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Elena Rubik can't seem to stay dead. She persists: as a set of corneas, as a newsletter subscriber, as a member of fanfiction forums. Her best friend, Jules Valentine, meanwhile, is unwittingly inveigled into an indie film turned corporate branding stunt. When Jules leaks information about the true story behind the video - by then an overworked viral meme - wannabe investigative reporter April Kuan is assigned the case. But as April trails Jules all over Perth, she, too, becomes ensnared in the machinations of shady corporate interests.

The Authority with Joseph Pearce introduces you to the men and women behind history's greatest works of literature. Come along every week as we explore these renowned authors, the times and genres in which they wrote, why scholars praise their writing, and how we, as Catholics, should read and understand their works. This is The Authority.

Being a nanny for a hot, wealthy, single New York photographer definitely has its benefits. Henry is rich. Henry is successful. Henry is handsome. But Henry is a widower with a small child who needs help, pronto. He and especially his son, Leo, are struggling, and need someone who can make sense of their topsy-turvy life. Mouse is like a breath of fresh air, and she gets Leo, who really likes her as well. What Henry didn’t count on was that he would really start to like Mouse, and find himself unable to live without her. His girlfriend and Mouse’s ex aren’t particularly happy about ...

They're going out on tour together to support individual albums, and have hired the wonderful Archie to be their nanny so their twin daughters can go with them. But they don't realize they've hired a snake to travel with them, a young keyboard player who wants Heath for herself, and will do whatever it takes to get him. MJ and Heath are settling in to the second half of the first decade of their marriage, going through some strains in the ties that bind them together. Heath has become moody, irritable, critical of MJ for the first time ever. He's almost a stranger to MJ.

Rock star Pete Santangelo and his wife want to go on tour in Europe with their four little daughters—what could possibly go wrong? Pete and Daisy Santangelo are now parents to four lovely daughters, and Pete has settled into his life as a successful rock star and pop idol. Financial prosperity has found him, and the Santangelos live in luxury in a New York penthouse with Cina, their cat. Life is perfect, more or less. But this is Pete and Daisy, so of course fun, drama, sexy romance, and funny adventures with their girls manage to find them, first in Manhattan, then in Tuscany, at ...

Join Cecilia Tan, a writer, editor, and devoted Harry Potter fan, as she takes you back to Hogwarts through a fan-centric guided tour of all eight movies in The Binge Watcher's Guide to the Harry Potter Films, where you can re-live all the excitement and wonder of seeing Harry hop on his broom for the very first time.

St. Joseph obtains favors of any kind, but particularly in family problems, financial needs, purity, dangers, work, housing and a happy death. He is the universal patron - whatever your petition is, you can pray to St. Joseph with confidence. He was the foster father of Jesus Christ on earth, and Jesus still obeys his requests in heaven!

Birdie has come such a long way from the shy and introverted young woman who met Geth, Ronan, Matthew, and Teddy on that fateful day in Tokyo so long ago. She’s traveled the world, auditioned for music school, gotten engaged on a world-famous landmark, and been happier than she ever imagined she could be. She’s also endured more suffering and misery than she could have imagined existed in the world. She and Teddy have adjusted and come to terms with the harsh reality dealt to them, and moved on with their lives. Birdie and the boys have, at long last, come to the end of their youth, and...

Who would voluntarily sign up to be a nanny to three babies? When Jeffrey Ormonde, recently widowed and left single dad to adorable triplets, finally decides to ask for help, he’s not sure who will show up. Enter Goldie Sorenson, an answer to a prayer, who actually likes babies and learns all of the girls’ names right off the bat. She’s kind, young, energetic, and beautiful, the perfect nanny for Genie, Jemma, and Pippa. But is she too good to be true? Goldie is hiding a secret: She’s been hired by a lawyer who works for the babies’ maternal grandparents, who are getting ready to ...

