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The (Other) F Word combines the voices of Renée Watson, Jes Baker, and more in a relatable and gift-worthy guide about body image and fat acceptance. This dazzling collection of poetry, essays, and fashion tips is meant for people of all sizes who desire to be seen and heard in a culture consumed by a narrow definition of beauty. By combining the talents of renowned fat YA and middle-grade authors, as well as fat influencers and creators, The (Other) F Word offers teen listeners and activists of all ages a tool for navigating our world with confidence and courage.

The greatest undersea adventure of the 20th century.The Ice Diaries tells the incredible true story of Captain William R. Anderson and his crew's harrowing top-secret mission aboard the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. Bristling with newly classified...

It's May 1945, the war’s just over, and Harry Kaspar, an American captain in Germany, is about to take a new posting in the US occupation running a Bavarian town named Heimgau. When Harry loses the command to Major Membre, he'll do almost anything to win the job back. When Harry discovers a horrific scene - three German men tortured and murdered.

Sitting Ducks pieces together the story of an impossible and lesser-known WWII mission. In December 1944, during the bloody Battle of the Bulge, teams of German commandos disguised as American soldiers slipped behind the US front lines. Riding in captured US jeeps, they committed sabotage, sowed confusion, and caused paranoia among American troops. Word quickly spread that the undercover commandos were out to kill US General Eisenhower.

This concise, fast listen tells the true story of a self-made double agent who bluffed his way into the most ambitious Allied deception operation of WWII. In 1942, German military intelligence believed the Spaniard Juan Pujol Garcia was running a formidable spy network for them inside enemy Britain. In reality their man in London was making it all up, from Portugal. Pujol had fooled the Germans all on his own after the British embassies in Madrid and Lisbon rejected his services repeatedly.

Winesburg, Ohio is Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece, a cycle of short stories concerning life in a small town at the end of the nineteenth century. In the perfectly imagined world of Winesburg, an archetypal small American town, Anderson reveals the hidden passions that turn ordinary lives into fonts of unforgettable emotions. Played out against a deceptively placid backdrop, Anderson's loosely connected stories coalesce, like chapters, into a powerful novel of love and loss.

Through 23 connected short stories, the author looks into the lives of the inhabitants of a small town in the American heartland. In a simple and intense style, these psychological portraits of the sensitive and imaginative of Winesburg's population are seen through the eyes of a young reporter-narrator, George Willard. Their stories are about loneliness and alienation, passion and virginity, wealth and poverty, thrift and profligacy, carelessness and abandon.

Anderson Freire é um exemplo extraordinário de superação e fé. Desde menino, aprendeu a vencer desafios, valorizar a vida. Ele conseguiu transformar as dificuldades em motivação para adorar a Deus. Nem as lutas mais duras o impediram de acreditar que uma janela de bênçãos lhe seria aberta. O sonho de se tornar um grande cantor e compositor foi marcado por uma profecia que se cumpriu de forma impressionante. Deus foi fiel em cada palavra... Hoje, suas canções alcançam multidões, transformando vidas, revelando o amor de Deus.

The acclaimed author of Ms. Bixby’s Last Day and Posted returns with an unforgettable tale of love and laughter, of fathers and sons, of what family truly means, and of the ways in which we sometimes need to lose something in order to find ourselves. Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family...

In this book, the author provides a real-life example of the shocking revelations and aftermath of DNA investigation. Growing up as one of nine children, Stephen Anderson suspected from a young age that something was amiss. A chance accident, and a small crack in the history of his family broke open. More would come to be revealed as the author sets out on a journey to find answers to his questions. Any listener wondering what a DNA test might reveal will find here one extreme example of family secrets gone awry.

When Nallah Parokk's husband goes into a coma, she secretly hopes he will never awaken. Harryx is cruel and cold to her, beating her often and using her like a whore. Her existence is nearly unbearable, but she knows it could be worse if her husband decides to throw her out on the street. Then he wakes up and suddenly he's...different. He's kind and loving in a way he never was before, so much so that Nallah is almost ready to forgive his past behavior. But what is behind her husband's sudden transformation? And will this change for the better last?

