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Following the death of her abusive ex-boyfriend Malcom, Astra Meredith DuPont moves to a neighboring town in pursuit of a quiet, sedentary lifestyle as an author. While dealing with the traumas of her past, she can't seem to shake off the writer's block that's been eating away at her…that is until she meets Dr. Noah Praigale, the kind-hearted veterinarian who manages to awaken something beneath the surface. With every chance encounter that pulls the pair together, lines of the past begin to blur, challenging everything she knows about intimacy and love.

Acts of Supremacy traces the ugly, and harrowing details of my Court-martial in the Spring of 1990, after I had annoyed an admiral who then orchestrated a full-on, "50 to 1" campaign against me. Further, it describes how our system of military justice initially came about, the various years of appeal that I pursued to attempt to secure an exoneration from these charges, the crime of forgery that took place during the course of the Court-martial itself (an act which today is still unprosecuted), and finally, what concrete steps of reform might be put in place so that a greater, transparent system of military justice might be achieved for all future sailors and soldiers, so that they do not have to endure what I did.

Topspanning van de bestsellerauteur van Zussen en Zijn nieuwe vriendin. Kate was nooit van plan jong moeder te worden, maar toen het toch gebeurde wist ze zeker dat ze haar kind alle liefde zou geven die ze zelf had gemist. Jaren later is haar baby Becky uitgegroeid tot een sterke jonge vrouw die hard op weg is een geweldige onderzoeksjournalist te worden. Dan slaat het noodlot toe en heeft Kate nog maar één doel: erachter komen wat er met haar dochter is gebeurd. Welk schandaal was Becky op het spoor en zou het kunnen dat deze wrede speling van het lot geen ongeluk was?

Serena Chasey has nowhere left to go; she’s run out of places to hide. She takes her father’s advice and heads for Montana to stay at her family’s lake house on Flathead Lake, the last place anyone would look for her. She’s desperate to start over, desperate to feel normal after the nightmare she’s lived for the last three years.

Sophie doesn’t sing, not since that day. The day her world was turned upside down and living amongst the shadows now seemed like her only option. But out of the ashes, hope can arise. To protect her heart and mind, Sophie starts a new life and tries to forget. But distancing herself from the past always comes at a price.

Methuen Pryce has arrived with his wife and daughter on the remote Caribbean island of Phillips Cay. It is 2050. He is there to lead a Project–devised by the tech giant Allied Answers–aimed at creating a new type of sustainable society, in a world re-shaped by overpopulation, rising pollution and depleted resources. On the quayside, he discovers an ‘AI gift’ from Nick O’Grady, the founder of Allied. ‘That will help you on your Way’, an attached note reads–referring to Methuen’s novel approach to implementing the Project Plan.

PARAÍSO E INFIERNO PUEDEN IR DE LA MANO... ... Y LA PAREJA “PERFECTA” ESTÁ A PUNTO DE DESCUBRIRLO. Lucía se convierte, en menos de dos meses, en la cuarta víctima del misterioso Asesino del Guante. Información filtrada a la prensa y muchas especulaciones, pero nada lo suficientemente revelador para los inspectores Vega Martín y Daniel Haro, hasta que una cámara de seguridad ubicada en el lugar idóneo los acercará a la sorprendente verdad.

Francis Parkman was a noted 19th Century American historian who wrote widely about the American West.

It’s springtime again after a long silent winter. The trees, flowers, and woodland animal’s return, filling the forest with their beauty. Soon the rainbow-haired people of the valley will gather together to celebrate their traditions. This sparkling celebration will be dedicated to the violet-haired people and the return of their leader’s daughter, Violet. The woodcutters are busy at work. Their lives depend on the natural resources of the forest and the villagers depend on them for their works, crafts, and services. In the southern region of the forest live a group of mischievous fairies.

Em 2022, Franco Munhoz transforma, novamente, palavras em palcos–ou palcos em palavras?–para forjar e encenar Lanternas ao nirvana. Entrelaçando poesia e dramaturgia, o autor segue investigando luzes e sombras: incididas tanto nas minúcias do ser humano quanto na expansão da linguagem.

A Revolutionary Friendship captures the dramatic, challenging, and poignant reality that there was no single founding ideal-only compromise between friends and sometime rivals.

Pope Francis shares wisdom and encouragement to help listeners seek God's will and His best. The short, accessible chapters distill His message into bite-sized readings that can be listened to all at once or in daily segments. This collection of inspiring pieces reminds listeners that God cares and wants us to live well and love well. God wants us to be happy.

What is Political Science? Within human society, it is customary to distinguish between the following spheres: economic, political, social, and spiritual. The political sphere is important in that it involves and determines the interactions of different political powers. This understanding lies at the foundation of any political analysis of public life. Politics as a specific sector within human society is as old as it is modern. Many famous statesmen and scientists are credited as the authors of laws and political systems.

Um dos maiores escritores da literatura russa, reconhecido mundialmente, Lev Tolstói foi mestre do romance do século XIX reconhecido também pela narrativa curta. Nesta novela – considerada uma das mais perfeitas já escritas –, Tolstói narra a história de Ivan Ílitch, juiz de instrução que, depois de alcançar uma vida confortável, descobre que tem uma grave doença. A partir daí, ele passa a refletir sobre o sentido de sua existência, numa experiência-limite de rara força poética, que só a grande literatura consegue traduzir.

In August, eight friends gather at a house in the Cambridgeshire countryside for a week-long artists retreat. There is painting by the pool or writing in the shady corners of the garden and inside the spectacular 18th-century home. In the evenings, there are communal drinks, dinner outdoors, midnight swimming, games. But someone is playing a game the others don't understand, meddling with their work and appearing to lurk on the edges of the retreat. As tensions rise over the seven days, desire and deceit rise to the surface and all their lives will change forever.

Indu loves learning ballet at Shimmer & Shine, her local community dance school. Unlike her friends, she doesn't want to be a principal dancer when she grows up, and she's a bit scared of being on stage, but it's still one of her favourite hobbies. Until Miss Diamond announces that this term they'll be putting on a performance of Cinderella! Suddenly everyone's talking about what lead role they want and how fun it will be to dance for an audience, and Indu is feeling nervous and left out.

First published in 1911, The Screaming Skull, is a charming little tale of murder and revenge from beyond the tomb. The Screaming Skull is a paranormal object, a human skull which per legend speaks, screams, or otherwise haunts its environs. The Screaming Skull haunts the house in which it is closeted in a sealed hatbox.

In 1894, American writer Francis Marion Crawford published the popular novel "The Upper Berth." "Mr Crawford's weird story of the Upper Berth is no doubt one of the best ghost stories we have had .... It is a novelty in the literature of supernatural. Crawford treats his subject a vigor and a realism that will make the flesh of ordinary reader creep and will stir the nerves even the most hardened and skeptical." Every now and again, the smell sea water permeates the air, as if the cabin had been flooded and never properly repaired.

Life as a Casketeer reveals how Francis and Kaiora grew up in families that had few possessions but were rich with love and tikanga, and how they came to work in their often misunderstood profession. It's also a book about the Maori world view and traditional funeral customs. The Tipenes make death feel less mysterious and life feel more precious.

An immersive historical drama about a young mother who starts a new life with her son in New York after faking their deaths on the Titanic—the U.S. debut of acclaimed British novelist Frances Quinn.