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Inez Burns was adored by the desperate women who sought her out - and loathed by the power-hungry men who plotted to destroy her. During a time when women risked their lives with predatory practitioners lurking in back alleys, Inez and her team of women, clad in crisp, white nurse's uniforms, worked night and day in her elegantly appointed clinic, performing 50,000 of the safest, most hygienic abortions available during a time when even the richest wives, Hollywood stars, and mistresses had few options when they found themselves with an unwanted pregnancy.

In the wake of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers faced a daunting task: overcome their competing visions to build a new nation, the likes of which the world had never seen. Washington and Hamilton chronicles the unlikely collaboration between two conflicting characters working together to protect their hard-won freedoms. Yet while Washington and Hamilton's different personalities often led to fruitful collaboration, their conflicting ideals also tested the boundaries of their relationship - and threatened the future of the new republic.

India is in transition. Since the publication of Culture Smart's first guide to India in 2003, the nation has been transformed from a developing third-world country into the world's fastest growing economy. This completely new and up-to-date volume by American author Becky Stephen is unrivalled.

From the authors who created Eyewitness to World War II and numerous other best-selling reference books, this is the shocking story behind the covert activity that shaped the outcome of one of the world's greatest conflicts - and the destiny of millions of people. National Geographic's landmark book illuminates World War II as never before. Seven narrative chapters reveal the truth behind the lies and deception that shaped the "secret war".

Fifteen years ago, Bronx-born plumber Tommy Rosa died in a hit-and-run incident. Lying by the road, he felt a tug whisking him off into a tunnel of light to meet his divine teacher in heaven. After several weeks in a coma, Tommy returned to Earth to walk again with a heightened sense of connection to one and all. Around the same time, Dr. Stephen Sinatra, an integrative cardiologist, was dismantling the prevailing ideas of preventive pharmacology with his holistic approach to treatment.

When the city is hit by a colossal snowstorm, only one superhero can save the day. But who is this mysterious hero, and why does he disappear once his job is done?

Il barone della droga Gerry Carpenter è detenuto in un carcere di massima sicurezza in attesa di giudizio, ma non è del tutto fuori gioco. Negli stessi giorni in cui la polizia ne celebra la cattura, il pericoloso criminale scatena una vera e propria campagna di terrore: i testimoni che dovrebbero deporre al suo processo vengono minacciati, gli uomini delle forze dell'ordine coinvolti nel caso uccisi, le prove raccolte contro di lui distrutte.

Now that Candace is a star, her life is suddenly filled with glamour. She's known everywhere; she has adoring fans who worshipher and her boyfriend, YoungBae; and she has unlimited access to her label-mates SLK, who happen to be the top boy band inthe world. Even more important, her company, S.A.Y., tells her they've heard her message of change loud and clear. They promise to makesweeping changes to become a more humane and compassionate place for artists.

Bulletproof your retirement with strategies that will help you weather a stock market downturn. Benefit from the exact same strategies smart investors used to protect, and even grow, their wealth. Learn how to use cryptocurrency to hedge against your traditional portfolio and more in this beginner's guide to stock market investing.

In May 2018, a Supreme Court ruling produced one of the best investment opportunities of the decade. Discover how you can take advantage of this ruling to legalize sports betting. In this book, you will discover which poker company is poised to win big from the Supreme Court’s decisions; two intriguing penny stocks which could benefit from legalized sports betting; and much more.

I figli del silenzio è tanto acuto quanto assolutamente coinvolgente. L'omicidio della ventenne Eden Perry scatena il terrore tra gli abitanti di Emerson, in Massachusetts. La domanda inevitabile è una sola: chi è il responsabile? L'indagine della polizia si concentra sui tre adolescenti che erano con lei la sera della sua morte: Hannah, dolce ma dal passato turbolento; Jack, il ragazzo popolare dall'animo crudele; Christopher, un emarginato in cerca di accettazione. È proprio quest'ultimo che viene arrestato, ma il colpevole può davvero essere qualcuno di così timido e diffidente?

