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This program features multicast narration. “I read everything Ivy Pochoda writes. Her capture of the complexities, diversities, and insanities of today’s life and culture is next to none. I loved Sing Her Down. The world will too.” —Michael Connelly, author of Desert Star No Country for...

Whichever Way the Wind Blows is an eclectic collection of poems to be enjoyed by the young and the young at heart. Haiku, an ancient Japanese form of poetry, is also included. While the poems embrace both fictional and non-fictional situations, along with the laughter there are a few lessons to be learned.

In the last few years, as identity politics has taken hold, middle-aged women have found themselves talked and written about as morally inferior beings, the face of bigotry, entitlement and selfishness, to be ignored, pitied or abused. Hags asks the question why these women are treated with such active disdain. Each chapter takes a different theme - care work, beauty, violence, political organization, sex - and explores it in relation to middle-aged women's beliefs, bodies and choices.

Two strangers meet at Waterloo station at Christmas. It's a moment they'll never forget... Nicola is a star in her professional life, but her personal life is a disaster. Her office affair has run its course, and the last thing she wants to think about is Christmas. A night of cancelled trains and festive carols at Waterloo Station is the last straw... Dmitri loves conducting his pop-up choir during the festive season, meeting people, and spreading joy and cheer around London. But he carries deep secrets from his past that robbed him of his dream to become a concert pianist.

Mortician Tennessee England lives to honor the dead. But a slow season means she’s back freelancing as a party planner. Doctor Phillip Saint James warns the stress might worsen her cerebral aneurysm, causing all sorts of mystifying symptoms. To her disgust, he’s right. She’s been hallucinating a sexy ghost samurai all damn day. Or has she? His icy touch on the nape of her neck feels awfully real! So do his dire warnings that she must choose a side: mortal or immortal.

To say that it was love at first sight for Leo and Lila would be an understatement. After a chance meeting in a tiny bookstore in midtown Manhattan, their lives were on the fast track to happiness. Their romantic life is wonderful until the reality of marriage sets in.

As Arron and Jasmine decide to find where the rogues went, they set out on what they think is a simple adventure. Jasmine must learn to trust her rogue half if she is going to be able to come out of this unscathed.

Cemetery Boys meets The Haunting of Bly Manor in this spellbinding debut! Alex Crespo’s queer haunted house mystery is equal parts spine-tingling thrills, a celebration of found family, and must-read for paranormal romance fans. For Jaime, returning to the tiny Vermont town of Saint Juniper...

Emily leaves behind a life in New York. She moves to a small city in Montana, searching for a new life. What she doesn't expect is falling for two guys. An old family feud between the families has kept Tom and Darven at odds with each other. Emily must learn who to trust with her heart, as her hidden past comes back into her life.

The Great Sanctuary of Ceres is at a crossroads. The Barrier is failing, Vampires are hunting innocent Aura, and the Ruling Council is in shambles. It is now up to the High Magistrate, Disrayan Centaurus, to diffuse the tension that threatens to implode everything the Aura ever stood for. However, the solution to her problems is also the man she swore never to trust again.

Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time. She's hoping that spending time in Mexico will help her unlock memories of the too-brief time they spent together. While in Mexico, Paloma meets Lizzie and Gael, who present her with an irresistible challenge: The siblings want her to help them find a valuable ring that once belonged to beloved Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Finding the ring means a big reward—and the thanks of all Mexico. But the brother and sister have a secret. Do they really want to return the ring?

The surviving members of Aura Society are struggling with the transition to the human world. Zarovia Monoceros has a plan that could smooth the way, but before she can fulfill her destiny as Zenith, she needs to deal with the handsome distraction under her own roof.

From an Ant Hill Springs a Mountain is a wonderful collection of fresh new poems that will bring about laughter and even wonderment. And to add more variety, this time the author has included some original limericks.

This is the remarkable true story of Emma, a fragile young woman, and her tenacious therapist. The story describes the unconventional approaches taken by the psychologist to invite her client to recover and eventually thrive. Overcoming intimately explores the therapeutic process from the perspective of both the client and the therapist. Emma's personal notes and letters to Dr. Bowers gives the listener a unique perspective into the minds of both therapist and client. Emma had to overcome a tragic childhood, and Dr. Bowers had to overcome self-doubt, frustration, and convention.

La licenciada Magdalena Reyes Puig nos presenta la filosofía como algo práctico y concreto, que contribuye a la resolución de problemas.

Ein Transporter ist in der Südtiroler Kurstadt Meran in ein belebtes Straßencafé gerast. Es gibt Verletzte, der Fahrer flieht: ein Anschlag! Capo Commissario Sonja Schwarz steht vor einigen Rätseln: Wer ist der Mann? Auf wen hatte er es abgesehen? Wo versteckt er sich nun? Gleichzeitig nimmt ein undurchsichtiger Gast Sonjas Weingut allzu genau unter die Lupe – ist sie selbst in Gefahr? Der aktuelle Kriminalroman zur erfolgreichen TV-Reihe mit über 7 Millionen Zuschauer:innen pro Folge.

Legend says that in the dawn of time, Prometheus created two beings. First were the humans, and he gave them fire. Then he breathed life into the Viscerebus, giving them superhuman abilities and the power to shape-shift. Anza is an Erdia, a half-human, half-Viscerebus longing for a life of simple freedom. She leaves behind her privileged but restricted secret life to go after what she wants: to make friends and live openly as a human away from her Viscerebus family. Veren is a young Viscerebus warrior with something to prove and a path to follow. He is tasked to bring Anza back safely.

Una familia colombiana se exilia en Madrid, ciudad hasta entonces completamente desconocida para ellos, allá en los difíciles comienzos de los años ´90. Con la madre como narradora y sostén de un hogar que debe inventarse prácticamente de cero, la novela recorre esperanzas y golpes que atraviesa este grupo familiar.

Lily needs a job before she is kicked out of her apartment. Seeing an ad in the paper, she decides to call and see where it will go. Tony has been working at the circus for a long time, always a loner, until he sees Lily talking to the owner. Once Lily looks his way, Tony decides that she is the one for him. Lily is interested in Tony, but once he has her in his sights, she doesn't know what she is in for or who he really is. Louis is brought in to help Lily with a new show. Louis is always by Lily's side. Will Lily go with Tony, or will she fall for Louis?

Allie Velasco wants to be a trailblazer. A trendsetter. A winner. Everyone in her family is special in some way—her younger sister is a rising TV star; her brother is a soccer prodigy; her great-grandfather is a Congressional Medal of Honor winner. With a family like this, Allie knows she has to make her mark or risk being left behind. When a prestigious school contest is announced, Allie has the perfect opportunity. There's just one small snag: her biggest competition is also her ex-best friend, Sara. Can Allie take top prize and win back a friend, or is she destined to lose it all?