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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -It s a race against time as an island searches for a murderer and a missing childSmall-town police detective Hanna Duncker has a past. Her deceased father was convicted of murder and arson long ago, and she has taken up residence and resumed her police career in her hometown after his death. She and her partner Erik Lindgren are called to investigate the disappearance of a father and his infant son from their home while his wife was away on a weekend trip. As the investigation unfolds, Hanna makes a breakthrough in her ongoing private investigation of her father s crimes: a discovery that could change everything she thought she'd learned so far. In The Shadow Lily, Johanna Mo s follow-up to The Night Singer, we find Hanna even further entangled in the web of relationships and partial truths that trapped her father for well over a decade. Are guilt and innocence as definite as they seem And can she handle yet another unravelling of her family s story 432 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A groundbreaking collection of poetry from Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and New York Times bestselling author Rio Cortez.From a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience, a poetry collection exploring personal, political, and artistic frontiers, journeying from her family's history as 'Afropioneers' in the American West to shimmering glimpses of transcendent, liberated futures. In poems that range from wry, tongue-in-cheek observations about contemporary life to more nuanced meditations on her ancestors-some of the first Black pioneers to settle in the western United States after reconstruction-Golden Ax invites readers to tore-imagine the West, Black womanhood, and the legacies that shape and sustain the pursuit of freedom. 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A haunting and complex novel, this second installment in Johanna Mo's 'The Island Murders' Trilogy finds Detective Hanna Duncker contending with new questions and discoveries that threaten to upend everything she thought she knew about her family.Small-town police detective Hanna Duncker has a past. Her deceased father was convicted of murder and arson long ago, and she has taken up residence and resumed her police career in her hometown after his death. She and her partner Erik Lindgren are called to investigate the disappearance of a father and his infant son from their home while his pregnant wife was away on a weekend trip. As the investigation unfolds, Hanna makes a breakthrough in her ongoing private investigation of her father's crimes: a discovery that could change everything she thought she's learned so far. In THE SHADOW LILY, Johanna Mo's follow-up to THE NIGHT SINGER, we find Hanna even further entangled in the web of relationships and partial truths that trapped her father for well over a decade. Are guilt and innocence as definite as they seem And can she handle yet another unravelling of her family's story.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A Washington Post best nonfiction book pick of 2021 It is biography as an expression of love. The New York TimesNew York Times bestselling author Julie Klam s funny and moving story of the Morris sisters, distant relations with mysterious pasts. Ever since she was young, Julie Klam has been fascinated by the Morris sisters, cousins of her grandmother. According to family lore, early in the twentieth century the sisters parents decided to move the family from Eastern Europe to Los Angeles so their father could become a movie director. On the way, their pregnant mother went into labor in St. Louis, where the baby was born and where their mother died. The father left the children in an orphanage and promised to send for them when he settled in California a promise he never kept. One of the Morris sisters later became a successful Wall Street trader and advised Franklin Roosevelt. The sisters lived together in New York City, none of them married or had children, and one even had an affair with J. P. Morgan. The stories of these independent women intrigued Klam, but as she delved into them to learn more, she realized that the tales were almost completely untrue. The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the revealing account of what Klam discovered about her family and herself as she dug into the past. The deeper she went into the lives of the Morris sisters, the slipperier their stories became. And the more questions she had about what actually happened to them, the more her opinion of them evolved. Part memoir and part confessional, and told with the wit and honesty that are hallmarks of Klam s books, The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the fascinating and funny true story of one writer s journey into her family s past, the truths she brings to light, and what she learns about herself along the way. 288 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A book to help you laugh about your insecurities, doubts, and sore spots, reminding you that it s not just you everyone is a little bit awful!In this world, there are two inescapable truths. First, you will die someday. And second, you are horrible at a lot of things.In this hilarious and relatable book, popular artist Natalya Lobanova invites readers to revel in the harsher realities of life. Through a mixture of comics, infographics, and activity pages, you can explore the myriad ways you may not be living up to your expectations, and ultimately (hopefully) learn how to accept your flaws and failures with a good self-deprecating chuckle. Some examples include: Bad Date Bingo Choose Your Life Path maze relationship flow charts and more!A perfect gift for perfectionists, pessimists, or anyone questioning themselves, Everyone is Awful is sure to put a smile on the face of every Debbie Downer. 