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With the ownership of the property settled, Eliza knows that she’s found the place where she belongs. But she can’t take a chance on something completely new until she finally lets go of the grief that has gripped her heart, and saying that last goodbye is one of the hardest things she’s ever had to do. Her sister, Claire, is tackling her own emotional challenges. While her lifelong fantasy for a reunion has finally happened, it comes with a cost. She must face the choices of her past, and fight for a love she never thought she could have…and still could lose at any minute.

What is karma? Most people understand karma as a balance sheet of good and bad deeds, virtues and sins. The mechanism that decrees that we cannot evade the consequences of our own actions. In reality, karma has nothing to do with reward and punishment. Karma simply means action: your action, your responsibility. It isn’t some external system of crime and punishment, but an internal cycle generated by you. Accumulation of karma is determined only by your intention and the way you respond to what is happening to you.

Everyone in Highley eagerly anticipates the arrival of Reginald Abernathy, the new master of Albon Manor. Everyone, that is, except Lord William Bascomb. William knows he’ll be expected to woo Reginald’s sister, and he can't summon the interest for it. But when the Abernathys arrive at last, William discovers he’s interested after all - in Reginald. Reginald is the most handsome, most dashing, most intriguing man he’s ever known. Better yet, he seems to share William's preference for men.

England 1904 - Polly, mit sechs Jahren schon eine Pflegefamilien-Veteranin, kommt zu ihren frommen Tanten in das gelbe Haus am Meer. Hier gibt es kaum Unterhaltung, aber es gibt Bücher, und lesend entwickelt sich Polly unbemerkt zu einer stillen, unbeugsamen Rebellin. Ein Buch liest sie immer wieder: Robinson Crusoe wird zu ihrem Kompass in jeder Lebenslage. Ihre eigene einsame Insel verlässt Polly Flint nie ganz.

This year, the holidays seem to be rubbing Archie the wrong way. He can't stand that damn happy music blasting in the stores and all over the radio. The decorations went up far too early. And don't even get Archie started on how cheery everyone is. Seeing the holidays causes Archie to slip back into a depression. Adze decides to take matters into his own hands.

The morning newspapers are jammed with alarming headlines and stories asking questions no one can answer. In Storm Warning (2011), Billy Graham examines the problems facing America today compared with what is to come as revealed in the Bible. He answers the tough questions as only he can with astute biblical insight, and points to the hope and renewal found in Christ - for our families, our nation, and our world.

Courage in Cannabis is a compilation of stories written by doctors, lawyers, patients, caregivers, entrepreneurs, and activists. Each story is unique and written with the hope of inspiring others. In these times, anyone that chooses cannabis or enters the industry has a story of courage. This is truly simply because a very short time ago, cannabis was illegal everywhere in North America. The authors in this book took a leap of faith and courage when deciding that cannabis was the option for their lives.

Valorie, Veronica, Vance, and Vincent’s perfect world turned into a nightmare one hot afternoon in 1959 in Cebu, Philippines. What was to be a quick lunch with their father turned into a flight to America, where four dreadfully long years of running from state to state, hiding, and vanishing into the night followed. Kidnapped from the only world they knew, confusion quickly set in.

The group of close family and friends are determined to settle the ownership of the beachfront property once and for all. But it seems there are forces outside of their control determined to shatter all their dreams. As she takes time to reconsider her career, Eliza’s daughter finds herself in the middle of conflicting feelings for two very different men. Balancing what she wants with what she needs, this shrewd businesswoman discovers that sometimes the best decisions are made with the heart, and not the head.

In Black Balled, you'll meet enemies to lovers Larson Blackburn and Troy Babilonia. Blackburn is an indie author whose latest release is obliterated by the renowned reviewer "Babu" of the Bluffington Gazette and followed by thousands on Greatreads. Let the social media war begin between these two alphas and watch the stakes reach a sizzling crescendo!

