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Men tremble at the sound of their names while women run, their lives flashing before their eyes. They’re the monsters under your bed, the boogeymen in your closet. Every living soul fears them. They’re relentless and they’re coming to play. They’re the sons of the most notorious mafia boss, the leader of the DeAngelis Family, and they’ve just set their twisted sights on me. They stalked me through my apartment, haunted my hallways, and crippled me with fear. They led me straight into their trap and captured me as though they had every right.

The average person with periods goes through more than four hundred menstrual cycles in their lifetime–over four hundred cycles of changing hormones that impact mood, energy levels, productivity, appetite, metabolism, sleep, connection, and more. Yet we don’t learn enough about periods. The Period Literacy Handbook is a comprehensive guide to menstrual health that weaves together menstrual biology, naturopathic and conventional medicine, the world's socio-political landscape, advocacy tools, and practical strategies for more peaceful periods.

Slade Cruz is the devil. He’s intimidating, sexy as sin, and unpredictably wild. His eyes draw me in while his vicious smirk screams at me to run and never look back. I’m a toy to him, a pawn to use in his devilish games. I’ve already suffered through hell and back and if it’s games he wants then it’s games he’ll get, but he should be warned, this time it’s my turn to play the lead. This time, I get to be the devil.

After a normal, healthy, full-term pregnancy, Margaret Moore's parents Anne and Terrence were shocked as a prolapsed umbilical cord left their daughter unable to breathe on her own. Margaret, nicknamed Meg, was not expected to live through the night and began to breathe on her own by the next day—a phenomenon that medical personnel deemed a miraculous recovery. Meg came home with a physical disability Cerebral Palsy and permanent dependence on others for help with feeding, dressing, hygiene, and transfers to and from her wheelchair and walker.

«Abbiamo tutti in mente la tipica immagine di uno stato autocratico. C'è un cattivo al vertice, che controlla l'esercito e la polizia. L'esercito e la polizia minacciano il popolo con la violenza. Ci sono collaboratori malvagi, e magari qualche coraggioso dissidente.» Tuttavia, per Anne Applebaum, saggista e vincitrice del premio Pulitzer, questa convinzione diffusa altro non è che un anacronismo. Nel XXI secolo, infatti, una simile rappresentazione delle Autocrazie ha scarsa attinenza con la realtà e per di più ne ignora del tutto l'evoluzione.

The heart doesn’t forget. Charlie had no intention of falling in love. In fact, it was the last thing on her mind. Running her grandmother’s retirement home seems like the safest place for her. Mitchell has finally located his grandmother. He leaves his multi-billion-dollar real estate company and flies to Sitka, Alaska to reunite with her. Brought together by Mitchell’s grandmother, Charlie can’t help but feel a connection to Mitchell. Just when she finds herself opening up to him, his fiancée shows up. Now asked to help with the wedding, Charlie’s convinced it’s for the best.

Zoomi and Zoe were proud to conquer their first Tricky Turnaround together, but the second book in the series brings more changes for the new friends: Zoomi and Zoe are both going to be big siblings! Zoomi thought her family was pretty great as it was, but then her parents bring home a new baby. (In Zoomi’s humble opinion, Fizzle is very boring and kind of rude.) Meanwhile, Zoe’s dads have a wonderful surprise: Zoe is going to be a big sister, too! But Zoe’s new brother doesn’t seem to like her very much. Why does he keep crying when Zoe is around?

For thirty years Anne Enright has been paying attention: casting her lucid and distinctive gaze across the world, literature and her own life, and gifting us with her precise insights. These essays, collated from across Anne Enright's career, take us from Galway to Honduras, from keen-eyed memoir to urgent political writing.

Das Kinderheim „Frühlingssonne“ am Rande von Oslo hat einen neuen Mitbewohner. Dem zwölfjährigen Olav fällt es schwer, sich in die Regeln des beinahe idyllischen Lebens in der alten Villa einzufügen, und mit Erschrecken stellt die Leiterin Agnes Vestavik fest, etwas in seinen Augen zu entdecken, was sie bei einem Kind bisher noch nie gesehen hat: Hass. Eines Tages ist Olav verschwunden und Agnes Vestavik wird tot an ihrem Schreibtisch aufgefunden–erstochen mit einem Küchenmesser. Die frisch zur Hauptkommissarin ernannte Hanne Wilhelmsen macht sich auf die Suche nach dem Jungen.