240 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A groundbreaking collection of poetry from Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and New York Times bestselling author Rio Cortez.From a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience, a poetry collection exploring personal, political, and artistic frontiers, journeying from her family's history as 'Afropioneers' in the American West to shimmering glimpses of transcendent, liberated futures. In poems that range from wry, tongue-in-cheek observations about contemporary life to more nuanced meditations on her ancestors-some of the first Black pioneers to settle in the western United States after reconstruction-Golden Ax invites readers to tore-imagine the West, Black womanhood, and the legacies that shape and sustain the pursuit of freedom.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A gripping account of one town's reckoning with the forces that strive to turn residents against each other-a story that involves racial prejudice, ecological disaster, and a significant chapter in the origin story of the modern white supremacy movement.In the late 1970s, the fishermen of Galveston Bay, Texas, were struggling to make ends meet. The ocean they relied on-which had sustained generations of shrimpers and crabbers before them-was being poisoned by nearby petrochemical plants. Meanwhile, a small but growing number of Vietnamese refugees had recently started fishing in the gulf, as well, straining the limited resources even further. The situation was a tinderbox waiting to explode, and the Grand Dragon of the Texas Knights of the Ku Klux Klan saw an opportunity to stoke the fishermen's rage and prejudices. One day in 1979, torch in hand, he strode over to an old boat graffitied with the words U.S.S. VIET CONG, and issued a 90-day deadline for the refugees to leave, or else 'it's going to be a helluva lot more violent than Vietnam!' As the boat burned, the white fishermen roared their approval, convinced that if they could drive these newcomers from the coast, everything would return to normal.A garish campaign of violence ensued, marked by burning crosses, death threats, torched boats, and armed Klansmen patrolling Galveston Bay. The Vietnamese were on the brink of fleeing, until a charismatic leader in their community named Colonel Nam convinced them to stand their ground and to take their fight to the courts. Drawing upon a trove of never-before-published material, including FBI and ATF records, unprecedented access to the SPLC's case files, and scores of firsthand interviews with Klansmen, shrimpers, law enforcement, environmental activists, lawyers, perpetrators and victims, Johnson uncovers secrets and secures confessions for crimes that have gone unsolved for more than 40 years. This gripping investigation of a forgotten story ultimately leads Johnson to the decades-long battle to save the bays from the true threat.Story Locale: Texas Gulf Coast (Galveston, Seadrift) 384 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A gripping account of one town's reckoning with the forces that strive to turn residents against each other-a story that involves racial prejudice, ecological disaster, and a significant chapter in the origin story of the modern white supremacy movement.In the late 1970s, the fishermen of Galveston Bay, Texas, were struggling to make ends meet. The ocean they relied on-which had sustained generations of shrimpers and crabbers before them-was being poisoned by nearby petrochemical plants. Meanwhile, a small but growing number of Vietnamese refugees had recently started fishing in the gulf, as well, straining the limited resources even further. The situation was a tinderbox waiting to explode, and the Grand Dragon of the Texas Knights of the Ku Klux Klan saw an opportunity to stoke the fishermen's rage and prejudices. One day in 1979, torch in hand, he strode over to an old boat graffitied with the words U.S.S. VIET CONG, and issued a 90-day deadline for the refugees to leave, or else 'it's going to be a helluva lot more violent than Vietnam!' As the boat burned, the white fishermen roared their approval, convinced that if they could drive these newcomers from the coast, everything would return to normal.A garish campaign of violence ensued, marked by burning crosses, death threats, torched boats, and armed Klansmen patrolling Galveston Bay. The Vietnamese were on the brink of fleeing, until a charismatic leader in their community named Colonel Nam convinced them to stand their ground and to take their fight to the courts. Drawing upon a trove of never-before-published material, including FBI and ATF records, unprecedented access to the SPLC's case files, and scores of firsthand interviews with Klansmen, shrimpers, law enforcement, environmental activists, lawyers, perpetrators and victims, Johnson uncovers secrets and secures confessions for crimes that have gone unsolved