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How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Guided by Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of @thegreatwomenartists, discover the glittering paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century United States, and the artist who really invented the "readymade." Explore the Dutch Golden Age, the astonishing work of postwar artists in Latin America, and the women defining art in the 2020s.

A high society Christmas Eve wedding at a secluded Scottish castle sounds like the perfect winter getaway for the three Dahlias - until a dead body wearing a wedding dress and a stolen diamond necklace turns up in the snow outside the family chapel, and the bride and groom are suddenly the prime suspects in a murder case...

For all we know, or think we know, about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, what we don't know is far, far greater. In one of the duo's most exciting cases, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, we know when Helen Stoner arrives "in a considerable state of excitement" at the door of 221B Baker Street, seeking the assistance of Holmes and Watson: "It was early in April in the year '83..." But what happened during the rest of 1883? Or all of 1884?

Das Booktok-Phänomen zum Hören – düster, atmosphärisch und spannend! Mit einem Abschluss in Kunstgeschichte und voller Ambitionen kommt die junge Ann nach New York, um dort bei The Cloisters, einer Außenstelle des ehrwürdigen Metropolitan Museum of Arts für Mittelalter- und Renaissancekunst, ein Praktikum zu absolvieren. Das einem gotischen Kloster nachempfundene Museum mit steinernen Kreuzgängen und einem üppigen botanischen Garten zieht sie sofort in seinen Bann.

Mel Mesini is a New York City restaurateur and an avid virtual reality world traveler. She's risen above her misfit life and now bears a striking resemblance to her glamorous gaming avatar. But her successful life-both online and in reality-takes a swerve the night her father is seriously injured in a hit-and-run. Mel is careened back to her judgmental hometown, where being the daughter of the town's crazy lady had made her an outcast. To make matters worse, Officer Jeremy Stiles, the man whose harsh, rejecting words had cut her the deepest, is heading the investigation.

Protecting a K-9 who’s being targeted by a sinister cartel sends veterinarian Michael Tanner and tech analyst Isla Jimenez on the run for their lives in Lenora Worth’s Perilous Christmas Pursuit. Only, Michael’s dangerous secrets are a holiday surprise Isla won’t see coming. And in Katy Lee’s Lethal Holiday Hideout, FBI agent and K-9 officer Cara Haines’s life is threatened when her sister’s identity in witness protection is compromised. Now she and her ex, US Marshal Sully Briggs, must survive the icy wilderness and assassins before this Christmas becomes their last…

The murder of aspiring crime writer Victoria Denby created a sensation at the time. The public's imagination was hooked by the detail of a paper dahlia placed beside the body, just like in one of Dahlia Lively's fictional cases. Was there a copycat killer at large in the peaceful town of Market Foxleigh? Despite the tabloids' fearmongering, the police quickly arrested Victoria's friend and fellow writer, Scott Baker, and when it emerged that he had also been accused of stalking Dahlia actress Caro Hooper, it seemed like an open and shut case.

When the director of the mudlarking museum goes on holiday for a week, he leaves three members of the Thames and Tide Club – Clem, Zara and Ash – in charge. They’re determined that nothing will go wrong on their watch, but they haven’t planned on an invasion of squid who will stop at nothing to take over the world. Join the club and dig for treasure in the wildest adventure you could imagine!

Mein Job ist es, für fünf Männer als private Stewardess zu arbeiten. Doch ich bin nicht ihre Angestellte – sondern ihr Eigentum. Es sollte nur ein harmloser Job sein, den mir mein skrupelloser Bruder besorgt hat. Doch dass er mich an fünf Gangster-Rapper – die sogenannten Poets – verschachert, hätte ich ihm nicht zugetraut. Dumm nur, dass ich das Geld so dringend brauche. Jetzt spiele ich die Privat-Stewardess für diese ultra-heißen Typen, die ständig Waffen hervorzaubern, mir drohen und mir ihren Willen aufzwingen. Was sie nicht ahnen: Ich weiß längst, dass hier etwas nicht stimmt.

Mein Job ist es, für fünf Männer als private Stewardess zu arbeiten. Doch ich bin nicht ihre Angestellte – sondern ihr Eigentum. Es sollte nur ein harmloser Job sein, den mir mein skrupelloser Bruder besorgt hat. Doch dass er mich an fünf Gangster-Rapper – die sogenannten Poets – verschachert, hätte ich ihm nicht zugetraut. Dumm nur, dass ich das Geld so dringend brauche. Jetzt spiele ich die Privat-Stewardess für diese ultra-heißen Typen, die ständig Waffen hervorzaubern, mir drohen und mir ihren Willen aufzwingen.

