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Jillian Harper thought moving to the quiet little town in Montana would be the fresh start her family needed. A charming farmhouse, friendly neighbors, and endless open fields—it was supposed to be perfect. Until the bodies are found. Buried deep on their land. Hidden for years. The police are everywhere. The town is whispering. And Tucker—her devoted husband—is acting . . . strange. He won’t tell her where he was all day. He won’t explain why his phone was off. And worst of all—he won’t meet her eyes.

Ida Burton steht vor einem möglichen Wendepunkt in ihrer einst so glänzenden Schauspielkarriere: Nachdem die guten Angebote aufgrund ihres Alters zunehmend ausbleiben, bietet sich ihr jetzt die Chance, wieder an ihren bisherigen Erfolg anzuknüpfen. Und nicht nur das – die Rolle in einer prestigeträchtigen lesbischen Romantikkomödie würde sie nicht nur beruflich auf einen neuen Weg bringen, sondern ihr auch die Gelegenheit verschaffen, endlich aus der heterosexuellen Schublade auszubrechen, in die sie sich selbst gezwungen hat.

In 1888 Mary Edwards Gerritse is a witty and confident young woman who spends as much time as possible outdoors on the rugged Oregon coast where she and her husband, John, have settled. The two are a formidable pair who are working hard to prove their homesteading claim and build a family. But as Mary faces struggles of young motherhood and questions about her family of origin, she realizes that life is far from the adventure she imagined it would be.

Lois Yoder has always found solace in the quiet life of Paradise, Pennsylvania, where she manages a gift shop that reflects her Amish community's simple values. Her tranquil world is upended when Moses Lantz, a former Amishman turned Mennonite and the man who broke her heart, buys the shop with ambitious plans to transform it into a tourist hub—a move that Lois fiercely opposes.

Forfatter Trine Øveraas fik brystkræft og oplevede i forbindelse med strålebehandling at få tynd, sart hud og forbrændinger, hvilket gjorde, at hun begyndte at tænke over, hvordan huden bedst kunne hele, og at hun ikke havde lyst til at tilføre den flere skadelige stoffer. Ved en tilfældighed mødte hun en mand, der producerede hudplejeprodukter med udgangspunkt i, at huden er selvhelende, og hun endte med at blive direktør for firmaet. I Huden kan selv undersøger hun både hudens natur og hudplejeindustriens mange facetter.

Monsters are central to how we think about the human condition. Join award-winning historian of science Dr. Surekha Davies as she reveals how people have defined the human in relation to everything from apes to zombies, and how they invented race, gender, and nations along the way. With rich, evocative storytelling that braids together ancient gods and generative AI, Frankenstein's monster and E.T., Humans: A Monstrous History shows how monster-making is about control: it defines who gets to count as normal.

Entdecke die Kraft der weiblichen Weisheit in dir mit den Rauhnächten. Die magische Zeit der Rauhnächte zwischen Weihnachten und dem Dreikönigstag bietet den idealen Rahmen für innere Einkehr und Reflexion. Dieser liebevolle und inspirierende Impulsgeber für Frauen begleitet Tag für Tag und Nacht für Nacht auf einer Bewusstseinsreise, bei der Altes losgelassen werden kann und der Raum für Neues geöffnet wird. Impulse, Achtsamkeitspraktiken, Rituale und Reflexionsfragen stärken dabei die eigene weibliche Intuition und leiten Schritt für Schritt eine kraftvolle Transformation für das neue Jahr ein.

Die von schwerer Grippe geplagte Rose Bailey sieht, wie Hailey Patterson von maskierten Männern in einen Van gezogen wird. Doch Detective Laurie Howard traut der Beobachtung der kranken Pastorin nicht... hat Rose sich das alles nur eingebildet?

From Wilkie Collins to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the traditional image of the Victorian detective is male. Few people realize that women detectives successfully investigated Victorian Britain, working both with the police and for private agencies, which they sometimes managed themselves. Sara Lodge recovers these forgotten women’s lives. She also reveals the sensational role played by the fantasy female detective in Victorian melodrama and popular fiction, enthralling a public who relished the spectacle of a cross-dressing, fist-swinging heroine.

