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- Misst Außentemperatur, Luftfeuchtigkeit und Luftdruck - Echtzeit- und Verlaufsdaten auf dem iPhone oder Display - Kompatibel mit Siri und Apple HomeKit - Energieeffizient und kabellos dank Bluetooth und Thread-Technologie - IPX3-wasserbeständiges Gehäuse - Schnelle und einfache Einrichtung - Keine Sammlung von personenbezogenen Daten, keine Cloud - Anwendung: Raumklima - Bedienbar mit: A

• Außentemperatur, Luftfeuchtigkeit und Luftdruck in Echtzeit • Sprachassistenten gibt Auskunft über Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit • Modernste Thread-Technologie für ein robustes, reaktionsschnelles Smart Home – • Strengster Datenschutz: keine Eve-Cloud, keine Registrierung und kein Tracking. • Lieferumfang: Eve Weather, 1x CR2450 Batterie, Kurzanleitung

Die Eve Weather Wetterstation von Everspring bietet eine umfassende Lösung zur smarten Wetterbeobachtung direkt vor Ihrer Haustür. Sie ermöglicht die präzise Messung von Aussentemperatur, Luftfeuchtigkeit und Luftdruck sowie die Analyse des lokalen Wettertrends. Die Daten können bequem auf einem iPhone oder direkt am integrierten Display abgerufen werden. Mit ihrem eleganten Gehäuse und der IPX4-Wasserbeständigkeit ist die Eve Weather sowohl funktional als auch ästhetisch ansprechend. Sie integriert sich nahtlos in ein Thread-Netzwerk und bietet so eine zuverlässige Verbindung für Smart Home-Anwendungen. Die Wetterstation analysiert automatisch lokale Veränderungen des Luftdrucks und informiert Sie über den Wettertrend der nächsten zwölf Stunden, sodass Sie stets gut informiert sind. - IPX4-zertifiziert für Wasserbeständigkeit - Automatische Analyse des Luftdrucks zur Wettertrendvorhersage - Kompatibel mit Apple Home und Matter über Thread - Hohe Messgenauigkeit: ± 0,3 °C und ± 3 % Luftfeuchtigkeit - Betrieb mit austauschbarer CR2450-Batterie.

Produkt 1: Eve Weather erfordert ein iPhone oder iPad mit der neuesten Version von iOS/iPadOS Produkt 1: Außentemperatur, Luftfeuchtigkeit und Luftdruck im Zeitverlauf verfolgen und den Wettertrend im Blick behalten – auf dem iPhone oder direkt am Display Produkt 1: Elegantes Design mit eloxiertem Aluminium und IPX4-Wasserbeständigkeit, kabellos mit austauschbarer Batterie Produkt 1: Siri nach Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit direkt vor der Haustür befragen Produkt 2: Eve Energy erfordert iOS/iPadOS 16.3 (oder höher) oder Android 8.1 (oder höher) und einen Hub für die Plattform Ihrer Wahl (Apple Apple TV 4K (2. Generation), Apple TV 4K (3. Generation, 128 GB), HomePod Mini; Samsung SmartThings Hub v3; Amazon Echo (4. Generation); Google Nest Hub (2. Generation), Nest Hub Max, Nest Wifi Pro) Produkt 2: Schalten Sie Ihre Lichter und Geräte mit einer App oder einem Sprachbefehl ein und aus und steuern Sie Ihr Haushaltsgerät aus der Ferne oder basierend auf Ihrer Anwesenheit Produkt 2: Dank der Matter-Kompatibilität können Sie Ihr Zuhause ganz einfach mit allen Smartphones und Sprachassistenten über die wichtigsten Plattformen steuern Produkt 2: Im Handumdrehen einsatzbereit dank schneller und einfacher Konfiguration (TÜV-Zertifizierung)

