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En août 1941, la jeune Hiroko quitte son japon natal pour poursuivre ses études en Californie, où elle découvre la liberté et l'indépendance. Mais quelques mois après son arrivée, l'aviation japonaise anéantit la flotte américaine à Pearl Harbor. La guerre est déclarée. Hiroko va alors partager le sort réservé à la population nippone installée sur le territoire des Etats-Unis...

Die Zwillingsschwestern Victoria und Olivia sehen sich zum Verwechseln ähnlich und könnten doch unterschiedlicher kaum sein: Victoria sehnt sich nach Abenteuern und Freiheit, während Olivia von der großen Liebe träumt.

A Bon Port

Le Fantome

It is Christmas, 1940, and Kate is making her debut in New York society. Joe, the brilliant protege of Charles Lindbergh, seems just out of her reach. As the months pass, they meet again, and although Kate goes off to university and Joe skyrockets to fame

Nicolas von Bingen és Alex von Hemmerle a német arisztokrácia köztiszteletben álló tagjai gyerekkori jó barátok. Mindketten korán megözvegyültek, és hatalmas bajorországi birtokaikon egyedül nevelik gyermekeiket. Míg Nick elsősorban a fényűző élet örömeit hajszolja, addig Alex a hírneves lipicai lovak tenyésztésének és idomításának szenteli életét. Egyszeriben minden megváltozik azonban, amikor kiderül, hogy Nick édesanyja zsidó származású volt. A titok felszínre kerülése kiszolgáltatja a családot az egyre kíméletlenebb náci uralomnak, egyik napról a másikra el kell menekülniük Németországból. Hajóra szállnak, hogy Amerikában kezdjenek új életet. Túlélésük és jövőjük záloga Alex felbecsülhetetlen értékű ajándéka: nyolc fajtatiszta ló, köztük két ritka értékes lipicai. Miközben az elüldözött család magára talál Amerikában, hátrahagyott otthonuk a lángok és a fékevesztett barbárság martalékává válik, az Alex von Hemmerléhez hasonló becsületes emberek pedig megoldhatatlan választási hel yzetekkel találják szemben magukat. A Pegazus a túlélés és az újrakezdés regénye, egy fél évszázad történetét elmesélő briliáns családi krónika.

Príbeh malej Gabrielly, ktorej utrpenie a muky spôsobuje vlastná matka. Dalo by sa očakávať, že aspoň otec neostane slepý a zastane sa dcérky, lebo vie, že je jediný, do koho Gabriella vkladá nádej. Žiaľ aj on zlyhá. Tvári sa nezúčastnene, zatvára oči pred týraním dieťaťa a všetky svoje problémy rieši opustením rodiny. Nakoniec sa dievčatko ocitá úplne samo za múrmi ženského kláštora. Prichádza sem nedobrovoľne, v strachu a neistote, lenže nemá na výber. Tu dospeje, spozná čaro prvej lásky, a le zároveň ju čaká tragédia, o akej sa jej nesnívalo ani v najhoršom sne...

Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes versuchen die Witwe Fernanda Barnes und ihre Kinder mit aller Kraft, hoffnungsvoll in die Zukunft zu schauen. Gerade als das Leben der Familie wieder in geordneten Bahnen läuft, schlägt das Schicksal erneut zu: Der jüngste Sohn wird entführt! Detective Ted Lee nimmt die Ermittlungen auf, und schon bei der ersten Begegnung ist er von der schönen Fernanda fasziniert. Wird er es schaffen, ihren Sohn zu retten? Und hat seine Liebe zu Fernanda eine Chance?

A violent crime brings together four lives in Danielle Steel’s sixtieth bestselling novel, the story of a mother’s courage, a family’s terror, and a triumph of human strength and dignity in the face of overwhelming odds.Outside the gates of a California prison, Peter Morgan is released after four long years and vows to redeem himself in the eyes of the young daughters he left behind. Simultaneously, Carl Waters, a convicted murderer, is set on the path of freedom with him. That night, three hundred miles south in San Francisco, police detective Ted Lee comes home to a silent house, for twenty-nine years, he has been living for his job—and slowly falling out of love with his wife. Across town, in an exclusive Pacific Heights neighborhood, a mother tries to shield her three children from the panic rising within her. Four months after her husband’s death, Fernanda Barnes faces a mountain of debt she cannot repay, a world destroyed, and a marriage lost. Within weeks, the lives of these four people will collide in ways none of them could have foreseen. For Fernanda, whose life had once been graced by beautiful homes, security, success, and stunning wealth, the death of her brilliant, brooding husband was already too much to bear. She simply couldn’t imagine a greater loss, until a devastating crime rocks her family to its core—and brings Detective Ted Lee into her life.A man of unshakable integrity, Lee will soon become the one person who tries to save Fernanda’s family from a terrifying fate. Fernanda must draw on a strength she never knew she had. Racing against time in the underbelly of the criminal world, buffeted by the dark side of power, and unmoored by loss and betrayal, no one can predict where this tragedy will take them.Danielle Steel brilliantly explores the collision of a shocking crime with the ordinary lives of its victims in a novel that mesmerizes from start to finish. Ransom is at once a riveting evocation of life’s inexplicable turns of fate and a testament to the human will to survive.From the Hardcover edition.

