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In the late 1960s, Patsy Channing, a stunningly beautiful young woman, was suspended from the venerable Mississippi State College for Women for breach of conduct. The resulting scandal reached all the way to the Columbus courthouse, and the press ate it up. But Patsy's story starts long before that, living with a preoccupied and troubled mother in Memphis, Tennessee. Music becomes her ticket out and a vehicle for the one thing she covets most—a chance to be crowned Miss America. In Confessions of a Southern Beauty Queen, Julie Hines Mabus provides a peek into that world.

De retour d’Argentine, Caroline tente de regagner l’estime des Suédois. En effet, la relation naissante entre Jeremy, qui est un des leurs, et la jeune Émeraude semble mal en point depuis le procès de Logan. Les deux Gemme ne sont pas au bout de leur peine : tout se met en travers de leur route, à commencer par le dangereux et mystérieux criminel qui souhaite toujours s’emparer de l’aleph de Caroline. Puis, l’arrivée au pays du promis de la jeune fille vient causer d’énormes complications entre les deux Halv, mettant leur amour à l’épreuve.

Quelques mois avant son anniversaire, Doris est frappée par une chronique aperçue sur le Web. L'article concernant une jeune blogueuse populaire et très active chamboule la jeune femme. Ce déclencheur la stimule, et elle se fixe une liste de choses à faire avant d'être vieille, c'est-à-dire avant ses trente et un ans. Entre ses journées de travail comme serveuse, ses sorties avec ses amies et ses visites à sa chère grand-mère, elle doit réaliser sa bucket list. Ses proches ont bien sûr des activités à lui suggérer, mais Doris se fixe des objectifs à son goût, pour elle-même.

Dans le dernier tome de la série Marianne Bellehumeur, l'auteure Lucille Bisson amène son héroïne au centre de différents événements qui marqueront sa vie d'adolescente. À coeur ouvert, nous transporte dans le quotidien souvent explosif de cette adolescente à la fois colorée et très attachante qui ne finit pas de nous surprendre.

A la suite du décès de sa mère, Caroline Ethier est contrainte de déménager à Rivière-du-Loup pour sa dernière année de secondaire. Elle y fait plusieurs rencontres qui pimentent son quotidien. Son voisin Jeremy Emilsson est terriblement séduisant, mais il ne fait rien pour déguiser l'antipathie qu'elle lui inspire, alors qu'ils se retrouvent malgré eux partenaires dans deux de leurs cours. De son côté, le beau Logan MacLean fait tout pour la charmer. A l'opposé de Jeremy, il se révèle gentil, drôle et avenant.

Josephine is obsessed. Or possessed—by unrequited love for a younger man who doesn't promise anything, but who gives her a taste of intimacy that puts her on the brink of losing her mind. Oscillating between her elusive lover and her older former partner, stuck in the hell that is working in a cubicle, and obliged to tend to her destructive, senile mother, Josephine is trapped. After a work assignment promises to deliver distraction, Josephine makes a decision to visit a former quarantine island in the Adriatic Sea, where she meets an enigmatic, beautiful man with a haunting story.

Caroline se relève tranquillement des évènements bouleversants qui ont eu lieu au bal de Noël et elle essaie de reprendre le cours normal de son existence. Mais sa nouvelle vie d'Émeraude prend une tournure à laquelle elle ne s'attendait pas. Le comportement cordial de Jeremy et sa soudaine gentillesse à son égard sont étranges. Ce n'est que lorsque Caroline découvre enfin l'identité du fantôme de ses dessins qu'elle réalise que son arrivée à Rivière-du-Loup n'avait rien d'un hasard.

El accidente que se llevó a su amiga Rachel y que la condenó con solo diecisiete años continúa convirtiendo la vida de Pearl Bennett en un infierno. Sobrevivir al pasado y a las cicatrices fue un reto que creía haber superado, pero el regreso de JJ Tacher a Lakewood destapa sentimientos de rencor y venganza que demuestran lo frágil que es la burbuja que la ha ocultado durante diez años.

Vereint durch die Liebe zur Natur. München, 1976: Minze, Vanille und Rosenholz... Für Eva ist die Welt voller Gerüche - und diese sind für sie die Basis aller Gefühle. Besonders Pflanzen und deren heilende Wirkung begeistern sie. Ein Pharmazie-Studium scheint genau das Richtige für Eva zu sein, und sie sich voller Neugier in das wilde, freie Schwabinger Studentenleben. Doch dann findet Eva etwas heraus, das ihre ganze Welt infrage stellt.