Produkt 1: Eve Aqua erfordert ein iPhone oder iPad mit der neuesten Version von iOS/iPadOS Produkt 1: Steuern Sie Rasensprenger oder Bewässerungssysteme per App, Siri oder direkt am Gerät. Oder legen Sie mühelos Zeitpläne an, die den Garten unabhängig vom iPhone und Heimnetz automatisch bewässern – auch im Urlaub Produkt 1: Vermeiden Sie Überschwemmungen und Wasserverschwendung dank automatischer Abschaltung, und behalte Sie die Gießmengen über die Verbrauchsberechnung im Blick Produkt 1: Für alle gängigen Schlauchsysteme und Mehrfach-Verteiler, z.B. von Gardena oder Kärcher, unterstützt bis zu 7 Bewässerungszeiten. Das batteriebetriebene, wetterfeste und lichtresistente Produkt wurde in Deutschland entwickelt. Unser deutscher Produkt-Support steht Ihnen bei Rückfragen zur Verfügung Produkt 2: Eve Weather erfordert ein iPhone oder iPad mit der neuesten Version von iOS/iPadOS Produkt 2: Außentemperatur, Luftfeuchtigkeit und Luftdruck im Zeitverlauf verfolgen und den Wettertrend im Blick behalten – auf dem iPhone oder direkt am Display Produkt 2: Elegantes Design mit eloxiertem Aluminium und IPX4-Wasserbeständigkeit, kabellos mit austauschbarer Batterie Produkt 2: Siri nach Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit direkt vor der Haustür befragen

Produkt 1: Eve Shutter Switch erfordert ein iPhone oder iPad mit der neuesten Version von iOS/iPadOS Produkt 1: Rollladen per App, Siri oder am Schalter selbst steuern. Zeitpläne auf Eve Shutter Switch speichern, um den Rollladen unabhängig von iPhone und Heimnetz automatisch zu schalten Produkt 1: Adaptive Beschattung für ein angenehmes Raumklima dank automatischer Steuerung nach Sonnenstand Produkt 1: HomeKit-Technologie: herausragender Bedienkomfort und hohe Sicherheit. Integriert sich automatisch in ein Thread-Netzwerk (unterstützt Bluetooth und Thread) und verbessert als Thread-Knotenpunkt Stabilität und Reichweite Produkt 2: Eve Weather erfordert ein iPhone oder iPad mit der neuesten Version von iOS/iPadOS Produkt 2: Außentemperatur, Luftfeuchtigkeit und Luftdruck im Zeitverlauf verfolgen und den Wettertrend im Blick behalten – auf dem iPhone oder direkt am Display Produkt 2: Elegantes Design mit eloxiertem Aluminium und IPX4-Wasserbeständigkeit, kabellos mit austauschbarer Batterie Produkt 2: Siri nach Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit direkt vor der Haustür befragen

Produkt 1: Eve Water Guard erfordert ein iPhone oder iPad mit der neuesten Version von iOS/iPadOS Produkt 1: Teuren Wasserschäden vorbeugen: Der Wassermelder erkennt auslaufendes Wasser sofort und alarmiert akustisch mit 100 dB, visuell über rotes Blinken und per Mitteilung auf Apple iPhone, iPad oder Apple Watch. Produkt 1: Das 2 m-Sensorkabel dient in voller Länge als Sensor und überwacht großflächig die Räume; verlängerbar bis 150 m. Produkt 1: Idealer Wassersensor für Badezimmer, Hauswirtschaftsräume, Keller, unter Spülen und hinter Sockelblenden in der Küche. Produkt 2: Eve Weather erfordert ein iPhone oder iPad mit der neuesten Version von iOS/iPadOS Produkt 2: Außentemperatur, Luftfeuchtigkeit und Luftdruck im Zeitverlauf verfolgen und den Wettertrend im Blick behalten – auf dem iPhone oder direkt am Display Produkt 2: Elegantes Design mit eloxiertem Aluminium und IPX4-Wasserbeständigkeit, kabellos mit austauschbarer Batterie Produkt 2: Siri nach Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit direkt vor der Haustür befragen

- Smarte Wetterstation - Messwerte: Außentemperatur, Luftfeuchtigkeit, Luftdruck - Kompatibel mit Matter für Smart-Home-Plattformen - Design: Eloxiertes Aluminium, IPX4-wasserbeständig, kabellos - Datenschutz: Lokale Datenverarbeitung ohne Cloud-Abhängigkeit