A hero fights for what is right! A hero's aim is true! Is the hero of this story like that? I don't know. He is the kind of person who might turn you into a donut if he's thinking too hard about donuts. His name is Gumluck the Wizard, and he is on a Quest. Along the way he'll discover singing goblins, unicorn magic, a possible ostrich that breathes definite fire, and three companions who are pretty sure they're heroes already.

Change is inevitable. And sometimes it’s confusing and difficult, even when it’s good. We can’t keep change from coming, but we can allow it to transform us rather than derail us by facing it and embracing it through the lens of God’s unchanging promises to us. We’ve all heard the...

In The People's War, John Willis unearths untold stories of everyday bravery, moments of terror, and tales of life-affirming community, that guide us through the years of the Second World War. From soldiers in North Africa and prisoners of war in East Asia, to evacuees in the British countryside and women in the factories, The People's War is a truly ambitious and comprehensive journey through a devastating and pivotal period of our history, as you've never read before.

""Lizzie Wade is an exceptional journalist and a master storyteller. She reminds us that survival always has been, and still is, possible, and that our world always has been, and still is, a choice."" –Ed Yong, author of An Immense World “This book upended my understanding of the ancient...

In einer faszinierenden Begegnung zwischen zwei Frauen, Katharina und Abigail, entfaltet sich eine Geschichte, die weit über das bloße Interview hinausgeht. Inmitten des geschäftigen Treibens am Flughafen Los Angeles begegnet man Abigail, einer jungen Journalistin, die nach einem Streit mit ihrem Verlagsleiter neue Wege einschlägt. Sie beschließt, ein Buch über deutsche Frauen zu schreiben – eine Idee, die von den Begegnungen in einem Deutschverein und den Erzählungen der Deutschstämmigen inspiriert wurde - und fliegt nach Deutschland, um Katharina zu interviewen.

My twin brother is the person I’m closest to. But now he frightens me. We both have the same white-blond hair and clear blue eyes. All our lives people have stared at us. So we had to be there for each other. Bryce tried to protect me from our dad. But when he died, I thought I was finally safe. After the funeral, Bryce takes me aside: “Since Dad’s passing . . . well, it’s been going on for a few years now. I’ve been keeping a huge secret from you.”

A Woman's Voice is a compelling collection of 12 short stories which talk of human relationships, courage, and endurance of the Ugandan Woman in the face of hardships and social injustices. The collection offers a variety of material based on real, if sometimes controversial and provocative, experiences.

In 1988, a band of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergrads and dropouts began publishing a free weekly newspaper with no editorial stance other than “You Are Dumb.” Just wanting to make a few bucks, they wound up becoming the bedrock of modern satire over the course of twenty years, changing the way we consume both our comedy and our news. The Onion served as a hilarious and brutally perceptive satire of the absurdity and horrors of late twentieth-century American life and grew into a global phenomenon.

A compelling blend of true crime and memoir tracing the author’s investigation into the kidnapping and murder of her great-grandfather in 1980s Louisiana and the reverberations on her family and community throughout the decades ""Riveting and atmospheric, Home of the Happy is also a heartfelt...

Return to Elm Creek Manor with a heartfelt celebration of quilting, family, community, and history from from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. As Sylvia Bergstrom Compson contends with financial setbacks at Elm Creek Quilt Camp, her friend and colleague Summer Sullivan...

This is a memoir of a boy born in 1926 in a small seaside town on the northwest coast of England who grew up in pre-and wartime Britain and who recalls, in this account, his many adventures before, during, and after the conclusion of World War II. In the latter half of the war, our teenage author enlists in His Majesty King George VI’s Royal Navy and is assigned to serve as a naval Coder on several British warships, culminating on HMS Cavendish, a state-of-the-art Destroyer based primarily in the Southeast Asia theatre of war.