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Isobel lives an isolated life in North London, working at a nearby library. She feels safe if she keeps to her routines and doesn't let her thoughts stray too far into the past. But a newspaper photograph of a missing local schoolgirl and a letter from her old teacher are all it takes for her ordinary, careful armour to become overwhelmed and the trauma of what happened when she was a pupil at The Schoolhouse to return.

Months after her boyfriend dumped her, Georgia can still hear the insults he hurled at her. Boring. Predictable. Tame. Tired of feeling bad, she's ready to change her image and go a little wild. What better way to prove her ex wrong than a hot night of adventure at the secret campus kink club? In the shadowy den of the club, she unexpectedly runs into Logan Mulvaney, her friend's little brother. A player extraordinaire too hot for his own good, he may be younger, but the guy is light-years ahead when it comes to the opposite sex.

Julia and Livy have always told each other everything, turning to each other when life gets difficult. So when Julia is found dead in her home, Livy cannot accept the verdict of suicide. Livy sets out to prove that Julia was murdered, but digging into Julia’s private life will cause her to question everything. The truths that Livy discovers will tear the very fabric of her own life apart.

From the self-proclaimed Queen of the Stunted Late Bloomers and one of the most exciting emerging voices in comedy comes an honestly funny memoir about the awkward, cringeworthy, hilarious, and longest possible journey of coming of age and into her own.

When Talia runs away from the only life she's ever known, she becomes the target of a ruthless manhunt. Those she once considered friends are suddenly bona fide enemies, unwavering in their pursuit. If the Agency can't have her, they want Talia eliminated. As her abilities grow stronger by the day, Talia's grip falters.

35 year old Emily Mitchell has fled her job, apartment and ex-boyfriend in New York City for her father's historic, abandoned home on the coast of Maine, needing a change in her life and determined to make it a B&B. She had never expected, though, that her relationship with its caretaker, Daniel, would turn her life on its head.

In historic York, Ella seems to have the perfect life. She's a published author, her bookshop is thriving, she's married to the man of her dreams and they've started a family of their own. But Ella is struggling. Motherhood isn't quite everything she imagined it to be, and she's worried that there may be cracks in her marriage. On the other side of the Atlantic, despite endless blue skies and a stream of eager customers in her vintage dress shop, Ella's mother Fabia finds that life in San Diego is not enough for her....

Meet Ella and her mother Fabia Moreno, who arrive in York one cold January day to set up their vintage dress shop. The flamboyant Fabia wants to sell beautiful dresses to nice people and move on from her difficult past. Ella just wants to fit in. But not everyone is on their side. Will Fabia overcome the prejudices she encounters? What's the dark secret she's hiding? And do the silk linings and concealed seams of her dresses contain real spells or is this all just 'everyday magic'?

Fourteen years ago, scientist William Fox implanted four babies with the Medusa gene - a gene for psychic abilities. Fox's experiment left a legacy: four teenagers, each with their own distinct special skill. Together, they are a crimefighting force - The Medusa Project. Now the team is due to be disbanded and the teenagers sent to separate locations. But Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan are determined to investigate claims that a drug conveying the same powers as the Medusa gene has been developed and are making plans of their own to prove it.

Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan are in danger: their existence has become known to members of the criminal underworld, and they must stay hidden away in a secluded training camp in Spain, where their identities are being kept secret. Life in camp is hard enough, but then things take a turn for the worse. Ed is blackmailed into using his mind-reading powers – and in doing so he threatens to endanger the whole Medusa Project....

După zece ani de căsnicie, Dan şi Sylvie au o casă confortabilă, joburi motivante şi două gemene încîntătoare. Sînt fericiţi împreună şi îşi închipuie că ştiu totul unul despre celălalt, ba uneori chiar se întreabă dacă n‑au ajuns să comunice telepatic. Asta pînă cînd află că mai au de împărtăşit mai bine de jumătate de secol de căsnicie şi din momentul acela se dezlănţuie panica...

Viaţa mea nu chiar perfectă este povestea lui Katie Brenner, o tînără promiţătoare, care locuieşte în Londra, aflată la primul ei job important. Cînd Katie crede că lucrurile merg din ce în ce mai bine, se trezeşte concediată de Demeter, şefa bătrînă şi arţăgoasă. Neştiind încotro s-o apuce, Katie se întoarce la ţară, în Somerset, unde locuiesc părinţii ei, cu visurile spulberate şi îşi face o profesiune de credinţă din încercarea de a-şi ajuta tatăl cu mica lui afacere, o fermă aproape falimentară.

Fixie e genul de fată care intră în casa cuiva şi nu se poate abţine să îndrepte tabloul strîmb de pe perete–şi, dacă tot e aici, de ce să nu aranjeze şi cărţile în ordine alfabetică sau condimentele în funcţie de ţara de origine? Ce‑i drept, uneori exagerează, iar alteori rezolvă probleme şi pentru ceilalţi–mai ales pentru sora ei Nicole sau fratele său Jake. Ăsta-i cusurul ei, trebuie să îndrepte lucrurile.

Audrey poartă tot timpul ochelari cu lentile negre. Nu-i scoate nici măcar în casă. Nu iese niciodată în oraş, rar cînd schimbă două vorbe cu cineva pe care nu-l cunoaşte şi i se pare aproape imposibil să se uite în ochii oamenilor. Aşa e Audrey. Dar toate astea pînă într-o zi – cînd apare Linus, prietenul fratelui ei. Audrey descoperă că poate să vorbească cu Linus despre spaimele care nu-i dau pace. Linus o face să rîdă şi cu el nu se mai simte judecată nemilos de toată lumea. Încet-încet, Audrey se îndreaptă spre vindecare şi se îndrăgosteşte.

Drawing on almost 20 years of research from around the world, The Glass Cliff phenomenon - whereby women are often only hired in leadership roles when a business is already underperforming, meaning their chances of success are limited before they ever even start in the role - is well established, but little known. Until now.

Welcome to a new podcast from Back Up, the spinal cord injury charity. We inspire people affected by spinal cord injury to get the most out of life.Back Up and Thriving is an accessible travel podcast about travelling via different forms of transport with a spinal cord injury hosted by our Head of Services Sophie Elwes, who sustained a SCI herself in 2011. She interviews a range of guests, all of whom have a spinal cord injury themselves and have experienced Back Up's life-changing services.

un jour j'ai fait un bébé, c'est grâce à mon chien, mon compagnon, et ma psy, dans cet ordre. Je vais vous raconter. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Hey, bienvenue sur le podcast de Sisi la Soso! Dans ce podcast tu trouveras de la bonne humeur, des sujets légers et moins légers avec un regard toujours bienveillant. Un échange sur mes 1000 expériences de vie, professionnelles, sentimentales, médicales etc. Un regard de femme pour les femmes mais aussi pour les hommes (vous allez apprendre plein de choses messieurs!). A tout de suite! Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Tasked with administering the annual Talent Aptitude Tests to analyze the children of the nation's capital to identify those with powers, Talia knows that the mandatory testing laws are controversial but is still shocked by the protesters lining the streets of the city and the curfew imposed upon its residents. She soon learns that it isn't the children who are tested she needs to be concerned about; it's the ones who aren't. And when she encounters a face from her past, Talia must confront her toughest decision yet.

Luna and Fowler have escaped the kingdom of Relhok, but they haven't escaped the darkness. When a battle against the dark dwellers mortally injures Fowler, Luna is faced with a choice: put their fate in the hands of mysterious strangers or risk losing Fowler forever. Desperate to keep the one bright part of her life alive, Luna accepts the help of soldiers from a nearby kingdom.