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Once, Jake Shelborne wanted to play my hero. We were best friends. Inseparable. Now, he's all grown up. Infinitely more infuriating and infinitely hotter. Jake is the federal agent assigned to infiltrate the nest of vipers known as my family. For the next four days, Jake will play my fiancé. From the way he can't keep his hands off me, I'd say he's enjoying this a little too much. But I'm not the same girl I used to be. I want to control my own fate. I intend to save those I love, and I'll need Jake's help to make that happen. There's only one complication I can't handle: falling for him.

Tate Tracy is about to find out that I'm not the nice boy anymore. Nor am I a forgiving person. She might have been my best friend for eighteen years, but now, she's no one. And if I have to remind her of that, I will. Even if we're going to be stuck living in an apartment… together. The trouble is, I've only ever had one weakness in life. And it's Tate Tracy.

Heaven and Nature Sing invites you into a fresh interpretation of the Christmas story—one where earthy, overlooked things like snowflakes, trees, serpents, bodies, and swaddling bands reveal the glory of the Promised Son. Journeying from the first pages of Scripture to the last, you’ll experience the goodness of our Creator King and learn how the whole earth sings his praise.

How do you tell the story of a feminist education, when the work of feminism can never be perfected or completed? In A Sentimental Education, Hannah McGregor, the podcaster behind Witch, Please and Secret Feminist Agenda, explores what podcasting has taught her about doing feminist scholarship not as a methodology but as a way of life.

Hannah White offers a perceptive critique of the shortcomings of the House of Commons, arguing that the reputation of the Commons is in a downward spiral—compounded by government attempts to side-line parliament during Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic. At a time of populist challenge to representative democracy, this book is an essential rallying cry for Members of Parliament to reform the House of Commons—equipping it to fulfil its important role as a cornerstone of our democracy—or see it fade into irrelevance.

Hercule Poirot è in viaggio da Londra su un lussuoso pullman diretto verso l'esclusiva tenuta di Kingfisher Hill, dove Richard Devonport lo ha convocato per dimostrare che la sua fidanzata, Helen, è innocente dell'omicidio di suo fratello Frank, avvenuto in quel complesso residenziale. Ma c'è una strana condizione legata a questa richiesta: Poirot deve nascondere il vero motivo per cui si trova lì.

Lily grew up on a farm and always considered herself resilient. But when the small town’s high school football hero is arrested and convicted for the attack, Lily and her family suffer retaliation from some of the community, enticing Lily to wrap herself in an opioid cloud. When she puts her daughters’ lives in jeopardy, the wake-up call motivates Lily to flush the narcotics and clean up her life. But the clarity she expects is overshadowed by unnerving memory lapses.

After two centuries stuck in the Interim, a post-death limbo where souls must stay until they’ve been entirely forgotten by the living, Walter Augustus is finally about to move on to whatever comes next. But when Letty Ferguson uncovers the last remaining copy of Walter’s book of poetry, he finds himself in a race against time. Can Walter, aided by his former employer, Pemberton, and the mysterious and eccentric Hector, destroy the book before Letty fixes him into her memory, condemning him to eternity in the Interim?

Texas, 1934. Milioni di persone sono rimaste senza lavoro e la siccità ha distrutto le Grandi Pianure. Gli agricoltori stanno combattendo per non perdere le loro terre e la loro fonte di sostentamento, dal momento che le coltivazioni avvizziscono irrimediabilmente, l'acqua si sta prosciugando e le tempeste di polvere e sabbia minacciano di seppellirli tutti. Uno dei periodi più bui della Grande Depressione, l'era del Dust Bowl, è arrivato come un'implacabile vendetta.

Meredith e Nina Whitson sono due sorelle molto diverse: una si dedica ai figli e al meleto di famiglia; l'altra è una fotoreporter giramondo. A unirle è l'amore per il padre; così, quando lui si ammala, entrambe si ritrovano al suo capezzale, sotto lo sguardo gelido della madre Anya. È proprio lei a condurle verso un antico segreto di famiglia, raccontando la storia di una ragazza vissuta nella Leningrado dilaniata dalla guerra, sepolta dalla neve, dove le donne erano disposte a tutto pur di salvare i propri figli e se stesse.

