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In 1898, a group of schoolboys in Bridgeport, Connecticut, discovered gruesome packages under a bridge holding the dismembered remains of a young woman. Finding that the dead woman had just undergone an abortion, prosecutors raced to establish her identity and fix blame for her death. Suspicion fell on Nancy Guilford, half of a married pair of “doctors” well known to police throughout New England. A fascinated public followed the suspect’s flight from justice, as many rooted for the fugitive.

Why are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating alongside perfect strangers in a loud and crowded room to be an enjoyable pastime? To find the answer, Rebecca Spang takes us back to France in the eighteenth century, when a restaurant was not a place to eat but a quasi-medicinal bouillon not unlike the bone broths of today.

It’s been said that at the core of every legend lies a seed of truth. For four American tourists vacationing in Greece, this is a lesson learned the hard way. When the group sets out to find a subterranean pool that’s rumored to be the one by which the demi-god Narcissus once wasted away in self-obsession, what started as a fun excursion quickly escalates into a full-blown nightmare.

From the author of Kings of Broken Things and In Our Other Lives comes a provocative and stylish literary noir about two female war correspondents whose fates intertwine in Europe. Paris, 1938. Two women meet: Mielle, a shy pacifist and shunned Mennonite who struggles to fit in with the elite...

Als Thyra König Opfer eines Überfalls wird, hat es der Täter nicht auf Wertsachen, sondern auf ihre Fähigkeiten als investigative Journalistin abgesehen. Der Unbekannte flüstert ihr eine geheimnisvolle Botschaft zu, in der es um die Seelen verlorener Kinder geht, die sich in größter Gefahr befinden. Thyras Recherchen bringen sie auf die Spur einer mystischen und gefährlichen Sekte. In einem legendären Berliner Technoclub will sie eine Informantin treffen, um mehr über die Hintergründe dieser Gemeinde zu erfahren.

Ein epochales Forscherinnenleben - und der Alltag einer Mutter von vier Kindern. Kopenhagen, 1948: Maries kleiner Sohn Peder ist noch ein Baby, der Gedanke, ihn für viele Monate zu verlassen, schmerzt. Aber Marie muss fort, sie wird auf einer strapaziösen Expedition Beweise suchen für ihre These, dass die Kontinente ursprünglich einmal zusammenhingen. Pangäa ist ihr Lebenszweck, von nichts und niemandem lässt sie sich einschränken. Sie ist Forscherin, verheiratet und hat vier Kinder.

Les Vagues, das Strandhaus an der französischen Atlantikküste und zweites Zuhause für die 74-jährige Ada, droht bei einem der nächsten Herbststürme ins Meer zu kippen. Einmal noch möchte Ada ein rauschendes Sommerfest feiern, in Gedenken an ihren Mann, den berühmten Maler Leo Kwant, mit den drei gemeinsamen Töchtern und allen Freunden von früher. Als ihre Töchter mit eigenen Sorgen anreisen, kommt ans Licht, was Ada all die Jahre vor ihnen verheimlicht hat.

Warsaw, 1939. Poland is on the brink of war, and for Anna Nowak, life will never be the same again. Her brother, Lech, is called up to fight as an officer in the Polish army. He expects to be home in a matter of weeks, but it will be many years and a journey of thousands of miles before he can be reunited with those he loves. Anna's younger brother, Jan, dreams of being a soldier too. But his dreams turn into nightmares when the Germans invade and his best friend is incarcerated within the ghetto.

Are you interested in living a more authentic and adventurous life? Would you like to be inspired by incredible outdoor adventures around New Zealand? Instead of making excuses for missing out, are you ready for experiences that will enrich your life? If so, this audiobook is for you.

In the late 1960s, Patsy Channing, a stunningly beautiful young woman, was suspended from the venerable Mississippi State College for Women for breach of conduct. The resulting scandal reached all the way to the Columbus courthouse, and the press ate it up. But Patsy's story starts long before that, living with a preoccupied and troubled mother in Memphis, Tennessee. Music becomes her ticket out and a vehicle for the one thing she covets most—a chance to be crowned Miss America. In Confessions of a Southern Beauty Queen, Julie Hines Mabus provides a peek into that world.

