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Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. The international information they gathered and the capital they generated enabled them to play central roles in state building and economic development.

When humans attack Iridos, killing most of the unammi population, misfit cleric Alira discovers she is a Harvester, able to absorb the memories and personalities of those who die in her presence. She'll need that knowledge to help her people. The problem is, not all Harvesters survive with their minds intact.

It is not too late. You are not too old. If you have a loss of esteem or worthiness, or if your fear-based beliefs associated with aging hinder your natural potential, wipe them away. I hear, Why bother? It could be anything from starting a new website, building your passion into a career that pays you a salary for the rest of your life, getting a puppy, or taking an acting class.

For a gardener blessed with a green thumb, Savannah Collins’s life sure seems like it’s all thorns, zero roses. She has no job, no relationship, and no place to live. With nothing but a car full of plants and her new rescue kitten, Savannah heads to Bloom, North Carolina, to spend the summer with her beloved Aunt Eleanor, a retired librarian. Her aunt shares her love of literature with the Finders Keepers Library, located in her beautiful garden, where anyone can stop by to pick a book or leave a book.

As Avia and her son, Lavi, get off the plane in San Francisco, the first stop of their trip across the Golden State, she cannot help but feel just a little hopeful. Maybe their time together will bring them closer and even bridge the emotional chasm separating them – filled with silences and volatile, intense confrontation.

Wenn alles in ihrem Leben so rund laufen würde wie ihr Nudelholz, wäre Nicole Keyes glücklich. Doch nicht nur die Familienbäckerei, sondern auch ihre beiden Schwestern lassen der leidenschaftlichen Konditorin keine Zeit für die Erfüllung ihrer Wünsche. Bis der wundervolle Hawk in ihr Leben tritt und ihr ein Stück von der Freiheit zeigt, nach der sie sich immer gesehnt hat. Und bald schon stellt Nicole fest: Mit der Liebe ist es wie mit einer Torte - man muss nur die richtigen Zutaten haben, dann gelingt sie auch einer Anfängerin.

The story concerns the young and vivacious Emma Watson, one of six children of a widowed clergyman. Emma has spent most of her life under the care of a wealthy aunt of liberal views, and has received a good education. However, when her aunt enters into a second marriage, Emma is forced to return to the family home, where she is affronted by the crass hunting for husbands undertaken her sisters, Penelope and Margaret.

The unlikely heroine of this novel is the bashful and unadventurous Fanny Price, who occupies a Cinderella-like position in the residence of her wealthy cousins, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park. Fanny is the butt of ridicule for the young Bertram sisters (Maria and Julia), and is relentlessly bullied by her manipulative and penny-pinching aunt, the widowed Mrs Norris.

Nadia Doucet est devenue riche et célèbre en écrivant l'histoire de Cendrine, la fille du crématorium. Son livre ne laisse personne indifférent ; il éveille même en elle des passions malsaines et dangereuses. Elle sort tout juste d'une relation toxique, néanmoins son ex, un policier, refuse de la laisser partir. Elle n'est plus en sécurité nulle part.

Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. That is until an unbearable tragedy strikes. New York City, 1978: Nineteen-year-old Annie Jenkins is thrilled when she lands an opportunity to work for former Vogue fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who’s in the midst of organizing the famous Met Gala, hosted at the museum and known across the city as the “party of the year.”

Der erste Autofahrer war eine Frau! Eine große Liebe, eine bahnbrechende Erfindung und eine Frau, die die Welt verändert - Alexander Schwarz' historischer Roman Bertha Benz und die Straße der Träume ist die erste Roman-Biografie über die Frau, die dem Automobil zum Durchbruch verholfen hat. Mannheim, 1888: Bertha Benz hat genug! Sie liebt ihren Mann Carl, bewundert den brillanten Ingenieur und glaubt fest an seine Vision einer pferdelosen Kutsche. Schließlich verbringt sie selbst genug Zeit in der Werkstatt und lässt sich alle Motoren und Maschinen erklären, die Carl sich ausdenkt.

Après plus de cinq siècles d’éternité à voir les siens disparaître autour de lui, Cameron est enfin libéré de son châtiment, et fait le souhait de rentrer chez lui. Cependant, ce souhait n’est pas le seul, car dans un souffle troublé, et avant d’être propulsé dans le vortex du temps, il émet le désir fou qu’Elenwë, fille légitime des déités qui s’est sacrifiée pour réparer les torts de ces dernières, vive à nouveau.

Eco-activist Summer Avery abandons the bustle of New York City and scurries to the tiny coastal village of Tide Harbor, determined to accomplish what a crazy bomber has not—stop the destructive Minas Basin tidal energy project in its tracks and earn the EcoGreen directorship. Desperate for a safe place to raise his autistic daughter, recently divorced marine biologist Gil Moses takes a job with the tidal energy company, ostensibly to study lobsters, but actually to capture the bomber.

Nujeen Mustafa ha sedici anni e soffre di una grave forma di paralisi cerebrale che l'ha costretta su una sedia a rotelle e le ha impedito di frequentare la scuola pubblica. Ma questo non l'ha fermata: ha imparato l'inglese guardando le soap opera americane trasmesse dalla tv del suo paese e nello stesso modo ha studiato storia, letteratura, scienze.

Mit der Liebe ist es wie mit einem Hefeteig: Man muss nur Geduld und ein warmes Plätzchen haben... Backen und Liebe sind zwei Dinge, mit denen Claire Keyes sich überhaupt nicht auskennt. Ihre Musikkarriere hat der erfolgreichen Pianistin bisher weder Zeit für das eine noch das andere gelassen. Doch jetzt ist ihre Schwester Nicole erkrankt, und irgendjemand muss sich um die Familienbäckerei kümmern. Und auch wenn Claire noch nicht einmal Wasser kochen kann, ist sie fest entschlossen, ihrer Schwester beizustehen.

Margaret Staples was nine years old at the beginning of 1939 when her father was posted to the British colony of Malta with the Royal Engineers. Swimming every day, with blue skies and balmy weather; Margaret and her siblings thought they were in paradise. Everything changed when the Second World War broke out. Hitler wanted to take control of Malta for its strategic position, right in the middle of the Mediterranean.

Her name was written in the pages of someone else’s story: Lucy Westenra was one of Dracula’s first victims. But her death was only the beginning. Lucy rose from the grave a vampire and has spent her immortal life trying to escape from Dracula’s clutches—and trying to discover who she really is and what she truly wants.

This work draws on four cases of bad leadership—two in political leadership, two in business leadership—to show how it goes from bad to worse. Kellerman finds that bad leadership and bad followership go through four phases of development: 1) Onward and Upward; 2) Followers Join In; 3) Leaders Start In; and 4) Bad to Worse. These findings correctly suggest that the book, in addition to being of theoretical interest, is of practical import.

Persuasion was the last novel completed by Jane Austen and was first published posthumously in December, 1817. The story represents an interesting configuration of Austen’s characteristic narrative patterns. The heroine, Anne Eliot, is something of an old maid—she is twenty-seven years old, still single and is considered by family and friends to have lost her youthful beauty. Several years earlier, her engagement to Captain Frederick Wentworth had been broken off, due to the insistence of her family that the Captain lacked the wealth and status needed for a suitable husband.

In this debut collection of richly evocative short stories, writer Linda Feyder portrays a diverse group of protagonists seeking fulfillment and connection in sunny California. She sketches her characters – of different ages, genders, and classes – with pitch-perfect honesty as they reassess their identities or confront the exact moment they face the fragility of life or themselves. A teenage girl travels to California from New York for an uneasy visit with the father she hasn't seen for years.