Sisters by Choice

Sisters by Choice

From the New York Times bestselling author of California Girls comes an all new original Blackberry Island novel told with Susan Mallery’s trademark humor and charm. Sisters by Choice is a heartfelt tale of love, family and the friendships that see us through.Cousins by chance, sisters by choice…After her cat toy empire goes up in flames, Sophie Lane returns to Blackberry Island, determined to rebuild. Until small-town life reveals a big problem: she can’t grow unless she learns to let go. If Sophie relaxes her grip even a little, she might lose everything. Or she might finally be free to reach for the happiness and love that have eluded her for so long.Kristine has become defined by her relationship to others. She’s a wife, a mom. As much as she adores her husband and sons, she wants something for herself—a sweet little bakery just off the waterfront. She knew changing the rules wouldn’t be easy, but she never imagined she might have to choose between her marriage and her dreams.Like the mainland on the horizon, Heather’s goals seem beyond her grasp. Every time she manages to save for college, her mother has another crisis. Can she break free, or will she be trapped in this tiny life forever? Want more of Heather's story? Don't miss The Happiness Plan, a new novel coming from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery where three women experience hope, heartache, and the power of friendship as they search for true happiness!  

Alt er muligt

Alt er muligt

Alt er muligt er et rørende portræt af mennesker i en provinsby i Midtvesten. En håndfuld uforglemmelige karakterer, som forsøger at orientere sig i livet og håndtere længsel, kærlighed, sorg og svigt.Elizabeth Strout skrev Alt er muligt sideløbende med sin anmelderroste roman Mit navn er Lucy Barton, og i denne nye, flerstemmige roman får alle de mennesker, Lucy og hendes mor taler om, deres helt eget liv: Her er to søstre: Den ene bytter sin selvrespekt ud med en velhavende mand, mens den anden leder efter svar i bøgerne - og finder en sjæleven, der forandrer hendes liv. Pedellen på den lokale skole mister sin tillid til andre, da han forsøger at hjælpe et menneske i nød. En voksen datter længes efter moderkærlighed fra en mor, der søger lykken i et andet land. Lucy Barton, hovedpersonen i forfatterens forrige roman, vender hjem til sin barndomsby for at besøge sine søskende efter 17 års fravær.Alt er muligt minder om Strouts prisvindende bestseller Olive Kitteridge, der blev filmatiseret og blev en dramaserie på HBO i 2014. Ligeså raffineret og kompleks udforsker den nye bog sjælens inderste kroge og spejler hvordan personerne kæmper med at forstå sig selv og andre. Elizabeth Strout gestalter lydhørt menneskets sårbarhed og længsel efter at blive forstået, samtidig med at hun indgyder håb om  forsoning.Alt er muligt understreger Elizabeth Strouts position som en af USA’s mest respekterede og hyldede forfattere, blandt såvel kritikere som læsere, og er en selvstændig efterfølger til Mit navn er Lucy Barton.

A Slave is a Slave

A Slave is a Slave

The Galactic Empire is slowly 'welcoming' into the family of civilized worlds those systems so far off in the backwater of the galaxy that they have been overlooked and ignored for the past 500 years or so. This is purely routine work because every planet offered the chance has eagerly accepted the invitation. Mainly because the enlightened Empire lets the planetary government continue to rule and do whatever it wants. . . with a few minor restrictions of course; and because the they are shown what happens to planets who decide not to accept the invitation.

Hammer and Bolter: Issue Fourteen

Hammer and Bolter: Issue Fourteen

About Hammer and Bolter Hammer & Bolter is Black Library’s monthly fiction magazine. Each issue is packed with all-new short stories, serialised novels, interviews, previews and more. In this issue: Gilead hunts a vampire in the second chapter of the exclusive serialised novel, Gilead’s Curse, by Nik Vincent and Dan Abnett. Da’kir goes on a dangerous pilgrimage in the deserts of Nocturne in Nick Kyme’s ‘The Burning’. Gotrek and Felix return as the verminous skaven try to unravel the secrets of ‘The Tilean’s Talisman’ in a brand new short story by David Guymer. The crew of an Imperial Navy vessel crash on a planet infested by vicious orks in Chris Dows’s ‘In the Shadow of the Emperor’.

