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A compelling biography of Lydia Maria Child, one of nineteenth-century America's most courageous abolitionists. By 1830, Lydia Maria Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American nineteenth century: a beloved and self-sufficient female author.

The 5 shortlisted titles for the BBC National Short Story Award 2011 administered in partnership with Booktrust, containing: Rag Love by M. J. Hyland, read by Mike Sengelow; The Heart of Denis Noble by Alison MacLeod, read by Tim Pigott-Smith; Wires by Jon McGregor, read by Lydia Wilson; The Human Circadian Pacemaker by K. J. Orr, read by Indira Varma; The Dead Roads by D. W. Wilson, read by Trevor White.

Longlisted for the Booker Prize Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 'Original, memorable, shimmering' - Sarah Moss 'Restlessly inventive . . . delicate and...

Sophie King is missing. Her parents, Harry and Zara, are distraught; for the last seventeen years, they've done everything for their beloved only daughter and now she's gone. The police have no leads, and Harry and Zara are growing increasingly frantic, although they are both dealing with it in very different ways.

Through personal essays and interviews, punk musician and cultural icon Lydia Lunch claws and rakes at the listener's conscience in this powerful, uninhibited feminist collection.

“How do I become more confident?” is the question Lydia Fenet hears almost every time she speaks to women across the country. Navigating a two-decade career at the world’s leading auction house while raising three children, Lydia had her own journey of learning self-assurance. Through stories of overcoming challenges in both her work and personal lives, she demonstrates that confidence isn’t something that only some people are born with; rather, it’s inside every one of us, waiting to be claimed.

Ein Haus in einem alten Geisterdorf in Italien, ein Traum, der zum Albtraum wird ... Ein Haus in Italien für einen Euro: Für die deutsche Architektin Tilda ist die verfallene Villa auf Sardinien ein Glücksgriff. Sie will alle Brücken hinter sich abbrechen und stürzt sich in die Renovierung. Doch die vermeintliche Idylle des verwinkelten Ortes trügt. Ist das Geisterdorf wirklich so verlassen, wie es den Anschein hat? Sonntags läuten die Glocken, und Unbekannte behaupten, ein Fluch liege auf Tildas Haus.

Wenn ich ihr nur gesagt hätte, wie ich wirklich für sie fühle... Autumn und Finn wachsen Tür an Tür auf, sind beste Freunde. Bis Finn sich eines Tages eingestehen muss, dass ihm Freundschaft nicht mehr genügt. Denn egal, was er versucht, er kann niemals vergessen, wie klug Autumn ist oder wie schön. Und auch nicht, wie eifersüchtig er wird, wenn er sie mit einem anderen sieht.

He's training an elite team of wolves. She's a witch with a dangerous secret. The magic they make together is wild. Daniel Wilding's family is being meticulously stalked by the Wolf Hunter. Daniel takes a leave from the army to fight back by assembling a team of white wolves; shifters who can tap into an ancient witchy magic. The only problem? The sexy witch brought in to train them is stirring up the wild magic inside him; magic he'd rather keep buried.

Die neunjährige Maja wächst in einer zerrütteten Familie auf - ein tyrannischer Vater, eine liebevolle, aber unterdrückte Mutter, dazwischen viel Schweigen und Dinge, die ihr keiner erklärt. Als Frank, Majas Vater, ihre Mutter tötet, reißt er ein Loch in die Welt - für Maja, aber auch für alle anderen, die zurückbleiben. Ihre Patentante Liv wird Majas einziger Lichtblick: Liv arbeitet als Astrophysikerin und begeistert Maja für die Wunder des Universums.

Die Geschwister Karl und Rosa führen ein einfaches Leben auf der Insel Feudalia. Sie helfen auf dem Hof ihrer Eltern, spielen im Wald und sammeln dabei das dringend benötigte Feuerholz für die Familie. Doch eines Morgens steht dort ein Schild: »Holz sammeln verboten. Holzdiebe werden bestraft.« Und dieses Verbot ist nur der Anfang einer großen Veränderung, die das Leben der Geschwister völlig auf den Kopf stellt. Schon bald wird die Familie von ihrem Hof vertrieben.

