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The midwife was kind, generous, and barren. Her client only cared about money and appearances. Would their relationship end soon enough? Twenty years ago, the midwife refused her selfish billionaire patient's request to smother the scrawny twin and instead took him home to bring up as her own. Always alike in looks, the mothering each received made them as different as summer and winter in the arctic. Years later, the two young men are in each other's lives despite the midwife's efforts to keep them apart. Was it some sort of 'twin thing' that kept pulling them together?

Hosted by author, journalist and 5D word nerd, Dani Katz, WORD UP explores how language is programming our minds, our culture and our world, and – most importantly – how to transform ourselves and society for the infinitely more wonderful with our every word. Empowerment tools abound, along with reframes, upgrades, solutions and propaganda breakdowns, plus a generous smattering of cultural criticism, sprinkled with deep-diving, edge-pushing, solutions-based conversations with original thinkers, visionary weirdos and rebel badasses making the world more wonderful.

What is hyena butter and would it be appropriate to spread on toast? Why is giraffe saliva such a good lubricant? How does some mollusk mucus work like a fishing pole? And what's the deal with pygmy sperm whales' "anal syrup"? In Believe It or Snot, scientists and best-selling authors Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti detail the slimy secrets of 80 organisms that ooze, drip, dribble, and splatter. Not quite a solid but firmer than a liquid, slime is used by plants and animals for defense, respiration, movement, feeding, communication, and even reproduction.

Dani Dyer stole the nation’s heart with her genuine warmth and honest personality when she won Love Island this summer. She proves that you don't need to succumb to peer pressure, be swayed by all too perfect Insta-images or behave in a way that's not true to who you are. Her first book shows she is wise beyond her years as she shares her experiences around growing up, bullying, relationships, insecurities and being Danny Dyer’s daughter.

"The Law of Attraction: Harnessing the Universe’s Energy for Positive Change" is a profound guide on the transformative power of the Law of Attraction (LoA). It begins by unpacking the fundamental essence of the Law, showcasing its historical depth and modern applicability. The narrative then transitions into the Law's current ubiquity, demonstrating its pervasive influence across various facets of contemporary life.

Kevin is running out of time to move out of his parent’s house but with no money he’s looking at being homeless. So when his best friend Carl catches him dressing up in his twin sister’s Kaitlin’s clothes and offers to pay him ten grand to be his date to the company party he puts his embarrassment aside and sets to work learning all about what it’s like to be a woman. Soon he’s completely lost in the role, hypnotized by the unexpected wave of male attention his new look brings and discovering a new side he never knew he had. The only problem is that the further he takes it, the ...

After eight days in a cramped stagecoach, divorcee Marigold Davis already regrets her decision to come to Denver City to marry. She certainly didn't realize she'd signed up for mosquitoes, mud, and scores of rough men eyeing her. But with her life in Kansas all but incinerated, Marigold needs a husband. Even if she's not the bride that gold prospector Virgil Gardner is expecting.

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.

Zum Weinen schön: Familien-Drama, Liebes-Geschichte und eine Hymne an die Mutter-Liebe von der britischen Bestseller-Autorin Dani Atkins. Stell dir vor, an deiner Seite steht der Mann, den du liebst. Du spürst seine Hand in deiner, und sie passt perfekt in deine. Es ist sein Lächeln, das dich morgens weckt. Die Zukunft gehört euch beiden, ihr werdet heiraten. Und in deinem Bauch wächst euer Kind heran. Allein der Gedanke daran lässt dein Herz überlaufen vor Glück. Doch dann: ein unachtsamer Schritt. Ein abgelenkter Autofahrer. Ein schrecklicher Unfall.

Why won't people leave him alone? There was nothing wrong with being a loner.An odd lot of insurance company employees and a self-employed massage therapist are tossed together on a mission to rescue exotic animals from a black market gambler who plans to sell the critters as supper ingredients. Can the wannabe saviors make the winter journey from Minnesota to Arizona without falling in love – Or killing each other? A bright stand-alone romantic comedy of love-at-first-sight, second chances with family, and attempts to get to third base.

