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Paige Vallis claimed that she gave in to Tripping's sexual demands because he had threatened to harm his son if she didn't. Alexandra Cooper, prosecuting the ex-CIA man, knew she had her work cut out to convince the jury, but before Paige could complete her testimony on the stand she is found dead....

Go big or go home. For privateer Captain Magdalene Landon, it's all about going big. For Kay Ellis, it's about getting home. Together, they're about to architect the most daring heist in the galaxy. Kay knows too much. She knows it’s a matter of time before a conglomerate hitman finds her. She’s desperate for safe passage back to Union space. Then Magdalene shows up, promising a way home in exchange for that information. It’s a risky bet, but Kay is out of options. So she strikes a deal: the heist of the century for her freedom. Kay is playing a dangerous game, and she knows it.

Float: A Guide to Letting Go seeks to encourage children to process their emotions gently and in a way that allows them purposeful ownership of what they think and how they feel. It will aid them in identifying the root of their feelings, help them to examine their reactions to emotions and decide for themselves what they may be ready to release.

Newland Archer is a young lawyer, a member of New York’s high society, and engaged to be married to May Welland. Countess Ellen Olenska is May’s cousin, and wants a divorce from the Polish nobleman she married. Intelligent and beautiful, she comes back to New York where she tries to fit into the high society life she had before her marriage. Her family and former friends, however, are shocked by the idea of divorce within their social circle, and she finds herself snubbed by her own class. Ellen and Newland fall in love and must choose between passion and conventions.

At 22, Katherine Mayfield has taken her rightful place as mistress of Mayfield Manor. Her plain Amish childhood is over, and her new world is filled with endless possibilities. Why, then, does Katherine find her thoughts going back to old friendships and the family that raised her? Soon, the beautiful young woman will face choices that may change her faith forever. As Katherine examines her heart and her soul, her questions will encourage you to spend some quiet time with your own meditations.

Napisana ujmującym, ciepłym językiem saga rodzinna, opowiadająca historię matki i córki wobec burzliwych dziejów Polski XX wieku. Wbrew pułapkom losu tworzą kochającą rodzinę, patrzą na świat z radością życia. Od pierwszych stron książki wciągają nas w swój świat.

Theodosia Browning has never considered herself a wine connoisseur - tea has always been her forte. But that doesn’t mean she’s going to pass up an invitation to a fancy wine-tasting party at the upscale Knighthall Winery, just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. But a sweet evening takes on a bitter aftertaste when a dead body is discovered in one of the wine barrels. The son of proprietor Jordan Knight has been murdered.

Here are four unforgettable stories by Yann Martel, the New York Times best-selling author of Life of Pi. In the exquisite title novella, a very young man dying of AIDS joins his friend in fashioning a story of the Roccamatio family of Helsinki, set against the yearly march of the 20th century.

Journalist Philip Bradley can't forget Rachel Yoder, the blind Amish woman he met while on assignment in Pennsylvania. He is determined to find a cure for her and to get to know her better. But before Rachel can move on in her life, she must first confront traumatic memories. Can their growing love survive the vast gulf between their different worlds and Rachel's agonizing road to recovery?

When Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is invited by Doreen Briggs, one of Charleston's most prominent hostesses, to a "Rat Tea", she is understandably intrigued. As servers dressed in rodent costumes and wearing white gloves offer elegant finger sandwiches and fine teas, Theo learns these parties date back to early 20th-century Charleston. But this party goes from odd to chaotic when a fire starts at one of the tables and Doreen's entrepreneur husband suddenly drops dead.

The “riotously entertaining” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and gruesome final installment in master of modern horror Stephen Graham Jones’s acclaimed Indian Lake trilogy—the most lauded series in the history of horror novels—picks up four years after Don’t Fear the Reaper as...

Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: “I want to be you.” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package.” And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that “whole package,” in her inspiring and...

Das "Grand Hotel" im Berlin der 20er Jahre. In dieser eleganten Kulisse kreuzen sich die Wege einer Hand voll unterschiedlicher Charaktere: eine alternde russische Ballerina, ein adeliger Dieb, ein todkranker Buchhalter, ein bankrotter Unternehmer und eine lebenslustige Sekretärin. Ihre Schicksale verstricken sich, und am Ende verlässt niemand das "Grand Hotel" als der Mensch, der er vorher war.

During the Mad Hatter Masquerade, a fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the Opera on the grounds of the old Pendleton Grist Mill, Harlan Sadler, husband of Cricket Sadler, the chairwoman, is killed. He’s been hit in the head with a croquet mallet, and his body hung on the chains and paddles of the grist mill.

With humor and honesty, award-winning author Lee Reilly explores the joys and trials of the “ever-single” woman in a world defined by the married. In Women Living Single, she tells the refreshing stories of thirty unmarried women of all ages, struggling alone to live life to its fullest, and...

Jak dobrze umiesz mówić po angielsku? Z naszym audio kursem nauczysz się jeszcze więcej. Ucz się tam, gdzie Ci wygodnie, wykorzystując każdą wolną chwilę. Przez cały czas nauki towarzyszy Ci lektor, który stopniowo wprowadza nowy materiał, w przejrzysty sposób wyjaśnia zasady gramatyczne oraz uczy, jak stosować słownictwo i tworzyć zdania.

Dr. Leah Wright returned to her childhood home in rural Pennsylvania with her husband to find peace and quiet, start afresh, and raise her six-year-old daughter Emily. But when she gets home one dark winter night, clutching roses in her hand, she finds her daughter huddled under her bed and her husband’s blood all over the floor.... When Detective Luka Jericho is called to investigate, he’s shocked to learn that the killer left a witness behind - the victim’s young daughter.

Poznaj podstawowe słownictwo i zacznij swobodnie rozmawiać po rosyjsku zarówno w codziennych sytuacjach, jak też w podróży czy w pracy za granicą. W kursie znajdziesz: 21 tematycznych lekcji, które wprowadzają i utrwalają przydatne słownictwo, 145 starannie opracowanych ćwiczeń, które uczą poprawnej wymowy oraz pokazują zastosowanie wyrażeń w kontekście, 2000 słów, zwrotów oraz zdań do powtarzania, 250 przykładów sprawdzających opanowanie słownictwa, słowa i zwroty nagrane z tłumaczeniami oraz przykładowe odpowiedzi w ćwiczeniach konwersacyjnych.

Orfana, cresciuta in una remota provincia, la giovane Rin ha superato senza battere ciglio il difficile esame per entrare nella più selettiva accademia militare dell'Impero. Per lei significa essere finalmente libera dalla condizione di schiavitù in cui è cresciuta. Ma l'aspetta un difficile cammino: dovrà superare ostilità e pregiudizi, affidandosi al dono letale che ha scoperto di possedere, l'antica e semileggendaria arte sciamanica. È forse l'unico modo per evitare una Terza guerra dei papaveri.

Helen Eustis’s The Horizontal Man (1946) won an Edgar Award for best first novel and continues to fascinate as a singular mixture of detection, satire, and psychological portraiture. A poet on the faculty of an Ivy League school is found murdered, setting off ripple effects of anxiety...