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When you’re a cog in a cycle of generational trauma, how do you disrupt harmful patterns and build your own? How do you become a healthy mom when you never had one? In Mother Trauma, Emily Bowers shares her story to reveal the truth about emotional abuse and its lifelong impact on survivors. She reveals the steps she’s taken to heal old wounds, learn self-love, and grow into the mother she wanted and needed as a child. You can learn from trauma rather than live in it, but you need hope, healing, and compassion—from others and yourself.

Detective Sean Trann believed that no matter the case, he could always depend on his team. But the Spider murders have taken a turn that no one saw coming. Because of this, those around Sean have changed completely. One has given up. One lives in denial. One has been lost. One remains in hiding. And one has betrayed them all. A secret about the Spider killer has been revealed, but Sean is the only one who knows about it. With his team scattered and broken, who can he turn to with this damning knowledge? Or should he reveal the secret at all?

When the Weeper cries, men die, and that is the way it's been for years. However, Maera knows better, and she's determined to venture deep into the Weeper's territory and reclaim what is hers. Ember's dreams of bringing her metal man, Julian, to life have never come true...until one unexpected night. Now Julian must find a way to become human before his time runs out. Raselle's wish of returning home to her parents is nothing more than a child's dream. With her captor's spell heavy on her, she's nearly given up hope of ever leaving her tower.

Ein zauberhaftes Märchenfilm-Musical von Rolf Kauka mit Musik von Peter Thomas.

Set in Rome, Chicago, and Anchorage and spanning thirty years, The Book of Timothy: The Devil, My Brother, and Me recounts in lyric movements a sister’s journey, partly through trickery, but eventually through truth, to gain a long-absent admission from the priest who abused her brother. While on that journey, Nockels Wilson confronts not only the priest, but her personal quest for vengeance. She further seeks an understanding of how the first Book of Timothy, the alleged work of St. Paul, contributed to the silencing of women in her once loved Catholic Church.

I dream of waking up and being someone else - my hair, my eyes, even my voice, completely different - and each time I go to the mirror to check my reflection, to see what I look like, I’m her. Every time. Her. It’s her reflection that stares back at me, but I’m the one who controls it. I’m in control, and that’s exactly why it feels so good. I control her and what happens to me; I control both lives - mine and hers - and I have what I want the most: her looks, her status, her marriage. There’s nothing left of me, and only I know the secret.

High Mistress Talia is a hell-raising socialite with a murky past. But she has a bright future. Beautiful, rich, and a virtuoso harpist, she’s betrothed to the Count of Brecht. In short, she has it all. Or so it would seem. Marla Holst is the new lady’s maid, but never has the "help" been so unhelpful. Marla, real name Mist, has only one mission: to stop the high mistress’ marriage. By any means necessary. But complications abound. And all the nobility want to do is duel. Meanwhile, the highlight of the season, a recital of the famous "Cursed Symphony", draws ever closer.

Special Agent Sam Jameson doesn’t pay much attention to the crackpots and goofballs with their shrill economic doomsday predictions…until their dire conjecture comes shockingly true. With the global financial system in ruins and a worldwide social meltdown crashing down around her, Sam must win a desperate race to prevent a disastrous consolidation of power into the hands of a shadowy and ruthless international cabal. Will an unrepentant computer hacker's brazen heist and a thin trail of cryptic clues hold the key to Sam’s survival?

A thrilling mystery packed with adventure, secrets, and high-stakes danger! A boy with a cutting-edge brain implant and a reclusive girl training to be a spy must outsmart school bullies and take on a sinister corporation that’s hacking minds. "Original, exciting, and chock-full of mysteries...

In the mid-1800s, at the encouragement of a dear friend, Emily Dickinson began writing poetry. Fewer than 12 of her poems were published while she was alive. The hundreds of poems for which Emily is known and celebrated today were almost lost at the hands of her sister, who was only fulfilling her dying sibling's wish.

Nick Carraway is expecting a normal life. He has a steady, if boring, job and a modest home. He even has some family nearby. But there's one thing he didn't plan for - his neighbor, the mysterious Jay Gatsby. Gatsby hosts lavish parties, while rumors about his sordid past fill the air. After attending an infamous Gatsby bash, Nick is pulled into love triangles, destructive wealth, secrets, and far too much champagne. Join Nick on a journey through art deco decay.

Trials are supposed to be the last step for a criminal. Cops catch them; the law books them. But every police officer knows that's not always the case. Detective Sean Trann couldn't wait to put the Spider murders behind him. The strain of the trial brought some of the people in his life closer together, others now at each other's throats.

When refugee Guyen arrives in the land of his enemy, he knows he will fight, but soon falls down a well of wonder and improbability as a mysterious power invades him. And when his brother falls ill to the same deadly force, he will only save him if he can master his newfound abilities.

In the last volume of the Fourth Talisman series, the worlds of the living and the dead collide in a final confrontation that will leave Nocturne and Solis forever changed...Three talismans adrift. Two mad kings. One poisonous crown. As dark forces gather at the Rock of Ariamazes in Samarqand, Nazafareen discovers that there are worse places than the afterlife. The twisted creature pulling the Vatras’ strings is holed up in the deepest level of the Dominion - and only she has the power to follow him there, though at the potential cost of her own soul.

In the fourth volume of The Fourth Talisman series, Nazafareen risks everything on a desperate gamble to stop the Vatras, once and for all. Determined to confront Culach and make amends, Nazafareen goes to Val Moraine, setting off a chain of events that ultimately leads her deep into the perilous wasteland called the Kiln and the faceless enemy waiting there. But the ancient hatred that shattered the world a millennium before is stronger and far more devious than she and her companions imagine. Is the Viper truly dead? And can Nazafareen triumph without facing her own heart's darkness?

On the White Sea, realm of smashers and sea monsters, a ship is carrying Nazafareen and Darius to the Isles of the Marakai, where the wise woman Sakhet-ra-katme has guarded the secret of the talismans for centuries. But another is searching, too - a daeva born in the brutal prison of the Kiln, who plans to use the talismans to free the Vatras and their mad king.

Detective Sean Trann hates trials. They are his least favorite part of putting a criminal behind bars. But he’s looking forward to the trial of the serial killer they’d named “Spider.” However, once the testimonies begin, the witnesses’ cryptic words start to wreak havoc in Sean’s life. Without knowing who to trust, how can he keep himself, and those he cares about, from Spider’s extensive influence?

Poetry about love. Stories about sad, beautiful love.

World War II - A major moment in time! The greatest in history. Britain is fighting for its life! Every man is needed to fight on the frontline. Lo and behold and against all odds - British women had to take over all of the men's jobs at home - to provide food, wood, artillery, build ships, work in factories, drive 18 wheelers, plus provide protection for their children and elderly. All things they never imagined doing, but they did and helped save their country. These are the stories of the Scottish women who took over these jobs.

Roger and Ann Jacobson live in the gentle countryside of Massachusetts. Roger owns a successful accounting firm. He is demanding and domineering, attempting to control Ann's every move. Ann is a columnist at their local newspaper. Roger’s chief accountant, James Talbot, knows his ways with the ladies. Jim is rumored to be involved in a scandalous relationship with the wife of one of the firm’s biggest clients, Mr. Rathburn.