Year House

When journalist Ann Mah's diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is overjoyed. A lifelong foodie and Francophile, she immediately begins plotting gastronomic adventures à deux. Then her husband is called away to Iraq on a year-long post - alone. Suddenly, Ann's vision of a romantic sojourn in the City of Light is turned upside down.

So, not unlike another diplomatic wife, Julia Child, Ann must find a life for herself in a new city.

Millions of women and men have restored youthful radiance, smoothness, and suppleness to their skin through Dr. Nicholas Perricone’s advice, care, and transformative eating plan–and all with the welcome yet unexpected benefit of losing excess weight along with the wrinkles! Building on this discovery, Dr. Perricone breaks new ground with his trademark anti-inflammatory program based on the foods, supplements, and lifestyle changes with the proven ability to accelerate fat loss by increasing metabolism and building and maintaining muscle mass.

Greenhouse Gardening 101 is packed with plenty of research and detailed tips, tricks, and advice from professional and experienced gardeners who have more than 25 years of experience. As you listen and gain more knowledge, you will take a step forward toward becoming more self-reliant and a confident greenhouse gardener.

The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up will be the new bible for the vast audience of parents whose children, already diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder, are entering the adolescent, tween, and teen years, as well as those who do not yet have a diagnosis and are struggling to meet the challenges of daily life. This book picks up where The Out-of-Sync Child left off, offering practical advice on living with SPD, covering everyday challenges as well as the social and emotional issues that many young people with SPD face.

You are about to discover how to develop a highly productive garden that supplies you with fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables all year round by leveraging the power of greenhouse gardening and hydroponics! Now more than ever, people are increasingly looking for efficient ways of growing fruits and vegetables – ways that are not at the mercy of the environment; ways they can create ideal environmental conditions for growth of plants within the growing area even when the surrounding is hostile or unsuitable for such plants.

One day Heidi Julavits sees her son silhouetted by the sun and notices he is at the threshold of what she calls “the end times of childhood.” When did this happen, she asks herself. Who is my son becoming—and what qualifies me to be his guide? What follows starts to feel like uncharted waters. Rape allegations rock the university campus where she teaches, unleashing questions of justice and accountability. Julavits begins to wonder how to prepare her son to be the best possible citizen of the world he’s about to enter. And what must she learn about herself in order to responsibly steer him.

Living a worry-free life with a beautiful, organized home doesn't have to be complicated, even if you've tried other solutions that didn't work. The truth is, it's much simpler than you think.

If you think of our 34th president as little more than the babysitter-in-chief during the prosperous fifties, think again. Dwight Eisenhower was bequeathed an atomic bomb and was the first American president not to use it. He ground down Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism until both became, as he said, "McCarthywasm".

In A Year at the Circus: Inside Trump's White House, BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel takes you inside Trump’s West Wing and explores the impact this presidency has had on the most iconic of American institutions. Each chapter starts inside a famous Washington room, uncovering its history and its new resonance in the Trump era.

In the first biography of Billie Holiday in more than two decades, Paul Alexander—author of heralded lives of Sylvia Plath and J. D. Salinger—gives us an unconventional portrait of arguably America’s most eminent jazz singer. He shrewdly focuses on the last year of her life—with relevant flashbacks to provide context—to evoke and examine the persistent magnificence of Holiday’s artistry when it was supposed to have declined, in the wake of her drug abuse, relationships with violent men, and run-ins with the law.

Este libro memorable ha cautivado a millones de lectores en todo el mundo. En él, la escritora Joan Didion, una de las autoras norteamericanas más reputadas de finales del siglo XX, narra con una fascinante distancia emocional la muerte repentina de su marido, el también escritor John Gregory Dunne. Este libro tan breve como intenso es, por consiguiente, una reflexión sobre el duelo y la crónica de una supervivencia.

The New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox. For a hundred years, no two teams have locked horns as fiercely or as frequently, and no two seasons frame the colossal battle more perfectly than 2003 and 2004. Now, with incredible energy and access, leading sports columnist Mike Vaccaro chronicles the history of the greatest rivalry in sports, and the two stunning American League Championship Series that define a century of baseball.

After John F. Kennedy's speech in front of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on November 22, 1963, he was greeted by, among others, an 11-year-old Benjamin Taylor and his mother waiting to shake his hand. Only a few hours later, Taylor's teacher called the class in from recess and, through tears, told them of the president's assassination. From there Taylor traces a path through the next 12 months, recalling the tumult as he saw everything he had once considered stable begin to grow more complex.

Es gibt tausend Gründe, warum sich Elena nicht in Brent verlieben sollte. Er ist ihr Arbeitgeber, zehn Jahre älter als sie und Vater einer Tochter. Ihre Leben passen nicht im Geringsten zusammen. Doch wenn Elena Brent im The Fix begegnet, werden ihre Knie weich. Überraschend kommt es zu einem wunderschönen Kuss. Und von da an ist Brents und Elenas Leidenschaft entfesselt.

Amanda sucht nach einer Trennung nur unverbindliche Abenteuer. Da kommt ihr der gut aussehende Derek gerade recht, den sie in der Bar The Fix kennenlernt und der beruflich um die Welt jettet. Wenn er in Austin ist, verbringen die beiden prickelnde Nächte miteinander. Aber sind sie auch bereit, echte Gefühle zuzulassen?

Für ein Familientreffen braucht Hannah dringend einen Verlobten. Matthew, der muskulöse, schweigsame Bruder ihrer Freundin, ist der perfekte Kandidat. Ein Wochenende lang mimen die beiden ein Paar - und sind wie elektrisiert voneinander. Nach einer unvergesslichen Nacht ist Matthew fest entschlossen, Hannahs Herz zu gewinnen. Wird sie sein Auftritt beim Wettbewerb um Mr. Oktober überzeugen?

Selma will ihr erfolgreiches Business verkaufen und träumt von einer großen Reise. Easton hat ehrgeizige Karrierepläne und strebt ein Amt als Richter an. Doch als die beiden sich nach zehn Jahren zum ersten Mal wiederbegegnen, stürzen sie sich in eine wilde Affäre. Wie viel sind sie bereit, für ihre Leidenschaft aufs Spiel zu setzen, und wer wird Mr. September?

Beverly, ein aufsteigender Stern in Hollywood, und der Drehbuchautor Griffin sind wie geschaffen füreinander. Sie genießen die intensiven Gefühle und den heißen Sex. Doch als sich die Kameras auf sie richten, wird Griffin mit seinen schlimmsten Ängsten konfrontiert. Schmerzhaft zerbricht die Beziehung. Bis zu dem Abend, an dem der Contest um Mr. November stattfindet.

Taylor hat mit ihrer Vergangenheit abgeschlossen. Doch als ein Stalker ihr das Leben zur Hölle macht, kommen die alten Ängste hoch. Landon, Detective und attraktiver Stammgast im The Fix, steht ihr bei. Er lässt Taylor von nun an keine Sekunde mehr aus den Augen - weder tagsüber noch nachts.

Um seinen Traum vom Kauf eines alten Hauses zu verwirklichen, willigt Spencer ein, The Fix gemeinsam mit seiner Ex zu renovieren. Eine explosive Mischung aus Wut und erotischer Anziehungskraft macht die medienwirksam begleitete Renovierung für Spencer zur Herausforderung. Während des Castings für Mr. Februar kommt heraus, warum Brooke ihn damals vor dem Traualtar stehen ließ.