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Lovingly designed for devoted Austen fans who know the story of Darcy and Elizabeth like the back of their hand. This audiobook allows you time to answer over 300 questions, many delivered in a conversational tone. Warning - having watched the movie 40 times may not help you. These questions are based on the novel, Pride and Prejudice!

Love Jane Austen? How well acquainted are you with the Dashwood sisters? With over 300 in-depth questions, delivered in conversational form, you'll have fun finding out.

An exciting new Amish-meets-Wild West adventure from bestselling authors Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith weaves an entertaining and romantic tale for devoted fans and new readers. Kansas,1881--On a trip to visit relatives, Emma Switzer's Amish family is robbed of all their possessions, leaving them destitute and stranded on the prairie. Walking into the nearest trading settlement, they pray to the Lord for someone to help. When a man lands in the dust at her feet, Emma looks down at him and thinks, The Lord might have cleaned him up first. Luke Carson, heading up his first cattle drive, is not planning on being the answer to anyone's prayers, but it looks as though God has something else in mind for this kind and gentle man. Plain and rugged--do the two mix? And what happens when a dedicated Amish woman and a stubborn trail boss prove to be each other's match?

Tori Sanderson has the professional opportunity of a lifetime. If she can prove she's executive material, she's in line for a big promotion. But there's only room for one new account executive, and her co-worker has his eye on the job--and on Tori. Her matchmaking sisters have a handsome handyman in mind for her. But how can she consider romance when she couldn't hold on to the one man who was supposed to love her forever--her own father? The time has come for answers, and Tori decides to search out the father who deserted her twelve years ago. While Tori may find the answers she craves, will she ever be able to love again?

Dr. Theodore Grant worked hard his entire life to achieve his goals. He was a prominent, renowned psychiatrist. He had it all: wealth, prestige, respect. Or so he thought. When tragedy unexpectedly struck, he was forced to help his best friend’s daughter. She needed him. What he didn’t know was that he needed her, too - like his own breath. How could he know it would all go so terribly wrong? That he would cross the line?

Agnes is grateful to work for a noblewoman like Lady Sinnott. She ensures the male help doesn't take improper liberties with the female house staff - a rarity in Victorian household service. When it becomes apparent that Lady Sinnott herself favors those with feminine charms, the lady and her maid find themselves risking scandal and social ostracization.

Lady Nadia Haversham, heiress to the duchy of Emerys, has seen too much of the world to be satisfied with the "prim and proper" place English society expects of her. Having accompanied her father from one end of the burgeoning British Empire to another, she has developed a hunger for something more and cannot settle for a simple fairy-tale marriage.

After the devastating loss of his second wife, Seth Hostetler believes a lasting love is beyond all hope. A year has passed, and his mamm and sister are determined to see him happily married once again. But how can he open his heart to another woman when their relationship could end in tragedy? On an outing with his family, Seth comes across an Amish potter hard at work and jumps at the chance to take a seat at the wheel. He takes quickly to this creative outlet, pouring his long-buried emotions into each piece he shapes. Unfortunately, the fancy nature of his art draws the disapproval of his district's leadership. His work puts him in the path of Leah, an Englisch woman employed by the Amish to sell their wares to tourists. Despite her aloofness, something about her speaks to Seth's wounded soul. But what is he to do when the things he wants most threaten to pull him away from the life he's committed to live? A compelling novel of second chances and the power of God to redeem hearts and dreams, set in the inviting Amish community of Lancaster County.

A forthright investigation of human frailty and emotion with a plot that keeps you in its thrall until the last word. When Greer Gordon met Mischa Svoboda, a driven Czech-born refugee painter, he was unknown. His debut at the small art gallery where she worked created a sensation, and their explosive love affair caused Greer to abandon her husband and career and embark on a nomadic life with Mischa.

