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In this memoir, Jeanne proves her mission statement: success requires perseverance and vulnerability. From the trials of childhood to the rush of romance; from the crush of heartbreak to the nervous excitement of two major pivots in her career—listeners will relate to Jeanne’s honest and heartfelt insights on growing up, motherhood, love, and, yes, interior design.

This beautifully illustrated work captivates listeners as it chronicles life as a process and a journey. When we slow down and take one step at a time, we are better able to navigate and embrace life’s unlimited possibilities with grace and confidence. One Step in Front of the Other offers a poignant message not only for the young, but for all ages.

From “The Godfather of FI”, a follow-up to his international best-selling personal finance sensation The Simple Path to Wealth! Pathfinders brings together scores of amazing and insightful real-life stories from real people on the journey to financial independence—providing practical encouragement and inspiration for anyone who wants to join them.

Mr Rayburn, a widower, and his young daughter, Lucy, first meet Mrs Zant in Kensington Gardens. She is oblivious to their presence and appears to be in some sort of trance. When they next meet she astounds Rayburn with her explanation: she is convinced that a vision of her recently deceased husband had come to her with a warning...

Never-married, retired librarian Elsa Buchanan isn’t known for subtlety; she’s known for getting her way. Aging and in questionable health, she’s worried her time for falling in love is overdue. Always up for a challenge, she sets her eyes on irascible Trenton Van der Veen, who is like a first-edition hardback book—quality through and through but showing a lifetime of wear and tear. Can she crack through his binding to enter his heart, or will she have to return him for a newer edition?

Rosamond Frankland has married the love of her life, Leonard, who is blind. They have bought Porthgenna Tower, the manor where Rosamond grew up and where her mother died 20 years earlier. What they don't know is the dark secret that hovers over her family, that house, and the stories about a woman's ghost that haunts the north rooms. Is this a ghost story, a love story, a story with a tragic ending, or a lovely one?

Giant women are desperate for their help. Their species, made entirely of females, is close to going extinct. They need the men’s genetic material to keep their civilization going.

After discovering the secret to ultimate power, Paula destroyed civilization in hopes of building it back better. She’s left the destruction behind for a peaceful life. And now, she’s willing to talk to a journalist. Mike has come to Paula’s elusive island. He plans to interview her, but Paula’s interests don’t end at telling her story. She wants a tiny man to enjoy....

What is the essence of charismatic Christianity, a renewal movement that stresses the Holy Spirit's work, the church's use of spiritual gifts, and the significance of the supernatural? Helen Collins gives a novel summary explanation drawn from the spiritual gifts. Through Scripture and doctrinal reflection, she shows that charismatic spirituality is a coherent, reasonable, and rich tradition with much to offer.

After decades searching the globe for the undead monster who remade her in his image, Sonja Blue has found something resembling peace with the psychic detective Palmer and the unearthly child called Lethe, even though The Other—the demonic entity that shares her body—remains a constant threat to everyone she cares about. However, once she learns that Sir Morgan is behind a string of murders in New York City involving women who bear an uncanny resemblance to herself, Sonja abandons her self-made family for the Big Apple.

There are a million ways to end up in the Alien Bride Lottery, but it takes only one. Every unmarried female human over the age of 21 gets entered once a year. You can also accept extra entries for legal infractions—instead of paying a parking fine, for example, you can request an extra entry. Lots of women do that. I mean, why not? The chances are astronomical that your name will get chosen to be one of the hundred or so women who get shipped off to space every year.

In order to be a part of the Billionaire Girls Club, applicants must have at least one billion dollars in the bank. Charlotte Winters, the unofficial leader of this brat pack, is in search of a new thrill. Her father’s company has created a serum with an interesting side effect--it shrinks someone to five inches tall. With the entire trust fund squad assembled, she lures an unsuspecting guy to the clubhouse, shrinks him, then introduces him to the fun world of sizeplay....

Sandy built a grow ray and she knows it works, but she still wants to test it...for fun. Brooke needs money, so she answers an ad in a paper, not knowing what she's getting herself into.

In the future, after men have been deemed a menace to society and are thus shrunken down to insect size, Belle Hargrave decides to open a restaurant devoted to the enjoyment of these nonessential creatures. She opens Belle's Place to a select few women to show off her delicious meals. Will they love it? Or will they find that consuming tiny men only lights a fire in their arousal?

Kai and Tam arrived on Earth with the hopes of finding a new home. But humans don’t like it when giants destroy everything in their path. Now that they’ve become irradiated, Kai and Tam can destroy twice as efficiently!

Present Day. When Hanna returns to Norfolk from years working abroad, the strange dreams of her adolescence return: indistinct figures in tunics, mighty soldiers in armour, gladiators, temples, an Iceni warrior woman leading her people. Gradually Hanna’s dreams begin to slip into the present as visions in the famous mists rolling across the fens, and as shocks of recognition when a new face moves to her childhood home. As Hanna realises that she has a connection with a tragedy that occurred many years before, so Brea has to understand that her fate is bound up with her Roman master.

Rätselhafte Dinge geschehen im Unterland. Erst diese verschlüsselte Botschaft und dann das mysteriöse Verschwinden der Huscher. Gregor und seine Freunde machen sich große Sorgen um die Mäuse und wollen der Sache auf den Grund gehen. Doch das erweist sich sehr schnell als äußerst gefährlich. Auf ihrer Suche treffen sie nämlich nicht nur auf angriffslustige Riesenskorpione. Sie begegnen auch dem Fluch - jener Ratte, deren Leben Gregor damals aus Mitleid verschont hat.

Der Fluch, die weiße Ratte, will zum letzten, vernichtenden Schlag gegen das Unterland ausholen. Fieberhaft versuchen Gregor und seine Freunde, den Code zu knacken, mit dem die Ratten sich verständigen. Denn nur dann wird es Gregor gelingen, das Land und mit ihm Luxa, die er liebt, zu retten. Das Finale: Gregor, der Retter! Nachschub für alle Unterland-Fans. Aufwendige szenische Lesung mit Musik und mehr als 20 Sprechern.

In the expert hands of two of the mystery world's top storytellers, being a housewife takes on a whole new meaning. These original stories explore the dark side of the housewife psyche and are guaranteed to delight. But be cautioned: These stories—"GDMFSOB" by Nevada Barr (author of the Anna Pigeon series) and "Acid Test" by Sara Paretsky (author of the V.I. Warshawski novels)—are meant to be listened to alone while sipping a glass of wine.

Jared has always been unlucky with the ladies. It took a while to realize he just didn’t know how to please them. But his longtime friend Lilly has the solution. Her company has developed the Bedroom Helper, a shrinking potion that lets men get little and get right to the spots the ladies love the most! Lilly allows a demonstration of her formula—and her body. Will Jared figure out how to please a lady at such a small size?