for more than 40 years. This gripping investigation of a forgotten story ultimately leads Johnson to the decades-long battle to save the bays from the true threat.Story Locale: Texas Gulf Coast (Galveston, Seadrift) 384 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A gripping account of one town's reckoning with the forces that strive to turn residents against each other-a story that involves racial prejudice, ecological disaster, and a significant chapter in the origin story of the modern white supremacy movement.In the late 1970s, the fishermen of Galveston Bay, Texas, were struggling to make ends meet. The ocean they relied on-which had sustained generations of shrimpers and crabbers before them-was being poisoned by nearby petrochemical plants. Meanwhile, a small but growing number of Vietnamese refugees had recently started fishing in the gulf, as well, straining the limited resources even further. The situation was a tinderbox waiting to explode, and the Grand Dragon of the Texas Knights of the Ku Klux Klan saw an opportunity to stoke the fishermen's rage and prejudices. One day in 1979, torch in hand, he strode over to an old boat graffitied with the words U.S.S. VIET CONG, and issued a 90-day deadline for the refugees to leave, or else 'it's going to be a helluva lot more violent than Vietnam!' As the boat burned, the white fishermen roared their approval, convinced that if they could drive these newcomers from the coast, everything would return to normal.A garish campaign of violence ensued, marked by burning crosses, death threats, torched boats, and armed Klansmen patrolling Galveston Bay. The Vietnamese were on the brink of fleeing, until a charismatic leader in their community named Colonel Nam convinced them to stand their ground and to take their fight to the courts. Drawing upon a trove of never-before-published material, including FBI and ATF records, unprecedented access to the SPLC's case files, and scores of firsthand interviews with Klansmen, shrimpers, law enforcement, environmental activists, lawyers, perpetrators and victims, Johnson uncovers secrets and secures confessions for crimes that have gone unsolved for more than 40 years. This gripping investigation of a forgotten story ultimately leads Johnson to the decades-long battle to save the bays from the true threat.Story Locale: Texas Gulf Coast (Galveston, Seadrift).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Named a Most Anticipated Book by Bustle, Esquire, Nylon, and The Millions Intimate, thoughtful, and accessible to anyone struggling with the persistent, maddening inequities of contemporary sex. Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and MadFrom Teen Vogue sex and love columnist Nona Willis Aronowitz, a blend of memoir, social history, and cultural criticism that probes the meaning of desire and sexual freedom today.At thirty-two years old, everything in Nona Willis Aronowitz s life, and in America, was in disarray. Her marriage was falling apart. Her nuclear family was slipping away. Her heart and libido were both in overdrive. Embroiled in an era of fear, reckoning, and reimagining, her assumptions of what sexual liberation meant were suddenly up for debate.In the thick of personal and political turmoil, Nona turned to the words of history s sexual revolutionaries including her late mother, early radical pro-sex feminist Ellen Willis. At a time when sex has never been more accepted and feminism has never been more mainstream, Nona asked herself: What, exactly, do I want And are my sexual and romantic desires even possible amid the horrors and bribes of patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy Nona s attempt to find the answer places her search for authentic intimacy alongside her family history and other stories stretching back nearly two hundred years. Stories of ambivalent wives and unchill sluts, free lovers and radical lesbians, sensitive men and woke misogynists, women who risk everything for sex who buy sex, reject sex, have bad sex and good sex. The result is a brave, bold, and vulnerable exploration of what sexual freedom can mean. Bad Sex is Nona s own journey to sexual satisfaction and romantic happiness, which not only lays bare the triumphs and flaws of contemporary feminism but also shines a light on universal questions of desire. 336 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An unrepentant outlaw meets a relentless lawman in this Western from Spur Award-winning author Charles G. West.Boot Stoner spent twelve years of his life behind bars for stealing horses and rustling cattle. Upon release, he added murder and kidnapping to his criminal skillsslaughtering his own parents and abducting his "sister," a young Creek girl that his folks had adoptedbefore exacting revenge against the man responsible for his incarceration.U.S. Deputy Marshal John Ward is one of the West's best manhunters. He's the only one who stands a chance of stopping Stoner's bloody rampageand of bringing the girl back alive.