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For fans of American War and Cloud Atlas, a hauntingly beautiful and prescient debut novel set in a future where a renamed China is the sole global superpower and citizens can record and transfer memories between minds. When I was a boy, my mother used to tell me stories of a world before...

In the eerie shadows of Seven Sisters, an enigmatic gift beckons Carrie Jo back to a world of spectral whispers. Alongside her dashing husband Ashland, they step into the heart of the restored plantation, only to find it teeming with phantoms from a bygone era. Among these spirits are the...

After making a tragic mistake that nearly cost him his brother, his reputation, and his sobriety, playboy Seth Kincaid wants nothing more than to hide the secrets of his past. When he hears that his sometimes-secret fling—and his guardian angel in high-heels—Lacey Sutton is injured, he's...

With her waterfront home on the market, marriage over, and teen daughter, Elsie, threatening emancipation, Rosalynn Yates finds her nerves well frayed, and that’s even before a Category Three hurricane approaches the Carolinas. Fortunately, Rosalynn’s mother, Lillian, arrives to help with the evacuation, going into full Mama Bear mode—whether Rosalynn likes it or not.

Sometimes all you need to find your voice is the right kind of magic. Even if it's the worst possible time. Forty-eight-year-old Simone Bardot's life is a junk drawer of a mess. Her husband is having an affair. Her son barely talks to her. And her therapy clinic is failing. But a mysterious...

Retired travel writer Natalie Seachrist has had visions all of her life. But her world changes forever when her twin Nathan confirms that the body she envisioned draped over a vintage Mustang was his granddaughter. During subsequent research for friend and private investigator Keoni Hewitt, Natalie experiences another unsettling vision. So as the police launch their customary investigation of the unexplained death, Natalie moves to the Honolulu foothills apartments where Ariel died.

In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery - Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents - two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along. Only as a teenager can Jarrett begin to piece together the truth of his family.

Il était une fois un roi qui avait douze filles, toutes plus belles les unes que les autres... mais qui disparaissaient chaque nuit pour aller danser... Un conte musical et intrigant, entre suspense et fou-rire. Une fin grandiose et complètement inédite !

The "power of positive thinking" is a well-known adage, yet few of us take it seriously as a method for medical treatment. The groundbreaking work of psychologist Dr. Jeanne Achterberg might change that once and for all. During the last 30 years, Dr. Achterberg has pioneered a bold new path of...

One in three women in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer—a situation that can throw even the most self-assured individual into a crisis of body, mind, and spirit. To survive, and more than that, to thrive, we must rally all of our inner resources. On Cancer as a Turning Point...

The story of two single mothers - one Japanese, the other Appalachian - who struggle to raise their mixed-race children in a Chicago tenement. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring Lira Angel as Penny, Takayo Fischer as Grandmother/Others, Lynn Hamilton as Momma Rainey, John Herzog as Judge/Others, Lyvingston Holmes as Mrs. Ellis, Dorothy Lyman as Jean, Jeanne Mori as Mariko, Gina Ravarra as Tami, Monte Russell as Terrence/Others, and Brenda Varda as Donna/Barbara.

In Life Is Friends, Martinet focuses on at-home entertaining-the dinner parties, cocktail parties, and informal get-togethers that are the key to creating lasting, fulfilling interpersonal bonds. So hear what Martinet has to say. And then, go ahead: Invite people over.

A practical and amusing book of advice and wisdom from Miss Mingle, who answers a variety of questions about social situations. "Relax," says Miss Mingle. It's easy to avoid the 'Hell' in "Hello," deflect the unwanted greeting kiss, feel okay when you're dressed all wrong, solve modern dilemmas such as meeting same-sex couples, and much more.

Dans l'absence laissée par la disparition inexpliquée de sa mère, un enfant, son père et sa grand‑mère partent chacun à la reconquête de leur place et de leur présence au monde. Dix-sept ans après le choc des "Demeurées", Jeanne Benameur, fidèle aux âmes nues, pose avec "L'enfant qui", texte talisman, une nouvelle pierre sur le chemin le plus juste vers la liberté.

Some secrets refuse to stay buried... Olive Sterling thought time off from her job would finally give her the chance to uncover the truth about her family's unsolved murders. The man she believes holds the answers is none other than the father of Jason Stewart—her former boyfriend and current...

Bo n'a plus beaucoup de temps devant lui. À quatre-vingt-neuf ans, il vit isolé dans un village suédois et sa santé décline rapidement. Sa solitude n'est troublée que par le va-et-vient de ses aides à domicile. Parmi les rares choses qui lui restent, il y a les appels à son meilleur ami et la fidèle compagnie de Sixten, son gros chien auquel il tient comme à la prunelle de ses yeux. Bo aime s'endormir avec lui, sa main enfouie dans l'épais pelage. Quand son fils juge qu'il ne peut plus s'occuper d'un tel animal, l'orgueilleux Bo plonge dans un tourbillon d'émotions.

Billie Enholm has never known quite how to define what makes her different from her schoolmates and her cousins, but there's no denying that she is. Bright but awkward, gifted with numbers and words yet baffled by the ease with which others interact, Billie lives with a constant, nagging voice...

Grace Whittaker’s life is coming apart. In the wake of her mother’s death, a stalled writing career, and a slow-motion separation from her husband, Grace is more directionless than ever. But when she returns to Sea Drift, the beach town where she and her mother summered for years, Grace’s life comes together in the most unexpected ways.

The perfect family. The perfect lie. Mellie hasn't been home in over twenty years. Not since her parents and her brother Jacob died under mysterious circumstances. Not since she was left completely alone. But the past isn't gone. It's waiting. Her name appears in confidential files—alongside...

Pommern, 1886: Die junge Adelige Charlotte liebt das Abenteuer, ihre wilde Stute und das raue Land ihrer Heimat. Ihre Liebe zu Pferden führt sie immer wieder in die Ställe von Gut Rosenthal, wo sie auf den Stallmeister Johann trifft. Mit ihm erlebt sie eine Freundschaft und Verbundenheit, die sie von ihrem eigenen Ehemann nicht kennt. Cida muss einfach herausfinden, ob ihre Schwester noch lebt. Pommern, 1939: Als jüngstes von drei Kindern ist Hannah behütet auf dem Gestüt ihrer Eltern aufgewachsen.