Die Sommermonate in den Schweizer Alpen konnen lang sein. Um sich die Zeit zu vertreiben, beschlie?en drei Senner, sich aus verschiedenen Materialien eine Puppe zu bauen – die Sennentuntschi. Doch kurz darauf kommt es zu unerklarlichen Phanomenen. Die Manner erwartet ein grauenhaftes Schicksal, denn die Sennenpuppe ist zum Leben erwacht und sinnt auf Rache fur Graueltaten, die in der Vergangenheit geschehen sind. Auch im Dorf macht man sich Sorg ...
Felix Taylor once stopped a devastating plague, but now he must save his world from humankind itself. It’s been a year since Felix Taylor travelled back to ancient Rome and saved his world from a lethal plague. Again his knowledge of Latin seems useless now that life in the 23rd century has returned to normal. But is it really? A stranger has discovered the time machine and used it to project back into the past. It becomes clear his purpose is t ...
The history of the Chinese community in Toronto is rich with stories drawn from over 150 years of life in Canada. Sam Ching, a laundryman, is the first Chinese resident recorded in Toronto’s city directory of 1878. A few years later, in 1881, there were 10 Chinese and no sign of a Chinatown. Today, with no less than seven Chinatowns and half a million people, Chinese Canadians have become the second-largest visible minority in the Greater Toront ...
In the midst of global turmoil, with people of various faiths in major conflict, three friends—a Muslim, a Christian and a Hindu—decided to write a book. Many Windows is a book about young people who are friends despite their religious differences. It’s a book about celebrations, that ultimately celebrates community. Many Windows is a collection of seven stories about six children who are in the same class at school, two white boys, a black girl ...
Gro?-Berlin hat ein Drogenproblem, doch wie genau werden die Drogen verbreitet? Uwe Kronberger setzt Walter Piefke auf den Fall an und die Spur fuhrt nach Marzahn. Ein seltsames Geschwisterpaar scheint in die Angelegenheit verwickelt zu sein. Doch was hat der kauzige Marionettenbauer mit der Drogenschwemme zu tun? Und gibt es eine Verbindung zur Verschworung hinter Gro?-Berlin und «Projekt: Argus»? Walter Piefke und Anna Wagner ermitteln! ...
Die spannende Geschichte fuhrt uns nach Frankreich in das Jahr 1660, an den Hof Konig Ludwigs XIV. Die Minister Colbert und Fouquet, die schone Louise und die ehrgeizige Natalie, der heimtuckische Eugene Duval und der aufrichtige Jacques d'Artagnan – sie alle sind als Freunde oder Feinde am Schicksal eines geheimnisvollen Mannes interessiert. Denn dieser Mann ist der verschollen geglaubte Zwillingsbruder des Konigs … ...
From 1906 to 1914, the Empress of Ireland , one of the fastest and most elegant liners of the Edwardian era, graced the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Remembered primarily for sinking in only 14 minutes in the St. Lawrence River and for having a greater loss of passenger life than the Titanic , the Empress 's true legacy is the significant role it played in the building of Canada. During the ship's many crossings between Canada and ...
Marc Garneau, Roberta Bondar, Julie Payette, Robert Thirsk, Chris Hadfield, and more recently, Guy Laliberte, the founder of Cirque de Soleil, all have one thing in common: they’re some of the very few Canadians who have been in space. The launch of a spaceship is terribly exciting. That’s why thousands of people come to watch. They laugh, cheer, and applaud as the rocket rises. They see the smoke, steam, and white-hot fire as millions of litres ...
Angus and his family are sent from Scotland in 1813 on a voyage to start a new life in the strange and cruel new land of western Canada. In 1813, cleared out from their beloved Scottish Highlands, 15-year-old Angus, his mother, father, small brother Rabbie, and 100 others sail for Canada to seek a better life with assistance from Lord Selkirk. Angus, his family, and their friends the O’Hares, with their aloof, unsmiling daughter Maggie, share th ...
