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She’s a city girl looking for change. He’s an ex-soldier looking for stability. What happens when fate brings them together? After a tough breakup, author Amanda Anderson swears off men forever. When a pink envelope finds its way to her, offering a charming cabin on a vast piece of land in the mountains of Aspen Cove, she heads west, looking to start over—alone. But when she arrives at the dilapidated cabin, she is faced with more than she can handle, so she enlists the help of the only person available: a sexy bartender who offers free labor in exchange for a place to stay.

Dit jaar worden er ter ere van de Kwartskwelling twee keer zoveel tributen de afgrijselijke arena in gestuurd worden. Wanneer zijn naam tijdens de ceremonie wordt geroepen verandert die droom in een nachtmerrie. Hij wordt onmiddellijk afgevoerd naar het Capitool, samen met drie andere tributen: een jeugdvriendin die als een zus voor hem is, een geobsedeerde bookmaker, en het meest verwaande meisje van de stad. Zodra de Spelen beginnen, beseft Haymitch dat hij gedoemd is te verliezen. Maar iets in hem wil vechten… En hij wil dat zijn strijd tot ver buiten die dodelijke arena nagalmt.

Some days, the storm lives inside you. The overthinking. The racing heart. The need to prove, fix, hide, or keep going when all you want is to pause. If your mind never quiets and rest feels unreachable, this audiobook was created for you. Designed for Black women who carry unspoken stress, this is a space to untangle the mental knots that come from years of pressure, performance, and emotional suppression.

Eine Reihe von Raubüberfällen, eine Leiche und ein Rätsel, das unlösbar scheint: Der spannende zweite Teil der Cosy-Crime-Reihe um den kleinen Antiquitätenladen. Henriettas gemütliches Antiquitätengeschäft in Hearts Grove bereitet sich auf die Hauptsaison vor. Doch ausgerechnet kurz vor der geschäftigsten Zeit des Jahres wird ihr beschaulicher Laden von einer Reihe Raubüberfällen heimgesucht. Plötzlich wird nicht nur die Herkunft einiger ihrer wertvollen Schätze infrage gestellt, sondern auch noch ihre Geduld auf die Probe.

Als eine wertvolle Antiquität mit einem mysteriösen Vermisstenfall in Verbindung steht, findet sich Henrietta schneller in einem echten Kriminalfall wieder, als sie es sich je erträumt hätte. Plötzlich gibt es mehr Fragen als Antworten und ein tödlicher Zwischenfall erschüttert das Städtchen rund um Henriettas Laden.

Looking behind his plane, first class airman Shigenori Nishikaichi sees his Japanese Zero fighter plane has a bullet hole in the gas tank. As gasoline pours from his aircraft fresh off the second wave of attacks on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941, he realizes he must crash land to avoid falling into the ocean. Shigenori desperately guides his fighter plane to the designated crash landing spot on the island of Niihau, which is believed to be uninhabited. He is knocked unconscious landing on the forbidden island.

In the future, the world is ruled by giant women and men are simply an afterthought. Maria Rios is the new United States' president who wishes to usher in a new era—one that is gentler than those passing. But her cabinet might have other plans. Come sit in one of President Rios's cabinet meetings!

There are few names in the annals of military history that evoke such emotion, and in some cases controversy, as the small Belgian town of Bastogne. The 101st Airborne are the best known defenders of Bastogne, but they only constituted one third of the eventual force that saved the city from total annihilation. This book digs deeper into the defense of Bastogne, revealing more details about those indomitable "Screaming Eagles" and the other units that stood with them during that punishingly bitter cold winter of 1944/45.

Avoir comme nouveau Boss son ex-sex-friend, check. Omettre de lui parler de son fils de cinq ans, double check... Lui cacher qu’il en est le papa, triple check... Lily a un poste de rêve : directrice financière d'une société de cosmétiques bio. Suite à la crise actuelle, Durasex, plus grosse entreprise de préservatifs au monde, les sauve d'une fermeture certaine en les rachetant. Tout irait donc pour le mieux si son nouveau Boss, Thomas Savage, n'était pas son ex-sex-friend, celui qui lui a fait tourner la tête et le coeur pendant ses études. Thomas, l'homme le plus sexy qu'elle ait rencontré.

