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I packed light and spent 18 months on the road, homeless but at home. Lost but unable to be lost because I had no destination. I arrived in new cities every morning, scraped coins to afford coffee, and then tried to find the busiest venue in town where I begged to get to play a set or two. If I was lucky, I sold albums enough to afford the train the next day. If I was luckier, I could afford whiskey and if I was a god damn star, I got some tip from the sound guy.

Epic love requires an epic sacrifice.... A long time ago, I borrowed money from a very powerful family. I paid my debt, but they have come for more. They want everything that I have built and they will hurt her if I refuse. Harley doesn’t understand why I have to break her heart. She hates me, but at least she’s okay...for now. But what happens when sending her away isn’t enough? What happens when I lose everything?

I used to be a recluse, but no more. Harley helped me fight my dark past, and now it's my turn to help her. But she’s not here. I have to find her. I have to show her what I’m willing to do for her. She’s not impressed by my money and wealth, and this is one thing I can’t buy. Am I willing to give up everything to have her?

Everything comes at a price. What if this one is too high even for him to pay? Jackson Ludlow, the recluse billionaire of New York, is beautiful and captivating but also damaged and alone. He thinks he is the only one with secrets, but he’s wrong. My past is coming for me. It’s forcing me back there: the place that ruined everything. I don’t want to go. He can’t make me. But there’s no way out.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was an influential feminist author. This short story, "If I Were a Man" reveals the subconscious thoughts of Mollie Mathewson, a young woman who yearns to become a man. Then suddenly she becomes her husband, Gerald, and experiences various strange and different perspectives.

In this audiobook, read by Paul Spera, each historical event is replaced into context and presented in clear and easy-to-read snippets, so that younger and older readers can deepen their understanding of how modern France came to be and broaden their culture.

Legends tell of a hidden, exotic civilization entirely populated with women. Three overly confident, and overly masculine, explorers plan to discover and overtake the land. What could go wrong?

During the Second World War, Eastenders Miranda and Ted are sent to the country with another young evacuee, Roberta (Bobbie), to live with two unmarried sisters in their idyllic rectory. The time they spend with Aunt Sophie and Aunt Prudence turns their underprivileged lives into something very near to heaven: gathering wool from hedgerows, initiating do and mend campaigns, and trotting about the countryside with Tom Kitten, Aunt Prudence's pony.

Auf eindringliche Weise berichtet Bestsellerautorin Charlotte Link von der Krankheit und dem Sterben ihrer Schwester Franziska. Es ist nicht nur das persönlichste Werk der Schriftstellerin, voller Einblicke in ihr eigenes Leben, sondern auch die berührende Schilderung der jahrelang ständig präsenten Angst, einen über alles geliebten Menschen verlieren zu müssen. Charlotte Link beschreibt den Klinikalltag in Deutschland, dem sich Krebspatienten und mit ihnen ihre Angehörige ausgesetzt sehen.

Southern society is arranged along matriarchal lines, since the Southern matriarch is a far more formidable being than the much nicer Southern male. She has to be this way; she was put on earth with a sacred mission: to drum good manners and the proper religion---ancestor worship---into the next generation.

Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt’s family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from life than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at once. But the sound of strange laughter, late at night, behind a locked door, warns her that her troubles are only beginning.

After living a miserable life with her aunt, ten year old orphan Jane Eyre is sent to Lowood, a boarding school for poor children. Within her petite frame and simple manner lies a heart full of passion and spirit. Jane learns to hide her temper, but the injustices of the world still burn in her soul.

Seeking a wider horizon, Jane takes employment at Thornfield Hall, where she comes under the spell of Edward Rochester, its owner, a man of savage temperament and desperate unhappiness. The reason for both is linked to a great secret that is kept locked away on the third floor of the mansion. It's final revelation brings an incredible climax to the story and changes both lives forever.

Orphaned and subjected to cruelty at Lowood charity school, Jane nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. The story of how Jane becomes governess at Thornfield Hall, meets and loves Mr. Rochester, and discovers the impediment to their lawful marriage transcends melodrama to portray a woman's passionate search for a wider and richer life than that traditionally accorded to her by Victorian society.

Raised by vampyre relatives, Jane grows to resent the lifestyle's effect on her upbringing. No sunlight, nighttime hours, and a diet of bloody red meat is no way for a mortal girl to live. Things change for Jane when the ghost of her uncle visits her, imparts her parents' slayer history, and charges her with the responsibility of striking out to find others of her kind and learn the slayer ways.

Don’t settle for less than what God can do. We often face situations in life that are hard. Whether it be a job loss, a difficult marriage, or problems with the kids - harsh storms come, and we can quickly feel overwhelmed, even desperate. In the beginning of creation, God entered the darkness and void and displayed his turnaround nature. He spoke words that turned darkness into light and filled the emptiness with fruitfulness. His turnaround power brought order into the chaos.

Vrolijk, romantisch, verrassend en meeslepend: Charlotte de Monchy is de ster van de Nederlandse feelgoodroman. Van de auteur van Zes maanden zonder. In Felines leven is er ruimte voor verbetering: ze woont anti-kraak in een krakkemikkig voormalig hotel. Op papier heeft ze haar droombaan: taxateur bij de Amsterdamsche Veiling. Helaas geeft haar baas alle interessante klussen aan zijn zoon en laat hij de slaapverwekkende taken aan Feline over.

Triangular relationships, child abuse both emotional and physical, the profanity frequently lurking beneath social and religious respectability, the conflicts between piety and sincerity - these challenging themes are all engrossingly covered in Jane Eyre. It is no wonder that, as a woman writing in Victorian England, Charlotte Bronte felt the need to publish her debut novel under a male pseudonym.

First published serially in Gilman's magazine The Forerunner from 1909-1910, What Diantha Did is the story of Diantha Bell, a young woman who leaves her home and her fiancé to start a housecleaning business. A resourceful heroine, Diantha quickly expands her business into an enterprise that includes a maid service, cooked food delivery service, a restaurant, and a hotel.

Orphaned as a child, Jane has felt an outcast her whole young life. Her courage is tested once again when she arrives at Thornfield Hall, where she has been hired by the brooding, proud Edward Rochester to care for his ward Adèle. Jane finds herself drawn to his troubled yet kind spirit. She falls in love. Hard.