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He’s an Olympic gold medalist, she’s a wellness coach, and they have to learn to run a fitness island resort together. Blake “The Blazing Comet” Witlock is known around the world for being a playboy billionaire and sports icon, the last thing he wants to do is settle down and run a fitness area on his family's Alaskan island resort. What’s worse, his father has hired a wellness guru who thinks it’s her job to tell him what to do. Peyton Belmont is a renowned wellness coach who needs a cash infusion. So, when Gordon Witlock offers to hire her for a hefty sum to help overhaul his ...

Bitter Lips, Sweet Heart is a unique collection of romantic poetry first assembled by a group of young male college students who got together to read poetry and drink tea every week, thinking themselves spurned romantics and talented poets. Most of the original selections have been forgotten, and the collection has been updated for this simple release with a sense of irony and sheepishness in mature adulthood. May its angst, irony, lust, and innocent affection amuse and entertain you today, just as it did the four nerdy boys who assembled it to communicate.

Chase has lost his fortune. Chase and Wen have lost each other. The world may have just lost its last chance. What's left to lose? Everything! To find the way out, you must first get lost.

Christopher Adams joined the Army to pay for college…He didn't realize it was going to turn into a calling. It’s not easy moving every couple of years. Christopher’s always wanted to start a family, but he hasn't had the chance. And now his mother is using her new medical diagnosis to try to guilt him into settling down in her new hometown. What he doesn't expect is to fall for the labor and delivery nurse while he's visiting. Shannon West loves her job and her life. She's content to spend her days helping other people start their families, without much thought of starting one of her ...

Night Watch usually acts as a setup crew for the day shift, but when Billy is called to a 4:00 a.m. fatal slashing of a man in Penn Station, his investigation of the crime moves beyond the usual handoff. And when he discovers that the victim was once a suspect in the unsolved murder of a 12-year-old boy - a brutal case with connections to the former members of the Wild Geese - the bad old days are back in Billy's life with a vengeance, tearing apart enduring friendships forged in the urban trenches and even threatening the safety of his family.

Twenty-four hours ago, Chase and Wen, a fugitive billionaire and a former spy, thought they still had time. They believed that millions wouldn’t die; they hoped a war wouldn’t come. Now, they are desperately searching for an obscure element, and just trying to stay alive. Time can be a real killer.

Scarred and disfigured, Darwin Lloyd travels the country with Teresa, trying to find a life without Threads—quantum strings that can change or control reality. His only real skill in the new reality he helped create is the Dance, passed on to him by Baila as she took his ability to use Threads. But time doesn't stand still. Though SafeHaven and Forsyth have control of the QPS, the machine Darwin and his dad built and the reason the Threads exist, and the remnants of Salem and the Qabal are building an army to take it back.

Cherry, the enigmatic and lusty lesbian madam, explores her own perverse fantasies, diving deeper into the protected realm of her world. The ladies are spoiled in Cherry's personal care with fine wine, dining, and expensive gifts - but she demands their sexual devotion in exchange.

"Die Hühnerfeder-Wohlfühl-Maschine": Findus verspricht den Hühnern großspurig, ihnen eine Maschine zur Federpflege zu bauen. Er gibt diese schwierige Tüftelei dann aber an den handwerklich geschickteren Pettersson weiter. Der vergisst allerdings leider den Auftrag. Als die Hühner am nächsten Tag freudig die fertige Maschine erwarten und ihnen nichts präsentiert wird, sind sie tief enttäuscht. Der alte Mann und sein Kater erfahren nun, was es heißt, ein Versprechen nicht zu halten.

What do you give the billionaire who has everything? Wade McAllister is a celebrity pastry chef that turned his fame into a billionaire dollar cooking empire. He has everything he could ever want at his fingertips, but something is missing. When one of his friends gives him an exclusive invite to join the Billionaire Birthday Club, he’s intrigued. Could this place finally help him figure out what's missing in his life? Tara Wilson takes the concierge position at the elite and very private island resort where the Billionaire Birthday Club is located, viewing it as a stepping stone to ...

Aaron West can’t believe who ended up in his ambulance...His best friend’s sister is barely back in town when tragedy strikes. It's not easy keeping the secret that Aaron once had a summer fling with his best friend’s little sister. Every time he sees her on social media, he wonders if she hadn’t returned to college last fall, would they’ve ended up married? Now, she’s back and he wants to ask for another shot, but his chance is cut short when she’s in a near-fatal car accident and wakes up with amnesia. Bailey James can't remember who she is, or anything from her past. The ...