- Präzise Temperatur- und Feuchtigkeitsmessung - Lokale Wettertrend-Analyse - Wasserbeständig nach IPX4 - Einfache Einbindung ins Thread-Netzwerk - Kompakte Bauweise für Außeneinsatz - Integriertes Display zur Sofortanzeige - Batteriebetriebener Einsatz für flexible Platzierung Smarte Wetterbeobachtung direkt vor deiner Haustür: Mit Eve Weather hast du Außentemperatur, Luftfeuchtigkeit und Luftdruck sowie den lokalen Wettertrend stets im Blick - auf dem iPhone oder direkt am Display.undnbsp; In einem eleganten Gehäuse sowie mit IPX4-Wasserbeständigkeit ausgerüstet steht Eve Weather für herausragenden Bedienkomfort und integriert sich automatisch in ein Thread-Netzwerk. Den Wettertrend im Blick. Eve Weather analysiert automatisch lokale Veränderungen des Luftdrucks und nutzt diese Daten, um dich über den Wettertrend der nächsten zwölf Stunden zu informieren. Eigenschaften - Umgebungsbedingungen: -18 °C - 55 °C - Luftfeuchtigkeit: 0 % - 100 % - Druck: 260 - 1260 mbar - Messgenauigkeit: ± 0,3 °C; ± 3 % - Luftfeuchtigkeit ± 1 mbar

【Professionelles Design】Rot mit weißem modischen Aussehen, für Kinder konzipiert. Dieser stilvolle Golfhandschuh ist ein ideales Geburtstags-, Erwachsenentag, Weihnachten oder All Hallows Eve, Silvester Geschenk für Kinder Jungen und Mädchen Golfer, etc. 【Hochwertiges Material】Dieser Golfhandschuh ist aus ultradünnem und weichem Leder gefertigt, das sich angenehm und atmungsaktiv auf der Haut anfühlt. Richtig angepasste professionelle Golfhandschuhe für Jungen und Mädchen leiten nicht nur den Schweiß ab, sondern sorgen auch für rutschfesten und besseren Halt an den Schlägergriffen während des Spiels. 【Die bequemste Passform】Feste, verstellbare Laschen sorgen dafür, dass die Handschuhe so bequem wie möglich sind und Ihre Hände großartige Schläge unter den bequemsten Bedingungen ausführen können. Verbesserte Volllederkonstruktion für Passform und Komfort, mit Perforationen an der Oberseite der Finger und der Handfläche für zusätzliche Wasserbeständigkeit und verbesserte Atmungsaktivität. 【Anti-Rutsch-Technologie】Sauber vernäht und super dehnbar für einen passgenauen Sitz am Handgelenk und eine bequeme Passform. Die Golfhandschuhe sind in zwei Typen unterteilt: für Linkshänder und für Rechtshänder. Der Linkshänderhandschuh ist für Rechtshänder geeignet, der Rechtshänderhandschuh ist für Linkshänder geeignet. 【Leistungsverbesserung】Die beste Wahl für das tägliche Training bei Regen, Hitze und Feuchtigkeit. Unübertroffener Nassgriff und schnell trocknender Komfort. Bereit für das Spiel an regnerischen Tagen.

