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1872. Marguerite has fled to London, leaving behind a traumatic past in Paris. When she is offered work as a cook for mysterious French widow Madame Riel, she seizes the chance to start afresh. But as soon as Marguerite arrives, she is stifled by the tension in the house and before long she comes to resent her stingy and volatile employer, as well as her unfriendly housemaid. Just as Marguerite is about to resign, Madame Riel’s beautiful actress daughter Julie returns to the house and charms her into staying.

No margin--no mission! What does it take to bring financial justice to communities of color? Cliff Rosenthal, shaped by the movements of the 1960s, fought for decades against government indifference and systemic bias finally seeing change come after the death of George Floyd. Michael McCray, a renowned whistle-blower, led an unprecedented court challenge to the unjust federal termination of his fraternity's Kappa Alpha Psi Federal Credit Union.

and in the end… No matter what, It’s All Mishegoss!

Das nur zur Tarnung existierende Literarische Büro von Romney Pringle erhält seinen ersten Auftrag: Ein Pfarrer bittet Romney Pringle darum, einen Stellvertreter für ihn zu suchen, damit er in den Schottischen Highlands auf Recherchereise für ein Buch gehen kann. Statt nach einem echten Geistlichen zu suchen, übernimmt Pringle diese Rolle kurzerhand selbst und lernt als Prediger Charles Courtley den Maharajah von Satpura kennen, der gerade in der Region zu Gast ist.