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Building on their work at Chaddock, a nonprofit organization that has worked with some of the most challenging kids in the nation for more than 150 years, the authors empower frustrated parents with practical tips and real-life examples on how to minimize behavioral meltdowns, reduce conflict, increase cooperation, promote healthy attachment, and improve family relationships. The strategies they share work both for the child who is going through a difficult phase brought on by life disruption or trauma, and for the child who faces chronic struggles.

Out of the Silence is the stunning tale of three women from very different worlds: Maggie Heffernan, a spirited working-class country girl, Elizabeth Hamilton, whose own disappointment in love has served only to strengthen her humanity and the remarkable Vida Goldstein, the suffragist who was to become the first woman to stand for Parliament. When Maggie's life descends into darkness after a terrible betrayal, the three women's lives collide.

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If she had stayed to load the kiln as she should have, she'd never have seen the ship. Mama said the ship still would have been there, so everything had to happen the way it did. But that's not true. Clio saw it and the world changed. When a raiders' ship appears off the coast, the goddess demands an unthinkable price to save the town – and Clio's grandmother creates a sacred statue to save Clio's life.

The discovery of a 100-year-old murder in a client's family history leaves Esme Quentin bewildered by her client's curious reaction. But with no instruction to find out more, Esme instead turns her attention to clearing the dilapidated outbuilding at her new cottage. Amongst the junk she finds a seventeenth-century map associated with the name Chalacombe, a local family with an intriguing and mysterious history.

When Esme Quentin is engaged to research the history of an ancient mill owned by her client, Anna Brannock, she stumbles upon a bitter family feud, tales of witchcraft and a century-old allegation of murder. As Esme digs deeper, the past begins to converge on the present, when Anna becomes the target of a disturbing campaign, echoing menacing events from many years before. Can a nineteenth century curse still wield its formidable power? What connects Anna with the twenty-four-year-old mystery concerning the whereabouts of the charismatic Ellen Tucker?

Everyone has secrets. When my wife went to prison for the murder of my mistress, I realized just how dangerous some secrets could be. She’s now my ex-wife and is getting released based on new evidence. I don’t want to worry, but even if she didn’t kill my mistress, which I’m not convinced of, there’s no doubt she’s unstable. I have a family to protect now. My new wife, Evelyn, is terrified, and I am determined not to let anything happen to her or our newborn daughter.

When Amelia Drake is forced to marry her father’s business competitor, Kyle Grayson, she thinks things can’t get worse. Despite their undeniable attraction to each other, Kyle has been wounded, and guards his emotions as closely as she guards her secrets. She vows to make the best of her arrangement with her handsome new husband, but can she ever trust him enough to share the truth about her past or forgive his own dark revelations? Will the warm, passionate man he conceals behind his staunch business demeanor show himself before their secrets tear them apart?

The world is plagued with turmoil. Rowan is a soldier fighting in a war ridden land for the far flung peace that appears nowhere in sight. Everything takes a turn when her fight seems to be nearing its end, and the God of War joins their last battle to victory. Once he realizes one of his strongest soldiers is not who everyone thinks her to be, the God of War finds himself wanting to know the truth. And as the end to their war approaches, ugly realizations settle in.

Esme Quentin is reminded of a painful past when Max Rainsford, a journalist colleague of her late husband Tim, turns up unannounced asking about a story Tim reported on thirty-five years ago—the murder of an old soldier. Esme, wary of Max's motives, declines to get involved.

Your angels are sending you hidden messages, it’s time for you to discover their secrets. You’ve felt the feeling before - the one where you feel lost in the world, where you believe that everyone else has a place but yourself. Your angels are constantly trying to reveal their hidden messages to you, and it is time for you to discover their secrets. With this comprehensive beginners guide, everyone can start to get a feel for these messages, even if you have no previous experience. It’s time to stop sleepwalking through life and start to find out what life has in store for you.

