company. And the three not only realize their professional dreams, but also find the love of their lives. Gabrielle almost missed her plane in Brazil and now she sits next to this super rude guy. Great! She‘s flying to Munich to finally meet her biological father. Undercover, as she starts an internship in his catering company. On her first day in the kitchen, her instructor turns out to be, of all people, Anton. Her rude – or rather rudely handsome – seatmate from the plane! He not only lights a fire at the stove... Gabriella tries in vain to fight the sparks between them. Because Anton has clear rules when it comes to relationships at work. As hot as the Brazilian sun and as seductive as a perfect chocolate mousse! • Feel-good page turner for New Adults• Original plots in heartfelt narrations, leaving out familiar clichés• Girl power: 3 self-confident protagonists and their strong friendship• Stories about first steps towards independence: Career choices, fear of the future, parental pressure, exploring roots to find your place
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October 2021Vielleicht Nie
by Carolin Wahl
Maybe Never Gabriella, Joana and Karla share a flat. To finance their studies, they all work at a catering company. And the three not only realize their professional dreams, but also find the love of their lives. Since her older sister died in a fatal car accident, Joana does everything for a perfect life. She tries to follow her sister’s dream, out of guilt. In her life everything seems to be perfect: nice (but boring) boyfriend, successful biochemistry studies, a job at the catering company, affordable flat-sharing and wonderful friends. But everything changes when Kilian, the brother of her best friend Karla, shows up in Munich again. Kilian doesn’t fit into Joana‘s perfectly planned future at all. But he makes her feel what she has long supressed – the real Joana, who actually wanted to become a make-up artist. Ironically, since she has been wearing a mask herself since the death of her sister. • Feel-good page turner for New Adults• Original plots in heartfelt narrations, leaving out familiar clichés• Girl power: 3 self-confident protagonists and their strong friendship• Stories about first steps towards independence: Career choices, fear of the future, parental pressure, exploring roots to find your place
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Children's & YASeptember 2021Wen immer wir lieben
New Adult-Roman mit Bad-Boy-Challenge und Liebe auf den zweiten Blick
by Michelle Schrenk
Whomever We Love Three sisters, three challenges, three winners of hearts?Although they are sisters, Lina, Kaya and Nika couldn‘t be more different. While Lina enjoys her life to the fullest, Kaya is a full-time perfect student. Nika, on the other hand, always falls for heartbreakers – but together the three of them fight against all odds. In life and in love!Tattoos, leather jacket and unbelievably charming: a bad boy from the books. In a bar, Lina and her two best friends rate guys on Tinder on a scale from 1 to heartbreaker. The reason is Lina‘s little sister Nika, who has once again fallen into the bad boy trap. When the very guy on Lina‘s display just walks through the door – clearly identified by them as a womanizer – her friends challenge her: Lina is to prove to them that she can resist him, effortlessly. That‘s how the Bad Boy Challenge begins... the stakes: nothing less than Lina‘s heart. • Second encounters can defeat first impressions, the heart always wins ...• Original and modern twist on New Adult fiction – touching and an extra dose of humor• Girl power: 3 self-confident sisters as protagonists and role models• Stories about first steps towards independence: Career choices, fear of the future, parental pressure, exploring roots to find your place
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July 2022Die Hochzeit meines besten Exfreundes
Roman
by Tasmina Perry, Ruth Keen
Adam kann die Hochzeit seines besten Freundes kaum erwarten: Er hat gerade seinen Job als Musikredakteur verloren, und ein Wochenende auf dem Land voller Party und guter Freunde ist jetzt genau das Richtige, um Dampf abzulassen. Sophie dagegen weiß gar nicht, warum sie überhaupt eingeladen wurde. Der Bräutigam ist ihr Ex, die Beziehung endete nicht gerade glücklich – und sie hat mit ihm auch noch nicht endgültig abgeschlossen. Dann trifft sie auf Adam – kann sie jetzt ihren Ex vergessen und auf ein eigenes Happy End hoffen? Die Hochzeit meines besten Exfreundes ist eine witzige, turbulente und vor allem romantische Geschichte über Familie, Freundschaft und Liebe. Ein Roman darüber, warum wir uns verlieben – und entlieben – und wie wir den Menschen finden, der uns wirklich glücklich macht.
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June 2021Oma lässt grüßen, sie hat deine nervige Tochter entführt
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by Rebecca Hardiman, Ruth Keen
Kevin Gogarty hat es zurzeit wirklich nicht leicht: Er ist arbeitslos, Hausmann, kümmert sich um die vier Kinder. Für die pubertierende Tochter Aideen fällt ihm nur noch ein Mittel ein, um den Familienfrieden zu retten: Ab ins Internat mit ihr. Und als seine Mutter, Oma Millie, wiederholt beim Ladendiebstahl erwischt wird, heuert er für die renitente alte Dame eine Aufpasserin an – Probleme gelöst! Tatsächlich? Als Millie merkt, dass ihre Aufpasserin noch geschickter klaut als sie selbst, schnappt sie sich kurzerhand Aideen aus dem Internat – und eine wilde Jagd auf Omas Erspartes beginnt. Eine urkomische, turbulente und herzerwärmende Geschichte über verrückte Familienbande und darüber, dass es nie zu spät ist, das Leben in vollen Zügen zu genießen.
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June 2024Toskanisches Verhängnis
Kriminalroman
by Camilla Trinchieri, Ruth Keen
Nico Doyle ist im malerischen Gravigna angekommen: Er hat Freundschaften geschlossen, hilft im Restaurant seiner Verwandten, experimentiert mit köstlichen Rezepten und mit der Künstlerin Nelly scheint es ernst zu werden. An seinen früheren Job als Cop beim NYPD würde er am liebsten keinen Gedanken mehr verschwenden – doch sein guter Freund, der Maresciallo dei Carabinieri Salvatore Perillo, ist einmal mehr auf seine Hilfe angewiesen. Die wohlhabende Signora Nora, eine reiche Witwe, so berühmt wie berüchtigt, wurde tot auf ihrem Klavier aufgefunden. Die einzige Zeugin am Tatort spricht nur Englisch. Also ermitteln Nico und Perillo, um den Mord aufzuklären. Toskanisches Verhängnis ist ein Bella-Italia-Krimi inmitten der zypressengesäumten Alleen der Toskana mit einem rätselhaften Mordfall und voller italienischer Lebensart.
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May 2017Die Wissenschaft von Eis und Feuer
Wenn "Game of Thrones" auf Fakten trifft
by Keen, Helen / Übersetzt von Beleites, Edith
