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The fearless Tina Rosenberg has spent her career tackling some of the world's hardest problems. The Haunted Land, her searing work on how Eastern Europe faced the crimes of Communism, garnered both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In Join the Club, she identifies a brewing social revolution that is changing the way people live, based on harnessing the positive force of peer pressure.

Animal rights. Diane Beers demonstrates how the cause has shaped and reshaped itself as it has evolved within the broader social context of the shift from an industrial to a postindustrial society. For the Prevention of Cruelty tells an intriguing and important story that reveals society's often changing relationship with animals through the lens of those who struggled to shepherd the public toward a greater compassion.

Amber's life has changed dramatically: her parents are divorced, her father lives in France, her best friend has moved to another state, and now her mother must decide whether to remarry.

I'm in the business of hunting down and acquiring the planet's most coveted objects. Nothing thrills me more than finding and buying pieces with unbelievable value...and selling them for a massive profit. Nothing...until she bursts onto the scene. She might have the world's most tantalizing body and a smoldering look in her eyes, but she's made it clear that I have no chance. It's a challenge I can't turn down.

I don't take no for an answer. Women are the world's most intoxicating prize, and I always win. Money? Check. Charm? Check. Looks? Double check. It's a winning combination, and I never settle. I can't even remember the last time any woman -in New York, Paris, Rome, it doesn't matter - looked me in the eye and turned me down. Until Juliet James.

In this world premiere play, written by and featuring Shakina Nayfack, a vibrant, international group of transgender women band together at a hotel in Thailand to confront the challenges and joys of gender confirmation surgery. Despite the group’s warm welcome, Kina (Nayfack) prepares for her life-altering operation all alone. But a caring nurse (Ivory Aquino), a wise couple (Kate Bornstein and Annie Golden), and a karaoke-loving bellhop (Telly Leung) may be exactly who she needs to ignite her truest sense of self.

Die Inspiration zur Netflix-Serie! Die Brieffreundschaft, die sich zwischen Eloise Bridgerton und Sir Phillip Crane entwickelt hat, bedeutet ihm viel. Seit seine Gattin einer schweren Krankheit erlag, sehnt er sich nach Gesellschaft. Überraschend geht eines Nachts sein Wunsch in Erfüllung, als eine Kutsche vorfährt und die Briefschreiberin aussteigt. Eloise ist bereit, auf die Avancen einzugehen, die er ihr in seinen Zeilen gemacht hat.

Nothing ever exciting happens to Beth. Until she works her weekly shift in the Thrift Store and an attractive young redhead accidentally leaves her bag behind. Hidden passions and years of curiosity take Beth on a journey of hidden passion and discovery.

Mit "Alte Feinde" endet die Geschichte der Henkerstochter Geneve, die Letzte einer uralten Dynastie. Das furiose Finale der Meisterin-Trilogie von Deutschlands erfolgreichstem Fantasy-Autor Markus Heitz - ein Audible Original. Die Henkerstochter Geneve Cornelius und der Vatikan-Polizist Alessandro Bugatti haben sich ausgesprochen: Trotz des Mordes an Geneves Bruder Jacob wollen sie die Fehde zwischen ihren Familien endgültig begraben. Doch es bleibt keine Zeit für die Gefühle, die zwischen ihnen aufkeimen.

A few weeks after the planes crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11, journalist Megan K. Stack, a 25-year-old national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, was thrust into Afghanistan and Pakistan, dodging gunmen and prodding warlords for information. From there, she traveled to war-ravaged Iraq and Lebanon and other countries scarred by violence, witnessing the changes that swept the Muslim world and laboring to tell its stories.

Enough of the imbalance that is causing the degradation of our environment, the demise of our democracies, and the denigration of ourselves. Enough of the pendulum politics of left and right and paralysis in the political center. We require an unprecedented form of radical renewal. In this book Henry Mintzberg offers a new understanding of the root of our current crisis and a strategy for restoring the balance so vital to the survival of our progeny and our planet.

Jack Glasser has a gift… and a curse. After a childhood lightning strike and years of self-experimentation, he’s turned his brain into a living processor capable of absorbing massive data in minutes. But each Neural Acceleration session chips away at his body—and his grip on reality. When a top-secret cannabis company in Canada draws his attention, Jack uncovers something that puts him on the radar of a ruthless criminal syndicate known as the Organization.

If you want to finally unlock growth and live with a possibility mind-set, listen to Live Your Gift! Dana V. Adams will show you how she conquered her hidden fears to start living the life she desired.... Live Your Gift combines life mapping with new science-backed techniques to help you break through self-doubt and limiting beliefs. Creating your life map is a proven method for gaining insight into yourself, your gifts, and your purposeful path.

While the Jewish mainstream still argues about homosexuality, transgender and gender-variant people have emerged as a distinct Jewish population and as a new chorus of voices. Inspired and nurtured by the successes of the feminist and LGBT movements in the Jewish world, Jews who identify with the “T” now sit in the congregation, marry under the chuppah, and create Jewish families. Balancing on the Mechitza offers a multifaceted portrait of this increasingly visible community.

Beth Dixon lost her husband almost three years ago. Trey Chappell has found TJ Dixon in his hay barn several times, and each time, he takes the five-year-old back to his mother. He likes the brunette next door, but she argues with him every time he offers to help. They've been suffering from one step forward and then two back for a couple of months now, but when Beth learns about the Sweetheart Classic, she's sure she's got just the horse that could win the race. The winner gets half a million dollars—but there's a catch. Only married couples who own the racehorse together can enter.

Their love persevered across lifetimes. Now, it could save humanity...or doom it. Cora, the psychic reincarnation of the legendary Amazon Persephone, is the key to ending the eternal war between the Olympians and the invading Tsakali race. Cora must master her gifts and strike a dangerous bargain with the living crystals of Krystallos to inject the enemy with human souls and emotion.

Kai met Avery only once - in the moment he died saving her life. Now when he's not using his new healing powers to help people, he watches helplessly as Avery's life is unraveled by his death. To help her, he risks everything by breaking the rules, dangerously blurring the barriers between life and death.

Neigh! Quack! Moo! Welcome to the farm! This beginner series introduces young listeners to a variety of farm animals. They will learn about the animals’ body parts, what they eat, and what they do on the farm. Each title includes a feature highlighting the animal’s diet and ends with a feature that summarizes the animal’s body parts and daily life.

Raised in a Jewish home, filled with all the dysfunctional family dynamics common to most of us, Lana's journey of faith has taken many twists and turns including being a Juilliard trained dancer, professional nightclub singer, songwriter, and recording artist. Through failed marriage and tragic, personal loss, Lana's life reveals the many ways that God is there, always present, always inviting, always calling you into a more intimate understanding of His ways and how much He cares for you.

On their journeys, they’ll discover volcanic moons, mysterious dwarf planets, and much more! This volume includes The Asteroid Belt, The Dwarf Planets, and The Inner Planets.