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When a mysterious stranger turns up making claims that threaten Lady Fowling's legacy, Hayley Burke must dig deep into her late benefactor's history to uncover the truth and catch a conniving killer in this new mystery from USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate, now in paperback.It has been nearly a year since I took up my position as curator of Lady Georgiana Fowling's collection of Golden Age of Mystery writers' first editions at her library in Middlebank House. I have learned that I need to take the good with the bad. The good: I have finally convinced Mrs. Woolgar to open up the collection to the public one day a week so that they too can share in Lady Fowling's passion. The bad: although he would not be my first, or even tenth, choice, at the insistence of the board Charles Henry Dill, Lady Fowling's unscrupulous nephew, is now my personal assistant.On one of our first days open to the public, Mr. John Aubrey shows up at Middlebank House and insists that Lady Georgiana Fowling is his grandmother. Mrs. Woolgar is scandalized by his claims, and Charles Henry, who feels he has been cheated out of his rightful inheritance as Lady Fowling's heir, is furious. I do not know that I believe Mr. Aubrey, yet he has knowledge of Lady Fowling's life and writings that few possess. To further complicate matters, an associate of Mr. Aubrey's intends to help us uncover the truth of John's story. But before he can do that, he is murdered and the police have reason to suspect Charles Henry.As much as I would like to lock up Charles Henry and throw away the key, I cannot believe he is a killer. And I also know there is something dead wrong about Mr. Aubrey's tales regarding his "grandmother" Lady Fowling. I will need to make sense of her past in order to suss out the true villain of this story.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Forzas aren't quitters. That's the motto professional bull rider Justin Forza's dad has drilled into his head since the first time he climbed into the bucking chute. After a serious injury, doctor's orders are to stay out of the arena. But if Justin can win one more championship, he'll be able to continue the family legacy, set himself up for life, and finally confess his love to his best friend Emmeline. Emmeline Porter lives by one rule: never date a bull rider. She's seen the damage a bad ride can cause. As a last resort to stop Justin from returning to the rodeo circuit, she convinces him to take a trip to Paradise Island, a tropical haven off the coast of Texas. She hopes cutting Justin off from the pressure his dad is laying on him will give her best friend the clarity he needs to walk away for good. The close quarters and island adventures put their friendship to the test, and it's not long before real feelings surface and threaten to sweep them both away.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A haunting and complex novel, this second installment in Johanna Mo's 'The Island Murders' Trilogy finds Detective Hanna Duncker contending with new questions and discoveries that threaten to upend everything she thought she knew about her family.Small-town police detective Hanna Duncker has a past. Her deceased father was convicted of murder and arson long ago, and she has taken up residence and resumed her police career in her hometown after his death. She and her partner Erik Lindgren are called to investigate the disappearance of a father and his infant son from their home while his pregnant wife was away on a weekend trip. As the investigation unfolds, Hanna makes a breakthrough in her ongoing private investigation of her father's crimes: a discovery that could change everything she thought she's learned so far. In THE SHADOW LILY, Johanna Mo's follow-up to THE NIGHT SINGER, we find Hanna even further entangled in the web of relationships and partial truths that trapped her father for well over a decade. Are guilt and innocence as definite as they seem And can she handle yet another unravelling of her family's story Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 432 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A groundbreaking collection of poetry from Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and New York Times bestselling author Rio Cortez.From a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience, a poetry collection exploring personal, political, and artistic frontiers, journeying from her family's history as 'Afropioneers' in the American West to shimmering glimpses of transcendent, liberated futures. In poems that range from wry, tongue-in-cheek observations about contemporary life to more nuanced meditations on her ancestors-some of the first Black pioneers to settle in the western United States after reconstruction-Golden Ax invites readers to tore-imagine the West, Black womanhood, and the legacies that shape and sustain the pursuit of freedom.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Do you love potions, crystals, spells and spell books Witchcraft Coloring Book combines the fun of coloring with everyone's favorite spooky-season subjects in this intricate, beautiful, and giftable package from the creator of the popular gift-item and stationery brand Hello Harlot. This brand-new, all-original coloring book features beautiful, fun-to-color illustrations that celebrate all thing witchy, including images of potions, crystals, and spell books; evocative sayings; and tributes to historical witches through the ages as well as those from contemporary pop culture, such as Marie Laveau, Samantha from Bewitched, Willow from Buffy, and so many more.