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When your Monday morning begins with a dead dog and ends with a dead boss, you know it's going to be one of those days. And breakfast TV reporter Cora Baxter has already had the weekend from hell, where the man she'd planned a fabulous future with unceremoniously dumped her. Now Cora's much-hated boss has been murdered. The list of suspects isn't exactly short, but as the enquiry continues, the trail leads frighteningly close to home.

From the moment when, as a little girl, she realises that her skin is a different colour from that of her beloved mum and dad, to the tracing and finding of her birth parents, her Highland mother and Nigerian father, the courageous revelatory journey that Jackie Kay undertakes in Red Dust Road is full of unexpected twists, turns and deep emotions.

This practical nutrition and lifestyle guide provides women with the tools to build their own menopause diet which specifically targets the symptoms that are relevant to them. There are so many ways that nutrition can support a healthy and happy menopause, but a one-size-fits-all approach simply won't work. A highly experienced clinician, Jackie specializes in providing real-world guidance to busy women. She explains how the menopause and perimenopause can change your body and how your diet can make a tangible difference to the way that you feel, whether you're using HRT or not.

[Contains explicit content] Join comedian and host Jackie Kashian as she gives an audio power-point presentation on something most Americans have to do: work. You'll hear stories about comedians' worst and weirdest jobs, embarrassing tales of getting fired and accounts of grinding it out at day jobs while pursuing a bigger dream. The comedy in this episode was recorded at live venues all around the country.

In Dissent, award-winning investigative journalist Jackie Calmes brings listeners closer to the truth of who Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is, where he came from, and how he and the Republican party at large managed to secure one of the highest seats of power in the land.

Collocations are words that occur together more frequently than by random chance. Sound like a native speaker with these common phrases, expressions, idioms, and phrasal verbs that are used in the USA and around the world. Most importantly, improve your IELTS score by mastering new vocabulary words. That's where Collocations for IELTS Speaking comes in. It's everything you need to improve your English vocabulary and score higher on the IELTS exam.

Do you have the eyes, the ears, and the hands to be a Nanovator? You’re about to find out. In India, entire families—too poor to afford a car—crowd onto a single motor scooter every day to brave the tangled traffic lurching through the streets.

Setting boundaries with your significant other isn’t always as simple as it may sound. We all want to be respected and loved by our partner without toxicity getting in the way, but sometimes we are blind to the red flags and tend to get caught up in the “new relationship” status. While some couples may appear to have it all together, looks can be deceiving. Those couples may also be struggling to find their middle ground, and they're probably unaware of how essential boundary setting truly is.

I don't need a date. I need to focus on finding a new apartment and finally writing another novel. But as the last single Fong brother, I'm expected to participate in a bachelor auction to benefit my family's charity. When there's a frenzied bidding war, Brian Poon, my younger brother's ex-best friend, puts an end to the chaos by bidding an eye-watering amount for a Valentine's date with me.

Ezekiel "Zee" Chase has a complicated past. Born into a family whose wealth grew from the seedy world of big-time crime, he ran away as a teenager and made a home for himself on the streets of Detroit. By day the mechanic works at a local garage. But by night he throws down with the best of them in Detroit's gritty underground fighting scene. With all those muscles, he's never had trouble with women - until he meets one who challenges him to the greatest fight of his life....

A dog tries his best to keep his two co-parenting owners and their happiness afloat in this hilarious and touching sequel to Joint Custody by Lauren Baratz-Logsted and Jackie Logsted.

This essay comes from the NPR series This I Believe, which features brief personal reflections from both famous and unknown Americans. The pieces that make up the series compel listeners to rethink not only what and how they have arrived at their beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

Tonight, I lost my home, most of my possessions, and my livelihood when my semi rig was stolen from a truck stop parking lot in Middle-of-Nowhere, Nebraska. Yeah, everything’s insured, but that still leaves me with nowhere to sleep, one change of clothing, no way to get home, and only the paltry credit line on my Visa to cover my expenses until the insurance company settles. So it’s not like I can easily refuse when the local sheriff suggests that I hitch a ride with his younger brother, Ivan Carlson, who’s headed to San Diego to play pro hockey.

On a cold December morning in 1936, swathed in mink and sparkling jewels, she was inexplicably found lifeless in another man's car. Hazel Champagne had been a beautiful, glamorous Hollywood starlet rising from the silent filmmaking era into a new dark genre called "noir". Over the course of his investigation into her death, her admirer and high-powered agent, Eddy Shaw, was left wondering if he really knew Hazel at all. The narrative harkens back to the days when detective Philip Marlowe prowled the streets of Los Angeles in search of clues. It was a world of male dominance where women were...

When a member of her family is brutally gunned down in a random car-jacking, Lucky Santangelo's fury knows no bounds. While she is tracking the killer, her relationship with her husband, charismatic writer and director Lennie Golden, is put to the test. Then, a dangerous man from her past comes back into her life.

But I'm only a former cop, out of the rescue business for a long time now. Still, I couldn't leave Caro Franklin stranded in a snowstorm. Even if bringing that beautiful lady to my home meant my family - and yes, maybe I, too - would immediately fall in love with her. So we just met. We still have …something. In spite of those "family obligations" of hers that I don't fully understand, there's no denying what's between us. No denying that I could make the perfect father for her son. Now I just have to convince Caro to choose me.

The 17:17 podcast is a ministry of Roseville Baptist Church (MN) that seeks to tackle cultural issues and societal questions from a biblical worldview so that listeners discover what the Bible has to say about the key issues they face on a daily basis. The 17:17 podcast seeks to teach the truth of God's Word in a way that is glorifying to God and easy to understand with the hope of furthering God's kingdom in Spirit and in Truth. "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth." - John 17:17

Being a good friend means attending a corporate Christmas party with the ugliest sweater your friend could find. Cierra is a good friend. Thankfully, for Cierra, the party has an open bar. Unlimited drinks and lowered inhibitions mix for the perfect concoction to humiliate herself with the sexiest man she’s ever met. Justin knows the girl who threw up on his shoes at his company’s Christmas party. He just needs to remember where he’s seen her. Between her drunken slurs and unfiltered conversation, she is the most fascinating woman he’d ever met.

The secret to a happy life is within your grasp. You just need to keep fit to enjoy an active lifestyle like you used to in your 20s!

Asia’s growing economic clout is starting to reshape global business rules that have been molded by Western multinationals for many decades. The region’s rising star, Vietnam, is now flexing its economic muscles, and Competing with Giants tells the story of its transformation from war ruin to dynamic nation through the experiences of Tân Hiệp Phát (THP), the drinks company founded by Phương Uyên Trần’s family. Told through the eyes of the daughter who watched her parents overcome numerous obstacles to achieve success, the book offers a primer for others to follow suit.