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Mizuki is a Japanese housewife. She has a hardworking husband, two adorable children, and a beautiful Tokyo apartment. It’s everything a woman could want, yet sometimes she wonders whether she would rather throw herself off the high-rise balcony than spend another evening not talking to her husband and hanging up laundry.

Constance Chatterley seeks to escape from the confines of a loveless marriage and the upper class surroundings that suffocate her. When she meets the gamekeeper of Chatterley mansion, Oliver Mellors, she is mesmerised and infatuated by his no-nonsense demeanour and passionate touch. The two soon forge a profound bond as a result of their sexual compatibility and sociopolitical views.

Dalena, Lili, Finn und Anton sind Schülerinnen und Schüler auf dem Internat Schloss Sommerberg, das idyllisch in der Nähe eines Sees und umgeben von Wäldern und Wiesen liegt. Die vier sind sehr verschieden: Finn mit seiner Liebe für Motoren und den wuscheligen Hund der Schulköchin Sponschdog, die naturverbundene, verträumte Dalena, die etwas verpeilte Lili, die man kaum irgendwo ohne ihr Strickzeug antrifft, und der ruhige und schlaue Anton. Dass aus ihnen einmal Freunde werden, erwartet zunächst niemand.

“How do I become more confident?” is the question Lydia Fenet hears almost every time she speaks to women across the country. Navigating a two-decade career at the world’s leading auction house while raising three children, Lydia had her own journey of learning self-assurance. Through stories of overcoming challenges in both her work and personal lives, she demonstrates that confidence isn’t something that only some people are born with; rather, it’s inside every one of us, waiting to be claimed.

Natalia continues her journey through the 1950s with a trip to Broadway and Washington, DC.

The year 1954. Natalia Morrow is 13 and already turning heads. Her crush on Tobias French has become worse and her inability to separate fact from fantasy has her parents concerned. The French family has lost it all. Their greed and thirst for power has cost them everything, including their home and possessions. But Tobias believes his father has money hidden away. After all, he does. It doesn't matter that the money is stolen.... He still has it stashed away. Across the pond in French Indochina, Nick and Demmie Morrow are still fighting to keep the US out of the war.

Natalia Morrow is 15. Her relationship with Tobias isn't all what it seems. As Thanksgiving nears, America officially goes to Vietnam, Toby plots his revenge, and Toffer realizes his life is almost over. J. Edgar (Eddie) Hoover and Clyde Tolson hide their relationship while running the FBI. But in Washington, secrets never remain secrets...

Historical fiction based in the 1950s. Follows one family through the turbulent 50s as rivalries are born and the political and social environment changes.

The 1950s. A time of fantasy and darkness, the "red scare" is in full swing, and McCarthy is hunting imaginary enemies. The federal and state investigations into French Industries are also in full swing. America is also about to get more involved in the French Indochina war. For Natalia Morrow, things are about to change. New members are about to be added to the play she calls her family's life....

It is the summer of 1950, and the Red Scare is in full swing. One family has found itself in the cross hairs of enemies because of its unconventional social views. With this interracial family, it is time to stand up and fight...or be destroyed. Caught in the middle is Natalia Morrow. At nine, she is more concerned with boys and makeup than with the state of the world around her. But events will force her to wake up from her idyllic dreamland and face reality.

This trip was a chance to reconnect away from our busy lives. The five of us used to be so close—going right back to our college days, when we shared a rickety house and all our favorite clothes, as well as every high and low of our lives—but that was then. Now, the thought of three days in a small cabin far from anywhere, surrounded only by water and trees, with my four oldest friends makes my stomach sink and my hands sweat. Because if they knew what I’d done—the betrayals I’ve committed—they’d never forgive me. And neither would you.

On the eve of his father's death, Tobias does the unthinkable and flees to the military with his gang. With very little training, they are delivered to Vietnam and the Morrow brothers for punishment. The first of which is detox from drugs. Back in Des Moines, Natalia Morrow's world has been shattered and things have become darker.

