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Christina Rossetti's poignant wish that she could capture the elusive memory of the first time she met her love, read by Jenny Agutter.

Trotz Verbots der Stiefmutter ist Aschenputtel verkleidet auf den Ball ins Schloss geschlichen. Der Prinz ist fasziniert von ihr. Als sie um Mitternacht nach Hause eilt, bleibt ihr Schuh zurück und für den Prinzen beginnt eine aufregende Suche nach der Unbekannten. Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) war ein italienischer Komponist. Der Musikersohn begann im Alter von 12 Jahren zu komponieren, wurde Operndirektor in Neapel und Paris und ging mit seinen 39 Opern als "Meister der komischen Oper" in die Geschichte ein.

A list of noblemen’s names - each one guilty of treason. To save his family legacy Rafe Densmore must seize a courtesan’s infamous register. No one can ever know how his father betrayed his country! One person stands in Rafe’s way - the beautiful Cornelia, Comtesse de Vane. In the card rooms of Paris, Rafe and Cornelia once made an unbeatable team. Now, returning to London an impoverished widow, she’ll do anything to possess the register.

On the surface, thinking is considered a good thing… but when you go overboard, you start bumping into problems. Overthinking causes your mind to get cloudy and negatively hamper your judgement. And since you spend too much time wallowing in negative thoughts and scenarios, your stress levels become elevated. This, in turn, can make it difficult for you to make sound decisions. In this master guide, Amy Williams will teach you how to stop overthinking, eliminate negative thoughts, declutter your mind, improve self-esteem, build mental toughness, and unlock your mind’s limitless potential!

American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution. After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sister's care. The girls begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors. An excitingly original script by an emerging American playwright.

He’d do anything for her. She’s trapped in a loveless marriage. When duty and destiny are pitted against each other, will desire lead to disaster? Bear shifter Nash Barnes is a relentless agent of justice. Sworn to his FBI SWAT team, nothing comes between him and protecting his community. Until he meets Aria. But when he discovers his fated mate is already married to another man, his distress puts his teammates’ lives at risk.

Wer die KINGS OF NEW YORK mochte wird die MISTER-Reihe lieben. Stella Londons Leben gleicht einem Scherbenhaufen. Ihr Ex-Freund hat die Verlobung mit ihrer besten Freundin bekannt gegeben - und Stella zur Hochzeit eingeladen! Doch als Immobilienmogul Beck Wilde ihr überraschend anbietet, sie auf die Hochzeit nach Schottland zu begleiten und ihren Verlobten zu spielen, ist Stellas Moment der Rache gekommen. Beck hat seine ganz eigenen Gründe, warum er die Feier auf keinen Fall verpassen darf, erhofft er sich doch, dort den wichtigsten Business-Deal seines Lebens abzuschließen.

In Shattered to Shining, nine women and one male domestic violence survivor describe how they were shattered, as their home became a place where physical and sexual violence, emotional and psychological control dominated their lives. Through persistence and courage, they have risen above their situation and come out the other side shining with positivity, strength, commitment, and empathy for others.

Are you looking for ways to harness virtual classroom challenges into opportunities for faster growth and more profound connections? In this book, you will find practical strategies to help you cultivate resilience and build a healthy and robust mind-set in a virtual learning environment. These strategies will also help prepare your students to succeed in online teaching and learning with an adaptive and resilient mind-set. After all, you want to harness this global challenge into a growth opportunity for both you and your students.

Frederik Fischer, selbstständiger Verleger eines kleinen Verlags, ist frisch aus dem Urlaub zurück und vollkommen unmotiviert. Vor dem Urlaubsantritt hatte er nur Manuskripte von talentfreien Nieten vor Augen. Dem entsprechend lustlos geht er auch an das einzige Werk mit Erfolgsaussichten heran. Als die Autorin des Buches eines Nachmittags unvermittelt vor seiner Haustür steht und sich in sein lethargisches Leben drängt, ahnt er noch nicht, auf wie vielen Gebieten die junge Lady "Bestseller-Qualitäten" vorzuweisen hat. Bald jedoch stellt sich heraus, das Jeannette Park nicht nur spannend schreiben kann.

Moving with her husband and children to a new home is just the beginning. The supernatural occurrences in the old house begin on the very first day, but the reality of the situation takes time for Emma to understand and accept. Her sanity is challenged when she cannot convince her husband that these eerie happenings are actually taking place and Emma even begins to doubt them herself, until the danger becomes very real and her children’s lives are now at stake.

On paper, Iris Atkins is an estate agent, but she has a gift: Iris is able to see into people's lives and understand exactly what is missing and what they need - and not just in bricks-and-mortar terms, either. Of course this doesn't leave much time for examining her own problems, and while she may know what's best for everyone else, she doesn't necessarily know what's best for herself - and what she finds out could make her happier than she ever dreamed of.

Ahead of its time, Flaubert's exploration of the passions of an unfulfilled wife ranks as one of the great novels of the 19th Century.

It’s the noughties, and Hannah is on a mission to discover herself and open herself to hedonistic erotic adventure. Leaving behind her old dull life, she yearns to find her "people". You see, Hannah has a deep and hidden sexual secret. And it’s on the dance floor at the School Disco nightclub that Hannah is swept into an erotic underworld that even her wildest fantasies could not rival. She is at the gates of sensual heaven, and she knows it.

Written and narrated by reality TV star and phone chat queen Jenny Ainslie-Turner, this is the eighth title in House of Erotica's Sexy Short Stories collection. In Group Sex, Jenny's imagination runs riot in a highly charged sexual story which contains extremely explicit adult sexual language.

Feng-Li can't wait to discover America with her family! But after an action-packed vacation, her parents deliver shocking news: They are returning to Taiwan and leaving Feng-Li and her older siblings in California on their own. Suddenly, the three kids must fend for themselves in a strange new world--and get along. Starting a new school, learning a new language, and trying to make new friends while managing a household is hard enough, but Bro and Sis's constant bickering makes everything worse.

Spagna, Costa Blanca. Sandra, trentenne in crisi, cerca rifugio: non ha un lavoro, è in rotta con i genitori, è incinta di un uomo che non è sicura di amare e si sente sola, alla disperata ricerca di una bussola per la sua vita. Incontra Fredrik e Karin Christensen, una coppia di amabili vecchietti, i nonni che non ha mai avuto. Le regalano una tenera amicizia e la accolgono nella grande villa circondata da splendidi fiori: un paradiso che cela l'inferno.

It's 2067 and the world has become virtually uninhabitable with all the pollution and toxins created by mankind. Ruling classes live holed up in the cities and workers live in Stations, safe from the outside world. But one day Station 27 is taken over by rebels. Nero, from the ruling classes, and Sacks, a worker, find themselves thrown together as they're captured by the rebels, their common enemy.

It’s a hot summer day in Athens, and Cherry has nothing to do than sweat her skin off. After bothering everyone in the piers and getting shooed from from all of them, she decides to be helpful for a change. Will her plan to squirt on random strangers work in her favor? Will it finally get nice and breezy? And most importantly, how will Hector take it?

Although Katherine Mansfield was born in New Zealand in 1888, she spent much of her short life in England and on the Continent. As she wrote about the privileged worlds she encountered there, her stories quickly attracted literary attention. Prelude was hand-published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at their Hogarth Press. Readers today still applaud the grace with which Mansfield fuses image, mood and meaning. Here are ten of Katherine Mansfield’s extraordinary tales.