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A new "shellperson"—someone born with grave physical disabilities that required her human body to be encased in a massive titanium column—is provided a direct link between her mind and the computer of her ship, XN-935. Nancia is now a brand-new member of the elite Courier Service of the Central Worlds, the “brainship” of the most advanced interstellar ships around. But her innocent vision of human nature is shattered on her first voyage. Nevertheless, the idealistic Nancia and her worldly-wise new “brawn” partners must band together to save the galaxy.

Quinn Kavanagh is never going to risk his heart again. In fact, he doesn't think he has a heart anymore. Everything he thought to be true wasn't, and now he is traveling trying to find a place where he fits. Heaven Burke is about to be shot when Quinn arrives. He saves her, then and again later that day in a shootout. A group of men don’t like that she rescues Black boys who have nowhere to go. She can't stay in her house; it isn’t safe for her, her children, or the baby that is due in a few months. Quinn takes her to the Kavanagh ranch and fights fiercely to resist her goodness.

Queen of Latin ballroom Shirley Ballas has a spectacular dance career spanning over 40 years - she has cha-cha'd her way across the world's dance floors to become a multi-award-winning ballroom champion and one of the most renowned dancers in the world. In 1996, Shirley retired from competitive dancing to become a highly acclaimed coach and now holds the enviable position of head judge on BBC One's prime-time show Strictly Come Dancing.

Not just anybody gets to meet a goblin! But little Bob Taylor, just 10 years old and sick of pleasing others instead of himself, finds himself giddy for adventure and mischief, traveling around the world in a goblin hot air balloon with his goblin companion Fitz Mee. Together, they face daunting challenges, storms, lions, and magnetic disaster, racing to get to Goblinland or the mayor will have Fitz Mee's head!

As modern-day demonstrations of vintage baseball continue to spread, so do the gentlemanly discussions of how best to present the American pastime from its earliest days, from 1858 to 1869. From tally bells to no sliding, feeder pitching to base stealing, National Association rules to home field rules, there is a lot for today’s player to sort through. We hope this guide will help you understand some of baseball history, so you, too, can enjoy the game as it was played in the 19th century.

Lee Ann Simpson left the Big M Ranch for the bright lights of San Antonio but now she’s back disillusioned by the underhanded tactics of her boss. Handsome Rancher Gunther Marlboro washed his hands of Lee Ann the day she left him behind but now she’s back looking defeated by the world. Can Gunther show Lee Ann how to trust again and most importantly how to love again?

Die Sammlung "Märchen am Kamin" zählt zu den schönsten Büchern von Emmy Ball-Hennings. Neben poetischen Nacherzählungen italienischer, osteuropäischer und norwegischer Märchen werden darin auch eigene Dichtungen an Winterabenden am Kaminfeuer der Tessiner Bauernfamilie Marucci erzählt.
Diese Rahmenhandlung verbindet allerhand südliche Féerien, Phantasien und nordische Mythen mit weihnachtlicher Gemütlichkeit.

When 26-year-old cowboy Holden O'Leary uprooted his brothers from Texas to Montana, the new vet advertised for a nanny. No woman alive would deny the Doc was as handsome a specimen as the sleek, hard-bodies horses he rescued. And that included Summer Fitzgerald, the voluptuous, honey-haired young woman who applied for the job, and was stunned to find her three arges ranged from 12 to 18 - charming, immature, irresponsible, and capable of winning a piece of her shattered heart. With his stubble, his six-pack and his tousled hair, she thought Holden was sexy as hell.

Après "Le Club des veuves qui aimaient la littérature érotique", Balli Kaur Jaswal livre un roman cocasse et émouvant sur la complexité des relations familiales, la double culture. Un "Darjeeling Limited" féminin et féministe, des plus savoureux. Dans la famille Shergill, il y a : Rajni, l'aînée, mère de famille au bord de l'implosion depuis que son fils ado lui a fait une révélation fracassante.

From the imagination of one of the world’s most provocative entheogenic researchers comes a psychedelic tale of self-discovery, universal love, and personal awakening. The world has been wracked by an apocalyptic war. In the aftermath, a dedicated religious group known as the Azarans has left the mainland behind to seek a place from which to rebuild humanity. Across the Loa Neshi Sea, they find the paradise they’ve been looking for on the island continent of Lur.

