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This title also appears as a novella in the collection “Lord John and the Hand of Devils.” New York Times best-selling author Diana Gabaldon, beloved for her immensely popular Outlander series, crafted this fast-paced tale of intrigue when asked to contribute to an anthology honoring the late, great Ellis Peters. Outlander supporting player Lord John Grey investigates the death of a red-haired man only to become mixed up in the affairs of Sir Francis Dashwood and his notorious Hellfire Club. And as Lord John digs further, his life becomes threatened.

Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring outside the lines of the conventional notion of beauty. In Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty, she shares the wisdom she’s accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon. This is a book only Diane Keaton could write - a smart and funny chronicle of the ups and downs of living and working in a world obsessed with beauty.

England, 1819. When the man she can’t forget reappears at her betrothal ball, Lady Katherine Granfield’s perfectly arranged future is thrown into tumult. Although she’s set to wed Society’s most eligible bachelor, Kat secretly yearns for her childhood love, an untitled loner who vanished long ago after her father forbade their marriage.

Mirabella can hardly remember the man she married as a girl to settle a gaming debt between their fathers. And it’s just as well. She feels nothing but contempt for the man who wed her for her fortune and promptly forgot she existed. The ton may call him “The Saint” but Bella knows better.

The ways that statisticians and governments measure the economy were developed in the 1940s, when the urgent economic problems were entirely different from those of today. In The Measure of Progress, Diane Coyle argues that the framework underpinning today's economic statistics is so outdated that it functions as a distorting lens, or even a set of blinkers. When policymakers rely on such an antiquated conceptual tool, how can they measure, understand, and respond with any precision to what is happening in today's digital economy?

Most companies developing software employ something they call "Agile." But there's widespread misunderstanding of what Agile is and how to use it. If you want to improve your software development team's agility, this comprehensive guidebook's clear, concrete, and detailed guidance explains what to do and why, and when to make trade-offs.

Recién acabada la Segunda Guerra Mundial, una joven pareja se reúne por fin para pasar sus vacaciones en Escocia. Una tarde, cuando pasea sola por la pradera, Claire se acerca a un círculo de piedras antiquísimas y cae de pronto en un extraño trance. Al volver en sí se encuentra con un panorama desconcertante: el mundo moderno ha desaparecido, ahora la rodea la Escocia de 1734, con sus clanes beligerantes y supersticiosos, hombres y mujeres rudos, a veces violentos, pero con una capacidad de vivir y de amar como Claire jamás había experimentado en su anterior vida.

You're not here to age quietly—and this podcast refuses to let you. Hosted by clinical pharmacist, tango dancer, and ageless confidence expert Diana Devi, this show is for women over 50 who are done with the beige version of aging and ready to live with boldness, energy, and soul. Each episode blends science, movement, mindset, and a touch of magic to help you reclaim your vitality, confidence, and joy—without chasing youth or counting calories. Expect honest conversations about reinvention, hormones, rituals, brain fog, strength, and the surprising things that actually help you feel alive...

Bist du bereit für die Hölle? Willkommen in Phantasma. Ophelia und ihre Schwester Genevieve sind mit dem Tod mehr als vertraut, denn ihre Mutter ist Nekromantin, und sie haben täglich mit Geistern zu tun. Dann wird ihre Mutter brutal ermordet, und Ophelias Leben steht kopf – die mächtige Magie der Familie wird auf sie übertragen, aber nicht nur das: Sie erbt auch die hohen Schulden, die auf dem Haus liegen. Kurzerhand beschließt ihre Schwester Genevieve, ein tödliches Risiko einzugehen: Sie will an den Phantasma-Spielen teilnehmen, deren Gewinnerin ein Wunsch gewährt werden soll.

Veinte años después de haber experimentado la más extraña aventura de su vida - un viaje a través del tiempo hasta la Escocia del siglo XVIII - Claire Randall regresa con su hija Brianna a las imponentes y misteriosas montañas escocesas donde todo comenzó. Con la ayuda de Roger, un joven historiador, Claire se lanza a una obsesiva búsqueda de las tumbas de los caídos en la batalla de Culloden,librada en 1745. El paso del tiempo no ha podido borrar los intensos recuerdos de un amor difícil de explicar.

