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The first–ever, comprehensive guide for organ transplant recipients, living donors, and caregivers from Mayo Clinic, a global leader in transplant surgery and research. With decades of experience and over 30,000 life–saving organ transplants performed, Mayo Clinic has one of the largest and...

Als die labile Schriftstellerin Carline McQuire an der irischen Westküste eine Morddrohung gegen ihren Mann Pat findet, gerät ihr wohlbehütetes Leben aus den Fugen. Carline ahnt nicht, in welchen Schwierigkeiten Pat tatsächlich steckt. Sie selbst leidet unter einer schrecklichen Schreibblockade. Doch plötzlich taucht eine neue Geschichte in ihrem Drucker auf. Zur gleichen Zeit reist Rachel Daugherty nach Irland auf der Suche nach ihrer Schwester – der berühmten Schriftstellerin.

Beth Brockington thought she had everything figured out until her marriage fell apart just before the holidays. Now she's navigating twin five-year-olds, a bustling family store, and trying not to think about the empty space where her husband used to be. The last thing she expects is to feel her heart skip when Brett shows up looking like the man she fell in love with instead of the stranger they'd both become.

After losing her husband during the Civil War, Katie Rose Kelly refuses to let tragedy define her future. Determined to rebuild her life, she journeys west to the vast Dakota Territory, where she stakes a 160-acre claim and becomes a sheepherder—one of the few women bold enough to take on such a challenge. Alone on the sweeping prairie, Katie must confront more than harsh weather and isolation. Powerful cattle barons view sheep as a threat to their grazing lands, and they are willing to intimidate anyone—especially a woman—to protect their interests.

Da will man in seinem Buchclub ein wenig Spiritualität ausprobieren und schon hat man aus Versehen den alten Gott Zalas heraufbeschworen. Und Zalas hat natürlich nur eins im Sinn: möglichst viele Gläubige um sich scharen. Mithilfe des unglückseligen Neil Aikens erschafft Zalas ein Winterwunderland, in dem alle Wünsche wahr werden – vom echten Einhorn bis zum Besuch des Opas, der letztes Jahr doch eigentlich das Zeitliche gesegnet hat. Das Team der Stranger Times muss einen Weg finden, um nicht nur Weihnachten, sondern womöglich die ganze Welt zu retten.

Carter Hayes was a soldier. A protector. Until the night he failed the one person who needed him most. Now, drowning in guilt and whiskey, he’s given one last chance to rebuild his shattered life at Valor Ridge, a place for veterans seeking redemption. But Carter isn’t looking for salvation—until he meets Maddie Sinclair. Maddie has spent her career helping others, but Carter is different. Stubborn. Broken. And impossible to ignore. She knows he’s running from something, but what she doesn’t expect is how much she wants to help him stop.

Work has been a little hard to come by recently for builder Tom Ryder. When a friend tells him about the wad of cash he got for starring in an adult video, Tom seizes the opportunity. Besides, his friend said his co-star was really hot, so Tom is definitely not seeing a downside.

Christmas cookies, mistletoe kisses, and the friend zone—some traditions are meant to be broken. Dalton Grant is expecting this holiday season will be a quiet one—until his childhood best friend Savannah crashes back into town needing a fake boyfriend for the Christmas Hearts Festival. Dalton would do anything for Savvy, even risk the one thing that matters most: their friendship. When the town's self-appointed matchmaker signs them up for every romantic holiday activity—cookie contests, couples caroling, mistletoe challenges—fake kisses start feeling dangerously real.

My book is meant to be a book that encourages one to strive to see the beauty in life, nature, in every moment, every breath and every person. Life with the almighty is a beautiful journey that will take you on a mission to your eternal destiny, one step at a time. In life beloved your destiny begins with you and your beliefs and ultimately ends with God. Make it your mission to live your best possible life.

I believe that negative thinking is the worst addiction of all! You know the people who are always negative, don’t you? It’s no wonder Americans have become so self-destructive, have low self-esteem and self-worth and are constantly sabotaging themselves. America has become a culture of addiction.

Two seemingly incompatible individuals in their 40s are thrown together through a case of mistaken identity. Charlotte, a free-spirited artist recovering from a failed gallery debut, accepts a temporary position teaching an art class at a university. Enter Nathan, a retired pro-athlete turned professor of sports psychology, who values discipline, routine, and logic above all else. Their worlds collide when Charlotte is mistaken for a celebrated visiting art critic and receives preferential treatment, sparking resentment from Nathan.

