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Avani's favourite thing to do is bury her nose in romance novels, but, honestly, life can't be trusted to make the stories real, right? But in the bookstore where she works, a man walks in, straight out of the pages of her favourite love stories. Aman is hot, successful, seems to know what she's going to say before she's said it, and just cannot get enough of her. In short, he's perfect. Then why is Avani losing her mind, ignoring the advice of her BFFs and trying to convince herself that he's just too good to be true?

Built To Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good...

To make up or break up? Whether you’re just getting serious or have a long-term commitment, no other question causes so much heartache and self-doubt. Many other books tell you how to fix your relationship. This groundbreaking bestseller is the first one to help you choose whether you should try—or you need to go.

Skye Starling is overjoyed when her boyfriend, Burke Michaels, proposes after a whirlwind courtship. Though Skye seems to have the world at her fingertips - she’s smart, beautiful, and from a well-off family - she’s also battled crippling OCD ever since her mother’s death when she was 11, and her romantic relationships have suffered as a result.

Auroras Zeit als Valet im Divine District hat ein jähes Ende gefunden. Nun ist sie auf der Flucht – weit entfernt von der einzigen Welt, die sie je kannte. Doch die Schrecken der Vergangenheit lassen Aurora nicht los. Denn Galadons Herrschaft nimmt immer grausamere Züge an, täglich werden Hinrichtungen übertragen und die Bewohner von Silver City leben in Angst. Als Colden beschließt, in die Stadt des Lichts zurückzukehren, um Galadon zu einem Kampf auf Leben und Tod herauszufordern, folgt Aurora ihm. Zurück an dem Ort, der sie beinahe alles gekostet hätte, ist sie umgeben von Feinden.

Heiress Daphne Ryan is uncertain about spending a week at the sprawling country estate of the family of her sister’s boyfriend. For starters, she doesn’t get along with her sister. Then there’s the fact his family is old, wealthy aristocracy, and Daphne’s from brash, new American money. Mostly, it’s that everyone knows Duncroft House is haunted by the ghost of a 1920s film star who died there. Deemed an accident, for nearly a century, people are sure it was murder.

Katie Carr, Mutter zweier Kinder und frustrierte Ehefrau des zynischen Kolumnisten David, tut ihr Bestes. Doch das reicht nicht.

When the oracle predicted that Mirra would need to be rescued...Mirra is shocked to find the premonition unfold literally. When Silas Somerborne races to save the day and rescues Mirra from certain death, she knows immediately that he’s the one she’s been waiting for. And yet, no matter how hard she tries, Silas pushes Mirra away.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of How to be Good by Nick Hornby, read by Claire Higgins. According to her own complex moral calculations, Katie Carr has earned her affair. She's a doctor, after all, and doctors are decent people, and on top of that, her husband...

While her friends wish for meet-cutes worthy of their favorite rom-coms, Julia is ready to give up on love. Swiping right has replaced getting swept off your feet and good old-fashioned romance has become, well, old-fashioned. A writer for a popular website, love becomes the last thing on her mind when impending layoffs threaten her job. As Julia searches for the ultimate pitch to impress her boss, she stumbles upon a resort offering guests a chance to live out their romantic comedy dreams.

Brought to you by Penguin. Can a good company become a great one? If so, how? After a five-year research project, Jim Collins concludes that good to great can and does happen. In this book, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organisation to make the leap from good to...

Niemand glaubt, dass mein Algorithmus funktionieren kann und wirklich dazu in der Lage ist, die nächsten Taten von Serienkillern vorherzusagen – nicht mein Professor, nicht mein Freund, nicht meine Familie. Nur die Weirdos aus den Internetforen, die mich mit Daten versorgen, vertrauen in meine Fähigkeiten. Dann passiert es endlich. Mein Programm sagt einen Mord voraus. Selbstverständlich muss ich überprüfen, ob die Vorhersage stimmt, allerdings kann ich wohl kaum guten Gewissens einen Mord beobachten. Also muss ich ihn verhindern.

A woman is found dead in an apparent suicide – but there may be something darker at play. Featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, Too Good To Be True is a gripping Quick Read from Ann Cleeves' bestselling Shetland series. Now a major BBC One drama, Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall. When young...

The bestselling author of Own Your Everyday and Embrace Your Almost leads you on a journey of health and faith as you pursue wellness as a way to worship God without turning wellness into a god you worship. “In her most profound work to date, Jordan has taken historical biblical truths and...

A fabulously entertaining audiobook from the ultimate authority on those almost believable tales that always happen to a "friend of a friend". Alligators in the sewers? A pet in the microwave? A tragic misunderstanding of the function of cruise control? No, it didn't really happen to your friend's sister's neighbor: It's an urban legend. And no matter how savvy you think you are, you are sure to find in this collection of more than 200 tales at least one story you would have sworn was true.

In this landmark book of interfaith dialogue, the Dalai Lama provides an extraordinary Buddhist perspective on the teachings of Jesus, commenting on well-known passages from the four Christian Gospels including the Sermon on the Mount, the parable of the mustard seed, the Resurrection, and others. Drawing parallels between Jesus and the Buddha - and the rich traditions from which they hail - His Holiness delivers a profound affirmation of the sacred in all religions.

In this startling study of human emotion, Dacher Keltner investigates an unanswered question of human evolution: If humans are hardwired to lead lives that are "nasty, brutish, and short," why have we evolved with positive emotions like gratitude, amusement, awe, and compassion that promote ethical action and cooperative societies? Born to Be Good takes us on a journey through scientific discovery, personal narrative, and Eastern philosophy.

Die ehrgeizige Personalentwicklerin Mercedes Evans hat nur ein Ziel – ihrem Chef beweisen, dass sie seine würdige Nachfolgerin von OW-Coaching ist. Ein letzter entscheidender Auftrag führt sie an den Arbeitsplatz von Carter Cunningham. Der charismatische Junggeselle soll das erfolgreiche Familienunternehmen übernehmen. Jedoch muss er dafür mit Mercedes kooperieren. Aufgrund eines Zwischenfalles zunächst gar nicht von dem Arrangement begeistert, verspüren beide bald ein starkes Interesse aneinander. Schnell wird aus der anfänglichen Abneigung eine Achterbahnfahrt aus Nähe und Distanz.

When 16-year-old Jess arrives on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep with her newborn son, Jimmy, she has nowhere else to go. Arriving straight from the hospital, having just given birth, Jess is like a rabbit caught in the headlights. Scared, alone, and practically a child herself, she is overwhelmed with the responsibility of caring for a newborn without the support of a loving family or her beloved boyfriend. With social services threatening to take baby Jimmy into care, Jess knows that Maggie is her only chance.

We hear all the time that we're moments from doomsday. Around us, crises interlock and escalate, threatening our collective survival. Protestors and politicians repeatedly call for action, but still we continue to drift towards disaster. We need to do something. But what if the only way for us to prevent catastrophe is to assume that it has already happened - to accept that we're already five minutes past zero hour? Too Late to Awaken sees Slavoj Žižek forge a vital new space for a radical emancipatory politics that could avert our course to self-destruction.