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In Calming the Storm: Navigating the Crises Facing the Catholic Church and Society, experienced Vatican journalist Diane Montagna conducts a wide-ranging and trenchant interview with Fr. Gerald E. Murray that examines the root causes, and potential solutions, to the many challenges the church faces today.

Can Lucy be healed before the twins are born with Eric on the hunt to release Morgan, and can Derek finally be at peace with his choice? Will all the paths be chosen or will it all collide and be lost?

Seven friends throw a 1920s–themed party, where it's all pretend—until one of them is murdered. One of Us Is Lying meets Knives Out in this glamorous locked-room mystery. "A can't miss for mystery fans." —Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and The...

The decision to write this book was driven by a dual compulsion that compelled me in two directions. The process of the work I worked through to create an environment in which women were being held to ransom made me realize that I needed to examine what was wrong with women in our society and what we were doing wrong to create what everyone was doing right.

Recently widowed Odessa Jones is sure the exclusive catering job she's scored from wealthy businessman Casey Osborne will propel her catering career into the big leagues. So when Dessa's pesky second sight warns her that Osborne is bad news, she ignores it. She wishes she hadn't when he drops dead at his brunch after sampling her homemade preserves. Osborne's death is declared a homicide. Dessa and the friends who helped her cook are considered suspects . . .

“I wish there were something I could do to ease the pain.” How often do women see a friend in distress or crisis, but feel helpless to really make a difference? Hopelifter:Creative Ways to Spread Hope When Life Hurts takes the mystery out of how to be the hands and feet of Jesus to anyone in...

On an August night in 1893, the deadliest hurricane in South Carolina history struck the Lowcountry, killing thousands—almost all African American. But the devastating storm is only the beginning of this story. The hurricane's long effects intermingled with ongoing processes of economic downturn, racial oppression, resistance, and environmental change. In the Lowcountry, the political, economic, and social conditions of Jim Crow were inextricable from its environmental dimensions.

Volume 2 of this amusing, playful tale focuses on Boughta Otter, a social butterfly and budding social media influencer who desires fame and fortune. She eagerly acquires and spends cash as fast as she can to gain clout and followers, and although the climb is slow and tedious, she eventually and successfully builds her brand.

Die Nautilus liegt noch immer auf dem seltsamen Wüstenplanten. Die verbliebene Besatzung entschließt sich zu einer Erkundungsmission und trifft auf merkwürdig vertraut wirkende Bewohner und eine uralte Stadt. Doch schnell wird klar, dass dort eine tödliche Bedrohung lauert.

LONGLISTED FOR THE TORONTO BOOK AWARDS “Powerful and unrelenting prose.... I loved this book.” —Reema Patel, author of Such Big Dreams Gorgeous and compelling, The Afterpains is a heartbreaking portrait of two families trying to cope with grief, isolation, and living far from one's...

In March 2020 the Prime Minister told Mrs V to shield for 12 weeks. Then for a bit longer. And just a little bit longer. No cuddles, no snogging, no tasting other people's cocktails to see if they were nicer than hers; pick a spot and stay put. This was bad news for everyone, except possibly the ice cream industry. Mrs V immediately laid claim to the dining room and created her little slice of self-isolation. From her perch in Covid Corner, she blogged about the daily ups and downs of family life in lockdown, keeping her readers laughing as the world got weirder.

Die 17-jährige Erin besitzt die Gabe, Noctua zu sehen. Dämonenartige Wesen, die über Leylinien auf die Erde gelangen, und deren Welt nur durch menschliche Angst existiert. Eines Nachts steht wider Erwarten Callahan vor ihr - Erins erste große Liebe, die vor Jahren ohne ein Wort verschwand. Auf einmal ändert sich alles. Denn Cal gehört zu den Alpha, dem höchsten Rang der Noctua, und er möchte sie zurückgewinnen. Plötzlich sieht sich Erin nicht nur mit unerwartet verwirrenden Gefühlen konfrontiert.

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LUCÍA es una joven maestra que está por casarse con el hijo de una de las familias más poderosas de Querétaro.

CECILIA se ha dedicado durante años a crear la familia ideal.

MIMÍ acaba de reincorporarse a su trabajo como policía tras un feliz embarazo.

Las tres creen tener una vida perfecta, pero eso está a punto de cambiar.

Long before the global #metoo movement, Diane Demetre was dramatically sacked by her producer for apparently being "too fat" after she refused his sexual advances. She took him to court, and the ensuing court cases for wrongful dismissal became some of the highest-profile cases in Australia in the 1980s.

Written by a true rags-to-riches figure who constructed her own road to success, Win When They Say You Won't proves that aspiring women leaders don't have to wait for change to come from above to build the career of their dreams. In this book, Daphne E. Jones outlines the strategies she used to succeed, as a woman in a white male dominated STEM field, and taught to hundreds of women to help them advance, even in seemingly impossible situations. Now, she makes her methodology available to you.

Isobel McEwan has been beholden to her chief for eight years—ever since he took her in and gave her a home after her parents died. So when he asks her to marry a rival laird to aid the clans in finding peace, she has little choice but to agree to his request. The only problem: She’s desperately in love with another man.

A Life Long Spiritual Walk as a Friend of Bill W. is a tribute to her formative years, being around her grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, mom and dad, and all her loving animals. She has Native roots in Canada with the Blood tribe and in Montana with the Blackfeet tribe, all of which contribute to the woman she is. She attributes the beginnings of her walk to being led to the doors of Alcoholics Anonymous on her most vulnerable and most teachable day, that being the day she began to hear for the first time in a long time. The rest of the journey speaks for itself.

Volume 1 focuses on Oughta Otter, an academic star who has never failed in her life. To guarantee her continued success, she craves the support and wisdom of a powerful mentor, lands a job with a tech entrepreneur, but struggles when her values don't align with her work. She aimlessly drifts, makes additional (even criminal) mistakes, and hits her own rock bottom.

Das Raumschiff Odyssee ist in die Tiefen des Alls aufgebrochen. Dort stößt die Crew des Schiffs auf ein Volk, das sich die Dematheaner nennt. Zunächst stellt sich der Erstkontakt als ausgesprochen freundlich und aufgeschlossen dar. Doch schon bald kommt es zu einem Konflikt und ein Mannschaftsmitglied der Menschen wird von den Fremden festgesetzt. Schnell wird Captain O’Neill mit Forderungen nach einer gewaltsamen Befreiung konfrontiert und die menschliche Besatzung läuft Gefahr, die fatale Geschichte der Menschheit auch im All fortzusetzen.

In this love letter to reading, curated by Pandora Sykes in aid of the National Literacy Trust, bestselling and beloved writers share their favourite books: the ones they hold most dearly, that they return to time and again and that helped make them the writers they are.