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In this short tale for fans of Cinderella and Bridgerton, Pearl’s ball gown may carry the whiff of mothballs, but her dance card for the duke’s ball is full…until she loses a shoe. In her enthusiasm, Pearl’s foot slides out of her too-big damask slipper in the middle of a dance and gets kicked around the ballroom to the amusement of the sophisticated guests. What is a spirited but clumsy heroine to do? Can her composure and good humor save her social dignity?

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Are you ready to make your life an adventure? From 100 to 2,200 crew members per ship are needed to manage operations onboard the more than 300 cruise ships worldwide. Explore exotic foreign ports and get paid for your unique skills. Ok, it's work, but the benefits are numerous! Sleep in the same bed, get well fed every day--and yes, get paid! Nancy Soule has been at sea since 2011 and shares secrets and insights from hundreds of crewmembers. This is the ultimate how-to for anyone seeking a life of the extraordinary.

Meera, Gemma and Karl have always dreamed of owning a farm, and when Meera discovers an abandoned railway station, it seems like their dream might come true. Soon Silver Street Farm is up and running—but news of the city farm spreads like wildfire, and the council try to shut it down. Can the people of Lonchester come together to save it?

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Anna Karenina, a literary masterpiece by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.

Belfast, 1914. Dimenticata ormai la lunga e pacifica età vittoriana, l’impero inglese è scosso dai cambiamenti. L’inaffondabile Titanic, forgiato nei cantieri navali della città, è affondato ormai da due anni, e la morte che ha portato con sé ha alimentato – specialmente nella classe media in ascesa – una passione bruciante per occultismo e spiritismo. William Jackson Crawford, ingegnere e professore all’Istituto tecnico municipale, benché tribolato da infinite ristrettezze economiche, è pieno di speranze nel futuro, finché sulla sua tranquilla vita familiare piomba, inaspettata, la tragedia.

This book will take you on a journey of heartache, pain, adversity, and even death. It will also show you how a broken woman got back up to help others and to share her true story of healing through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Haelsford, Florida, is a Hellmouth. Or at least, that's what Logan, a new witch struggling to control her powers, thinks as she arrives to begin the new school year at Mesmortes Coven Academy. She is immediately taken under the wing of the infamous Red Three. Iris, a deathwitch, who wants nothing more than to break the town's curse; Thalia, the talented greenwitch, is on the run from her religious family and a past that still haunts her; and Jailah is one of the most powerful witches at the academy but her thirst for power may lead her down a dark path.

Life has gone to the dogs for Charlie Abella. Years of showing champion Border Collies has left her feeling burned out. Moving on with her life, she heads to college and then takes on the world of business. She is blessed to find a job working in sales for the pet industry, where her knowledge and skills will help her move quickly up the corporate ladder and away from the small town of Searsport, Maine, where she grew up. When she loses a beloved relative, Charlie returns to Searsport for the funeral, believing now, she can finally cut all ties to her hometown.

Wie können wir mit Gott ins Reine kommen? Warmherzig und klar zeigt Michael Reeves auf, was die Bibel über die Rechtfertigung durch den Glauben allein lehrt. Für all jene, die Christus noch nicht kennen oder die an ihrer Errettung zweifeln, hält die Bibel eine gute Nachricht bereit, die Trost und Freude schenkt.

Ouida – the pseudonym of English novelist Maria Louise Ramé – wrote over 40 novels as well as children’s books, short stories and essays. One of the most popular authors of her day, she achieved fame and fortune with her ‘sensation novels’ which scandalised and intrigued Victorian readers, but her extravagant lifestyle resulted in her dying in poverty in 1908. This collection brings together her pioneering novel Moths with two engrossing biographical portraits of Ouida herself.

Ich hatte nur einen kleinen Spaziergang geplant. Einen kurzen Abstecher in das unheimliche Waldgebiet, das ich von meinem wunderlichen Onkel geerbt hatte. Ich konnte ja nicht ahnen, dass dieser riesige, uralte Wald einige sehr finstere Geheimnisse bereithielt, die in unserer Welt gar nicht existieren durften. Und ganz bestimmt hatte ich nicht mit den drei einschüchternden, gehörnten Kreaturen gerechnet, die gar nicht daran dachten, mich wieder gehen zu lassen. Sie hatten nämlich mein Geheimnis gewittert: Meine Jungfräulichkeit.

Society's latest attempt to create unity among the diverse people of the world was to create one government, one unified race of people. Integral—and without which, this goal could not be accomplished—was the Leaving. Well-intentioned but fatally flawed and cruel at its inception. A state-mandated and tightly controlled expulsion of all children at the age of eighteen from their homes. Their destinations only known by the state. Their goodbyes to their family and friends are final.

8 settembre 1943: uno dei momenti più difficili della nostra storia. Il momento in cui una generazione si trovò davanti a un bivio che l'avrebbe segnata in maniera indelebile. La vicenda di Johnny, futuro partigiano del capolavoro di Fenoglio, riassume tutta la confusione di quell'attimo incredibilmente lungo; tutto il peso delle scelte prese quando infuria la battaglia. Primavera di bellezza (1959) è il terzo e ultimo libro pubblicato in vita da Beppe Fenoglio.

Il mondo non è dei viventi, è delle ombre. In ciò che apparentemente è secondario, dietro ciò che non si vede o non si trova più, c’è un segreto ancora più profondo degli uomini e delle vite nelle quali si sono dibattuti. Ricomporre i frammenti, meticolosamente studiarli, amarli e restituirli alla luce significa compiere la trasmutazione alchemica del tempo perduto in tempo ritrovato. Questa è la missione di Dissipazioni.

Quando Ranocchia viene ripescato dall’acqua gelida del fiume, più morto che vivo, ciò che il paese sospettava da tempo diventa certezza: è impazzito. Già non è mai stato molto brillante, con il suo fare svagato e il fisico gracile, inabile al lavoro nei campi. Da quando poi se n’è andato di casa per calcare le assi del palcoscenico sotto l’egida di quel cialtrone di Baldo Bandini, capocomico e vagabondo... Inevitabile che la sua mente, già debole, cedesse.

Tanto tempo fa, nessuno ricorda più quando né perché, Alfred fu messo alla gogna per lesa maestà. Sopravvissuto a quaranta re, Alfred è sempre lì, bloccato nella gogna, e vive degli ortaggi ammuffiti che la gente si diverte a lanciargli. Alfred è ancora un giovane ragazzo, in preda a una rabbia incontenibile e col corpo tormentato dai dolori. È un campione nel gridare insulti a tutti i passanti e, soprattutto, ai re.

Sade Benjworth has always had her life planned out: graduate college, work for a few years, and then try to find herself a husband. She's accomplished almost all of her goals—except the husband. She's the last of her siblings to get married or have a serious relationship. It doesn’t help that her mom has put a lot of pressure on her to find the perfect man.

Die Bestsellerautorin gibt anhand der häufigsten Eltern-Fragen ganz konkrete und schnell umsetzbare Tipps. Morgendlicher Stress, ständiger Geschwisterzoff, die Schwiegermutter, die immer wieder spitze Bemerkungen macht... In vielen Situationen fragen sich bedürfnisorientierte Eltern verunsichert: Wie gehen wir damit um? Was wird dem Kind und unserer Familie gerecht?

Meet Hum Bug, the grumpy little bug who always says, "I can't!" But what happens when he starts to think positively and says, "I can!"? Listen on to discover how this simple shift changes Hum Bug's life and the lives of those around him.