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Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by society and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband. In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters to God. The letters, spanning 20 years, record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment guided by the light of a few strong women.

For two years, we were confidants, but my online friends always felt out of reach. My anxiety could never compete with my curiosity and I always pushed them away when they were determined to finally meet me and reveal the identities of Pack Pucked. It should have been easy, but life got in the way. Well, more like biology got in the way. Throwing a surprise heat into the mix sent me down a spiral of missed connections: Two strangers. Two missing numbers. One ruined phone. And one baby on board.

In St. Helena: The Most Influential Woman in Human History, former judge, prosecutor, and investigator Steve Castlen presents a riveting blend of historical fact and imaginative storytelling to make the case for one astonishing truth: that the mother of Constantine the Great was the single most transformative woman in the history of the Western world.

My life was complicated enough with family expectations and boundaries I couldn’t cross. I didn’t need more on my plate, but I couldn’t resist. The only plan was to help their daughter learn to skate and give them a helping hand with an extra nanny gig, filling my time with people who made me happy. Nothing else was supposed to happen. We all made that very clear. But biology had other ideas…

Six highly placed matrons mourn their lack of daughters until they devise a scheme to launch eligible girls in need of assistance, and so The Society of Sponsoring Ladies is born. Lady Easton had her plans well in hand before her lord suddenly decided to have ideas and opinions. Now, Lord Easton has decided who she will sponsor, and he’s decided on the daughter of a horseracing crony. Worse, Lady Easton is expected to launch the girl in Brighton, of all places.

He trusted you with his deepest secrets… I believe he still loves you. Elizabeth Bennet returns home from Kent with a burdened heart following Mr Darcy’s offer of marriage. She finds it hard to put aside the revelations of the gentleman’s letter—a letter that challenges everything she believed about pride, honour, and love. Reeling from the truths it contains, Elizabeth finds solace not in the bustling Bennet household at Longbourn, but in the quiet counsel of her godfather, Mr Goulding—a wise, kind-hearted neighbour whose own past is marked by tragedy and quiet heroism.

A collection of four ghostly tales inspired by M. R. James: Casting the Runes, Lost Hearts, The Treasure of Abbott-Thomas and A View from the Hill.

Jusqu'à ce jour de 1975, Monta Clare était une petite communauté tranquille des Ozarks. Le jeune Patch McCauley a disparu. Dans la forêt voisine, on a retrouvé son tee-shirt, maculé de sang. Saint, une jeune fille du village au caractère bien affirmé, décide de faire tout ce qui est en son pouvoir pour découvrir ce qui est arrivé à son ami. Trois cent sept jours plus tard, Patch McCauley réapparaît. Il faudra des décennies pour élucider tous les mystères et faire la lumière sur ce qui s'est réellement passé durant ces trois cent sept jours.

On her 17th birthday, Ashen Spencer is blindfolded and escorted to the massive, mysterious building known as the Arc to begin her year of training and testing in hopes that she can earn the Cure - a powerful drug given only to those deemed worthy to survive beyond their 18th birthday. Ashen has a chance to rise up from her former life of squalor and be granted a place in society, if the Panel - the mysterious group of powerful men and women in charge of the Arc - deems her year a success.

The fire started, and I never wanted it to go out… The fire took everything from me. My home. My memories. The stability I fought tooth and nail for, giving my son the life he deserved. But it was all gone, destroyed in a matter of minutes as I helplessly watched. Escaping with our lives and nothing more, Luka and I headed for the shelter, determined to rest before starting over tomorrow, creating a new life from scratch once again. Three Alphas wouldn’t have it though, surrounding us and demanding we stay with them and the other firefighters at the station.

The dazzling and cinematic sequel to space opera Ocean’s Godori takes Ocean and her crew deep into the cloisters of the Moon and the conflicts of the heart. Teo Anand, former ne’er-do-well second son of the Anand Tech empire and current solar fugitive, has just crash-landed on the Moon after...

Releasing a Person was first a workshop and then a bestselling CD that popular love guru Kathryn Alice created to help those suffering with the deepest attachment we face: that to another person. It has produced MIRACLES for those have used it. For the first time, this material is being made available in audiobook format.

NATIONAL BEST SELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR GMA BUZZ PICK “A bravura feat of storytelling...daring and completely satisfying.” —James Patterson, #1 best-selling author A PULSE-POUNDING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER NARRATED BY THOSE CLOSEST...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER “Wade into the Lowcountry of South Carolina with Mary Alice Monroe's sweeping Southern epic."—People "This is book club fiction at its finest!" —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author From the New York Times bestselling author, the first of two epic and...

1922, London. Evelyn Bloom lies dying in her Mayfair flat. A decade earlier, she had the world at her feet - a dazzling celebrity who socialised with royalty, ignited scandalous love affairs, and filled headlines with her daring exploits. Now, surrounded by the faded mementoes of a brilliant life cut short, Evelyn is left to wonder: How did it all go so wrong? And why, when she had everything, has she been left to die alone?

The compelling, taut and suspenseful conclusion to The Last Hours As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Dorseteshire, the quarantined people of Develish question whether they are the only survivors. Guided by their beloved young mistress...

This audiobook sets a powerful intention of opening up your life to the love you long for in your heart. Manifesting Love has helped thousands to bring in their soulmates. Manifest your soulmate. Break down barriers you have to accepting love in your life. Release your fears of being close, of being hurt. Call forth love with this powerful process. Wisdom, tools and a guided meditation that is highly effective.

Featuring a foreword by Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, this fascinating handbook inspires potential founders and provides essential guidance and advice for people who want to create their own start-up and build a successful company. This audiobook answers the question “how do I get started?” It takes the listener from making the decision to plunge into entrepreneurship, through the process of choosing and developing an idea and team, all the way to raising capital and working with VCs and angel investors.

How to deal with the colonial history of art in museums and monuments in the public realm is a thorny issue that we are only just beginning to address. Alice Procter provides a guide for deconstructing everything you thought you knew about art history and tells the stories that have been left out of the canon. A much-needed provocation to look more critically at the accepted narratives about art and rethink and disrupt the way we interact with the museums and galleries that display it.

What if another woman tried to take your place as “Mummy”? Sally Bentham thought adoption made her family safe. She was wrong. When Amelia’s new teaching assistant turns out to be her birth mother, Sally’s world begins to collapse. Robyn Clarke is warm, capable, trusted by everyone. At the school gates each morning, she whispers in Amelia’s ear, wins over the parents, charms the teachers—and slowly draws Sally’s daughter closer.