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When Ruie Ann Park - a pillar of the Van Buren, Arkansas, community - was found beaten to death and lying in a pool of blood in her home, the police and local residents assumed her son was the murderer. But the years would uncover a more sinister story. Up till that night, the Park family seemed to have it all.

Is love always worth saving no matter what the cost? Peter Webster, a rookie paramedic, pulls a young woman from her wrecked car. Sheila Arsenault is a gorgeous enigma - streetwise and tough-talking, with haunted eyes and fierce desires. Soon Sheila and Peter are embroiled in an intense love affair. Eighteen years later and Peter is raising their teenage daughter, Rowan, alone. But Rowan is veering off course and Peter fears for her future. He seeks out the only person who may be able to help her...

Wendy and Nell have been best friends since childhood but when someone threatens to ruin their relationship, tough decisions must be made. Nell leaves for France while Wendy embarks on marriage and motherhood. Both keep in touch, sending letters baring all, or are they? They hide the truth that homesickness, violence, loneliness, and murder form the backdrop of their lives. When a twisted, deceitful face from the past turns up, obsession and heartbreak wreak havoc on their lives. Someone is seeking revenge and recompense. And someone is a killer.

Il 12 marzo 2034 il commodoro della Marina militare degli Stati Uniti – Sarah Hunt – si trova sul ponte della sua nave ammiraglia, nel Mar Cinese Meridionale, quando intercetta un peschereccio in avaria. Lo stesso giorno, il maggiore Chris "Wedge" Mitchell, aviatore della marina statunitense, sta testando una nuova tecnologia invisibile sorvolando con un F-35E Lightning lo stretto di Hormuz, sul confine dello spazio aereo iraniano. Entro la fine della giornata, Wedge sarà un prigioniero iraniano e la Marina militare cinese avrà affondato la nave di Sarah Hunt.

This is the story of the singing dancing princess from the motherland. The media postulated a lot of untrue stories surrounding my divorce. My truth is here.

"The man was hanging stiffly by a slip noose, his shirt ripped to shreds, with a thick stick piercing his belly." Police constable Maria Wern and her colleagues are stunned by the bestiality they encounter. A similar murder occurred in Uppsala nine years earlier. The killer had apparently died in a car fire. Could there be a connection after all? Thanks to Maria's persistence, the image of a murderer begins to coalesce—a human being betrayed and degraded to the point where reality gives way to insanity.

Hallie Elliot has a perfect life. She is an up-and-coming interior designer in one of San Francisco's most sought-after firms and has just recently become engaged to Peter, a brilliant, young journalist. But when she stumbles upon Peter and her boss in what seems to be a compromising position, her trust in her perfect life is shaken. So Hallie escapes to Lake Como, Italy, to spend time with her half sister, Portia Tesoro, an Italian blueblood dealing with the scandal of a public estrangement from her cheating husband.

Verena Howard's mother taught her some very good lessons, including never to fall for a darkly handsome man with something to hide. Now on a journey alone across the Texas frontier, Verena has had more than one run-in with ruffians intent on more than just her cash. Before she could get in over her head with the last run-in, a smooth-talking, darkly handsome gambler stepped in to come to her rescue, immediately putting Verena at risk of not listening to her mother's advice.

Kidnapped by her callous cousin, Quentin Fordyce, beautiful Anne Morland has to fight off his amorous assault with all of her strength to avoid being stripped of her virtue and forced into a sham of a marriage. But when rescue comes in the form of Dominick Deveraux, Anne isn't sure that she's better off. As notorious for his skills with a sword as he is for his skills with the ladies, Anne fears Dominick has no more noble intentions for her than Quentin did.

The ancient wisdom to balance modern hectic life. Ayurveda is an ancient South Asian system of holistic health and wisdom that has been practiced throughout the world for thousands of years. It teaches us to live in harmony with the world around us balancing our physical and mental tendencies with the limits of our life. Modern Ayurveda will show you the right habits of healthy eating and Ayurvedic lifestyle choices, from recipes and morning meditations, to custom yoga practices and more.

