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If your tastes run to Victorian mysteries and murder, you’ll enjoy Peter Ackroyd’s special blending of fact and fiction in this magnificent recreation of the bizarre murders that rocked Victorian England. Drawing on surviving police records and court transcripts, Ackroyd paints a fascinating portrait of a savage murderer, the terror that rippled across London, and the innocent woman charged with the crimes.

It is 1857, and Reverend Geoffrey Wilson has departed England to prove the literal truth of the Bible. The expedition heads towards Tasmania, where he is convinced he will find the real Garden of Eden. But the other passengers have their own agendas. Dr Potter is developing a sinister thesis, and the ship is crewed by smugglers of contraband brandy and tobacco. As the English passengers near Peevay's land, their bizarre notions become painfully at odds with reality.

Dr. Jenny Simon, a professional insider, will empower you to understand what those letters mean behind a therapist’s name, how much therapy costs and why different practitioners charge different prices, what a diagnosis means, how using medication to treat a problem differs from talk therapy, and what the common types of treatment are. Here, you will find the resources, insight, and clear guidance to empower you to feel confident about your choices.

Lady Amelia Brockett - Meels to her family - is having the worst. Christmas. Ever. Dumped by her boyfriend and rejected from graduate school, her parents deem her the failure of the family. But when her older brother tries to cheer her with a trip to the races, a chance meeting with Arthur, the widowed playboy prince of Wales, offers Amelia the opportunity to change her life - and Britain’s fortunes - forever.

Seit Paige denken kann, ist sie in Arden verliebt. Der rechtschaffende und attraktive Sheriff von Crosston Creek ist die Personifizierung von Recht und Ordnung. Sobald irgendwo Hilfe benötigt wird, ist er der Erste, der alles stehen und liegen lässt. Hält sich jemand allerdings nicht an das Gesetz, lernt er Ardens unerbittliche Seite kennen. Und genau da liegt das Problem: Sollte er jemals erfahren, welche kriminelle Energie in Paiges Familie steckt, wird er einen großen Bogen um sie machen. Paige weiß, dass es besser wäre, Arden zu vergessen.