Could one calamitous evening ruin the perfect life? No challenge was too great, or so she thought...All round high-flier Olympia Crawford Rubinstein has it all, a busy legal career, a solid marriage and a perfect family. She manages her life with grace and energy and there seems to be no challenge to which she cannot rise. Until one day she opens an invitation for her twin daughters to attend an exclusive coming out ball and her good fortune is changed irrevocably. Chaos ensues as conflicting feelings emerge about the ball and Olympia finds herself at the heart of a severe family feud. Devastated, and pulled in all directions, Olympia is more determined than ever to steer her family through the event. Yet, events unravel at an alarming speed and Olympia is poised to surrender when suddenly a series of events result in several changes of heart ,old wounds are healed and new traditions born. Can an evening of heartbreak and misery make way for an evening of growth, acceptance and love? In a novel that is by turns profound, poignant, moving and warmly funny, Danielle Steel tells the story of an extraordinary family - finding new ways of letting go, stepping up and coming out ...

The conflict between the old world and the new...between responsibility and freedom...between duty and love...Princess Christianna, happier in jeans and a sweatshirt than in the formal life of European royalty, leaves university to travel to East Africa as a volunteer for the Red Cross. Determined to make a difference, she plunges into the dusty, bustling life of an international relief camp, and is anxious to keep her identity a secret from her fellow aid workers. Dr Parker Williams, who works alongside Christianna and shares her dedication to healing, has no idea who she is - but as violence approaches and invades the camp, and the pressures of her royal life beckon her home, her struggle for freedom takes an extraordinary turn. By a simple twist of fate, in one shocking moment, Christianna's life is changed for ever - in ways she could never have foreseen.

Could one calamitous evening ruin the perfect life? No challenge was too great, or so she thought...All round high-flier Olympia Crawford Rubinstein has it all, a busy legal career, a solid marriage and a perfect family. She manages her life with grace and energy and there seems to be no challenge to which she cannot rise. Until one day she opens an invitation for her twin daughters to attend an exclusive coming out ball and her good fortune is changed irrevocably. Chaos ensues as conflicting feelings emerge about the ball and Olympia finds herself at the heart of a severe family feud. Devastated, and pulled in all directions, Olympia is more determined than ever to steer her family through the event. Yet, events unravel at an alarming speed and Olympia is poised to surrender when suddenly a series of events result in several changes of heart ,old wounds are healed and new traditions born. Can an evening of heartbreak and misery make way for an evening of growth, acceptance and love? In a novel that is by turns profound, poignant, moving and warmly funny, Danielle Steel tells the story of an extraordinary family - finding new ways of letting go, stepping up and coming out ...

As she checked into the lush Beverly Hills Hotel, Tanya Harris dreaded being away from her husband, Peter, and three teenaged children. Dressed as pure Marin County mom among supermodels and movie stars, Tanya was here to do a major screenplay after years of writing stories and articles on the side, always putting her family first. And when Tanya steps into her temporary home, she is amazed at what she finds: lilies, orchids and roses; a pink marble tub; her favorite chocolates, a cashmere robe, and slippers that fit perfectly. Things are going to be different in Bungalow 2. From her first day on the set, Tanya is thrust into an intoxicating new world, where friendships and romances come and go ...and where she feels reborn, energized by the creativity and genius swirling around her. Suddenly she's working alongside A-list actors and a Hollywood legend: Oscar-winning producer Douglas Wayne, a man who always gets what he wants - and seems to have his sights set on her.Flying back to Marin County between shoots, struggling to reconnect with a family that seems to need her less and less, Tanya watches helplessly as her old life is pulled out from under her in the most crushing of ways. As her two lives collide, as one Award-winning film leads to another, Tanya begins to wonder if she can be a wife, a mother and a writer at the same time. And just as she confronts the toughest choice she has faced, she is offered another dazzling opportunity - one that could recast her story in the most amazing of ways, complete with an ending she never could have written herself. In Bungalow 2", Danielle Steel takes us into a world few ever see - a world of fame and fortune, celebrity and genius - daring to show us the real lives, real dreams, and real struggles hidden beneath the flash and glitter of Hollywood. "

As she checked into the lush Beverly Hills Hotel, Tanya Harris dreaded being away from her husband, Peter, and three teenaged children. Dressed as pure Marin County mom among supermodels and movie stars, Tanya was here to do a major screenplay after years of writing stories and articles on the side, always putting her family first. And when Tanya steps into her temporary home, she is amazed at what she finds: lilies, orchids and roses; a pink marble tub; her favorite chocolates, a cashmere robe, and slippers that fit perfectly. Things are going to be different in Bungalow 2. From her first day on the set, Tanya is thrust into an intoxicating new world, where friendships and romances come and go ...and where she feels reborn, energized by the creativity and genius swirling around her. Suddenly she's working alongside A-list actors and a Hollywood legend: Oscar-winning producer Douglas Wayne, a man who always gets what he wants - and seems to have his sights set on her.Flying back to Marin County between shoots, struggling to reconnect with a family that seems to need her less and less, Tanya watches helplessly as her old life is pulled out from under her in the most crushing of ways. As her two lives collide, as one Award-winning film leads to another, Tanya begins to wonder if she can be a wife, a mother and a writer at the same time. And just as she confronts the toughest choice she has faced, she is offered another dazzling opportunity - one that could recast her story in the most amazing of ways, complete with an ending she never could have written herself. In Bungalow 2", Danielle Steel takes us into a world few ever see - a world of fame and fortune, celebrity and genius - daring to show us the real lives, real dreams, and real struggles hidden beneath the flash and glitter of Hollywood. "