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For as long as anyone could remember, the Schallers and the Newmans had been enemies. When the skeletal remains of a victim of foul play are discovered at the Schaller estate, a decades-old feud between the rival winemaking families is reignited and dark secrets begin to see the light of day. Set against the lush backdrop of the rolling hills of California's Central Coast, the New York Times best-selling author Barbara Wood's 30th novel is a generation-spanning saga of love, treachery, and bitterly held grudges.

Two years ago, Olivia Martindale left behind her Montana hometown and her husband, Jace, certain it was the best decision for both of them. Back temporarily to protect her almost-adopted daughters from their biological mother, she discovers an old, handwritten cookbook in the attic. Its pages are stained and torn, their edges scorched by flame. Some have been smeared by water or tears. The recipes are written in different hands and in different languages.

Tell the Wind and Fire is about a young girl called Lucie who lives in a New York very different from the New York we know: The city is torn between two very different kinds of magic, and Lucie's own family was torn apart years ago by that conflict. Lucie wears magic rings and carries a burden of guilt she can't share with anyone. The light in her life is her sweetheart boyfriend, Ethan, but it turns out Ethan has a secret, too: a soulless doppelganger created by dark magic.

Avec ce livre, Marie-Lise Pilote partage avec nous ses expériences de la vie de tous les jours. Au fil des pages, on reconnaît l'humoriste, la fille drôle qui aime rire et faire rire, mais on découvre également Marie-Lise la marraine, la féministe, la solitaire, la femme qui doute et qui apprend, peu à peu, à surmonter ses peurs.

For a runaway slave in the 1840s South, life on the run can be just as dangerous as life under a sadistic master. That's what 15-year-old Naomi learns after she escapes the brutal confines of life on an Alabama plantation. Striking out on her own, she leaves behind her beloved Momma and sister, Hazel, and takes refuge in a Georgia brothel run by a freewheeling, gun-toting Jewish madam named Cynthia.

In a radical departure from her urban life, Ann Turner buys a piece of remote Vermont land and sets up a tent home in the forest. In an effort to escape an unending string of personal disasters in Boston, she hopes to find a kind of peace in this new life. She soon learns she was mistaken in thinking a kindly Mother Earth would grant her wisdom and serenity in her new home. The forest confronts her with unanticipated dangers, aching loneliness, harsh weather, and wildlife. Then necessity requires her to start work as a farmhand.

This revelatory memoir by the mother of Michael Brown, the African American teenager killed by the police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, sheds light on one of the landmark events in recent history. Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil is a portrait of our time, an urgent call to action, and a moving testament to the undying bond between mothers and sons.

Liza Cole has 30 days to write the thriller that could put her back on the best seller list. In the meantime, she's struggling to start a family with her husband, who is distracted by the disappearance of his best friend, Nick. With stresses weighing her down in both her professional and her personal lives, Liza escapes into writing her latest heroine, Beth. Beth is a new mother who suspects her husband is cheating on her while she's home alone caring for their newborn. Then the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur.

A través de este audiolibro, Jorge compartirá contigo sus conocimientos y estrategias, para desafiarte a que hagas de tu vida algo memorable, no tan solo algo pasable. Y para que comiences hoy, un camino sólido y seguro hacia el éxito personal.Jorge con este audio nos hace ver la importancia que tiene el tomar decisiones, marcarse metas y pasar a la acción con nuestro esfuerzo para la obtención de resultados.

När Olivias liv plötsligt vänds upp och ner flyttar hon in hos sin bäste vän Gustav. En av hans grannar är den mytomspunna författarinnan Harriet Stålstjärna som Olivia länge beundrat. Hon vill inget hellre än att knacka på Harriets dörr och visa sin uppskattning, men frågan är om hon har mod till det. Tillsammans med barndomsvännen Charlotta driver Olivia ett framgångsrikt företag, men om hon ska vara helt ärlig känns det inte speciellt roligt längre. Vågar hon erkänna att hon går och bär på en helt annan dröm?

