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Discovering the simple pleasure of having someone to share the load, Landry grapples with uncertainty when she is called to New York City to respond to a medical crisis. And though Davis is unsure where their relationship stands in her absence, even the start of a global pandemic can’t dim his dreams of sliding a ring onto her finger.

Selena O'Shea hat ihren Traumjob gefunden. Als Maklerin vermittelt sie anderen das Zuhause, das am besten zu ihnen passt. Ihr erster Kunde stellt sie allerdings ganz schön vor eine Herausforderung. Wieso scheint er mehr daran interessiert zu sein, mit ihr zu flirten, als sich für ein Haus zu entscheiden? Und weshalb fällt es ihr so schwer, ihm von ihrem eigenen Traumobjekt, der Mühle zu erzählen? Obschon erst Mitte vierzig, will sich Teddy Anderson im malerischen Independence zur Ruhe setzen und das Leben genießen. Von seinem zukünftigen Zuhause hat er ganz genaue Vorstellungen.

M’Kenzee Davenport knows love doesn’t last. So despite marrying her high school crush on a whim in Vegas, the gritty photojournalist never believed the union was real. But when her husband-in-name-only goes missing on a mission for the FBI, she’s stunned to receive his effects as next-of-kin.

Orlando: A Biography is a groundbreaking English novel by Virginia Woolf that explores English history, gender roles, and sexual politics in a way few books have before or since. Inspired by the life of Woolf's friend and lover Vita Sackville-West—herself an accomplished poet and novelist—the story follows the life of an aristocratic nobleman who changes from man to woman and goes on to live for centuries, meeting all of the most influential and powerful figures in English history.

Max Davenport craves a break from the press. Constantly on the run from paparazzi and over-enthusiastic women, the football star takes to the small town of Green Hills to embrace a simpler lifestyle with his sister. But his pulse unexpectedly quickens when he discovers his sibling’s usually frumpy-dressed friend swimming in his backyard pool…opening his eyes to her breathtaking beauty.

Life has the capacity of great moments and attainment, of lives well lived, fulfilling for ourselves and for those we touch. But for others life is arduous. There is no spark to ignite the curiosity, to explore and achieve a stability and a growth to their lives. Indeed their lives, in their own eyes, become almost meaningless, their sense of themselves subsumed under a myriad of problems, whether real or imagined. Seismic events in a life might crush them; the loss of a loved one for instance. Coping is difficult, support hard to find and isolation abounds.

Adeline Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 - March 28, 1941) was a feminist, pacifist, anti-fascist and English writer born in South Kensington, London. She is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors, literary critics, and pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. This is the only surviving recording of Virginia Woolf, a talk called, "Craftsmanship."

Paul Green is dissatisfied with vanilla dating and longs to experience a true FemDom relationship. When he responds to Mistress Elisabeth Hunter’s advertisement, he has no idea she’s searching for her last submissive, the man who will become her feminized slave for life.

"De Madrid al cielo" sagen die Madrileños, aber warum nicht in die nähere Umgebung der spanischen Hauptstadt? ECOS Spanisch lernen Audio besucht den Klosterpalast El Escorial, Cervantes' Geburtsstadt Alcalá de Henares, die Residenz Aranjuez und empfiehlt den Ort Valdemorillo an der Ruta Imperial. Die Umgebung von Madrid dient als Aufhänger für den Sprachteil, wie immer auf drei Schwierigkeitsstufen, mit den Unterschieden zwischen "durar" und "tardar", zwischen "acabar de" und "dejar de" sowie mit Wortschatz zu Stadt und Architektur.

