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Mira is a wrecker, one of the seven chosen to swim out and plunder the wrecked ships beyond the Isle of Rosevear. The waves sing to her soul, the call of the sea beckoning her into deeper waters. But Rosevear needs her, and she could never abandon her home. Until one evening when lightning splits the sky and the Watch descend, taking Mira’s father away. Mira must set off on a journey to win back her father’s freedom. She will encounter two strangers along the way – enigmatic Seth and smouldering Elijah – and learning who to trust will not be easy.

Looking back on his life, eight-four year-old Manuel Echaniz will never forget his youth growing up poverty-stricken and in hardship on the streets of Liverpool. Now far away from the place that formed him, Manuel has a family who know nothing about the place he grew up. Concerned by their lack of interest in their heritage, he sets out to teach his granddaughter about his formative years and the matriarchal community that raised him through the toughest of times. Will she ever understand that other world he left behind in the teeming streets of the Mersey docklands?

Navigating adolescence just got a whole lot trickier... After finishing her first year of middle school, Teresa feels stuck in childhood, with messy hair and scraped knees. At her family's summer residence, she discovers that even there she is destined to feel out of place: her friends are suddenly into nail polish and boys and even her best friend seems different. Everyone's growing up except for her. Where's the confident, grown-up Teresa she's been waiting to become? Just when she expects the worst summer ever, she meets Agata.

A Child's History of England first appeared in serial form, running from January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853 and was first published in three volume book form in 1852, 1853, and 1854.

Meet your favourite duo: MURRAY AND BUN! Murray is a cat. Murray loves snoozing, fluffy blankets, and peace and quiet. Bun is a bun. Bun loves… EVERYTHING! And together they are unstoppable! SOMETIMES Murray’s enchanted cat flap leads to the garden… but mostly it leads to ADVENTURE! And when Murray and Bun travel through the cat flap and find themselves in a land of KNIGHTS, they are given a VERY IMPORTANT MISSION: to defeat Sir Nasty in a jousting competition, rescue Princess Rubytoes… and try not to get lost in the maze.

SOMETIMES Murray’s enchanted cat flap leads to the garden… but mostly it leads to ADVENTURE! And when Murray and Bun travel through the cat flap and find themselves in a land of PIRATES, they're quickly thrown into their biggest adventure yet! Kidnapped by the dread pirate Captain Patch of the feared pirate ship the Lurchin' Urchin, Murray and Bun discover a secret map which leads them to MONSTER ISLAND, where they must find BURIED TREASURE… or be made to walk the plank!

So, when she decides to train to swim the English Channel, she understands why no one believes she can do it. She doesn’t really believe she can either, but she’s determined to try. As she strides into the Channel with hours stretching ahead of her, Cordelia swims against every milestone in her life so far. Every failed relationship, every friendship let go, every exam failed, every tricky job she quit. A life lived never giving it her all. Until now.

In a silverware shop, a young wife works alongside her husband. Amid growing political turmoil, Bea finds solace in the local marsh, where she is visited recurrently by a mysterious presence, logging each appearance carefully in a scarlet journal. In a time like now, Kay navigates friendship, queerness and the temporary job market, whilst contemplating the significance of her life in a world with such an uncertain future. At her grandmother's house she finds an intriguing record of an angel's visits.

In this third book in the series of It’s All Light: Juicy Science Meets Spirituality Without Religion, the focus this time is on how to manifest, using the Law of Resonance, or what’s commonly called The Law of Attraction.

What would you do if you found out your compulsions were not your fault? That something else had been controlling you all along? What would you do if you discovered there was a dark part of you, a part of humanity, that was put there by an entity older than the stars?

In this condensed version of It’s All Light: Juicy Science Meets Spirituality Without Religion, the focus is on the explanation of spirituality. After an intense spiritual healing experience while studying science, the author set out on a quest to explain what she witnessed. Seventeen years of research later, the trilogy of It's All Light was born.

Iris Caldwell and Nell Ryland were never meant to be friends. From two very different backgrounds, one the heir to the Caldwell estate, the other a humble vicar's daughter. Both have their secrets, both have their pasts, but they each find solace with one another and soon their futures become irrevocably intertwined. Until May Day 1912, a day that haunts Missensham. The day two girls disappeared. The day the girls were murdered. Now, many years later, old footage has emerged which shows that Iris Caldwell may not have died on that spring morning.

You see the world for what it is, and you know we are in trouble. Ills beyond the reach of bankers and cops, soldiers and presidents, and even kings threaten the fabric of our lives. What we need is a hero. Alex Cides straps on his tool belt one morning, only to find his wife is gone, his daughters fear him, he's lost his job, and a mysterious curse has thrown him out of balance with the universe. Ten impossible tasks in LA's mythical underbelly stand between setting things right or losing everything. Literally.

While science has become politicized in recent years and people are saying, "I don't know what's true anymore," Gloria Prema's 2009 book unifying science and spirituality is more relevant than ever. It's All Light simply explains the theory that unites the forces of science along with the mysteries and common experiences of spirituality in a brilliant and illuminating book.

Having a chronic illness can make being employed tricky. Commutes to and from work can be stressful and exhausting. Time off sick or to attend medical appointments can sometimes be difficult for employers to understand. Employers’ and colleagues’ lack of understanding can make day-to-day working difficult. There is another way: You build a business that works for you and enables you to live a happier life. The Chronic Entrepreneur will show you how running and setting up your own business is possible, even with a chronic condition.

Have you listened to You Can Be a Witch! Lesson One? Has it sparked your excitement in the concept of witchcraft and now you are eager to learn more? Perhaps you already knew you wanted to learn more about witchcraft, but now you know exactly which aspect you want to learn more about. Or maybe, you are still unsure on whether the study of witchcraft is for you and so, you are keen to learn a little bit more and decide either way.

Are you curious about the natural way of treating diseases and maintaining sound health? If you are someone who is skeptical about the continued use of synthetic drugs and its possible side effects and want to explore natural herbs for treating diseases, then this is the audiobook for you! Different arguments exist for and against herbs, but the fact is that they work. Prutha Desai was born and raised in Mumbai, India, but now lives in New York. Desai has a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy and a master of science degree from Northeastern University.

You Can Be a Witch! is the perfect introduction into the wonderful and fascinating world of witchcraft! This is the ideal series of books for anyone who is seeking out further information on the fundamentals that make up witchcraft. The aim is for you to finish lesson one starting to understand what it is to be a witch and how to get started on the journey. After listening to this lesson, you will have a much better understanding of what you want to get out of witchcraft, and the following volumes of this series will help you get there.

Harriet and Mark have it all: successful careers, a lovely house in a leafy London suburb, twin boys on the cusp of leaving home. Yvette and Gary share a smaller place with their two daughters in a shabbier part of the same borough. But when the stars align for a collective move north, it means a fresh start for them all. For Mark, it’s a chance to escape the rat race; for Harriet, a distraction from her unfulfilled dream of a late third child. Gary has decided to reboot the Madchester band that made him famous, while Yvette hopes it will give her daughters what she never had.

This book is a tribute to all the strong women in my life. I wanted to also make the rest of the world aware of this mouth-watering cuisine that hails from the land of Piacenza in Northern Italy. This lineage of inspiration began with my great-grandmother, Maria. Her unending determination despite great odds enabled her to open a restaurant. The recipes that were born through that establishment were enhanced through the generations that followed, and continue to satisfy the many palates of various family members and friends.