Pre-order the breathtakingly romantic new novel from #1 New York Times and international bestseller Carley Fortune! 'A gorgeous story of childhood friendship shifting into something more - full of laughter and yearning and huge trees and stormy seas, and the feeling of being somewhere magical with a person you love.' Holly Gramazio ' Beautiful , emotional love stories set in breathtaking places' Paige Toon ' Carley Fortune is the master of the love story ' Annabel Monaghan Frankie and George have one week to fix everything or let it tear them apart... Frankie and George. They've been best friends for as long as they can remember. Each is the other's biggest defender and fiercest foe. Too much alike-passionate, impulsive, and headstrong-they've always clashed . . . and come back together. But on the eve of her wedding weekend, Frankie doesn't know where they stand. For the last year, George has been distant, and now she's not even sure whether he'll show up to the wedding as her best man. But then, at the start of the weekend festivities, in walks George. For one glorious evening, Frankie has everything she's ever wanted. A stable job. Her best friend beside her. A loving fiancé. She's even getting along with her mother. Life is as close to perfect as she can imagine. Until the next morning, when Frankie's fiancé dumps her, leaving only a note as an explanation. Heartbroken and without a place to live, Frankie returns to her family's home to wallow. But George has a different idea: he wants Frankie to go on her honeymoon. With him. For one week, to the lush rainforest and misty beaches of Tofino. He tells her he has a plan for healing her broken heart-but Frankie sees this for what it really is: one last chance to repair their friendship even if it means unearthing secrets and long buried feelings neither knows how to handle. Even if it means coming together, or falling apart, for good. PEOPLE LOVE CARLEY FORTUNE: ' Funny and sexy , this promises to be the escapist novel of the summer' HEAT 'A dreamy read full of romance ' VIP Magazine 'With summery weather, stunning sunsets and boat trips, it's impossible not to feel the holiday spirit while reading this book' Mirror ' Swoon-worthy , sun-drenched. . . Beautifully described scenery and a heart-fluttering friends-to-lovers story make this one of 2025's best romances .' Culturefly

Pre-order the breathtakingly romantic new novel from #1 New York Times and international bestseller Carley Fortune! 'A gorgeous story of childhood friendship shifting into something more - full of laughter and yearning and huge trees and stormy seas, and the feeling of being somewhere magical with a person you love.' Holly Gramazio ' Beautiful , emotional love stories set in breathtaking places' Paige Toon ' Carley Fortune is the master of the love story ' Annabel Monaghan Frankie and George have one week to fix everything or let it tear them apart... Frankie and George. They've been best friends for as long as they can remember. Each is the other's biggest defender and fiercest foe. Too much alike-passionate, impulsive, and headstrong-they've always clashed . . . and come back together. But on the eve of her wedding weekend, Frankie doesn't know where they stand. For the last year, George has been distant, and now she's not even sure whether he'll show up to the wedding as her best man. But then, at the start of the weekend festivities, in walks George. For one glorious evening, Frankie has everything she's ever wanted. A stable job. Her best friend beside her. A loving fiancé. She's even getting along with her mother. Life is as close to perfect as she can imagine. Until the next morning, when Frankie's fiancé dumps her, leaving only a note as an explanation. Heartbroken and without a place to live, Frankie returns to her family's home to wallow. But George has a different idea: he wants Frankie to go on her honeymoon. With him. For one week, to the lush rainforest and misty beaches of Tofino. He tells her he has a plan for healing her broken heart-but Frankie sees this for what it really is: one last chance to repair their friendship even if it means unearthing secrets and long buried feelings neither knows how to handle. Even if it means coming together, or falling apart, for good. PEOPLE LOVE CARLEY FORTUNE: ' Funny and sexy , this promises to be the escapist novel of the summer' HEAT 'A dreamy read full of romance ' VIP Magazine 'With summery weather, stunning sunsets and boat trips, it's impossible not to feel the holiday spirit while reading this book' Mirror ' Swoon-worthy , sun-drenched. . . Beautifully described scenery and a heart-fluttering friends-to-lovers story make this one of 2025's best romances .' Culturefly