Een heerlijke roman vol liefde, vriendschap, geheimen, verdriet en humor Sofie Wolters houdt haar halve leven al van Jelle Martens, een vriend van haar tweelingbroer Nate, die trouwe lezers al kennen uit Brokers' roman Baguette met jam voor twee . Maar voor Jelle is Sofie nooit meer geweest dan het kleine zusje dat hij gewoon voor lief nam. In hun puberteit maakte een dramatische gebeurtenis een einde aan hun jeugd en onschuld. En toen ze daarna toch een keer met elkaar in bed belandden, liet Jelle vervolgens niets meer van zich horen.

Lize de Ruiter heeft na de dood van haar vader zo haar redenen om Nederland tijdelijk te verruilen voor het zonnige Zuid-Frankrijk. Een zomer lang werken op de camping van een vroegere vriend van haar vader lijkt haar een ideale manier om haar problemen even te vergeten en haar leven weer op de rit te krijgen. En als de persoon die ze het hardst probeerde te ontvluchten dan ook nog ineens voor haar neus staat, kan Lize er niet langer onderuit: je kunt de waarheid wel ontkennen en ervoor weglopen, maar die struisvogeltactiek kan je zomaar de liefde van je leven kosten.

Many of us physicians started our careers with aspirations to live meaningful lives in service to others. We set off to become stewards of health and to be the beacons of light in times of sickness and death. We spent our youth studying and training in order to be doctors and to have life-long careers we can be proud of. But instead, many of us find ourselves in a health care system that prioritizes money above all else. We find ourselves forced to make decisions that go against our moral character or we are pushed to our limits to increase profitability for the system.

London has been destroyed in a blitz of bombs and disease. The only ones who have survived are children, among them Gwen Darling and her siblings, Joanna and Mikey. They spend their nights scavenging and their days avoiding the ruthless Marauders - the German army led by Captain Hanz Otto Oswald Kretschmer.

The first time you see them, out for an evening walk on the cliffs, you’ll think they’re the perfect family. You’ll see a wife who looks so happy, strolling peacefully beside her husband in his dark winter coat, holding her daughter’s hand. But you have no idea what’s really happening in their house.... If you come a little closer, you might hear the way the man speaks to his wife. You might notice that the woman doesn’t have any close friends. That sometimes her husband doesn’t want her to leave the house.

Drei Frauen verschiedener Generationen, durch das Schicksal miteinander verbunden... Die alte Fran hat einst das Glück kennengelernt, doch mittlerweile ist alles, was ihr geblieben ist, ihre abgelegene Farm - und der Wunsch, einen Menschen zu finden, der ihr Wärme und Hoffnung geben kann. Rachel hingegen hat auf die große Liebe gesetzt und alles verloren: ihren Lebensmut, ihr Selbstbewusstsein, ihr Café.

Ein furchtbares Familiengeheimnis vor der rauen Kulisse der Isle of Wight: Die Schriftstellerin Jane erbt ein altes Cottage auf der Isle of Wight - von Lilly, der stets totgeschwiegenen Schwester ihrer Mutter. Auf der Suche nach Antworten fährt Jane auf die Insel und lernt Lillys Familie und Freunde kennen: den schweigsamen Fischer Neptun, die kauzige, aber warmherzige Emmeline und Marguerite, Lillys verträumte Tochter. Zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben fühlt sich Jane willkommen und geliebt.

Cassandra Grayson leads a quiet life managing a library in Queens, NY. There’s only one thing missing: her sister. Cassandra hasn’t seen her sister since the night their wealthy, prominent father died from a massive heart attack. As the years pass by with no word from her, Cassandra begins to suspect there is more to her father’s death and her sister’s disappearance than she first thought.

From the USA Today best-selling author of Sunshine Beach, a story of four women trying to rebuild more than their lives. Embroiled in a battle to regain control of their renovation-turned-reality TV show, Do Over, Maddie, Avery, Nikki, and Kyra find themselves holding tight to the frayed ends of their friendship and relationships.