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Life in Winnipeg didn’t go as planned for Knute and her daughter. But living back in Algren with her parents and working for the longtime mayor, Hosea Funk, has its own challenges: Knute finds herself mixed up with Hosea’s attempts to achieve his dream of meeting the Prime Minister — even if that means keeping the town’s population at an even 1500.

After her father took his own life in 1998, Miriam Toews decided to face her confusion and pain straight on. In writing her father’s memoir, she was motivated by two primary goals: For her own sake, she needed to understand, or at least accept, her father’s final decision. For her father’s sake, she needed to honour him, to elucidate his life, and to demonstrate its worth.

Sixteen-year-old Nomi Nickel longs to hang out with Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull in New York City's East Village. Instead she's trapped in East Village, Manitoba: a town with no train station, no bar, and where job prospects consist of slaughtering chickens at the Happy Family Farms abattoir. Since her mother and sister have left home, Nomi lives with her father, Ray, a sweet yet hapless schoolteacher. Fighting against the restraints of the town, Nomi's longing for a future of opportunity and hope sets her on course towards a climax at once startling and inevitable.

Ein Toter im Straßengraben: Nackt und seiner Organe beraubt, wurde der Mann an einer einsamen Landstraße zurückgelassen. Bei ihren Recherchen stoßen die jungen Kommissare Derio Conte und Fiona Sacher auf weitere derart zugerichtete Leichen, die man in den letzten Monaten gefunden hat. Ihr Chef Markus Sennenberger soll sich derweil auf einer Kur erholen. Gefreut hatte er sich auf Meerblick und Seeluft, gelandet ist er in der psychiatrischen Station einer Klinik nahe seinem Wohnort bei Hannover.

Nineteen-year-old Irma Voth lives in a Mennonite community in northern Mexico, surrounded by desert and both physically and culturally isolated from the surrounding towns and cities. It’s been six years since her family left Canada to escape the prying eyes of the government and preserve their religious freedom, but Irma still misses the minor freedoms she had in their small town.

Lucy Van Alstyne always thought she’d grow up to become a forest ranger. Instead, at the age of 18, she’s found herself with quite a different job title: single mother on the dole. As for the father of her nine-month-old son, Dillinger, well...it could be any of number of guys. At the Have-a-Life housing project, Lucy meets Lish, a zany and exuberant woman. In the middle of a mosquito-infested rainy season, Lish and Lucy decide to escape the craziness of Have-a-Life by taking to the road in a van held together with coat-hangers and electrical tape in search of Lish’s lost love....

Sunny Beringer hates her first name - her real first name - Sunflower. And she hates that her mom has suddenly left behind her dad and uprooted their family miles away from New Jersey to North Carolina just so she can pursue some fancy degree. Sunny has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, and she’s had to leave her beloved cat and all her friends behind. And no one else seems to think anything is wrong. So she creates “Sunny Beringer’s Totally Awesome Plan for Romance” - a list of surefire ways to make her parents fall madly in love again.

En su nueva novela, Viviendo Una Vida Ajena, la escritora cubano-americana Miriam De La Vega nos cuenta la historia de un hombre que despierta de un coma en el que ha permanecido durante algún tiempo, no reconoce nada a su alrededor, no entiende lo que ocurre.

So said former OMF worker Miriam Davis, whose book Utterly Amazed: Following the call of God in Japan tells the story of how those two years became 42, as well as the surprising challenges of retiring to the UK in 2017.

Explore how the power of your imagination can be harnessed to improve your mood, coping, healing, listening and performance! A seasoned psychotherapist, university professor and relaxation and guided imagery specialist, Dr. Franco brings both her academic knowledge and years of clinical experience to her guest interviews. Each week, she hosts health entrepreneurs,therapists, artists, innovators and guided imagery specialists to discuss how one’s imagination can be used to treat stress, anxiety, manage autoimmune disorders, cope with challenging life events or ways to expand performance. Dr. ...