Als in Wells, einer Kleinstadt in den Südstaaten der USA, während einer schwülen Sommernacht ein Mann tot aufgefunden wird, verdächtigen die Polizisten vor Ort sofort Virgil Tibbs, einen schwarzen Durchreisenden. Verärgert müssen sie jedoch feststellen, dass Tibbs als Polizist in Kalifornien bei einer Mordkommission arbeitet. Der örtliche Polizeichef kommt bei der Ermittlung nicht weiter und ist bald widerwillig bereit, Tibbs' Hilfe in Anspruch zu nehmen.

Sometimes, love crosses boundaries, breaks chains, and demands freedom. The social order of the 1860s compels John Richard Sagamore to put aside his black pet Georgia Anne, an accomplished slave. In an attempt to quell his unnatural yearnings, John Richard sets into motion events that divide his family, steal his freedom, and threaten his life.

What is a lean sensei and what exactly do they do? That is the key question at the heart of this important new book sharing the secret of lean thinking, which Dan Jones calls “the alternative business model for our age”. Jones explains that “behind all the tools for operational excellence and the different management system needed to support their use, lies a much deeper challenge: to develop the human potential of everyone to create a culture of accelerating continuous improvement to meet today’s changing circumstances. Learning is at the heart of lean.”

The day Teagan Kavanagh proposed he was told to leave and never come back. That was before the Civil War. Now Teagan is puzzled as to why the Maguire cattle are on his ranch. He rides to their ranch and finds Gemma alone, living in a falling down house. He is further confused when she accuses him of buying her ranch and having her evicted. Gemma Maguire held on during the war, doing without, she paid off the mortgage on the ranch.

Ein Roman in Tagebuchform von 1919 über eine Frau, die sich plötzlich aufgrund Staatswillkür im Gefängnis zurechtfindenmuss. In der Auseinandersetzung mit den Leidens- und Lebensgeschichten ihrer Mitgefangenen, Schuld und Gerechtigkeit reflektiert sie existentielle Fragen über den Sinn ihres Lebens.

She’s the iconic leader who puts Donald Trump in his place, the woman with the toughness to take on a lawless president and defend American democracy. Ever since the Democrats took back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi has led the opposition with strategic mastery and inimitable elan. It’s a remarkable comeback for the veteran politician who for years was demonized by the right and taken for granted by many in her own party - even though, as speaker under President Barack Obama, she deserves much of the credit for epochal liberal accomplishments.

Life of a Klansman tells the story of a warrior in the Ku Klux Klan, a carpenter in Louisiana who took up the cause of fanatical racism during the years after the Civil War. Edward Ball, a descendant of the Klansman, paints a portrait of his family’s anti-Black militant that is part history, part memoir rich in personal detail.

Susan Farr loses her parents and her home in one swoop. She takes her horse and rides to Independence, Missouri, to join a wagon train and start a new life. Mike Todd, the wagon master, doesn’t allow single women to have their own wagons. It causes fights and distractions. Susan solves her problem by marrying Clancy Willis in name only. Unfortunately, Clancy’s true nature doesn’t take long to show, and Susan finds herself married to a drunkard.

The artificial intelligence, Maitreya, first came into being 150,000 years ago. Over the millennia, it has spread Terran-based life, humanity, and its avatars throughout an empty galaxy, creating the New Integral Society. Now, a supernova threatens one of Maitreya's experimental worlds, Solandaria - the only such world that harbors the Sonoran desert toad and its powerful 5-MeO-DMT containing venom, the most profound entheogen ever discovered. Things are not what they seem, however, for someone is interfering with Maitreya's experiment, violating the rules of the NIS.

Eli Todd is a tall, handsome captain of a wagon train bound for Oregon. Life has taught him if he allows people into his heart, he ends up losing them. Amelia Cruthers is a pretty, young woman with a limp. She’s a hard worker who starts out the trip to Oregon with her parents, until they try to leave her behind. In shock, she watches them cross a river by ferry without her. Thankfully, the kind, strong Eli Todd takes her with him.