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From the author of the critically acclaimed story collection How This Night Is Different comes a dark, arresting, fearlessly funny story of one young woman's terminal illness. In The Book of Dahlia, Elisa Albert walks a dazzling line between gravitas and irreverence, mining an exhilarating blend of skepticism and curiosity, compassion and candor, high and low culture.

Him One night out with my boys turned into meeting the woman of my dreams. Until I wake up the next morning and she's nowhere to be found. Her It was supposed to be one night of fun before school started. I should have known better. Nothing is ever that easy. Now I'm knocked up by the town sheriff and I have no idea what I'm going to do. To make matters worse, his daughter is in my class.

Letters to My Daughter is a heartfelt exploration of self-discovery, motherhood, and the power of love. Through a series of intimate letters to her daughter, the author delves into the complexities of navigating womanhood, parenting girls, and embracing self-love in a world filled with societal pressures and expectations. From the poignant prologue to the emotional afterword, this book is raw and honest, inviting listeners to embark on their own journey of self-discovery.

The last place you'd expect to find a team of criminals is at a prestigious Philadelphia prep school. But on a class trip to the US Mint - which prints a million new coins every 30 minutes - an overlooked security flaw becomes far too tempting for a small group of students to ignore. United by dire circumstances, these unlikely allies - the nerd, the slacker, the athlete, and the perfect student - band together to attempt the impossible: rob the US Mint.

When 11-year-old Harrison "Hal" Beck is forced to accompany his travel-writer uncle on the last journey of a royal train, he expects a boring trip spent away from video games and children his age. But then Hal spots a girl who should not be on board, and he quickly makes friends with the stowaway, Lenny. Things get even more interesting when the royal prince and princess board for the last leg of the journey - because the princess' diamond necklace is soon stolen and replaced with a fake!

Life couldn’t be any better for celebrity screenwriter Danny Masters: He’s dating a movie-star bombshell and his latest screenplay screams Oscar. But still, he feels empty. Enter Sunny Smith. After turning the big 4-0 with few prospects on the horizon, Sunny creates 40 goals for herself - and sleeping with her writing idol, Danny Masters, makes the list. The two meet outside the theater hosting Danny’s premiere. He’s everything she’s imagined him to be. And she captivates him, reminding him of simpler times before the hollowness of Hollywood.

Jede Tat hat eine Geschichte. Ein smartes Hörbuch voller Unruhe, das uns bis zum Schluss in Atem hält. Eva Herbergen ist Strafverteidigerin mit ganzer Seele. Ihre Aufgabe ist es, Menschen vor Strafe zu bewahren: die berühmte Schriftstellerin, den gebrechlichen Millionär, die überforderte Stiefmutter. Sie weiß, es braucht nicht viel, dass aus einem Menschen ein Verbrecher wird, vielleicht sogar ein Mörder. Es genügt ein dunkler Moment, der ein Leben für immer überschatten kann. Ein dunkler Moment, der die Wendung markiert – zum Opfer oder zum Täter.

¿Su hijo se siente a veces inseguro y sin confianza? ¿Se avecinan cosas importantes en su vida, como el comienzo de la escuela o la mudanza, y quiere ayudarle a afrontar todo de una manera estupenda? ¿Conoce a un niño que necesita desesperadamente saber lo único, maravilloso y adorable que es? Entonces hágale un regalo impagable con este libro y deje que descubra lo valioso y especial que es.En estas historias sensibles y emocionantes, conocerá a niños muy diferentes que son todos tan fuertes, seguros de sí mismos y maravillosos a su manera como lo es su hijo.

On the eve of her fourth album, singer-songwriter Aviva Rosner is plagued by infertility. The twist: as much as Aviva wants a child, she is wary of technological conception, and has poured her ambivalence into her music. As the album makes its way in the world, the shock of the response from fans and critics is at first exciting—and then invasive and strange. Aviva never wanted to be famous, or did she? Meanwhile, her evolving obsession with another iconic musician, gone too soon, might just help her make sense of things.

