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In the heart of Lincoln Park, Chicago, where the city’s vibrant pulse meets the calm of nature, there’s Nevaeh—a young woman caught in life’s noise. Like so many of us, she’s grappling with the question that tugs at the core of existence: Who am I? Feeling more adrift than ever, Nevaeh hears about a Philosopher named Joe Bandra, known simply as “J.” It is believed that he’s cracked the code of existence, uncovered life’s secrets, and lives a simple, insightful existence by Salem Lakes, just outside Antioch, Illinois.

Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, but the years are short," she realized. "Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter." In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project.

The author of the blockbuster New York Times best sellers The Happiness Project and Happier at Home tackles the critical question: How do we change? Gretchen Rubin's answer: through habits. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habits to build happier, stronger, more productive lives.

The right idea, invoked at the right time, can change our lives. Drawing from her long studies of happiness, and also from the challenges she’s faced herself, writer Gretchen Rubin has discovered the “Secrets of Adulthood” that can help us manage the complexities of life. To convey her conclusions, she turned to the aphorism—the ancient literary discipline that demands that a writer convey a large truth in a few words.

Joining us in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book, The Four Tendencies, is New York Times best-selling author and happiness expert Gretchen Rubin. Author of international best sellers The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, Gretchen Rubin has made waves with her insights into habits, happiness and human nature. With more than 600,000 people having taken her online quiz and a hugely successful podcast and blog, Gretchen delves further into personality traits with her latest title, The Four Tendencies.

What happens when you're pulled into an alternate version of your life? Cassidy Marchand is abandoned, on the run, and out of money. She’s just gotten arrested for stealing, but that’s the least of her worries. When she wakes up, everything seems normal—at first. She soon discovers she has entered an alternate reality where she encounters devoted and loyal friends she’s never met, meets the golden-boy doctor she’s engaged to, and finds out the father who deserted her in her own world actually stuck around to raise her alternate self. The biggest hitch?

Making new friends in the traveler’s paradise of Antigua happens quickly, but how well can you know people you’ve just met? When one of Kira McKnight’s new expat friends ends up in a coma, after drinking a cocktail meant for Kira, she realizes she is in danger and needs to be very careful who she trusts. Was she just being paranoid, or was there a darker reason she’d been accepted for the language program and sent that plane ticket?

Nach einem Gespräch zur Vorbereitung einer Hochzeit befindet sich Pater Brown auf dem Heimweg, als er auf einer Bank in der Nähe des Bahnhofs von Newton eine weinende Frau sieht. Sally Page kann die Hilfe des Paters gut gebrauchen. Zu allem Unglück ist auch noch ihre Geldbörse gestohlen worden. Pater Brown nimmt die Ermittlungen auf und sieht sich bald mit einem Fall konfrontiert, der immer verworrener wird.

Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges warfen die Briten gefälschte Lebensmittelmarken über den deutschen Städten ab, um die deutsche Binnenstruktur zu schädigen. Ein Fehler, denn diese Aktion lieferte den Deutschen die Idee für einen weitaus gefährlicheren Gegenschlag. Inspector Chesterton von Scotland Yard fällt nun die Aufgabe zu, ein Verbrechen aufzuklären, das sich zu Kriegszeiten mitten im Feindesland abgespielt hat.

After a bad breakup, country music star Brock McQuaid finds his ratings tanking as fans begin to question whether he’s really experienced the love he sings about so passionately. To salvage his reputation, he agrees to pretend to fall in love with supermodel Venus Vargas, because she needs his help too. Venus always thought she would marry her best friend Reed. But when he throws a surprise party celebrating his engagement to another woman, Venus finds herself scrambling to make sense of her relationship with him. To keep from being humiliated, she agrees to fake date Brock McQuaid.

Judith Vander Wege found that, when going through emotionally difficult situations, it helped her feel better to write a poem or song, which was also usually a prayer. After discovering many Christian periodicals would buy and publish these poems, she decided to gather them together in a book.

A boy with perseverance, willing to go the extra mile, meets a girl whose daunting parents dictate every step of her life. When the two formally meet, what will happen? What awaits them as they deal with the turbulences of life as young adults?

Pater Brown besucht ein Gemeindemitglied im Krankenhaus, als er von der Oberschwester Sabel Glover um Hilfe gebeten wird. Die Patientin Ella Rhodes ist verstorben und der Pater soll Melanie Fox, der besten Freundin der Toten, die Mrs. Rhodes leblos in ihrem Krankenbett aufgefunden hat, Beistand leisten. Schnell wird jedoch klar, dass Ella Rhodes keines natürlichen Todes gestorben ist. Doch wer hatte ein Interesse an ihrem Tod? Pater Brown beginnt zu ermitteln und sieht sich bald mit einer Reihe von möglichen Tätern konfrontiert.

Als am Loch Moran die ersten Menschen das Opfer plötzlicher, unerwarteter Angriffe werden und spurlos in den Fluten des Gewässers verschwinden, beginnt die Invasion der Medienleute und Schaulustigen. Schon kurz nach ihrer Ankunft stoßen Faith und ihre Freunde mit dem geheimnisvollen Fischer Ron Morrow zusammen, der sie bereits erwartet hat. Gemeinsam treten sie den Kampf gegen den Giganten aus der Tiefe an. Aber können sie Morrow wirklich trauen ...?

"I am not moving to Iraq to teach." But the recession came hard for Gretchen Berg. Tens of thousands of dollars in debt, her only option was to uproot her life and move to the Middle East for work. She was prepared to make some good money, pay off some bad debt, take some photos of camels, and suffer through expected misogyny typical of the Middle East. She was unprepared for the drama and chaos that erupted within the well-intended, burgeoning university program, and the comical carnival of personalities she’d encounter, along with unexpected misogyny coming from inside the building.

Tyler McQuaid has been too busy managing his family’s luxury ranch resort to think about love. But when his dad gets sick and may not have long to live, Tyler begins to question what is truly important. He’s already failed once at love and marriage, but how can he say no to his dad’s sickbed wish that he try again?

Love and Relationships with ADHD Decoded offers practical guidance for transforming ADHD traits from challenges into strengths. Written by someone who understands these struggles firsthand, this book provides solutions that work with your brain.

Drei Jahre nach ihrem Erfolg in der Willsher-Affäre stehen Wimpelbee und Rodes von Scotland Yard erneut vor einem Rätsel: Ein Teil der Kronjuwelen wurde gestohlen. Ihr einziger Anhaltspunkt ist eine Leiche im Tower of London. Wer steckt hinter diesem Affront gegen die Krone von England? Um diesen Fall zu lösen, greift Inspector Rodes auf recht ungewöhnliche Mittel zurück.

Selkie and Aidan long for a normal life, free from the secrets that once tore them apart. But Selkie’s gift is evolving—growing stronger, wilder, and more unpredictable. As she pushes the limits of her power, Aidan wrestles with his choice to leave the Sanctuary, mourning the family and future he left behind. But for a Lightscaper as powerful as Selkie, the Shadows won’t let her be. Attracted to her growing light, they haunt her dreams and watch her every move, luring her toward their increasing darkness.

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