Called the “Queen of Beauty” and the most influential lone woman to impact the beauty industry since Estée Lauder by The New York Times, Leslie Blodgett’s story is anything but ordinary. As the CEO of BareMinerals, she reinvented how beauty was sold by tapping into the power of community before the idea of social media existed. In 2006, Blodgett took the company public in one of the largest cosmetic IPOs of the decade, and in 2010, the company was acquired for $1.8 billion. Pretty Good Advice is her next chapter.

Are you an indie author struggling to find that elusive bond with a professional cover artist? An illustrator trying to break onto the professional scene? A publisher juggling both at the same time? Or even a group of authors working on a special project? Then this is the one, fact-filled book that you will want to carry as you embark on your own journey towards either the creation of or contracting for a fabulous book cover that will ensure the success of your book publishing endeavor. Come for the invaluable information. Stay for the fun.

Mandy, Emma, and Jill are as close as three sisters who live hundreds of miles apart can be. They grew up together on Nantucket, but Mandy is the only one that stayed. The girls are stunned when they learn about the restaurant, Mimi's Place, and the condition their grandmother added to the will, leaving the restaurant equally to Mandy, Emma, and Jill - and also to Paul, the chef for the past 12 years, and Emma's first love.

Das Treibhaus lauscht der inneren Stimme des Protagonisten, des Bonner SPD-Bundestagsabgeordneten Felix Keetenheuve zur Zeit der Adenauer-Ära...

Ob Püppchen oder Powerfrau: Frauen wissen scheinbar nicht so recht, was sie eigentlich wollen. Wenn dann auch noch Männer mitreden, wird es wirklich kompliziert. So tobt er täglich, der Kampf der Geschlechter, und das seit über 100 Jahren. Ob in Werbung, Diskussionen, Hits und Filmen, Dorothee Meyer-Kahrweg und Hans Sarkowicz sind überall fündig geworden und haben die besten Originalaufnahmen der letzten Jahrzehnte zu einer so einzigartigen wie urkomischen Sammlung vereint.

Gleichermaßen teuflisch wie betörend, ist Clara Hoyt einfach unvergesslich. Nur einen romantischen Irrtum wird sie in ihrem Leben begehen...

Eigentlich hatte sie andere Pläne. Ein selbstbestimmtes Leben, Reisen, vielleicht eine Karriere als Schriftstellerin. Doch Ingrid wirft alles über Bord, als sie sich in ihren Literaturprofessor Gil Coleman verliebt und von ihm schwanger wird. Gil liebt seine junge Frau, und dennoch betrügt er sie, lässt sie viel zu oft mit den Kindern in dem kleinen Ort an der englischen Küste allein. In ihren schlaflosen Nächten beginnt Ingrid, Gil heimlich Briefe zu schreiben.

Der Tod in Rom, aus der Distanz eines ironischen Geistes und zugleich mit der ganzen Kraft des Moralisten geschrieben...

Ohne Pathos, doch mit großer Eindringlichkeit erzählt Paula Fox wie ein glücklich wirkendes, gut situiertes Paar mittleren Alters nach einer Reihe eher kleiner Katastrophen vor den Scherben seines Lebens und seiner Beziehung steht. Geschildert werden drei Tage im Leben von Sophie und Otto Bentwood. Gut 40 Jahre alt, seit 15 Jahren verheiratet und kinderlos, führen die beiden ein wohl geordnetes Leben in einem Backsteinhaus im New Yorker Stadtteil Brooklyn. Er ist erfolgreicher Anwalt, sie hat früher als Drehbuchautorin und Übersetzerin gearbeitet, allerdings seit einiger Zeit die Lust daran verloren.

As the dark days of the Dust Bowl came to an end, the midsection of the United States tried to rebuild and revitalize. In the small, dusty farming town of, Brooke View, Colorado, teenager, Eleanor Landry and her mother were dealing with her father, a self-appointment fire and brimstone preacher to his congregation of two. A plan to survive. As the dark era of the robber baron comes to an end, giants of industry and innovation emerged with fabulous fortunes manifested in the mansions that dotted the landscape across the country.