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This new and revolutionary combination of two proven diets will change your life!

Juliana Petersen's troubled past haunts her at every turn. The crippling memories of an abusive relationship and the lack of support from her family lead her to flee her old life and begin anew. After settling into a quaint college town, Juliana finally feels at peace, content to stay under the radar and keep things simple.

Author, curmudgeon and master of the complaining letter and the abusive email Ed Reardon is back for a 15th series. Further thoughts on the world from the much loved (if flawed) writer perpetually on the brink of the breadline. Will he take a chance on success, or stay in his cosy, rather fetid rut? Hope springs eternal.

Emily’s job is to find out what businesses are doing wrong, and tell them how to do it better - but at BruCom everything is perfect...including its irresistibly handsome owner, Mark Brume. With his immaculately tailored physical presentation and intensely blue eyes, Mark draws Emily to him like a moth to a flame - but he leaves her feeling unsure. She can’t tell whether he is being professionally courteous, or something more flirtatious...that is, until he invites her to an awards ceremony, where he makes his intentions perfectly clear.

Traveling Heavy is a deeply moving, unconventional memoir by master storyteller and cultural anthropologist Ruth Behar. Through evocative stories she portrays her life as an immigrant child and later as an adult woman who loves to travel but is terrified of boarding a plane. With an open heart, she writes about her Yiddish-Sephardic-Cuban-American family as well as the strangers who show her kindness as she makes her way through the world.

Anne-Marie Oomen uses a wealth of vivid language and personal details to bring scenes from her childhood on a family farm to life in House of Fields. Yet the focus of this book shifts away from the daily activities of the farm, which Oomen presented in Pulling Down the Barn, to life outside its boundaries, as she explores the complex meaning of "education" in all of its rural forms. Oomen's description of the farmhouse where she grew up becomes the central image for this collection of essays.

When Texas beauty Dahlia Montgomery and her best friend journey to Idaho for a change of scenery for the summer, the last thing she expects to encounter is Luke McRae, a lean, rugged cowboy intent on sweeping her off her feet and into his bed. Dahlia can't resist his rugged cowboy swagger and his sky blue eyes, even though she knows he can break her heart.

Benny Silverman, a retired, successful actor, seems to have surmounted the bitter time in his life when Leo Greshen, a good friend and colleague "named" him in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Benny's flourishing career was nearly destroyed, and his comeback was slow and painful. The two men haven't spoken since. But they are forced to deal with each other 30 years after the fact, when Benny's daughter wins a career-making role in a hot new play Leo is directing.

I'm a busy mom of three with more obligations than there is time in the day; so I get it. I know it's tough. I know how much you have weighing on your shoulders. And that's why I wrote this book. The time has come for you to take action. Get the solution (for less than a cup of coffee!) and transform your life. In the book, Time Management Made Easy for Busy Moms, you'll learn the one thing that's truly been holding you back from using your time wisely.

Saudi Arabia is one of the most closed countries in the world. Nicola Sutcliff decided to go behind the veil for four years, living, working and socialising in Saudi society. Through personal interviews, 30 women share their stories: from world-renowned activists to wives in polygamous households; high-ranking princesses to desert-dwelling bedouins. They talk candidly about the issues most intriguing to a Western audience - driving, sister wives and the religious police - as well as lesser known aspects of their lives....

1925 wurde Salomon Perel im niedersächsischen Peine geboren. Als Zehnjähriger weicht er mit seiner Familie der braunen Gefahr und zieht nach Lodz. Nach dem Einmarsch der deutschen Truppen in Polen flieht er mit seinem Bruder nach Russland. Die Eltern bleiben im Ghetto zurück, wo sie später umkommen. Bei Beginn des Blitzkriegs gegen Russland fällt er in die Hände der deutschen Wehrmacht. Den sicheren Tod vor Augen erklärt er "Ich bin Volksdeutscher" und nimmt eine neue Identität an.

Katie has no reason to believe her boyfriend, James, is cheating until someone claiming to be his wife gets in touch. Now she's been cast in the role of mistress. Not one she's happy with. Once Stephanie and Katie know about each other, they must decide what to do. They could both just throw him out or they could join forces to make his life hell first.

Learn how 101 people with one to 49 years of long-term recovery from substance use disorders get and stay sober without addictive medication. They provide proven methods to end the addiction crisis and reduce the chance of relapse.

Are you feeling like enough is enough? You’ve spent months, even years battling this on your own. It’s draining isn’t it? Now is the time. You always put others first. You deserve to get the help and support. This bundle is like having a best friend by your side. They answer all the relevant questions people have asked about overthinking, creating positive habits, and how to use being an introvert to its full potential. All three books are easy to listen to and broken into manageable chunks so you can skip to the bits you need at the time - no fluff!

In 1823, the History of the Celebrated Mrs. Ann Carson rattled Philadelphia society and became one of the most scandalous, and popular, memoirs of the age. This tale of a woman who tried to rescue her lover from the gallows and attempted to kidnap the governor of Pennsylvania tantalized its audience with illicit love, betrayal, and murder.

Greater Than a Tourist - San Antonio Texas USA, by Brandi N. Aguillon, offers the inside scoop on San Antonio. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Lady Madeline Ryder wants an exciting life with a handsome, enticing pirate king. Her aunt and her father, however, have very different plans for her. They have given her until Valentine’s Day to become engaged to their idea of the perfect man. Madeline is resigned to meekly do as she is told, until a chance meeting on the street has her stumbling into the arms of Lord Samuel Powell, Duke of Wiltshire. One look in his mischievous, twinkling blue eyes, and Madeline is ready to fight for what she wants: true love.

In Marital Cruelty in Antebellum America, Robin C. Sager probes the struggles of aggrieved spouses shedding light on the nature of marriage and violence in the United States in the decades prior to the Civil War. Analyzing over 1,500 divorce records that reveal intimate details of marriages in conflict in Virginia, Texas, and Wisconsin from 1840-1860, Sager offers a rare glimpse into the private lives of ordinary Americans shaken by accusations of cruelty.

Amethyst Keane lives a lonely existence. Growing up, her mother moved them around so many times she gave up on having a normal life and friends. She threw herself into her school work and started publishing a magazine at the age of 17. Almost three years later, she's completely independent and as lonesome as ever. On an assignment for her magazine, she visits a small coastal town. While there, she meets a boy, and for the first time, she feels as if she might not have to live a solitary life.

When notorious millionaire banker Lars Anderson hangs himself from the old oak tree in front of his Kent mansion his death attracts no sympathy. But the legacy of a lifetime of self-serving is widespread, the carnage most acute amongst those he ought to be protecting: his family. Meanwhile, in a wealthy suburb of Glasgow, a young woman is found savagely murdered in her home. The genteel community is stunned by what appears a vicious, random attack.