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Anna’s job is simple: prevent the unexpected from happening and do everything better than perfectly. An artist at heart, Anna works a day job as a private assistant for Bambi Von Bizmark, a megarich Upper East Side matriarch who’s about to be honored at the illustrious Opera Ball. Caught between the staid world of great wealth and her unconventional life as an artist, Anna struggles with her true calling. If she’s supposed to be a painter, why is she so much more successful as a personal assistant?

Quando il professor Azhar torna a casa e scopre che la figlia di nove anni è scomparsa insieme a quasi tutte le sue cose, non può che bussare disperato alla porta accanto e chiedere aiuto alla sua vicina e amica, il sergente Barbara Havers. Presto si scopre che a portar via la bambina è stata la madre, trasferitasi in Italia, a Lucca, per seguire il suo nuovo amore. In bilico tra i sentimenti e la ragione, Barbara si impegna a indagare ufficiosamente sul caso, ritrovandosi presto nei guai con i superiori a causa delle ingiustificate assenze dal lavoro.

Nascosta tra le foreste della Pennsylvania, Catherine House è una scuola d'eccellenza che ha sfornato premi Nobel, giudici della Corte suprema e personalità di primo piano nel mondo dell'arte, della cultura e della politica. I suoi criteri di ammissione sono rigidissimi, e le poche persone che ogni anno superano la selezione avranno vitto, alloggio e istruzione gratuiti, ma per tre anni - estati comprese - saranno completamente tagliate fuori dal mondo esterno: niente visite, telefonate, televisione, musica.

Cuando el exnovio de Drew Wilson, el músico de rock Joel Six Bailey, le pide que lo acompañe en su viaje familiar a Hawái justo cuando su vida se está desmoronando, ella decide que es el momento perfecto para darle otra oportunidad. ¿El problema? La familia Bailey incluye al desagradable, pero muy sexy, hermano mayor de Six, Joshua, un médico de una ongque ha odiado a Drew desde el momento en que se conocieron, y que hasta llegó a sugerir una vez que escondieran los artículos de plata de la casa familiar porque ella era capaz de robarlos.

Década de 1950. Con el fallecimiento de la Duquesita, matriarca indiscutible del clan de los Cazalet, desaparecen también para siempre los últimos vestigios del mundo de ayer, ese entorno privilegiado en el que prosperó la familia, un universo de grandes mansiones y leales sirvientes, un perfecto equilibrio entre clase, ocio y tradición.

North and South follows the young Margaret Hale as she is caught in the middle of the brutal world between employers and local workers following the Industrial Revolution. She finds herself at odds from the very start with John Thornton, a local factory owner and self-made man, as she believes him to be unfeeling and callous about the poverty and suffering of the workers while John sees Margaret as haughty and entitled. Further conflicts arise when the workers strike and Margaret feels compelled to intervene with no regard for her own safety.

The shocking conclusion of Elizabeth George's previous bestseller, WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS, saw the wife of New Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley gunned down in the street outside her home. Under arrest for the crime is a twelve-year-old boy, Joel Campbell. What possible motive could he have? What...

Estamos en 1939. Hitler acaba de invadir Polonia y los primeros nubarrones de la guerra van ensombreciendo la vida de los Cazalet: en su residencia de Sussex hay que cegar la luz de las ventanas, la escasez de alimentos empieza a hacerse notar y las exigencias del esfuerzo bélico obligan a los miembros de la familia a enfrentar complicadas decisiones. Algunos hombres --los ancianos, los lisiados-- tienen que resignarse a ver cómo los demás son llamados a luchar por su país; otros, en cambio, solo querrían regresar intactos a casa tras el infierno de Dunquerque.

Découvrez la créativité en vous ! Elizabeth Gilbert, l'auteure du best-seller mondial "Mange, prie, aime" revient avec un nouveau succès. N'avez-vous jamais rêvé de suivre votre propre inspiration dans votre vie, mais vous avez toujours eu peur de ne pas être assez bon pour quelque chose ? Alors, le livre "Comme par magie" est destiné à vous !

