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1963. Saigon. Tricia is a shy newlywed, married to a rising attorney working for US Navy intelligence. Charlene is a practiced corporate spouse and mother of three, a beauty and a bully. The two women form a wary alliance as they struggle to balance the pressure to be respectable wives for their ambitious husbands, with their own dubious impulses to “do good” for the people of Vietnam. Sixty years later, Charlene’s daughter, spurred by an encounter with an aging Vietnam veteran, reaches out to Tricia.

Lorsque la marée montera, ils seront coupés du reste du monde. Lorsqu'elle redescendra, plus rien ne sera jamais comme avant... Perchée sur une île des Cornouailles, Verdemer, la demeure ancestrale de la famille Darker, est chaque jour prise au piège de la marée montante. Le soir d'Halloween, les Darker s'y réunissent pour la première fois depuis des années pour fêter les quatre-vingts ans de leur grand-mère. Daisy y retrouve un père distant, une mère glaciale, ses deux soeurs, sa nièce et Conor, un ami de la famille. Tous ont quelque chose à cacher.

Pema Chödrön and Alice Walker in Conversation reveals the revolutionary power of tonglen through a dialogue between two hearts and minds forged in very different cultures - and yet deeply joined in the simple practice of compassion.Take a front-row seat as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker and American-born Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön reflect on anger, joy, fear, and the union of spirituality and social activism.

Coney Island: Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a boardwalk freak show that amazes and stimulates the crowds. An exceptional swimmer, Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her father's "museum", alongside performers like the Wolfman, the Butterfly Girl, and a 100-year-old turtle. One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man photographing moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River.

One spring evening in 1884, beautiful young courtesan Lola Deslys discovers the lifeless body of a chambermaid hidden in the gardens of the Hôtel Beau Rivage in Cannes. Even more distressing is that Lola knows the girl well. When the inquiry into her murder fails to reveal a single substantial clue, Lola is persuaded by novelist Guy de Maupassant to delve into the case on her own. Eager to exert her independence and defy conventions, Lola agrees. But she needs help in her investigation, and there’s no better partner in her pursuit - however unlikely - than Miss Gabriella Fletcher, a highborn, well-educated, and currently disgraced English governess.

Humans are such experts at laughing that we can distinguish a fake laugh from a real one. But why do we laugh?

Cuando Sophie se enamoró de Simon, supo que juntos tejerían una inolvidable historia llena de vivencias y canciones, pero todo acabó una noche de enero y sus sueños se quedaron congelados en aquel invierno eterno, el más largo y frío que nunca pudo imaginar. Hasta que el hielo empieza a derretirse para que Ámsterdam se vista de primavera. Entonces, Sophie descubre que Koen estará a su lado cuando decida alzar el vuelo, que su familia y amigos son su brújula, que ganar requiere de ingenio y que el corazón sigue sus propias reglas.

Il s'appelle Antoine. Elle se fait appeler L. Il est assistant parlementaire, elle est hackeuse. Ils ont tous les deux choisi de consacrer leur vie à un engagement politique, officiellement ou clandestinement. Le roman commence à l'hiver 2019. Antoine ne sait que faire de la défiance et même de la haine qu'il constate à l'égard des politiciens de métier et qui commence à déteindre sur lui. Dans ce climat tendu, il s'échappe en rêvant d'écrire un roman sur la guerre d'Espagne.

These erotic stories are meant to open eyes and encourage couples to explore more of their own sexuality.

Igendwie hat sich Svea alles ganz anders vorgestellt: Wie konnte es nur passieren, dass ihr Mann für ein Jahr nach Frankreich geht, während sie allein mit den drei Kindern in ihrem Haus nahe der Flensburger Förde zurückbleibt? Doch dann beschließt Svea, auch ihr "Sabbatjahr" zu nutzen, um alte und neue Träume zu verwirklichen. Nur leider wächst ihr das Chaos zwischen Haushalt, Kindern und Job sehr schnell über den Kopf. Zum Glück gibt es Katja, wie sie selbst gelernte Grafikerin und ihre beste Freundin.

