Alma: 236 books

* Anton, the son of a rich boyar family from the South of Romania, spends his last teenage summer holiday at his parents’ manor. There, he meets Katrina, a young country girl from the nearby village.What starts as a summer fling for him, turns into a love story, with Anton falling madly in love...

The stories in this book were done by Alma, at the request of several of her fans. These stories allow a sneak peek into the fascinating world of the strange, paranormal and/or inexplicable that exists in our, otherwise, mundane habitat.• • •Old Man McCreavey's Ghost - Mariel had had strange things...

A major happening in Northeast Georgia in the early 1900s completely changed the future of the mountains. Bennie, a teenage mother, bravely decides to give up her familiar mountain home and move to the strange new town of Helen. She learns how the giant sawmill is operated and faces religious bigotry...

Barbra Streisand has been a show business staple for decades, from Funny Girl and Hello, Dolly! to The Way We Were and, more recently, the Fockers franchise. Whether gracing a stage, screen, or album cover, Barbra's iconic silhouette is a globally-familiar image. We know Barbra the star, but how well...

'Waarom wilde mijn vader een kind? Waarom wilde een man die twee en een half pakje per dag rookte, jenever als water dronk en drie uur per nacht sliep, een kind? Kan ik hem dat kwalijk nemen? Kan ik mijn vader mij kwalijk nemen?' De jonge Mila reist van Amsterdam naar Israël met Don, de beste...

Am 21. November 2016 jährt sich der Todestag von Kaiser Franz Joseph I. von Österreich zum 100. Mal. Das Jahr steht ganz im Zeichen des am längsten regierenden Monarchen der Donaumonarchie. Franz Josephs Leben war geprägt von Pflichterfüllung, langen Stunden am Schreibtisch, Sorgen um die Familie...

Jetzt geht die Bildungsdebatte richtig los: Drei Schülerinnen haben sehr konkrete Ideen für einen Unterricht, der alle begeistert. In der Bildungsdebatte sind alle zu Wort gekommen – nur die Schüler hat keiner gefragt. Das regt Alma (13), Jamila (14) und Lara-Luna (15) schon lange auf....

Die Berliner Lesebühne Vision & Wahn bricht seit 2004 emsig mit den Konventionen der Kleinkunst-Unterhaltung. Jeden ersten Montag wird hier viel gelacht, allerdings auch gegrübelt, philosophiert und gestorben. In einigen der Geschichten dieser Anthologie geht es um Kinder, um bezaubernde, böse...

Eleven-year-old Josie Grun escapes from Communist East Germany with her mother and father one dark night in 1989 just months before the Berlin Wall comes tumbling down. Braving border guards, barbed wire, and rifle shots, Josie reluctantly turns her back on her best friend, Greta, and all that was...

Carlota, una adolescente con un sentido del humor mordaz que batalla con su sobrepeso iniciando dietas imposibles los lunes para incumplirlas los martes, vive angustiada por su apariencia y su virginidad. Su madre, Claudia, lejos de disfrutar de la apacible vida del hogar, se ha convertido en una...

This book details the fascinating life story of Michelle Obama, emphasizing her own personal and professional accomplishments, her life partnership with President Barack Obama, and her distinctive approach to the role of First Lady. • Includes a chronology of the life of America's first African...

To perform well in today's highly competitive world where technical skills have been advanced to an unprecedented degree, a singer must be able to handle incredible pressure within the performing arena; his or her ability to deal with this stress will often determine whether he or she will succeed....