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When I married Bill, he was still reeling from the loss of his first wife. After our wedding, back in his dusty, quiet house, I hugged his daughters Lucy and Sara close and swore I would help heal this grieving family. But sweet, troubled Lucy is still struggling. I was so worried about her, but now I think I’ve found the perfect therapist. He says he can unlock her memories and reveal what’s really causing her anxiety. Sitting in his sunlit waiting room, I allow myself to hope. But then Lucy comes running out of the room, her eyes wild. She says she saw her mother die.

As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined...until now. But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing - and too earth-shattering in its implications - to be forgotten. Here, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it.

Professor Conner Devlin finds himself hopelessly in love with his young submissive. Told with intense honesty from the dominant's point of view, A Good Student gives a rare look inside a man's heart. A man caught in the throes of a compelling passion. Listening to Conner's confession is like having your own personal Master tell you everything he feels, with a poet's skill and a therapist's insight.

Taking one of the most politicised and misused words associated with Muslim women and Islamophobia, It’s Not About the Burqa is poised to change all that. Here are voices you won’t see represented in the national news headlines: 18 Muslim women speaking frankly about the hijab and wavering faith, about love and divorce, about feminism, queer identity, sex and the twin threats of a disapproving community and a racist country. Funny, warm, sometimes sad and often angry, each of these essays is a passionate declaration.

Janey Wilcox wants to be on top. Not since author Candace Bushnell created Carrie Bradshaw and Sex and the City has there been a heroine like Janey Wilcox. Janey is a beautiful yet struggling social climber determined to survive in New York City society. Listeners first met Janey in Bushnell's international best seller 4 Blondes. Now, everyone's favorite character is back, with a major modeling contract, a Porsche Boxster, and big plans.

When I was little, I wanted all the things a little girl would want. A wondrous career as a Witch, a loving husband to hold hands with and a house in the country. Unfortunately for me, my sister made sure I had none of those things. She stole my innocence, and she still wants more. My freedom came at a cost I wasn’t willing to pay. Now the only dream I have, is revenge. Turns out, I’m not the only person to despise her. There happens to be a whole organization that wants to see her fall. With their help I turn myself into a weapon, but it’s not easy learning who I am now without the cage.

When Francesca Eve arrives for the Christmas special of the country’s most popular baking competition, she knows she’s out of her depth. For not only is she there undercover, reluctantly investigating strange threats to Miranda Appleby, the famous presenter-come-chef, but she swiftly gets roped into competing herself when another contestant can’t cut the mustard and quits.

Beautifully simple age-old rituals for modern-day living that will enhance your well-being and give you back your zest for life. Prajña is the Sanskrit word for wisdom. Ayurveda is one of the world's oldest healing systems, rooted in the principle of a mind-body-spirit connection. Ayurveda comes from the Sanskrit words 'ayur' and 'veda', respectively 'life' and 'knowledge', meaning 'knowledge of life'. This book dips into this ancient knowledge base, extracts the essence of this Indian philosophy and revives a wealth of timeless rituals.

Ruth has spent every day of the last 15 years wondering why her daughter Isobel left. Walking around the school to which she has given her life, every child she sees reminds her of her family’s bright future, which vanished in an instant. So when Ruth opens the door to find Isobel and a teenage grandson she never knew existed, she feels a rush of relief. Despite the years of hurt she never stopped loving Isobel and wants to help rebuild her life. Enrolling her grandson at the school, Ruth wants to make sure they stay for good.

Paige Deffer is on the run and alone, leaving two men for dead at the Mynart Murder House. The only thing that matters more than her own survival is the life of her child. To redeem her bad choices, Paige takes a job in the most unlikely place of all, the Police Service of Winnipeg. As she helps the police hunt down a serial killer, Paige finds herself haunted by the ghosts of her past and struggles to adapt to her new life. Meanwhile, she reunites with James, a handsome friend from her childhood. She wonders if she can trust someone new with her secrets.

Eleni has been coming to Crete her entire life, swapping her English home for cherished sun-baked summers with her grandfather in his idyllic shoreside villa. When she arrives in 1936, she believes the long, hot weeks ahead will be no different to so many that have gone before. But someone else is visiting the island that year too: a young German man called Otto. And so begins a summer of innocence lost, and love discovered; one that is finite, but not the end. When, in 1941, the island falls to a Nazi invasion, Eleni and Otto meet there once more.

A short story from the New York Times best-selling author that brought you Feed, Mira Grant. Every week five friends get together to play a game - a game they call the Apocalypse Game. It's a fun time with chips and beer and plotting the end of the world. Except this time, one of them is missing and the stakes are higher than ever before.

Es wird noch einmal spooky! Nachdem Bunny und Piggy verschwunden sind, taucht ein paar Monate später zu Halloween, die neue Bedrohung auf. Diesmal sind Eva, Katja und Kathi verschwunden.

Georgia Williams’ murder at the hands of college pal Jamie Reynolds was a crime that shocked the nation: chillingly executed and horrific in its sexual depravity. But when Georgia’s devastated mother, Lynnette, and father, Steve, questioned the events leading to their daughter’s death, they discovered it was also entirely preventable. Now, in her powerful and moving memoir, Lynnette tries to get beyond the platitudes of ‘mistakes made and lessons learned’ to effect real change, and also details the heartbreaking aftermath of a crime that should never have happened.

The Dodd family's new home, dubbed by locals as “The Murder House”, is located across town from the Amityville Horror house that became famous in the 1970s. Despite having never heard of "The Murder House" before starting this journey, Jen will soon learn that it's far more dangerous than its famed counterpart. The death toll of Jen's new house is startlingly high. Now, she will have to fight to avoid becoming another victim.

This collection of eight short stories provides a simple way for you to improve your Albanian. The stories cover a variety of topics and vocabulary, the narration pauses periodically for you to hear the English translation of the section you've just heard and to check your understanding. If you're an intermediate level Albanian speaker this is an ideal and engaging way for you to broaden your understanding of the Albanian language. The stories cover a variety of topics from literature to science.

Why Anna is gone is yet to be determined. Was this an accident, a murder, or a kidnapping? As Paige works to accept her tragic loss, she struggles to cope. The darkness of her mind threatens to overcome her. Further investigation into the car accident reveals a more sinister cause for the crash. Will Paige learn the truth and move forward from the dawn that breaks?

The belief in reincarnation was once a part of Western culture, with major religions mentioning past lives in their sacred texts. But at one point in history, this belief was banned, deemed a crime and soon forgotten for centuries. However, many people are now reawakening to this ancient belief and reclaiming this ancient understanding of life. This audiobook uncovers the age-old idea that we have multiple lifetimes - and shows how we can discover them!

When I start to get broody, I know it’s time to claim a pack to share my nest with. Without time to waste, I enter myself into a black market auction where the highest bidder gets this omega. I know what I’m worth and the alphas know I’ll bring them to their knees. But I’m in no way prepared for the all-out bidding war, where rival packs will do anything claim me. Will my soul be torn apart in this battle of the alphas or will I find my ever after?

For the last 20 years, Summer has lived a solitary life, focusing on her career as a vet and trying not to think of the past. Every year she escapes for a few weeks to beautiful Greek islands, losing herself in photography and wreck diving. When the junk room of her clifftop cottage is cleared to accommodate a carer for her father, Summer stumbles across the belongings of her great-grandmother, Gertie Smith. She finds a WWI nurse's uniform, a soldier's blanket and a recording of Gertie's memoirs.