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From the bestselling author of The Thorn Birds and The First Man in Rome comes an exhilarating new novel. Colleen McCullough takes us back to 1960 and Sydney's notorious Kings Cross, and the story of a young woman determined to defy convention. Twenty-one year-old Harriet, a newly qualified X-ray technician earning a coveted male wage, ignores her father's warning that "only fools, Bohemians and tarts live in Kings Cross" and moves into Mrs. Delvecchio Schwartz's rooming house.

Als Tate zum Studium nach San Francisco zieht, stolpert sie dort gleich am ersten Abend über Miles Archer: Miles, der Freund ihres Bruders, der niemals lächelt, meistens schweigt und offensichtlich eine schwere Bürde mit sich herumträgt. Miles, der so attraktiv ist, dass Tate bei seinem Anblick Herzflattern und weiche Knie bekommt. Miles, der, wie er selbst zugibt, seit sechs Jahren keine Frau mehr geküsst hat. Miles, von dem Tate sich besser fernhalten sollte, wenn ihr ihr Gefühlsleben lieb ist.

“A murder will occur tonight at Beecham House . . .” Who could resist such a compelling invitation? Of course, the murder in question purports to be a party game, and Phyllida looks forward to using some of the deductive skills she has acquired thanks to her employer, Mrs. Agatha, who is unable to attend in person. The hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Wokesley, are new to the area. Family friends have been enlisted to play the suspects, and Mr. Wokesley excels in his role of dead body. Unfortunately, when the game's solution is about to be unveiled, the participants discover that life has imitated art.

Watch out for these dangerous predators! This series presents the physical characteristics, habitats, and hunting methods of different snakes. Eager listeners will learn about the grip of a python, the venomous fangs of a cobra, and much more. This volume includes Cottonmouths, Mambas, Pythons, Rattlesnakes, Sea Snakes, and Sidewinders.

Del has never had a good relationship with her family. After her parents’ divorce, and with the town rumor mill in full swing, Del’s uncle and the rest of the family shunned her and her mother. For years, there was nothing she could do about this. Now, with both of her parents gone, a chance has arrived. Her uncle wants the one thing Del inherited: the family home. Instead of handing the place over and giving her uncle what he wants, and with no other resources at her disposal, Del decides she will tear the place apart herself, by hand - piece by piece.

Over the past decade, Colleen and Jason Wachob, co-founders of mindbodygreen, have cultivated a leading wellness lifestyle media brand for everyone seeking to cut through this noise, and live a happier, healthier, and greener lifestyle. The Joy of Well-Being is a distillation of almost fifteen years of this experience on the forefront of the well-being conversation: they've done the legwork so you don't have to.

Welcome to Thank You Beautiful Human with Colleen Barry and Kristine Newell. Join us for raw, real conversations about the ups and downs of living, loving, and everything in between. Whether we’re talking resilience, gratitude, relationships, or personal growth, we’re here to inspire and connect with you. Tune in and let’s celebrate the messy, wonderful journey of being human together.

Tara awakens on an unfamiliar shore in a world far away—in time and place—from her California home. But she is not alone in this strange new world, a primitive place where ancient cultures thrive and long-extinct animals roam the land – and the golden-eyed man who rescues her has secrets of his own. Aleyx Petrov lives in exile from his own people, an outcast after a horrifying event in his past. His only companion is Tchoruth – a chalicothere, until Tara arrives on the lonely beach. But her arrival hasn’t gone unnoticed. Others have crossed into Ixtlán before her and who are on ...

Thomas Wolfe said, “You can’t go home again.” Best-selling author Colleen L. Reece believes you can go home again. Here are 31 of her favorite magazine stories about growing up in an era of few material possessions but rich in love. Laugh, cry, and rejoice with Colleen as family members find love at first sight experience joy, sorrow, disappointment, success strengthen family bonds with storytelling are inspired by their ancestors’ faith learn to appreciate the wonders of Creation call on God in times of trouble are miraculously rescued from danger thank Him for their blessings Do ...

I 83. f.vender Sulla hjem fra sit eksil. Efter 3 år som diktator trækker han sig frivilligt tilbage og giver plads for den ambitiøse Pompeius, men også Julius Cæsar stræber efter magten.