Harlem 1969; it's the height of the Civil Rights era and the community is still reeling from the assassination of Martin Luther King. Arthur Mitchell, the first Black principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, takes his protest to the stage and establishes the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Here begins the story of the five extraordinary women at the heart of this book. This is a book about ballet, the enduring allure of ballet for young girls, and about how these pioneers broke into a world that was closed to them and changed ideas of what a classical dancer could be.

Sergeant Sierra Winters’ life is the military, but when an injury sustained in Afghanistan leaves her future in jeopardy, she must reevaluate everything she believes. Noah Jackson, a nurse at the Veteran’s hospital, works hard for his patients and is trying to put his life back together after a painful divorce. Sierra’s visit leads to lots of trouble, but sometimes it’s trouble that finally points you in the right direction. Will Sierra stick to what she knows - deeds over heart - or will she learn that love and honor are what matter most?

In this spellbinding collection, Sara Paretsky showcases her extraordinary talents with 14 short stories, including one new V.I. story and seven other classics featuring the indomitable detective. In 'Miss Bianca' a young girl becomes involved in espionage when she befriends a mouse in a laboratory that is conducting dark experiments. Ten-year-old V.I. Warshawski appears in 'Wildcat', embarking on her very first investigation to save her father.

After a bad divorce, Ashley returns to Hallbrook with her four-year-old son to regroup and start over. When her apartment catches fire and the fire department is called in, one of the first responders is David, her older brother’s best friend, and the man who dumped her without any reason when they dated in high school. She accepts his offer of a place to stay, knowing she could trust him with anything other than her heart.

Willkommen in den obersten Rängen der Gesellschaft... Kurz vor ihrer Volljährigkeit stellt sich heraus, dass Malia zu den Glücklichen der Gesellschaft gehört - den Menschen, denen eine außerordentliche Gabe zuteil geworden ist. Von einem Tag auf den anderen zählt sie zur High Society des Landes: der ELITE. Aber für die verschlossene, immerzu unsichtbar bleibende Malia geht damit ein Albtraum in Erfüllung.

Hello, beauts. I am so beyond excited to finally share with you my big secret. This audiobook is about my journey from start to finish, right up to what I'm looking for in the future. What an adventure it has been to write! I have laughed, cried, cringed and beamed with pride recounting all the crazy stories I have put into it. The 'Love' chapter needed to be completely rewritten halfway through, which was tough…but it worked a bit like therapy and has taught me so much about myself.

No gun. No horse. No water or food. And worse yet: No idea how he ended up in the middle of a desert with a bullet in his leg and a bump on his head. That’s the sorry situation Matt Jensen wakes up to — dazed and confused — until he slowly pieces together what happened. The last thing he remembers: He agreed to help out a friend of Duff MacCallister’s. A pretty lady and her husband at a horse ranch. He also recalls their cross-country trip through hell to deliver the horses safely to market. That’s when the outlaws showed up. That’s when the shooting began.

Set against the 1970s San Fransisco skyline, Maupin's Tales of the City introduces the unconventional tenants of 28 Barbary Lane, the domain of the eccentric, marijuana-growing landlady Anna Madrigal. Mary Ann Singleton, a naive young woman newly arrived from Cleveland, Ohio, moves into an apartment there and soon becomes friends with other tenants of the building....

A riveting account of a young woman who ventured into Hell with her husband. One of them made it back. The other did not. Follow the author through the flames as the veil of wisdom opens revealing forgotten tools used to navigate through heartbreak and adversity and heal the scars of life. From this incredible journey, listeners will realize that it is possible to more than just escape from the throes of Hell.