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A fascinating chronicle of radical feminism’s rise and fall from the mid-60s to the mid-70s, Daring to Be Bad is a must-listen for both students of gender history and activists of intersectionality. This 30th anniversary edition reveals how current debates about race, transgender rights, queer theory, and sexuality echo issues that galvanized and divided feminists 50 years ago.

From improving her painting to perfecting her garden, exploring family histories and reclaiming her mother’s art of tea-making, Alice Taylor discovers the challenges and pleasures of living alone.

Lilly is in dire straits, and though she knows it's wrong, she steals some money from the till. Despite the guilt, she knows her money problems are about to be over, but she's in for a whole new set of problems. Her boss figured out what she's done, and now Lilly has a simple choice…jail or let Max and a group of guys take her every way they want. After the rough gangbang with her first anal sex and a double penetration, will she ever be the same?

Eighteen year-old Jessica's life is turned upside down when her parents are in a fatal accident. Her late father's reckless lifestyle leave her finances in turmoil and threaten to leave her homeless...until a chance meeting with a 30-year-old stranger means that her life changes forever. Finding herself an unofficial ward of a mysterious, serious man, our American heroine and her enigmatic British 'Guardian' get used to living with each other...with all of the tensions, pitfalls and excitement that entails....

How many would-be disciples are convinced of their worthiness to receive direct training from a Master of the Wisdom? How few are able to absorb the intense pressures of the experience and to profit from the opportunity! Included in these two volumes of Discipleship in the New Age are the series of personal instructions given to a small group of chelas over a period of 15 years, with related teaching on a number of subjects.

2019. Kate fuit Londres pour se réfugier dans une maison délabrée dont elle a hérité. Avec son lierre dégringolant et son jardin envahi par les mauvaises herbes, ce havre de paix la protège de son compagnon violent. Kate sent toutefois qu'un secret s'y tapit... 1942. Alors que la Seconde Guerre mondiale fait rage, Violet est cloîtrée dans le grand domaine familial, étouffée par les conventions sociales. Elle vit avec le souvenir de sa mère, dont il ne lui reste qu'un mystérieux médaillon et une inscription étrange sur le mur de sa chambre.

Cet Hiver. « Je déteste Noël, lance Tori. - Non c'est faux, je réponds. - En tout cas, je déteste celui-ci. - Comme tout le monde. » Cet hiver a été difficile pour Tori, Charlie et Oliver Spring. Ils tentent tous les trois de traverser le jour de Noël sans heurts. Pour Oliver, cela revient à jouer à Mario Kart avec son frère et sa sœur. Mais, pour Tori et Charlie, cela implique d'oublier ces derniers mois. Ce Noël va-t-il séparer les membres de la famille Spring ou contribuer à les réunir.

Nove racconti che con grazia cristallina catturano la meravigliosa e devastante assurdità della vita. Sullo sfondo della natura selvaggia del nord ovest canadese, si dipanano rapinose storie di tradimenti, fughe, fulminee passioni, compromessi e convinte dedizioni, illuminando la prodigiosa complessità della natura umana.

Fresh off her wolverine study in Montana, wildlife biologist Alex Carter lands a job studying a threatened population of polar bears in the Canadian Arctic. Embedded with a small team of Arctic researchers, she tracks the majestic bears by air. But as her study progresses, and she gathers data on the health of individual bears, things start to go awry. Her helicopter pilot quits unexpectedly, equipment goes missing, and a late-night intruder breaks into her lab and steals the samples she’s collected.

Sugar cravings can ruin your teeth, your diet and your health. Moderating your sweets intake does not have to be difficult. This hypnosis is designed to help you reduce your cravings for sugar through subconscious, subliminal and direct hypnosis methods.

In We Are What We Eat, Alice Waters urges us to take up the mantle of slow food culture, the philosophy at the core of her life’s work. When Waters first opened Chez Panisse in 1971, she did so with the intention of feeding people good food during a time of political turmoil. Customers responded to the locally sourced organic ingredients, to the dishes made by hand, and to the welcoming hospitality that infused the small space - human qualities that were disappearing from a country increasingly seduced by takeout, frozen dinners, and prepackaged ingredients.

