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Why do you feel an instant attraction to one person and not another? And how can you help ensure that a connection lasts? Although chemistry affects nearly every relationship, few people understand it - what initiates it, what destroys it, and what makes it last forever. In How to Create Chemistry With Anyone, communications expert and best-selling author, Leil Lowndes, turns complex neurological science into easy strategies and unusual techniques for what to do - and what not to do - to spark that elusive feeling of chemistry with almost anyone!

Leila Seth was the first woman to top the Bar examinations in London, the first woman judge of the Delhi High Court, and the first woman to become chief justice of a state High Court. She was appointed as a judge in 1978 and retired as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh in 1992.

Joakim Weber on kuollut ja tehnyt vastahakoisesta, huimapäisestä ja kauniista Mariesta kauppahuoneen omistajan ja jatkajan; tyttären hätäpäissään naimalle vätysmäiselle Fredrik Wadenille hän ei ole halunnut antaa päätösvaltaa. Mies pyrkii kuitenkin arveluttavinkin keinoin pääsemään käsiksi kauppahuoneen rahoihin, eivätkä Marien huolia suinkaan vähennä ajan levottomat olot. Kaupankäynti takkuilee ja Marie menettää kolme laivaansa, ja kaiken huipuksi käy ilmi, ettei Marien poika Magnus ole tippaakaan kiinnostunut kauppahuoneesta vaan janoaa muusikoksi ja säveltäjäksi.

Anna on palannut Lyypekistä Poriin jäätyään jo toistamiseen leskeksi ja vietettyään Hermann Weberin perheen parissa melkein kymmenen antoisaa ja vaiheikasta vuotta. Tällä välin Annan pojantyttäret ovat kasvaneet naimaikäisiksi neidoiksi, joille isä järjestää tarmokkaasti sopivia aviomiehiä. Eläväinen Marie ei kuitenkaan noin vain suostukaan "naimaan rantamakasiineja", ja niinpä Anna saa tehtäväkseen viedä uppiniskaisen kaunottaren Tukholmaan sukulaisiin tuulettumaan ja miettimään asioita.

Anna Weber joutuu siirtymään syrjään miesvainajansa perustaman kauppahuoneen johdosta, kun Joakim-poika palaa Lyypekistä Poriin ottamaan ohjat käsiinsä. Annan kontolle jää kaksostyttöjen Hannen ja Hildun naittaminen, ja Hildu saadaankin naitettua rikkaalle ja iäkkäälle leskimiehelle - kohtalo, joka olisi voinut nujertaa Hildua saamattomamman ja alistuvamman tyttölapsen. Hanne sen sijaan on onnettomasti rakastunut Anna-äitinsä kiihkeään ihailijaan, joka saa Annankin ruumiin vielä hehkumaan.

Kokematon korvessa kasvanut Johanna joutuu piiaksi rikkaan porvarin, Joachim Weberin taloon Poriin. Pian Johanna tulee isännälle raskaaksi ja saa saman tien lähteä takaisin sinne mistä on tullutkin. Johanna naitetaan leskelle, jolla on ennestään neljä lasta ja siitä alkaa Johannan raskas ja loputtomalta tuntuva työsarka äitinä ja vaimona. Sitten Joachim Weber palaa noutamaan ainoaa poikaansa... Historiallisista romaaneistaan tunnetun Leila Tuuren Kauppamies-sarjassa seurataan Weberin kauppiassuvun tapahtumarikkaita vaiheita 1700- ja 1800-lukujen Suomessa.

Myriam, Rechtsanwältin und Mutter zweier kleiner Kinder, beschließt, wieder arbeiten zu gehen. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann sucht sie nach der perfekten Kinderfrau. Nach langer Suche entscheiden sie sich für Louise, eine zierliche Frau Anfang fünfzig, deren Tochter bereits erwachsen und deren Mann verstorben ist. Louise erobert auf Anhieb die Herzen der Kinder und macht sich schnell unentbehrlich: Sie ist Köchin, Haushaltshilfe, guter Geist. Was sie verheimlicht: ihre Einsamkeit, ihre Geldnot, ihre Verzweiflung. Die gegenseitige Abhängigkeit wird immer größer, bis irgendwann eine Tragödie über die Familie hereinbricht.

A recently orphaned girl moves to the Texas panhandle and struggles to forge new friendships in a town of football glory in this unforgettable novel of surprising plot twists and unexpected beginnings. Recently orphaned, eleven-year-old Cathy Benson feels she has been dropped into a cultural and...

You face tough communication challenges every day at work, both in person and online - a toxic boss, backstabbing coworkers, office politics, and much more. Here are immediate, effective, eye-opening actions you can take to resolve those infuriating problems. You will find stories and examples drawn from corporate communications consultant Leil Lowndes’s more than 20 years of training business professionals, from entry-level new hires to CEOs.  

A tender, classic love story about the secrets that linger in our hearts and the choices that set us free?Ķ Some people aren't meant for happily-ever-after. And Deborah Standridge is one of them. When she called off her wedding to the perfect man to pursue her passion as an architect, she...

A tender, classic love story about the power of first love and the promise of a second chance . . . Aly Kingston has only ever loved one man: Marshall Wayne. But she put all of those childish dreams behind her ages ago when the Waynes left town. Her father's victory at foreclosing on the Wayne...

A sweeping, classic romance about the ties that bind us together-and the promises that can break us apart ... Some friends are more like family...and that's exactly how Cara Martin feels about Ryan Langston. He stood by her side through the most difficult time of her life and there's nothing she...

Veep meets Parks and Recreation in this hilarious middle-grade political comedy about a 12-year-old who runs her babysitter's campaign for mayor For 12-year-old Maddie Polansky, the only good part of school is art class. And though she's never paid much attention to politics, when she learns...

When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect caretaker for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris' upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint and is able to host enviable birthday parties.

Making friends has never been Elise Dembowski’s strong suit. All throughout her life, she’s been the butt of every joke and the outsider in every conversation. When a final attempt at popularity fails, Elise nearly gives up. Then she stumbles upon a warehouse party where she meets Vicky, a...

Dive back into the series that Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Rita Williams Garcia says “brims with hilarity and sisterly hijinks."" The Silver sisters return to Cape Cod in this sequel to The Forget-Me-Not Summer, which Booklist called “reminiscent of the...

Banished Rose is a luminous collection of poetry spanning over two decades, tracing the delicate arc of one woman’s journey from adolescence to creative maturity. With raw honesty and lyrical grace, Leila invites listeners into an intimate world shaped by love, heartbreak, personal transformation, and spiritual awakening.

In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has become a war zone where foreign journalists find it almost impossible to report on life in this devastated land. Burning Country explores the horrific and complicated reality of life in present-day Syria with unprecedented detail and sophistication, drawing on new first hand testimonies from opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and courageous human rights activists among many others.

This charming story about three California sisters spending the summer on Cape Cod is perfect for fans of The Penderwicks—as a starred ALA Booklist review raved—and The Mother-Daughter Book Club. Though Marigold, Zinnia, and Lily Silver couldn’t be more different, they’re all excited...

My obsession with Sage Everett runs deeper and darker than the water of Black River—the boundary that divides our land. I’ve spent years watching the girl next door from beneath the brim of my cowboy hat. Tragedy and family feuds separate us, so I’ve kept my presence in her life unknown. Until her monsters creep out of the shadows. My wildflower seeks a savior, and all this gambler needed was a reason. And that’s how I end up with blood on my hands for the girl tangled up in my heart.