Showing results by narrator "Rita" in All Categories

Imagine living in a country in which women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out. In this powerful and realistic tale, eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family...

On his 11th birthday, Jackson is nervous about moving up to middle school where he knows he'll be bullied by older kids, so he makes his wish, "I don't want to grow up!" When his 12th birthday rolls around, he discovers his wish came true: he's still 11, and he's starting fifth grade (again). At first, this is the perfect life. Jackson is the smartest kid in his class, the best on his baseball team, and the star of the school band. But after a few years of being eleven, he realizes his life is passing him by.

Ein neues Leben. Plankton sieht ein, dass er den Kampf gegen Mr. Krabs' erfolgreiches Fastfood-Restaurant nicht gewinnen kann. Also wandelt er sein Lokal in einen Souvenirshop um und lebt fortan vom Verkauf von allerlei harmlosem Schnickschnack. Nur einer traut dem plötzlichen Frieden nicht: Mr. Krabs. Er glaubt, dass alles zu Planktons neuestem Plan gehört, um an sein legendäres Krabbenburger-Rezept zu kommen... Schneckenwahnsinn. SpongeBobs Hausschnecke Gary ist in letzter Zeit etwas zu beißfreudig - und als erster bekommt das Thaddäus zu spüren.

Zwangsurlaub. Mr. Krabs soll ein Bußgeld bezahlen, weil er seine Mitarbeiter äußerst unfair behandelt. So kommt zum Beispiel endlich heraus, dass SpongeBob in all den Jahren, in denen er in der Krossen Krabbe arbeitet, nicht einen Tag Urlaub bekommen hat. Daraufhin gibt Krabs seinem Angestellten Nummer 1 spontan einen ganzen Tag frei. Doch dieser Tag wird für SpongeBob zum absoluten Albtraum. Ohne seinen Lieblingsplatz, der zugleich auch sein Arbeitsplatz ist, kann er einfach nicht leben.

SpongeBobs Hausparty (1) + (2). Da hat sich SpongeBob so viel Mühe gegeben und seine Party bis ins letzte Detail geplant? dank diverserer Ratgeber aus dem Supermarkt. Und jetzt feiern die Gäste ausgelassen in seinem Haus und er wurde ausgesperrt. Doch das soll nicht das Schlimmste sein. Patsy, der Pirat, zeigt bei seiner Party - zur allgemeinen Erheiterung der Gäste - SpongeBobs misslungene Hausparty... Verkaufsgenies. Patrick und SpongeBob wollen mit dem Verkauf von Schokoladenriegeln ihre etwas kümmerliche Haushaltskasse aufpolieren.

Brought to you by Penguin. A wildly ambitious story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film, and the humble comic book that inspired it all. Spanning 80 years of a changing America and culminating in the opening of the film, we meet a colourful cast...

From one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho, comes a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena dubbed ‘the Witch of Portobello’. The novel unravels Athena's mysterious beginnings, via an orphanage in Romania, to a childhood in Beirut. When war...

Die Krossen Knochenbrecher. Im Rahmen eines Wrestling-Events winkt demjenigen, der den bislang ungeschlagenen Schwergewichts-Champions besiegt, eine Million Dollar in bar. Mr. Krabs schickt sofort SpongeBob und Patrick als Die Krossen Knochenbrecher in den Ring - doch die nehmen die Sache von der heiteren Seite... Die Karte. Beim Kauf von Meerjungfraumann-Sammelkarten wird SpongeBob auf eine wertvolle, seltene Spezialkarte aufmerksam gemacht - die sich natürlich in der einzigen Packung findet, die Patrick ersteht.

Nur einen Bissen. Thaddäus hat in seinem ganzen Leben noch keine Krabben-Pizza gekostet. Das muss sich ändern, findet SpongeBob und setzt nun alles daran Thaddäus zum Verzehr der Pizza zu bewegen. Der Schlägertyp. SpongeBobs neuer Fahrschulkamerad Flats entpuppt sich als richtiger Schlägertyp, der SpongeBob bedroht. Von seinen Mitschülern hat er leider keine Hilfe zu erwarten, denn auch diese haben Angst vor dem Krawallbruder. Besuch vom Gesundheitsamt. Ein Inspektor der Gesundheitsbehörde hat sich in der Krossen Krabbe angesagt.