Josephine is obsessed. Or possessed—by unrequited love for a younger man who doesn't promise anything, but who gives her a taste of intimacy that puts her on the brink of losing her mind. Oscillating between her elusive lover and her older former partner, stuck in the hell that is working in a cubicle, and obliged to tend to her destructive, senile mother, Josephine is trapped. After a work assignment promises to deliver distraction, Josephine makes a decision to visit a former quarantine island in the Adriatic Sea, where she meets an enigmatic, beautiful man with a haunting story.

El accidente que se llevó a su amiga Rachel y que la condenó con solo diecisiete años continúa convirtiendo la vida de Pearl Bennett en un infierno. Sobrevivir al pasado y a las cicatrices fue un reto que creía haber superado, pero el regreso de JJ Tacher a Lakewood destapa sentimientos de rencor y venganza que demuestran lo frágil que es la burbuja que la ha ocultado durante diez años.

Vereint durch die Liebe zur Natur. München, 1976: Minze, Vanille und Rosenholz... Für Eva ist die Welt voller Gerüche - und diese sind für sie die Basis aller Gefühle. Besonders Pflanzen und deren heilende Wirkung begeistern sie. Ein Pharmazie-Studium scheint genau das Richtige für Eva zu sein, und sie sich voller Neugier in das wilde, freie Schwabinger Studentenleben. Doch dann findet Eva etwas heraus, das ihre ganze Welt infrage stellt.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces a bold new heroine—and her search-and-rescue dog—as Kira Drake begins an international search for an elusive killer. Kira Drake has come to Paris with her highly trained Golden Retriever, Mack, to investigate the horrific bombing...

Conn Whitman’s long-distance swims keep him centered and sane—until a terrifying underwater encounter in a woodland lake plunges him into the middle of a murder investigation. Once a superstar investigative reporter, disgraced by misconduct, Conn returned to his Vermont hometown to put his life back together. Now, after ten years on the job, he knows his community like nobody else. So, when he kicks a submerged object while swimming—something with the density and resilience of human flesh—he immediately wonders if it’s connected to an unsolved murder in a nearby town.

At a time when civilian periodicals faced strict censorship, the army’s chief of staff George Marshall won the support of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to create an expansive troop-newspaper program. Both Marshall and FDR recognized that there was a second struggle taking place outside the battlefields of World War II—the war of words. While Hitler inundated the globe with propaganda, morale across the US Army dwindled. As the Axis blurred the lines between truth and fiction, the best defense was for American troops to bring the truth into focus by writing it down.

We are at the threshold of the new roaring twenties—a resurgent era of technology-driven advancement with greater financial equality and economic expansion. Not unlike the famed decade of the previous century, our next ten years will be filled with striking cultural shifts, new challenges, and, ultimately, abundant financial opportunities. Paul Zane Pilzer sees a better world on the horizon. In The New Roaring Twenties, he imparts inspiration and a new template for escaping the shadow of a global pandemic, with all its fallout, and stepping into the resplendent possibilities of the future.

The Trebors are in more danger than ever before. The tribe is divided, Mt. Bor spits fire as its caverns boil, and the Borian Sea holds a secret of its own. When the malpeds flew away with seeds from the great tree, scouts are sent to retrieve them, but the power of the seeds is so great they grow immediately into a field of fledgling trees. Within days, the tribe is divided between those seeking a new way of life in the field nestled at the foot of Mt. Bor, and those choosing to stay with the great tree.

Stunning, stubborn, and independent, Philadelphia Fox lost her best friend because of the fabulously rich and powerful Lightfoot family of Washington state. Now she's got her friend's controlling shares in Lightfoot Industries—an inheritance that brings Nick, the family's prodigal and supremely attractive son, knocking at her door.

Peace reigns in the Land of Bori. Growth springs from the earth as the great tree pushes its power through its mighty roots. But there's a noise at the edge of the forest. It darts into the dark. A voice calls to the Trebors. Come and play with us. Come and play with us. But when Ebert decides to follow what lurks in the forest, he has an unexpected encounter. The malpeds have returned. Pitter pat. Pitter pat. Their tiny legs run their rhythm. Pitter pat. Pitter pat. Look what we can do, they say. We are changed, they say. Can this be true?