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Taut and full of verve. The New York Times Book ReviewThe landmark first novel of one of the greatest living Latin American writers now in a sparkling new translation by his longtime collaboratorWhen it was first published in 2006, then-literary critic and poet Alejandro Zambra s first novel, Bonsai, caused a sensation. It was said, according to Chile s newspaper of record, El Mercurio, that it represented the end of an era, or the beginning of another, in the nation s letters. Zambra would go on to become a writer of international renown, winning prizes in Chile and around the world for his funny, tender, sly fictions.Here, in a brilliant new translation from four-time International Booker Prize nominee Megan McDowell, is the little book that started it all: The story of Julio and Emilia, two Chilean university students who, seeking truth in great literature, find one another instead. As they fall together and drift apart over the course of young adulthood, Zambra spins an emotionally engrossing, expertly distilled, formally inventive tale of love, art, and memory.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - One of the first science-fiction utopian stories and one of the first feminist utopias by India's widely celebrated, pioneering feminist, educator, writer, and activist Rokeya HossainA Penguin Classics EditionSultana, a Muslim woman living in contemporary India, falls asleep and wakes up in a transformed future world: a utopia in which men rather than women are relegated to the domestic sphere. Women, now free to explore the outside world at will and pursue an education, run a peaceful and just society, using scientific principles to harvest energy from the sun and live in harmony with nature. Sultana's Dream was published in 1905 in the Indian Ladies Magazine, the first English language periodical edited by, and targeted at, Indian women. Like the periodical, the story broke new ground.As a pioneering work of science fiction and feminist utopian literature at the turn of the century, Sultana's Dream is strikingly advanced in its critique of patriarchy, war, industrialization, and the exploitation of the natural world, speaking to the concerns of our contemporary world as much as its own. At a time when British colonialism was using the treatment of women in India as justification for colonial intervention there, Hossain's story, in imagining a world in which men rather than women are kept inside, positions her protest against Islamic patriarchy within a larger feminist vision that takes on Western as well as Islamic forms of gender hierarchy. Her novella Padmarag is similarly utopian in its depiction of a women-run school and welfare center, and is both feminist and anti-colonial in its outlook. In both these works, Hossain seizes the critique of gender roles in India away from Western commentators and turns it against British interference, while also enlarging the critique to take on the problem of gender more broadly.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - By the author of The Shortest Way Home, a charming and redemptive novel about unexpected second chances, following a publicist who, after the sudden implosion of her career, takes a job as a dorm mom at a Sonoma boarding school.Gillian thought she had everything she ever wanted-as a successful publicist running her own Manhattan firm and working with a high profile celebrity clientele, she finally made herself at home amongst the elite who eluded her throughout her youth. That is, until her career suddenly implodes, leaving her jobless, friendless, and with a Googleable reputation that follows her everywhere. So, when she receives an offer to become a 'dorm mom' at Glen Ellen, the prestigious Sonoma boarding school she attended two decades earlier on scholarship, she leaps at the opportunity for a change of scene-at least until she can figure out how to rehabilitate her career.But Gillian is surprised to find herself enjoying her new life: her role as a mentor is unexpectedly fulfilling, and she runs into an old flame from her own time at school, who is just as dashing now as he was then. However, just as she begins to feel comfortable, a scandal erupts on campus that threatens to derail everything, and Gillian must figure out how to save her job, her students, her friends, and her new romance before it's too late.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Connected through time by a shared English countryside home, a nurse looking to escape her recent problems tries to piece together her beloved grandmother's tangled history in the new historical novel from the acclaimed author of At Summer's End.England, 2019: Audrey Collins knew only one thing about her beloved grandmother Emilie's history: she was born into nobility. When she inherits Emilie's home in North Yorkshire, Audrey arrives expecting a sprawling country estate fit for lords and ladies but instead finds an abandoned stone cottage perfectly preserved as her grandmother left it when she fled the country in 1941, ration book and all.France, 1915: Lady Emile Dawes is working as a nurse on the Western Front, grateful to have escaped the restraints of her tumultuous home life. The independence she fought hard to earn is jeopardized when a familiar man shows up in one of her hospital beds, and she realizes she can't escape her past until she faces it.A hundred years apart, Audrey and Emilie each struggle to find purpose, love, and a place to call home in this harrowing family saga celebrating the courage of underestimated women-and the power a secret can hold across generations.Story Locale: North Yorkshire, England and the Western Front, France.