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Mildred Story deserdou todos os filhos por meio de cartas que apenas diziam: “Vocês sabem o que fizeram.” Agora, novas cartas, escritas com a mesma frieza, convidam os três netos para trabalhar e morar no resort da família durante o verão para que ela possa finalmente conhecê-los. Sem terem certeza se a melhor opção para as férias é passar tempo com “quase que estranhos”, os três hesitam. Mas seus pais são enfáticos: não ir está fora de cogitação.

Laura Hayes perdió a su padre hace tres años. Ahora se ha quedado a cargo de su hermano inválido y del negocio familiar de perfumes que no va precisamente viento en popa. Necesita un marido que los rescate de la pobreza, y lo necesita pronto. Quizá la solución esté en el extraño que ha llegado al pueblo hace poco… Alex Archer no es precisamente un héroe, sino más bien todo lo contrario. Ha vuelto a Inglaterra con un único objetivo: casarse con una rica heredera. Lo de los sentimientos es lo de menos, ni le importan ni le interesan.

Sir Isaac Newton changed the world with his many discoveries and inventions about mathematics, science, optics, and physics. Although he was brilliant, Newton felt no need to publish his ideas or to inform his fellow scientists of the amazing discoveries he made. Because of this, his discoveries were often disputed. Despite the controversy that often surrounded him, Newton made astounding advances in his efforts to understand how nature worked. His legacy lives on through inventions such as microscopes, eyeglasses, telescopes, and cameras.

This riveting memoir by Laura Davis, author of The Courage to Heal, examines the endurance of mother-daughter love, how memory protects and betrays us, and the determination it takes to fulfill a promise when ghosts from the past come knocking. When she published The Courage to Heal in 1988, Laura Davis helped more than a million women work through the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. But her decision to go public with her grandfather’s incest deepened an already painful estrangement with her mother, Temme.

Immune to the consequences of immorality, five privileged young men in Bogotá bond over a shared code: worship drugs and drink, exploit women, and scorn the underclass. As males, they declare the right to freedom of pleasure. As friends, only disloyalty to each other is forbidden. When a little girl from the slums disappears, the limits of a perverse and sacred bond will be tested in ways none of them could have imagined.

Landon era un bambino felice, la sua vita era perfetta e aveva davanti a sé un futuro pieno di promesse, finché una tragedia non ha distrutto la sua famiglia e messo in dubbio tutto quello in cui aveva sempre creduto. Gli anni difficili dell'adolescenza passano lenti e dolorosi, tra solitudini, risse e sospensioni a scuola, e un rapporto conflittuale con il padre. Lasciarsi tutto alle spalle è impossibile quando si è schiacciati dal rimorso di non aver evitato che quella tragedia accadesse.

La madre di Lucy Jorik è tra le donne più famose al mondo. Per questo Lucy è abituata a tenere un comportamento che non metta mai in imbarazzo la sua famiglia... Almeno fino al giorno in cui la combina davvero grossa. Invece di dire "sì" all'uomo più perfetto che abbia mai conosciuto, fugge dall'altare e salta in sella a una moto sgangherata guidata da uno sconosciuto dall'aspetto rude che non potrebbe essere più estraneo alla sua esistenza privilegiata.

Charley Redford non avrebbe mai immaginato che un giorno si sarebbe sentita tanto speciale. Jake Caplin, un ragazzo come non ne ha mai conosciuti, è riuscito a farla sentire unica, desiderata, amata. Da quando si è trasferito nella cittadina dell'Indiana dove lei è cresciuta, tra loro si è creato un legame profondo e inscalfibile. Ma il giorno in cui un tragico incidente sconvolge la vita di Jake le cose prendono una piega inaspettata. Jake decide di ricostruire la propria vita senza Charley, lasciandola sola con il proprio dolore.