Pre-order the breathtakingly romantic new novel from #1 New York Times and international bestseller Carley Fortune! 'A gorgeous story of childhood friendship shifting into something more - full of laughter and yearning and huge trees and stormy seas, and the feeling of being somewhere magical with a person you love.' Holly Gramazio ' Beautiful , emotional love stories set in breathtaking places' Paige Toon ' Carley Fortune is the master of the love story ' Annabel Monaghan Frankie and George have one week to fix everything or let it tear them apart... Frankie and George. They've been best friends for as long as they can remember. Each is the other's biggest defender and fiercest foe. Too much alike-passionate, impulsive, and headstrong-they've always clashed . . . and come back together. But on the eve of her wedding weekend, Frankie doesn't know where they stand. For the last year, George has been distant, and now she's not even sure whether he'll show up to the wedding as her best man. But then, at the start of the weekend festivities, in walks George. For one glorious evening, Frankie has everything she's ever wanted. A stable job. Her best friend beside her. A loving fiancé. She's even getting along with her mother. Life is as close to perfect as she can imagine. Until the next morning, when Frankie's fiancé dumps her, leaving only a note as an explanation. Heartbroken and without a place to live, Frankie returns to her family's home to wallow. But George has a different idea: he wants Frankie to go on her honeymoon. With him. For one week, to the lush rainforest and misty beaches of Tofino. He tells her he has a plan for healing her broken heart-but Frankie sees this for what it really is: one last chance to repair their friendship even if it means unearthing secrets and long buried feelings neither knows how to handle. Even if it means coming together, or falling apart, for good. PEOPLE LOVE CARLEY FORTUNE: ' Funny and sexy , this promises to be the escapist novel of the summer' HEAT 'A dreamy read full of romance ' VIP Magazine 'With summery weather, stunning sunsets and boat trips, it's impossible not to feel the holiday spirit while reading this book' Mirror ' Swoon-worthy , sun-drenched. . . Beautifully described scenery and a heart-fluttering friends-to-lovers story make this one of 2025's best romances .' Culturefly

Pre-order the breathtakingly romantic new novel from #1 New York Times and international bestseller Carley Fortune! 'A gorgeous story of childhood friendship shifting into something more - full of laughter and yearning and huge trees and stormy seas, and the feeling of being somewhere magical with a person you love.' Holly Gramazio ' Beautiful , emotional love stories set in breathtaking places' Paige Toon ' Carley Fortune is the master of the love story ' Annabel Monaghan Frankie and George have one week to fix everything or let it tear them apart... Frankie and George. They've been best friends for as long as they can remember. Each is the other's biggest defender and fiercest foe. Too much alike-passionate, impulsive, and headstrong-they've always clashed . . . and come back together. But on the eve of her wedding weekend, Frankie doesn't know where they stand. For the last year, George has been distant, and now she's not even sure whether he'll show up to the wedding as her best man. But then, at the start of the weekend festivities, in walks George. For one glorious evening, Frankie has everything she's ever wanted. A stable job. Her best friend beside her. A loving fiancé. She's even getting along with her mother. Life is as close to perfect as she can imagine. Until the next morning, when Frankie's fiancé dumps her, leaving only a note as an explanation. Heartbroken and without a place to live, Frankie returns to her family's home to wallow. But George has a different idea: he wants Frankie to go on her honeymoon. With him. For one week, to the lush rainforest and misty beaches of Tofino. He tells her he has a plan for healing her broken heart-but Frankie sees this for what it really is: one last chance to repair their friendship even if it means unearthing secrets and long buried feelings neither knows how to handle. Even if it means coming together, or falling apart, for good. PEOPLE LOVE CARLEY FORTUNE: ' Funny and sexy , this promises to be the escapist novel of the summer' HEAT 'A dreamy read full of romance ' VIP Magazine 'With summery weather, stunning sunsets and boat trips, it's impossible not to feel the holiday spirit while reading this book' Mirror ' Swoon-worthy , sun-drenched. . . Beautifully described scenery and a heart-fluttering friends-to-lovers story make this one of 2025's best romances .' Culturefly

