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After the heartbreaking loss of her mother and a cruel attack by her drunken father, Ella Parker decides that dishonesty is fine when it serves her needs. Ella escapes her luxurious but lonely life and meets an eccentric ship surgeon who allows her to assist him during a surgery. Compelled by Ella's intelligence and interest in medicine, the doctor prepares her for a medical career, but there's a catch: in early nineteenth century England, women are not accepted into universities. To fulfil her dream of becoming a doctor, Ella must disguise herself as a young man.

After the first taste of her Christmas cookies I wanted to shove the whole thing in my face. The whole plate of cookies, that is. Not...you know. Christmas is bad enough without one of The Great Christmas Bake-Off contestants all wrapped up in a bow under my tree. Er...I meant...Christmas is horrible, right? Holly. Christmas is like the perfect sugar cookie - it slowly melts in your mouth, sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever. I love Christmas! I love the cheerful music, the fun sweaters, and the holiday lights.

He runs his own business and coaches Little League. She drives a minivan, and she'd be lost without her trusty BlackBerry. They go on date nights. Their kids attend public schools, play sports, and take music lessons. They live in a roomy house in the 'burbs. They're about as mainstream as families come. They're also polygamists. The Dargers move the conversation away from child brides, Warren Jeffs, and the FLDS to more mainstream polygamists who willingly enter into plural relationships as adults.

I have no alternatives—I have to throw myself to Carl Svensson’s mercy like a wretched Victorian romance heroine in order to save my dog. I wish all I had to do was lounge around a haunted mansion in a pretty dress. Instead, Carl is forcing me to run outside in the morning, clean my apartment, and finally do something about my credit card debt. Yes, I am side-eyeing all of this. Carl’s in for a shock of his own, though. I’m a free-spirited, art-loving girl with tattoos, multicolored hair, and piercings. An uptight, suit-wearing investment banker is not going to change me.

Este libro es una guía profunda y poderosa, una vía ancestral que trabaja con el deseo, la pasión, la voluntad y el fuego interior como fuerzas creadoras y transformadoras. A través de sus páginas, descubrirás rituales auténticos, hechizos de protección, amor, venganza y poder personal, así como prácticas heredadas del Vudú haitiano. Este no es un manual superficial: es un llamado a quienes sienten que su alma arde por recordar lo que siempre supo.

A possible genius, a smidgen of madness, a twist of science, and an invention that very nearly changed the world - all collide in a giddy, unbelievably true mystery set in turn-of-the-century Paris.

En este libro encontrarás una variedad de baños espirituales, y usos de las plantas para diferentes propósitos. Las plantas son la materia prima de las medicinas que sanan nuestro cuerpo. Su belleza e influencias son mágicas. Las plantas son un vínculo muy importante con el mundo espiritual. El uso de las plantas para las limpiezas energéticas se remonta a la prehistoria. Los baños espirituales limpian el aura, y en muchas ocasiones están destinados a protegerte espiritualmente. Algunos eventos nos dañan física y emocionalmente, y estos baños te pueden ayudar a liberarte de esas ...

On the turbulent seas of the Napoleonic Wars, Ella Parker dedicates herself to healing the sick and wounded, resolutely dismissing the idea of romantic entanglements. Her commitment is tested when her childhood friend, Jamie Flowers, is captured by the enemy and imprisoned in a French fortress, along with other sailors for whom she deeply cares for.

My butt pads are sliding under my shape wear, I had to starve to fit in this dress, and the last place on earth I want to be is on a date with Walker Svensson.

Two stars crossed. Two souls bound. When Lyanndra, a Starless maiden disguised as a knight, fells the cruel Demigod king in a fiery battle, she earns the title of the Godslayer and rises up as a folk hero among her people. But when a curse binds her to the king’s son, Syran, Lyanndra finds herself engaged in a bloody war for her freedom. Trapped in the palace of the Demigods, Lyanndra rages against the cruel fate of the stars. But even as she’s drawn ever deeper into Syran’s burning orbit, a terrible plot unfolds in the opulent corridors of the palace. Lyanndra is forced to choose ...

