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A dark and daring debut novel exploring power, control and resilience against all odds, The Tribes tells the story of a cult member accused of a shocking crime and the lawyer who chooses to defend her.

Can a guilty conscience keep wounds from healing? Fine arts major, Candace Parker, grew up with a mother who thinks image is everything, and her daughter’s perfection will never be good enough. About to graduate college and pursue her dreams of becoming a professional ballerina, Candace decides it’s time to let go and have a little fun. But fun is short-lived when a brutal attack leaves her completely shattered. The memories that consume and torment Candace are starting to destroy her when she meets Ryan Campbell, a successful bar owner.

Performed by Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager and a multi-cast that includes book contributors Luis Alberto Urrea, Siri Hustvedt, Laurie Frankel, Vendela Vida, and Richard Ford. The Writer’s Library audiobook also features real conversations with Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, and Laila Lalami...

Jade Clifton is more than ready for a fresh start. Finally free of her emotionally abusive ex, she's sure everything is about to get better for her. Except…it doesn't. A series of personal attacks on her property has her on edge, and Jade knows that she'll need help figuring out who is targeting her and why. She just never expected a certain sweet, ridiculously handsome sheriff's deputy to come to her rescue…

Bridget and Simone aren't friends. But their daughters are in the same dance troupe, so they're flying to Los Angeles for the girls to perform at Disneyland. Simone's daughter Zahra is indisputably a leader in the group, but Bridget's daughter Becky is a talent on the rise. Simone and her husband are accustomed to business class, but Bridget is less comfortable there. Both lonely women are surprised to find something in common, until Bridget discovers images of Zahra and other dancers that shock her. Are they exploitative or art?

Tech City: Society is obsessed with relentless progress and the possibility of eternal life. A woman and a man meet in waiting room, anticipating a procedure that will incorporate the latest science and technology into their minds and bodies, heightening their awareness and increasing their productivity. Years pass, their relationship deepens and fades, and they grow increasingly uncertain where the AI stops and where they begin. A romantic drama exploring the potentiality of transhumanism, Life Ever After is a rich listening experience that is at once naturalistic and poetic.

This upbeat guide to caregiving gives information that is useful in a clear and easy to use format. Entertaining as well as informative, and told through the authors' own experiences, this audiobook details the sometimes surprising challenges of caregiving. A positive and upbeat book that takes on the hard issues of caregiving, and delivers sound advice to a generation dealing with the 'good news/bad news' conundrum that our ever increasing lifespan present to us.

"Manche Dinge kann man nicht erzwingen", sagt die Mutter zu Robs, der sich am Fenster die Nase plattdrückt. Er weiß, dass sie ihn nicht versteht. Hier geht es doch nicht darum, etwas zu erzwingen! Sondern darum, wie es ist, wenn die Sehnsucht nach etwas immer größer wird, bis sie so groß ist, dass man fast platzt. Robs sehnt sich nach Schnee, und er geht hinaus, um herauszufinden, wann es endlich schneit. Auf seiner Wanderung begegnet er Nitta, dem Eskimomädchen.

Massachusetts, 1970s. Born to a pair of “bleeding heart” professors who live on campus as dorm parents, Frederica Hatch soon finds herself the unofficial mascot of Dewing College. Life is so ideal that by the time she becomes a teenager, Frederica finds herself chafing under the care of the most annoyingly evenhanded parental team in the history of civilization. But she’s about to learn that life isn’t as simple or idyllic as it seems—even amid the manicured lawns of a small women’s college like Dewing.

The “snowflake” rebellion and its juvenile temper tantrums are far from over. A simple glance at the daily news reveals we now stand on the cliff of a cultural crisis where vitriol has replaced virtue, identity politics trump principle, character no longer matters, and elected leaders act more like spoiled children than mature adults. In Grow Up, the nearly two-decades-long president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University and the national best-selling author of Not a Day Care, Dr. Everett Piper, presents common-sense solutions to the lunacy Americans face.

You are a step away from discovering a different way to weight loss that does not involve dieting, counting calories, depriving yourself and such but one that hacks your body, quite literally to bring about effortless weight loss, without relying on your limited will-power and motivation! If you’ve tried to lose weight for far too long, it is clear that you’ve tried all manner of things - counting calories, carbs, fasting, avoiding certain foods, eating fluids only, working out like crazy, using diet pills, and more are just some of the things you may have tried.

Steve Brill beschließt, den auf seinem Land befindlichen Grabhügel gegen den ausdrücklichen Rat seines Nachbarn Juan Lopez zu öffnen. Angeblich soll es eine unheimliche Bewandtnis mit dem merkwürdigen Erdhaufen haben. Der Farmer jedoch glaubt nicht an Geister, Flüche und Dämonen und rammt daher beherzt den Spaten in den Boden...

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 16 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Der Ring des Thot" von Arthur Conan Doyle, "Rappaccinis Tochter" von Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Besessen" von Robert E. Howard und "Der schreckliche Schädel" von Francis Marion Crawford.

John Vansittart Smith war eine merkwürdige Gestalt sicherlich wäre er der Welt noch heute, so viele Jahre nach seiner Forschungstätigkeit am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, ein Begriff, wenn er sich nicht durch unvorsichtige Reden über das, was er an einem trüben Oktobertag in der ägyptischen Sammlung des Louvre in Paris erlebt haben will, für alle Zeiten unmöglich gemacht hätte...

Being the teenage daughter of a serial killer is fun - except when digging graves. Thankfully, Misty has Bitsy to help her. Plus her daddy pays her with gift cards that she uses online to order things like books, video games, and new outfits to dress up Bitsy with, so really she can’t complain. Now if her daddy would just teach her how to drive, life would be perfect.

Hi! I’m Miranda Blake, and this is my story. Well, sort of. It’s more like a twisted fairytale, if you believe in them. Except there’s no beautiful, young princess with perky breasts, perfectly coiffed hair, and a sassy attitude. I’m closing in on 50, 30 pounds overweight according to Weight Watchers. As for sassy attitude, well, it wasn’t so long ago that I was a doormat. And the charming prince who sweeps me off my feet into the life of my dreams? I have a dog called Prince, German Shepherd....

Assuming the human name Shane, the ancient vampire chose to remain awake to guard the last of his kind and to remain a part of the human world that had forsaken them. It was he who chose the time and set a chain of events into motion that would forever change Asher and Dawn’s lives. Dawn is human and Asher is immortal. Theirs is a union that is doomed from the start.

It’s July 1946, and after a decade of Depression and war, life in America is returning to normal. But for Charlotte and Mary Oswald, one tumultuous summer will unearth all their secrets and upend their world, once again. Charlotte Oswald’s life is dictated by rules. Where she can go. Whom she can speak to. How she can spend her long, dull summer days. It’s a small, closeted existence, but necessary to protect Charlotte, who has suffered from debilitating fits since childhood.

Wie findet der Pilot den Weg? Wie entsteht der Druck auf den Ohren? Und wie kommt das Gepäck ans Ziel? Diese und viele weitere Kinderfragen rund um das Thema Fliegen werden amüsant und kindgerecht beantwortet. Ein Hörspaß für die ganze Familie!

Shining Night is book three in the Faithgirlz series Lena in the Spotlight, written by Alena Pitts, star of The War Room and tween blogger of For Girls Like You, and co-written with her mother, editor and author Wynter Pitts. In this fiction story that will appeal to young girls who have big...