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When her parents announce their impending separation, Natalie can't understand why no one is fighting or at least mildly upset. And now that Zach and Lucy, her two best friends, have fallen in love, she's feeling slightly miffed and decidedly awkward. Where does she fit in now? And what has happened to the version of her life that played out like a TV show—with just the right amount of banter, pining and meaningful looks? Nothing is going according to plan. But then an unexpected romance comes along and shakes things up even further.

Born into a family of criminals, John Kruger began his life of crime while still in primary school. Bagman of the Brothel follows his tumultuous upbringing in southern Sydney and into adulthood, where he found himself employed by a mafia organisation during the 1980s.

Rae knew a good deal about Richard Ashton. Sharing his sister Judy’s flat, she'd lived for a year with his photograph: a dark, handsome, somewhat commanding young man. She'd listened to long extracts from his letters and built up a picturesque if inaccurate picture of his life in Kenya. She knew he declared himself heart-whole and had instructed his sister to find him a wife.

An exciting adventure begins for Lillian when her friends Chloe and Grace ask her to help them investigate a mysterious window in the old barn. Lillian’s sleuthing ability helps uncover surprises that return the family to Indigenous ways of knowledge.

Noni Blake knows she wants more: more adventures, more joy, more romance, more orgasms, more pleasure...more everything. Now she just has to figure out how to get it. Noni didn’t expect to be starting over at the age of 36. But 18 months after the end of her long-term relationship, she decides it’s time to start living her life again. While an encounter with a sexy firefighter is a welcome entry back into the dating world, Noni soon realises she’s looking for more than just a series of brief, pleasurable encounters. She’s looking for more pleasure in, well, everything.

It's not easy getting close to people. Amelia's meeting a lot of men but once she gets the sex she wants from them, that's it for her: she can't connect further. A terrible thing happened to Daniel last year and it's stuck inside Amelia ever since, making her stuck too. Maybe being a cosmetician at her family's mortuary business isn't the best job for a young woman. It's not helping her social life. She loves her job, but she's not great at much else. Especially emotion.

Katy Sweeney is looking for her sister. A year earlier, just three weeks into a solo vanlife trip, her free-spirited younger sister, Phoebe, vanished without a trace on the remote, achingly beautiful coastal highway in Western Australia. With no witnesses, no leads, and no DNA evidence, the case has gone cold. But Katy refuses to give up on her.

Throughout this book we learn about the suffering of a baby boy, unwanted by his teenage parents. This boy grew up with an aggressive and womanizing father that constantly reminded him that he was a mistake that ruined his father's life. While been beaten and mentally abused, all he craved from his parents was love but received nothing but humiliation and sufferance from his father. This caused detrimental trauma to the young boy, and he grew up believing that he would not achieve anything in life. I was this little boy, and this is my story.

Love is a Promise is a remarkable book, crafted with a deep understanding of what the world is missing today—love. It aims to provide listeners with a fresh perspective on love and a deeper understanding of what it truly means in today's world. This book takes listeners on an insightful and thought-provoking journey through the intricacies of love. Its primary purpose is to transform and change lives by influencing the way we think about this elusive thing called love

Jenny: It wasn’t my fantasy to be with another man. At least, it wasn’t until my husband, Brad, told me that was his fantasy. He wanted to watch me and another man have adult-flavored fun. He wanted to watch me come alive sexually, and he wanted to watch another man make me fall apart. He knew I’d always be his but wanted to share me with some of his friends.

1917: America's declaration of war against Germany gives Grace Winter, a keen-eyed New York Times investigative reporter, a much sought after opportunity to make her mark on the Western Front, albeit in ways she had never expected. But by 1918 the gruesome reality of trench warfare has set in, and an invisible new enemy - The Spanish Flu - is killing allied soldiers in their droves.

In this fascinating story, Yahye reveals, in his own words, mesmerising incidents of resilience, exclusions and inclusions, an identity crisis, divine-connection, and an unparalleled zest for a purposeful life, all through a captivating, humorous, and candid style.

Bridget and Simone aren't friends. But their daughters are in the same dance troupe, so they're flying to Los Angeles for the girls to perform at Disneyland. Simone's daughter Zahra is indisputably a leader in the group, but Bridget's daughter Becky is a talent on the rise. Simone and her husband are accustomed to business class, but Bridget is less comfortable there. Both lonely women are surprised to find something in common, until Bridget discovers images of Zahra and other dancers that shock her. Are they exploitative or art?

It's 1982. The Knighton women, all living under one roof are about to be struck with dance marathon fever....

My teacher has finally let me do what I want with the Valentine’s Day column for the school paper, and I’m ecstatic. Instead of a regular old ad, I've decided to make it a way for people to ask their dates to the dance. How was I supposed to know that I somehow manage to create the perfect opportunity for my secret admirer to finally get my attention? Is it the hunky basketball player, Brandon? He is everything I've ever wanted. He loves to read, we talk for hours, and he makes some mean bowling alley food. Or could it be someone else who wants to be my Valentine?

Paul took the paper and read the paragraph indicated, and as he read, the kitchen seemed to perform a slow, revolving movement and come to rest with a grinding jar. It looked like a very nice announcement. The engagement is announced between Sir Paul Saxon, Bt., elder son of the late Sir Bartholomew Saxon, Bt. and of Lady Saxon, of 16 Lowndes Crescent, S.W. 1 and Helga, only daughter of Madame de Brulais, of 89 Selcourt Street, S.W. 3.

When high school seniors, Brynn O'Connell, and her best friend, Peyton Patterson, discover a dead body during the Copper Cove Festival, they had no idea their lives would forever change...for the better. Standing next to the victim is the strange new girl in town, Raven Masters. When Brynn identifies the murder weapon as belonging to her Grams, the three girls set out to prove Granny Winnie is no killer! Brynn and Peyton must learn to set aside their prejudices and trust the quirky new girl. After all, she seems to be an old pro at sleuthing.

Lotti Coates lives in the shadow of a genius: her father, George, is a brilliant and celebrated Australian painter. When Lotti meets the outcast waif Kyla at a suburban Canberra school, two worlds are set to collide. Slowly Kyla is drawn into the orbit of the Coates family. Or is it the other way around? As Lotti and Kyla navigate their way towards adulthood, dark secrets start to unravel, with devastating consequences....

“Shamanism and the Drug Propaganda" is a popularly written introduction to ancient history and the Greek classics. The text is fully annotated. Since it is popularly written, it sounds like a movie. But a movie with profound psychological and political relevance for the contemporary world, since it uses the words to illuminate our contemporary psyche.

In the sleepy town of Eldridge, two friends, Chris and Thomas, find themselves entangled in a web of ancient prophecies and mysterious forces. Chris, plagued by cryptic visions, and Thomas, discovering his latent magical abilities, are drawn into a conflict that spans across multiple realms. As they unravel the truth about the Etherborn—a race believed to be the bridge between realms—they come face-to-face with a myriad of challenges, from battling creatures of darkness to confronting their own inner demons.