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A groundbreaking collection of poetry from Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and New York Times bestselling author Rio Cortez.From a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience, a poetry collection exploring personal, political, and artistic frontiers, journeying from her family's history as 'Afropioneers' in the American West to shimmering glimpses of transcendent, liberated futures. In poems that range from wry, tongue-in-cheek observations about contemporary life to more nuanced meditations on her ancestors-some of the first Black pioneers to settle in the western United States after reconstruction-Golden Ax invites readers to tore-imagine the West, Black womanhood, and the legacies that shape and sustain the pursuit of freedom.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NOW IN PAPERBACK: When evil forces are going unchecked on Earth, a principled astronaut makes a spilt-second decision to try to seek justice in the only place she knows how-the International Space Station.Walli Beckwith is a model astronaut. She graduated at the top of her class from the Naval Academy, had a successful career flying fighter jets, and has spent more than three hundred days in space. So when she refuses to leave her post aboard the International Space Station following an accident that forces her fellow astronauts to evacuate, her American and Russian colleagues are mystified. For Walli, the matter at hand feels all too clear and terrifying for her to be worried about ruining her career. She is stuck in a race against time to save a part of the world that seems to have been forgotten, and also the life of the person she loves the most. She will go to any length necessary, using the only tool she has, to accomplish what she knows is right.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A new heartfelt novel about the power of loneliness and the strength of love that overcomes it by critically acclaimed author Roselle Lim.Newly-minted professional matchmaker Sophie Go has returned to Toronto, her hometown, after spending three years in Shanghai. Her job is made difficult when she is revealed as a fraud: she never actually graduated from matchmaking school. In a competitive market like Toronto, no one wants to take a chance on an inexperienced and unaccredited matchmaker and soon Sophie becomes an outcast.In dire search of clients, Sophie stumbles upon a secret club within her condo complex: the 'Old Ducks,' seven septuagenarian Chinese bachelors who never found love. Somehow, she convinces them to hire her, but her matchmaking skills are put to the test as she learns the depths of loneliness, heartbreak, and love by attempting to make the hardest matches of her life.Story Locale: Paris, France.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Two high school sweethearts get a second chance at their perfect ending in this charming new romance by Kerry Winfrey, author of Very Sincerely Yours.Once upon a time, Sandy Macintosh thought she would have her happily ever after with her high school sweetheart, Hank Tillman. Sandy wanted to be an artist, Hank was the only boy in town who seemed destined for bigger things, and they both had dreams to escape town together. But when Sandy's plans fell through, she stayed in their small town in Ohio while Hank went off to Boston to follow his dreams to be a musician, with the promise to stay together. Only that plan fell through, too.Fifteen years later, Sandy runs a successful greenhouse while helping her parents with their bed and breakfast. Everything is perfect?until Hank rolls back into town, now a famous alt-country singer with a son in tow. She's done everything she could all these years to avoid anything related to him-not even listening to his songs-but when she sees him again, her resolve wavers. There aren't enough cliché love songs in the world to convince Sandy to give Hank another chance, but when he needs her help with his next album, she wonders if there could be a new beginning for them or if what they had is just a tired old song of the past.Story Locale: Ohio.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It s a race against time as an island searches for a murderer and a missing childSmall-town police detective Hanna Duncker has a past. Her deceased father was convicted of murder and arson long ago, and she has taken up residence and resumed her police career in her hometown after his death. She and her partner Erik Lindgren are called to investigate the disappearance of a father and his infant son from their home while his wife was away on a weekend trip. As the investigation unfolds, Hanna makes a breakthrough in her ongoing private investigation of her father s crimes: a discovery that could change everything she thought she'd learned so far. In The Shadow Lily, Johanna Mo s follow-up to The Night Singer, we find Hanna even further entangled in the web of relationships and partial truths that trapped her father for well over a decade. Are guilt and innocence as definite as they seem And can she handle yet another unravelling of her family s story.