Una tica. Un mexicano. Cero filtros. Hablamos de la vida, el amor, mitos, cultura pop y todo lo que nos da curiosidad (o risa). Con C y K se dice… lo que muchos piensan, pero pocos se atreven a contar. Somos Karla y Carlos… y esto, apenas comienza.

Clara Lawson thought her chance at true love ended the day her husband passed away. Now a widow navigating life in her small hometown, she is content focusing on her family and her music, keeping her heart safe behind walls she is built brick by brick. But when her brother’s engagement party brings Ethan Miller—her brother’s best friend and her first love—back into her life, the walls she is so carefully constructed start to crumble.

Rogan has spent his life as a scullery boy, struggling to survive in a ruthless empire. But on the night of his fifteenth birthday, a shocking mystery unravels—one tied to his hidden identity. A single mistake exposes him to the Imperial Twin Sweep, a force that will stop at nothing to capture those with forbidden gifts. With a bounty on his head and a deadly enemy on his trail, Rogan must flee into the unknown—only to uncover secrets more dangerous than he ever imagined.

Hätte er die Einladung ausschlagen sollen? Oder ist es die größte Chance seines Lebens? Dieser Auftrag könnte ihn alles kosten! "Alberner Aberglaube", denkt Robert Harrington, als der junge Anwalt einer rätselhaften Einladung nach Kenmare folgt. Dabei klingt der Auftrag an der stürmischen Südwestküste Irlands kinderleicht: Wenn er einen Hausverkauf verhindert, winkt ihm eine glänzende Zukunft. Doch Rob hat nicht mit Feen gerechnet, die einen Mord begangen haben sollen.

Stell dir vor, du bekommst ein Cottage an der wilden Küste Irlands und mit ihm ein Rätsel, das dein Leben für immer verändert. "5-Cottages – Das Dornenhäuschen" ist mehr als ein Psychothriller: Es ist der Beginn einer atmosphärischen Irland-Serie, die dich mit jeder Seite tiefer in ein Netz aus Geheimnissen, Mythen und Verrat zieht. Katie McSheeran hat sich nie getraut, allein zu leben. Jahrelang hielten Panikattacken die 38-Jährige gefangen. Nur das vertraute Zuhause bei ihrer Schwester Carol war ihr einziger sicherer Hafen.

The dark whispers become louder until they almost completely drown my thoughts and take over who I am. The words uttered from my tongue and the blood I spill are more and more the actions of the monstrous entity that guides my hand than my own. Losing Saga meant losing the only path I had to master the magic of the Light. She was the vessel, an uncontrolled font, fatal in nature, and yet untainted. She was the one I had been waiting for. The one I forcefully brought into Theadrath. The key to bring back my lost love.

Eric didn’t just kill to survive—he killed to build something darker. Something permanent. A twisted empire of control, silence, and loyalty. But behind every broken body and buried secret lies a truth he never outran: family. Now, for the first time, step inside the mind of a man who carved his name into history with a hook, a fedora, and a vow never to be forgotten. Witness how his sons—Alexander Clay Stephenson and Justin Shawn Smith—were shaped into shadows of their father.

Joy Jones grew up in the south, where she was no bigger than a minnow in a fishing pond overflowing with racism and sexism. She didn’t want to hush her mouth, give some sugar, or be pretty as a peach. She wanted justice to be attainable and to live out loud. Her journey to speak her truth, regardless of others’ opinions and forceful hands, is a true look into a story told honestly with tragedy and humor. A captivating memoir that will keep you listening as you immerse yourself in Joy’s struggles and triumphs.

The DOSA Files RETURNS with NINE new Superhero Stories! The Award-Winning Supervillain Rehabilitation Project series expands with this new nine-story anthology of exciting superhero (and villain!) tales. Enter a world of superpowered heroes... and villains. Of epic adventure and hope. In this collection you'll find tales of humor, action, and suspense. Meet brave heroes, quippy villains, and desperate vigilantes. All featured stories are PG or lower, making this a great read for all ages, but especially for fans of superhero fiction, heartfelt moments, and snarky humor.