Szlachcianka - Apolonia Niemyjska wychodzi za mąż za bogatego chłopa - Franciszka Bąka. Ich małżeństwo budzi wiele kontrowersji w lokalnym środowisku. Wkrótce wybucha pierwsza wojna światowa. Apolonia rodzi córkę, Gabrynię, która jest oczkiem w głowie rodziców. Mijają lata. Rodzą się kolejne dzieci, a przez kraj i najbliższą okolicę przetacza się historia: epidemia ,"hiszpanki", odzyskanie niepodległości przez Polskę, wojna z bolszewikami, lokalny pogrom Żydów.

Po zakończeniu drugiej wojny światowej trzy dziewczyny z 1. Samodzielnego Batalionu Kobiecego przemierzają na ciężarówkach, furmankach, konno i piechotą miasta i wsie Dolnego Śląska. Celem wyprawy jest Zalipie Dolne koło Lubania, gdzie platerówki mają się osiedlić. Podróż obfituje w przygody i niebezpieczeństwa. Trwa akcja przesiedleńcza. Na Ziemie Odzyskane napływają osadnicy z Kresów, szukając nowego miejsca do zamieszkania.

Warszawa, rok 1914. Lea jest pewną siebie, energiczną kobietą, matką trójki dzieci. Pracuje w aptece i próbuje wprowadzić do niej zioła z własnego zbioru. Wydawałoby się, że niczego jej nie brakuje, a jednak nie czuje się szczęśliwa. Po dziesięciu latach małżeństwa z Wincentem z gorącego uczucia, które ich połączyło, niewiele zostało.

Na tle burzliwych lat 50. i 60. w Polsce i na świecie rozgrywa się historia inspirowana prawdziwymi wydarzeniami. Iza, młoda dziewczyna z dobrego domu, poznaje na dansingu przystojnego oficera z Warszawy. Urzeczona roztaczanym przez niego czarem jest całkowicie pod jego wpływem. Pomimo sprzeciwu rodziców Iza spotyka się z nim, a wkrótce Romanowicz zupełnie niespodziewanie proponuje jej małżeństwo. Dziewczyna jest kompletnie zaskoczona. Przed nią matura i studia, a zamążpójścia na razie nie brała pod uwagę.

Na tle burzliwych lat 50. i 60. w Polsce i na świecie rozgrywa się historia inspirowana prawdziwymi wydarzeniami. Iza, młoda dziewczyna z dobrego domu, poznaje na dansingu przystojnego oficera z Warszawy. Urzeczona roztaczanym przez niego czarem jest całkowicie pod jego wpływem. Pomimo sprzeciwu rodziców Iza spotyka się z nim, a wkrótce Romanowicz zupełnie niespodziewanie proponuje jej małżeństwo. Dziewczyna jest kompletnie zaskoczona. Przed nią matura i studia, a zamążpójścia na razie nie brała pod uwagę.

When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.

Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.

First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.

My fiancé brought me tea and scrambled eggs in bed that morning, and we snuggled together, talking about buying our rings, and about our perfect wedding next year. Then we headed into town. He held my hand and gazed at the ring I liked best, a smile spreading slowly over his face. Then a glass of bubbly to celebrate. I felt flushed, excited and ready for the rest of my life with the man I loved. We race to get on the train home. It screams to a halt and I run towards its open doors. Made it. I think he’s right behind me — but when I turn around, he’s gone.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.