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Molly is 10 and her life is about to change dramatically. During a tumultuous and unexpected experience at a new school, she learns that she has to find her own strength to carry on. This is a story of how it feels to be bullied and the inner transformation that occurs. It’s about best friends and frenemies. And it’s about being vulnerable and the power of our own minds to build us up and see us through tough times. Molly’s quest for authentic friendship, love, and acceptance will remind us all about the humanity of youth.

Eleventh century, Northern Spain. Isabella has been a nun in the Christian kingdom of Galicia since she was a child, a gifted herbalist leading a quiet and spiritual life, devoted to God. But on a rare journey outside of the convent, she is taken by Viking raiders and sold to Morocco as a slave. Cruelly treated by her first owner, salvation comes from an unlikely source: Yusuf bin Tashfin, leader of a vast Muslim army intent on conquering all of North Africa. Isabella must struggle not only to survive her new life but to hold true to her faith, which is tested by great dangers...

Mary verlässt Florida, um in New York ihren Traum von einer Musikkarriere wahr zu machen. Damit lässt sie nicht nur ihren Heimatort, sondern auch die schmerzhaften Erinnerungen an ihre Jugendliebe Tad hinter sich. Als sie in der Kultbar Jones erste Erfolge feiert, wird sie von einem Gast gehört, der sie für ein privates Konzert bucht. Der anonyme Kunde will sich nicht zu erkennen geben und stellt eine Bedingung: Sie soll mit verbundenen Augen spielen ...

It’s 1942 in Washington, DC. Louise Pearlie is now a chief file clerk at the legendary OSS, the precursor to the CIA, and enjoys being an independent working woman despite wartime privations. But a casual friendship struck up with Alessa di Luca, a secretive war refugee, sucks Louise into a dangerous game of mafia bosses, Nazi spies, banished royalty, and Sicilian aristocracy - placing not only her job but her life in jeopardy.

It’s 1942. Louise Pearlie, a young widow, has come to Washington, DC, to work as a clerk for the legendary OSS, the precursor to the CIA. When, while filing, she discovers a document concerning the husband of a college friend, Rachel Bloch—a young French Jewish woman she is desperately worried about—Louise realizes she may be able to help get Rachel out of Vichy France. But then a colleague whose help Louise has enlisted is murdered, and she realizes she is on her own, unable to trust anyone.

Young widow Louise Pearlie seizes a chance to escape the typewriters and files of the Office of Strategic Services, the United States’ World War II spy agency, when she’s asked to investigate a puzzling postcard referred to the OSS by the US Censor. She heads off to St. Leonard, Maryland, to talk to the postcard’s recipient, one Leroy Martin. But what seemed like a straightforward mission to Louise soon becomes complicated.

On a bitterly cold night in December, 1943, government girl Louise Pearlie and her friend Joe Prager are enjoying a quiet drink in the Baron Steuben Inn, when a bloodstained body is discovered behind the bar. Although the victim had been a regular customer, no one seems to know anything about him. When it turns out there is a link to Louise’s top-secret work at the OSS, she is ordered to find out as much as possible about the murder while keeping the connection secret from those involved, including the investigating police detective.

The 1940s, Washington, DC. Government girl Louise Pearlie is asked to review the file usage of a missing analyst from the Office of Strategic Services - the United States’ wartime intelligence agency - only to learn he’d drowned in the Tidal Basin days before. The OSS confirms it was an accident, and Louise is sent back to her regular job in the file rooms. Her time spent investigating Paul Hughes at least has one positive outcome, though: Louise meets a young woman in the OSS Reading Room, who asks her to join her “salon".

February, 1944. Washington, DC. With the war entering its most dangerous phase, Louise Pearlie is thrilled to be reassigned to the London office of the OSS. But in order to take up her new post, she must make a perilous crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in the SS Amelia Earhart. Accompanying her on the voyage to Liverpool is an eclectic group of passengers, including the aloof Blanche Bryant, whose husband, Eddie, died in mysterious circumstances on the ship’s voyage out to New York, three months before.

