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For as long as they can remember, Aaron and Oliver have only ever had each other. In a small town with few queer teenagers, let alone young trans men, they’ve shared milestones like coming out as trans, buying the right binders—and falling for each other. But just as their relationship has started to blossom, Aaron moves away. Feeling adrift, separated from the one person who understands them, they seek solace in digging deep into the annals of America’s past.

A collection of true short stories based on the years that I have worked on the doors in the UK and abroad. This book is a real insight into the funny, tragic, and completely bizarre people and experiences encountered by a doorman.

Chance Hale is more interested in running around with women than following in his father's footsteps as head of the billion-dollar tech company Halcyon Enterprises. Called home for an important announcement, Chance seeks to liven up the weekend by bringing along an alluring young lady named Cadence Turing, who claims to be visiting his home planet, Arrhidaeus, from the planet Paraesepe. But when someone turns up murdered, all evidence points to Chance. Of all the house's guests, his weekend companion seems to believe she can prove his innocence, though she's hesitant to admit how.

Tot voor kort was Liz Dewhurst gelukkig. Ze woonde samen met haar man en zoon op de familieboerderij van haar man in Balmuir in Schotland, waar ze is geboren en getogen. Dan slaat het noodlot toe. Haar man gaat er vandoor met een andere vrouw, wat Liz ertoe dwingt met haar zoon terug te verhuizen naar de familieboerderij van haar vader - wat net aan de andere kant van het weiland van de familieboerderij van haar man ligt. Een paar maanden later komt de moeder van Liz te overlijden.

Author Robert Engelbart is slowly finding his feet in the picturesque village of Dapple Dyke. After a long period of writer's block, he had actually gotten busy with the Imperial typewriter, and to his own amazement, he now has a new book out, and as far as Robert is concerned, that is the end of the matter - that is, until his agent insists he attends the Tapmore Literary Festival to mix with the great and the good.

Garland Grove is far removed from sand, surf, and ski lodges. Farmers, small business owners, and Garland Grove Memorial Hospital have served the community for decades. Amy is excited for a holiday homecoming. For Dr. Andrew Bennett, Garland Grove is the place he goes to forget the past. An overbearing father and the crushing disappointment of a failed relationship brought him to town. He’s good at his job and puts it above everything else, including romance. Sparks fly from the moment Amy and Andrew meet, but not the kind ignited by romance.

"On m'avait prédit un avenir tout tracé, celui de régner sur Shanmara et ses dunes sacrées. Mais mon désir ne se tournait que vers la mer et les landes salées. Je n'aspirais qu'à voyager, à explorer... Je ne pensais pas que mon rêve s'accomplirait aussi vite, j'ignorais à quel point je regretterais mon destin d'héritier..." En tant que premier-né, Kylian voit son avenir tout tracé. Il est destiné à monter sur le trône de Shanmara, le grand Empire des Rois du Feu.

If Maxine could put her finger on the moment when her life went into a tailspin, she would point back 20 years to the day her daddy died. She tells herself he’s the only person who ever really knew and loved her, and if he hadn’t left her behind, her future would’ve taken a different path. No absentee mother, no stepfather, no rebellious ripping and running during her teenage years. And no JD, who gave her wandering young heart a home, at least for a time.

How does a cocoa bean become a delicious chocolate bar? Cocoa beans ripen. Workers open the pods. Next the sun dries the beans. The beans are roasted. Find out what step happens next in the process of making chocolate.

How does a tree become a baseball bat? First, a tree is cut into logs. Then logs are cut and shaped. Next a machine carves them. Then the bat is sanded. Follow the process step by step.

How do peanuts become creamy peanut butter? A farmer grows peanuts. The sun dries the plants. The peanuts are picked and sorted. Machines remove shells. Follow the process step by step as peanut butter is made.

How does a seed become a yummy ear of corn? A farmer plants seeds. The seeds change into plants. Plants grow. Soon cobs grow on the plants. Learn about the life cycle of corn step by step.

Chelsea Hamilton spent her life preparing to run the international clothing business her parents started, but she’s still caught off guard when she learns of her mother’s untimely death. When a stranger attempts to kill her, she realizes somebody doesn’t want her to inherit her legacy. Private Investigator Dylan O’Donnell spends his time searching for lost teens. He doesn’t know what to think of the beautiful woman seeking his services. Together, they dig into her family's secrets. The closer they get to the truth, the closer they grow to one another.

Olivia Lincoln has a plan guaranteed to get her life back on track. A plan that involves her best friend, Danny. And he’s on board, too...until she blurts out that they’re engaged and expecting a baby, and the news spreads like wildfire. The problem? Danny doesn’t do marriage. Or family. And everyone knows it, including Olivia.

"Zu sehr lieben" bedeutet etwas ganz anderes als "zu viele Männer lieben" oder "sich zu oft verlieben" oder "einen anderen Menschen zu aufrichtig und zu tief lieben". "Zu sehr lieben" bedeutet: sich für einen Menschen bis zur Selbstaufgabe verzehren, diese Besessenheit mit Liebe gleichsetzen, zulassen, dass sie die eigenen Gefühle und einen Großteil des Verhaltens bestimmt, erkennen, dass sie sich auf die eigene körperliche und seelische Gesundheit negativ auswirkt, und trotzdem nicht loslassen können. Es bedeutet, den Grad der Liebe zu einem anderen Menschen am Grad der mit ihr verbundenen Qualen zu messen.

On 10th November 1984 Laurie Tanner comes home to his farmhouse in country Victoria and finds Jenny, his wife, dead, her hand wrapped around the barrel of a bolt-action rifle. Her death was viewed as suicide. Deeply puzzled by the mass of anomalies in the case, Robin Bowles, a Melbourne company director, goes looking for answers. How, for instance, could Jenny have shot herself twice in the brain - after shooting both her hands first? What unfolds is a true-life detective story, a bizarre tangle of police bungles, cover-ups and family intrigue.

Lainey Frost finds herself embroiled in a dark mystery, one where choosing who to believe is paramount and putting her faith in the wrong person could turn out to be a fatal mistake. Can Lainey trust her haunted heart, or will that trust be buried deep in the cold, iron-hard ground to be hidden forever by the never-ending silent fall of white? After all, some secrets are never to be told.

How does hot wax become a colorful crayon? First wax is melted. Then a worker adds color. Next the wax is shaped. Soon the wax hardens. Discover all the steps in the process of making a crayon.

Robin Dunbar is the world-renowned psychologist and author who famously discovered Dunbar's number: how our capacity for friendship is limited to around 150 people. In Friends, he looks at friendship in the round, at the way different types of friendship and family relationships intersect, or at the complex of psychological and behavioural mechanisms that underpin friendships and make them possible - and just how complicated the business of making and keeping friends actually is.

Longtime detective Stanford Carter and his wife, forensic scientist Jill Seacrest, have always felt one was the yin to the other's yang. Carter is formal, logical, detached, and incredibly reserved. As team leader, he displays an unflagging commitment to duty, a keen sense of logic and strategy, and the poker face of a true champion. Despite his ardent desire to learn the secrets of the universe and its plan for us all, the introspective student of Zen demonstrates an extraordinary inability to understand himself or anyone else.