A magic spell has spun Flora into the past. She’s mysteriously swapped lives with a schoolgirl in 1935! No iPod? No cell phone? No hair products? How will she survive? Now Flora’s a new girl at St. Winifred’s, where she has to speak French at breakfast, wear hideous baggy bloomers, and sleep in a freezing dormitory.

You’d think there’d be a little more action for the only professional wizard listed in the Chicago phone book. But lately, Harry Dresden hasn’t been able to dredge up any kind of work: magical, mundane, or menial. Just when it looks like he can’t afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise. There’s a brutally mutilated corpse, and monstrous animal markings at the scene. Not to mention that the killing took place on the night of a full moon. Harry knows exactly where this case is headed. 

It's time for a magical battle Jessie isn't sure she's prepared for. Elliot Graves has been a thorn in Jessie's side since before she agreed to take the house magic. He has constantly brought the fight to her doorstep. Not this time. With the help of Austin's shifters, the Ivy house crew will meet Elliot Graves in one of the most dangerous places imaginable—his home turf. But not before another creature joins the circle.

In the dead of night, Ayesha takes her daughter, Sabina, and slips quietly from her home, leaving behind a life of full of pain. Boarding a coach to London, all Ayesha wants is a fresh start. Hayden, a former popstar, has kept himself hidden away for years. He's only opened up his home to two people - Crystal, a professional dancer with a heart of gold, and Joy, an ill-tempered retiree with a soft spot for waifs and strays.

In this wonderful, fraught, witty, real comedy about a middle-aged mother desperate to begin her post-children life, Stella is wondering why those grown-up children are all still in her house. Dreaming of retiring to a life in the countryside with her husband, instead she's dealing with four extra people in the house, rooms that urgently need de-junking, surprise pregnancy tests, difficult neighbours and a mother who really isn't helping anything. When she attempts to clear the useless clutter from the house, Stella realises it's her children who really need to go.

Oz and Lily’s family have inherited an ancient chocolate shop and they’re moving in upstairs. It’s the perfect home...apart from the small fact that it’s haunted. And then they discover some gold chocolate moulds - with magic powers! Soon the ghosts are joined by some evil villains determined to get their hands on the priceless secrets of the magical chocolate.

Pallavi is an aspiring writer living in California. Her mother, Usha, is thousands of miles away in Delhi - and obsessed with finding her daughter a husband. In Madhuri Shekar’s ingenious Evil Eye, hilarious back-and-forth via phone and social media takes a shocking, supernatural twist when Pallavi meets the perfect man - leading to a climactic showdown that will leave listeners on the edges of their seats.

After Katmere, I shouldn’t be surprised by anything. Including the existence of a world beyond my world called the Shadow Realm. Yet here I am, stuck in a strange, dangerous place with the worst of the supernaturals, the monster that other monsters fear: Hudson Vega. He might be Jaxon’s brother and ridiculously hot, but he’s a complete bona fide pain in my ass. The question is whether we’ll find a way out before I kill him…or run out of time.

From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Olivie Blake, this is a powerful and darkly fun novel about ambition, lust and eating your fill – as wealthy moms and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend. ‘Deliciously twisted and lipstick-stained, Girl Dinner serves up a...

Rita Gigante grew up in a world swirling with secrets, lies, and multiple sins. Her father, notorious Mafia boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, was the leader of the Genovese crime clan and the head of all five New York crime families for decades. But until Rita was sixteen, she was kept in the dark about his underworld activities. She unknowingly hung out at mob headquarters and witnessed her dad's whispered meetings around the dinner table, but only knew what she was told by her mother and siblings about his odd behavior: Dad's sick. Keep your mouth shut. Don't talk about the family.

A delicious Christmas feast of short stories from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of A French Affair and The Perfect Match. Add some extra sparkle to your Christmas by joining Katie Fforde for a perfect, romantic Christmas feast of short stories. Collected together for the first time...