Bonita è una giovane studentessa di Delhi in viaggio in Messico per imparare lo spagnolo. Seduta su una panchina del Jardín di San Miguel de Allende, all'ombra della maestosa cattedrale, si gode l'estraneità di un luogo mai visitato. Non conosce nessuno lì, e nessuno la conosce. Eppure un'anziana donna in abiti tradizionali, loquace ed eccentrica, l'avvicina con accalorata familiarità, affermando di rivedere in lei la figlia della sua cara amica, Rosarita, conosciuta proprio lì tanti anni prima, quando Rosarita era arrivata dall'India, come ora sua figlia, per seguire la sua vocazione di pittrice.

In 1991, Anita Hill began something that's still unfinished work. The issues of gender violence, touching on sex, race, age, and power, are as urgent today as they were when she first testified. Believing is a story of America's three decades long reckoning with gender violence, one that offers insights into its roots, and paths to creating dialogue and substantive change. It is a call to action that offers guidance based on what this brave, committed fighter has learned from a lifetime of advocacy and her search for solutions to a problem that is still tearing America apart.

In 11th century Normany, a passionate story of romance, chivalry, and forbidden love. Beautiful Eleanor of Nantes is pursued by many great noblemen, including the evil Robert of Belesme and charming Prince Henry, son of William the Conqueror. But it is the dashing Roger FitzGilbert, born a bastard with no title to his name, who sweeps her off her feet. Their love may be forbidden, but their passion is undeniable...

Never thought to be particularly pretty, Englishwoman Katherine Winsteady is flattered and overwhelmed by the attentions of the Russian Count Alexei Volsky and his sister Galena. When the Count proposes marriage, Kate thinks her dreams have come true, and readily accepts. Isolated in the Count’s frozen Russian estate, Kate quickly learns she is pregnant with the Count’s child.

Patrick Danvers, the Viscount Westover, was known by another name among the people of society: Devil Danvers. No young lady dared to be seen in public with this man whose startling good looks were overshadowed by his scandalous escapades. Caroline Ashley was a very respectable young lady, but with no one to protect her and no money to call her own. How could she resist Devil Danvers' offer to be the wife he needed to win a wager and claim a fortune that hung on his producing an heir?

Author of the best seller The Red Tent, Anita Diamant, appears in this edition of Live at the 92nd Street Y. Diamant talks about her place in the unfolding story of America's Jewish renaissance, both as a student of Judaism and as a writer/teacher.

After a medical discharge from his duties in the Napoleonic War, Thomas Quincy Fitzbatten has returned home. Disoriented, burdened by guilt for his wealth, and disillusioned with life's injustices, Thomas longs for a chance to make a difference in the world. But he keeps himself a mystery to those around him, and another motive for his charity gnaws at the back of his mind: to seek redemption from the traumatic demons of war. Then everything changes at the arrival of Ruth Dawson, the niece of Thomas's butler, a stunning woman with a secret of her own.

Janette Gregson hat sich in die einsame Sicherheit ihres Hauses zurückgezogen. Als sie einem unerwarteten Besucher die Tür öffnet, stürzt ihre Welt brutal in sich zusammen. Monate später bringt sie ein Kind zur Welt. Im Keller, ganz allein – das Erbe eines Verbrechens, das nie ans Licht kommen darf. Janette wird zur Gefangenen ihrer Vergangenheit und ihrer eigenen Ängste. Doch was passiert, wenn das Kind zum Mittelpunkt eines neuen, verstörenden Spiels wird? Denn irgendwann kommt jedes Geheimnis ans Licht ...

Rosie's life is not turning out as planned. She dreams of becoming a novelist, but she's lost her writing job to an AI chatbot and discovered her boyfriend cheating … Rosie sets off for a fresh start, only for her car to break down at Autumn Meadows Farm in the Cotswolds, where she is mistaken for a job applicant and finds herself planning 'Pumpkin Retreats' to save the farm from developers. Embracing farm life, Rosie rediscovers her passion for writing – and begins to fall for the gruff but undeniably handsome Pumpkin farmer, Zain.

Die Liebe ist nicht blind, manchmal sieht sie nur etwas verschwommen Gerade noch feierte die junge Malerin Sadie den Finaleinzug beim Wettbewerb der North American Portrait Society, dann liegt sie mit einer Gesichtsblindheit im Krankenhaus - jedes Gesicht sieht für sie nun aus wie ein durcheinandergeworfenes Puzzle.