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One week. If you survive, you choose a Cosmic Power ... If you survive. Jace isn’t one to give up. Not when his sister dies. Not when he loses his legs. And definitely not when The Cosmic System takes over Earth. With nothing more than his street smarts, the clothes on his back, and a river otter companion, he must survive a planet full of vicious predators that see him as an easy meal. If he can survive? He gets to choose a Cosmic Power and a Class. A path to ascension. A way to bring his sister back.

When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr Byrne, her best friend James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But what begins as a harmless crush soon pushes their friendship to its limits. Over the course of a year they will find their lives ever more entwined with the Byrnes' and be faced with impossible choices and a lie that can't be taken back...

Luka recurre a la música para comprender sus pensamientos. Nora la utiliza para huir de ellos. Ambos están decididos a ignorar lo que ocurrió entre ellos aquella noche. Mientras Luka trata de reconducir su vida, ahora que ha salido de ese agujero que lo consumió el año pasado, Nora sigue con lo que mejor se le da: mentir. Ha hecho creer a sus padres que tiene un trabajo, un novio y una vida perfectos, como su excelentísima hermana Margot. Cuando, por caprichos del destino, Nora y Luka se ven obligados a convivir, el pasado sigue haciendo mella en ellos.

The year is 1793, Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries and the realm is governed by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer. On the streets, malcontent and paranoia abound. A body is found in the city's swamp by a watchman, Mickel Cardell, and the case is handed over to investigator Cecil Winge, who is dying of consumption.

There’s a moment, when you meet someone new, when the connection is so strong that making a friend can feel like falling in love. That’s how it was for Connie and Ness. They met in the park while their children played, and as they talked, they realised they were neighbours. Perhaps it was only natural that they and their families would become entirely inseparable. But when Ness’ marriage ends in a bitter divorce, she is suddenly at Connie’s house all the time. Connie doesn’t have a moment to herself, no time alone with her husband, not a second to chat to her kids.

Das entscheidende Vortanzen der Ballettschüler in der Pariser Oper wird für Cece zum Alptraum. Verschiedene magische Kräfte zerren an ihr und beeinträchtigen ihre Tanzpräsentation. Lola und Amy sind sich uneinig und wirken mit unterschiedlichen Kräften auf Ceces Tanz ein. Und Adrian versucht während der Vorstellung Cece ihre magischen Kräfte zu rauben.

Kleine Schwestern. Jacky ist enttäuscht. Und auch ein bisschen sauer. Denn Kelp hatte ihr versprochen, heute mit ihr auf Muschelsuche zu gehen. Aber er ist nicht da, weil er sich mit Pixie trifft. Also geht Jacky alleine auf Muschelsuche. Was ist denn so toll an diesen Einhörnern? Das will sie herausfinden. Ein seltsamer Schatz. Kelp spielt mit den Einhörnern am Strand Muschelnpusten. Bis die Muschel weit oben auf den Klippen landet.

What makes for a wonderful life? On a crowded Christmas train from Milan to Paris, Amy, an American headed to meet her fiancé, and Martijn, a Finn headed anywhere but home, meet cute. But when their train gets delayed in an Italian Alps hill town due to a snow storm, they, along with a passel of fellow stranded passengers, find comfort and joy in a cozy inn, run by a wise Italian man who forces them to look at the holiday and each other in a whole new light.

Lola und Amy haben dank Adrian ihre Zauberkräfte verloren. Nun brauchen sie Ceces Tante Ginger, um die Kräfte wiederzuerlangen. Also überreden die beiden Cece, sie dabei zu unterstützen. Wenn Cece einwilligt und offiziell zur Wizen wird, soll die Aktion auch für sie von Vorteil sein. Mit Hilfe eines verzauberten Schokoladenkuchens kommen Lola und Amy ihren Zauberkräften wieder näher.

Vida de gato é um livro para quem quase morre de amor e não tem medo de viver de amor. Mesmo rejeitada, a personagem Camila não se entrega. Bebe sozinha no seu bar preferido ou com o amigo Miranda fazendo um tour pelos botecos. Camila sai à procura de seu homem, quer que ele se explique e espera algo mais do homem para quem se entregou. Sem dinheiro, sem casa e sem seu namorado, ela não titubeia. Sabe o que quer e só faz o que quer.

In the resort town of Tramore, County Waterford, visitors arrive in waves with the tourist season, reliving the best days of their childhoods at the seaside amusements. Local teenager Helen Grant is indifferent to the charm of her surroundings; infatuated with her glamorous classmate Stella Swaine, she yearns to escape with her to art college, and from there, the world. But leaving Tramore is easier said than done. With an alcoholic father and an unsympathetic mother, Helen's family life may shatter her dream, just when it seems to be within reach.

In Kristen Ashley’s first anthology, listeners will find three short stories and two novellas taking them back to characters and series in the Kristen Ashley universe. This anthology includes: "No Clue", The Stars Aligned, "The Favor", More Than Everything, and "Rock Chick Renewal".

Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton.... Our four warriors and four witches, destined mates, have begun their adventure, knowing the fate of their world is at stake, but not having any idea there are other factions plotting against them. Now they face political intrigues, religious zealotry, father against son, wife against husband, a mother’s plotting, a sister’s envy, grief, betrayal, and despair as the prophesied journey across the sands of Firenze into the lush green of Wodell.

Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton.... The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation. The only way to stop him was to fulfill an ancient prophecy: Triton’s four strongest warriors must wed its four most powerful witches, binding all nations together and finally bringing peace to the land.

Ireland, 1000 AD. Gormflaith is unhappily married to Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, and although a queen she struggles with her limited position. As an immortal Fomorian with the secret gift of magic, Gormflaith has a burning desire: to find and destroy the hidden fortress of her sworn enemies, the Descendants, who seek to kill her kind at all costs. She begins to use her magical powers, and discovers she is more skilled than she ever realised... but can she control what she will become?

Self-deprecating and with an acerbic wit, TikTok star Clara Batten aka @rabatts is every middle-class mother trying to get through the day without another sh*t on the staircase or panic drive to McDonald’s. In Gin and Phonics, she talks candidly about the ups, downs and hilarious reality of trying to parent two small people and fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming an actress without losing her bl**dy mind.

The queen has been assassinated. The Enchantments are under attack. The plot is unfolding. And our lovers, Silence and Mars, Cassius and Elena, True and Farah, and Aramus and Ha-Lah, are forced to separate as treachery and civil war sweep Triton. Not to mention, the Beast is still a threat to every breathing being on the continent, and it is the destined warriors and witches who must stop him.

A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.

Three strangers arrive home to Ireland to the house that gave each of them refuge when they needed it most. They are there to celebrate the winter wedding of their beloved Annie, the woman who fostered them in their childhoods. Now Julia is a world-famous singer living in luxury in Paris and Eddie is a chef in London, while Steph spends her days on a remote Greek island, running a writers' retreat with her older lover. All three have moved on from the past, but as the wedding celebrations get underway, certain truths come to light. It turns out that some hurts last longer than others ...

Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of characters that includes the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and our feet woefully cold. Travel the country with her as she meets a flock of Saxon Merino sheep in upstate New York, tours a scouring plant in Texas, visits a steamy Maine dyehouse, helps sort freshly shorn wool on a working farm, and learns how wool fleece is measured, baled, shipped, and turned into skeins.