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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER George Stephanopoulos, the legendary political news host and former advisor to President Clinton, recounts the history-making crises from the place where twelve presidents made their highest-pressure decisions. No room better defines American power and its role in...

On the Galápagos Islands, the lives of two women—a century apart—converge in the most startling ways in a historical novel of desperate love, secrets, and deception by the author of My Last Continent. After ten years away to build a family, Mallory returns to Floreana Island in the...

Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarceration and forced incestuous marriage during the worst violence of the French Revolution of 1789, they dared sartorial revolt.

Bon, d’accord, ce n’était pas tout à fait le genre de nouvelle que j’avais envie d’entendre de la bouche de mes tantes. Pourtant, voilà. Maintenant, que voulez-vous que je fasse de cette info ? Au moment où je pensais enfin pouvoir m’offrir une pause bien méritée dans ce tourbillon de galères auquel je suis confrontée depuis quelques mois, il faut que cette histoire me tombe dessus.

Pregnant at fifteen after gleefully losing her virginity to pansexual neighborhood strongman Francis Anthony Mozzarelli, she is robbed of her baby by a pack of nefarious nuns and her embittered papa has her sterilized without her consent (legal in 1935). With the help of a besotted Francis and her top-secret meatball recipe, a devastated Bella embarks on a riotous quest through Depression-era Coney Island sideshows, the tawdry world of peek-a-boo striptease routines, a queer mob marriage, and a tasty collection of wisdom-filled recipes to find her lost child, herself, and maybe even true love.

Werden wir die Erde vermissen? Die Menschheit kommt nicht zur Ruhe. 1912 wird Edwin St. Andrew, Adelsspross aus England mit einer ketzerischen Haltung zum britischen Imperialismus, in die britische Kolonie Kanada exiliert und sucht dort sein Glück. 2203 bricht die berühmte Schriftstellerin Olive Llewellyn eine weltweite Lesereise ab, um zurück zu ihrer Familie auf den nun kolonialisierten Mond zu fliegen, als erste Meldungen über eine Pandemie laut werden.

No one is at all sure what a book wraith might be, but whatever it is definitely has the battered tomes in the Library of the Sapphire Wind very worried indeed. Figuring out what a book wraith could be is hardly the least of the challenges that the newly formed House of Rough Diamonds will face as the motley assortment of members-including three women who are literally "out of this world"-attempt to secure ownership of the Library.

Justine is 21 years old, and has lived with her grandparents and her cousin Jules since the death of her parents. As a nursing assistant at a retirement home, she spends much of her days listening to her residents’ stories. After bonding with Hélène, an almost 100-year-old resident, the two women slowly reveal their stories to one another. Whilst Justine helps Hélène to relive her memories of love and war, Hélène encourages Justine to confront the secrets of her own past and the loss she keeps buried deep within.

Die schönsten Märchen - in Folge 10 dieser zauberhaften Hörspielreihe hört ihr Die Prinzessin und der Schweinehirt nach Hans Christian Andersen und Der fliegende Koffer nach Wilhelm Hauff.

Die Tiermärchen aus diesem Hörbuch stammen aus Deutschland, der Türkei, Russland, dem Vorderen Orient, China, Vietnam und Japan. Die Märchen predigen keine Moral, sie erzählen farbig und anschaulich und oft fröhlich vom Zusammenleben der Menschen und Tiere. Die Märchen wurden meist im Kreis der Erwachsenen erzählt. Kinder konnten zuhören, wie sie auch heute oft bis spät in die Nacht bei Festivitäten dabei sind und manchmal auf ihren Stühlen einschlafen. Durch diese Tiermärchen gewinnen wir einen erstaunlichen Einblick in die Denkweisen und Seelen der beschriebenen Völker.

