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Eden Cross will nur eines in seinem Leben - Football-Profi werden. Jedoch hat seine Familie ganz andere Pläne mit ihm. Eden soll in die Fußstapfen seines Vaters treten, und der war immerhin mal Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten. Erin Scott möchte ebenfalls nur eins - so unauffällig wie möglich ihr Studium hinter sich bringen. Was aber gar nicht so einfach ist, denn Eden möchte noch etwas - und zwar Erin... Eine aufregende Liebesgeschichte in der zwei Welten aufeinanderprallen und die Welt von Erin und Eden ins Wanken bringt... spätestens dann, als ein Mord geschieht.

In First Son, Keith Koeneman chronicles the sometimes Shakespearean, sometimes Machiavellian life of an American political legend. Making deft use of unprecedented access to key players in the Daley administration, as well as Chicago's business and cultural leaders, Koeneman draws on more than one hundred interviews to tell an up-close, insider story of political triumph and personal evolution.

Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a mess, but he's also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he can't rely on anyone for consistent love and support, except for his flatulent pit bull, Baby Killer (he calls her Baby) - and now she's dead.

Ivan Turgenev stands alongside Tolstoy and Dostoevsky as one of the three great Russian novelists of the 19th century. He was also a consummate short story writer, poet and playwright, and the first Russian author to become popular in the West. This specially curated collection showcases his key works, from the most celebrated to the undeservedly underrated.

Peyton’s marriage, motherhood, and artistic legacy are threatened by her brilliant, cruel son who constantly makes her feel like a failure. Hell-bent on winning at all costs, he imperils everything she holds dear. How far will she go to show him love while protecting her family? Years later, Peyton’s life takes a dramatic turn. Amid a tumultuous family dynamic, her two biological children are locked in a bitter rivalry. An old flame resurfaces, offering a different life, but at what cost? She must choose between her children, two men, and two paths.

It’s not like she’s the only woman to ever have a baby. At 35. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all-important first year. From finding out her baby is a boy (and getting used to the idea) to finding out her best friend and greatest supporter, Pam, will die of cancer (and not getting used to that idea), with a generous amount of wit and faith (but little piousness), Lamott narrates the great and small events making up a woman’s life.

America’s sixth president and son of America’s second president, John Quincy Adams lived an extraordinary life. Beginning as a young boy as secretary for his father during the peace talks that ended the Revolutionary War, Adams served his country as a diplomat, state senator, secretary of state, the president, and as a representative in congress. Through his many speeches, essays, books, and written reports, Adams helped shape America. Today, he is remembered as a great statesman, a scholar, and a poet, just as he hoped he would be.

Set in the wilds of Maine, this is an explosive tale of an estranged son thrust into the hunt for a murderous fugitive - his own father. Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his answering machine: his father, Jack, a hard-drinking womanizer who makes his living poaching illegal game. An even more frightening call comes the next morning from the police: They are searching for the man who killed a beloved local cop the night before - and his father is their prime suspect.

At forty, Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and isolated. He spends his days immersed in the struggles of immigrants only to return to an empty apartment and occasional hook-ups with a man who wants more than Peter can give. But when the asylum case of a young gay man pierces Peter's numbness, the event that he has avoided for twenty years returns to haunt him. Ann, his mother, who runs a women's retreat centre she founded after leaving his father, is wounded by the estrangement from Peter but cherishes the world she has built.

Sensational tales of true-life crime, the devastation of the Irish potato famine, the upheaval of the Civil War, and the turbulent emergence of the American labor movement are connected in a captivating exploration of the roots of the Molly Maguires. A secret society of peasant assassins in Ireland that re-emerged in Pennsylvania’s hard-coal region, the Mollies organized strikes, murdered mine bosses, and fought the Civil War draft. Their shadowy 12-year duel with all powerful coal companies marked the beginning of class warfare in America.

Finn Harding (Mr. Finn to his clients) specializes in finding people who don't want to be found. Stripped of his PI license, Finn begins working for the type of clientele who operate in the shadows, pay in cash, and don't care if he's licensed or not. Working with criminals has its advantages; staying alive isn't one of them. In the Mr. Finn series, Trace Conger delivers sharp-edged and gritty tales of crime, murder, and family. These are fast-paced crime thrillers that hold nothing back.

Lori lost her son, Logan, when he took his life in December of 2017. As her life and the way she knew it was altered forever, she used writing and social media as a way to process her grief. By doing so, she began creating awareness for suicide and mental health, which fulfilled a new purpose and encouraged her to continue. This book is a synopsis of her posts, a journal-like account of the struggles faced by Lori and her family through the aftermath of the "what ifs" and the things they found hope in.

Stunned to learn that her son, Sam, is about to become a father at 19, Lamott begins a journal about the first year of her grandson, Jax's, life. In careful and often hilarious detail, Lamott and Sam - about whom she first wrote so movingly in Operating Instructions - struggle to balance their changing roles with the demands of college and work, as they both forge new relationships with Jax's mother, who has her own ideas about how to raise a child.

Он. Кайлен, дракон, вдовец с больным ребенком на руках. Властный, холодный, замкнутый. Я. Юлия, учительница английского из провинциального города. Похищена драконом, чтобы учить и лечить его сына. Первоклассная учительница? Да. И я это докажу.

¿Quieres saberlo todo acerca del deseo de concebir, el embarazo, el nacimiento y el bebé? ¿Quisieras como padre armonizar aspectos como tu hija, tu hijo y tu familia con tu carrera profesional sin importar si tienes un trabajo estable o no? ¿Te gustaría lograr una relación de pareja intacta y una vida sexual plena con la actitud adecuada a pesar de que lleguen los hijos?

Would you like to take your marriage life to the next level? Do you want to learn the best communication techniques needed for a better home? Do you seek new ways to spice up your love and family life? Do you often feel unfulfilled as a Parent? To achieve fulfillment in your marriage, you must master the art of effective communication. It doesn’t matter if you are just starting out or a pro in the game, this audsiobook is written to teach you some amazing communication techniques that will turn around your marriage and family life for good.

From the New York Times best-selling author of Brady vs. Manning and dean of football writers - an audiobook that explores the many interesting facets to NFL quarterbacks and their relationships with their fathers. My First Coach goes behind the scenes to explore the unique relationship between these and other quarterbacks and their fathers, as well as investigate various approaches to parenting through their stories. Can young athletes overcome helicopter parents? How did the kids with NFL aspirations deal with their fathers who'd already made it?

Ashley gets an emergency call from her best babysitting clients, and she's in for what she thinks is just another routine evening. After settling down the kids for the night, she flips on the television to waste some time. Imagine her surprise to find the TV is set to a porn channel her employers seemed to have been enjoying prior to their emergency.

Arianne is in a loveless marriage, but she isn't really stuck. After successfully raising three kids and sending them off to college, she's comfortable letting her husband have his women on the side and enjoying the wealth they've built together. She attends a party her husband (as usual) can't make, and once there her inner cougar takes over. Ryan is home from college, and he's gone from an awkward skinny teen to a muscular and sexy young man.