Adolescenti negli anni Settanta, Kate Mularkey e Tully Hart erano inseparabili. Lo sono state per decenni. Ma tutto finisce, e ora Tully si trova a gestire la perdita della sua migliore amica, a cui ha fatto una promessa. Poi c'è Marah, la figlia di Kate, distrutta dal dolore. E infine Dorothy, la madre di Tully, una donna instabile che nasconde un segreto. Tre generazioni, tre donne ferite che per iniziare una nuova vita hanno bisogno l'una dell'altra. E forse di un miracolo.

With the spirit of the holidays wafting through the Beacon Bakeshop, Lindsey thinks she has the recipe for the sweetest Christmas ever - winning the town-wide cookie bake-off. Low on staff and bombarded by visits from family, Lindsey can barely meet demands at work, let alone summon the confidence to face fierce competition.... Self-appointed Christmas know-it-all Felicity Stewart is determined to take the top spot in the bake-off, and she's not afraid to dump a little coal in everyone's stocking to do it.

Hannah Howard is a Columbia University freshman when she lands a hostess job at Picholine, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Manhattan. Eighteen years old and eager to learn, she’s invigorated by the manic energy and knife-sharp focus of the crew. By day Hannah explores the Columbia arts scene, struggling to find her place. By night she’s intoxicated by boxes of heady truffles and intrigued by the food industry’s insiders. She’s hungry for knowledge, success, and love, but she’s also ravenous because she hasn’t eaten more than yogurt and coffee in days.

Walter Benjamin was an icon of criticism, renowned for his insight on art, literature, and philosophy. This volume includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and Brecht’s epic theater. Illuminations also includes his penetrating study “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, an enlightening discussion of translation as a literary mode, and his theses on the philosophy of history.

Kate e Tully si incontrano, tredicenni, nell'estate del 1974. Sono diversissime, timida e introversa la prima, bellissima ed esuberante la seconda, ma si uniranno in un'amicizia che durerà per decenni. Fino a che Tully diventerà una star del giornalismo televisivo e Kate sposerà John, ex corrispondente di guerra e soprattutto ex di Tully. Attraverso l'America che cambia, le insicurezze di Kate e Tully e gli scherzi del destino metteranno a dura prova la loro amicizia, fino all'ultima sfida.

Food writer Hannah Howard is at a pivotal moment in her life when she begins searching out her fellow food people - women who’ve carved a place for themselves in a punishing, male-dominated industry. Women whose journeys have inspired and informed Hannah’s own foodie quests. On trips that take her from Milan to Bordeaux to Oslo and then always back again to her home in New York City, Hannah spends time with these influential women, learning about the intimate paths that led them each toward fulfilling careers.

Years ago, Steve Hannah’s chance detour through the Midwest cut short a planned cross-country trip. He found himself in Wisconsin, a distinctly different place from the East Coast, where he was born and raised. Charmingly beautiful and full of welcoming people, America’s dairyland would soon become his home. Dairylandia recounts Steve Hannah’s burgeoning love for his adopted state through the writings of his long-lived column, “State of Mind”.

Commissioned by Audible and written especially for audio format this collection brings together six crime stories through the themes of discovery, destination and arrival. Top narrators bring these gripping tales to life acknowledging the Scandinavian tradition of oral storytelling.

When Nell’s father makes a deathbed declaration that hints at a long-held secret, it reignites feelings of isolation that have plagued her for years. Her suspicions about the family’s past only deepen when her mother, Annie, who is losing her memories to dementia, starts making cryptic comments of her own. Thirty-five years earlier, Annie’s life was upended by a series of traumas - one shock after another that she buried deep in her heart. The decisions she made at the time were motivated by love, but she knew even then that nobody could ever understand what she did.

Renovations on Tregarrick Rock Hotel are coming along, and Evie Mead thinks they just might be done by opening day. Then one of her sister Margot’s old Hollywood friends, Louise, arrives unannounced - and expects VIP treatment. Evie has half a mind to tell Louise to find other accommodations, but Margot pleads with Evie, saying that Louise is grieving her recently deceased husband. Evie pities her, and, besides, the sisters need help. But when a member of the hotel staff is found dead and then another murder follows, the sisters’ plans crumble before their eyes.