Ein Schicksalsschlag verändert das Leben von Shona MacLean über Nacht: Ihre Schwester Freya, die auf der Insel Islay ein B&B führt und sich als alleinerziehende Mutter durchschlägt, hatte einen schweren Unfall. Sofort reist Shona nach Islay, um sich um die Pension und ihre Nichte Erin zu kümmern. Diese zeigt Shona eine Brosche, die sie beim Spazierengehen gefunden hat. Offensichtlicht stammt das Schmuckstück aus der Wikingerzeit. Gemeinsam beginnen Shona und Erin, die Geschichte der alten Brosche zu erforschen – unterstützt von Gavin Ramsay, dem sympathischen Inhaber einer kleinen Destillerie.

En trente ans d’existence, je n’aurais jamais pensé devenir l’assistante d’un collecteur d’âmes, ou plutôt son esclave. Mon quotidien consiste à aider les tas d’âmes de ces malheureux mortels qui les lui ont vendues. Le démon croit pouvoir me contrôler, mais j’ai l’intention de faire les choses différemment… à ma façon. Cela dit, comme tout le monde le sait, rien n’est jamais aussi facile, surtout dans ma vie.

What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch's country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother live there together? Strong Passions, rooted in the beguiling times of Edith Wharton's "old New York," recounts the true story of a tumultuous marriage.

A Chance to Die is a vibrant portrayal of Amy Carmichael, an Irish missionary and writer who spent fifty-three years in south India without furlough. There she became known as "Amma," or "mother," as she founded the Dohnavur Fellowship, a refuge for underprivileged children. Amy's life of...

In the company of the "inquisitors," Xerak, Grunwold, and Vereez, the three newly appointed mentors rediscovered the Library of the Sapphire Wind, and, within it, revelations that transformed the young people's pasts into a vast tangle of lies and half-truths. But there are still questions to be answered. Before they are done, Meg the retired librarian, Teg the archeologist-turned-mage, and the multi-talented, ever surprising Peg will deal with kidnappings, betrayal, arcane artifacts, romantic intrigues, and the inescapable reality that past lives cast long shadows.

Une nouvelle magie menace notre communauté paranormale et cherche la domination. Quelque chose s’éveille dans la nuit, et franchement, ça commence à sentir mauvais. Au premier sens du terme. Maintenant, je suis un Merlin, et mon plan est très simple : intervenir, protéger ma famille et mes amis, et vaincre ce nouveau mal. Mais bien sûr, ce n’est pas aussi facile. Un seul faux-pas pourrait conduire au désastre.

Negative, broken, lie-filled sentences fill your head as you work, play, and go about your life. These scripts are sidelining you, maligning you, harming you. What if there were another way? What if your life didn't have to be defined by what others say? Or even by what you say to yourself over and over? What if you knew that beauty and life are yours to be found and you finally danced in the freedom that awaits you? There is more for you, friend—so much more.

This is the 2nd collection of real-life experiences and stories from Lean and Six Sigma practitioners who have spent time at the "gemba" volunteering their skills to help nonprofits and public agencies. They have generously offered to write a chapter about lessons learned and tools they have applied. A great book to share with potential volunteers, or nonprofits wanting to learn more about Lean or Six Sigma applied to their organizations.

"Dans ce best-seller classique, Florence Scovel Shinn a contribué à définir le genre de la réussite personnelle. Écrit dans la tradition de la nouvelle pensée, son message est simple et transformateur : nous recevons en retour ce que nous créons dans le monde par le biais de nos pensées, de nos paroles, de nos actions, de notre énergie et de notre attitude. La négativité et le pessimisme nous sont rendus en nature, mais en changeant le scénario en faveur d'attitudes et d'affirmations positives, nous sommes capables de manifester le succès et la joie dans tout ce que nous entreprenons.

A Jacket Off the Gorge peels back the layers of the criminal mind, revealing a fascinating look at one man's struggles within himself and with others. Jon's story raises questions about incarceration versus rehabilitation, lack of mental health treatment for offenders, and abuses by those we entrust to uphold the law.