Anna trivs bra med sitt jobb som förskolelärare i Västerås. Med privatlivet är det sämre ställt. Hennes nästan tjugo år äldre sambo, Micke, vill helst bara ligga i soffan och titta på tv och han är bitter över det mesta. Annas systrar tjatar om att hon ska lämna honom men det är inte så lätt, trots allt har hon en del känslor kvar för honom. Men när kollegan Linus visar intresse för henne är hon inte sen med att tacka ja till hans inviter, och snart har de inlett ett passionerat förhållande.

Frida har kört sitt företag i botten och med pojkvännen Fredrik känns allt komplicerat. Så när hon får veta att hon ärvt ett hus av sin okända släkting Ruth, ser hon sin chans att komma ifrån. När hon får det slitna och förfallna huset blir besvikelsen stor. Första tanken är att sälja, men så inträffar något som tvingar henne att stanna längre än hon tänkt sig. I en garderob hittar Frida två av Ruths dagböcker och när hon väl har börjat läsa kan hon inte släppa dem ifrån sig.

Emma är en 38-årig gift småbarnsmor med zebraränder på magen och hängbröst. Kontorsjobbet på det lilla snickeriet känns enformigt, chefen är påträngande och kärlekslivet med maken Andreas har gått i stå. Och till råga på allt har bägge hennes systrar problem. Så livet kunde onekligen kännas bättre. Plötsligt börjar Emma inse att saker och ting inte står riktigt rätt till på kontoret; någon verkar ha fifflat med bokföringen, kollegor börjar uppträda konstigt och på nätterna tycks det ske märkliga saker i byggnaden.

Five-year-old Ava Boone vanished without a trace six months ago. No witnesses, no sightings or arrests. But Grace Wright just moved in next door to the only suspect the case had: quiet, middle-aged Leland Ernest. Recently divorced, Grace uprooted her two small children to start again and hopes the move will reset her crippling insomnia. With whispered neighborhood gossip and increasingly sleepless nights, Grace develops a fierce obsession with Leland and the safety of her children. Could she really be living next door to a child-kidnapper? A murderer?

Love Your Lady Landscape is a healing journey through the terrain of what it is to be a woman. When a woman isn't in alignment with her feminine essence, she may experience exhaustion and overwhelm, lack sexual desire or...

Cole Hartman is a mystery. He works alone, sleeps alone, and satisfies his aches...alone. He hasn't touched a woman in seven years. No one will ever compare to the one who broke his heart. Until he stares into the seductive eyes of his enemy. He finally meets his match in the redheaded Russian spy. But she's a dangerous risk. His obsession with her leaves him only one choice. If you love something, let it go. If it doesn't kill you, hunt it down and take it.

Two years ago, Margaret left her Arctic home for the outsiders’ school. Now she has returned and can barely contain her excitement as she rushes toward her waiting family - but her mother stands still as a stone. This strange, skinny child, with her hair cropped short, can’t be her daughter. “Not my girl!” she says angrily. Margaret’s years at school have changed her. Now 10 years old, she has forgotten her language and the skills to hunt and fish. She can’t even stomach her mother’s food. Her only comfort is in the books she learned to read at school.

When Swift Fox’s father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that she’ll learn how to be Mi’kmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that Mi’kmaq is who she is from her eyes to her toes, Swift Fox doesn’t understand what that means. Her family welcomes her with smiles and hugs, but when it’s time to smudge and everyone else knows how, Swift Fox feels even more like she doesn’t belong.

Margaret Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton’s powerful story of an Inuvialuit girl standing up to the bullies of residential school in the far North has been reissued to commemorate the memoir’s 10th anniversary with updates to the text, reflections on the book’s impact, and a bonus chapter from the acclaimed follow-up, A Stranger at Home.

The Wondrous Woo tells the story of Miramar Woo who is the quintessential Chinese girl: nice, quiet, and reserved. The eldest of the three Woo children, Miramar is ever the obedient sister and daughter...on the outside. On the inside, she’s a kick-ass kung fu heroine with rock star flash, sassy attitude, and an insatiable appetite for adventure. Just as Miramar is about to venture forth on the real adventure of leaving home for university, her beloved father is killed in an accident. Miramar watches helplessly as her family unravels in the aftermath of her father’s death.