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Greta Counts believes the power of self-love is powerful. This book offers a holistic approach to build a loving relationship with the most important person you will ever meet—you.

In As You Like It, a wicked Duke expels his virtuous brother, the lawful ruler, from his domains. The banished Duke takes refuge with his followers in the Forest of Arden, where they live as free a life as did Robin Hood and his merry men.

Motherhood is one of life’s most joyful yet most difficult gifts. We are eager to get it "right," yet parenting usually highlights our weaknesses and leaves us worried about our mistakes. These hope-filled, positive devotions recognize the realities and pressures, joys and disappointments of motherhood and will give you a precious reminder of grace from God’s word to hold onto each day. They will help you to trust that God’s grace is enough for you and your kids.

This heart-warming second chance love story about hope and healing from a USA Today bestselling author is perfect for fans of Raeanne Thayne and Jenny Hale! For a gardener blessed with a green thumb, Savannah Collins’s life sure seems like it’s all thorns and zero roses. She has no job, no...

Lady Alba Snowden lost her first love when she was 17. Since then, no man has touched her heart - until the summer she encounters wild, fun-loving Russian Prince Yuri Volkov, who is visiting London with the tsar. Dazzled by Alba’s beauty, Yuri follows her to her country home, determined to melt her frozen heart. In the process, he helps her family out of several scrapes and falls in love. But summer is not their time, and Alba and Yuri separate over misunderstandings and the ill will of others.

Few of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published in her lifetime. Her posthumous fame is largely due to the efforts of her editors and supporters Thomas W. Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd.

Um ihren Vater zu retten, verkauft Rachel ihre Seele an den Boss der Red Eyes. Unter Santiagos Fittichen schmiedet sie allerdings nicht nur ein neues Bündnis, auch Callums dunkle Anziehung und die Wahrheit über den Tod ihrer Mutter ziehen sie immer tiefer in einen Strudel aus Hass, Leidenschaft und Verrat. Der Wunsch nach Rache führt sie zurück in das Schlangennest der Vipers. Doch schafft sie es, den wahren Mörder ihrer Mom zu Fall zu bringen und ihre Gefühle für Nero und Callum auszuschalten?

Sara Polat hat immer davon geträumt, der Liebe ihres Lebens das Ja-Wort zu geben. Nicht einem milliardenschweren CEO, den die spanische Presse als kalt und skrupellos beschreibt. Für Victor Moreno ist Liebe die größte Zeitverschwendung. Was zählt, sind sein Unternehmen und die Pflichten, die sein mächtiger Familienname mit sich bringt. Bis ein Ultimatum seines Großvaters ihn zwingt zu heiraten. Als das Schicksal ihm Sara in die Hände spielt, scheint er in ihr die perfekte Lösung gefunden zu haben. Denn sie steht tief in seiner Schuld.

Waschbär-Diebstähle, Verkupplungsversuche und verbotene Küsse… Als Cop in einer chaotisch-liebenswerten Kleinstadt hat Jace alle Hände voll zu tun – nicht nur mit einem kleptomanischen Waschbären, sondern auch mit den ständigen Verkupplungsversuchen der Bewohner. Er genießt sein Leben als Frauenheld – frei, unkompliziert, ohne Verpflichtungen. Doch als das Gemeindehaus in Flammen aufgeht und ein enger Freund stirbt, holt ihn die Realität ein. Ausgerechnet Bekka, die kleine Schwester seines besten Freundes, unterstützt ihn bei den Ermittlungen. Sie ist sein Kryptonit – und leider tabu.

Secrets implode and generations of lies boil over into deadly consequences when a suspicious fire breaks out Christmas Night on Cape Cod. This enthralling and darkly humorous debut novel of abortion, adoption, and long-buried truths will captivate listeners who loved Lessons in Chemistry and Where the Crawdads Sing.

In this groundbreaking book, Anita Hannig brings us into the lives of ordinary Americans who go to extraordinary lengths to set the terms of their own death. Faced with a terminal diagnosis and unbearable suffering, they decide to seek medical assistance in dying—a legal option now available to one in five Americans. The Day I Die tackles one of the most urgent social issues of our time: how to restore dignity and meaning to the dying process in the age of high-tech medicine.

Exiles is the only play written by James Joyce. It draws material from "The Dead", the final story in his famous short stories collection, Dubliners. It centers around four individuals - Richard, Robert, Bertha, and Beatrice - and the complex romantic entanglements between them as tensions rise and relationships are tested.

Katrina Phillips is an expert social media manager. But that doesn't mean she can't make mistakes. Horrible, hide-in-your-closet-forever mistakes...like accidentally syncing her BootyBook app with her online profiles. Blammo. Now everyone in the world can see who Katrina has dated and how they rated in appearance, sexual performance, and (OMG) detailed descriptions of their manly parts! Now her phone is blowing up with angry exes - and an out-of-the-blue text from the only guy who came close to a perfect score.

Shakespeare’s history plays fall into two categories: political dramas and propagandistic pageants. The second category is comprised of the two plays in this presentation, Henry V and Henry VIII.

It began with one guy and then the next. Until my reputation preceded me. Yes, I dated them - all of them. Yes, I also broke up with them. All of them. My reputation was falling faster than a shooting star, and the only way to save it was with the boy who never wanted me. Zach Parker was a singer, songwriter, and sexy as sin. To him, I was just the neighbor's little sister. Zach Parker wanted nothing to do with me. But he could be tempted - with a stepping stone to fame, that is. The plan was simple: Childhood sweethearts fall in love on US tour.

What is it like to be a preacher or rabbi who no longer believes in God? In this expanded and updated edition of their groundbreaking study, Daniel C. Dennett and Linda LaScola comprehensively and sensitively expose an inconvenient truth that religious institutions face in the new transparency of the information age - the phenomenon of clergy who no longer believe what they publicly preach.

Whether we’re aware of it or not, we spend much of our time in this globalised world in the act of translation. Language is a big part of it, of course, as anyone who has fumbled with a phrasebook in a foreign country will know, but behind language is something far more challenging to translate: culture. As a traveller, a mistranslation might land you a bowl of who-knows-what when you think you asked for noodles, and mistranslations in international politics can be a few steps from serious trouble.

Linda Sarsour, co-organizer of the Women’s March, shares an “unforgettable memoir” (Booklist) about how growing up Palestinian Muslim American, feminist, and empowered moved her to become a globally recognized activist on behalf of marginalized communities across the country. On a chilly...

Ben Packard was just a boy when his older brother disappeared. Ben watched him walk out the back door of their grandparents' house and into the cold night. His brother was never seen again. Decades later, Deputy Packard finds himself with too much time on his hands. A shooting has him on leave and under investigation, and all he can do is dwell on the past. For the first time in years, new information about his brother has surfaced that may lead them to the location of a body.

When an early morning call brings Deputy Ben Packard to the scene of a home invasion, he finds Bill Sandersen shot in his bed. Bill was a well-liked local who chased easy money his whole life, leaving bad debts and broken hearts in his wake. Everyone Packard talks to has a story about Bill, but no one has a clear motive for wanting him dead. The business partner. The ex-wife. The current wife. The high-stakes poker buddies. Any of them—or none of them—could be guilty.