The 1940s, Washington, DC. Government girl Louise Pearlie has a new job inside the OSS - the Office of Strategic Services: recruiting German prisoners of war for a secret mission inside Nazi Germany. It’s a big chance for her, and Louise hopes she can finally escape her filing and typing duties. With the job comes two new colleagues: Alice Osborne, a propaganda expert, and Merle Ellison, a forger from Texas who just happens to speak fluent German. But when the three arrive at Fort Meade to interview the first German POWs to arrive there, their mission is beset by complications.

In Shattered to Shining, nine women and one male domestic violence survivor describe how they were shattered, as their home became a place where physical and sexual violence, emotional and psychological control dominated their lives. Through persistence and courage, they have risen above their situation and come out the other side shining with positivity, strength, commitment, and empathy for others.

Auf die dringende Bitte ihrer Schwester besucht Trauma-Therapeutin Cassandra ihr ehemaliges College in Cambridge, um nach ihrer Nichte zu sehen, die dort studiert. Doch das Mädchen ist spurlos verschwunden - und sie ist nicht die erste Studentin, die in den letzten Wochen vom Campus verschwunden ist und als vermisst gemeldet wurde. Bei ihren Nachforschungen stößt Cassandra auf einen exzentrischen Professor, zu dessen elitärem Kreis von Lieblingsstudenten auch ihre Nichte gehört hat. Hat dieser etwas mit dem Verschwinden der Mädchen zu tun?

The world looks up to the sky with hope as the UN flips the switch on Dr. Milford Pennychuck's atmospheric carbon reduction system, but within minutes following startup, everyone below 5,000 ft elevation is dead...something has gone terribly wrong.

Kannst du deine große Liebe je vergessen? Ava versucht seit acht Jahren vergeblich, ihre große Liebe zu vergessen. Joel Wentworth war alles, was sie je wollte: attraktiv, intelligent, erfolgreich und liebevoll. Für eine viel zu kurze Zeit, waren sie ein perfektes Paar. Aber nach dem Collegeabschluss trennten sich ihre Wege. Joel ging nach New York, um seine Karriere aufzubauen, und Ava blieb in London. Eine Entscheidung, die sie jeden Tag bereut. Nun hat sie erfahren, dass Joel zurück nach London kommt, und Ava weiß, dass ihr gebrochenes Herz erneut in Gefahr ist.

Lady Amelia Brockett - Meels to her family - is having the worst. Christmas. Ever. Dumped by her boyfriend and rejected from graduate school, her parents deem her the failure of the family. But when her older brother tries to cheer her with a trip to the races, a chance meeting with Arthur, the widowed playboy prince of Wales, offers Amelia the opportunity to change her life - and Britain’s fortunes - forever.

Twenty-three-year-old Samantha Page cannot read, and she's running out of money. She's never held down a job and is losing hope of ever improving her life. Everything changes when she finds a pair of glasses that turn her into a supercomputer.

In poetic prose, Forrester navigates leaving a life in one state and picking up in another and repeating the process through various and vast personal, social, and political landscapes. It's a personal story, and it's an investigation of change and how we tend to hide away the most valuable parts of ourselves, especially, paradoxically, the parts that help us survive change, the parts that make us Soft-Hearted, and we need more soft-heartedness in all times and in all places.

Ethan Wilder, an ordinary nine-year-old boy, becomes trapped in another world. Chased by monsters and hunted by a deadly assassin, Ethan must find a cure for his dying father and escape to become the Guardian of Greyworld.

Laura, eine hübsche 28jährige sexy Brünette möchte eigentlich nur einen entspannten Abend mit gewohnter Ganzkörpermassage und ein, zwei Saunagängen verbringen. Ihre Lieblingsmasseurin ist überraschend als krank gemeldet, aber er ist eine Aushilfe vor Ort. Mike, ein gutaussehender Masseur, springt als Vertretung ein. Da Mike ihrem Sexappeal nicht lange widerstehen und seine Finger nicht von Laura lassen kann, sind beide ziemlich schnell in ein geiles, hingebungsvolles Spiel miteinander vertieft. Nach dieser etwas anderen Massageeinheit will Laura nun deutlich mehr!

What if I told you that there is much more to the Universe than your current situation? What if I told you that I know of a practice that will give you the peace and comfort that you so desire? Do you suffer from anxiety, stress, depression, or simply want to have a better outlook on life? Crystals, minerals, and stones can be used to release physical, mental, and spiritual blockages that inhibit our natural state of being and advancement, bringing us emotional and spiritual balance.