I want my second chance...but I'm blindsided by a surprise I never saw coming. I'm a billionaire multiple times over, but money doesn't matter to me. She's the only thing that matters. And I left her. Eight years ago, after high school graduation, I fled the scene, leaving her heartbroken. But she's been hiding something from me. Haylee has a daughter. Atlee has my eyes - and the moment I meet that precious little girl, I know she's mine. And I realize that everything I thought I knew about life and love was wrong. Dead wrong.

What if there’s something you haven’t learned yet that transforms your life? That’s what to expect in this powerful collaboration. Passionate, talented, and wise experts come together in this audiobook to offer their authentic stories and holistic practices so that you may enjoy a moment of learning, growth, perspective, and possibly life-changing strategy.

When Jay Carlson has a run-in with a strange, dark truck on a lonely road, his life goes south. He sees things that others don't see. He learns things he wishes he could forget, and he is drawn into an ancient battle he wouldn't have believed in even a day in the past. This time, even country music and the open road can't save him. Join authors Colleen Drippé and Karina Fabian as they take you to the darkest places on the road. Also includes four extra stories: • The Lobby: An innocent trip to the movies leads to a tempting choice. But is eternal “happiness” worth the price? • ...

Someone wants Alyce Hythe dead…Shunned from London society for being the daughter of England's most notorious spy, Alyce Hythe desires only to clear her father's name. For years, she has been hidden away from all prying eyes, given a new identity and told to forget who she was. But strange things have been happening causing old rumors to once more be whispered. Long has Lord Julian Casvelyn lived with guilt brought on when his brother was murdered by England's most infamous traitor. But one eventful night has changed everything Lord Julian believed about his brother's death.

As one of the top chefs in Las Vegas, I've built my Michelin star steakhouse from the ground up. Now, I want to take my thriving career to the next level, pimping myself out so that Hollywood will come calling. I'm so the best man for that job. And she's not a man. She's my rival. And all she serves in her redneck pescatarian restaurant is fish. I hate fish almost as much as I hate her. If it's not red meat, it's not an entrée. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get my own show on the Food Network. But Pepper St. Claire and my crazy attraction to her puts my dream in jeopardy.

Cate is a runner. She prefers to help her fiancé run his New York senate race, but she finds herself running instead to fix what’s broken between her grandparents before he finds out - her grandmother has moved out of the family home, and her grandfather is accused of a pre-WWII relationship with a woman in Germany. Dietrich is a German journalist with a spotless reputation. He prefers facts, but he finds himself lost in a world of fiction instead to prove his novelist grandmother couldn’t possibly have been the lover of a US runner in Berlin’s 1936 Olympics.

A betrayer hides among the immortals of Detroit, a threat that could very well send not just the immortals, but the rest of the mortal realm into chaos. Violent souls have escaped their prison in the Nether, and the appearance of the undead, created by a rite long forgotten by most beings, only adds to the imminent danger.

For thousands of years, the Guardians collected the souls of the dead, bringing them before the God of Death for their final judgment. It all ended when Eunomia's sisters, the other 12 Guardians, betrayed the God of Death and his daughter. In the blink of an eye, Eunomia's reason for existing ceased to be. Now, Eunomia is the last of her kind, and she has no idea what to do with the rest of eternity.

The number one New York Times best-selling author of It Ends with Us delivers a tour de force novel about a troubled marriage and the one old forgotten promise that might be able to save it. Quinn and Graham’s perfect love is threatened by their imperfect marriage. The memories, mistakes, and secrets that they have built up over the years are now tearing them apart. The one thing that could save them might also be the very thing that pushes their marriage beyond the point of repair.

Das Letzte, was Sydney will, als sie bei dem attraktiven Gitarristen Ridge einzieht, ist, sich in ihn zu verlieben. Zu frisch ist die Wunde, die ihr Ex hinterlassen hat. Und auch Ridge hat gute Gründe, seine neue Mitbewohnerin nicht zu nah an sich ranzulassen, denn er hat seit Jahren eine feste Freundin: Maggie - hübsch, sympathisch, klug, witzig. Und dann passiert es doch. Als Sydney beginnt, Ridge beim Songschreiben zu helfen, kommen sie sich näher als erwartet.