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Lysandra Keates is running out of options. Her father is dead, her mother is ill, and her efforts to find respectable employment have ended in failure. With her small savings bleeding away, she swallows her pride - and her terror - and turns to Vivien Manning, an infamous courtesan, to match her with a wealthy protector. For years, Viscount Andrew Callis has lived a monastic existence at his country estate, hardening his body against the snobbish, lazy young man he once was...

Simon Greene, Duke of Crestwood has been obsessed with Margaret Rylon for years. There is only one thing standing between them: her fiancé, who also happens to be his best friend. He is desperate not to destroy everything in his life by giving in to his desires, but when Meg and Simon are trapped alone together overnight during a storm, the resulting scandal not only breaks Meg's existing engagement, but forces Simon to offer for her instead.

Yafeu lebt mit ihrer Mutter und ihren Geschwistern beim Stamm ihres Vaters, der zu einer Reise aufbrach, von der er nie zurückkehrte. Yafeu liebt es, durch die Wildnis zu streifen und zu jagen. Nur dann fühlt sie sich frei. Doch eines Tages wird der Stamm von Sklavenhändlern überfallen. Yafeu wird von ihrer Familie getrennt und quer durch die Wüste nach Anfa verschleppt. Als sie auf dem Markt verkauft werden soll, wird die Stadt angegriffen. Von wilden, schwer bewaffneten Kriegerinnen, die von weither mit gewaltigen Schiffen übers Meer kamen.

In this quirky lesbian romantic mystery, a reporter and a party volunteer who can't stand each other join forces to find the truth behind an ice queen derailing Australia's weirdest election.

In dieser Box finden sich die früheren Programme "Flaschendrehen und andere miese Bräuche", "Das wird jetzt ein bisschen weh tun" und "Was sollen die Leute denken" sowie das brandneue, bisher noch nicht veröffentlichte wunderbare Programm "Heute wegen gestern geschlossen". Ganzjährige Tour im deutschsprachigen Raum, hat mittlerweile acht Bücher veröffentlicht, Auftritte in "Die Anstalt" im ZDF.

Many ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century. The Greeks and Romans continue to fascinate the West today. But of all the world's civilizations, none have intrigued people more than the Mayans, whose culture, astronomy, language, and mysterious disappearance all continue to captivate people.

The symptoms of ADHD are no less impairing in females than males but can be missed or misunderstood. This book arms professionals, parents and women themselves as it maps out where to go for information, who can help and how to understand ADHD better. It explains routes to assessment and diagnosis for girls and young women, how to access support in education, available treatments and the impact of living with ADHD on overall mental health. It explores the benefits of ADHD coaching for girls to help develop their unique strengths and talents.

Auf dem eigenen Parcours über eine Leiche zu stolpern, macht sich eher ungünstig im Lebenslauf. Wenn dann der Leiche auch noch ein Pfeil aus dem Auge ragt und man selbst einen Bogenshop besitzt, sieht es erst recht schlecht aus. Ronja Bellingrodt macht sich auf die Suche nach einem Mörder, tatkräftig unterstützt von der dankbaren Dorfgemeinschaft, einem misstrauischen Kommissar und einer maulenden Katze.

My mom is clawing her way out of a massive amount of medical debt. So, in addition to being an active-duty Marine, I'm also working security for my friend's matchmaking company to help her out as much as I can. Then one night, a gorgeous and mysterious woman needs my help evading a group of well-dressed men who are after her. I don't question it, I just get her out of there. Then I find out she's the princess of a small country, and she wants to leave her royal duties behind. She doesn't want to go back. I don't want to give her up. Now what?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A former star athlete turned deputy coroner is drawn into a brutal, complicated murder in this psychological thriller from a father-son writing team that delivers “brilliant, page-turning fiction” (Stephen King). Natural causes or foul play? That’s the...

Tom ist ein kleiner Junge mit klarem Weltbild: Aufräumen, Mädchen und Schlafen sind doof, Erziehungsberechtigte und Schule werden überbewertet und Regeln machen, wenn überhaupt, nur auf dem Bolzplatz Sinn. Während andere Kinder darauf gedrillt werden, ihre Eltern glücklich zu machen, verschönert Tom lieber Wahlplakate, sagt unliebsamen Verwandten und Ordnungshütern die Wahrheit und zieht einen Wettring mit Fußballbildchen auf.

KAPTAJNEN OG ANN BARBARA er en western fra den jyske hede i midten af 1700-tallet - dengang landet endnu skulle erobres. Den handler om en indædt og kompromisløs tysk kaptajn, hans kamp mod de rå naturkræfter, hans store drømme og endnu større ofre - og om den kvinde, som bliver hans elskede og allierede. Det er en intens historie om kold krig mellem sammenbidte mænd, om sigøjnere med wandergeist, om hævn og disciplin, kærlighed, fortabelse og den reneste ondskab.

"As a sex writer, Jesse Bering is fearless—and peerless." —Dan Savage "You are a sexual deviant. A pervert, through and through." We may not want to admit it, but as the award-winning columnist and psychologist Jesse Bering reveals in Perv, there is a spectrum of perversion along which we...

A fresh cultural analysis of female monsters from Greek mythology, and an invitation for all women to reclaim these stories as inspiration for a more wild, more “monstrous” version of feminism The folklore that has shaped our dominant culture teems with frightening female creatures. In our...

In dieser Box finden sich die beiden frühen Programme "Friss, Vögel oder Stirb" und "Das Dosenmilch-Trauma" sowie die beiden neuesten "Durst ist schlimmer als Heimweh" und "Für die Jahreszeit zu laut".

The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world's religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common? This book presents an in-depth and deeply engaged conversation among interfaith religious leaders and interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners in pursuit of an ethical consensus that could ground sustainable development efforts.

Is their real-life love story doomed to be a tragedy, or can they rewrite the ending? London, 1883 Finely dressed and finely drunk, Charlie Price is a man dedicated to his vices. Chief among them is his explicit novel collection, though his impending marriage to a woman he can’t love will...

Lil ist Businessfrau und behält gerne die Kontrolle. Als sie von ihrem Chef den Auftrag erhält, mit den Waffen einer Frau die begehrten Unterschriften eines neuen Bauvorhabens zu bekommen, ahnt sie nicht in welch unkontrollierbare Situationen sie hineinschlittert, und welch harte Prüfungen sie dabei über sich ergehen lassen muss... Erleben Sie, wie Lil dabei immer mehr riskiert und genießen Sie in vier prickelnden Geschichten ungezügelten Spaß am Sex...

When nineteen-year-old Elara returns to her grandmother’s ridge house in the Appalachian hollow, she finds more than heirlooms waiting. A sycamore tree as pale as bone stands watch, a cracked pocket watch stops at 10:17 each day, and a ledger filled with rules whispers what it costs to live here: Kin before names. Bread before bargains. Never pay in leaving. The hollow keeps storms, secrets, and sometimes people. If you feed it heels of bread and speak plain, it will mind its side of the fence.

My best friend warned me that it was too soon to marry Edward, a widower with an adorable but troubled little boy. She said we were moving too fast. But all I could see was a kind, loving man, struggling with grief, who needed my help. Yet as storm clouds gather above our small wedding ceremony, my hopes and dreams fall apart. None of my husband’s family turns up to support us. Instead of a honeymoon, we have a quiet night in. My wedding bouquet is placed on his first wife’s grave. And then my new stepson tells me he’s sure his mother is still alive.