With Excalibur at hand, the newly engaged royal couple ascends the throne of Camelot. An uneasy peace settles over the art deco skytowers of the bustling Avalonian metropolis, but not all assent to their rule. A faction of Lords from the northern frontier threaten to break away. The chaos leaves Arthur, Guinevere, and the knights scrambling to rebuild support and consolidate power.

Desde muy pequeña, Martina a menudo se siente incómoda. Unas veces es por la luz, que la ciega, o por un ruido, que la asusta. Otras veces, es por las costuras de la ropa, que se le clavan y casi parece que tenga pinchos en la piel. Aunque a veces es difícil ser tan sensible, Martina descubrirá que, en realidad, tiene un superpoder. Gracias a su sensibilidad, puede sentir, vivir y conectar con los demás con mayor intensidad.

Marilyn Monroe. Un juguete sexual con triste final narra la historia de la actriz, modelo y cantante estadounidense que se convirtió en uno de los símbolos sexuales más populares de la década de los cincuenta y un emblema de la revolución sexual de la época. Rubia, diva, espectacular, pero a la vez frágil y vulnerable, luchó por ganarse un lugar en el mundo. Su belleza, simpatía, ingenio e inteligencia, sumados a su trágico final, la convirtieron en leyenda y en una figura de la cultura popular.

Kommissar Markus Sennenberger ist kaum zurück von seiner Kur, schon hat er es mit gleich zwei Mordopfern zu tun. Beide Tatorte liegen in einer noblen Wohngegend, und es war die Hausangestellte, die die Leichen zuerst entdeckte. Sennenberger und seinen Co-Ermittlern Derio Conte und Fiona Sacher ist schnell klar, dass die zwei Todesfälle miteinander zusammenhängen. Die Männer kannten einander und gehörten dem gleichen elitären Club an. Dort wird jedoch über einige Dinge ein Mantel des Schweigens gelegt. Und auch ein verschwundenes Gemälde gibt Rätsel auf.

Die Welt braucht mehr Weisheit, vor allem von Frauen Die Kulturjournalistin und SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Miriam Stein macht sich in ihrem neuen Buch auf die Suche nach einer angewandten, weiblich konnotierten Weisheit fürs 21. Jahrhundert. Sie forscht nach den vergessenen Heldinnen unserer Vergangenheit, deren Wirken bis in die heutige Zeit unser aller Leben und Denken bestimmt. Heilerinnen, Schamaninnen, Priesterinnen, Hebammen und Frauengemeinschaften tauschen bereits seit prähistorischen Zeiten wertvolles Wissen über Pflege und Heilkunde, Spiritualität und Sexualität aus.

Every passing night brings her closer to a terrible destiny, and even the help of her supernatural friends may not be enough to save her. The worst part is her sealed fate finally brings Rowan, the leshy she loves, back into her life. But there’s another danger lurking in the trees, something unnatural. It is a magic beyond Amy’s understanding or even Rowan’s power to control. As time runs out and danger mounts, Amy must test her strength and her courage if she has any hope of saving her friends—or herself.

Forced into a political marriage with a man she terms “a half mad, half Viking”, Catherine Broussard is caught up in her father’s malice, her husband’s ambition, and the Norman conquest of Anglo-Saxon England.

A powerful saga of family imperfections and the struggle for love and survival. Listeners will enjoy this lovingly rendered story of cruelty, loss, and, ultimately, tenacity. Anyone who has experienced family fractures will be deeply moved by Emily's grandmother's spirit and strength, abusive, mentally ill mother, and the complicated relationships with her aunts.

Let's buy a house! Here we will talk all things to get you from renter to homeowner! As an experienced Mortgage Broker I have helped many buyers of all different backgrounds get into their beloved homes! It brings me much joy to help someone who just didn't think it was possible to become a homeowner! It's my view that through homeownership it is the best way a regular hard working person can begin building wealth for themselves and their families. Let's do this! :)

True crime comedy podcast from Northern Ireland. Bitesized episodes focusing only on Irish and British crimes.