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Jimmy Deane with an "e" is the quintessential orphan, surviving abandonment twice before his feet touch down in kindergarten with the help of his namesake, the late, great, James Byron Dean, and the quirky next-door neighbor, Gillis Lee Wainwright. Skolnick's novel is in turn, irreverent, funny, and sorrowful as she weaves a deft fable populated with a comic and tragic raft of colorful characters meant to be part cautionary tale for parents (and not just those within the adoption triad) and part social critique.

Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find where you truly belong . . . Most girls would kill to spend months traveling around Europe after college graduation with no responsibility, no parents, and no-limit credit cards. Kelsey Summers is no exception. She's having the time of her life...

Wolf realiza un viaje de vacaciones por Centroeuropa. En una de sus escalas adquiere un billete para visitar una ciudad a la que nadie ha ido en los últimos cincuenta años, Belvedere. Antes de llegar coincide con Berenice, una joven por la que se siente inmediatamente atraído. Sin embargo, cuando debe dirigirse a dicha ciudad, la muchacha desaparece. En Belvedere advierte que tanto los objetos como las personas allí existentes responden a leyes físicas diferentes a las que rigen el mundo que él conoce.

Eine einsame Insel. Eine mysteriöse Todesliste. Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Windumtost und abgelegen vor der rauen Küste der Normandie: Chausey, einst ein Versteck für Schmuggler und Piraten, ist Schauplatz einer rätselhaften Mordserie. Sie beginnt mit dem Fund einer Flaschenpost, die die Wellen an den Strand spülen. Der Inhalt: Eine Liste mit fünf Namen. Der Mann, der die Flaschenpost entdeckt, steht auch darauf - und stirbt qualvoll bei der Rückfahrt zum Festland.

In Vieux-Port regiert die Angst: Die Bewohner des Ortes fürchten einen alten Fluch, der ihnen den Tod in den Fluten der Seine voraussagt. Als es ein erstes Opfer gibt, bittet der Bürgermeister Nicolas Guerlain um Hilfe – aber der lehnt ab. Bis wieder eine Leiche auftaucht: Der Pfarrer ist qualvoll in einer Wanne voller Flusswasser ertrunken. Nicolas reist in die Normandie und streift rastlos durch die stillen Gassen von Vieux-Port. Krank vor Angst um seine Geliebte Julie, die in Paris des Mordes angeklagt wurde, kommt er lange nicht voran – bis es beinahe zu spät ist.

Bodyguard: Dieses Wort versucht ein sterbender Mann mit letzter Kraft in den Boden zu ritzen. Ein Wort, das zu Nicolas Guerlain führt, Personenschützer der französischen Regierung. Nicolas erkennt, dass es eine Verbindung gibt zu den Feierlichkeiten in der Normandie am 6. Juni, dem Tag der Alliierten-Landung. Für diesen Tag sind offenbar Anschläge geplant. Hilfe bekommt er ausgerechnet von Julie, seiner überraschend wiederaufgetauchten Partnerin. Doch kann er ihr noch trauen? Wer ist Freund, wer Feind? Es beginnt ein mörderischer Wettlauf mit der Zeit.

Lieutenant Walker Norton might be cynical, but he isn't a broken man - yet. Raised to understand the looming catastrophe of climate change, promised to a woman he doesn't love, he long ago decided to live a life of service to his country, family, and friends. It's enough - until he meets Avery Lightfoot and realizes he wants so much more.

When Win Lisle walked out on him five months ago, Angus McBride hardened his heart and committed to marrying a stranger to save Base Camp, the sustainable community he came to Montana to build. Now there's just over a month until his wedding, he knows he can never love his backup bride, Leslie, and Win has come back - pregnant with his baby. What's a Navy SEAL to do?

Ten years ago, in the middle of a natural disaster, Navy SEAL Greg Devon lost his heart to a young documentary film director, and when he found out she'd been put in charge of Base Camp, a reality television show, he jumped at the chance to participate. Now, he's in big trouble. If he doesn't marry in 40 days, the sustainable community he's helping to build will be bulldozed. And Renata Ludlow still barely knows he exists.