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The four McBride brothers have their worlds turned upside down when their precocious younger sister secretly places an advertisement for a mail order bride for her brothers.Kit McBride knows that Buck's Creek, Montana is no place to find a bride. Between him and his three brothers-plus little Junebug-they manage all right on their own, thank you very much. But unbeknownst to Kit, his sister is sick to death of cleaning, cooking, and mending for her big brothers, so she placed an ad in The Matrimonial News to get them hitched.After Maddy Mooney emigrated from Ireland, she found employment with an eccentric but poor widow. When her mistress decides to answer an ad for a mail order bride, Madd?y is dragged along for the ride to Montana. But en route to the West, Maddy is suddenly abandoned and left to assume the widow's name, position, and matrimonial prospects? When Maddy arrives at Buck's Creek, Kit is shocked to say the least. But with no other recourse in the wilderness, Maddy must convince Kit not only is she who she says she is, but she's the wife he never knew he needed.Story Locale: Buck's Creek, MontanaSeries Overview: The brothers of the McBride family are all set to be married on the wild Montana frontier, even if they don't know it yet.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Paris Library meets The Flight Girls in this captivating historical novel about the sacrifice and courage necessary to live a life of honor, inspired by the first female volunteer librarians during World War I and the first women accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy. Two women. One secret. A truth worth fighting for.1918. Timid and shy Emmaline Balakin lives more in books than her own life. Then an envelope crosses her desk at the Dead Letter's Office bearing a name from her past and Emmaline decides to finally embark on an adventure of her own-as a volunteer librarian on the frontlines in France. But when she comes face to face with the love of her life, and the unthinkable occurs in the perils of war, Emmaline will need to find more courage within herself than she ever thought possible in order to survive. 1976. Kathleen Carre is eager to prove to herself and to her nana that she deserves her acceptance into the first class to include women at the U. S. Naval Academy. But not everyone wants female midshipmen at the Academy, and after tragedy strikes close to home, Kathleen becomes a target. To protect herself Kathleen must learn to trust others, even as she discovers a secret that could be her undoing.Story Locale: Paris, France and the frontlines of World War I in France in 1918; Washington DC and Annapolis, Maryland in 1976.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A book to help you laugh about your insecurities, doubts, and sore spots, reminding you that it s not just you everyone is a little bit awful!In this world, there are two inescapable truths. First, you will die someday. And second, you are horrible at a lot of things.In this hilarious and relatable book, popular artist Natalya Lobanova invites readers to revel in the harsher realities of life. Through a mixture of comics, infographics, and activity pages, you can explore the myriad ways you may not be living up to your expectations, and ultimately (hopefully) learn how to accept your flaws and failures with a good self-deprecating chuckle. Some examples include: Bad Date Bingo Choose Your Life Path maze relationship flow charts and more!A perfect gift for perfectionists, pessimists, or anyone questioning themselves, Everyone is Awful is sure to put a smile on the face of every Debbie Downer.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - They're looking for a second chance at love, but they have some rough seas ahead in the new contemporary romance from the author of Love, Lists, and Fancy ShipsCommitment-phobe Nina LeJeune has lived her life by two rules: 1. Always have fun. 2. Don't let love derail your life.The first rule is easy; the second, she's broken only one time.Ten years after fleeing home, Nina is chief stew on the super yacht Serendipity, single by choice, and perfectly content with how life has turned out.But Nina's ex-coworker and old flame, Irish chef Ollie Dunne, isn't so happy with the status quo. Two years after leaving yachting, he's returned as Serendipity's chef with an ultimatum: if Nina denies she's in love with him after three dates spread over the charter season, he'll go back to Ireland for good.Nina and Ollie's shared secret from their past threatens to shipwreck not only their relationship, but the entire boat. But as their connection grows amid chaotic guests and crew drama, could there be smooth sailing in their future.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She's stunned by how perfect and picturesque the town is. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is dreamy too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation. Then Annie meets Sophie. Beautiful, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her friend. More importantly, she wants Annie to stop apologizing and start living for herself. That's how Sophie lives. Annie can't help but gravitate toward the self-possessed Sophie, wanting to spend more and more time with her, despite the fact that the rest of the townsfolk seem.a little afraid of her. And like, okay. There are some things. Sophie's appearance is uncanny and ageless, her mansion in the middle of the woods feels a little unearthly, and she does seem to wield a certain power.but she couldn't be.could she '.