A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has taken a step back from work to spend more time with her family. Movie nights with her husband Daniel and their daughter Maddie are a welcome respite from the scrutiny of the world’s press. As much as it hurts, it’s good to be able to see her father more too. He’s suffering from Alzheimer’s and needs special care. Sarah has started to show tell-tale signs of the disease too. She’s been experiencing...

Jack and Annie travel to a monastery in the Swiss Alps where, with the help of St. Bernard dogs and magic, they seek the second of four special objects necessary to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Penny.

"The Geneva branch of Interpol - the international agency tasked with policing magic and the arcane arts - is where careers go to die. Action is rare as Switzerland banned magic seven hundred years ago. That's how Agent Jackson Burnett likes it. But thenreports of an explosion lead Jackson to the home of businessman Bernard Bouchon. What's there is unfathomable: The family and their possessions have vanished into ash. Jackson's enigmatic new partner...

Auf Gipfeln und Gabeln, in Strandkörben, Seilbahnen und Theatersesseln, im Wald und auf Wellen hat Nicole Quint 50 gute Gründe gefunden, um nähere Bekanntschaft mit der schönsten Stadt der Schweiz zu schließen – Luzern. Der bloße Name beschwört Bilder vom blendend blauen Vierwaldstättersee und schneegekrönten Voralpen herauf und wie jeder fabelhafte Magier, der stets noch ein weiteres Kaninchen aus seinem Hut zaubern kann, überrascht auch...

"When a paragliding trip over the picturesque mountains of Switzerland results in the brutal murder of the former head of Israeli intelligence, Mossad brings in terrorist hunters Aaron and Shoshana to investigate. But they'll need help to find out who was behind the attack and what they're planning next. Luckily, Aaron and Shoshana know exactly who to call. Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill have been trapped in Charleston, South Carolina...

For nearly 150 years, Switzerland has been a destination for immense numbers of tourists, who flock here to enjoy a nation of vacation riches. Though others may prefer to lie on a Spanish or French beach or tour a cultural capital like London or Paris, a steady multitude of other tourists go each year and in every season to experience the awesome views of the Swiss Alps, to ascend the mountains in funiculars or swoop down from them in skis, or to...

Switzerland and Italy are two of the most visited countries in the world. This book gives a comprehensive overview of what these beautiful countries offer to the world. Verdant countryside, beautiful mountains, clear lakes, pure air and friendly people, if just the thought of all this has a relaxing effect on you, than you need to go on holiday in Switzerland. Italy is where History, Art, Culture and Romance reign supreme. There is something magnetic...

Pilgrim Jones' husband has just left her for another woman, stranding her in a small Swiss town where she is one day involved in a tragic accident. Overcome with guilt, she alights for Africa, befriending a series of locals, each with their own tragic past and each isolated in their own way. Mysteriously, one day a witch doctor's curse is carried into town, setting everyone in the remote Tanzanian outpost on edge. Pilgrim can't shake the feeling she's...

À la charnière de l'Europe occidentale et de l'Europe centrale, dispersant ses eaux vers l'Adriatique, la mer du Nord et la mer Noire, la Suisse multiplie les contrastes géographiques. État continental enclavé, elle est cependant très largement ouverte aux courants du trafic international dont ...