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Education, employment, and home ownership have long been considered stepping stones to the middle class. But in Abandoned Families, social policy expert Kristin Seefeldt shows how many working families have access only to a separate but unequal set of poor-quality jobs, low-performing schools, and declining housing markets, which offer few chances for upward mobility. Through in-depth interviews over a six-year period with women in Detroit, Seefeldt charts the increasing social isolation of many low-income workers.

Tucked at the end of a narrow, crooked street in the Mediterranean city of Valencia, you may be surprised to come upon an ancient public bathhouse, a surprising relic from another time. The Admiral's Baths have stood sentry here for 700 years, through wars, reconstruction, epidemics, and the Inquisition - and still stand today. If only these walls could talk, you might think. What stories lie beneath those star-carved ceilings, across these tiled floors....

Chrissi Camden finds herself on a mysterious and spontaneous journey to the ancient King Roi, who may be able to lift her life-long and deadly curse. Unfortunately, the king calls her on this journey with not just her best friend, the intelligent Phil, but her archenemy and the rebel of their school. Together, the four make their way on a journey they never anticipated in a land much, much different than home, where a supernatural war takes place before their very eyes.

Raelyn, Symba, and Blue are back with twice as much drama as before. Will these three friends be able to juggle a rocky friendship after lies begin surfacing? And more importantly, will they be able to hold onto the relationships with the very men who were deceiving them? Canyon and Caesar were living the life before their entire world came crashing down around them. With the Feds sniffing around, they now have to be on their Ps and Qs if they don't want their entire organization to crumble.

Dead in Bed by Bailey Simms: The Complete First Book follows Ashley Young after a sexually transmitted plague breaks out in her small town. When the plague begins leaving its victims with a bizarrely amplified libido, Ashley has to be willing to do anything - no matter how difficult or morally questionable - in order to survive.

Jess is running out of time. He discovered the amulet possessing his recently deceased brother's soul had been accidentally sold in an online auction. Thorn was desperate to find it before anything bad happened. Only he hadn't counted on meeting Megan. After a lifetime of hunting the bad, shadowy things in the world, Thorn wants to soak up her goodness and never let her go. But his dead brother is angry, and when it becomes too late, the one person he suddenly can't bear to see hurt becomes the biggest target of all.

Eine schwungvolle Arie auf das Leben! Gloria dachte mit ihren 53 Jahren, das Leben hätte keine Höhepunkte mehr zu bieten. Doch jetzt soll die schwedische Operndiva die Hauptrolle in "Carmen" übernehmen. Aber der Gedanke an die Proben versetzt sie in Panik - denn zwei ihrer alten Liebhaber sollen in den männlichen Hauptrollen auftreten. Glorias Schwester Agnes dagegen führt eine stabile Beziehung. Aber irgendwann hält sie so viel Ereignislosigkeit nicht mehr aus, trennt sich von ihrem Mann und flüchtet zu Gloria.

Are you thinking about overhauling your health and happiness? Are you looking for advice on how to live a green eco-friendly, healthy, and happy life? Are you looking for tips, recipes, and simple life hacks for a cleaner diet and beauty regimes? A simpler and safer alternative to your menstrual cycle? Do you want to prepare for and have the safest pregnancy—eliminating the dangers of diet and home environments, and finding green alternatives to give your child the best start possible?

NFL Quarterback Greg Wilds had it all. The money. The fame. The women. But beneath that handsome grin was worry. This was because Greg Wilds was actually a shapeshifting WereLion. And he was a Lion who wanted nothing more than to leave the human world and rejoin his family's pride.

A deadly house explosion lures private investigator TJ Peacock to the site of the fire where she meets Gemma, a woman tortured by the death of a friend who died in the explosion. Gemma is convinced the explosion was deliberate and hires TJ to find out who murdered her friend. TJ takes the case and returns to the work she loves, despite feeling guilty about neglecting the responsibilities of her other roles as a wife and mother.