Your path to a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Are you tired of feeling unwell? Have you made many lifestyle changes with little to show for it? Looking for ways to improve your physical and mental health? This book is a comprehensive guide to wellness, offering the tools you’ve been searching for to get well and thrive in mind, body, and spirit. With Me All Along includes personal experiences, clinical observations, and information gathered from many talented doctors, healers, educators, and coaches.

Leeds, 1977. A chill lies over the city: sex workers are being murdered by a serial killer they are calling the 'Ripper', the streets creeping with fear. Tough, sharp, but tender, Maureen runs Rio's, a clean, discreet brothel in the city. She's a good boss who takes great care of her workers - especially her best girls, Bev and Anette. The Ripper may be terrifying girls who work the street, but at Rio's the girls seem safer. But when Bev's sweet-natured son is found beaten to death, a figure from Maureen's past, DS Mick Hunniford, shows up at her door.

Juno’s furious about being sent to stay with her grandfather for the summer. She’ll miss all the fun she and her friends had planned for the holidays. She’ll also miss her mum, but it’s her mum’s fault for leaving anyway. Then Juno discovers a long-forgotten little family in her grandfather’s attic. As she works to carefully craft a new home for them, can she learn to forgive her mum and understand her reasons for going away?

Nie wieder wird sie für diesen arroganten Tyrannen arbeiten! India Crowley fühlt sich großartig, als sie ihrem Boss William Walker die Kündigung vor die Füße wirft. Doch dann bittet er sie, als Nanny für seine kleine Nichte einzuspringen. Ein Nein ist unmöglich, schließlich kann sie das Kind doch nicht mit diesem Egoisten allein lassen! In der Villa des Womanizers knistert es bald heiß zwischen ihnen, und William als zärtlicher Dad macht India sprachlos. Sie ist sicher: Der sonst so unnahbare Workaholic verbirgt noch weitaus mehr vor ihr.

To the outside world, Emily looks like a typical girl, with a normal family, living an ordinary life. But inside, Emily does not feel typical, and the older she gets, the more she realises that she is different. As she finally discovers when she is 16, Emily is autistic. Girl Unmasked is the extraordinary story of how she got there - and how she very nearly didn't.

Sans enquête à se mettre sous la dent, et plus seule que jamais dans son petit village bordelais, Prudence Poivert s'ennuie ferme. Pour meubler le temps, et se changer les idées, elle décide de s'inscrire au club de belote... qui ressemble davantage à un club du troisième âge. Un véritable nid de vipères où dès son arrivée, sa partenaire de cartes, mademoiselle Eugénie, est assassinée. Prudence la découvre chez elle dans une mare de sang. Ni une ni deux, son instinct de fouineuse se réveille ! Le nouveau capitaine de gendarmerie conclut à l'accident alors que Prudence hurle au meurtre.

Aldermere House n'est pas un manoir comme les autres. Dans les années trente, il a été la propriété d'une très grande dame du roman policier, Lettice Davenport, et le cadre de la plupart de ses ouvrages. Son héroïne, Dahlia Lively, à l'égal de Miss Marple, est encore dans toutes les mémoires. Les trois actrices qui, au fil des décennies, ont interprété à l'écran ce personnage célèbre sont aujourd'hui réunies au manoir à l'occasion d'une grande convention organisée par les fans de la romancière.

Après un divorce, à 48 ans, Prudence Poivert hérite d’une superbe maison de campagne dans une petite bourgade près de Bordeaux. Bien décidée à profiter de sa liberté retrouvée, elle s’y installe… mais la vie à la campagne est d’un ennui mortel ! Un jour de déprime, elle décide d’aller visiter les sites pittoresques des environs. Rien de passionnant, jusqu’à ce qu’elle tombe nez à nez avec le cadavre de l’odieux dentiste du village ! L’homme a été empoisonné avec des cannelés avant d’être poussé à l’eau.

Katy McQuaid, former deputy director of logistics in the CIA, brings her true-life stories of courage, faith, and adventure related to that journey. From the life-changing events in her first year of college to her remarkable career in the CIA, McQuaid shares that you don’t have to be loud to be strong. She shares her challenges as a woman working in a male-dominated industry. She was inspired by good leaders who helped her succeed and go further than she thought possible. Along with stories of strength through adversity, this audiobook includes stories of leadership with humility.

When three-times-engaged Penny Farthing dumps her latest loser fiancé the day before her wedding, she packs a bag and prepares to jet off on her honeymoon with her best friend. Her plans go awry when she bumps into global superstar Dan Scott in the airport and finds herself agreeing to spend the next week with him and his family in his private villa, pretending to be his fiancée.