Der weltbekannte Hirnforscher David Eagleman und sein Freund, der Komponist Anthony Brandt, widmen sich in ihrem Hörbuch der Frage, wie das kreative Neue entsteht. Dabei blicken sie auf die kreative Software des Gehirns: Wie funktioniert sie? Was machen wir damit? Wohin führt sie uns? Es erweist sich, dass der kreative Prozess vor allem von drei Fähigkeiten des Gehirns abhängt: Biegung, Brechung und Verbindung. An vielen Beispielen, von der Raumfahrt über die Wirtschaft und die Kunst bis zum Sport, demonstrieren die Autoren, wie unser Denken die Welt immer wieder neu erschafft.

Ein kleiner Steinkauz bittet Flora und ihre Zaubereule Goldwing um Hilfe! Denn eine Feder, die er direkt aus dem Eulenreich Athenaria bekommen hat, hat ihr Licht verloren. Und tatsächlich - als Flora in das Reich der Eulen reisen will, bleibt ihr der Weg verschlossen. Was ist nur passiert? Nur Floras Oma, die endlich zu Besuch in Tannenbach ist, kann sie etwas ablenken. Sie erzählt von ihren vielen Reisen - und von der Kraft der Edelsteine. Da kommt Flora eine Idee! Können sie und Goldwing dem Zauberreich erneut helfen?

Ein neues spannendes Abenteuer rund um Flora und ihre Zaubereule Goldwing! Das magische Duo hilft jedem, der in Not ist. Eine einzigartige Erfolgsreihe auf dem deutschen Buchmarkt und ein reich bebilderter Selbstlesespaß mit schwarz-weiß Illustrationen von Irene Mohr.

Aufregung in Tannenbach! Auf Burg Federstein ist das berühmte Schleiereulenpaar verschwunden. Und keiner weiß, wo sie sein könnten. Das bedeutet Detektivarbeit für Flora und ihre magische Zaubereule Goldwing. Heimlich suchen die beiden nach den Schleiereulen.

This is the Insurance Chatter! What is the insurance industry talking about? What problems are insurtechs solving? What trends are agents, brokers, underwriters and executives thinking about? Every week, I sit down with a different person from across the insurance industry to discuss what's happening in their niche markets. I want to give you a behind the scenes look at risk, technology, data and culture within one of the most exciting business sectors. Follow along to get pumped and see where they insurance industry is headed!

Fire Chief Bruce Martel has one job to do…He needs to make sure his only child is ready for her next stage in life. It’s not easy letting go of your little girl, even when she's all grown up. Not only does Bruce have to prepare to give over his fire station to his daughter, but to give her away to another man. So, when he's doing his duty to help with the wedding, he's surprised to be interested in the friendly bakery owner making the cake. Belinda Miles enjoys her single life and has no desire to date. It's led to nothing but disaster in the past, so when she suddenly finds herself ...

Emma hat nur ein Ziel: Das Rätsel um ihren verschwundenen Vater zu lösen. Sie will dafür einen Detektiv beauftragen und stellt zu ihrem Entsetzen fest, dass ausgerechnet Caleb, der Mädchenschwarm aus ihrer Semestergruppe, ihr bei diesem Unterfangen helfen will- obwohl sie vorher nie ein Wort miteinander gewechselt haben. Bevor sie ablehnen kann, gerät sie in Lebensgefahr und hat keine andere Wahl, als Caleb zu vertrauen. Doch jede Antwort scheint nur noch mehr Fragen aufzuwerfen und Emma wird in eine Welt gezogen, die sie Märchen und Legenden zugeordnet hatte.

Clayton West doesn’t need anyone but himself…He doesn’t want a K9 partner or a know-it-all teacher in his life. It’s not easy being burned by women. Clayton’s finally accepted that he’s doomed to the single life. That’s okay, because he thinks being a police officer is enough to make him happy, but when he ends up being forced into a new partnership at work and to spend time with a spunky school teacher with a mind of her own and no filter, he wonders if he’s been wrong this whole time. Not only does he need a partner, but the right woman might have been in front of him the ...

A look into medicine through the lens of urology.