Mallorca im Jahre 1343: Das Inselreich wird in einem blutigen Feldzug durch König Pere IV. von Katalonien-Aragón erobert. Auch die Burg des Grafen von Marranx fällt dem übermächtigen Gegner in die Hände, und sein Erzfeind nützt die Gelegenheit zur Rache: Weil der Graf ihm einst die Braut raubte, sollen jetzt dessen Töchter für die Schmach von damals bezahlen. Nur um Haaresbreite gelingt es Miranda und Soledad zu entkommen, doch ihr Verfolger ist wie besessen vom Gedanken an Vergeltung.

Companies spend millions of dollars every year trying to court consumers. They invest in flashy advertising, celebrity endorsements, loyalty programs, websites ... you name it. And they spend millions more trying to build their businesses through elaborate "relationship management" software. The result? Most marketers still aren't emotionally connecting with consumers. Married to the Brand tells the story of what makes profitable brand relationships work - through the eyes of the consumer, not the marketer.

Phoebe Alexis Courtland had a plan. As a paralegal studying for the bar, she decided while in Vegas for a conference she would let off some steam with her friends. When Phoebe wakes the last day of her weekend trip to Vegas, she finds one of the biggest princess cut wedding rings on her ring finger while lying on top of a naked chiseled-chest god. Phoebe remembers nothing of her drunken night of love and is determined to have the marriage annulled immediately.

Organizations are coming to the reality that work-life balance is no longer solely an issue for working women. As we progress further into the 21st century, workers and ways of working are changing. We have four generations operating together in the workplace and a tremendous variety of professional expectations, values, goals, and needs. People want to work, but more and more need work to work better in their lives.

Meet identical stripper twin sisters, Ebony and Ivory. Although they are a spitting image of one another, the pair are as different as night and day. Ebony will stop at nothing to have her sister's man, Black. From lies, to backstabbing, to purposely transmitting STDs, Ebony's determined to wedge the couple apart. Will Ivory catch wind of her trifling sister's scheme...or will she ultimately fall victim to her manipulative ways?

Gegen Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts am Rhein: Martin ist der uneheliche Sohn des verstorbenen Reichsgrafen von Berrinsburg und dessen Mätresse, der Gräfin Hallberg. Von seinem Halbbruder als Leutnant in die Armee gesteckt, kämpft er für seine Heimat. Als ein Geldkurier ermordet wird, deutet alles auf seinen Kameraden Stakke als Täter hin. Martin will dessen Unschuld beweisen. Bald begreift er, dass er dafür ein schmutziges Geflecht aus Mord und Intrigen auflösen muss, welches nicht nur sein Leben bedroht.

Screen favorite Dana Andrews stars as undercover informer Matt Cvetic in tales of espionage, duplicity, and Cold War adventure in the syndicated hit I Was a Communist for the FBI! These exploits, suggested by real life adventures, are artifacts of a unique time in American culture. Listen in as the Bureau seeks out the enemies of democracy, moving ever deeper into secrecy and intrigue.

Dana Perino is a popular and beloved host on Fox's The Five, with over two million followers on social media. While listeners admire Dana for her charm, warmth, and insight, she also knows who the real star in her family is: her vizsla, Jasper - aka America's Dog. In this new audiobook, Dana tells stories about life and politics and how dogs can transcend rancor and partisanship. She also talks about how dogs bring families together - like Dana's own, from her career in Washington through her life as a TV star.

Tucked away, deep in the woods, Brunesfield Correctional Facility's cold walls and empty hallways keep dangerous girls away from the world...girls like Angela Davis, whose fate was determined by one bad decision. After a few years in juvie, Angela is finally close to her release, but everything changes the day a new warden with dark plans takes over.

National polling indicates that for the first time in American history, people believe their children will not be as well off as they are. The primary reason for this? The lack of performance by government. The public sector receives trillions of American taxpayer dollars every year, and yet because of its seeming inability to run effectively, government is not delivering the level of service the people are paying for.