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Gemma didn’t expect her life to look like this. She’s still living with her mother, who steals her leggings and tells her off for leaving crumbs in the butter. After 20 failed interviews she thought she’d got her dream job as a journalist - except it turns out to be writing articles about cats that look like George Clooney. Luckily she has her wonderful boyfriend, Jack, to help her forget just how awful things are. Then Jack dumps her out of the blue. With nothing but her childhood teddy bear, Stanley, and a whole heap of heartbreak, Gemma resolves to turn things around.

This audiobook features 20 carefully crafted short stories designed to help you expand your vocabulary, improve your grammar, and develop your comprehension skills. Each story is designed to be engaging for both children and adults, with themes drawn from everyday life and contemporary topics.

Nach meinem Wechsel zur Aldridge University kannte ich hier niemanden - und die Regeln waren klar: Keine Dates mit Basketballspielern. Als ich zustimmte, Cole Anderson als Mitbewohner zu haben, ahnte ich nicht, dass er einer der Starspieler meines Vaters war. Doch Cole ist anders. Er hat diese magnetische Ausstrahlung, die mich unwiderstehlich fasziniert, und je mehr Zeit wir miteinander verbringen, desto weniger kann ich mich seinem Charme entziehen. Doch wenn Cole herausfindet, dass ich die Tochter des Trainers bin, droht alles zu zerbrechen ...

Every parent dreams of raising confident, resilient children who thrive in any environment. Are your kids facing challenges in developing their self-worth and social skills? Is the pressure of external expectations holding them back from expressing their true potential? Tierra Williams, an advocate for the empowerment of young Black children, has combined her passion for personal development with her expertise in positive psychology to create Positive Affirmations For Black Kids (2 in 1).

Tauchen Sie ein in die mystische Welt von Crescent Falls, wo das Licht des Mondes uralte Geheimnisse offenbart und verborgene Kräfte entfesselt. Werecat Chronicles: Der Aufstieg des Mondbeschienenen Raubtiers ist eine fesselnde Geschichte über Verwandlung, Zusammenhalt und den ewigen Kampf zwischen Licht und Dunkelheit.

An important medical breakthrough has a shameful history. In 1840s Alabama, a slave-owning doctor performs medical experiments on involuntary subjects - enslaved women - in an effort to solve the problem of fistulas, a post-childbirth anomaly. As the experiments proceed, and he gets close to a solution, the women try to survive and even find dignity in the face of inhuman treatment.

The first time you see them, out for an evening walk on the cliffs, you’ll think they’re the perfect family. You’ll see a wife who looks so happy, strolling peacefully beside her husband in his dark winter coat, holding her daughter’s hand. But you have no idea what’s really happening in their house.... If you come a little closer, you might hear the way the man speaks to his wife. You might notice that the woman doesn’t have any close friends. That sometimes her husband doesn’t want her to leave the house.

When Baroness Sophie von Korvacs meets British painter James Fraser one hot summer's day in Vienna, the attraction is instant. A whirlwind romance follows, with Vienna bathed in the brilliance of the last days of the emperor. And when James proposes to Sophie it seems a fitting end to that wonderful, enchanting summer.

Farah Jasmine Griffin’s beloved father died when she was nine, bequeathing her an unparalleled inheritance in closets full of remarkable books and other records of Black genius. In Read Until You Understand - a line from a note he wrote to her - she shares a lifetime of discoveries: the ideas that framed the US Constitution and that inspired Malcolm X’s fervent speeches, the soulful music of Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, the daring literature of Phillis Wheatley and Toni Morrison, the artistry of Romare Bearden, and many others.

'Rumpole and the Way Through the Woods': Rumpole makes friends with a dog named Sir Lancelot and finds himself defending a hunt saboteur who claims to be guilty of murder. 'Rumpole for the Prosecution': Rumpole’s personal commandment is ‘Thou Shalt Not Prosecute’ - but he breaks this rule to take on a private prosecution brought by a dead girl’s father. However, an obscure literary reference and a piece of evidence that doesn’t fit bring his defender’s instincts to the fore....

The dark side of a marriage is unveiled in this clever thriller perfect for fans of New York Times bestsellers An Honest Lie and All I.

Award-winning author Jill Paton Walsh was well known for her four Lord Peter Wimsey novels that continued and completed Dorothy L. Sayers's much-loved series. These two cosy crime dramas introduce her own sparkling creation, Imogen Quy, a college nurse and amateur sleuth who investigates foul play in academia.

Looking for a way to enhance your work performance, find enjoyment in your job, and reduce stress levels? Look no further! With its abundance of positive affirmations, this formidable tool empowers you to foster a robust work ethic, surmount hindrances in the workplace, and attain both personal and professional development.

Caitlin has been having an affair for over a year when the country enters lockdown. Suddenly, seeing her lover, Daniel, without alerting her husband becomes almost impossible. When she does manage to sneak to his home, she finds him lying in a pool of his own blood, dead. Ali is a just-about-functioning alcoholic, recently laid off and feeling rather lonely. Each day she goes to her local shop to buy her permitted two bottles of wine, leaving food parcels for neighbours on her way home. While keeping an eye on what they are up to, of course.

In the city of Bristol, young women are dying in mysterious circumstances. The deaths look like suicides - but are they something more sinister? Honor is terrified that her daughter might be next. But as she looks for clues as to what really happened to the girls, she stumbles upon a link to a dark secret in her own past - one that she’s kept from her daughter. Now Honor has the chance to avenge her child for the terrible events of years ago. But how far will she go to protect her daughter and right the wrongs done to her family?

This devotional is aimed at encouraging you to keep pushing through this journey called life. We don’t want to ignore the pain and disappointment we inevitably experience in life. Instead, with the right motivation, we can take action and live out the purpose and plan for which God has created us. If you have faith, you can overcome anything.

“Letting go is hard to do…” Three summers ago, Austin Rose and James “Cass” Cassedy were wrapped in a romance they thought would last forever. The laughs, the thrills, the late nights under the Oklahoma stars—everything about that summer was perfect. Until it wasn’t. Now, with Austin long gone, Cass struggles with her memory, his own self-worth, and demons too tempting for him to turn away. Can he overcome his troubles on his own, or will it take someone from his past to help him see the light?

Egal wie alt wir sind. Wir erinnern uns vor allem an verpasste Chancen - vor allem in der Liebe. Selbst wenn das Leben in der Gegenwart wunderbar ist. Dieses Büchlein ist eine Ode an alle, deren Herz manchmal in der Vergangenheit verweilt. Denn seien wir ehrlich: manchmal träumt man einfach gerne. In diesem kleinen aber feinen Hörbuch hören Sie 12 Kurzgeschichten, die von 11 Sprecher:innen gelesen werden.

Er ist gefährlich, dominant und ich sollte ihn hassen … aber die Verheißung an die Bratwa hat ein Verlangen in ihr geweckt, von dem ich nicht einmal wusste, dass es existiert. Tatiana Ivanov dachte, ihr Leben gehöre ihr – bis zu dem Tag, an dem sie den dunklen Pakt ihres Vaters entdeckte. Sie wird Viktor Petrov versprochen, einem mächtigen Leutnant der brutalen Volkov Bratwa, und wird in eine Welt der Gewalt, Macht und besitzergreifenden Dominanz gestoßen.

Mia Landon, a woman with a heart as vast as the city itself, yearns to make a difference. She never imagined that her journey would lead her to co-parent her niece alongside Jack, a man whose life in high finance hides a depth and warmth no balance sheet could capture. Together, they embark on a journey not just of care for the little one left in their charge, but of discovering the myriad ways love can surprise and transform us.