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High in the Hollywood Hills, writer Lady Daniels has decided to take a break from her husband. Left alone with her children, she's going to need a hand taking care of her young son if she's ever going to finish her memoir. In response to a Craigslist ad, S arrives, a magnetic young artist who will live in the secluded guesthouse out back, care for Lady's toddler, Devin, and keep a watchful eye on her teenage son, Seth.

Do you want your children to speak and learn the Hindi language? Are you a beginner to Hindi? Are you travelling to India? Do you want to polish your Hindi? Hindi Language for Kids and Beginners: Speak Hindi Instantly is designed for those who want to learn the Hindi language quickly. This book contains the most frequently used Hindi words, phrases and sentences which will allow you to speak Hindi instantly.

All Alex Dassan needs to do is win second place in the debate team finals. The second place prize is a trip to the Nottingshire Retreat in London, where she'll have a chance to take a class with her writing idol, Mary Noelle Simmons. Alex knows that once she meets Mary, then her life will fall into place and her dreams of becoming a writer will be possible (and less scary). Nothing is going to stand in Alex's way - especially not a dad who's never home and a mom who left to go "find herself" in India.

Danica Jordan has been roughing it for years - two, to be exact. Her mother got up one day and never returned. "Dani" is what all of her friends know her by. She is 17 and living the life of an adult. Unlike most 17-year-olds, she pays for her own apartment, purchased her own car, and works a masculine job to make her own money. Problem is she is living a lie. Her coworkers think that she is a 20-something-year-old independent woman. Her tough exterior helps her handle the roughness of life.

Detective Spencer steht vor einem Rätsel. Der Juwelierladen in Astoria, unweit von "Green Valley", wurde ausgeraubt. Ein großer Diebstahl - und bereits der vierte in Folge. Dann wird Leonies Englischlehrerin auch noch ein wertvoller Anhänger gestohlen. Wie konnten diese Überfälle so mühelos gelingen? Und welche Rolle hat Leonies Mitschülerin Alice in alledem?

Es ist eine laue Sommernacht als Leonie hört, wie sich jemand am Stall zu schaffen macht. Ein Pferdedieb! Obwohl Leonie sofort mit Dr. Hamilton die Verfolgung aufnimmt, kann der Dieb im Dunkeln entkommen. Leonie braucht Abstand und unternimmt mit Silvercloud einen Ausritt. Am Bach trifft sie auf den Pferdedieb: Ein entlaufener Sträfling, der ihr erzählt, dass er unschuldig ins Gefängnis geworfen wurde. Ob er die Wahrheit sagt?

In the backwoods of Upstate New York, the six remaining Creswell children live under the strict rule of their father. Castley, Caspar, Jerusalem, Mortimer, Delvive and Hannan. Someone needs to save the Creswell children. Castley Creswell, a girl equal parts humour and longing, loves her extraordinary family but knows something is missing from her closeted life. Forced into a real school, Castley feels more like a freak than ever.

Fate brought them together. Will life tear them apart? Devorah is a consummate good girl who has never challenged the ways of her strict Hasidic upbringing. Jaxon is a fun-loving, book-smart nerd who has never been comfortable around girls (unless you count his four younger sisters). They've spent their entire lives in Brooklyn on opposite sides of the same street. Their paths never crossed...until one day they did.

Marah Levi is a promising violinist who excels at school and can read more languages than most librarians. Even so, she has little hope of a bright future: she is a sparker, a member of the oppressed lower class in a society run by magicians. Then a mysterious disease hits the city of Ashara, turning its victims' eyes dark before ultimately killing them. As Marah watches those whom she loves most fall ill, she finds an unlikely friend in Azariah, a wealthy magician boy.

A diamond formation worth untold millions, hidden deep in the jungles of Africa. Many have tried to find it. All have failed. Can Samantha Carlson do the impossible? The president of Gem Star thinks so when he hires the geologist to lead a team into the Democratic Republic of Congo and return with the diamonds’ location. Gem Star has sent other teams in to find the formation. None made it out alive. Samantha was aware the odds were against her when she accepted the mission.

Beth Raymer arrived in Las Vegas in 2001, hoping to land a job as a cocktail waitress at one of the big casinos. In the meantime, she lived in a $17-a-night motel with her dog, Otis, and waited tables at a low-rent Thai restaurant. One day, one of her regular customers told her about a job she thought Beth would be perfect for and sent her to see Dink, of Dink Inc. Dink was a professional sports gambler—one of the biggest in Vegas. He was looking for a right-hand man—someone who would show up on time, who had a head for numbers, and who didn’t steal. She got the job.

Fleeing a fiery inferno, beautiful, aristocratic Bryony Paget falls unconscious into the arms of a handsome stranger. She awakens with no memory of her proud aristocratic past - only the stirrings of desire kindled by her mysterious rescuer. American patriot Ben Clare has no time for romance - or for the dark-haired beauty who interfered with his midnight raids for liberty. But he cannot resist Bryony's innocent passion - and together they steal joy amid the strife of bitter war. Too soon the cruel discovery of Bryony's true identity forces her to choose between the Loyalist father she adores and the rebellious man she could never live without.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been a political football for years now, but as its provisions start going into effect, there’s still precious little information available on how it will impact you, your family, and your pocketbook. This 2,572 page document, nearly unreadable, will change your health care, your family budget, and innumerable aspects of your life.

A is for Affection - between childhood best friends; between their parents; between brothers and sisters. B is for Broken-hearted - Natalie, when the boyfriend who was meant to propose dumps her just before Christmas; her mother, when she realises what her life has come to; and Lucy, as she thinks of ending one relationship and maybe beginning another. C is for Chemistry - Could Natalie and Tom have it? And what does it actually mean, anyway?

Meet the Baby Group: Natalie ran her own design company until baby Freddie unexpectedly came along. Now the capable person she once was is trapped inside a crazy woman's body, longing for just one decent night's sleep and words of more than one syllable.

From the pleasures of her sheltered world in the bayous to the treacherous vastness of the great Southwest and beyond - forever quenching her thirst for all the passion and adventure life had to offer - wildly beautiful Rachel Delys fled the memories of her battle-slain lover and the fury of the Civil War. Across a tempestuous landscape, three men tried to tame her - one who seduced her, one who ravaged her, and one who would bring her at last to the peak of sublime rapture and depths of soul-searing love!

Camellia Perigord Mackintosh has a secret. The quiet librarian, with a master’s degree in anthropology and an unfortunate predilection for historical research, is a modern day version of Robin Hood who will stop at nothing.

Most communities and organizations require an organizer to be successful and create change. Being a Leader and Making Decisions tells the stories of great leaders - why they led, how they gained support and became leaders, and why people followed them. Through historical and modern examples, readers will learn about both positive and negative traits of leaders and find suggestions about how to take the lead in their own lives and communities.

Tennessee Man: Tall, quiet and darkly handsome, Matt Ingram had shouldered more than his share of life's burdens. Besides working his farm in the Cumberland Gap and raising his little nephew, he had to keep a watchful eye on his womanizing wastrel of a stepbrother. And he knew he had his work cut out for him on the night the two men first saw their beautiful neighbor

McKenna Berney is a lucky girl. She has a loving family and has been accepted to college for the fall. But McKenna has a different goal in mind: Much to the chagrin of her parents, she defers her college acceptance to hike the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia with her best friend. And when her friend backs out, McKenna is determined to go through with the dangerous trip on her own. While on the Trail, she meets Sam. Having skipped out on an abusive dad and quit school, Sam has found a brief respite on the Trail, where everyone’s a drifter, at least temporarily.