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In an era before the advent of electric lights, telephones or motor vehicles, there exists a small cluster of aristocratic "old revolutionary stock" families that rule New York's social life. Under the rules of this society, "being things" is better than "doing things" and reputation and outward appearances come at the exclusion of everything else. In this Gilded Age, when America’s expansion and increased industrialism produce a group of newly wealthy robber barons and financiers.

Division changed the United States years ago. Now, except for a few stronghold territories, the Reformed Liberation of America controls all. Natazhia Flynn and her family live a quiet life in one of those territories, clinging to the remnants of freedom they once knew. A routine supply run changes everything!

No puedo perder mi tiempo con relaciones románticas, por lo que cubro mis necesidades saliendo con mujeres que conozco de forma anónima a través de una página web de encuentros. Mis reglas son muy sencillas: una cena. Una noche. Sin repeticiones. Se trata solo de sexo. Ni más. Ni menos. Por lo menos se trataba de eso hasta que conocí a "Alyssa". Yo pensaba que era una abogada con la que intercambiaba opiniones jurídicas a altas horas de la noche, alguien con quien hablar.... Pero de repente, se presentó en mi bufete para una entrevista...y todo cambió.

Azlana's best friend set out to save her, only to become a captive of the Fairy Queen. Now it is up to her to travel to the Twilight Realm to save Luka, but there was one thing she didn't account for: The Darkness doesn't want to go back. When Anhedonia forces Azlana to leave the Realm prematurely, she's met with another task: reclaiming two of the imprisoned Amasai from the human king. Wielding that much power may very well kill her, but it is also her only chance at freedom. Can Azlana rise to the challenge, or will her desire to own her own destiny lead her to her own undoing?

It was supposed to be like any other night out for Deandra Sings and her 14-year-old daughter, Lola. They bought the concert tickets months in advance, planned their outfits early, and set aside all other obligations to make for a fun-filled Friday in downtown Toronto. They didn’t expect to be threatened. They didn’t expect to be killed. Now Deandra is back—and she won’t rest until her daughter is avenged. She has five targets. She knows their names; she knows their faces. She’s broken the barrier of death itself. The only thing that she lacks is mercy.

Turn your weakest, most discouraging moments into your best, most uplifting moments. Listen and discover how God uses the things that seek to destroy us to become the very things that bring us salvation, bring us hope, bring us to prayer, bring us together, and ultimately bring us to heaven.

Authorized User is based on the true story involving early '90s Sony hip hop artist Tim Dog. Allegedly, Tim Dog the con artist had been victimizing unsuspecting victims for approximately a decade and a half with little to no attention from law enforcement. Based on the evidence and reports later received by law enforcement, Tim Dog targeted single mothers, young aspiring artists, and even a few men in his fictitious business circle.

After my fiancé ditches me on my wedding day, I'm determined to pick up the pieces of my broken heart and move on. Taking on an assignment at my magazine seems like the way to do just that. Until I find out my colleague is the sexy-as-sin Jackson Taylor. The tall, dark, and handsome Jackson Taylor.

In this classic and far-ranging portrait of sisterhood Peterson explores a hilarious slumber party, a singing duo of sisters about to find their fame, a Zulu tribe of sisters, the chosen sisterhood of Isabel Allende and Tabra Tunoa, and the sisterhood of animals, such as dolphins and elephants. Weaving memoir, research, interviews, and lively storytelling, Peterson celebrates how the feminine can balance and restore our health and survival. Her well-told insights from psychology, mythology, history, and anthropology reveal the enduring alliance of sisterhoods.

Except for a short poem by St. Mark of Monte Cassino, the only ancient written account of St. Benedict (480 - 547) is this one, which is found in Pope Gregory I's Dialogues which is thought to have been written in 593. Gregory's account of this saint's life provides a spiritual portrait of the gentle, disciplined abbot. In a letter to a Bishop of Syracuse, Gregory states that his aim in writing his Dialogues was to provide a kind of an anthology, or literally, "flowers", of the most striking miracles of the Italian saint.

What happens when the definitions of said friendship are tested? When one feels something more for the other? What if the feelings aren't reciprocated? Girl Crush is the story of that one time.

Audra Tadlock is bored with life in Hopeville, Texas, until she befriends handsome photographer McKenna Smith, who brings more excitement than she bargains for. Being kidnapped and traipsing across the countryside looking for her thought-to-be-dead brother is not the adventure she had in mind. Nothing is as important to McKenna as receiving a pardon from the State of Texas. His luck changes for the better when he recognizes Audra, the twin sister of the man who shot him. But falling in love with the one person who can exonerate Smith may prevent him from winning his freedom. Will the search for Audra's brother bring him the independence he desires or will she imprison his heart with her love?

After a scary but strangely alluring event in her teens, Rebecca has some taboo desires. Little does she know her mother has some similar tastes, and Rebecca is about to learn from the best when it comes to real men, husbands and having a good time. Years later, Rebecca remembers her training and relives the scary situation from her past - only this time, it proves to be sexier than she ever remembered.

Merciless drought withers Kira's ranch, leaving her family hungry and desperate enough to cross the border into the forbidden forest to trap wild game. But the forest is infested with tree scorpions and giant cats that wield elemental invisibility, and they're hungry, too. When Kira mistakes one elemental creature for another, she ends up with the last thing she wants in her trap: an enemy soldier.

In these will-they-or-won’t-they insta-love romances, you’ll be taken on a wild journey as these two strong personalities are drawn to one another.

Here is a new audio edition of the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Anthony Trollope's gently satirical tales of provincial life, available together in one download. Nearly 20 hours of ironic, witty, and wonderfully written drama is contained in this audiobook. The cast includes Anna Massey, Alex Jennings, David Haig, Rosemary Leach, Kenneth Cranham, Emma Fielding, and Brenda Blethyn.

Grieving over a broken romance and her newborn son put up for adoption against her wishes, 17-year-old Cara Walden arrives in 1950s London with her half-brother Gray‚ a blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter and closeted homosexual. Gray has looked after Cara ever since her mother‚ glamorous actress Vivien Grant‚ was found drowned in the pool at their estate.

The Keating kids are shocked and intrigued when a tiny visitor suddenly appears during a lightning storm. Once they realize the visitor is friendly and needs their help to return to his dimension, they do everything in their power to help him. As time is running out, they enlist the help of others, but someone is working against them and not with them. Will they be able to help their traveler return to its own dimension? Or will it be stuck in this dimension forever?

In this "bittersweet and utterly beguiling novel" (Publishers Weekly) each of the MacKenzie family tells their stories in nine, wildly opposed points of view. Starting at a family reunion, three generations of the MacKenzies face off against each other. They discover that terrorism is as intimate as one's own family. Selected as a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year", Duck and Cover is a "wicked black comedy" of a family who fights their wars "on the home front."

Jesse Olson has a full plate. When her father dies suddenly of an aneurysm, her whole world seems to come to a stop. But with a bistro to run by herself and one of her special coffee blends getting a lot of attention in the city, Jesse is busier than ever. She doesn’t have time to do much of anything except work and sleep, and she isn’t thinking about anything else, until she meets a rude businessman with flashing dark eyes and a wicked tongue.