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’Sweet, funny and lovely! Marian Keyes A romantic treat, perfect for fans of Lucy Diamond and Jenny Colgan! You can go crazy searching for the one… Nina is addicted to bad boys, the wilder, the better. Despite her friends’ misgivings, she firmly believes that true love only takes one form...

When Annie grabbed at what looked like an opportunity to escape her tumultuous, abuse-filled home, she had never heard the term sex trafficking. Needing money, wanting to be loved, and desperately seeking control of her life, she stumbled into the ever-darkening world of the sex industry as a glamorous, high-class escort in Las Vegas. All that glittered was not gold. She embarked on a dangerous path toward self-destruction.

Questo romanzo della poetessa e scrittrice Annie Vivanti è quasi un’autobiografia , tanto la sua vita personale si è intrecciata con la storia di queste due donne: Nancy, poetessa prodigio, e Anne-marie, sua figlia, violinista prodigio. Chi ha del Genio, dentro di sé, dice la scrittrice, può divenire un Divoratore di coloro che gli stanno accanto, ch divengono, dunque, dei Divorati. Un genio che, come un pifferaio magico, ti costringe a seguirlo, incantata dalla sua musica, fino a dentro una montagna, fuori dalla vita.

With color, irony, and sensitivity, Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication, absurdity, and daring that is the writer’s life. As it probes and exposes, examines and analyzes, The Writing Life offers deeper insight into one of the most mysterious of professions.

Self-regard, in the works of Annie Ernaux, is always an excruciatingly painful and exact process. Here, she revisits the peculiar kind of self-fulfillment possible when we examine ourselves in the aftermath of a love affair, and sometimes, even, through the eyes of the lost beloved.

Christians love to talk about how God is in control, but that’s harder to grasp when things aren’t going like you thought it would, when your life looks quite different than you imagined. In the back of my mind, God reminds me that he is the same trustworthy God - the one who always finishes the stories he starts. And this is my story - of wrestling with our God who gives a limp and a blessing. A God who is always kind even when my circumstances feel the opposite.

1915. Margaret and Philip Tallis are happily married, have a thriving business and three children, Daisy, John and Lily. At 20, Daisy is an impassioned, headstrong girl, determined to follow her parents’ footsteps in Birmingham’s jewellery trade. While studying at the college for...

Get ready to leave defeat and disbelief in your dust, and step boldly into the life God has purposed for you from the beginning. It's tough when your gifts and passions are stuck in holding patterns of insecurity, shame, and comparison. But the truth is, every experience of your life has...

Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Shipping News and Barkskins, showcases her “gritty and gleaming” (The New York Times Book Review) writing in Close Range, one of the most celebrated story collections of all time—includes “Brokeback Mountain.” Annie Proulx’s...

It was summer in the mountains when five small children vanished from their nursery school picnic. The heat was stifling that day, the tinkle of an ice-cream van in the air.... Three-and-a-half years later, in the dead of winter, the children are returned to their families...one by one. All except for Ivy—the granddaughter of Homicide Detective Kate Wakeland. The other four children say Ivy is dead.

This complete edition spans 2,400 years (431 BCE–1944) in 40 hours, 155 speeches, and 52 speakers, including foundational addresses by Gandhi and Mao—voices that shaped modern Asia. Begin in 431 BCE with Demosthenes, whose structural genius remains the DNA of modern expression. Traverse Athens’ zenith via Pericles’ Funeral Oration, Alexander’s volatile proclamations, and Rome’s crisis in Cicero’s showdown with Cataline—featuring Caesar’s sole surviving senate address and Mark Antony’s incendiary eulogy.

Millones de personas se preocupan porque el alcohol está afectando su salud, pero no son capaces de intentar realizar un cambio debido a toda la miseria y el estigma asociados con el alcoholismo y la recuperación de él. Temen que beber menos será aburrido, envolverá un montón de privaciones, dificultades y unos cambios significativos en su estilo de vida.

In Occultism, Semi-Occultism and Pseudo-Occultism, Annie Besant offers a rigorous and cautionary examination of esoteric study, drawing clear distinctions between genuine occult discipline and its degraded or misleading counterparts. Writing from within the Theosophical tradition, Besant outlines the ethical, psychological, and spiritual prerequisites required for authentic occult development, while warning against partial knowledge, ego-driven experimentation, and fraudulent or sensationalized mystical practices.

Meet Maple, an enthusiastic puppy with a heart full of love—and a basket full of valentines. Determined to share the joy, Maple gives valentines to everyone she meets… including the mail carrier, the mailbox, a startled squirrel, and even the vacuum cleaner! As Maple’s heartfelt mission spirals into hilarious chaos, children will giggle at every page while discovering a gentle, meaningful message about kindness, generosity, and remembering yourself too.

Cuando cae la noche y el prado se vuelve tranquilo, cada pequeña criatura se acomoda para tener dulces sueños. Desde conejitos y zorritos soñolientos hasta buhítos y cervatillos, cada página brilla con calidez, cariño y la magia de la luz de la luna.

On the night before Epiphany, while Italy sleeps beneath a winter sky, small wishes begin to stir in children’s hearts. They are not loud or glittering wishes, but gentle hopes and timid dreams—the courage to try again, the wish to be kinder, the hope of believing a little more in oneself. That night, La Befana glides silently above the rooftops, gathering these wishes with a special lantern. Not to judge them, but to protect them, cherish them, and plant what is meant to grow.

Nella notte che precede la Pasqua, mentre il mondo riposa sotto un morbido cielo primaverile, qualcosa inizia silenziosamente a muoversi. Sotto la terra, minuscoli germogli si risvegliano—portando con sé speranze, pazienza e la promessa di nuovi inizi. Con l’avvicinarsi del mattino, questi piccoli germogli crescono senza farsi vedere, ricordando ai bambini che il cambiamento non avviene sempre in modo rumoroso o tutto insieme. A volte il coraggio cresce lentamente. La gentilezza mette radici con dolcezza. E la fiducia sboccia quando ci viene dato tempo e cura.

Una historia mágica y suave para dormir, que brilla con asombro y calidez. Cada noche, cuando el mundo se queda en silencio y los sueños comienzan a elevarse, la Guardiana de la Luna despierta. Con su linterna resplandeciente y sus alas plateadas, pule la luna, guía a las estrellas y vela con ternura la Tierra dormida. Desde el silencio de los cielos de medianoche hasta el primer rubor de la luz del amanecer, este libro invita a los niños a un mundo donde la bondad brilla y los pequeños actos de cuidado mantienen al universo encendido.

Imbarcati in un affascinante viaggio attraverso il cosmo con "Un Viaggio Attraverso le Meraviglie Delle Eclissi Solari", un libro illustrato per bambini che svela i misteri e le meraviglie di uno dei fenomeni più spettacolari della natura. Attraverso un linguaggio coinvolgente, facile da comprendere, e immagini vibranti, i bambini vengono introdotti ai concetti fondamentali delle eclissi solari, inclusi i ruoli del Sole, della Luna e della Terra nel creare questo evento celestiale.

Der Valentinstag beginnt wie jeder andere – bis die Karten wackeln, die Pralinen rollen und die Herzen plötzlich auf winzigen Papierfüßen davonflitzen. Als ein neugieriges Kind durch die Nachbarschaft hinterherjagt, geschieht etwas Überraschendes. Die ausgebüxten Valentinskarten verschwinden gar nicht. Stattdessen verteilen sie überall, wo sie hinkommen, Lächeln, Lachen und Freundlichkeit – sie landen in Taschen, schweben durch die Straßen und finden ihren Weg in wartende Hände.