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n the darkest days of the Civil War, Neville Goldsmith set the world on fire. As Captain for the Union Army, he marched with General Sherman through Georgia, setting homes and cities ablaze with sadistic glee. For Goldsmith, starting fires was a lifelong obsession. And when the war ended, he set his sights on the great American West—to burn it all to the ground. Years later, Luke Jensen learns about a series of fires wreaking havoc from the Dakota Territory to Kansas.

After discovering a man’s body in the Rotherhithe tunnel, Alice Carter embarks on one of the most unusual cases she will ever encounter. Politicians and civilians are dying in odd circumstances and it leaves her mentor, Max Greenstick, scratching his head. Why are they being targeted, and what links the outlandish deaths together?

Softening Time is both autobiography and self-help, poetry and inspiration. Drawing on events in her own life, particularly her experiences as a mother, daughter, sister, and friend, Brower writes poignantly on themes of love, loss, healing, and rebirth.

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Everything people think they know about the Zoric family is a sham. Even me. I thought I was trying out to be their newest model. Luka was auditioning wives. I just need the career boost. He needs good PR to salvage his playboy image. It's a win-win—on paper. But since when has real life been simple? His jealousy makes me crazy. The control he maintains over my body is unacceptable. I really shouldn't be so turned on by it.

Through Adopted Hearts explores the world of adoption from the viewpoints of both birth and adoptive parents. In this follow up to Through Adopted Eyes, author and adoptee Elena Hall guides listeners through a diverse collection of true stories filled with powerful insight into the rest of the adoption triad. If you are an adoptive parent, birth parent, adoptee, or just curious to learn more, this audiobook provides thoughtful and challenging perspective into how adoption shapes and changes lives.

The account of the "Apparitions of Our Lady at Tepayec Hill in Mexico City - 1531".

Tre vite segnate dalla guerra. Una grande storia di speranza e redenzione. Il rombo degli elicotteri squarcia il silenzio delle risaie. Poi una raffica di colpi, e il fiume che si tinge di rosso… Trang ha ancora negli occhi l’ultimo bombardamento che ha devastato il suo villaggio, lasciando la propria famiglia senza più niente. E allora lei e la sorella Quỳnh decidono di andare a Saigon, dove per ragazze carine come loro è facile guadagnare. Basta sedersi nei bar a bere con gli americani.

Lolli comes from the Land of Color and speaks directly to children, guiding them through a story that they themselves adventure on and feel part of. Kids love the whimsical nature of following where Lolli takes them and they learn things coincidentally along the way. Parents, use these meditations to help increase your children's self-esteem, enhance your child's imagination, and encourage positive thinking. Helps kids with self-acceptance and increases confidence.

The rules of the game were simple. One weekend. We play our roles. Actually, we play lots of roles. I get the info I need for a secret work project. We go back to how we were. That’s what I proposed to handsome, clever, commanding Jake. That’s what he said yes to - this decadent gift of a weekend that would get me out of trouble. But that’s not what happened when our nights together in Vegas ended....

Jess is a math teacher, dog lover, and best friend to Kindra, the most powerful half-elf to ever roam two realms. Unfortunately, King Ulford has sent assassins to eradicate all humans with Elven blood. Jess’s greatest weapon is a telepathic link to her German Shepherd Dogs, Butch and Cassidy. She and her canine duo team up with Kindra in an attempt to banish Ulford’s Assassins from the human realm.

A finales de los años veinte del siglo pasado, Estrella y su hermana gemela, Alma, llevan una vida privilegiada como hijas de los marqueses de Zuloaga, propietarios de una casa solariega y una mina de hierro en un pequeño pueblo suspendido sobre el Cantábrico. Crecen rodeadas de fiestas y lujos, pero también marcadas por un poderoso misterio. Porque Estrella y Alma no son como las otras niñas: herederas de un extraño don que pasa de generación en generación entre las mujeres de su familia.

Rayna Vincent has wanted Aiden Riveaux since she was 16 years old. There's only one problem - he doesn't do relationships. So when he offers her a season of stolen nights with no strings attached, she accepts, willing to take him any way she can...even if she knows her heart will never survive.

Año 1889, La Rioja. Hay quien dice que una maldición se ciñe sobre los viñedos, secos desde hace años, de la finca Las Urracas. Mientras las grandes bodegas de la región comienzan su edad dorada, Gloria - la joven hija del propietario - languidece en la vieja mansión familiar, viendo aproximarse otro otoño sin cosecha. Sometida a la autoridad de una tía cruel y un padre ausente, Gloria verá cambiar su vida de un día para otro cuando tenga que ponerse al frente del negocio familiar.

A video hits the Internet and quickly goes viral. A video showing a woman, attacked, bitten and dying...before rising again. Experts confirm the video as a fake. A prank. But all the expert denials count for nothing when the virus reaches the UK. Chloe finds herself left behind, abandoned by Steve who rejoins the army to fight the new enemy. She'll be forced to survive on her own. Whatever it takes. They must all make sacrifices to do what is right. To do what is right for the greater good.

My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I am the half-breed bastard child of a king. I was not meant to survive the trials cast my way. Yet, here I stand. The world has deteriorated in the years I was banished. The Elemental families are rife with deception, violence, and madness more than ever before.

Primera de las cuatro obras dedicadas al personaje con el que Colette revolucionó la literatura francesa, Claudine en la escuela (1900) nos presenta a la protagonista a la edad de quince años, cuando está a punto de terminar su educación formal y aventurarse en la vida adulta. Rebelde, ingeniosa y efervescente, Claudine se mete en líos con sus compañeras, se burla de sus mayores, critica a los acartonados señores que tiene por maestros y compite con la directora del colegio por el afecto de la señorita Aimée, que ha despertado en ella algo más que amor por el conocimiento.

My wife died in a tragic accident when our daughter was just a year old. After losing her, I never thought I would love again. It’s been four years and my little girl is my whole world now. When I meet Meadow, a musician in a traveling band, my heart grows in ways I didn’t think possible. I can see it all—a life with this fair-haired beauty who sings songs that sweep me away. I’d forgotten how good life could be. Meadow reminds me that there is more beauty to be seen. More living to be had.

¡Es la hora de contar un cuento! Ella y Rishi son muy buenos amigos y juegan en la granja urbana Lellobee mientras la abuelita Mei les cuenta fantásticas fábulas que ha recopilado en sus viajes por el mundo!

August 18, 1862: On the Sioux reservation in southwestern Minnesota, Indians desperate for food and freedom rise up against whites in the region. Sarah Wakefield, the wife of a physician, is taken captive with her two babies. Their fate falls into the hands of the warrior Ćaske. As war rages, little does she know how entwined their lives will become.