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A young girl lies huddled in a cardboard box, shrinking away from the social workers who have come to rescue her from a homeless camp. She doesn’t speak, and affection seems alien to her as she has no apparent ties to anyone.

There is a path to learn how to be one of those "normal" eaters—and this book explains how to get there. Jenn Hand, who has inspired thousands of women through her blog and podcast, outlines how to overcome binge eating, how to find freedom from dieting, and how to, finally, make peace with food. With practical and actionable steps, she offers personal stories, simple strategies, and reassuring words to help you end the diet-binge cycle forever.

It’s time to stop second-guessing yourself and start building the qualities that will make you an authentic, amazing leader. In the past century, women have scaled new heights in the workplace. From working as clerks and secretaries in the 1950s, women today are now holding top positions in the world’s largest corporations. Yet, women remain vastly underrepresented in leadership roles, making up only five percent of Fortune 500 CEOs, and 10 percent of top management positions in S&P 1500 companies, despite accounting for 47 percent of the labor workforce.

The Sawyers have had much success with their elite lifestyle club in Tampa, and they’ve decided to invest in a second one. While members of the Trident Security family and the Covenant will be coming to visit, the resort will have its own staff and many new members and clients.

Rory Patterson is a ghost haunted by his past, and he’s in no hurry to leave the moor. Since The 79 are the only real family he’s known, he’s pledged his loyalty to them. But the wee witch has a different plan and gives him two days of mortality in which to complete a quest.

Professor van Dusen ist im Rahmen seiner Weltreise in Marrakesch angelangt und hofft, hier ein paar ruhige Tage verleben zu können. Doch es kommt alles anders. Ein alter Bekannter lädt den Professor und seinen treuen Begleiter Hutchinson Hatch zu einer abendlichen Séance ein. Der Auftakt zu einer bizarren Selbstmordserie unter den Teilnehmern der Geisterbeschwörung. Sind tatsächlich übernatürliche Kräfte am Werk, die Menschen in den Tod treiben? Die Denkmaschine hegt große Zweifel an dieser These und nimmt die Ermittlungen auf.

Mila Stevens is on the run from Levi Martin, an old boyfriend. He and Doctor Paul Khalen are determined to lock Mila up for life in a local psychiatric hospital.

Midlife Emergence is a revelatory memoir and an inviting guidebook; it is a compassionate companion that belongs in the collection of every woman who finds herself burning to reclaim powerful parts of herself that social conditioning locked away. Midlife doesn’t need to be a crisis or an emergency—rather, it’s an emergence, an opportunity to make those beautiful, unexpressed facets shamelessly visible.

Phoebe and Suze used to be closer than sisters. Growing up in a quiet and wildly beautiful coastal town in Oregon, they shared everything. Until the secrets they couldn’t share threatened their bond and complicated their lives. Now, decades later, Suze, a famous actress desperate for safe haven following a brutal attack, is back in town. Phoebe, a successful illustrator and fabric designer, has discovered keeping a secret means she can’t let anyone get close, aside from her beloved granddaughter, Jasmine.

Someone is trying to kill Death. As in the Grim Reaper, San La Muerte, King Yama, Maveth, Death. Yeah, that guy. But if Death dies, who takes his place? That is the eternal question. Maine is hoping to avoid finding out the answer. She and Noff have taken on the harbinger of souls as their client, vowing to protect him as he competes in The Conjuring—the high stakes card game played by supernatural beings. Death is the reigning champion, and he has everything to lose.

This feel-good, comprehensive exploration of the profound bond between humans and dogs from Jen Golbeck, the “internet’s dog mom” behind the massive social media platform The Golden Ratio, and award-winning science writer Stacey Colino “will bring something magical and meaningful into...

Giftmord in Genf! Das Opfer: Der Sekretär eines britischen Diplomaten, der wichtige Akten bei sich trug. Diese geheimen Papiere sind spurlos verschwunden. Plötzlich interessieren sich Agenten aller Lager für den Fall: sowohl Sowjets, als auch Briten und Amerikaner. Verdächtige gibt es genug und dann gibt es plötzlich einen weiteren Mord! Der Schweizer Schriftsteller Friedrich Glauser (1896-1938) schuf mit seinem Wachtmeister Studer einen der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Ermittler, quasi den Schweizer Maigret.

Was ist eigentlich „normal“? Eine Frage, die sich wohl nie wirklich wird beantworten lassen. In Carson McCullers Roman „Spiegelbild im goldnen Auge“ sprengen jedenfalls alle Beteiligten die Grenzen einer rigiden, vermeintlichen „Normalität“. Ehebruch, Homosexualität, erotische Obsessionen, psychische Probleme, selbst das einfach nur anders sein als die anderen – nichts davon darf sein im streng reglementierten Mikrokosmos einer Garnison in den Südstaaten der USA.

„The Traitor“ gehört zu einer Erzählreihe, zu der W. Somerset Maugham durch eigene Erfahrungen im Dienst des britischen Intelligence Departments inspiriert wurde. Der 1928 erscheinen Band „Ashenden or the British Agent“ versammelt neben dem „Verräter“ noch 13 weitere Spionageabenteuer seines Protagonisten Ashenden, der, wie Maugham selbst, eigentlich Schriftsteller ist.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes the third and final book in the “cheerful” (The New York Times Book Review) and “charming” (People) trilogy about friendship, adventure, and celebrating your true self. Alice Mayfair, Millie Maximus, Jessica Jarvis, and...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes “a zippy rom-com with genuine heart and soul” (People) about love, family, friendship, secrets, and one woman’s life-changing journey. Thirty-three-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs...

8In her fourth collection, Tina Jordan weaves a spell of intrigue and emotion for the listener as she spins her way through moments of love, loss and hope. From harrowing tales of love lost to the darkness to brief encounters with emanations from a poet's heart, Ms. Jordan paints a rich landscape of sentiment for the listener to savor.

As long-buried memories from his hidden past begin to resurface, Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny feel compelled to return to the small country town where Ishmael crash-landed in 1963; the place where his memories began. Norton Hedley is no ordinary town. Apparitions, sudden disappearances, sightings of unusual beasts: For centuries, the place has been plagued by a series of inexplicable events. Ishmael’s first task is to track down local author Vincent Smith, the one man he believes may have some answers. Ishmael and Penny aren’t the only ones seeking the mysterious Mr. Smith.

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An unflinching yet hopeful story of a girl who discovers she cannot fully value life without accepting the realities of death. Eighteen-year-old Del is in a healthier place than she was a year and a half ago: She’s sober, getting treatment for her depression and anxiety, and volunteering at a...