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In post-WWII Paris, Madame Claude ran the most exclusive finishing school in the world. The names on her client list were epic - Kennedy, Rothschild, Onassis, Brando, Sinatra, Picasso, the Shah, and that's just for starters. Born Fernande Grudet, a poor Jewish girl, the future Madame led a life of high adventure - resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, gun moll of the Corsican Mafia, and erstwhile streetwalker - before becoming the ultimate broker between beauty and power. She harnessed the emerging technology of the telephone to create the concept of the call girl.

The first time evil walked across the old bridge in Mississippi was 1918. When forensic psychologist Elizabeth Monroe crosses the midpoint on the bridge in search of her daughter’s killer, there is no turning back. Elizabeth makes the connection between a heinous crime that happened in 1918 and the recent death of a college student. Old families. Old money. A new vendetta. And the only one who's standing in the way is Elizabeth Monroe.

The classic guide to an unmedicated childbirth, fully revised for the twenty-first century with updated information. For women birthing vaginally, 90% of Bradley births are drug-free! The Bradley Method®, used and praised by women for almost seventy years, prepares you for drug and...

Named one of Time Magazine International's 30 most important people of 2005, Maud Fontenoy presents us with a terrific, entertaining adventure story on the high seas as she challenges the Pacific Ocean - a feat no woman before her ever accomplished. Already the first woman to row alone across the North Atlantic, Maud raised the bar to defy the elements, the daunting solitude, and the circling sharks of the South Pacific on her second solo voyage.

An ill-fated romance between a girl from the wrong side of the tracks and a boy from the richest family in a small upstate New York town has dire consequences for three generations. A gold ring, inscribed with "I Stay Near You", triggers a complex chain of events as it's passed down from one generation to the next.

Lucid, forward-looking, and guided by a level-headed optimism that clearly distinguishes between genuine progress and exaggerated claims, Emerald Cities points the way toward a sustainable future for the American city.

Until Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney opened her studio on Eight Street in Manhattan in 1914 - which evolved into the Whitney Museum almost two decades later - there were few art museums in the United States, let alone galleries for contemporary artists to exhibit their work. When the mansions of the wealthy cried out for art they sought it from Europe, then the art capital of the world. It was in her tiny sculptor’s studio in Greenwich Village that Whitney began holding exhibitions of contemporary American Artists. This remarkable effort by a scion of America’s wealthiest family helped to change the way art was cultivated in America.

Cloudland is a stunning literary thriller set in rural Vermont from the much-praised author of Nightswimmer and Clara's Heart. Once a major reporter for a national newspaper, Catherine Winslow has retreated to the Upper Valley of Vermont to write a household hints column. While out walking during an early spring thaw, Catherine discovers the body of a woman leaning against an apple tree near her house. From the corpse’s pink parka, Winslow recognizes her as the latest victim of a serial killer.

Among the most self-assured and sharply crafted debuts in recent years, Calumet City detonates a Molotov cocktail of character-driven suspense and ghetto-Chicago intrigue. A powerful fiction debut that captures the precise emotional landscape of one cop's hard-bitten life in the trenches. This first-time author joins that rare breed whose fiction is suffused with profound authenticity.

Dragon Knight continues a new series of Dragonlance fantasy adventures written specifically for listeners ages 10 and up. Sized to fit the young listener market, the series features a group of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world.

The second edition of Building the Successful Theater Company takes listeners even deeper into the world of theatrical production, examining in great depth the financial realities of establishing - and maintaining - a successful organization. This indispensable reference is updated to include more theater company profiles with expert advice to better reveal the pitfalls, passions, and practicalities of the theater industry.

In tales from 21 knitters, Clara Parkes examines a subject that is irresistible to us all: the yarn stash. Anyone with a passion has a stash, whether it is a collection of books or enough yarn to exceed several life expectancies. With her trademark wry, witty approach, Parkes brings together fascinating stories from all facets of stash-keeping and knitting life - from KonMari minimalist to joyous collector, designer to dyer, spinner to social worker, scholar to sheep farmer.

Eleven writers largely unknown outside Cuba depict a world that veers from a hyper-real Havana in decay, against a backdrop of oblivious drug-toting German tourists, to a fantasy land (or is it?) where vigilant Cubans bar the door to zombies masquerading as health inspectors. Sex and knife-fights, stutterers and addicts, losers and lost literary classics: welcome to a raw and genuine island universe closed to casual visitors.

On September 3, 1901, a Protestant missionary named Ellen Stone set out on horseback across the mountainous hinterlands of Balkan Macedonia and was ambushed by a band of armed revolutionaries. In The Miss Stone Affair, Teresa Carpenter re-creates an event that captured the attention of the world and posed a dilemma for incoming president Theodore Roosevelt. Should he send in the Navy or not? And, if so, send it where? Drawing upon a wealth of contemporary correspondence and documents, Carpenter constructs a narrative that is suspenseful, harrowing, and at times even comical. It is a story for our time.

Some see dust as dull stuff, useless at best, and sneeze-inducing at worst. But in the hands of writer Hannah Holmes, dust becomes a dazzling and mysterious force. As Holmes says, dust is a messenger, and air is its medium. And by the end of this fascinating journey through The Secret Life of Dust, we cannot help but agree.

Zack Lightman ist ein Träumer und Geek. Richtig gut ist er nur in Armada, einem Virtual-Reality-Spiel, in dem eine außerirdische Spezies versucht, die Erde zu erobern. Damit ähnelt sein Leben dem zahlreicher anderer Gamer. Bis eines Tages ein echtes Alien-Raumschiff über seiner Heimatstadt auftaucht - und aus dem Computerspiel bitterer Ernst wird. Denn als sich die ersten Wellen außerirdischer Raumschiffe ankündigen, sind es allein die Gamer, die ihnen im Drohnenkampf gewachsen sind.

Superhell, superschnell - Super Neo! Neo wohnt auf einem kleinen Planeten weit draußen im All. Mit einem Gürtel voller Sternenpower und einem Umhang mit geheimen Kräften ist er blitzschnell im Einsatz, wenn ein Kind auf der Erde seine Hilfe benötigt. So wie Flo, der eine Mutprobe bestehen muss. Eigentlich kein Problem für Super Neo, wenn da nicht die Bösewichte Zonk und Zarafea wären. Zum Glück hat Neo den schussligen Professor Perkosinus zum Freund.

Do you ever walk away from a conversation thinking, “Why did I say that?” Or worse—“Why didn’t I say anything at all?” If so, you’re not alone and you don’t have to stay stuck. Peters’ 2025 updated edition of her best-selling guide is here to rescue your social life, sharpen your communication, and help you master the art of human connection—with a good laugh along the way. People may forget your words, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel.

Gulliver begibt sich auf eine Schiffsreise, um die Welt kennenzulernen. Doch nach ein paar Tagen erleidet die Crew Schiffbruch und Gulliver wird an Land gespült. Als er wieder zu sich kommt, muss er feststellen, dass man ihn geknebelt und gefesselt hat. Er ist Gefangener winzig kleiner Menschen, den Liliputanern. Er bietet ihnen an, sie gegen ihre Feinde, die Blefuscu, zu unterstützen und wird alsbald als Held gefeiert. Aber seine Reise ist noch lange nicht zu Ende. Er trifft auf viele andere seltsame Gestalten...

Wendy verbringt ihre Ferien in Spanien und freundet sich mit Roby, dem Sohn ihres Gastgebers an...