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First published in 1926, this book is Willa Cather's sparest and most dramatic novel, a dark and prescient portrait of a marriage that subverts our oldest notions about the nature of domestic happiness.

Kyrie Kent hates baseball. She hates players even more. When her best friend drags her to a Ravens game, she spends the innings reading a book. Until she gets a glimpse of the closer - a pitcher who draws her like a magnet. Fighting her attraction to Easton Holliday is easy. All she has to do is keep her distance, avoid the ballpark, and keep her head down. At least, all that would have worked, but Easton doesn't intend to let Kyrie walk so easily. When another player vies for Kyrie's attention, Easton will swing for the fences.

From a childhood of abuse came loneliness, fears, and torments in my life. Then, after going through a nervous breakdown, an abusive marriage, and a desire to no longer live, one day, miraculously, it all began to change. Listening to my testimony, you, too, will come to realize that not only did God protect me, but God himself is now using my yesterdays for his glory. God saved me to be here for each one of you. The spark of life that seemed to no longer be within me was still present and burns brighter than ever today.

In a world beset by amassing forces of darkness, one organization - the Regional Office - and its coterie of superpowered female assassins protects the globe from annihilation. At its helm, the mysterious Oyemi and her oracles seek out new recruits and root out evil plots. Then a prophecy suggests that someone from inside might bring about its downfall. And now the Regional Office is under attack.

When the Russian Revolution came to Saint Petersburg, Princess Irina went into hiding. A stunningly beautiful ballerina, she knew she had to escape the Bolsheviks - or else die. With her jewels sewn into her cloak, Irina made a mad dash for the border. But the Cheka caught up with her, stole her jewelry, and left her naked, bloody, and dead along the riverbank. Her murder was never avenged. Such is Tatiana "Tatty" Chase's heritage.

In the great city-state of Meviel, manners, status, and the family luck can steer your fate - or change it utterly. In these three stories luck and love play a part - as do pirates, swordplay, and midnight assignations. Step into the courts and drawing rooms of Meviel, where an edged sword and a ready wit are your best weapons in life and in love.

Ann Decker fixes computers for a living, and in the evenings she passes the time sharpening her hacking skills. It's not a very interesting life, but she gets by - until one day she's contacted with a job offer for a company called Transformations Incorporated. None of her coworkers has ever heard of it before, and when Ann is finally told what the company does, she can hardly believe it: TI has invented technology to travel in time.

Die hübsche neunzehnjährige Jenny B. hat nur einen Traum: Sie möchte ein weltbekanntes It-Girl werden. Um ihr Ziel zu erreichen, ist ihr jedes modische und erotische Mittel recht. In ihrem aktuell geführten Tagebuch berichtet sie von allen ihren Erlebnissen in der aktuellen Gegenwart und aus der Vergangenheit, bis in ihre Pubertät zurück. Sie plant ihre Schritte zum Erfolg akribisch, muss aber auch immer wieder Rückschläge und Enttäuschungen hinnehmen. Ihre manchmal etwas holprigen Darstellungen, gepaart mit der tabulosen Berichterstattung ihrer Sex-Erlebnisse machen ihr Tagebuch zu einem hochinteressanten Psychogramm einer Mode- und Spaß-getriebenen jungen Frau.

Romance is all about fantasies of love that ignite your imagination and light a fire inside. Love and sexual fantasy have always been intimately intertwined, and Hungry for More shows just how well the two can merge in this collection of steamy stories.

Get ready to embark on the most adventurous play of your life! The author portrays all 6 characters, and invites you into the odyssey of a fool who has created fictitious characters to remedy the lunacy embattled within. Colours is surely an experience Samuel Beckett, Dr. Seuss and Albert Camus might have enjoyed debating over microchip cookies and rambutan tea. The audiobook will confuse you, amaze you, make you laugh and wonder. Enjoy the nonsense!

Following the tragic and sudden death of Whitney Houston on 11th February author James Robert Parish takes a look at the amazing career of the superstar and the events that lead to a life of drug and alcohol abuse. Whitney Houston burst onto the international music scene in 1985 with her début album which won a Grammy Award for the single Saving All My Love For You.

In 19th century New Brunswick - during a time when Catholics where shunned and struggled to survive - Alice, abused and corrupted by her father's bigotry, weaves a web of deceit that eventually affects the whole town. To achieve her ultimate goal of independence from her father, the town Pastor, she must stoop to unthinkable depths even she can't fathom.

Twenty-four-year-old small-town girl Ana Reynold serves beer at the local bar, tries to keep her beater car running, and dreams of a better life as a painter. If she can learn to make a decent steak, she might get promoted to cook - and earn enough for her real heart's desire. Right now, that doesn't include romance. But when she meets a tall, dark, and sexy Native American man named Kane, Ana can't take her eyes off him - or stop thinking about him. But she'd better.

Michelle has been in drug rehab for the last few months, Dad has disappeared and the kids have been under a supervision order. But now Michelle is coming out of rehab, clean and determined to make a fresh start. The three members of the Children's Hearing panel have to decide what is best for the children. The panel - all trained volunteers - hear reports from experts and from the family, and face difficult choices as their perception of what should happen to the children is constantly challenged.

Deborah has been obsessed with Michael, the hottie in her class, for ages. She dupes her coven into casting a love spell for her, but uses the wrong ingredients and the spell backfires. Surrounded by women lusting for her, Deborah gives in and faces the consequences of betraying her coven. Warning, contains explicit scenes: female gangbang, double penetration, oral, anal, and candle action!

Natasha Schlesinger and Sophia Schlesinger take kids on an interactive adventure through Ancient Roman Art using exciting stories and ancient myths and introducing youngsters to ancient sculpture, painting, and metalwork that they find at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Natasha Schlesinger and Sophia Schlesinger guide young museum goers through the Collection of Ancient Greek Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a fun and interactive style that combines fun facts and interesting stories and myths.

On leave for Thanksgiving, the last thing marine lieutenant Talia Barnett expects to find is Liam Brodie waiting for her at the airport. He's had a starring role in her fantasies for the past two years, and although she'd love to make them a reality, she has a dark secret that prevents her from taking things further. A former marine, Liam's specialty is planning tactical operations, and that's just what he plans to do to win Talia. The woman has kept him at arm's length for too long, and this time he's finally going to claim her - body and heart.

Meet Hunter. He's tall, dark and handsome....and ready to make Miranda howl. Miranda knows how to survive on the streets, but she has no idea how to be a werewolf or live with a pack. She thought things were looking up when the Moon Bay pack took her in, but all she seems to do is cause trouble. When she goes into heat and starts a bar brawl, the pack alpha gives her an ultimatum: Spend her heat with the pack member he designates or face life as a lone wolf. For Miranda, it's Hunter or the highway.

While Pang-Mei Natasha Chang was a Chinese Studies major at Harvard University, she stumbled across the name of her 83-year-old great aunt Chang Yu-i in a history book. Over the next several years, Pang-Mei spent long afternoons drawing forth her aunt's story. Born in Shanghai to a well-to-do family, Chang Yu-i lived a life of defiance, continually breaking class and culture barriers.