According to local legend, a ghost train passes through Albany at midnight every April 26. That's the anniversary of the day President Lincoln's funeral train stopped in the town in 1865.

What would the world be like if video game rules suddenly applied? Marcus is about to find out. After a freak accident, he finds himself stuck between a game and the real world. He’ll need to fight his way through football hooligans, carnies, and the dreaded RNG to get to the final boss and save the world. Anything less means it’s game over for good. Along the way, he’ll learn new skills, chase epic loot, and, most importantly of all, level up!

Plötsligt inträffar ett par märkliga dödsfall på ett sjukhus. Till synes rutinmässiga operationer slutar med att patienter avlider. Det är oförklarligt och orimligt. Om inte det är någon som går in till patienterna och drar ur sladdarna. Det är troligen en mördare som härjar på sjukhuset.

Adam Stone! Eigentlich soll Liz in der TV-Talkrunde Werbung für ihre neu eröffnete Chocolaterie machen. Aber wer kann bitte daran denken, wenn der eigene Jugendschwarm, seines Zeichens Ex-Model und Fitnessguru, so nah neben einem sitzt? Doch dann macht Adam eine eindeutig zweideutige Bemerkung über sie. Was für ein Idiot! Ihre Familie sieht das hingegen ganz anders: endlich jemand, der Liz aus ihrem Dornröschenschlaf weckt. Sie setzen alles daran, die beiden zu verkuppeln.

Nicht nur sein Ruf steht auf dem Spiel - sondern auch sein Herz... Nick O'Reilly ist ein echter Küchenrebell und mit unglaublicher Leidenschaft bei der Sache. Ein Verriss in Bostons einflussreichster Tageszeitung trifft ihn deswegen bis ins Mark. Doch als er dann die verantwortliche Gastrokritikerin Claire Parker-Wickham kennenlernt, ist er völlig hingerissen - diese Frau muss er erobern! Wie gut, dass sie sich auf eine Feinschmeckerwette mit ihm einlässt. Jetzt hat Nick sechs Wochen Zeit, um Claire nicht nur mit seinem Essen zu betören.

Eine Prise davon macht jedes Essen besser - Geheimzutat Liebe Andrew Knight ist neuer Stern am Bostoner Gastrohimmel - doch mittlerweile total ausgebrannt. Beim spontanen Kurzurlaub in Maine trifft er auf Brooke Day, die den lokalen kulinarischen Geheimtipp leitet und nicht ahnt, wer sich da bei ihr einquartiert. Gemeinsam machen sie aus dem bisher erfolglosen Geheimtipp eine In-Location, und Andrew hat zum ersten Mal seit Jahren wieder Spaß beim Kochen.

In einer fremden Welt kämpft die Crew der SURVIVOR ums Überleben. Das Experiment des Dr. Kasanov hat die SURVIVOR auf eine fantastische Reise geschickt...

Dr. Mikael Nubroski, der geheimnisvolle Russe, der der Spur der SURVIVOR gefolgt ist, ist an Bord eines Flugschiffs der Rebellen. Doch das Schiff ist ohne Antrieb und steht unter Beschuss. Die Systeme sind überlastet. Die Außenhülle droht jeden Moment zu zerreißen. Nur Nubroski kann das Schiff wieder in Gang zu bringen. Denn er hat es angeblich einst konstruiert. Auch wenn er nicht weiß, wann und wo.

In einer fremden Welt kämpft die Crew der SURVIVOR ums Überleben. Jacques d'Abo, genannt Jabo, hat eine Mission. Er soll die versprengten Mitglieder des SURVIVOR-Teams finden und zusammenbringen. Sonst werden ihn die Herrscher der Welt, die ihn von seinen schrecklichen Wunden geheilt haben, in ein Ungeheuer verwandeln.