Spoiled New York City girl, Hildegarde Graham, is sent to stay with her mother's old nurse in the country. When her parents must take a trip to California, Hildegarde learns the value of simplicity, kindness, and a more democratic sensibility. Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (Feb. 27, 1850 - Jan. 14, 1943) was born in Boston, Mass., to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's novels, biographies, and poetry. Queen Hildegarde, published in 1889, was one of her most famous works.

It is 1992, and Bihac, Amra's hometown, is a multicultural city with Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. But when tensions escalate, the Serbs turn on their Bosnian neighbors. The Serbs control the army, and now they have peaceful Bihac surrounded. Soon Amra and her family are dealing with starvation and the threat of brutal violence; school, friendships, and the attentions from a new boy have to take a back seat to finding food and the tragic fallout from rising bigotry and ethnic hatred. Through it all, a stray cat, Maci, serves as a guardian spirit to the entire family.

Unraveled is a tale of chaos and near-death experiences that shares personal and private moments and the intense challenges and grueling work it takes to get sober and remain sober. It’s a unique story of a mother and son’s journey that ends with on-your-knees epiphanies that leave both parent and child asking for help. This tandem narrative is a compelling testimony of bravery and honesty that, with edgy and surprising humor, charts a family’s slow climb out of the abyss of pain into the full power of faith, redemption, and healing.

In this erotic short story, we meet the titular Laura, a young woman who serves as a slave to her master and mistress. This particular episode of Laura's saga sees her undergo some rather rigorous slave training in the hope of earning a very special reward....

When a kid is dragged to Central Park in New York on a Saturday (when he could be at home watching the ball game), the last thing he wants is a history lesson from his mom. But then his mother starts telling him a story. A story about the giant structure sitting in right in front of them—Cleopatra’s Needle. It turns out that an enslaved boy and hundreds of other people spent more than six hundred days carving the Needle out of stone and pulling it upright. And another kid’s drawings were used to create the hieroglyphs on its sides.

Blue e Dean: possono esistere due persone più diverse? Maldestra, malvestita e cinica lei; impeccabile nei modi e nell'aspetto lui. Pittrice svagata e nomade lei; atleta scattante che ha trovato una famiglia nella squadra lui. Eppure, il giorno in cui Dean raccatta Blue per la strada, quello che sta facendo salire a bordo è il suo destino.

Evelyn can remember all her past lives. She can also remember that in every single one, she’s been murdered before her eighteenth birthday by Arden, a supernatural being linked to her soul. The problem is that she’s quite fond of the life she’s in now, and her little sister needs her in order to stay alive. If Evelyn wants to save her sister, she’ll have to find the centuries-old devil who hunts her through each life before they find her first, figure out why she’s being hunted and finally break their curse, and try not to fall in love . . . again.

In this Public Domain autobiography, Clara Barton shares unique glimpses of her personal life throughout her childhood. From stories about her siblings to time in school, Barton delves into what made her formative years in New England during the time of Andrew Jackson unique. In this edition, perfect for Middle-School-aged students, you will find ten lesson plans in the forward to help students connect with the book and relate with Clara Barton beyond her role as a historical figure.

Relatos populares que forman parte de la tradición oral de muchos países, narrados de una manera sencilla y entretenida, ideal para cautivar a todas las edades.

In the shifting (or even collapsing) of everything familiar in life, you don’t have to wring your hands in fear. Push past the loss of your “normal” with best-selling author and Bible teacher Laura Story, and step into the new story God is writing for you.

Liz Kelsey promised herself she’d never again spy on her feckless husband, Phil. But then she discovers a string of suggestive texts on his secret burner phone. Even worse, he’s flirting with the woman who shook their unstable marriage once before. But knowledge is power. What’s more dangerous - what Liz knows or what Phil doesn’t know?

You are what you eat. But do you really know what’s happening under the surface of your food? The Story of Your Favorite Meal: How to Listen to Your Food is a self-help guide to farm-to-table food that teaches you to be a food sleuth. You’ll learn to listen to where your food comes from so you can make healthy, honest food choices in order to be the best steward for yourself, the animals, and the environment.