Evelyn Maltravers understands exactly how little she's worth on the marriage mart. As an incurable bluestocking from a family tumbling swiftly toward ruin, she knows she'll never make a match in a ballroom. Her only hope is to distinguish herself by making the biggest splash in the one sphere she excels: on horseback. In haute couture. But to truly capture London's attention she'll need a habit-maker who's not afraid to take risks with his designs - and with his heart.

This riveting new history shows how having an empire and losing it has shaped modern Britain. Drawing on a mass of original research into the thoughts and feelings of the British people, pop culture, sport and media, Imperial Island tells a story of people on the move and of people trapped in the past, of the end of empire and the birth of multiculturalism, a chronicle of violence and a testament to togetherness. It is the story that best explains Britain today.

Die Lage in New America hat sich grundlegend verändert. Standen die Träger außergewöhnlicher Fähigkeiten bis eben noch an der Spitze der Gesellschaft, werden sie nun vom Staat selbst verfolgt. Dass Malia unter ihnen zusätzlich eine Besonderheit darstellt, scheint sich wie ein Fluch auf sie zu legen. Wieder einmal ist es ihr ehemaliger Mentor Chris, der sie vor dem Schlimmsten bewahrt, aber seine Nähe entfacht ein Feuer in ihr, das nichts mehr mit ihrem Element zu tun hat.

Endlich hat Malia herausgefunden, was in Chris' Vergangenheit geschehen ist und ihn zu dem gemacht hat, was er ist. Doch im Gegensatz zu seinen Erwartungen lässt sie dieses Wissen nur umso mehr an ihn und ihre gemeinsame Zukunft glauben. Denn Malia ist mehr als bereit, ihre Liebe zu Chris unter Beweis zu stellen. Während der Kampf zwischen den außergewöhnlichen Elementträgern und dem Rest der Welt seinen finalen Höhepunkt erreicht, setzt sie auf die allerletzte Karte, die ihnen noch bleibt.

Die Magie von Feuer und Eis. Schon seit sie denken kann, hat Prinzessin Avianna eine große Bestimmung: den Thron des Wüstenreichs zu besteigen. Doch dies ist an eine Bedingung geknüpft. Nur wer in der Lage ist, die Magie des Feuers zu beherrschen, ist auch würdig das Land Iralia zu regieren. Für Avianna scheint dies aber zu einer unüberwindbaren Hürde zu werden, denn so sehr sie sich auch bemüht, die Flammen wollen ihr nicht gehorchen. Als ihr Vater, der König, davon erfährt, kommt es zum Unvermeidlichen.

Suite à une rupture, Alicia se rend à une fête de la Saint-Jean avec son meilleur ami, Alex. Pendant leur trajet en voiture, Alicia commence à voir son ami d’enfance d’une manière totalement différente. Qu’est-ce que ça ferait de sentir son corps chaud et musclé collé contre le sien ? Mais Alex, fraîchement casé, est tout simplement hors de portée. Pourtant, en arrivant à la fête, Alicia constate que tous les invités sont très chaleureux. Trop chaleureux... Cette journée de la Saint-Jean s’annonce mémorable.

Quatre hommes en uniforme, la chemise légèrement déboutonnée, sont plongés dans une discussion intense au coin du feu. Une certaine tension érotique s’est infiltrée dans la pièce. L’ennemi a envoyé une espionne découvrir tous leurs secrets. La rumeur raconte qu’elle utilise l’art de la séduction pour obtenir ce qu’elle désire. Excités et fascinés, ces quatre soldats cherchent des réponses. Qui est-elle ? Comment fait-elle ? Les histoires qui entourent cette femme et ses conquêtes sexuelles sont nombreuses et détaillées.

« C’est si mal, se dit-elle en laissant ses doigts explorer sa peau. Si mal mais si bon. L’espace d’un instant, elle oublie que des centaines de regards sont posés sur elle. Il n’y a plus que le bruit de sa respiration et la sensation de ses doigts glissant vers sa culotte. »