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A New York Times Bestseller Instagram. Whisper. YouTube. Kik. Ask.fm. Tinder. The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media. What it is doing to an entire generation of young women is the subject of award-winning Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales’s...

Connie never dreamed she'd get the chance to follow in the footsteps of her beloved late mother, to become a classical singer. But when she attracts jealous comments from the choir, more attention than she would like from the lead tenor and some unwanted scandalous publicity involving the royal family, she starts to wonder if she is doing the right thing.

In 1921, Marian Arnold, the heiress to a brewing baron’s empire, seeks solace in the glass butterfly house on her family’s Wisconsin estate as Prohibition and the deaths of her parents cast a long shadow over her shrinking world. When Marian’s sanctuary is invaded by nightmarish visions, she grapples with the line between hallucinations of things to come and malevolent forces at play in the present. With dead butterflies as the killer’s ominous signature, murders unfold at a steady pace. Marian, fearful she might be next, enlists the help of her childhood friend Felix.

‘The sleeper book of the year… so much fun to read that you forget to even try and solve the case. And good luck solving it anyway, with twists within twists within twists’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Donna Nightshade’s first rule of composting: shred. Things rot quicker that way – cabbages...

Emma Stone was raised a part of a large, loving aristocratic family, but after she was orphaned she became a tired, lonely governess. Then through an act of kindness, she inherits an unexpected fortune and realizes that she can now have the husband and family she craves.

Quinn is out of options. After the zombie-like “carriers” invaded her youth treatment facility, she had to fight to survive. Weeks later, she’s alone, devastated, and nursing a life-threatening injury. She needs help. Now. Salvation comes in the form of New City, a safe haven risen from the ashes of St. Louis—but only at a price. In exchange for medical treatment, Quinn joins a Rover squad, a band of debtors and criminals assigned to protect the city against swarms of carriers.

Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, and Andrew Campbell show how the usually beneficial processes of the human mind can become traps when we face big decisions. The authors show how the shortcuts our brains have learned to take over millennia of evolution can derail our decision making. Think Again offers a powerful model for making better decisions, describing the key red flags to watch for and detailing the decision-making safeguards we need.

Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible. Her dad is forever planning how to boost business at the family restaurant. Her mom is constantly going off to meditate. Her sister, Sarah, who’s taking a year off after high school, is too busy finding ways not to work, and her brother Holden is totally focused on his new "friend". And then there’s Charlie: three years old, a "surprise" baby, and the center of everything. If it wasn’t for her friend Ran, there would be nowhere to turn. Ran is always calm, always positive.

In 1865, orphaned Daisy Francois takes a position as housemaid at a midwestern Wisconsin castle and finds that the reclusive and eccentric Gothic authoress inside hides more than the harrowing tales in her novels. With women disappearing from the area and a legend that seems to parallel these eerie circumstances, Daisy is thrust into a web that may threaten to steal her sanity, if not her life.

Dr. Erika Schwartz believes that today's patient is but a leaf blowing in the wind of groupthink protocols, corrupt medical societies, insurance companies on the take, and billions of dollars in marketing and lobbying pressure from drug companies. What is the quick fix? The answers are here in 10 clear chapters, giving examples every step of the way. It's a simple process that takes you, the patient, from being a victim to being in charge.

Jo’s mother, Babe, liked to drink, dance, and stay up very late. When the husband she adored went on sales calls, she waited for him in the parking lot, embroidering pillowcases. Jo grew up thinking that the last thing she wanted was to be like her mother. Then it dawned on her that her own happiness was derived in large part from lessons Babe had taught her.

More pagan than lady, Meriel spends her days running barefoot through her English estate, cultivating her flowers and her mystical connection to nature. She is mute and, according to most people, mad. But handsome Dominic Renbourne, who has been sent by his twin to court her, senses in Meriel a kindred spirit. He manages to inspire her trust, and against his better judgement, her passion.

Most people who talk about motherhood start out by telling you how much they always wanted to be a mom. Not Lisa-Jo Baker. She was 18 and growing up in South Africa when her mom died, and she swore she would never have kids. But then she fell in love with an American boy with cowboy-green eyes, married him, and now, a decade and two continents later, they have three. This is the unlikely story of how she got there.

Izzy doesn’t believe in love at first sight, but when Sam walks into the café where she works one winter’s morning, she knows without a doubt that he’s the one. Too bad Sam’s getting married. Today. Nearly a year later, Izzy still can’t stop thinking about Sam, the one that got away, but she knows it’s time to move on: He’s a married man and probably wouldn’t recognize her if he passed her on the street. But Sam has never forgotten Izzy, the funny, gorgeous woman who asked him out on his wedding day.

Harry Hole è di nuovo a terra. Ha ricominciato a bere, e da quando Rakel lo ha cacciato di casa abita in un buco a Sofies gate. Nell'appartamento ci sono soltanto un divano letto e bottiglie di whisky sparse ovunque. Ma Harry non è mai abbastanza sobrio da curarsene. La maledetta domenica in cui si sveglia da una sbornia colossale, non ha il minimo ricordo di cosa sia successo la notte precedente. Quel che è certo, però, è che ha le mani e i vestiti coperti di sangue. Forse, si convince, è diventato davvero un mostro.

Experience the heart-pounding drama of real-life emergencies. Veteran EMT and physical therapist Andrea Jo Rodgers shares this all-new collection of accounts from her 30-plus years as a volunteer with her town's local first aid and emergency squad.

Hope After is a Christian podcast for couples healing from pornography betrayal and porn addiction in marriage. Hosted by a husband and wife who have walked this journey, it offers honest conversations about betrayal trauma, rebuilding trust, taking responsibility, repentance and restoring intimacy without pressure or shame. This is a space for truth, grace and realistic hope for marriage restoration. johewlettauthor.com/ministry/hope-after

Elissa Elwick and Jo Lindley are children’s book illustrators and friends. Join them for a weekly catch-up about the life of an illustrator in the children's publishing industry, discussing creative processes, inspirations, favourite books, comics, animations and, well, anything really! For anyone who loves to eavesdrop on conversations about children’s books, illustration, character design, animation and a little bit of good old 80s and 90s nostalgia!

In this show we explore what it really means to be a follower of Jesus Christ. We believe Jesus showed us how to human: from our individual choices to our greater roles in the collective. We're here to examine whether our hearts are given to love and aligned with the teachings of Jesus. No question is too big, and no amount of faith is too small for this space. Devout Christians and spiritual seekers of all varieties, get ready to get real about your relationship with God and all Creation.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole is coming soon to Netflix An “addictive page-turner” (Los Angeles Times)—Inspector Harry Hole attempts to exonerate his would-be son Oleg in this installment of the New York Times bestselling series. When Harry Hole moved to...