Alice (25) in Wien redet mit ihrem Papa (47) in Salzburg über das Leben, Glück, Humor, Kinder(kriegen), Stadt- und Landleben, Kochen, Schule und auch darüber, was es heißt, Teil einer Generation zu sein. Und über alles andere auch. Geh Papa sagt man statt „Menno - Vati“ - aber eben in Österreich.

Der englische Geisterseher Aylmer Vance und sein treuer Freund Dexter sind in der Zeit vor dem ersten Weltkrieg so etwas wie das Detektivgespann Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson für das Übersinnliche. Ob es sich um ruhelose Geister, geheimnisvolle Erscheinungen, unerklärliche Begegnungen oder unbewohnbare Häuser und Schlösser handelt Aylmer Vance scheut vor nichts zurück, um seine gruselig-spannenden Fälle aufzuklären.

Il était une fois dans la vallée de Napa... Camille Lammenais a grandi en toute quiétude en Californie, au coeur du domaine viticole familial. Ses parents, Joy et Christophe, y ont bâti un château dont les vins n'ont rien à envier au Bordelais natal de ce dernier. Après de brillantes études à Stanford, la jeune fille revient au bercail pour aider les siens, son rêve de toujours. Mais lorsque sa mère, gravement malade, décède, le conte de fées prend fin.

Jo, un homme ordinaire ? Jusqu’à un certain point... Joseph Conté, cinquantenaire désenchanté, qualifié de trop gentil par ses collègues qui profitent de son hypersensibilité, mène une vie discrète et solitaire entre son métier de prof et son chat. Si seulement sa fille acceptait de le revoir et de lui présenter son petit-fils ! Peut-être alors, parviendrait-il à faire la paix avec lui-même ?

For the first time, the edited journals of Alice Walker are gathered together to reflect the complex, passionate, talented and acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winner of The Color Purple. She intimately explores her thoughts and feelings as a woman, a writer, an African-American, a wife, a daughter, a mother, a lover, a sister, a friend, a citizen of the world. In an unvarnished and singular voice, she explores an astonishing array of events. A powerful blend of Walker's personal life with political events, this revealing collection offers rare insight into a literary legend.

On an unnamed archipelago off the east coast of Britain, the impossible has come to pass. Women control the civic institutions. Decide how the islands’ money is spent. Run the businesses. Tend to their families. Teach the children hope for a better world. They say that this gynotopia is Eva Levi’s life’s work, and that now she has disappeared, it will be destroyed. But they don’t know about Cwen. Cwen has been here longer than the civilisation she has returned to haunt. The clouds are her children, and the waves.

In this long-awaited audiobook by Kathryn Alice on dating, she shows you how to date for your soul mate - very different than the tortuous dating in which most people engage.

Property Of is the book that launched a major literary career. In it, New York Times best-selling author Alice Hoffman introduces a lonely outsider who wants desperately to belong. She deeply envies the tough, sultry girls who wear mascara and black leather and hang with the local gang known as the Orphans. As the unnamed narrator determinedly tries to become the property of the gang's brooding leader, McKay, she will discover what can and cannot be possessed.

Beth Haldane is gazing at enchanting paintings of the rolling English countryside when her daydream is rudely interrupted—by the discovery of a teenage girl unconscious on a marble bench. Shocked, Beth realizes this is no snoozing schoolchild. Someone dastardly has carefully crossed the girls’ hands across her white dress, as if she’s in a painting herself. And the girl’s discarded red backpack, found in a corner of the museum, is totally empty. Is someone suspicious hiding evidence? And who would want to harm this innocent soul?

Beth Haldane stands on a quiet street outside an ornate front door, glances down at her watch and taps her foot impatiently. Since her partner Detective Harry York moved into her little house in Dulwich Village, things are a bit too snug. Now Beth whiles away the hours waiting for house viewings and searching for the perfect new home. When a flustered young woman finally arrives and introduces herself as the estate agent, Beth is looking forward to the charming Edwardian property. But when she peeks into a built-in wardrobe, a lifeless body is a greeting she wasn’t expecting.