For thousands of years, the Plutonians have been watching our planet from afar. Now, they wish to examine it more closely. But even these refined, technologically-advanced aliens might not be prepared for Earth’s hilariously appalling quirks.…

Vor 50 Jahren, am 8. April 1973, verstarb Pablo Picasso. Anlässlich seines 50. Todestages sprach "ECOS Spanisch lernen Audio" mit Rocío Arregui, Professorin an der Facultad de Bellas Artes in Sevilla, über die Bedeutung dieses Malers damals und heute. Unbedingt empfehlenswert: die Picasso-Museen in Barcelona und Málaga. Malerei und Kunst spielen diesmal auch im Sprachteil die Hauptrolle: Wortschatz, Redewendungen und Übungen zum Thema in drei Sprachniveaus. Tequila wird immer mit Mexiko in Verbindung gebracht.

A woman learns to follow her own road in this heartwarming novel inspired by The Wizard of Oz by New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra. Dorothy “Dee” Gale is searching for a place to belong. After their globe-trotting mother’s death, Dee and her sister Toni settled with...

Mit all ihren Schwestern zu ihrem Bruder in eine Kleinstadt zu ziehen, wo Klatsch und Tratsch denselben Stellenwert wie atmen hatte, war eine dumme Idee gewesen, stellt Melody fest. Um den Leuten wenigstens einen triftigen Grund zu geben, über sie herzuziehen, stürzt sie sich von einem Abenteuer ins nächste.

Never Wager with a Wallflower is the third and final delightful installment in the Merriwell Sister's Regency rom-com series. Miss Venus Merriwell has been waiting for her prince to come since the tender age of fourteen. She wants a man who is selfless, academic like her, and free from all the...

For centuries, the Roju council silenced all who opposed them, spreading lies and killing innocents, ensuring female Kisoshi were little more than a myth. Now, with the corrupt council deposed, the land of Gensokai reels, taking its first steps towards recovery.

Maree Davenport refuses to let a tearful past rule her future. After losing her parents at the age of five, the big-hearted fabric designer is determined to embrace her feelings and find happiness no matter what. So when she literally runs over a handsome new firefighter in the produce section, the hopeless romantic is certain she’s just collided with destiny.

A Rogue for the Dutiful Duchess A dramatic Regency romance. The scandal of the season must be stopped! Widowed duchess Sophie will do anything to protect her son and his inheritance. Even ask roguish Lord Nicholas Pascoe to retrieve her late husband’s diaries before the secrets they contain...

Loni Mae Murrow liebt ihr geordnetes Leben in Washington, D.C., wo sie ihr Talent zum Beruf gemacht hat: Für ein Naturkundemuseum fertigt sie naturgetreue Zeichnungen von Vögeln an. Als ihre Mutter Ruth erkrankt, folgt sie nur widerwillig der Bitte ihres Bruders, in die Kleinstadt ihrer Kindheit im Marschland Floridas zu kommen. Denn inmitten der unberührten Landschaft lauern die Erinnerungen an Ruths Gefühlskälte und an den tragischen Tod ihres Vaters Boyd als Loni zwölf Jahre alt war

Fat Talk argues for a reclaiming of “fat,” which is not synonymous with “unhealthy,” “inactive,” or “lazy.” Talking to researchers and activists, as well as parents and kids across a broad swath of the country, Sole-Smith lays bare how America’s focus on solving the “childhood obesity epidemic” has perpetuated a second crisis of disordered eating and body hatred for kids of all sizes. She exposes our society’s internalized fatphobia and elucidates how and why we need to stop “preventing obesity” and start supporting kids in the bodies they have.

Was geschah in jenem schicksalhaften Sommer auf dem Wasser? Loni Mae Murrow liebt ihr geordnetes Leben in Washington, D.C., wo sie ihr Talent zum Beruf gemacht hat: Für ein Naturkundemuseum fertigt sie naturgetreue Zeichnungen von Vögeln an. Als ihre Mutter Ruth erkrankt, folgt sie nur widerwillig der Bitte ihres Bruders, in die Kleinstadt ihrer Kindheit im Marschland Floridas zu kommen. Denn inmitten der unberührten Landschaft lauern die Erinnerungen an Ruths Gefühlskälte und an den tragischen Tod ihres Vaters Boyd als Loni zwölf Jahre alt war.