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Eve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side, explains that she has had an operation to remove the large, malignant tumour growing in her brain. As Eve learns to walk, talk, and write again — and as she wrestles with her diagnosis, and how and when to explain it to her beloved children — she begins to recall what’s most important to her: long walks with her husband’s hand clasped firmly around her own, family game nights and always buying that dress when she sees it.

Discover excitement and romance in To Seek for Eldorado—a heart-racing adventure and love story that spans the vast geography of Canada and takes you through the depths of the human soul. In this book, listeners will experience the joy and heartbreak of young love, the resilience of the human spirit, and the power of determination in the face of adversity.

1934 Young Kathleen Carver dreams of becoming a movie star despite her fathers warnings that she wouldn't want that life. As she grows, she becomes more determined and her strong personality and independent soul won't let her give up. After college, she stays out east and works in the theater. Then her big break comes—Hollywood is calling—and she goes home to California to become the star she always knew she'd be. But there are bumps along the highway to stardom, heartbreak, losses, and scandals. And secrets—so many secrets to keep.

When a health scare forces Orla, 29, to move in with her secretive father, she decides it's time to swap family drama for sun-soaked Greek beaches. After checking into a charming B&B, she realises the turquoise sea isn't the only eye-catching sight. Her neighbour, brooding writer Georgios, is in dire need of inspiration – and Orla seems to be the muse he's been waiting for. But over candlelit dinners and Greek wine, he persuades Orla to share her past. As soon as she does, however, Georgios abruptly ends their rendezvous.

Quando Juliana é inesperadamente nomeada para ensinar na escola municipal, o primeiro dia de aula começa com um bilhete de boas-vindas anônimo. Conforme Juliana trabalha, os bilhetes tornam-se cada vez mais críticos em relação às suas práticas pedagógicas, exigindo que ela ensine seus alunos a ler e escrever em um tempo impossivelmente curto. À medida que a pedagoga enfrenta o desafio, ela descobre os segredos de ensinar leitura e escrita usando estratégias de consciência fonológica baseadas em evidências.

If you loved Landscape of a Marriage by Gail Ward Olmsted, you'll absolutely adore Katharine's Remarkable Road Trip. In the fall of 1907, Katharine decides to drive from Newport, Rhode Island to her new home in Jackson, New Hampshire. Despite the concerns of her family and friends that at the age of 77 she lacks the stamina for the nearly 300-mile journey, Katharine sets out alone. Over the next six days, she receives a marriage proposal, pulls an all-nighter, saves a life or two, crashes a high-society event, meets a kindred spirit, faces a former rival, makes a new friend, takes a stroll with a future movie mogul, advises a troubled newlywed, and reflects upon a life well lived: her own!

The Quest of the Fish-Dog Skin is a story of the adventures of two Indian boys or, rather, of an Indian boy and a white boy, Indian. These two set forth from the lodges of the Blackfeet, in company with an older Indian who acts as their guide, philosopher, and friend, on a far quest to the salt water to find the medicine-animal that is called "fish-dog" because it lives only in the water, swimming like a fish, yet has the face of a dog and barks like a dog.

He was deeply religious and the greatest warrior of his time, but... He married a nun who was the King of England's sister. He stood trial for treason twice. The King wanted him dead at any cost. He conquered England and founded Parliament.

Meet the courageous Mrs Annie Edson Taylor. The bravest woman you've never heard of and the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel – over a decade before any male daredevil had the balls to do the same! From the author of the bestselling Heather's Picks title Mrs Van Gogh: a gripping historical novel inspired by a true story.

Connie Fitzwalter never imagined that her passion for music would lead her into a world of danger and intrigue. When her old family friend, Stephen, who works for the foreign office, tells Connie the true scale of the violence against Jewish people in Germany and Austria, she can stand aside no longer. Together, Stephen and Connie devise a daring mission to help families escape the clutches of Nazi persecution. Under their cover as music enthusiasts traveling to high-society concerts in Europe, Connie and her sister Dottie begin by smuggling money and valuables for families over the border.

Ein biografischer Roman, der Sie zu Tränen rühren wird: Die wahre Geschichte über die große Liebe der Stauffenbergs. Bestseller-Autorin Charlotte Roth erzählt in ihrem historischen Roman eine der schönsten und traurigsten Liebesgeschichten, die das Leben schrieb: eine Geschichte von Anstand und Courage, und von Hoffnung inmitten tiefster Verzweiflung während des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Sie ist die Tochter des fränkischen Generalkonsuls und einer baltischen Freifrau. Er ist der jüngste Spross eines schwäbischen Adelsgeschlechts mit einer vielversprechenden militärischen Karriere.

