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While working in Washington, DC, in 1984 as the press secretary for Congressman Hamilton Fish Jr., Pari Forood gets a phone call from her father. Her 17-year-old Iranian cousin has been drafted during the Iran/Iraq war. He must flee from Iran or face an almost certain death. Joining a cast of international characters that include Pakistani black market passport dealers and members of Francois Mitterrand's inner political sanctum, Forood uses her ties in Washington to help extricate her young cousin.

Margaret Trumown was excited to arrive in New York for the winter holiday after what she had been through in St. Louis. Now after a devastating engagement that ended and ruined her chances of a good marriage, she was with her prominent aunt in a well-to-do part of Manhattan. She expected a good winter get away and to marvel at the lights of the modern city in the year 1901; however, what really happened was more than she ever thought possible.

Cuando la minera canadiense Inuit Mining Corporation descubre uno de los yacimientos de litio más grandes del mundo en una pequeña localidad de Sonora, Ana Ochoa y otros pobladores serán presionados para vender sus tierras a precios irrisorios. Con la complicidad de autoridades locales y la participación del narcotráfico, los empresarios canadienses harán todo lo que sea necesario para conseguir el control del llamado oro blanco.

A gorgeously illustrated collection of essays written by today’s queer heroes - featuring contributions from Elton John, Tan France, Gus Kenworthy, Paris Lees, Russell Tovey, Munroe Bergdorf, and many others. The Queer Bible is a celebration of LGBTQ+ history and culture, edited by model, performer, and GQ contributing editor Jack Guinness.

College girls Tessa and Jane are young, beautiful and carefree. On holiday with in the Caribbean with Tessa's parents, they are determined to enjoy themselves. Invited to a party by the hotel staff, they are surprised to find they are the only girls and the only foreigners. Things get quickly out of hand. Meanwhile, Tessa's yummy mummy, Maggie, has her own blacking experience.

Uni is just like all the other unicorns...except for one thing: She believes that little girls are REAL. This magical story by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (author of I Wish You More) illuminates Uni's not-so-fantastical dream and celebrates the sparkle of believing.

Adam Jordan wrote the best and worst articles of his journalistic career on the same day. The worst was bad enough to get him fired - but the best landed him a new job, penning lurid articles for Real Detective magazine, one of the last of the true-crime pulps. Only the case they've got him working on, involving a beauty pageant contestant found dead on an Atlantic City beach, is one some very powerful men would rather see covered up than covered.

Seguro crees que ser abducida por extraterrestres es lo peor que me ha pasado. Y no lo es. La nave en la que viajábamos tuvo problemas técnicos y nuestros secuestradores nos dejaron a mí y a mis compañeras abandonadas en un planeta congelado.

How many times are kids supposed to study Gandhi? Come September and out comes the bald head wig, round glasses, white dhoti, tall stick ... that's about the extent of how today's kids engage with the Mahatma. Chandrashekhar is one such teen. Bored by the annual Gandhi projects, he wonders if his teacher is being too unreasonable in asking them to ""BE"" Gandhi. And then, his world is shaken by events that rock him to the core, forcing him to dig deep and not just find his 'inner Gandhi', but become Gandhi.

Virreinato del Perú, 1623. En una noche negra como ninguna otra, el demonio se hizo carne en la Ciudad de los Reyes cuando, en el convento de Santa Clara, una novicia dio a luz a una horripilante bestia de dos cabezas, lengua bífida y ocho extremidades.

La série Place des Érables continue de s’agrandir comme une famille du bon vieux temps! Ce cinquième tome nous tire chez monsieur Méthot, propriétaire du magasin de variétés voisin de la pharmacie Lamoureux. Parions que, de chez lui aussi, toute la vie du quartier est à portée de vue et de voix... Pour notre plus grand plaisir!

Goûtez la suite d’une série savoureuse, remplie d’émotions douces-amères et de personnages qu’on prend plaisir à voir évoluer comme si on les connaissait réellement. La grande experte de la saga familiale québécoise maîtrise son art mieux que jamais.

In the year 2085, Benny Love is pretty used to surviving on what he and his family can scavenge on Earth. But when he wins a scholarship for a life-changing trip to visit the Lunar Taj, the first ever resort on the moon, Benny thinks he finally has a chance to give his family a better life. Benny can't wait to fly his very own Space Runner, practise reverse bungee jumping and explore craters on the dark side of the moon. But he gets more than he expected when he and the other kids discover the moon has secrets no one else knows about.

It's time for the annual Ella Mentry School fund-raiser, and guess who's in charge? Alexia's mom, Ms. Sue! She has the teachers selling everything from summer sausages and cheesy popcorn to dead goldfish in plastic bags to raise money for new playground equipment. But what happens when Ms. Sue crosses the line? Somebody's going to end up in the big house (and by "big house", we don't mean a big house!).

My Weird School weirder than ever! Mr. Granite is leaving! That means there's going to be a new third-grade teacher. But Mr. Cooper is even weirder than Mr. Granite. He thinks the best way to teach is to come to school disguised as a superhero. What happens when a real superhero is needed? Will Mr. Cooper protect the school from evil, or just embarrass it to death?

Dear Girl, is a remarkable love letter written for the special girl in your life; a gentle reminder that she’s powerful, strong, and holds a valuable place in the world. Through Amy and Paris’s charming words, any girl listening to this book will feel that she's great just the way she is - whether she enjoys jumping in a muddy puddle, has a face full of freckles, or dances on table tops. Dear Girl, encourages girls to always be themselves and to love who they are - inside and out.

Jonathan Sweetwater has been blessed with money, a fulfilling career, great kids, and Claire, his smart, gorgeous, sophisticated wife. But there is one thing Jonathan never had: a relationship with his father. Percival Sweetwater III has been absent from his son's life since Jonathan was nine years old. A five-term U.S. senator, Percy was beloved by presidents, his constituents, and women alike, especially the five women who married him after he and Jonathan's mother divorced.

You hold in your hands a most frightening file. Through extensive research and firsthand accounts, I have compiled everything you need to know about case file 13. In this audiobook, you will find the next grisly adventure of three boys whose monster knowledge led them down a path so dark, so dangerous. Excuse me, aren't you forgetting about the three girls who knew way more about monsters?

In the very first book in the laugh-out-loud My Weirdest School series, A.J.'s third-grade teacher, Mr. Granite, is retiring after a million hundred years. It turns out the new teacher, Mr. Cooper, is even weirder than Mr. Granite! One day he's Rat Man and he teaches about rodents. The next day he's Lava Man and he teaches about volcanoes. But what happens when a real superhero is needed? Will Mr. Cooper protect the school from evil, or just embarrass it to death?

Ella Mentry School just got a therapy dog! Miss Klute is a Labradoodle who is supposed to be a good listener. But what happens when Miss Klute would rather chase squirrels and Frisbees? And what happens when Miss Klute thinks the teachers' lounge is her personal bathroom?