Contes érotiques : des histoires épicées qui enflamment l'imagination et vous emmènent sur le chemin de la passion.

Jackson is determined to stay awake until Father Christmas arrives, but on the stroke of midnight when a tiny figure whooshes down the chimney, he is in for the most magical surprise! Join Jackson on the night he met Father Christmas and travelled the world in an adventure he will never forget.

Turn your performance anxiety into authentic power in 10 easy steps. Learn how to deal with public speaking nerves and how to overcome interview anxiety from a clinical hypnotherapist, coach, singer-songwriter, and former sufferer who has turned her own fear around using the very methods she teaches. Combining clinical knowledge, coaching exercises, and transformational hypnotherapy, this step-by-step program will quiet the negative voices in your head that prevent you from standing out and take your speech, audition, gig or presentation to an entirely different level.

"Il Bon Ton è l'ecologia dei rapporti umani: un modo per prenderci cura dell'ambiente che ci circonda, e porta beneficio sia a noi sia agli altri." Definita "il volto del galateo del terzo millennio" dal Corriere della Sera, Elisa Motterle trasforma le regole tradizionali dell'etichetta in strumenti pratici, che servono ad acquisire maggiore fiducia in se stessi, a migliorare le relazioni e a promuovere un clima di rispetto.

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A mysterious letter from an old friend asks Hal and Uncle Nat to help investigate a spooky supernatural mystery. Legend has it the Kratzensteins, a family of rich and powerful railway tycoons, are cursed, but there is no such thing as a curse, is there? Hal and Nat take the night train to Berlin and go undercover. From a creaking old house at the foot of the Harz mountains, they take the Kratzenstein family's funeral train to the peak of the Brocken Mountain. Can Hal uncover the secrets of the Brocken railway and the family curse before disaster strikes?

Even when you feel hopelessly stuck, change is possible. As women, we are constantly evaluating ourselves. Am I enough? Why can't I change this certain thing about myself? Should I be doing more? We long for real, deep, lasting change - but we don't know how to begin. In Meet the New You, Elisa Pulliam empowers women to take charge of their own life transformation by engaging in a meaningful relationship with God and his word.

A journey through dark, forbidden worlds, beyond the limits of fear. Are you strong enough to tempt Fate? From the author of the number one best-seller Touched comes the highly anticipated third episode of the saga that has bewitched thousands of listeners around the world. How can you go on living if the person you love is gone? Consumed by grief and remorse, Gemma Bloom wonders that day after day. Evan defied the laws of Fate to save her, paying dearly for his disobedience: falling into the trap laid by an Angel of Death, he was poisoned by Gemma’s own lips.

A year has passed since Ari gave birth to Walker, though it went so badly awry she has trouble calling it “birth” and still she can't locate herself in her altered universe. Amid the strange, disjointed rhythms of her days and nights and another impending winter in upstate New York, Ari is a tree without roots, struggling to keep her branches aloft. When Mina, a one-time cult musician—older, self-contained, alone, and nine-months pregnant—moves to town, Ari sees the possibility of a new friend, despite her unfortunate habit of generally mistrusting women.

Seventh grader Wendy Toledo knows that black holes and immigration police have one thing in common: they can both make things disappear without a trace. When her family moves to a new all-American neighborhood, Wendy knows the plan: keep her head down, build a telescope that will win the science fair, and stay on her family’s safe orbit.

Dante Falcone is bored. He's surrounded by beautiful women every night at work, yet none of them have caught his attention. One night a group of college girls come into 7 Deadly Sins, the bar he manages. He doesn't give them a second thought until a beautiful straggler walks in behind them looking completely out of place. He's obsessed from the moment he sees her. Ava Mclemore is boring. That's what her friends think of her anyway. According to them, all she ever does is go to class, stay home, and study. Out to prove them wrong, she tags along one night when they go out. She didn't know ...