Based on a true story, Strandloper tells the extraordinary tale of a nineteenth-century Englishman, William Buckley, who was convicted and transported to Australia. Refusing to accept his fate he escaped and lived among the Aborigines for thirty years. In this visionary novel, Alan Garner is as true to William the Cheshire bricklayer and William the Aboriginal spiritual leader, as William is true to his fate. The result is extraordinary.

1966: In London, Jackie Collins’s racy The World is Full of Married Men hits bookshops and launches her career. In New York, Jacqueline Susann’s debut novel Valley of the Dolls is published, and she’s desperate for it to be a bestseller. But neither author is prepared for the price they will pay for begin women who dare to write about sex.

In 1919, a high school teacher from Washington, D.C arrives in Harlem excited to realize her lifelong dream. Jessie Redmon Fauset has been named the literary editor of The Crisis. The first Black woman to hold this position at a preeminent Negro magazine, Jessie is poised to achieve literary greatness. But she holds a secret that jeopardizes it all.

At age fourteen, Princess Salome knows she will soon be ready for marriage - one that will satisfy the ambitions of her mother Herodias. But it is Herodias's own sudden remarriage that will change Salome's life in a way she did not expect. Uprooted to Judea, Salome finds herself in a land full of strange people - none more so than the prophet John 'the Baptiser', who condemns her mother and stepfather for their respective divorces. When John is imprisoned for inciting rebellion, Herodias forces Salome to ask for his head as a gift for her dancing.

Mut kennt kein Kalkül: Der Überfall auf den 20. Deportationszug nach Auschwitz. Am 19. April 1943 stoppen drei junge Männer einen Zug, der 1.618 Juden vom belgischen Sammellager Mechelen nach Auschwitz transportiert. Ausgerüstet mit drei Zangen, einer mit rotem Papier beklebten Sturmleuchte sowie einer Pistole, führen Youra Livchitz, Jean Franklemon und Robert Maistriau einen Plan aus, den jüdische Widerständler erdacht, bewaffnete Partisanen aber als zu riskant verworfen hatten. Sie befreien 17 Männer und Frauen, dann eröffnen die deutschen Bewacher das Feuer.

Wanted: Male, forty to fifty years of age. Must be free to travel with no family obligations for a one-year contract. Sense of adventure, ability to do field research required. Call Beth for an interview at: 888-555-6363. Would you answer this classified ad? Alex did, and it changed his life forever when he became A Man Called Friday. Join Alex, as Friday, as he travels around the country helping strangers at crossroads in their lives; in the process, he discovers how, by helping others, he helped himself.

1838, England: When eighteen-year-old Frances Dickinson impulsively marries Lieutenant John Geils, all her hopes for her future are quickly shattered as she finds there is much about her husband she did not know. A cruel and violent man, John keeps Frances in isolation on his family's estate, while spending her fortune and preying upon their maids. Frances yearns to break free from her marriage but the law is not on her side. Only when John's abuse escalates can she set in motion a daring plan to secure her freedom.

Freiheit, wie sie nur die Musik verheißt. Hamburg, 1961: Abby will Fotografin werden und ihr Leben leben, so intensiv und frei wie möglich. Dann sieht sie im Kaiserkeller eine unbekannte Band aus Liverpool, die sie einfach fotografieren muss - die Beatles. Ihre Bilder könnten ihr die Tür zum heiß ersehnten Fotografiestudium öffnen, vor allem aber verliebt sie sich in den Bassisten Stuart Sutcliffe. Doch kurz darauf muss die Band nach England zurück... Ostberlin: Sofia lebt für die Musik, die sie nicht hören darf, und träumt von einem Leben in Freiheit.

Die geheimen Seiten der Queen of Cosy Crime. Agatha hat ihren eigenen Kopf - statt eine Vernunftehe einzugehen, will sie Pianistin werden. Doch die Träume von der Karriere als Musikerin platzen, und auch die große Liebe lässt auf sich warten. Um dem Alltag zu entfliehen, beginnt Agatha zu schreiben - zunächst Kurzgeschichten, später über einen Detektiv namens Hercule Poirot. Als sie Archibald Christie kennenlernt, scheint ihr Glück perfekt. Die beiden heiraten schnell, gemeinsam bereisen sie die Welt.