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Das Buch ist eine der schönsten Erfindungen der Menschheit. Bücher lassen Worte durch Zeit und Raum reisen und sorgen dafür, dass Ideen und Geschichten Generationen überdauern. Irene Vallejo nimmt uns mit auf eine abenteuerliche Reise durch die faszinierende Geschichte des Buches, von den Anfängen der Bibliothek von Alexandria bis zum Untergang des Römischen Reiches. Dabei treffen wir auf rebellische Nonnen, gewiefte Buchhändler, unermüdliche Geschichtenerzählerinnen und andere Menschen, die sich der Welt der Bücher verschrieben haben.

Every story needs a villain. I need an escape. From the fear. From the pain. From the creeping shadow that’s hung over my life for as long as I can remember. What I don’t need is a husband. Not that my parents want to hear it. Every three years, the young eligible men and women in my community gather in Citrine Cove to party, flirt, and leave the island with a fiancé on their arm. Falling in love optional. The last thing I want is to participate in this sham. Especially not alongside the boy who tricked me. The boy who dumped me. And the boy who tortured me. Love is not in the cards ...

Hi there, I'm Margaret Doll. I'm totally in control of every aspect of my life. That's all part of studying to become a high-paid lawyer and someday find myself with some pretty powerful clients. And maybe that's why I somehow found myself dating David Turner, the cocky, alpha male jock who likes nothing better than to spank me if I don't do exactly what he says. I mean, really, he seems to think he has to do everything for me. How'd I ever end up with a guy like him, anyway? Sometimes he can be a total ass....

My world is turned upside down when Grayson, a charming but ambitious real estate developer, arrives in Spruce Crossing with plans to buy and close down the Maple Leaf Diner. As a single mother and longtime waitress at the diner, I depend on this job to make ends meet and raise my daughter. Determined to save the heart of our town, I set out to show Grayson the magic of Spruce Crossing and the significance of the diner to our close-knit community. As we spend time together, I find that he is more than a handsome face, and I’m drawn to the man beneath the surface. He begins to question his...

Respectfully, No presents a realistic guide to truly understand the importance of boundaries. Written from the perspective of someone who grew up not knowing what personal boundaries were, the author gives a realistic take on the process of setting boundaries from scratch. She shows how trauma affected her decisions in each relationship and ultimately her boundary-setting ability. She shares some useful tips and examples that would have been helpful to know along the way.

Getting married can be a really big choice in a young woman's life. But even bigger for someone like me, who wasn't even sure if I wanted to marry Ben or run away with my best friend. Sometimes a little bit of romance can really put things into perspective, I guess. At least, it certainly helped me to think things through. I recommend you give it a try.

[Contains explicit content] Featuring sets from Joel Kim Booster, Karinda Dobbins, Andy Peters, Emma Arnold and Matt Ruby.

When Nell and Elise decide to share a dorm at college, it opens the door to a relationship with an exciting dynamic. Elise openly dates girls while Nell only has eyes for Elise and a desire to please her all the time. As they grow more comfortable together, it makes their intimacy even more exciting than they could ever imagine!

Magie hat immer einen Preis. Diesmal ist es deine Liebe Die junge Charlotte erhält die Chance ihres Lebens, als sie als Varietétänzerin im sagenumwobenen Luxushotel Lichtenstein anfangen kann, einem berauschenden Ort voller Spektakel und Magie, zu dem nur die Reichen und Mächtigen Zutritt haben – und nun auch Charlie. Sie will auf den verzückenden Bällen tanzen, auf denen Wünsche wahr werden, denn für ihren geheimen Herzenswunsch ist sie bereit, jeden Preis zu zahlen.

The Non-Monogamy Playbook is the handbook for anyone curious about consensual non-monogamy: polyamory and open relationships. The Non-Monogamy Playbook shows us that there's joy in having multiple people in your life (platonic, sexy, romantic), but with each connection there is added vulnerability. This is the ultimate modern guide to non-monogamy, helping you create confident, healthy relationships.

It’s not that ElizabethAnn doesn’t want to live in the postmodern police state of No Oaks, where acrid refuse bins punctuate well-swept plasti-lawns and endless rows of ticky tacky. She simply doesn’t realize her hot-rod driving grandma has groomed her to break the space-time continuum and dive headlong into a forested dystopia called Bumblegreen, which she must single-handedly save from a sweeping blight.

Larry Vaughn, a dyslexic, built his career in commercial print on the principle that business thrives on cooperation, ethics, and mentoring, not competition. In his memoir, Business Cards and Shoe Leather, Vaughn details how this mindset helped him found two premier, international business cooperatives: DSCOOP and thINK.

Megan Lewis is ready for her big day, but when an unexpected guest crashes her hen weekend, her perfectly curated world unravels. Beth, claiming to be Jamie’s cousin, quickly charms the group. But when she gets close to bridesmaid Lauren, things take a dark turn, and a game of truth or dare exposes secrets from Megan’s past, shaking her world.

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In Eat Up, Ruby Tandoh celebrates the fun and pleasure of food, taking a look at everything from gluttons and gourmets in the movies to the symbolism of food and sex. She will arm you against the fad diets, food crazes and bad science that can make eating guilt-laden and expensive, drawing eating inspiration from influences as diverse as Roald Dahl, Nora Ephron and Gemma from TOWIE. Filled with straight-talking, sympathetic advice on everything from mental health to recipe ideas and shopping tips, this is an audiobook that clears away the fog, to help you fall back in love with food....

A gripping expose of a notorious cold case. 1978. An idyllic beachside community. A series of abductions and rapes. So what happened to Trudie Adams? Back in the 1970s, Sydney's Northern Beaches felt like a slice of paradise to those who lived there. Bordered on one side by the glistening blue of the Pacific and on the other by stunning rugged bushland, it was the kind of place where everyone knew everyone. So, when a popular local girl, 18-year-old Trudie Adams, disappeared one night while hitchhiking home from the surf club dance, her family, friends and community were devastated.

What would happen if all the laughter and giggles were stolen from the world? Mortlock, the darkest and nastiest fairy from the fairy realm, intends to steal all the baby giggles and laughter from the world so he can control humanity. He also plans to capture all the fairies so that he can use their magic to fuel his dastardly plan. What he didn't expect was Elora, the one-winged fairy, escaped his grasp and has been called to the world by a baby giggle.

Die Traumstudentin Nemesis von Winther versucht verzweifelt das Leben ihres einstigen Rivalen Mercury "Mercy" Sterling zu retten. Denn Mercy hat eine tragische Entscheidung getroffen, die ihre aufflammende Liebe unter den Trümmern ihrer Träume begrub und ihn in den Schlund seines Unterbewusstseins verdammte. In den düsteren Hallen der Academy of Dream Analysis im hohen Norden Finnlands muss Nemesis an die Grenzen ihrer Fähigkeiten gehen, um für Mercy zu kämpfen. Doch auch ihre wahren Feinde schlafen nicht, und die Wahrheit über den Tod von Nemesis' Bruder öffnet die Tore zu ihren schlimmsten Albträumen.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to become the organized individual who all your friends envy. Stand back as they marvel over your amazing closet and secretly wish they could have the willpower to do the same. Improve your productivity at work as you benefit from an organized workspace and the positive mental attitude to accompany it. You will think clearer and have the confidence to ditch the mundane tasks that currently hog your free time.

Clementine, an in-demand sketch artist who needs an escape from her hectic, stressful, and busy city life decides to take a much-needed one-year sabbatical. She welcomes the chance to move to a small town in the South and inhabit the old, Victorian mansion that, upon her aunt's recent passing, was willed to her.