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Gloria Burtzlaff feared for her life one day back in April of 1991 when her abusive husband, Larry, drunk and violent, slapped her, hit her, and began pelting her with glasses. After he tried to drown her in a tub, she got the family shotgun and confronted him in his underwear. “Larry, I’m going to kill you,” she declared. Defense lawyers would later claim he lifted a glass as if to say, “Have at it, sister.” Have at It, Sister is a true-crime tale about Gloria, a South Dakota woman who shot her abusive husband and was put on trial in a precedent-setting case.

Piper Doyle doesn’t hold grudges—until sexy perfume mogul Vincente Forde crashes his flashy car into hers. Everything about him screams entitled bosshole! Then the sculpted devil offers her a deal she can’t refuse. He only needs two things in return: access to a rare perfume ingredient and a fake girlfriend. Piper wants absolutely nothing to do with him. At first. But before long she starts wondering if she’s the only one wishing their fake relationship was real.

Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena is a gripping political thriller inspired by the Edward Snowden saga. Trapped in Moscow’s airport, fugitive Joshua Kold faces interrogation about his revelations on global surveillance, exposing a chilling 1984-like world.

A lost puppy —a lonely lady —and murder among the flowerbeds! Step into the cozy charm of small-town Ireland in 1990. When a treasured trinket goes missing and a grumpy villager meets an unexpected end among the flowerbeds, sleuth Rosie O’Reilly and her cheeky pup, Ziggy, sniff out the clues. With help from Sister Mary Jo, a spirited nun with a mischievous streak, Rosie finds herself tangled in a web of garden secrets, local gossip, and nonstop twists. Packed with humour, 90s nostalgia, and a touch of Irish whimsy, this mystery will leave you smiling from start to finish.

Behold the Rolling Stones: run-ins with the law, chart-topping successes, and now the World's Greatest Continually Operating Rock and Roll Band. 50 Licks tells the story of the Stones, right from its very origins. On July 12, 1962, London's Marquee Club debuted a new act, a blues-inflected rock band named after a Muddy Waters song-the Rolling Stones. They were a hard-edged band with a flair for the dramatic, styling themselves as the devil's answer to the sainted Beatles.

Proverbs: Audio Lectures features scholar and professor Ryan P. O'Dowd teaching through the book of Proverbs in 37 engaging and challenging lessons. Based on his Proverbs commentary in The Story of God Bible Commentary series, these video lessons explain and illuminate each passage of the book...

Ireland, 1990. In the idyllic country town of Erin's Glen, secrets, scandals, and a suspicious death shatter the peace. Amidst the chaos, an unexpected sleuth emerges. Rosie O'Reilly, a humble parish secretary, has a special talent. With the help of her clever spaniel, she resolves to save the day.

Lo scopo di questo libretto devozionale è quello di mettere in pratica questo consiglio di S. Josemaría – trascorrere del tempo di preghiera meditando su Maria nel giorno di sabato. La prima sezione è composta da tutti i punti del capitolo sulla Madonna del classico di spiritualità “Cammino”.

Two worlds. One song. And a melody powerful enough to change everything. At the height of World War I in Germany, two brothers find their lives forever altered by forces they cannot yet understand. What begins in a world at war soon opens the door to something far more extraordinary… and far more dangerous. Inside a mysterious music box lies the Canticle Kingdom, a realm shaped by song, ruled by magic, and threatened by the dark influence of a powerful musicanter. Here, music is more than art. It is power. It can create, control, and destroy.

Having recently completed her state mandated education, Vera finds herself at odds with a government institution she once respected—the Lotteries. In a bout of misfortune, Vera is assigned to the Survival Lottery, placing her life in the hands of fate.

A struggling writer. A team of U.S. soldiers. A fight for their lives. A battle for his soul. Writer Evan Davis desperately needs to find his muse to finish his book. As the impossible deadline approaches with a virtually nonexistent wordcount, his agent presents him with a unique reprieve: Gain a delay by becoming a press embed with U.S. troops going to Central Asia. Davis sees it as an unlikely place to rediscover his muse but lacks any alternative. After being presented with an odd luck talisman of three paperclips by a friend, he travels with his assigned unit to Afghanistan.

The accidental death of Mickey Fahey leaves his wife Rhiann paralyzed by grief, his stepson Jimmy cutting school and drinking. The widow's problems are compounded by the unwanted advances of her dead husband's friend. Rhiann does her best to cope, going back to work, dealing patiently with her son's misbehavior, telling Rory Sinter she's not interested.

Do fairies exist? Maybe they do—maybe they don't. But few people in Ireland would risk upsetting them. Airport runways have been re-routed and building projects cancelled for fear of angering the 'little people'. Even in 1990, the year this mystery unfolds, superstition still abounds in the idyllic country town of Erin's Glen. And when a body turns up in the local fairy ring, suspicion falls on the supernatural folk.

Anya Volkov was adopted from Russia as a child, only to be rejected a year later, deemed difficult. After a lifetime of bouncing from foster home to foster home Anya is living in the East Village and scraping by playing gigs in small clubs, and facing eviction. She’ll do whatever it takes to keep a roof over the head of herself and her one year old son. Including making nice with the twin she doesn’t remember and stealing baby food from a grocery store.

Hai mai avuto la sensazione che la tua vita sia rimasta in sospeso a causa di ansia o stress estremi? Vuoi vivere una vita sgombra da ogni tipo di ostacolo? Se sì, continua a leggere! Nel corso della nostra vita, ci imbattiamo in vari tipi di situazioni che innescano in noi delle risposte emotive. Tali risposte possono farci sentire spaventati e confusi. Una corretta valutazione della condizione è importante per capire come affrontarla.