Anders Olsen has a big problem. When he joined forces with nine other Navy SEALs to build a model sustainable community, he didn't know he'd be filmed - or that the resulting television show would become a nationwide sensation. Now everyone's watching Base Camp, which means everyone's watching him. The show's rules dictate it's his turn to marry. Can he find a bride before someone exposes who he really is?

Twice Navy SEAL Curtis Lloyd has been ready to marry. Twice he's been left alone at the altar. So, when a bride crashes her car just outside Base Camp, in the biggest snowstorm this century, Curtis knows he has to get her and her bridesmaid to her wedding even if they have to walk the whole way. His motives aren't entirely selfless: He needs a bride, too, in order to save the sustainable community, he joined when he left the military, and feisty maid of honor Hope Martin is just the kind of woman he's looking for.

When Kai Green joined nine other Navy SEALs to build a sustainable community in Chance Creek, Montana, he never dreamed the day would come when he'd have to marry a woman sight unseen - or lose everything. Now he has to find a way to build a life with a perfect stranger - one who seems perfectly unqualified for happiness at Base Camp - or with him.

Navy SEAL Jericho Cook is living a lie. In order to save Base Camp, the sustainable community he's building with his friends in Chance Creek, Montana, he must marry in the next 40 days - and try for a family. But after the horrors he's witnessed, Jericho's sworn to never put himself in charge of a child he can't completely protect. At least he's found the perfect wife. Savannah is sexy, smart, talented - and far too busy pursuing a career as a concert pianist to ever want kids.

Navy SEAL Clay Pickett needs a wife, fast, or he'll lose the model sustainable community he and his friends came home to Chance Creek to build. He's got just the woman for the job in mind: sexy, sensitive Nora Ridgeway. Too bad she's not interested in rushing to the altar. When Nora leaves her job as a school teacher to open a Jane Austen Bed and Breakfast with her friends - and finally get a chance to write her novel - she's relieved to escape the escalating threats of violence from an unknown student stalker, and more than a little interested in the Navy SEAL who's after her heart

Navy SEAL Boone Rudman has six months to find a wife and get her pregnant or he'll lose his chance to win 1,500 acres of prime Montana ranch land. So when he discovers Riley Eaton living on his new ranch, all grown up from the tomboy she used to be, he decides she'll do for his bride - whether or not she's got other plans.

Change Your Day, Not Your Life offers a proven strategy to help you become energized at work. This audiobook is designed as a resource for work-life balance, a tool to help you increase productivity during the final two hours of work by up to 47 percent, content to fuel employee communication, and a curriculum that departments can use in weekly or monthly meetings to keep everyone working at their best.

Cici is ready for all her favorite camping activities! She has everything planned for the trip with her dad, her sister, and her friend Kendra. But with Cici's new fairy powers, nature has more in store for her than she'd expected. A campsite mix-up, stormy weather, and a forest sprite keep testing her good spirits. Can Cici come to see the magic in surprises, before their whole trip is ruined?

Cici has a lot to figure out. She's learning how to make friends. She's learning how to be a better big sister. Oh, and she's learning how to use her fairy powers! Things look easy for Kendra, a popular girl at Cici's school. So when Cici finds Kendra's lost doll, she uses her magic to play a trick: Change the doll, and Kendra changes, too! It's only a joke - but the changes could last forever if Cici doesn't learn to see the best in people.

A lot is changing for Cici. Her parents are separating, her wacky abuela is moving in, and on her 10th birthday, she wakes up with fairy wings! Cici's new magical powers let her see people as they truly are. But what she learns about her friends and family isn't always easy to accept. She has only one day to decide whether to keep her wings. When Cici wishes life could just be normal again, will she choose to believe in the power of fairies?

Millionaire Carl Whitfield has set his sights on small-town Chef Camila Torres, but she won't have him until he can prove he means to settle in Chance Creek for good. He's spent the last three years searching for the perfect ranch. She's spent the last three years keeping him at arms' length. Now, Carl will do anything to secure a spread - including siding with the Coopers in their ages-old feud with the Turners, a move that could make his dreams come true - or destroy them for good.