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Once engaged to the future Duke of Strathmore, the beautiful Lady Clarice Langham now finds herself in the humiliating position of celebrating his marriage - to another woman. But things begin to look up when handsome and charming rake David Radley makes it clear that, at least as far as he's concerned, she's still the catch of the season.

Why has music so often served as an accomplice to transcendent expressions of gender? Why did the query "is he musical?" become code, in the 20th century, for "is he gay?" Why is music so inherently queer? For Sasha Geffen, the answers lie, in part, in music’s intrinsic quality of subliminal expression, which, through paradox and contradiction, allows rigid gender roles to fall away in a sensual and ambiguous exchange between performer and listener. Glitter Up the Dark traces the history of this gender fluidity in pop music from the early 20th century to the present day.

What if politicians pose a graver threat to liberal democracy than mass migration? Brexit and Donald Trump's victory were just the beginning -- and Marine Le Pen's defeat does not signal a turning of the tide. From the Introduction From Europe to the United States, opportunistic politicians have...

El descanso es muy importante para el crecimiento de cada niño, pero a veces es muy difícil para ellos poder relajarse y dormir óptimamente, por eso, el disfrutar de historias a la hora de ir a la cama es una gran ayuda.

Eines Tages sind sie da. Wie aus dem Nichts leben sie plötzlich in der Stadt, stehen auf Straßen und Plätzen, leben mitten unter den Menschen und ziehen in die Häuser ein: die Elefanten. Doch niemand nimmt Anstoß an ihnen. Die Leute gehen weiter ihrer Wege, geben vor, es hätte sich nichts geändert. Allein der Stand-up-Comedian Pawel weigert sich zu schweigen und ruft von der Bühne dazu auf, sich der Realität zu stellen. Er riskiert damit alles, sein Leben, seine Freiheit und vor allem seine Liebe zu Anna.

Henley Hendrix survives a crash that kills her closest band mate. She’d like nothing more than to retire from music, to hide, to heal, to disappear. She’s tried. But her family is music royalty. Her brother is a rock star in his own right, and every friend she has is connected to the business one way or another.

Kat Finn no conoce a más vampiros que su madre. Ambas, que viven entre humanos, no pueden llegar a fin de mes. Como todos los vampiros, beben Hema, un sustituto artificial de la sangre, para sobrevivir ya que casi toda la humanidad ha sido infectada por un virus, con lo que la sangre humana es fatal para los vampiros. Kat siente que todo mejoraría si la admitieran en Harcote, el instituto de élite para jóvenes vampiros. Eso le aseguraría un futuro, sobre todo cuando descubre que un misterioso benefactor ha decidido cubrir todos los gastos que pueda tener...

I changed my name. Burned my past. Ran as far as I could. But secrets have teeth—and mine just sank into the one man who should hate me most. Luca Moretti is all sharp edges and lethal calm, the heir to a blood-soaked empire I was raised to destroy. He should’ve left me in the dark. Instead, he dragged me into his world, into his bed, and into the fire I’ve spent my whole life fleeing. He thinks I’m a pawn. He doesn’t know I’ve already played the game—and lost. Now we’re trapped together. Running from enemies who want me dead and ghosts I never stopped fearing. We ...

An unassuming town. A huge development deal. Nate has it all figured out, until his car breaks down and threatens to ruin everything. The local mechanic has a way with his hands that fantasies are made of, but Nate can’t afford to get wrapped around Ian’s finger. A few sweaty nights tangled up together should be enough to scratch the itch, and the chemistry between them is hot enough to burn.

With the death of her aunt, the narrator is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm, steady hands, these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish family somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and repressions of the last century. In dialogue with writers like Roland Barthes, W. G. Sebald, Susan Sontag, and Osip Mandelstam, In Memory of Memory is imbued with rare intellectual curiosity and a poetic voice.

Emily thought she was the princess of her all white little town, and why not? She was blonde, stacked, and beautiful. She meets her match at the gym one day, when a big, muscular, and very well-endowed black man shows up at her gym! Another hot tale of an innocent white girl discovering the wondrous power and joy of B.B.C. Enjoy!

It will take the whole village to help this couple find their happy ending… When doctor Tara moves to Samphire Bay, local builder, Jack is lovestruck for the first time in his life. But despite his determination to get to know her and her young son, Calum. Tara resists Jack’s charms. Not...

Straight is the last word to describe me. But the club can’t know. And I’m not about to jump out of that closet. Cleaning up the motorcycle club’s act is dirty business, and Slim is the one person I trust. I can’t keep away, not when he’s the only man I’ve ever loved. The club can’t know that things are changing between us, but Slim doesn’t want to keep secrets for long.

In Suspicions, author Sasha Campbell pens a provocative tale about the trouble that can arise when a person ignores the past for too long. Because Noelle Gordon owns the hottest beauty salon in the area, she hears a lot about her clients’ private lives. But when a baby is abandoned on her doorstep, Noelle finds that she is the one at the center of all the drama.

Some mistakes are worth repeating—over and over again. My marriage has been dead for years, and we're living like roommates. When I come back to my hometown to housesit, my ex sends me a text that changes everything. One meet up. We both know why I'm here. My ex's touch ignites something in me I thought was gone forever, and suddenly my back is pressed against the wall in a storage room while he shows me how much I've been missing all these years. I should stop. I should go back to my boring life and pretend this never happened. But I won't. The only thing hotter than the affair? Knowing ...

Jace Black went from an oilfield roughneck to an overnight singing sensation. Now he's working on a duet with country music legend Krystal King, and he's determined to earn his way to the top. But the more time he spends with Krystal, the more he finds himself falling for her - and he's beginning to be more interested in her than he is in making a name for himself. Krystal King grew up on stage and in the spotlight. No matter how golden her life appears, her past left deep wounds. But Jace Black makes her wish things were different. To do that, she'd have to risk letting him in....

Former spy William Saunders’ world is turned upside down the day he rescues missionary worker Hattie Wright from the deep blue waters off the coast of Gibraltar. When circumstances compel them to share a cramped cabin on the boat trip back to London, desire and passion ignite between them. Hattie sees the time with Will as a brief respite, before she goes back to her mission among the poor and vulnerable in the slums of London. When Hattie goes missing, Will is finally forced to face the truth of his past to save the woman he loves.

⚠️ Many figures in this book were not Christians. This is not an oversight, but a key theme explored by the author in the book. Throughout the ages, God's truth has echoed in the words of presidents and poets, artists and activists. This devotional collection brings together divine wisdom from unexpected voices like Abraham Lincoln's humble prayers, Mark Twain's witty spiritual observations, Bob Marley's prophetic lyrics, and Helen Keller's radiant faith – each carefully paired with life-changing Scripture to guide your Christian spiritual growth. ✔ Unique blend of historical wisdom...

The House of Twenty Thousand Books is the story of Chimen Abramsky, an extraordinary polymath and bibliophile who amassed a vast collection of socialist literature and Jewish history. For more than 50 years, Chimen and his wife, Miriam, hosted epic gatherings in their house of books that brought together many of the age's greatest thinkers.

El descanso es muy importante para el crecimiento de cada niño, pero a veces es muy difícil para ellos poder relajarse y dormir óptimamente, por eso, el disfrutar de historias a la hora de ir a la cama es de gran ayuda.