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At first, when a massive ice storm traps 14-year-old Hannah and her family in a remote cabin, it feels like a game to practice the survival skills she's been learning. That all changes when an accident leaves her mother desperately low on insulin. With no power and no way to contact the outside world, Hannah steals away with the four family dogs tied to an old dogsled. All she has to do is make it to the nearest cabin and find a working phone to save the day. But a wrong turn and worsening weather leave her in grave danger and saddled with an unexpected passenger.

Coming off a two-year hiatus, John returns to reestablish his presence in the world of literature. During his time away, he faced many unforeseen obstacles and challenges. There were moments of highs proceeded by corresponding lows, but throughout the entire process—the author prevailed.

Explore the waters of the ancient world in this hi-lo series for reluctant learners! They will discover giant turtles, enormous sharks, and more throughout the engaging text. This volume includes Archelon, Ichthyosaurs, and Megalodon.

Would you like to travel to ancient Rome? What about visiting Manhattan before there were any skyscrapers? This fun series takes listeners on a journey through different eras in the history of some of the world’s biggest cities. Thought-provoking questions, bonus facts, and a timeline add even more to make this series a real trip! This volume includes Mexico City, New York City, Rome, and Tokyo.

Savoring the Camino de Santiago: It’s the Pilgrimage, Not the Hike focuses on the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage trail that began around AD 820. A resurrection of interest in the Camino since the 1970s has meant that more than 300,000 individuals are nowadays undertaking the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain each year.

Mecklenburg, 1842: Der Traum von einem besseren Leben lässt Idas Familie die Auswanderung nach Neuseeland wagen. Auch Karl, der seit Langem für Ida schwärmt, will sein Glück dort machen. Doch als das Schiff St. Pauli endlich die Südinsel erreicht, erwartet die Siedler eine böse Überraschung. Das zugesagte Land steht nicht zur Verfügung...

We all have stories to tell, but not everyone gets the mentoring and training or encouragement to become a great storyteller. Founded a quarter century ago, Girls Write Now has empowered young women and gender-expansive youth to harness their creative talents, gaining confidence, skills, and a community supporting them in sharing stories the world needs to hear.

Marina Vaizey reviews the work of Julia Margaret Cameron, Victorian photographer, exhibited at the Victoria and Albert, and Science Museum London.

Perhaps the only constant since the beginning of time has been the lack of understanding between the sexes. It's the age-old complaint: "Women are from Venus, Men are from Mars". Well, put your worries to rest. Four of today's funniest comedians have it.

Maddy Hutton follows the rules. All of them. All of the time. She's hyper-aware of everything from traffic laws to the vague suggestions on cafeteria posters. Everyone knows they can depend on Maddy to do the right thing in every situation. Until her seventeenth birthday. Maddy receives a DNA test from her beloved Grams and discovers something she never would have thought possible. Turns out Maddy is one-quarter villain.

Things get dirty when a deputy saves a tree trimmer, and sweet when she turns out to be exactly what he needs. A deputy sheriff and a tree trimmer meet during storm cleanup on a treacherous road and literally fall for each other in the line of duty. Calvin wants to explore their connection and Flor is game. Then things get sticky when his hard-earned sobriety is threatened and her pride is bruised. Their chemistry can’t be ignored, but can they get past their personal obstacles? It’ll take some getting dirty to get to the sweet in this story of broken hearts and fresh starts.

It’s another typical day in the life of Ms. Aggie Underhill; an ATM going bonkers shooting out wads of cash, a shady bank owner with a nasty habit, two teenage bank robbers, a picture-perfect teller and her thug of a boyfriend, plus two unexplained murders. Naturally curious, Aggie can’t help but be nosy. Despite the warning from her daughter to mind her own business, Aggie takes detective matters through the world of gossip into her own hands. If you like quirky and comical mysteries you're in for a treat.

Education, employment, and home ownership have long been considered stepping stones to the middle class. But in Abandoned Families, social policy expert Kristin Seefeldt shows how many working families have access only to a separate but unequal set of poor-quality jobs, low-performing schools, and declining housing markets, which offer few chances for upward mobility. Through in-depth interviews over a six-year period with women in Detroit, Seefeldt charts the increasing social isolation of many low-income workers.

Everyone knew Raine Waters was destined to be a star; his talent was undeniable. But on his quest for fame and fortune, he lost himself in the bright Nashville lights, heading down the wrong road leaving his friends, his one true love...and his heart behind in Texas. Thirty years later, he’s broke, alone, and homeless, living on the street with nothing left of him but ashes, his music...and a daughter he has never met.

How far would you go to be free—to make your own choices without being subjected to punishment for doing what you felt was right? Could you kill for it? After being abandoned by her father as a child, Aster spent ten years of her life as a servant for the leader’s House in the broken city of New Bethel. She’d known, even as a child, that the cities of her world were corrupt places with human monsters—assassins—running rampant between their high walls.

Tucked at the end of a narrow, crooked street in the Mediterranean city of Valencia, you may be surprised to come upon an ancient public bathhouse, a surprising relic from another time. The Admiral's Baths have stood sentry here for 700 years, through wars, reconstruction, epidemics, and the Inquisition - and still stand today. If only these walls could talk, you might think. What stories lie beneath those star-carved ceilings, across these tiled floors....

Off the Hook shares real-life stories of real people who had no idea they were still captive to past hurts...until they walked through deep forgiveness! This way of forgiveness offers healing and freedom you never thought possible. It’s about the power of truly letting go - taking old pain patterns and people off your hook, for your sake, not theirs. No longer hemmed in by the burden of deep hurt, loss, and offense, you are free, at last, to soar above it.

Ihre Liebe ist stärker als jede Regel, stärker als die Zeit und das Leben selbst. Doch als Diana und Matthew im elisabethanischen London angekommen sind, werden sie auf eine harte Probe gestellt. In einer Welt der Spione und der Täuschung muss Diana einen Tutor finden, der sie in der fortgeschrittenen Hexenkunst unterweist, während Matthew unfreiwillig mit seiner Vergangenheit konfrontiert wird.

At 12, Emily Parmenter is left mostly to herself after her mother disappears and her beloved older brother dies. Emily has built a life around the faded plantation where her remote father and hunting-obsessed brothers raise hunting spaniels. It is a meager, masculine world, but to Emily it has magic. And then comes Lulu Foxworth, troubled daughter of a truly grand plantation, who has run away from her hectic Charleston debutante season.

Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain has helped over 90,000 individuals manage their pain and strive to live satisfying, fulfilling lives. In the new second edition, the authors have carefully developed and improved every chapter. Packed with useful advice, tips, strategies, and positive reinforcement, the book empowers listeners to become their own informed pain self-managers.