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Aly Cappellucci ha trovato il suo kink ideale: gli uomini mascherati online. Josh Hammond ha trascorso la sua vita evitando le luci della ribalta, ma il suo personaggio online è un'altra storia: ha milioni di follower, ma solo una gli interessa, Aly. Insieme, Aly e Josh vivono i loro desideri più oscuri. Non sanno che Aly ha attirato l'attenzione di qualcuno con intenzioni molto più sinistre. Mentre Josh si trasforma da predatore a protettore, deve chiedersi fino a che punto si spingerà per la donna da cui è ossessionato.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A life-changing guide to finding your direction—and your passion—in a world of seemingly limitless options “For those who want to find their passion . . . a step-by-step guide for restructuring one’s life so that it has meaning, direction, and joy...

Three of the ever-popular Sheridan’s finest plays Born in Dublin in 1751, Richard Brinsley Sheridan was a theatre impresario, statesman and the most celebrated playwright of his time. His brilliantly witty comedies of manners have become part of the literary canon, and are frequently performed...

Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father's only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business....

A seemingly respectable suburban family finds itself in a battle to save the world against demons on Christmas. The Whitehall family receives an unexpected visitor on Christmas morning that changes everything they know about their family and takes them on an exciting but scary adventure.

Elena believed she had built a life on love — a family, a home, a future that felt secure. Until betrayal shattered everything she thought she knew. Searching for clarity, she travels to Istanbul, where an unexpected encounter awakens a forgotten childhood dream. From the magical landscapes of Cappadocia to the timeless beauty of the Bosphorus, Elena begins to understand that loss can also open the door to transformation.

Widely hailed as a milestone in American literature, Sinclair Lewis' Main Street vividly describes a country on the verge of massive change, with traditional values being threatened by progress. The novel's heroine, Carol Milford, is a highly educated, ambitious woman who plans to join a newly enlightened society. But after marrying a small-town doctor, she finds herself trapped in the role of a dutiful wife. Carol's desires for social change conflict with the security of her comfortable married life, as she struggles to understand the cost of conformity...and rebellion. As relevant today as it was upon its 1920 publication, Main Street is both a masterful piece of writing and a fascinating microcosm of America's social evolution.

What would you give for one night in the world's most luxurious hotel? Now imagine you own it. Honor is trying to save the family hotel that shares her name. Palmers, a beautiful old jewel of a building nestled on the coast of the Hamptons, used to be the most glamorous destination in the world. Now Honor wants to restore its reputation, its glitz and its guest list.

What we don't forgive stays in our systems as stress and emotional pain forever. We can't get free of the past without truly letting go. But forgiveness is often the last thing we want to do when we've been hurt or mistreated by others. You don't need to be spiritual or religious or have any kind of belief to forgive. But you do need to know what forgiveness really is and what it isn't, why it can seem so hard and what’s been getting in your way.

All but My Life tells the haunting story of Gerda Weissman Klein’s experience under the Nazi regime. Taken from her home in Bielitz, Poland, and sent to German labor camps, Gerda survived and was liberated by American troops. In her memoir, Klein takes audiences on an alarming journey from the...

The Diary of Anne Frank is read and loved by children throughout the world. Yet few of those readers know what life was really like for the young Jewish girl before and after she wrote her famous diary.

Written in a lively yet sympathetic style, Anne Frank’s Story follows Anne Frank from her birth in Germany and her happy childhood in Amsterdam through the years she and her family spent in hiding from the Nazis, to her imprisonment and eventual death in the concentration camps.

When neuroscientist Susan Barry was 50 years old, she took an unforgettable trip to Manhattan. As she emerged from the dim light of the subway into the sunshine, she saw a view of the city that she had witnessed many times in the past but now saw in an astonishingly new way. Skyscrapers on street corners appeared to loom out toward her like the bows of giant ships. Tree branches projected upward and outward, enclosing and commanding palpable volumes of space.

Ladies, imagine waking up every day feeling confident, motivated, and ready to tackle anything that comes your way. Imagine having a clear vision for your future and the tools to make it a reality. That's exactly what you'll get with The Alpha Female Bible.

Letty Hood has spent the last fifteen years of her life hidden away with her grandmother in the backwoods of east Texas to escape the deadly schemes of an uncle who wants her dead. Now, with her twenty-first birthday on the horizon, she is forced to accept the escort of a stranger and return to Houston in secret so she can claim a birthright that will make her one of the wealthiest women in Texas. If she lives long enough to inherit.

The Great Controversy is the story of how the forces of good triumph over the forces of evil. The story picks up with the destruction of Jerusalem and continues down the ages to the present. It is a story of truth and how it was lost by many, but not all then gradually rediscovered by the broader Christian community through the Reformation. It climaxes with the eschaton and delineates how we in the present can navigate the final moments of earth's history.

Nueva York, 1998, cabalgata de Acción de Gracias. Kiera Templeton, desaparece entre la multitud. Tras una búsqueda frenética por toda la ciudad, alguien encuentra unos mechones de pelo junto a la ropa que llevaba puesta la pequeña. En 2003, el día que Kiera habría cumplido ocho años, sus padres, Aaron y Grace Templeton, reciben en casa un extraño paquete: una cinta VHS con la grabación de un minuto de Kiera jugando en una habitación desconocida.

Still in a daze, I take it all in: the wind, the leaden skies, the churning moody sea. And, far in the distance, a misty outline. Skelsay. Wilderness haven. Building-site. Luxury-retreat-to-be. And now, home. When her father’s construction work takes Em’s family to the uninhabited island of Skelsay, she is excited, but also a little uneasy. Soon, Em and her friend, Zac, realize that the setbacks, mishaps, and accidents on the island point to something altogether more sinister: The wilderness all around them has declared war. Danger lurks everywhere.

Two novels by the award-winning Canadian writer Carol Shields, dramatised for BBC Radio Carol Shields was one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary authors. Often compared to Jane Austen, her deft, witty and compassionate works depicting the everyday lives of ordinary people won her numerous...

Il suo stalker è un'ombra che si insinua nella sua vita senza chiedere permesso. Ogni notte diventa più audace, sempre più vicino, fino a invadere la sua camera da letto. Eppure, quando la sua pelle incontra la sua, il terrore si mescola al desiderio e il confine tra ciò che è giusto e ciò che è malato si dissolve. Lei non conosce il suo volto, non sa nemmeno il suo nome… ma non riesce a resistergli. Lui è malato, ossessionato, pericoloso. E forse lei è altrettanto spezzata, perché il suo cuore lo desidera con la stessa intensità con cui dovrebbe temerlo.

When Pollyanna was published in 1913, it became an overnight success. It immediately sold over a million copies as young and old alike fell in love with the little freckled orphan girl and her spirited optimism. Many of Beldingsville’s citizens are ill, misguided, and even despairing. The sparkling, ingenuous 11-year-old who descends upon them with her "glad game" gives them renewed hope and changes their lives forever. Then unexpected tragedy strikes, and Pollyanna can no longer find the silver lining in any cloud.