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Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe has a perfectly ordered life--solitary, perhaps, but full of devotion to his profession and the painting hobby he loves. This order is destroyed when renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient. In response, Marlowe finds himself going beyond his own legal and ethical boundaries to understand the secret that torments this genius, a journey that will lead him into the lives of the women closest to Robert Oliver.

Juliette loves Nate. She will follow him anywhere. She’s even become a flight attendant for his airline so she can keep a closer eye on him. They are meant to be. The fact that Nate broke up with her six months ago means nothing. Because Juliette has a plan to win him back. She is the perfect girlfriend. And she’ll make sure no one stops her from getting exactly what she wants. True love hurts, but Juliette knows it’s worth all the pain.

The best-selling author of Hide and Gone draws us into the venomous mind games of a terrifying killer. For Kimberly Quincy, FBI Special Agent, it all starts with a pregnant hooker. The story Delilah Rose tells Kimberly about her johns is too horrifying to be true - but prostitutes are disappearing, one by one, with no explanation, and no one but Kimberly seems to care. As a member of the Evidence Response Team, dead hookers aren’t exactly Kimberly’s specialty. The young agent is five months pregnant - she has other things to worry about than an alleged lunatic.

Three women and one man put themselves up for auction in a high-stakes game of marriage, money, and mayhem. The spice is high, the characters intense, and the plot will keep you guessing until the bitter end. This is the filthy, gritty, angsty soap opera you never knew you needed. Welcome to The Marriage Auction.

Jesse Marley calls herself a realist; she's all about the here and now. But in the month before Prince Charles and Lady Diana's wedding in 1981, all her certainties are blown aside by events she cannot control. First, she finds out that she's adopted. Then she is run down by a motorbike.

The Marriage Auction 2 continues in this filthy, gritty, angsty soap opera. No way we’re going to spoil anything!

This is the filthy, gritty, angsty soap opera you never knew you needed. Welcome to The Marriage Auction.

When her daughters are born deaf, Rosner is stunned. Then she discovers a hidden history of deafness in her family, going back generations to the Jewish enclaves of Eastern Europe. Traveling back in time, she imagines her silent relatives, who showed surprising creativity in dealing with a world that preferred to ignore them. Rosner shares her journey into the modern world of deafness, and the controversial decisions she and her husband have made about hearing aids, cochlear implants, and sign language.

The conclusion of The Marriage Auction 2. There are so many plot twists your head will be spinning, your heart weeping, and by the end of it all…your soul will be sighing.

The Thinking Moms’ Revolution (TMR) is a group of 23 moms (and one awesome dad) from Montana to Malaysia who all have children with developmental disabilities. Initially collaborating online about therapies, biomedical intervention, alternative medicine, special diets, and doctors on the cutting edge of treatment approaches to an array of chronic and developmental disabilities, such as autism, sensory processing disorders, food allergies, ADHD, asthma, and seizures, they've come together into something far more substantial.

In the sweltering heat of an Atlanta summer, a killer is pushing the city to its breaking point, preying on the unsuspecting, writing taunting letters to the media, promising more death. Desperate to stop the Wishbone Killer before another victim meets a shattering end, A.P.D. lieutenant Aaron Rauser turns to the one person he knows can penetrate a deranged mind: ex–FBI profiler Keye Street.

The world has changed forever. Across America, technology has been eclipsed by magic, and people are changing into the embodiments of their darkest desires and deepest fears. In this new time, former lawyer Cal Griffin has united a small group of outcasts to battle the chaos.

Die Mädchen von den WILDEN HÜHNERN sind in heller Aufregung: Sprotte hat "Fuchsalarm" gegeben! In der Geheimsprache der Bande heißt das größte Gefahr, in diesem Fall sogar Lebensgefahr. Denn Sprottes Oma will alle Hennen schlachten! Das können die fünf Mädchen natürlich nicht zulassen und planen eine riskante Rettungsaktion. Doch wie sollen sie 15 laut gackernde Hühner entführen, ohne dass Oma Slättberg es merkt? Und vor allem – wohin mit den Tieren? Schließlich haben DIE WILDEN HÜHNER immer noch kein eigenes Bandenquartier.

Eine Woche Klassenfahrt ans Meer, da freuen sich Sprotte, Frieda, Melanie und Trude schon lange drauf. Wären da bloß nicht Die Pygmäen! Die vier Jungs versuchen ständig den Wilden Hühnern mit ihren albernen Streichen eins auszuwischen. Aber das unheimliche Gelächter nachts auf dem Flur und die rätselhaften Fußspuren im Zimmer – damit hat die Jungsbande ausnahmsweise mal nichts zu tun. Stimmt es am Ende tatsächlich, was sich die Leute auf der Insel vom Geist des alten Strandräubers Jap Lornsen erzählen? Und schon sind Die Wilden Hühner wieder mitten in einem neuen Abenteuer.

The island city-state of Singapore harbors unique customs and traditions largely unknown to the West. A booming economy and embrace of conformity overshadow its gambling dens, red-light districts, and a collective passion for ghostly and gory tales. Now, in Singapore Noir, some of its best contemporary authors delve into its seedy side.

"Abenteuer kann man doch nicht planen wie Ballett oder so was. Die warten um die Ecke und – zack! – plötzlich sind sie da!", erklärt Sprotte ihren Freundinnen. Tatsächlich lässt das erste Abenteuer für die Mädchen der Wilden Hühner nicht lange auf sich warten. Denn Die Pygmäen, vier Jungs aus ihrer Klasse, lassen nach einem Streit die Hühner von Sprottes Oma frei. Das schreit natürlich nach Rache! Die fünfteilige Kultserie um die wohl beliebteste Mädchenbande Deutschlands erstmalig als neu produzierte Hörspiele.

The narrative of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown unfolds like a horror film, as the pious protagonist goes to an appointment in the woods near the town of Salem. The author’s use of tongue-in-cheek humor serves to intensify the ultimate horror of the story. One by one, a series of revelations shakes Brown to the core.

In seeking corroboration for a vision about messages from light, Dr. Watson uncovers not just validation, but the strangest phenomena from both ancient sages and modern science that prove we not only receive these messages, but also that we are built to get in harmony with them. Find out what goes on in our bodies, brains, our DNA, and our very thoughts when we receive intuitions and learn ways to access their benevolence.

Marisol Guzman has deferred college for a year to accomplish two things: She will write a novel and she will fall in love. How hard could that be? She gets her very own apartment (with her high school best friend as roommate) and a waitressing job at a classic Harvard Square coffeehouse. When she enrolls in an adult education class - "How to Write Your First Novel" - there are two big surprises waiting for her.

Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Red Shoes", New York Times best-selling author K. W. Jeter's "La Valse" forges a fable about love, the decadence of technology, and a gala dance that becomes the obsession of a young engineer - and the doom of those who partake in it. In "You Will Attend Until Beauty Awakens", national best-selling author and John W. Campbell Award winner Jay Lake tells the story of Sleeping Beauty - and how the princess was conceived in deception, raised in danger, and rescued by a prince who may be less than valiant.