Susan Tan is in her 70s, hasn’t dated in more than 40 years, and is about to go back on the market. Lucky for her, she has a very committed dating coach in her corner: her daughter Megan. In Now or Never, host Megan Tan tracks her mother’s journey to find a relationship for her twilight years. But a lot has changed since the last time Susan dated.

Welcome to The Spiritual Masters, a podcast from TAN in which we look at the greatest and holiest men and women from Catholic history. Join us as we explore the life and times in which they lived, an overview and study of their greatest works, and how we, as Catholics, can look to these masters as models for our own holiness on our journey to Heaven. For updates about new episodes, special guests, and exclusive deals for The Spiritual Masters listeners, sign up at https://SpiritualMastersPodcast.com. And for more great ways to deepen your faith, check out all the spiritual resources available ...

Hollywood has thrilled—and titillated—audiences with tales of women who love monsters since King Kong and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Our love affair with the ultimate “others” continued as we made the acquaintances of Barnabas Collins, Swamp Thing, the Vampire Lestat, Hellboy, and Shrek. It should come as no surprise that when ViceTV decided to do an episode on “Monsters Fantasies”, they came to Riverdale Avenue Books to interview some of those authors in an episode that aired in March 2018.

Aileen Foster, poor, orphaned, musically gifted, never imagined her life could change so much, so fast, but getting a job as interpreter for boyband UK Crush pitched her headfirst into tumult and a glamorous life she never thought she’d have. Now, engaged to band member Theo Shelley, and having survived her audition to Hamilton Conservatory in Manhattan, she’s off to the Bahamas with the boys while they write their new album. Life has never been easy for her, but she’s trying.

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After young Jieun accidentally misuses her powers, causing her beloved family to vanish, she lives a million restless lives in search of them. Overnight, in the village of Marigold on top of a hill, she conjures up her Mind Laundry, where she cleanses painful experiences, transferring them into stains on a T-shirt and turning them into dazzling red petals. We meet five souls: a frustrated young filmmaker; a tortured social-media influencer; a distraught mother who has discovered her husband’s other family; a young woman two-timed by her lover; a talented photographer and victim of bullying.

In 1924 George Mallory departs on his third expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Left behind in Cambridge, George's young wife, Ruth, along with the rest of a war-ravaged England, anticipates news they hope will reclaim some of the empire's faded glory. Through alternating narratives, what emerges is a beautifully rendered story of love torn apart by obsession and the need for redemption.

It's the summer of 1987, and Daron Marks is trying to make it big. His band is starting to attract attention from major labels, which is good, but his own attention too often strays to the band's lead singer, Ziggy. Daron already struggles with being gay, he doesn't need a relationship with a band member to make things worse. He resolves to keep his crush a secret. But nothing stays a secret for very long in the white-hot spotlight of fame.

Kyle Wadsworth thinks he isn't ready to love again, after what happened in his second year of college. Now halfway through his junior year, he's obsessed with studying an ancient prophecy and is still haunted by past events, even in his dreams. But he soon learns that he's not the only one suffering from haunted dreams. One of his good friends, an enchantment student named Lindy Carmichael, is having uncontrollably erotic dreams and also difficulty using her magic.

Birdie has met the boys of UK Crush, fallen in love with Teddy, and become engaged to him in the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge. She’s accompanied the boys to the Bahamas while they write their new album, and settled in to her new life as the significant other of a world famous rock star. Now, due to cataclysmic events beyond her control, she finds herself alone and adrift in a foreign land, living a life she no longer recognizes as her own. She has to learn to love Teddy all over again, not to mention Ronan, Geth, Matty, and even herself. She has to come to terms with a terrible world and...

Whoever said “boyfriending is hard” clearly didn’t have the right tools for the job. What do you do if you’re a fifteen-year-old girl whose much older (eighteen) boyfriend breaks up with her because you won’t “go all the way?” What do you do if you live in the smallest town in the world, where everyone knows your business before you do, and it’s the first day of school, and you just want to hide under the covers and pretend you’re dead? What do you do if you love theatre more than anything, and you want to go to New York to study and be on Broadway, but your dads named you...