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While serving in the USO during WWII, Mumma meets Pops. She's got many suitors, but it's Pops who wins her heart. Their road is rocky, though: His family sees his marriage to an orphan as beneath him, and her own dreams of being more than just a wife and mother are jeopardized. But while Mumma never counted on there being challenges at every turn, those turns also never anticipated a force of nature like Mumma.

Women define career success in a wide variety of ways. But whatever a woman's personal definition, if she is in a traditionally male-dominated career - virtually all high status, highly compensated fields - her career is at risk because of pervasive gender stereotypes. This highly practical book makes clear that women don't need to change who they are to succeed in their chosen careers, and they certainly don't need to act more like men.

They call him "Stone" because he's hard as a rock. He's sexy, debonair and arrogant as f*ck. A sexy, dangerous rival for power in the city that never sleeps. He sits on top of an empire looking down at the world...and now he's my stepbrother.

The year is 1783, and rakish Alexandre Beauvisage is returning from the Revolutionary War when he discovers Caroline, unconscious in the Connecticut woods. Dressed as a boy, she has no memory of her past. Against his better judgment, he takes the lovely foundling with him to his home in Philadelphia and finds his life increasingly complicated as the fiery attraction between them builds and Caro's dangerous past reaches out to her.

Celebrated Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt introduces Little Bird, a tiny crow with a big imagination and an even bigger heart, in this timeless novel just right for the young middle grade audience. When a wild fisher cat attacks their nest, Little Bird and her flock are devastated. Not only does...

Jane was stressed out and tired of the same old 9-to-5 grind. Wake up, go to work, go to sleep, repeat. It was getting old, and she needed a personal vacation to kick back and relax. With her bags in hand, she booked the first flight she could to a private paradise island resort where the people are beautiful and time moves slow. Little did she know, she would meet the most gorgeous man she has ever laid eyes on. And not only that, but he has money and power...lots of it. The only problem is that the man has a secret...he has a wild side, a dangerous side.

Dans le train qui relie Paris à Hendaye, quatre femmes voyagent dans le même carré famille. Éliane, 82 ans, est une habituée. Depuis que l'amour de sa vie est parti, elle fait ce trajet une à deux fois par mois pour tromper sa solitude. En face d'elle, Lola, une adolescente à fleur de peau, hésite à fuir, mais une petite voix lui souffle de rester à sa place. Quant à Pénélope et Betty, deux sœurs que tout oppose, leurs retrouvailles auraient pu être différentes si elles ne devaient pas se rendre au chevet de leur père malade.

Known for his stick-handling as much as for wrangling cattle on his family's ranch, Country Maddox becomes an overnight sensation with his viral hot takes on hockey highlights. But when he's invited to join Hockey Evening in Canada as a guest announcer, he's about to go stick to stick with the one adversary he can't outskate: his own failed love life.

Distillery co-owner Remy Renaud's rags-to-riches story could launch blue-blooded TV producer Cosima Lowell's career . . . even if the former biker has no memory of the night they spent together. When their combustible chemistry lands them back in bed, Cosima knows she's playing with fire. But Remy's hiding something—a shocking betrayal that could bring down the Renaud brothers. Will their secrets shatter their second chance to ride into the sunset together?

This rare compilation includes memorable speeches delivered by celebrated African American women from both the past and present. Spanning decades and elucidating the fight for equality, these speeches not only represent important moments of Black history but reveal the struggle from a female perspective. The live recordings in this captivating collection are preceded by a short biography that introduces each speaker.

With the situation in Las Vegas handled for the moment, the time has come for Jason and his party to refocus on the West Coast. His goal is simple: secure the region for the surviving people, and thus he finds himself back in his hometown. There, he will face all new threats before being sent on a mission by the goddess Freya—all while dealing with the issues that come from being engaged and trying to plan a wedding.

Is clutter draining your energy and stealing your peace? You’re not alone. Studies show that a messy home can increase stress, overwhelm, and even decision fatigue—but decluttering doesn’t have to be an all-consuming, exhausting process.

Join Jason and his party as they push from the outskirts of Las Vegas and into the center where demons rule. Will he root the evil out, be run out of town, or worse, end up as a meal for one of the many types of demons that seem to just want to indulge in their vices? What dangers besides demons and undead hide in the city or the wasteland surrounding it and if he survives them where will Jason go next? Meanwhile, Caitlin has escaped Greece and made her way to Italy where she will meet some possible new allies.

Someone is killing werewolves. At least, that's the way Vincent Van Gogh tells it when he shows up at Mark Abernathy's art gallery seeking protection. For gallery assistant and art history addict Hanna Harvey, meeting Van Gogh is a dream come true—until death follows the troubled artist to town and Hanna becomes the murderer's next target. When Alpha Wereboss Mark Abernathy goes missing, a new wave of murders draws the attention of drool-worthy Detective James Morrison, further complicating Hanna's epic dating dilemma.

With her magic stolen, Ivy Bennett is a witch doomed to die. But she isn’t giving up without a fight. One ritual could restore her power, all she needs is a little elbow grease and an abandoned house in the woods. Unfortunately, the home’s current resident -an arrogant satyr named Finn- will not tolerate a witch in his territory.

Gemini "Gemma" McKendrick knows just about everything about everybody in Townsend Harbor. With her quirky boutique in big financial trouble, she makes a snap decision to rent out the basement of her cozy craftsman to Townsend Harbor newcomer Gabe Kelly. A man with a past as colorful as his tattoo sleeves, who has become an urban legend since he blew into town. And who better than Gemma, Townsend Harbor's own gossip guru, to answer the rumor mill's most pressing questions?

One young woman’s summer of infinite possibility takes a turn she never saw coming in “this 1980s coming-of-age tale [that’s] chillingly compelling. Get ready to be transported.”—People (Best Books of the Month) “I haven’t felt this kind of excitement reading a story set in the...

It's bad enough that the world's most powerful vampires are following gallery assistant Hanna Harvey like a cloud of undead mosquitos. But finding one of their heads in the trunk of her Mustang? There's not enough cheese in the world to unsee that. Her stud-muffin alpha werewolf boss, Mark Abernathy, suspects that someone stashing vampy bits in Hanna's immediate vicinity is part of a plot to set off an inter-species war . . . with Hanna's own destiny at its heart. Now facing a force older and more sinister than any she's encountered, the stakes have never been higher for Hanna.

This volume will showcase the international grand design led by Benjamin Franklin that manifested in the establishment of the American republic and trace the next 130 years of world history as the USA was targeted for destruction by oligarchical forces from London and also from within leading up to the assassination of William McKinley in 1901.

Victoria Trumbull is a feisty 92-year-old who refuses to let her age stop her from having fun, or investigating crime. When Victoria's knowledge of her native Martha's Vineyard helped to solve a murder in Deadly Nightshade, she earned her own baseball cap emblazoned with "West Tisbury Police Deputy". Now the authorities will turn to her again to help uncover another scandal on the idyllic island.