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The best-selling serial killer thriller that everyone is talking about. Life couldn’t get much better for Hannah. She accepts her dream job in Manchester and easily makes friends with her new neighbors. When she becomes romantically involved with her boss, she can’t believe her luck. But things are about to take a grisly turn. As her colleagues and neighbors are killed off one by one, Hannah’s idyllic life starts to fall apart. But when her mother becomes the next victim, the connection to Hannah is all too real.

Shatter the myths and lies about PMS and start believing the truth that comes with knowing how the body actually works. For three weeks out of every month, a woman is energetic, upbeat and even-tempered. Then something happens! Within seconds, she can move from being calm into depression or out to the edges of hostile anger. She can crave junk food, feel lethargic and not about to focus her concentration on even the simplest task.

"Anita Gail Jones's narration transports listeners across centuries and continents as she details the complex history of a Southern Black family."- AudioFile This program is read by the author, who brings more than twenty-five years of experience as a professional oral-tradition storyteller of...

Why is it that when a crisis occurs some people immediately, instinctively step up and lead, as though hearing a calling? Are they just wired that way, born to lead? Or do certain moments in their lives put them on a path to extraordinary leadership? The Call to Leadership: Unlocking the Leader Within in Times of Crisis reveals the true essence of leadership in times of extreme challenge. Beyond the technical aspects of leadership, this book goes deep into the hearts and minds of global decision makers at the highest level.

Keiner ihrer Albträume hätte Emma auf die drastische Veränderung in ihrem Leben vorbereiten können. Aber nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihrer Mutter ist sie gezwungen, in die verschlafene Hauptstadt der Isle of Skye, nach Portree, zu ihrem Onkel und dessen Familie zu ziehen. Das Letzte, mit dem sie rechnet ist, dass sie hier ihre große Liebe finden wird. Vom ersten Augenblick an verfällt sie Calums geheimnisvoller Ausstrahlung. Er zieht sie unwiderstehlich in seinen Bann, woran auch sein allzu offensichtliches Desinteresse nur wenig ändert.

Ruim vier eeuwen geleden zwermden Nederlandse schepen en hun bemanningen uit over de wereldzeeën. Ze voeren naar het noorden, over de Atlantische Oceaan naar het westen en rond Kaap Hoorn en voorbij Kaap de Goede Hoop naar Azië. Ze dreven handel, gingen de strijd aan met Europese concurrenten, onderwierpen goed- of kwaadschiks inheemse volken en stichtten nederzettingen en koloniën. Het vervoer van goederen en mensen via het water was in veel opzichten bepalend voor de ontwikkeling van scheepstypen, navigatiemiddelen en handelsnetwerken.

The Patient Assassin covers the events of the Amritsar Massacre of 1919 in which hundreds of lives were lost when the army opened fire on a crowd with no warnings. An injured survivor, Udham Singh, vowed, wiping blood-soaked earth onto his forehead, that he would kill the men responsible. The Patient Assassin follows him through Africa and the US and across Europe to end up in front of Sir Michael O'Dwyer, who had sent the men to attack.

La vita cambia in un istante. Passa dalla normalità alla catastrofe. John Gregory Dunne, sposato da quarant'anni con Joan Didion, muore all'improvviso la sera del 30 dicembre 2003. Ed è così che per Joan inizia l'anno del pensiero magico. Un anno in cui tutto viene rimesso in discussione, riconsiderato, riformulato.

Emma und Calum haben für ihre Liebe alles riskiert. Endlich scheint ein gemeinsames Leben möglich. Doch Elin steht zwischen ihnen und einer glücklichen Zukunft und er verbündet sich mit Wesen, die nicht besiegt werden können...

Als Emma erfährt, dass Calum noch lebt, gibt es für sie nur ein Ziel: Sie möchte, dass er zu ihr zurückkommt. Doch Calum ist in seine Welt entschwunden. Eine Welt, in die sie ihm nicht folgen kann. Doch dann überschlagen sich die Ereignisse. Wird es Emma gelingen, Calum zu retten?

In this powerful interview, Anita Moorjani, author of Dying to Be Me, explores how fear—whether it’s fear of death, judgment, or our own power—can hold us back from experiencing true joy. Despite fear’s strong presence in our world, Anita believes that you can release its grip and open...

What would it take for you to realize just how powerful you are? For Anita Moorjani, it took almost dying from end-stage cancer. Unable to move and given just hours to live as a result of the cancer that had ravaged her body for almost four years, Anita entered another dimension, where she...

A Zero Waste Life is the ultimate guide to radically reducing your waste, without losing your lifestyle. In her 30-day challenge, Anita provides you with the rules, tips and tricks you need to eliminate plastic and live a cleaner, kinder life. This practical audiobook is a call to action with a fresh ‘can do’ approach. Over 30 days you will learn how to make sustainable, ethical choices when it comes to shopping, eating, travel, beauty and so much more. Small changes can make a big difference, and by following these easy, creative steps we can all do more to save our world.

The world needs leaders who have the strength to be kind. The Return on Kindness challenges companies to set a higher bar and reimagine what great leadership looks like. Kindness isn’t what you think it is. Kind leaders, far from being soft or weak, are caring and tough.The Return on Kindness...

How have Christian theologies of religious superiority underwritten ideologies of white supremacy in the United States? According to author Hill Fletcher, the tendency of Christians to view themselves as the "chosen ones" has often been translated into racial categories as well. In other words, Christian supremacy has historically lent itself to white supremacy, with disastrous consequences. Fletcher proposes strategies that will help foster racial healing in America.

Amanda Blackstone is good at a lot of things—but no one will give her the chance to prove it. When her first job at her town's local daily newspaper is as their "society columnist," she uses it to search for any opportunity to take on a case and prove her skills as an investigative reporter. While covering the debutante reception for the daughter of one of the town's wealthiest men, Amanda overhears a veiled threat that leads her to suspect that corporate embezzlement is behind a suspicious suicide.

There was a time, not too long ago, when talking openly about race was considered in poor taste. If you had good manners, you just didn’t talk about politics, religion, or race—not with your family or friends, and certainly not with your coworkers. Even now, many people feel the topic of race is better left alone. Professor Anita Foeman understands those worries. In How to Talk about Race, she addresses those specific concerns and others, giving common-sense guidance and step-by-step instructions you can employ to develop safe and productive dialogue about race.

Folks in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, claim that where Nikki Bryant goes, trouble is not far behind. Her refusal to back down from a challenge has made Nikki Bryant a top investigative journalist. When an online friend nudges her to join him in a pact to reconnect with their first loves, Nikki and her boxer dog Elmo leave the bright lights of Las Vegas for the charming town of Pine Grove. There, she must face the biggest challenges in her career and life - the first love she had left behind and her father’s unsolved murder.

In this next story, Alice Hill, who is happily married, bears three daughters and is stricken with Alzheimer's in her later years. Was this her destiny chosen by the goddess Lachesis, or was her destiny just meant to be?

Dopo la pubblicazione di un romanzo mendace e offensivo sulla sua vita, il ricchissimo finanziere Andrew Bevel, diventato milionario dopo alcune speculazioni seguite al crollo in Borsa del ’29, assume la giovane Ida Partenza, figlia di un anarchico italiano, perché lo aiuti a scrivere un’autobiografia in grado di raccontare finalmente la verità sui suoi successi e sulla sua defunta moglie, Mildred. Ida intuisce presto che nemmeno dalla sua penna, strettamente controllata dal committente, uscirà il ritratto fedele di una donna complessa la cui reale personalità continua a sfuggirle.