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Left partially paralysed below the rib cage by polio, Anne Wafula Strike was forced to flee her native Kenyan village, moving across the country with her family. After overcoming additional adversity, including the loss of her mother and ableist prejudice, Anne moved to the UK, where she discovered her talent for wheelchair racing. The first East African to compete in her sport, representing Kenya in the 2004 Paralympics before joining Paralympics GB, Anne is now a fierce advocate for the promotion of the games around the world, and a champion of disabled rights.

English writer Hilary Wainwright lost all trace of his young son when Lisa, his wife, was killed by the Gestapo in Paris. Several years later, an acquaintance travels to England with news that Hilary’s son may be alive in France. Doubting whether five-year-old Jean is indeed his, and determined not to feel vulnerable to love and tenderness again, Hilary travels to France to find the boy.

What would you do if you could really achieve all that you desire? This revealing look at the science of success will show you how to do just that!

I'm addicted to my stalker. He watches me at night, sneaking in through my living room window and making my blood turn to ice. I feel him all around me as chills snake down my spine. Each night he becomes bolder, getting closer and welcoming himself into my bedroom, feeding his addiction.

Tatort Nordsee: Aus purer Langeweile nimmt Rieke Wilken an dem Krimidinner ihrer besten Freundin teil. Zu ihrer Überraschung findet sie Gefallen daran, in eine fremde Rolle zu schlüpfen und damit für kurze Zeit ihrem belanglosen Dasein zu entfliehen – bis zu dem Moment, als sie das auserkorene Opfer entdeckt und feststellen muss, dass ihr eigener Mann Knut die verhängnisvolle Karte gezogen hat. Der gebrochene Blick und der Einschnitt an seiner Kehle lassen keinen Zweifel daran, dass innerhalb weniger Augenblicke aus dem unterhaltsamen Spiel bitterer Ernst geworden ist.

This chilling, haunting and twisty thriller about how far we go to protect our darkest secrets is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Cass Green and C. J. Tudor. Don't miss the gripping psychological thriller from Anne Wyn Clark.

Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter Debbie is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband Max arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay and without even a suit. But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband-to-be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.

Mesopotopia explores the vast sweep of our accelerating, precipitous world. From the cradle to the grave, from the mysterious poetic origins of Mesopotamia to our own dystopias of the twenty-first century, Anne Waldman crafts a singular, radical investigation into the syncretic layers of quantum space and dreamtime.

Sie hat mit der Vergangenheit abgeschlossen, aber die Vergangenheit nicht mit ihr – Hochspannung von Bestsellerautorin Loreth Anne White. Kit Darling arbeitet als zuverlässige Haushaltshilfe für reiche Leute. Niemand sieht, dass sie regelmäßig in den Sachen ihrer Klienten herumschnüffelt. Eine harmlose Obsession – bis Kit in dem Haus von Jon und Daisy Rittenberg etwas entdeckt, was nicht nur sie selbst in Gefahr bringt, sondern auch das Leben des Paares. Ermittlerin Mallory Van Alst wird zu einem blutigen Tatort in einem Luxushaus am Meer gerufen. Doch die Ermittler finden keine Leiche.

When James Rafferty died in a hail of bullets in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, that should have been it. But for almost 90 years he’s returned to Chicago on February 14th, just long enough to fall in love and break the curse. But Rafferty doesn’t believe in love. Not until he runs afoul of district attorney Helen Emerson, with her huge family of cops and her luminous brown eyes, and maybe, just maybe, his time in limbo is over. But one of his old friends is in trouble, another is on a murderous rampage, and Helen is in the midst of everything, determined not to give in, even to him.

Reporter Suzanna Molloy is looking for the story that will change her world, and she’s pretty sure that story is Dr. Daniel Crompton, a gorgeous, grumpy genius, obsessively working in his lab on something secret. Suzanna loves secrets, and she’s not averse to gorgeous geniuses, either, so a trip to Compton Labs is a moral imperative. Daniel Compton is working on a project he knows will change the world. Instead, a lab explosion changes him, giving him fantastic powers. But with great powers come great enemies, and now he’s on the run with Susanna.