Dans une société américaine à peine affranchie de ses lois racistes, les Afro-Américains, en exerçant leurs droits civiques, peuvent enfin accéder à leur vie. Cette nouvelle liberté suscite une exaltation et un bouillonnement racontés par Kathleen Collins à travers les relations amoureuses et filiales d'une femme noire, installée à New York. Mais être soi, c'est inévitablement faire l'expérience de la différence, d'une autre vie, et parfois d'une autre couleur de peau.

Raised in a dysfunctional family, Felicity must fight for survival. But she has a dream. She yearns to be a dancer in one of London’s West End shows. Yet it seems as if she must deal with disappointment when the reality doesn’t seem possible. However, deciding the rejection is caused by her body shape, she begins to diet stringently, eventually becoming bulimic, meaning she has another battle to fight.

Vei dezlega misterul „Hărții", un traseu bazat pe concepte esențiale dezvoltate de-a lungul a peste 40 de ani de studii, pentru a-ți conduce întreprinderea în punctul în care să poată livra rezultate superioare și să se facă remarcată pe termen lung. Vei descoperi noi interpretări ale faimosului concept dezvoltat de Collins în scrierile sale, „mai întâi, cine", și de ce norocul este de partea celor perseverenți.

Build a Life You Love with Your Inherited Wealth—Without Losing Yourself. You inherited wealth—so why do you feel so lost? Statistics show that most inheritances are gone within three generations, and nearly 90% of lottery winners go broke within five years. Trust fund recipients and inheritors often struggle in silence, feeling lost, guilty, and unsure of what to do with their wealth. Doors of opportunity are open, but without purpose, financial literacy, and a plan, even great wealth can lead to self-destruction.

Years after a virus leaves many people at only four inches tall, Libby has found that dating people her own size is boring. She checks out SizeUp, a dating site that matches tiny people with regular-sized ones. She meets a colossal beauty named Rose and thinks it's going well. At least until Rose starts to become increasingly commanding. It's clear that Libby has bitten off more than she can chew, and although she likes being dominated, she's learning it's just in theory, and Rose operates in practicality . . .

In the 1800s, the moist soil of the Midwest would stick to plow blades, stopping the farmers as they plowed. Young blacksmith John Deere knew about the problem, so he designed and built a self-scouring plow. With this small start, he founded the famous farm implement company Deere & Company and started down the road to success.

In dieser Romantasy-Geschichte verbirgt ein mysteriöser Spiegel nicht nur die Wahrheit, sondern auch unzählige Lügen – und er verändert mein Leben für immer. Ich stecke voller Abenteuerlust, habe gerade mein Studium in London abgeschlossen und träume davon, die Welt zu entdecken. Doch meine Pläne zerschlagen sich, als ein scheinbar harmloser Spiegel mich in eine düstere, geheimnisvolle Welt zieht. Durch den Spiegel lerne ich Nikita kennen – einem Vampir, dessen Absichten ebenso faszinierend wie undurchschaubar sind.

Marc Bennetts, foreign correspondent for The Times and The Sunday Times, moved to Russia in the chaotic yet free final years of President Yeltsin's rule. Twenty-five years later, The Times pulled him out of Russia over concerns for his security following his arrest in Moscow at a protest against the war in Ukraine. From the "wild" 1990s in Moscow to narrowly escaping death under fire in Ukraine, The Descent is a unique and personal diary of how Russia spiraled into violent insanity.

First published in 1876, Wilkie Collins’s The Two Destinies follows the lives of childhood friends George and Mary. George is the son of a nobleman, while Mary is the daughter of the nobleman’s bailiff. As the friends grow older and closer, George’s father, determined to end their affair, dismisses the bailiff and moves George to America. Years later, George returns to his native Suffolk to track down his former love. Although she has long gone, he remains determined to find Mary at all costs. But are the two lovers destined to find each other again?

Archie Legge is a successful hypnotherapist…and a recovering drug addict. Stuck in a mundane cycle of sessions for weight loss and smoking cessation, he becomes intrigued by the question: what happens to a person's soul when they temporarily lose consciousness? His investigations bring startling results, and suddenly Archie is addicted to something else–discovering the truth behind these ethereal adventures.

Beth has been the GEM--Giantess Execution Marshall--for many years. She's seen the worst of the worst. But when Timothy Braxton shows up for his scheduled execution, she realizes she doesn't have what it takes to end him. He's a kindred spirt. The two are just alike . . .