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Sandra wants to lose weight. Kristy wants to get taller. Both discover a revolutionary supplement to make their workout routines more successful. Neither girl likes the other, but as one starts to grow and one starts to shrink, they realize the rivalry they never knew they had, will now become a game of cat and mouse.

Months after Karen and her team were shrunken down during a lab accident at the Desert Rose facility, they've been relocated to a remote cabin in the woods. Now, after a new accident, the girls (and one guy) find themselves growing back at unexpected rates. Plenty of multi-sized people in this adventure.

Winner of the 2005 Gival Press Novel Award. A teenage girl from Greece discovers that her father isn't who she thought he was. A tale of passion, hypocrisy, and betrayal.

Patricia has been having an affair with Billy for months, but it's hard to get an opportunity for alone time. Patricia's kids, husband's schedule, and nosy neighbors make it near impossible. But when she's given a shrink ray to help smuggle him into the house, she'll discover that it is much more fun than simply going undercover.

Brittany doesn't let just anyone around her. She's had a secret for the past few years. Whenever a thunderstorm passes over, she must fight the urge to grow...but when James decides to come one night, she may just let herself go.

One of the seven Sager siblings who were orphaned on the Oregon Trail, Matilda later survived the 1847 massacre in which her adoptive parents, the missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman and his wife, and her two brothers were killed. The attack, a pivotal event in Northwest history, led to a war of retaliation against the Cayuse Indians and the extension of federal control over the present-day states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming. In this rare volume, Matilda left her account of that tragic event in the pioneer west.

Christmastime In The Snowtime With Coco The Sand Girl! is about how a boy named Kolby who lives in Miamitown, finally gets his wish to see snow for the very first time. While celebrating with his cousins and new friends, he experiences another unexpected, magical, and amazing moment during one of the last days of the "Silver Season!". Zoe invites listeners to experience Christmas in the snowtime as Kolby does.

A New England Nun is the tale of Louisa Ellis' struggle with the commitment of marriage after having waited 14 years for her fiancé to return from his stay in Australia. Complication arises when her fiancé falls in love with another woman, and Louisa does not want her independent life disrupted.

Anne Dutton’s letter "The Spiritual Israelites" compares the bondage of the children of Israel in Egypt under the pharaoh to the cruel bondage of the people of God in a state of nature under the tyranny of sin and Satan. She compares their deliverance from Egypt and passage through the Red Sea as the believer’s deliverance from the power of darkness. Finally, she likens the passage over Jordan into Canaan as the passage of the believer through death into everlasting life.

1944. Emily Dean is sent to stay with relatives in rural Victoria. With grandmother determined to keep up standards despite the effects of the war; Della, the Bible-quoting cook, and her young and fearless aunt Lydia, who refuses to befriend her, Emily just wants to go home. But things start looking up when she encounters Claudio, the Italian prisoner of war employed as a farm labourer. And then Lydia’s brother, William, unexpectedly returns from the war. Wounded and bitter, he’s rude, traumatised and mostly drunk, yet a passion for literature soon draws them together.

"Das Buchland im Keller unter uns ist unglaublich viel mehr, als diese Aneinanderreihung von gefüllten Regalen. Dort findet man billige Klischees, abgedroschene Fantasien und halbe Wahrheiten direkt neben den großen göttlichen Ideen, die die Welt veränderten. Die ganze Kreativität der Menschheit." Dieses Antiquariat ist nicht wie andere Buchläden! Das muss auch die gescheiterte Buchhändlerin Beatrice feststellen, als sie notgedrungen die Stelle im staubigen Antiquariat des ebenso verstaubt wirkenden Herrn Plana annimmt.

Three rich men fulfilling her every dark and forbidden desire. That was the last thing Madison expected when she left America to report on the royal wedding of the Kingdom of Saltwick. Diego Mendoza, an heir to the throne of Paracito, code name Python, steps out of his comfort zone and admits that he has a big secret. His biggest passion: using his lips and tongue to deliver unspeakable pleasure. Sultry nights between the sheets may have to come to an end when other secrets get exposed.

A kingdom of vicious princes, court intrigue, and wickedly dark desires. Years searching for a woman to share, and along comes Madison. The African American journalist stumbles into three princes' plot. Falling into bed with three princes isn't in Madison's job description. Once they taste perfection, the three men won't let go. They always get what they want. Now, they want her, forever.

Three rich men fulfilling her every dark and forbidden desire.That was the last thing Madison expected when she left America to report on the royal wedding of the Kingdom of Saltwick. Madison's boys have a little present for her.... Will Cobra be the latest addition to her troupe of sexy alpha males? Attention! This is the hottest and most provocative of the BWWM Dark Fantasy series. A ménage romance not for the faint-hearted.

Es ist Sommer. Die Eltern sind auf Reisen und schicken ihren Kindern täglich eine Ansichtskarte von den exotischen Plätzen dieser Welt. Der Großvater liest daraus vor, was er lesen möchte, und das ist meist das Gegenteil dessen, was dort geschrieben steht. Für die Kinder Anlass genug, sich selbst das Lesen beizubringen. Lesen kann man angeblich auch von den Vögeln lernen. Die Kinder mit ihren selbstgebauten Flugmaschinen aus Federn, Papier und Draht.

Wellington, 1885: Tally Ho doesn't need to go to school because she is going to be a fisherman or cart driver or butcher boy like Harry Crawford. Taking her hero's advice, she runs away. Sydney, 1917: A burned woman is discovered on the banks of the Lane Cove River. Nobody knows who she was until the police find out a boy's mother went missing that very same weekend, and his stepfather, Harry Crawford, is not who he seems to be.

Weeping Under This Same Moon is based on a true story of two teenage girls from different cultures, whose paths intertwine, dramatically altering the course of their lives. In this testament to the power of love and the spirit of volunteerism, Mei and Hannah come together in celebration of culture and language, food and friendship, and the ultimate rescue of both young women from their own despair.

The Life of Houses explores, with a poet's eye for detail, the hidden tensions in one of Australia's establishment families. These tensions come to the surface during a week in summer when Kit's recently divorced mother sends her away to stay with her estranged grandparents, and her unmarried aunt who cares for them, in their old and decaying house by the sea.

Six strangers from across the world converge on the tropical island of Bali to attend a course designed to help them face their fears.

Friendships and romance blossom as the participants are put through a series of challenges designed to test, but fun in the sun suddenly transforms into something far more serious when the unthinkable happens.... Shocking, powerful and utterly gripping, Fearless takes you to the edge and makes you look down.

Once upon a time, med student Annie Coffey set out to have a purely physical fling with Charles Douglas, a gorgeous British doctor in her lab. It didn't quite work out that way. Instead, secrets - and desires - were bared, hearts were broken, and Annie knew she had to leave this complicated, compelling man who remains convinced he can never give her what she needs.