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When an acclaimed novelist purchases the summer estate of her youth on Orcas Island, Washington, she voices three intentions: to provide a respite for her hardworking husband; to preserve the innocence of their precocious thirteen-year-old son; and to renovate a cliffside cabin into the writing retreat of her dreams. But there’s also an unfulfilled promise that has haunted Meredith Lila Gaines since the day she fled the property and the life she knew.

Your heart races, your chest tightens, and your voice feels unsteady whenever you face a crowd or even a simple conversation. Social anxiety convinces you that everyone notices your discomfort, and the harder you try to appear calm, the worse the spiral becomes. Vagus Nerve Training for Social Anxiety shows you how to break this cycle by working with your body instead of against it. The vagus nerve is the pathway that regulates your breath, heartbeat, and even the tone of your voice. When it is activated, you feel calm, grounded, and capable of connecting. When it is weak, anxiety takes over.

Some summers don't just pass; they redefine you. It’s a season measured in a cascade of firsts: the nervous energy of a first date, the terrifying, liberating weight of a first confession, the breathtaking moment you feel truly seen by someone else. Suddenly, the simplest things become landmarks etched in your memory, the way the afternoon sun slants through the trees, the melody of a shared song on the radio. The future, once a predictable line on a map, explodes into a constellation of thrilling, uncertain paths.

Born out of grief after the loss of her father, the author dives into family histories to search for answers and comfort. Bringing her ancestors to life, the author shares the stories of five immigrant Jewish families who shape Seattle's early years, its retail culture and its gilded age. In this delightful book, Karen Treiger places herself in the long arc of history and invites the listener to join her time travel. The story telling is masterful as she describes the origin of each family who emigrated to the United States from central and eastern Europe between 1874 and 1913.

This project started with a conversation between myself and my friend Douglas. We were discussing his songwriting and his love for the lyrics and stories behind them. I was so excited to share these letters with him that my father had written to my mother while my father was serving as a doctor in the Viet Nam.

»Delaney's Books & Brews« ist mehr als nur ein Coffeeshop mit Büchern. Es ist Heimat, Rückzugsort, ein Teil Torontos. Nun soll es einem seelenlosen Shopping-Komplex weichen. Ich dürfte darin zwar ein Lokal eröffnen, aber angepasst an deren Konzept, glattgebügelt und beliebig.

Eilean Eadar - eine karge, windgepeitschte Insel, auf der in einer eisigen Nacht vor über hundert Jahren drei Leuchtturmwärter spurlos verschwanden. Als ein junger Mann tot am Fuße des Inselleuchtturms gefunden wird, sollen zwei Polizisten aus Glasgow den rätselhaften Fall untersuchen. Doch kaum auf der Insel angekommen, stoßen die ehrgeizige Georgina und ihr älterer Kollege Richie auf eine Mauer des Schweigens. Was haben die eigenwilligen Bewohner zu verbergen?

In Store Bought Baby, Laura Melane unravels the complex emotions of growing up adopted, feeling different, and battling a deep sense of insecurity. Raised alongside her parents’ biological daughter in a well-meaning but dysfunctional family, Laura always felt like something was missing.

I’m a dog trainer. I can teach any unruly pup to sit, stay, and not eat the furniture. My ex-boyfriend, however, is a whole other breed. A year ago, Josh became a millionaire after creating a wildly popular video game...about dogs. My idea, by the way. I took one look at his new bank account and ran—all the way to another continent.

International bestseller Samuel Bjork makes his US debut, a chilling and fast-paced thriller in which two detectives must hunt down a vengeful killer--and uncover the secret that ties each of them to the crime A six-year-old girl is found in the Norwegian countryside, hanging lifeless from a...

The thrilling follow-up to Samuel Bjørk’s internationally bestselling I'm Traveling Alone, which The Wall Street Journal calls “tense and smartly constructed” When a troubled teenager disappears from an orphanage and is found murdered, her body arranged on a bed of feathers, veteran...

Stranded in Rome, with all planes grounded due to volcanic ash, Callum gratefully accepts a lift back to London with a friend-of-a-friend who's on her way home after a European road trip in a campervan. But when he meets her, his heart plummets - she's Emma, his ex, The ex, and he can't be stuck in a van with her. When Emma sees Callum again, she's horrified. It's taken so many years to heal her heart - she really doesn't want to spend the next few days in close quarters with him.

Break free from stiffness and rediscover the joy of moving with ease in your daily life. Whether due to aging, long hours at a desk, or recovery from injury, limited mobility can feel both painful and frustrating. But what if the solution was right beneath you? Transform your daily sitting time...

Growing up in Beverly Hills with two famous uncles—a cosmetics magnate and a well-connected mobster—eventually led Ilene Médecin to a romantic and glamorous life as the American First Lady of Nice and the French Riviera. Arrested follows Ilene through her marriage to Jacques Médecin, a Medici Count fondly known as "King Jacquou," who was the last scion of a century old political dynasty.

In the mist-shrouded highlands of Scotland, Sarah awakens to an immortal life she never asked for. As a fledgling vampire, she finds herself under the protection of Connor, the enigmatic Grey Man whose legend is whispered through the glens. Amid breathtaking landscapes and encounters with creatures of myth, a dangerous attraction ignites between them. But passion comes at a price. Sarah must battle the hunger that drives her to destroy even as she longs to heal, a struggle put to the ultimate test when they stumble upon a dying climber.

With a gift shop full of her own jewelry designs and a sweet little sailboat, Tadie Longworth doesn't spend much time worrying that she's turning into one of Beaufort, North Carolina's, spinsters--until the guy who got away shows up and starts hitting on her again. Widower Will Merritt provides the perfect distraction when he cruises into town with a broken sailboat and a perky seven-year-old daughter, and Tadie offers them shelter during a hurricane. Jilly soon becomes the daughter she could have had and Will the man she always wanted.

Sarà la volta giusta? Lucilla se lo chiede sempre, ma le cose non vanno mai come dovrebbero. Dopo una serie di uomini sbagliati e tentativi di adattarsi pur di essere amata, incontra Enrico. Insieme vincono un bando per gestire una locanda in un “Comune polvere”, un paesino a rischio di spopolamento sulle Alpi Marittime. Sembra l’occasione ideale, finalmente. Milleduecento metri di altitudine. Quindici anime, più due. Peccato che una sia in ritardo. Lucilla si ritrova sola, nel sogno di un altro e con un contratto che prevede la presenza di una coppia.

In Pittsburgh, the elevation varies wildly, fluctuating 660 feet from highest to lowest points throughout the area and making it one of the hilliest cities in the United States. Throughout this unruly and physically challenging landscape, the city's first mass transportation system was built—a steadily expanding network of public stairways, locally referred to as city steps, these flights of stairs are a throwback to a very different time in history and a very different Pittsburgh.

El recopilatorio de relatos no Cosmere, por el gran autor de fantasía del siglo XXI: Brandon Sanderson.

Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war... A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to raise tensions between humans and the undead to dangerous heights. Now Cat and Bones are in a race against time to save their friends from a fate worse than death...because the more secrets they unravel, the deadlier the consequences.