The Aeneid is the great national epic of ancient Rome, and one of the most important works of literature ever written. And with Professor Vandiver's 12 instructive lectures, you'll enter fully into the gripping tale that Virgil tells. Join Aeneas on his long journey west from ruined Troy to the founding of a new nation in Italy, and see how he weaves a rich network of compelling human themes. Your encounter with the Aeneid focuses on careful, detailed examinations of the epic's background, main themes, and significant episodes.

For anyone who's in love - or hopes to be - what greater celebration could there be than to hear the world's greatest love poetry read lovingly by Richard Armitage? With 13 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day.

Sheriff Zachariah Fitch doesn't believe in pirate stories like the ones his daughter's nursemaid, Nairnie spins so well. But his beliefs change quickly when Nairnie's ex-pirate husband, Bear, and his crew arrive at his door one night. After solving several murders with the help of his good friend (and love interest), Lady Vivienne Harlowe, Zachariah wants nothing more than time to unwind. However, when Bear suggests a day of high seas adventure aboard his ship, Vivienne accepts the invitation for all of them. Against the sheriff's will, of course.

Anxiety disorders are common health conditions affecting many people worldwide. Anxiety is a natural human emotion that helps us prepare for challenges. However, when anxiety becomes overwhelming and interferes with daily life, individuals seek help from healthcare providers. What Do I Do Now?...

Protecting Everly meant putting myself in Kraken's war path, but I couldn't care less. The only thing he asked of us was to stay away from her, to let her have a normal life . . . but how could I do that when I knew the man she was fooling around with? He was no good for her, and I knew his track record. He would ruin Everly like he ruined every woman before her, and I wasn't going to let it happen. It didn't matter that the club was going through hell, that we were in the middle of the biggest battle we'd had in ages.

One of the best-loved of mystery writers weaves another tale of intrigue featuring Amelia Peabody and her archaeologist husband Radcliffe. This time the willful and witty duo must catch a murderer at an excavation of an ancient Egyptian tomb in Luxor.

You can take a man out of the wild, but you can’t take the wild out of the man. She failed to save the man she loved. She won’t make the same mistake again.

In the world of the shifter elite, a safe female is one without power. For me, that means hide or die. When wraiths invade my neighborhood and shit goes sideways, becoming a Guardian might be the only way to earn myself—and my beast—protection. The elite training program begins at the local shifter college, so I pack up my swords and my brother, and off to school I go. It’s no surprise that Guardian training is sexist as hell. But I didn’t expect to be trapped inside the campus walls, battling magical simulations rather than joining the real forces as they wage war on the monsters outside.

For decades, Lizzi A. Hewitt lived under the suffocating control of a narcissistic mother whose manipulation, gaslighting, and emotional cruelty shaped every aspect of her life. Raised by a Narcissist is a raw, unflinching memoir that chronicles her journey from childhood trauma to hard-won freedom.

Dans "Le baiser du lion", Élizabeth Turgeon tisse une histoire poignante de deuil, de culpabilité et de quête de rédemption. Gabriel, un adolescent de Montréal, est consumé par la douleur de la perte de son frère Jérémie et de ses amis dans un accident tragique qu'il a lui-même filmé. Alors qu'il se débat avec ses émotions, sa grand-mère Jo s'efforce de préserver les traditions familiales malgré l'absence de plusieurs membres de la famille, dont son mari Charles et son frère Jean, disparus lors d'une mission paléontologique en Tanzanie.

I was lied to. I was ruined. I was corrupted. But now… I’m in control. Surviving them was only the beginning. Now we have to face something much bigger than us… and far more dangerous. And the men who once owned my fate are now the ones I might have to save. Freedom was never going to be free. And loving them? That might cost me everything. And not everyone will make it out alive. Covenant of Control is an enemies-to-lovers, secret society, academy romance and the fourth and final installment in the Regents of Covenant House series.