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A novel to cure your Downton Abbey withdrawal . . . a delightful story about nontraditional romantic relationships, class snobbery and the everybody-knows-everybody complications of living in a small community."-The Washington Post The bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love on the eve of World War I that reaches far beyond the small English town in which it is set. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND NPR East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England's brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye. Agatha's husband works in the Foreign Office, and she is certain he will ensure that the recent saber rattling over the Balkans won't come to anything. And Agatha has more immediate concerns; she has just risked her carefully built reputation by pushing for the appointment of a woman to replace the Latin master. When Beatrice Nash arrives with one trunk and several large crates of books, it is clear she is significantly more freethinking-and attractive-than anyone believes a Latin teacher should be. For her part, mourning the death of her beloved father, who has left her penniless, Beatrice simply wants to be left alone to pursue her teaching and writing. But just as Beatrice comes alive to the beauty of the Sussex landscape and the colorful characters who populate Rye, the perfect summer is about to end. For despite Agatha's reassurances, the unimaginable is coming. Soon the limits of progress, and the old ways, will be tested as this small Sussex town and its inhabitants go to war. Praise for The Summer Before the War "What begins as a study of a small-town society becomes a compelling account of war and its aftermath."-Woman's Day "This witty character study of how a small English town reacts to the 1914 arrival of its first female teacher offers gentle humor wrapped in a hauntingly detailed story."-Good Housekeeping "Perfect for readers in a post-Downton Abbey slump . . . The gently teasing banter between two kindred spirits edging slowly into love is as delicately crafted as a bone-china teacup. . . . More than a high-toned romantic reverie for Anglophiles-though it serves the latter purpose, too."-The Seattle Times

All four books in Robert Muchamore's spectacular Rock War series Rock War (Book 1): Meet Jay. Summer. And Dylan. Jay plays guitar, writes songs and dreams of being a rock star. But his ambitions are stifled by seven siblings and a terrible drummer. Summer works hard at school, looks after her nan and has a one-in-a-million singing voice. But can her talent triumph over her nerves? Dylan is happiest lying on his bunk smoking, but his school rugby coach has other ideas, and Dylan reluctantly joins a band to avoid crunching tackles and icy mud. They're about to enter the biggest battle of their lives. And there's everything to play for. Boot Camp (Book 2): Jay, Summer, Dylan and their bands are headed for boot camp at uber-glamorous Rock War Manor. It's going to be six weeks of mates, music and non-stop partying as they prepare for stardom. But the rock-star life of music festivals and glitzy premieres isn't all it's cracked up to be. Can the bands hold it together long enough to make it through the last stage of the competition, or will there be meltdown? Gone Wild (Book 3): The Rock War TV show is the most-watched reality show on British telly, and it's only halfway through. Jay, Summer, Dylan and their bands have all made it past the tough boot camp stage, and now the last six will fight it out until the season's finale, live on Christmas Eve. But it's not all about the music. Summer was hit by a motorbike at the end of boot camp. Jay's brother, Theo, can't keep out of trouble - or out of handcuffs. And Dylan, the outsider, is investigating corruption within the workings of the competition itself. Crash Landing (Book 4): Jay, Summer and Dylan are fresh out of the biggest reality show there is. But they're about to discover what fame and fortune are really about. Jay's brother, Theo, is young, rich and famous: but is it making him happy? Summer's got to weather her one-star reviews and take her career back into her own hands. And Dylan might soon be seeing the world of show-business from the four walls of a prison cell. They've got everything to play for ... From the author of CHERUB and Henderson's Boys: find out more at rockwar.com Praise for the CHERUB series: 'Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true' - Sunday Express 'Crackling tension and high-octane drama' - Daily Mail 'A really good book that you could re-read over and over again' - Guardian 'Pacy writing, punchy dialogue and a gripping plot, it's got it all' - Daily Express 'Fast-moving action ... and cool gadgets!' - The Times