New York, 1946. Lillian Pentecost, la detective privata più famosa e meno ortodossa in circolazione, e la sua assistente ed ex artista circense Will Parker ricevono una chiamata direttamente dal passato di quest'ultima. Il circo itinerante Hart and Halloway's, dove la ragazza è stata accolta dopo essere scappata di casa da adolescente, è sconvolto da un terribile evento: in un vicolo tra il tendone e le roulotte degli artisti, è stato trovato il corpo senza vita di Ruby Donner, l'Incredibile Donna Tatuata. Una spaventosa ferita le taglia la schiena, attraversando le decine di disegni di cui è costellata.

Una spietata caccia all’alce che si tramuta in una tragedia, un incubo adolescenziale che torna a perseguitare quattro adulti, un’acuta riflessione sul costo della rottura con le tradizioni. Un horror mozzafiato, campione di vendite e pluripremiato, capace di unire la tensione di una storia horror a una fine analisi sociale.

Drew Hagel ha trascorso gli ultimi dieci anni guardando la vita sgusciargli fra le dita: un matrimonio fallito, la sua attività che non è mai decollata, la figlia Shannon con cui non ha costruito un rapporto. Finché sopravviene l.amicizia di un potente finanziere, Quint Manning, che gli offre la possibilità del riscatto. Quello che Drew non sa è che anche Manning ha dei problemi simili ai suoi: una moglie delusa, un figlio alcolizzato e un.imminente bancarotta.

Sky and her crew plunge into the shadowy depths of Goldenrod Space Station, unearthing ever-darker secrets and confronting horrific echoes of the unknown past. Loyalties begin to crack as they explore the station's nightmarish underbelly, and Sky's quest for truth takes a harrowing twist. Meanwhile, on Alpha, another group of survivors embark on a perilous journey to reach the McEagle's wreckage. Alien monstrosities and the twisted remnants of human ambition stand in their way as they struggle to survive in a world defined by hubris and despair.

Welcome to the darkest night of the Zulu Alpha, where every loyalty is tested, every moral calculus impossible, and every price paid too costly to be borne. The world's last nuclear supercarrier strike group and its exhausted Marine Raider guardians must now range from the coast of fallen America to an unavoidable date with destiny at the farthest northern point of Australia, to the enclosed and exploding death zone of the world's largest offshore oil field – knowing that everywhere, at all times, absolutely everything will be on the line.

Jonathan Edwards is widely hailed as the greatest theologian in American history. In Edwards on the Christian Life, Dane Ortlund invites us to explore the great eighteenth-century pastor’s central passion: God’s resplendent beauty. Whether the topic was the nature of love, the preeminence of Scripture, or the glory of the natural world, the concept of beauty stood at the heart of Edwards’s theology and permeated his portrait of the Christian life.

Flappers, ‘It’ girls, confidence tricksters, drug dealers, spies, jazz musicians. This wide ranging series about the first ever modern decade is full of colourful characters, dark deeds, strange beliefs and crazy predictions. Join Stephen Fry as he relishes secrets sexual, political and financial, observes the emergence of the first ever youth cult and reveals the secrets of this roaring decade.

Ever wonder why Stephen Curry always points to the sky after sinking a three-pointer? Finally, the secret’s out. Presented by Stephen Curry’s Unanimous Media, The Greatest Sports Stories Never Told is a series of true stories hand-picked by the NBA super-shooter. These stories can’t be found in world record books or on the backs of trading cards. This Audible Original celebrates the most epic sports legends, both on and off the field, that the world has never known. Until now.

Producer of television’s iconic Degrassi franchise Stephen Stohn tells stories from behind the scenes and of making it in the music and television world in this star-studded, rock ’n’ roll trip through a Canadian show business explosion. Stohn, who has been at the heart of the entertainment industry for over forty years, shares a lifetime of experience and unique insights into how dreams are turned into reality.