Some go through their entire lives without an arch-nemesis. I had two. The first one was my stepbrother, Manuel. His goal was to beat me into submission, until I was nothing more than a cowering wraith. Luckily, I had a guardian angel who saved me. The second was none other than my angel's brother, Garret Hannigan. In my teens, I'd had a crush on him, and I'd even fantasized about him saving me from Manuel. Until I saw the disgusting and scary things he wrote, and that crush faded fast.

The most romantic literary lovers in history: Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth. Lucy Honeychurch and George Emerson. Helen Graham and Gilbert Markham. Now, all three of their classic stories are collected in one volume: the Classic Romance Collection - Volume III featuring Jane Austen's "Persuasion," E.M. Forster's "A Room With a View," and Anne Brontë's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall."

The year is 1915 and the world is at war. Marta and her father are passengers on the Lusitania, desperately trying to get back home to Germany. While aboard, they must keep their identities hidden or risk being mistaken for enemy spies. Then the Lusitania is attacked by a German submarine. They just make it off the sinking ship, but her father is discovered and detained. Marta suddenly finds herself alone in enemy land. To survive, Marta must draw upon a deep well of bravery she never knew she had.

Über Nacht stürzt Caras Leben ins Chaos. An ihrem neunzehnten Geburtstag muss sie sich mit ihrer Magie verbinden und einem der drei magischen Reiche verpflichten. Doch die Zeremonie verwandelt sich in einen Albtraum, als nicht nur eine, sondern gleich zwei Fähigkeiten in ihr erwachen. So etwas sollte es nicht geben und erst recht niemanden, der neben der Beschwörer-Magie noch die gefürchtete Geist-Magie beherrscht. Denn die sogenannten Gedankenleser sind schon vor Jahrzehnten in Ungnade gefallen und verstoßen worden – nach dem Beginn des großen Krieges, den sie verursacht haben.

Es ist nie zu spät, dein Leben zu leben. Nina mag ihr Leben, wie es ist. Sie ist glücklicher Single, liebt den Job als Lehrerin und ein geordnetes Leben. Doch ihre achtzigjährige Großmutter Flossie hat vor, Nina endlich aus der Komfortzone zu reißen und schlägt einen gemeinsamen Urlaub vor. Als die beiden in der Türkei ankommen, werden Ninas Pläne - es sollte ein ruhiger Urlaub werden - durch Flossies Aktivitäten komplett über den Haufen geworfen. Während einer Ausflugstour zu den antiken Ruinen von Ephesus lernt Nina den gutaussehenden Leo kennen.

Only one thing keeps me from turning this world into a nightmare...and that's the angel of a woman I've fallen in love with. Her purity and beauty are the only things that soothe my tortured soul. The world fears me. It doesn't matter if you're a human, orc, or dark elf—you shrink away in terror when I come into view.

Her entire life, Anne Friedman chased everything that society told her she should want: Marriage. Professional achievement. Thighs that didn’t touch. But all that got her was depression, anxiety, and disordered eating. When her fiancé dumps her without explanation, she buys a one-way ticket to Costa Rica in search of answers.

I didn't wake up one day and decide to be a Disney princess, but for the last six months, I've been living the dream. Of course, that dream includes screaming little girls at birthday parties every weekend. At least there's cake. When my roommate offers to cover my share of the rent if I work her friend's little girl's party, I don't hesitate. Only she forgets to mention a few things. Like that I would love the birthday girl the moment I met her.

Welcome to Comfortville, a quaint little town nestled inland from the Pacific coast. Ashley Crane is busy nursing a broken heart, working tirelessly as a cook, and hanging out with her family and best friends when her boss at the restaurant is murdered. At first the investigation is left to Nathaniel Thompson, the local handsome police detective. But when Thompson arrests the wrong suspect, Ashley takes the investigation into her own hands.