Conn Whitman’s long-distance swims keep him centered and sane—until a terrifying underwater encounter in a woodland lake plunges him into the middle of a murder investigation. Once a superstar investigative reporter, disgraced by misconduct, Conn returned to his Vermont hometown to put his life back together. Now, after ten years on the job, he knows his community like nobody else. So, when he kicks a submerged object while swimming—something with the density and resilience of human flesh—he immediately wonders if it’s connected to an unsolved murder in a nearby town.

At a time when civilian periodicals faced strict censorship, the army’s chief of staff George Marshall won the support of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to create an expansive troop-newspaper program. Both Marshall and FDR recognized that there was a second struggle taking place outside the battlefields of World War II—the war of words. While Hitler inundated the globe with propaganda, morale across the US Army dwindled. As the Axis blurred the lines between truth and fiction, the best defense was for American troops to bring the truth into focus by writing it down.

The Trebors are in more danger than ever before. The tribe is divided, Mt. Bor spits fire as its caverns boil, and the Borian Sea holds a secret of its own. When the malpeds flew away with seeds from the great tree, scouts are sent to retrieve them, but the power of the seeds is so great they grow immediately into a field of fledgling trees. Within days, the tribe is divided between those seeking a new way of life in the field nestled at the foot of Mt. Bor, and those choosing to stay with the great tree.

Peace reigns in the Land of Bori. Growth springs from the earth as the great tree pushes its power through its mighty roots. But there's a noise at the edge of the forest. It darts into the dark. A voice calls to the Trebors. Come and play with us. Come and play with us. But when Ebert decides to follow what lurks in the forest, he has an unexpected encounter. The malpeds have returned. Pitter pat. Pitter pat. Their tiny legs run their rhythm. Pitter pat. Pitter pat. Look what we can do, they say. We are changed, they say. Can this be true?

Eighteen-year-old Ava Luna puts her future on hold to care for her mother in the days leading up to a risky surgery. Coinciding with the seasons and cycles of the moon, the four parts of this novel tackle family dynamics and mental and physical health as it follows Ava Luna's quest for independence, assertiveness, and wholeness.

Bori is ravaged, the earth scorched, homes destroyed. Stella longs for the days of peace, where Trebors danced and sang, where her tree home held all she needed. Now devastation surrounds her and worse yet, her father is missing. He didn't make it home before the storm ripped through the land. The devastated forest calls Stella to journey into it, to look for her father, and face down whatever hides in its deep crevices. But a shifting shape of evil lurks nearby and threatens to destroy everything she knows and loves.

Au cours de l’été 2006, Emma Price assiste, impuissante, au repêchage du manteau rouge de son fils de six ans dans l’Ouse. C’est le drame de l’année : son petit garçon, Aiden, s’est éloigné de l’école pendant une terrible inondation et s’est noyé dans la rivière.

The Nineteenth Amendment was an incomplete victory. Black and white women fought for voting rights and doubled the number of eligible voters, but the amendment did not enfranchise all women or even protect the rights of those women who could vote. A century later, women are still grappling with how to use the vote and their political power to expand civil rights, confront racial violence, improve maternal health, advance educational and employment opportunities, and secure reproductive rights. Formidable chronicles the efforts of white and Black women to advance sometimes competing causes.

The elegant short fictions gathered hereabout the love of science and the science of love are often set against the backdrop of the nineteenth century. Interweaving historical and fictional characters, they encompass both past and present as they negotiate the complex territory of ambition, failure, achievement, and shattered dreams.

Monatelang hatte Eric seinen Tod geplant. Doch plötzlich wollte er nur noch überleben. Die Welt von Flugbegleiterin Alexandra liegt in Scherben, seit ihr Ehemann Eric bei einem Bootsunglück in Singapur ums Leben kam. Doch als Alexandra ein Telefonat aus Thailand für ihren Nachbarn annimmt, hört sie fassungslos Erics Stimme am anderen Ende der Leitung. Als sie etwas sagt, legt der Anrufer auf. Getrieben von der Angst, dass Eric seinen Tod nur vorgetäuscht hat, fliegt Alexandra nach Bangkok, um ihren Mann zu suchen.

Wanda's multiple affairs are revealed within the context of a twisted game that sends everyone in search of golden keys that just might unlock their ability to use matchmaking powers. This game has many rewards that could elevate you to great success while at the same time this game has many risks that can degrade you into grand failure. Are you sure that the key that you have will unlock a magnificent world of pleasantries or an unpredictable world of wickedness?