In this memoir-style collection of Friday night shenanigans, Kerry Anne Boer invites you into the kitchen, onto the couch, and sometimes under the table, where laughter echoes louder than logic and the tassie oak dining table bears witness to everything from meticulous Greek salads to impromptu dance-offs.

In this final book of The Long Paw of the Law series, Ashley and Sean have settled into married life back in Comfortville. It's the start of a busy holiday season and the couple are hard at work catering parties and filling orders at Babycakes bakery. One late fall morning, a body is discovered high up on a ridge above town. That news triggers a chain of events that re-opens an investigation into a forty-year-old murder case that has gone cold.

Les Dieux ont menti : Perséphone n'a jamais été kidnappée ni retenue aux Enfers par Hadès. Elle s'y est précipitée. Vous pensez que Perséphone a été kidnappée par Hadès et retenue aux Enfers ? Détrompez-vous : elle s'y est précipitée. Hors de question pour la jeune déesse d'accepter le mariage arrangé auquel ses parents la destinent ! Maintenant, elle doit convaincre Hadès de l'aider.

"Bis gestern war ich noch in einem anderen Leben." Eines Morgens erwacht Toni nicht wie gewohnt neben ihrem langjährigen Freund in ihrer kleinen Altbauwohnung, weil die Dielen knarren und die Nachbarn viel zu laut sind. Nein. Zu ihrer Verwunderung befindet sie sich in einer großzügig geschnittenen Wohnung. Alles hell, ordentlich, teuer eingerichtet. Und der Blick aus dem Fenster? Seltsam vertraut. Antonia versteht: Sie ist wieder in dem Dorf ihrer Kindheit"

One viral confrontation could destroy everything I've built. And at the center of it all? The team captain and that sinful smirk. As the Houston Heatwave's PR manager, control is my game. Then there's Keelan Landry—team captain, my best friend's cocky brother… And the one man who never fails to push my every button. Where I'm calculative and fierce, he's playful and carefree. Except when my celebrity ex drags me into the spotlight. And Keelan steps in—a little too fiercely.

Jenna is home for Christmas, and she's just trying to survive her mom's insistence that she get married, and her feelings for Dean that haven't really disappeared. Showing up with her new fling seems like the best way of avoiding both of them.

Historische fictie voor de lezers van Corina Bomann, Marie Lamballe en Marie Lacrosse Berlijn, 1923. De Berlijnse verloskundige Hulda Gold wordt opgeroepen om te helpen bij een bevalling. Hoewel het Joodse gezin volgens zijn eigen strikte regels leeft, wint Hulda het vertrouwen van de jonge moeder. Als de pasgeborene na een paar dagen op mysterieuze wijze verdwijnt, raakt ze dan ook betrokken bij de zoektocht. Hoe kan een pasgeboren baby verdwijnen in deze hechte gemeenschap?

In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco's merchant princes built grand stores for a booming city, each with its own niche. For the eager clientele, a trip downtown meant dressing up—hats, gloves, and stockings required—and going to Blum's for Coffee Crunch cake or Townsend's for creamed spinach. The I. Magnin empire catered to a selective upper-class clientele, while middle-class shoppers loved the Emporium department store with its Bargain Basement and Santa for the kids.

You’ll enjoy a step back in time with Gracie Emerson. This timeless collection of short stories portrays a romantic view of life through a young girl’s eyes growing up in the early 1900s. It’s a story about acceptance, love, and encouragement. It’s a story about faith, family, friends, and community. It’s a story about how beautiful life can be when the barriers we place on ourselves and others are removed.

En pandemi har tagit över världen. Hanne Wilhelmsen, en legend inom polisen, är sedan länge pensionerad. Hon har levt isolerad i åratal. När Norge nu stängs ner vågar hon sig äntligen ut i den folktomma staden igen. Men bara efter mörkrets inbrott.

Olav är tolv år och tvångsplacerad på ett barnhem som drivs av Frälsningsarmén. En kväll försvinner pojken och samma natt hittas föreståndarinnan mördad, med en kökskniv i ryggen. Hanne Wilhelmsen, som nyligen befordrats till kommissarie, upptäcker snart att barnhemmet döljer många intriger som kan vara orsak till mordet.