Women Organizing

Born in 1934, the daughter of a Jewish mobster, Arlyne Brickman (then Weiss) grew up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. She idolised gangster’s moll Virginia Hill and aspired to the same glamorous life. Addicted to the rush of danger and lawlessness, Brickman became involved with a succession of wiseguys, including Joe Colombo and Bonanna hitman Tony Mirra. But when a crew of loan sharks threatened her daughter, she turned informant.

Trapped in the office by an unexpected snowstorm, Sophie was in a panic. Over the past week, she had successfully avoided her domineering boss, Dominic Miranda. However, snowed in and faced with this forced proximity, she wasn’t sure how much longer she could keep her walls up. Dominic reigned as the dark lord of this city’s biggest organized crime group. He had influence and money—both useless in the face of his secretary’s cold shoulder. The distance she’d put between them was driving him crazy. He could have resorted to his usual tactics but… he didn’t want to. He was the ...

Bree Dwyer is desperate to escape her husband, take the children and run. But he’s always watching. And she always gets caught. Until her first love, Alfie Jennings, returns to Essex.... Gangsters Alfie and Vaughn have been out of the game for a while, but a life of crime is one you never forget. To get back on top they need serious money, because loyalty and power don’t come for free. One dangerous job and they’ll have the payoff they need. And Alfie isn’t going to let anyone get in the way, least of all a pretty face like Bree.

Minimalism is not just a series of actions but also a total mind-set shift. It recognises that modern-day abundance has not increased our level of happiness - in fact we are less happy than generations before despite having more - and it argues that embracing less will allow us to live more fully. This handbook gives us the tools to achieve this complete life-changing mental shift, teaching us how to search for items and thoughts that add value to our lives and how to get rid of nonessential physical and mental clutter.

Die Anwältin Rita Hendriks ist vom Schicksal einer jungen Frau aus Moldawien völlig erschüttert und möchte ihr helfen: Maria wurde als Sexsklavin gefangen gehalten und konnte ihrem Martyrium nur knapp entkommen. Doch kurz darauf ist Rita tot. Ein Fall für die engagierte Frankfurter Kommissarin Julia Durant, die weiteren ungeklärten Morden auf die Spur kommt.

Homeland Security agent Kit Steel is committed to avenge terrorism. And she’s after the blood of her nemesis, one of world’s most ruthless and dangerous criminals, Vincente Carpio. He has the blood of her husband and young son on his hands, and Kit is unwavering in her determination to see him kept behind bars forever. Clever, calculating, and manipulative, Carpio has aid and influence on the outside, and he’s waiting for the perfect moment when the final pieces of the jigsaw fall into place.

A heart-stopping story of lies, brutality, and fear. British girl Megan Stephens tells the true story of how an idyllic Mediterranean holiday turned into an unimaginable nightmare when she was tricked into becoming a victim of human trafficking and held captive for six years through deception, threats, and violence.