With rich, pure prose Hoffman charts the progress of Gretel Samuelson from the time she is a young girl already acquainted with betrayal and grief, until she finally leaves home. Gretel's sly, funny, knowing perspective is at the heart of this collection, as she navigates through loyalty and loss with the help of an unforgettable trio of women: her best friend, Jill, her romance-addled cousin Margot, and her mother, Franny, whose spiritual journey affects them all.

Beautifully told through notes left on their kitchen fridge, this is an intimate portrait of the relationship between a hard-working mother and her teenage daughter. Stunningly sad but ultimately uplifting, it is about being a "good mother" or a "good daughter", and is a reminder of how much can be said in so few words, if only we made the time to say them.

"Darf ich mal deine Haare anfassen?", "Wo kommst du her?" Wer solche Fragen stellt, meint es meist nicht böse. Aber dennoch: Sie sind rassistisch. Warum, das wollen weiße Menschen oft nicht hören. Alice Hasters erklärt es trotzdem. Eindringlich und geduldig beschreibt sie, wie Rassismus ihren Alltag als Schwarze Frau in Deutschland prägt. Dabei wird klar: Rassismus ist nicht nur ein Problem am rechten Rand der Gesellschaft.

Transplanted Boston Brahmin, Mercy Allcutt, has had some very exciting times as secretary to private investigator, Ernie Templeton. While it’s true she’s been in what she considers a wee bit of trouble (and Ernie considers out-and-out danger) a time or two, she’s determined to continue learning the ways of the “real” world. However, when she sets out to find her wandering boss, Ernie, one hot September afternoon, she not only discovers a corpse, but she also finds Ernie, bound and gagged. Worse, when the police arrive to investigate the crime, they peg Ernie as the killer.

In 1920s Pasadena, California, Daisy Gumm Majesty caters to the rich and famous as a medium who puts the "con" in conjurer. When she's blackmailed by Detective Sam Rotondo into spying on the wealthy Kincaid family, Daisy isn't quite sure what he's trying to sniff out. When Daisy gives Sam his own private reading, she tells him the spirits have a lot more in store for him. Original.

Join astrologer, Alice Bell, every Monday as she covers the astrology for the week ahead, and learn how the planets might be impacting you. Also, tune in every other Thursday to hear about a different astrology topic, ranging from birth chart placements to timing techniques.

Abwesenheit lässt das Herz höher schlagen, oder? Jeder weiß, dass Nick und Charlie das perfekte Paar sind – dass sie unzertrennlich sind. Aber jetzt wird Nick an einer weit entfernten Uni studieren und Charlie wird zurück bleiben. Alle fragen, ob sie weiterhin ein Paar sein möchten. Was für eine dumme Frage! - Sie sind schließlich Nick und Charlie! Doch als der Zeitpunkt des Abschieds unweigerlich näher rückt, fragen sich sowohl Nick als auch Charlie, ob ihre Liebe stark genug ist, um die Trennung zu überstehen.

Fifteen years ago, Alice Hoffman received a diagnosis that changed everything about the life she'd been living. Most significant - aside from the grueling physical ordeal she underwent - was the way it changed how she felt inside and what she thought she ought to be doing with her days. Now she has written the book that she needed to read then. In this honest, wise, and upbeat guide, Alice Hoffman provides a road map for the making of one's life into the very best it can be.

When a phone call brings news that she’s inherited a beautiful old home in Mendocino, California from a long-forgotten aunt, she moves her entire life across the country to embark on what she sees as a great, romance-novel-worthy adventure. But romance novels always have a twist, don’t they? There’s a cowboy, one that ignites her loins. Because Cowboy Hank is totally loin-ignition worthy. But there’s also a librarian, Clark Barrow. And he calls her Vivian. Can tweed jackets and elbow patches compete with chaps and spurs?