The government gave me an ID with that name and let me enroll in a community college to get my GED. All the psychologists that they had examine me thought that would be best and going to school might jog some memories since they figured I was in my late teens. Well, it did, as I ran into a boy my age that I felt I knew, but before I could fully recover those memories, we found ourselves being chased into a portal that led to the other side of the universe.

If she had been found moments later, Amelia's heart would have stopped and never recovered. Instead she was taken from the desolate beach to the nearest hospital just in time to save her life. When her sister Lexi arrives from New York, Amelia's heart is beating, but the accident has implanted a series of false memories. These memories revolve around a man named Sam, and a perfect love story that never existed.

At 25, Lauree Miller knows what she should want—a serious job, a serious boyfriend, and the ability to cook a meal that doesn’t involve two types of cheese. Who cares if it isn’t the future she had in mind for herself? It’s about time she stopped pining over her best friend’s brother Max anyway.

Gwen is back with the Twelve, but she must redeem herself to the others and, more importantly, Lucifer himself. In order to prove herself, she must capture Berlin and Moscow, but there is a problem—there are still two Gargoyles left to destroy and they still have Collin, a half-demon, half-human who has the same powers as the demons.

Ha sido su fantasía transexual secreta durante mucho tiempo, ser tomada con rudeza por un grupo de hombres cachondos y utilizada para satisfacerlos durante horas, tomando todo lo que le dan y más. Cuando descubre la oportunidad de hacer realidad sus sueños sucios, se inscribe para convertirse en una esclava sexual transexual voluntaria de un grupo de hombres ricos y poderosos. Desde el momento en que la recogen en el parque hasta el momento en que chupa a su último amante y alcanza el orgasmo, la valiente zorra transexual experimenta un encuentro erótico extraordinario que recordará ...

Magno é um homem da Máfia e desde jovem se mostrou implacável e destemido. Aos dezessete anos, participou de um ataque em retaliação a um grupo inimigo. Quando o Consiglieri de seu pai o encontrou em meio a corpos e coberto de sangue do adversário, o chamou de Caos pela primeira vez. Apesar da aparência refinada, de ser um homem verdadeiramente belo e do seu dom de usar a diplomacia, a fama de monstro o precede e essa dualidade o torna, ao mesmo tempo, um homem magnetizante e assustador.

Local innkeeper and vineyard owner, Avery Parker, is having a blast with her friends during the annual grape stomp in their small town of Los Robles, California. The air is filled with laughter, cheers, and the pulsating rhythm of stomping feet, creating an atmosphere that crackles with contagious energy. But the good times come to a sudden end when a corpse is discovered in the vineyard. Avery is stunned to learn that the motley collection of suspects includes a member of her own staff, who she had never considered a possibility. As Avery uncovers the secrets behind the mystery, the stakes...

What happens when 2 homebodies meet, fall in love, and live together? Start a podcast, of course! Partners and hermits for years, Whitney and Dani thought they needed to share their random talks in hopes of finding fellow introverts. So, discover your new best friends from the comfort of your own home as they record from theirs. With an unavoidable amount of adult language, they are excited to bring you conversations from their couch about anything and everything. So, catch them inside wherever you listen to podcasts now!

Vampires around the world are coming forth to remind humans they are not romantic fantasies to be sought, nor are they should that can be redeemed. These are the stories that they must tell. The first novella in a series of 12, Anne Fitzgerald gives the tale of her involvement in the Irish gangs in the 1930s and her transformation into the Wyandot's vampiric legend of the hooh-strah-dooh. Her tale is a hard one to tell, with love, loss, and abuse plaguing her past. But she must tell it so that humans know the truth. That the world of the vampire is one of suffering.

Twelve-year-old author-in-training and gadget-making enthusiast, Issy Garcia, dreams of bringing her steampunk inventions to life. If only she could convince her scientist parents to share space with her in their backyard barn lab. But they won't let Issy near their precious "real science" experiments. That is until they end up stuck in one. When a mysterious storm hovers over her family's new home in Cornville, Arizona, and rogue lightning streaks through the house, Issy's parents go missing.