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It’s 1978: the Auckland abortion clinic has been forced to close and sixteen-year-old Charlie has to fly to Sydney, but the plane is delayed on the tarmac. It’s 2019: Charlie’s tightly contained Wellington life with her grandson Tommy is interrupted by the unexpected intrusions of Tommy’s first girlfriend, Jenna, and the father he has never known, Jim. The year turns, and everything changes again.

Bookish librarians are totally capable of finding missing people in the Alaskan wilderness. Said no one. Ever. So why is Grace Tumbler jetting off to do just that? She doesn’t know. All she has are books and a somewhat positive attitude that she can survive her first-ever trip away from home. That is, until her plane crashes....

Natalie Barsotti is on a mission. She wants to prove the existence of shifters in a small community. Getting a job as a nurse in Winterland, Alaska, is only the first part of her plan. If only a certain mayor wasn’t so irresistible and so damn grumpy, it would make her operation so much easier.

Judith Merril was a pioneer of 20th-century science fiction, a prolific author, and editor. She was also a passionate social and political activist. In fact, her life was a constant adventure within the alternative and experimental worlds of science fiction, left politics, and Canadian literature.

The untamed north is not empty. Foreign expeditions fight for territory. Kaethlan bands struggle in opposition. Dina has succumbed to her Gift, unable to unite her people. Tristan and his Bound remember their debts. Sacred valleys devoid of life draw the Risen north, but the Kaethlans will not be left to guard their homeland alone.

Vanessa Bogenholm has watched clients make that choice with astounding results. She has seen people lose more than 100 pounds — and keep that weight off. She has seen middle-aged men stop needing medications they expected to take for the rest of their lives. She has even seen people in wheelchairs get up and walk again.

Growing up, Gwen and Iris were the best of friends, even if they couldn't have been more different. Now, Gwen is living her hometown dream, or so she reminds herself while juggling endless parenting drama, an unemployed husband, and a neighborhood pyramid scheme.

A beautifully presented and uplifting collection of contemplative, wry, sometimes funny essays about living thoughtfully and with care amidst life's challenges. If you're struggling to maintain grace and good humor amidst daily potholes and pitfalls, Brigid Lowry may be just the warm, wise, and witty companion you need.

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Money doesn't buy happiness. Trust me, I've had it all my life and I have nothing. No love. No joy. No pizzaz. To make matters worse, my parents are pushing me to marry someone who doesn't even give me orgasms. Yes, it took me a while to figure out that I needed to stand up for myself. Which is why I was on my way to NYC, boyfriendless and out on my own for the very first time in my life

His beautiful commander—his only way back, and the only person who has any faith in him—has caught the eye of a freakish crime lord backed by a shadowy cult. Tristan has his own magic, but to save them both, he'll need to confront his doubts and bind willing women brandishing destructive fallen powers. If Tristan succeeds, will he even want to return? It's a question as unsettling as his enemy, and one he can only answer after defeating the rising tide of foes.

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A ventiquattro anni, Laura è sola e infelice. La sua vita è costellata di scelte sbagliate e fallimenti, dominata dall'incapacità di sfuggire a un passato triste e dalla convinzione profonda di non meritare la felicità. Ma proprio quando ha abbandonato la speranza e sta per arrendersi allo squallore della propria esistenza, l'incontro inaspettato con Marco durante una vacanza solitaria a Norimberga le apre nuove prospettive. Di colpo la felicità sembra a portata di mano, la vita ricomincia a sorriderle.

The celebration isn't supposed to end in tragedy. The night of their high-school drama group's cast party starts out as fun for sisters Amy and Erin. Their lives come crashing down when Amy takes the car to get more food and has a horrible accident. Erin and her family pray for Amy to awaken from her coma. But as the monitor bleeps and the respirator hisses, Amy lies somewhere between life and death.

Chrissie doesn’t have time for guys, hot or otherwise; most days, she barely has time to sleep. With a thriving bakery that demands her attention and plenty of proof that relationships aren’t worth the trouble, she’s content to go it alone. Too bad she’s unwittingly baited Mr. Tall, Dark, and Way Too Gorgeous - and he’s just waiting for a chance to bite.

After two years of waiting to adopt - slogging through paperwork and bouncing between hope and despair - a miracle finally happened for Vanessa McGrady. Her sweet baby, Grace, was a dream come true. Then Vanessa made a highly uncommon gesture: when Grace’s biological parents became homeless, Vanessa invited them to stay. Without a blueprint for navigating the practical basics of an open adoption or any discussion of expectations or boundaries, the unusual living arrangement became a bottomless well of conflicting emotions and increasingly difficult decisions.

Agosto 1944. Una suora ribelle e coraggiosa sottrae un neonato da una cella del carcere Le Nuove di Torino facendolo scivolare nel carrello della biancheria: è il figlio di una deportata, destinato a morte certa. Si sa, la lavanderia non è affare dei tedeschi, e il più delle volte i carrelli entrano ed escono dalle mura senza essere frugati. Ora il bambino dorme tranquillo, ma qualcuno dovrà prendersi cura di lui. Ottobre 1999. Una giovane donna sale in moto per cercare le tracce del fratello di cui fino a quel momento ha ignorato l'esistenza.

È un mite inizio di primavera al castello di Windsor e la regina Elisabetta si sta preparando per le celebrazioni del suo novantesimo compleanno. Le attività tuttavia sono bruscamente interrotte non appena il giovane pianista russo che ha deliziato gli ospiti la sera precedente viene ritrovato cadavere, completamente nudo, appeso in camera sua con la cintura della vestaglia. Quando le indagini si concentrano sulla servitù, la regina capisce che la polizia sta seguendo la pista sbagliata.

Spesso, dopo la diagnosi di una malattia grave o dopo un lutto, ci sentiamo svuotati, smarriti, incapaci di ridare un senso alla vita. La cultura occidentale ci ha portato a credere che l'unica cura possibile sia quella operata dal medico attraverso la diagnosi prima e i medicinali poi, ignorando che l'essere umano è energia e che il corpo fisico è l'espressione di un sistema complesso che comprende le emozioni, l'interiorità e l'espressione di sé. In quest'ottica la malattia, così come il lutto, devono trovare un senso all'interno del nostro equilibrio dinamico.

Non è l'inizio di una commedia romantica ma è la vita di Giulia, trentasette anni e il timore costante di aver scelto la strada sbagliata. L'unica volta che si è sentita in pace con la propria coscienza, perché non ha cercato la fine di una storia prima ancora di viverla e ha sposato suo marito, be' l'amore si è trasformato in quieto affetto.