A three-book collection of age gap, off-limits attraction spicy bedtime reads! Before He Was Her Headmaster We met at a truck stop. The chemistry was immediate, and we both do something out of character: one night, no explanations. The next day, I arrive at my new private school. Now I'm the off-limits forbidden temptation Sebastian Craig can't forget, and we both try our best to behave. It works for a few weeks...until our secret cravings come tumbling out in the library after hours. How will we keep our private connection hidden until the end of the term? I want to be his sweet girl forever, but the age gap and responsibility of his job might be too much to overcome... Above the Shop He was my mom's high school boyfriend. I have seventeen dollars to my name and a one-way bus ticket to my new college town-two months early. Oh, and the name of a man I've never met scrawled on a piece of paper. Henry Wilde. But when I show up on his doorstep, he has no idea that my mom said I could stay with him. And he only has one bed. It's eight weeks until I can move onto campus. Eight weeks of living with him above his barbershop. So I'm going to make myself useful. Help him out and try not to pester him about what it will be like at college. Because this homeschooled girl has a lot of questions, but they're not appropriate for my de facto guardian. Not even if we're both consenting adults... Santa's Baby Ford Gamble is my dad's best friend. He's also the reclusive keeper of the Conception Ridge lighthouse. I remember a time when he was around more-the perfect, hotter-than-sin fodder for all my teenage fantasies. And if I'm being honest, for most of my fantasies since then too. . . Now there's just enough silver in his shock of sexy hair and thick beard that he looks a little like a hot forty-year-old Santa with six-pack abs. And that's what has me heading to the lighthouse on a dark, stormy Christmas Eve when the retirement home where I work needs a fill-in Mr. Claus for their annual celebration. Except I underestimate the bad weather. The next thing I know, I'm waking up in his bed, and I realize I may have revealed my forbidden fantasies to him in my feverish sleep. Can I convince him to finally let me call him Daddy Christmas? Or will he deny he shares my taboo feelings? Because I know Ford can't stop looking at me with a wild heat in his gaze. And my desperate Christmas wish is that he's thinking about corrupting his little, not-so-innocent angel.

From adventurer, explorer, photographer, writer, pied piper Peter Beard—eleven irresistible tales, told to his daughter in his tented encampment at Hog Ranch, Kenya, about life, about living, about Africa. He writes of the East African hills he came to know so well over four decades, where time slows to infinity in a great bottomless, bottle green underwater world . . . about Nairobi in the 1950s, still a quaint, eccentric pioneer town, full of characters of all stripes and tribes, where rhinoceros roamed the streets and local residents went to the movies in pajamas. He writes of the camp he built twelve miles outside of Nairobi so that he would never be off safari, a forty-acre patch of bush called Hog Ranch (abutting Karen Blixen's plantation), named for the families of warthogs who wandered into camp, a camp populated with waterbuck, suni, dik-diks, leopard, giraffe, and occasionally lion and buffalo. In "Big Pig at Hog Ranch;” Beard tells the story of Thaka (translation from the Kikuyu: "handsome stud”); Hog Ranch's number-one, fearsome, 300-pound warthog, who came into camp and dropped to the ground happy for a vigorous tummy rub, and who one night, "lying in his favorite position, munching on corn and barbeque chicken;” was encroached upon by a bristly haired, wild-looking boar hog. All three hundred pounds of Thaka exploded straight at the hairy intruder, the two brutish, bony heads crashing together thundering through the camp and Peter witnessed the unleashed power—the bullish strength—of the wild pig . . . In "Roping Rhino;” Beard tells of his first job in Africa, rounding up and relocating rhinos for the Kenya Game Department with his cohort and neighbor, a weather-beaten native of Old Kenya who thrived on danger and refused to bathe—and of the enormous silver-backed rhino bull that became their Moby Dick . . . He writes of his quest to photograph overpopulated and habitat-destroying elephants for Life magazine on the eve of Kenya's independence . . . of his close encounter with the legendary man-eating lions of "Starvo” (descendants of the famed beasts rumored to be immune to bullets, who in the late nineteenth century halted the construction of the Mombasa railroad, devouring railroad workers and snatching sleeping passengers from their Pullman berths in the dead of night to make a meal of them), who charged the author, "coming in slow motion, like a bullet train erupting out of a tunnel, soundless, like an ancient force.” He tells of his round-the-clock adventure tracking and studying crocodiles with a game warden-biologist at Lake Rudolf, a tale that begins with one crewmember being grabbed from behind by a ten-foot crocodile and another doing battle with an almost prehistoric monster fish—a 200-pound Great Nile perch! . . . and he writes of the final wildlife encounter that ended his safari days, an incident that proved Karen Blixen's motto: "Be bold, be bold . . . be not too bold.” Zara's Tales confirms to our constant surprise and delight that "nothing out of the ordinary happens. It's just Africa, after all.”