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Barbara Gordon is a self-reliant, divorced mom, brilliant at managing her life with lists and spreadsheets. Lately, though, the demands of a teenage daughter, a manipulative sister, and a mother with worsening Alzheimer’s are more than she can handle. Then Barbara meets Jack, an appealing older man married to a late-stage dementia patient who no longer knows him. Jack and Barbara hold the power to make each other happy...but only if Barbara can break her long cycle of romantic abstinence.

During the Great Depression, the Los Angeles area was rife with radical movements. Although many observers thought their ideas unworkable, even dangerous, Southern Californians voted for them by the tens of thousands. This book asks why. To find answers, author Errol Wayne Stevens takes listeners through the history of such movements as the Utopian Society, Dr. Francis Townsend’s old-age revolving pension plan, Upton Sinclair’s End Poverty in California gubernatorial campaign, and Retirement Life Payments, known as Ham and Eggs.

Frisco has no idea what to get Torre for Christmas, but he knows it needs to be something special. He's never cared about the holidays before. But now he has something to celebrate and he wants to get it right. What do you get the man who has everything? Torre goes to the one person who knows Frisco best for help, but discovers the answer has been with him all along. But who's surprising who? Two men, one question.

For centuries, Massimo D’Alba, banished prince of the Fold, has wandered through life frozen in darkness and pain. Betrayed by his younger, power-hungry brother, he’s existed for centuries but not lived. A rain-soaked night brings smart-mouthed New Yorker Damion Avery to his doorstep, and suddenly he’s riding spin bikes, shopping for yoga pants, eating ice cream…and falling in love. Damion Avery can’t figure out why Prince Tall, Dark, and Incredibly Sexy wants him as his personal assistant, but he’s not going to second-guess his good luck.

Adoptee Emma's birth mother took steps to remain anonymous. In order to put the pieces of her life back together, Emma embarks on multiple journeys and adventures towards both solving the mystery of who she is and healing from the pain of separation from her origins. It's a story of inner strength and perseverance where Emma welcomes all her parts of self to feel valued and seen. In a meditative and surreal state, under and around a big old oak tree with a simple wood-seated rope swing attached, she accepts the invitation of integrating herself in this stirring memoir.

The Reunion of the Porch Puppies is the second book in a series about the Porch Puppies. After finding their forever homes in The Porch Puppies, the pups reunite for the first time for a day of adventure, fun, and food. During the reunion, they learn how each family has grown, how they have returned some of the kindness first shown to them, and the importance of a family.

When teacher Dee Nicholls receives her invitation, she isn’t sure what to make of it. Surely it’s some kind of clever, festive marketing ploy? But as the Christmas countdown begins, it becomes clear that Dee isn’t the only ‘Jingle Bells Express’ invitee. There are other people out there who have received the same invitation: Tom the intern, Rachel the aspiring writer, Dylan the musician and his dog, Muttley - and they’re not the only ones! Could the unusual festive journey they eventually take together show them all the true meaning of Christmas?

Brett's most recent manic episode has derailed him from life as the director of operations at a prominent software start-up in Texas. He is now at home, fully dependent on his mother, and officially diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Brett is terrified. He has no guarantees on his long-term health and no understanding of how his medication works, and he is still dealing with hell-like anxiety, restlessness, mania, and depression. Crossing Back Over: The Practice of Owning and Accepting Bipolar Disorder details Brett's battle with taming the beast that is bipolar.

*A Cosmopolitan Best Book of Summer * One of BuzzFeed’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books* An “exquisite…too lovely to bear” (The New York Times Book Review) debut novel from an award-winning writer: a playful and daring tale about a teenage ghost who falls in love with the writer George...

Young elf prince Drynn has always lived in the shadow of his athletic and popular elder brother. But, when the bookish boy’s mother dies from a mystery illness and he receives the Queen’s Opal, he’s plagued by visions of the past and a growing power. And, with the gem supposedly cursing those who possess it, he must enter the human realm to hunt down the cure…or become the next to die. Outside the forest, Drynn finds much has changed with the world now ruled by greedy wizards coveting more magic.