My husband pushed back his chair and dropped to his knees in front of me. His head bowed - he spoke in a stream like a prayer. “I die when I am in the past, how dost ye know when tae declare me dead? You could decide it, call me dead, and I canna blame ye for it. Because I am. But I daena want tae be, I want tae live - with ye.” (Magnus 1702) There are things left undone. Magnus must go home and Kaitlyn must go with him. Because it’s not enough for her to guide from afar. He needs her voice in his ear. They know now they are stronger together.

"Wir leben noch..." 1777: Die Zeichen stehen schlecht für einen Sieg der Kolonien im Unabhängigkeitskrieg gegen die Briten. Nur Claire Randall, die Zeitreisende aus dem 20. Jahrhundert, und ihr geliebter Mann, der schottische Rebell Jamie Fraser, wissen, wie der Krieg ausgehen wird... Jamie weigert sich, zur Waffe zu greifen, stattdessen will er mit dem gedruckten Wort in die revolutionären Kämpfe eingreifen. Dazu braucht er seine Druckerpresse, und die steht noch immer in Edinburgh. Während es in den Straßen der amerikanischen Kolonien schon nach Pulverdampf riecht, macht sich Jamie bereit für eine Rückkehr in die schottischen Highlands, mit Claire an seiner Seite.

She's the one that got away. He's the one she can't forget. Photojournalist Christine Forsythe is ready to tackle her naughty little to-do list, and who better to tap for the job than a hot groomsman? But when she crashes into her best friend's older brother, Christine realizes her list needs updating. And fast. Tyler Dresco took her virginity during the best night of her life, then bolted. Now that they're trapped together at a destination wedding, she's going to get her revenge.

You can live each day in a state of calm and serenity, accepting love and allowing yourself to be in harmony with the energies of the universe. And it's easy. All that's required is giving yourself permission to tap into the inner strength and understanding that may have gotten lost amid the demands of your daily life. Through the techniques you'll learn with Dr. Gerald Jampolsky and Dr. Diane Cirincione, you can quickly and easily achieve the peace of a Quiet Mind.

Do you recall, as a child, being enthralled by a drifting cloud, the babbling of a stream, the wandering of a ladybug? If so, then you've already had a taste of natural awareness. Known and revered in many contemplative traditions, natural awareness transcends even these wondrous childhood moments. Created for those new to meditation and long-time meditators alike, The Little Book of Being shows us how to discover this free-flowing and expansive side of mindfulness - no formal sitting practice required.

What is the price of honor? It took 10 years for Vietnam War Nurse Diane Carlson Evans to answer that question - and the answer was a heavy one.

The people who get under your skin the most can in fact be your greatest teachers. It’s not a matter of overlooking differences - for those very differences offer a path to profound connection. Diane Hamilton’s practical, reality-based guide to living harmoniously with even your most irritating fellow humans - spouses, partners, colleagues, parents, children - shows that “getting along” is really a matter of discovering that our differences are nothing other than an expression of our even deeper shared unity.

From the author of the best-selling Le Divorce and Le Mariage, a comedy of contemporary manners, morals, (ex)marriages, and motherhood (past, present, and future)--about an American woman leaving her 20-year marriage to her French second husband, returning to her native San Francisco and to the...

A pioneering scientist writes of the fascinating ecological and pharmaceutical properties of trees, and how mother trees nourish younger trees and help them defend themselves The inspiration for the documentary Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees, and herself part of the...

In einfachen, nachvollziehbaren Schritten zeigt uns die Sexualtherapeutin und Autorin, wie man mit dem Partner eine erfüllte Sexualität leben und dabei die Sensibilität steigern kann. Die Reise in ein neues Verständnis der Sexualität beginnt dann, wenn wir zu unseren innewohnenden männlichen und weiblichen Polaritäten Kontakt aufnehmen und sie wiedererwecken. Wenn wir unsere Polarität annehmen, entwickelt sich eine Anziehungskraft, eine organische magnetische Intelligenz zwischen Penis und Vagina, die mit der Zeit stärker wird.