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Growing up in a polygamist cult, crazy defined my life. Everyone was crazy - my father, his wives, my older brothers who abandoned me. Though I can’t escape the crazy brothers, I think I’ve finally managed to find balance.... Until some crazy, curvy girl storms into the restaurant, interrupts my date, and dumps an entire table's worth of food on me.

Moni Kosinsky und Mathe, das passt auf den ersten Blick gar nicht zusammen. Denn Moni ist Anfang 50, hat diverse Nebenjobs und hütet voller Selbstaufgabe ihre drei Enkel, während Tochter Püppi beim Discounter an der Kasse sitzt. Aber trotzdem erfüllt sie sich einen Lebenstraum und beginnt, Mathematik zu studieren. Auch für Oscar, einen Überflieger mit autistischen Zügen aus gutbürgerlichem Hause, ändert sich alles, als er im Hörsaal auf Moni trifft – denn obwohl die beiden unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, findet er in ihr eine Freundin, die seinem Leben eine entscheidende Wendung gibt.

A Lifer Preserver for Your Sinking Relationship Does it feel like your relationship is slipping from your grasp? Have therapy, date-nights, and self-help books failed to pull it out of its descent? If you feel like you’re running out of time and need help fast, How to Want Sex Again is your answer. It will give you quick and easy tools that you can use immediately to help you achieve the connection you long for. This book is the love child of Nick Ortner’s The Tapping Solution and Emily Nagoski’s Come as You Are. Unlike Ortner’s book, this one focuses specifically on sexual healing,...

This book is a complete journey through the universe of Aquarius: the freest, most visionary and rebellious sign of the zodiac. Here you will find from its ancestral myth to its behavior in love, friendship, work and family, through its compatibilities, its lunar energy, its ascendant, rituals, plants, stones, sexuality, vocation, health and much more. It is a profound, symbolic and practical guide that unravels the Aquarian soul in all its facets: its genius, its detachment, its eccentric side, its transformative power and its connection with what is yet to be born. A book for those who ...

Chase Hardy satisface su deseo de forma compulsiva y sin reparar en las consecuencias. Le resulta muy difícil controlarse y ese trastorno interfiere en su vida cotidiana y en sus planes cuidadosamente armados. Afecta a todos los ámbitos de su vida y a las relaciones con su familia y amigos. No obstante, su actividad profesional sufre una giro inesperado y se ve obligado a dejar en segundo plano las relaciones sexuales, aunque necesita ayuda para apaciguar su deseo insaciable. Y para afrontar su adicción, acude a sesiones de terapia como última alternativa. Pero el destino tiene otros ...

Want to know what the year 2025 will bring for your zodiac sign? Here are all the astrological predictions, month by month for the year 2025. Plan and prepare, with this book you will have time to correct your mistakes, and take advantage of opportunities. Get ahead of the events. Your Tarot card, rituals, lucky charm, lucky color, and quartz of the year are included in this book. Here you will find messages that will accompany you, make you reflect, and give you strength to keep going through this year full of changes.

Diversity initiatives are falling short. This audiobook shows leaders how to develop the skills needed to build sustainably inclusive organizations using a tested, research-based model developed by the global organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry. This audiobook will help leaders foster the skills to deal with today’s complex challenges and create a more inclusive, sustainable, and prosperous future for all of us.

Crash-land on an alien barbarian planet and told there’s no way home? Anyone else might have a nervous breakdown, but I was abducted with my besties! Between us, we have fifteen PhDs. We will be getting off this planet. Trust. Two liquid hydrogen rockets and a smidge of deep-space travel later, and we’re back home on Earth. Except that our spaceship had stowaways. Now there’s a seven-foot-tall alien named Cassius in my Los Angeles condo. He’s calmly explaining that, according to the ancestors, we are to be eternally mated and have a litter of children.

Ellie is a 12-year-old orphan who desperately wants a family. She just doesn't expect to find one when she joins the crew of the Legend, a flying ship in a secret rescue fleet. On board, she meets a boy with a pet tarantula, a bully with eyes like mirrors, and a librarian who can read 18 languages. Unexpectedly, Ellie also discovers a powerful gift that only she can wield. But when the Legend is called to a dangerous rescue mission, Ellie risks losing everyone she loves. Will her mysterious gift be enough to save her and her friends from a deadly enemy bent on destroying their world?