Die sexuell frustrierte Carolyn ist in einer langweiligen Ehe mit Edward gefangen. Als großer Fan von erotischen Geschichten versinkt sie oft in ihren Tagträumen über Dreier und mehr. Nachdem sie ihren Ehemann in flagranti beim Fremdgehen erwischt, schwört die junge Frau Rache.

Egal, ob mit dem Freund der besten Freundin, dem eigenen Stiefsohn oder einem Unbekannten – nichts kann die schönen, geilen Frauen dieser Geschichten auf der Suche nach der schönsten Sache der Welt aufhalten. Ihre Gier nach prickelnder sexueller Lust ist nahezu unstillbar und man sollte sich ihnen lieber nicht in den Weg stellen. Es bleibt nicht aus, dass sie dadurch in manch prekäre Lage geraten. Schaffen sie es, sich daraus zu befreien, oder werden ihre Triebe sie teuer zu stehen kommen?

Susan pflegt eine besondere Beziehung zu Sam. Wöchentlich treffen sie sich, um ihrer Gier nacheinander zu frönen. Da ihr Mann Jarvis sie regelmäßig auf seinen Geschäftsreisen betrügt, ist dies nur gerechtfertigt. Eine Spritztour auf einer Familiengeburtstagsfeier wird Susan und Sam allerdings zum Verhängnis ...

Sarah hat schon das ein oder andere Mal etwas mitgehen lassen. Doch als sie diesmal etwas stiehlt, trifft sie nicht wie sonst auf den Chefdetektiv Terry, sondern muss Bekanntschaft mit der sadistischen Geschäftsführerin Miss Hopkins machen. Diese unterbreitet Sarah das Angebot, niemanden über den Diebstahl zu informieren, wenn sie ab sofort ihre Sexsklavin wird.

Chloe wacht nach einer durchzechten Nacht mit einem mordsmäßigen Kater auf und muss feststellen, dass sich im Nebenzimmer eine Leiche befindet. Bei dem jungen Mann handelt es sich um einen Klienten aus dem Jugendamt. Nun heißt es, schnell die Leiche loszuwerden und keine Spuren dabei zu hinterlassen.

Chloe wacht nach einer durchzechten Nacht mit einem mordsmäßigen Kater auf und muss feststellen, dass sich im Nebenzimmer eine Leiche befindet. Bei dem jungen Mann handelt es sich um einen Klienten aus dem Jugendamt. Nun heißt es, schnell die Leiche loszuwerden und keine Spuren dabei zu hinterlassen.

Linda und Sally sind mehr als beste Freundinnen. Regelmäßig vergnügen die beiden sich miteinander. Als Linda jedoch mit Sallys Freund Liam schläft und diese kurz darauf bei ihm einen fremden Tanga findet, droht ihre besondere Beziehung, zu zerbrechen.

As Hilly, friends, and family don invisible armour, learn to wield the power of the Word, the Name and the Blood, and battle daily against an unseen enemy; they encounter the mystery, the majesty and the glory of the King of kings and the Lord of lords, in this life-changing, never-to-be forgotten, adventure in Kingsland.

A giant wildfire is roaring through Colorado's Flat Tops Wilderness. The massive blaze is wiping out Allison Coil's precious hunting grounds, and the flames have set their sights on the beautiful ranch owned by her boyfriend's family. Allison and longtime friend Trudy are shocked to learn that a body has been found in the fire ravaged forest - a friend who was a reclusive environmentalist with an unorthodox idea for the battle against global warming. Along with reporter Duncan Bloom, Allison burrows into an underground group of anti-government extremists.

The gathering was supposed to have been a perfunctory media exercise on retiring Senator Jackson Ridge's last day in office. When a grieving mother slips in and poses that simple question, though, everything from Ridge's own legacy to American interests in Afghanistan all get called into question. Racing against a ticking clock and powerful figures that would prefer to keep things happening across the globe a secret, Ridge must call on every last favor he has accumulated over the course of his time in office in search of answers.