Der französische Meisterkoch Jacques Pistoux und seine adelige Geliebte Charlotte Sophie lassen Sizilien hinter sich und erreichen nach einer abenteuerlichen Odyssee Wien. Doch die unziemliche Liaison scheitert am Standesdünkel der hochherrschaftlichen Verwandtschaft. Also ist der Amateurdetektiv Pistoux wieder einmal auf sich allein gestellt und gerät unversehens in eine hinterlistige Intrige, als er in einem Kaffeehaus unfreiwillig zum Komplizen eines Mordes wird.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1878: Nach seinem Kreuzfahrtabenteuer hat es Jacques Pistoux an die Gestade Siziliens verschlagen, wo er sehr bald wie ein Fisch im Netz der ortsansässigen Mafiosi zappelt. Eine unselige Fügung des Schicksals spült den Meisterkoch zudem in die Hände des Großgrundbesitzers Don Franco. Kaum ist er im Palazzo des Despoten angelangt, muss er auch schon um sein Leben kochen. Doch Pistoux teilt das Schicksal im goldenen Käfig mit einer schönen Unbekannten, die ebenfalls entführt wurde. So wird ihre gemeinsame Flucht zu einem waghalsigen Wettlauf mit der Zeit.

Nach einer hässlichen Scheidung und einem erbitterten Sorgerechtsstreit um seine beiden Kinder, ist das Tierheim Safe Haven der einzige Ort an dem Jason Bright zur Ruhe kommt. Doch seit neuestem trifft er dort immer öfters auf Mia, die einzige Frau, die ihm unter die Haut geht. Wohlwissend, dass er keinesfalls die Absicht hat, sein Leben mit einer Beziehung zu verkomplizieren, tut er sein Bestes, um sie zu ignorieren. Mia Burrow hat sich auf den ersten Blick in den wortkargen und eher abweisenden Biker verliebt.

Nach seinem Abenteuer als Leibkoch eines Lords beschließt Jacques Pistoux, der britischen Insel den Rücken zu kehren und mit einer amerikanischen Reisegesellschaft eine Kreuzfahrt auf dem Mittelmeer zu wagen. Doch auch hier zieht der französische Meisterkoch das Verbrechen an wie Honig die Bienen. So kommen in diesem kulinarischen Krimi dank vielfältiger Rezepte sowohl Gourmets als auch Gourmands auf ihre Kosten.

A day in Clarissa Dalloway's life is explored through her thoughts, actions, and reminiscences and by the flashbacks of those about her. Virginia Woolf's writing was never better!

Was der französische Meisterkoch und Amateurdetektiv Jacques Pistoux auf seinen Reisen durch Europa erlebt, passt auf keine kriminalistische Speisekarte. Unsere Empfehlung zum heutigen Verbrechensmenü: ein englisches Landhaus voller Leichen, Jahrgang 1876, mit anstößiger Note und fanatischem Abgang!

All Darcie wants is a fresh start, but on her first day of work at her new job, she stumbles across a gruesome discovery - the body of a murdered man. If that weren't enough, the detective in charge of the investigation names Darcie as his prime suspect. She's surrounded by distrust and suspicion - and the eerie sense that someone's been in her apartment going through her things.

Dating apps were supposed to be a fun new way to meet your future partner - but for many singles, they've morphed into a digital dystopia of lies, harassment, and few (if any) quality connections. Stop competing against thousands online and start enjoying endless untapped opportunities to attract your match in the real world - from the airport to a coffee shop to your grocery store cereal aisle.

A sparkling translation that gives new life in English to Dante’s Vita Nuova, his transcendent love poems and influential statement on the art and power of poetry, and the most widely read of his works after the Inferno A Penguin Classic Dante was only nine years old when he first met young...

Lady Amelia has little desire for a suitor. An unusual woman for her time, she is capable and independent, just as her loving father raised her. But the laws of inheritance are the unjust sort, and she stands to lose her family's lands if she cannot find a suitable, proper husband before the passing of her increasingly ill father.

Sont-elles pires que les hommes ? L'univers des tueurs en série, et tout le fantasme qui entoure ces êtres capables des actes les plus barbares, attire et interroge. Le nombre de séries, de films, de documentaires, de programmes de télévision comme "Faites entrer l'accusé" ou "Snapped", et de livres basés sur ces affaires plus que macabres le montrent. Mais en dépit de cet engouement médiatique, il y a très peu d'ouvrages consacrés aux tueuses en série. Pourtant ces femmes multi-criminelles existent. Un peu moins nombreuses, certes, mais tout aussi tordues que les hommes !