Mit Blick aufs Meer

Mit Blick aufs Meer

Ausgezeichnet mit dem PulitzerpreisCrosby, eine kleine Stadt an der Küste von Maine. Hier ist nicht gerade sehr viel los. Doch sieht man einmal genauer hin, ist jeder Mensch eine Geschichte und Crosby die ganze Welt. Elizabeth Strout fügt diese Geschichten mit liebevoller Ironie und feinem Gespür für Zwischenmenschliches zu einem unvergesslichen Roman.Sie kann manchmal eine rechte Nervensäge sein: Olive Kitteridge, die pensionierte Lehrerin. Weil sie zu allem, was in dem Städtchen Crosby geschieht, eine dezidierte Meinung hat, halten sie einige für überkritisch. Dann wieder überrascht sie durch Selbstlosigkeit und Mitgefühl. Sie mischt sich ein und macht sich ihre Gedanken über ihre Mitmenschen: die schrille Barpianistin, die insgeheim einer verlorenen Liebe nachtrauert, einen ehemaligen Schüler, der keinen Sinn mehr im Leben sieht, ihren eigenen Sohn, der sich von ihren Empfindlichkeiten bevormundet fühlt, ihren Mann Henry, der die Ehe mit ihr nicht nur als Segen, sondern manchmal auch als Fluch empfindet. Und während sich die Menschen in Crosby mit ihrem ganz normalen Leben herumschlagen, den Problemen wie den Freuden, lernt Olive auf ihre alten Tage, das Leben zu lieben. Elizabeth Strouts Roman erzählt von Liebe und Kummer, von Toleranz und Aufbegehren. »Mit Blick aufs Meer« ist ein weises und anrührendes Buch über die Natur des Menschen in all seiner Verletzlichkeit und Stärke, erfrischend ehrlich und unglaublich schön.

Songs of the Humpback Whale

Songs of the Humpback Whale

Jodi Picoult’s powerful novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment.Sometimes finding your own voice is a matter of listening to the heart... For years, Jane Jones has lived in the shadow of her husband, renowned San Diego oceanographer Oliver Jones. But during an escalating argument, Jane turns on him with an alarming volatility. In anger and fear, Jane leaves with their teenage daughter, Rebecca, for a cross-country odyssey charted by letters from her brother Joley, guiding them to his Massachusetts apple farm, where surprising self-discoveries await. Now Oliver, an expert at tracking humpback whales across vast oceans, will search for his wife across a continent—and find a new way to see the world, his family, and himself: through her eyes.

How to Find a Man in Five Dates

How to Find a Man in Five Dates

When the clock strikes midnight… Dr. Miranda Dupris is fed up with men! Her ban on relationships is a New Year's resolution she is determined to keep. To prove it, she'll go on twenty-five dates in one year—and that's first dates only. Maybe then Mira will be able to find Mr. Right!  Finding a man is one thing. But when sun-kissed doc Jack Perry arrives in a spray of perfect snow it soon looks as if Mira might be destined to lose her hundred-dollar bet…along with her heart!

Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas

Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas

Now the major motion picture Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage Bestselling author Thomas Kinkade—the renowned “Painter of Light”™—inspired millions of people with his gorgeous paintings and heartwarming novels. Now discover how it all began in this novel based on events in his own life...With his mother suddenly in danger of losing the only home they’ve ever known, a young man must rely on the Christmas spirit of those around him. It will take an entire community coming together, and the wisdom of his aging mentor, to save their home—and teach Thomas Kinkade the meaning of love, friendship, and what it means to be an artist...

Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor

Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor

The Navy SEALs have been fighting terrorists around the world for over a decade. And for all that time, the Bandito Platoon SEALS from SEAL Team Seven have been on continuous combat rotation. Now they have drawn a shipboard assignment off Central America—an easy day.   But for a Navy SEAL, the only easy day was yesterday.   In a powerful story of global anti-terrorism inspired by real life missions, Act of Valor combines stunning combat scenes, up-to-the minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure.   Act of Valor takes you deep into the secretive world of today’s most elite, highly trained group of warriors. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the United States, a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitments to country, team, and their families back home.   But each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border—where they engage in an epic firefight with potentially unimaginable consequences for America…

The Greatest Classics of All Time

The Greatest Classics of All Time

e-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest classics of all time: Hamlet (Shakespeare) Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe) Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen) Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) Ulysses (James Joyce) Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw) Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott) Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Peter and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) The Call of the Wild (Jack London) Moby-Dick (Herman Melville) Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) Walden (Henry David Thoreau) Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman) The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe) Anne of Green Gables (L. M. Montgomery) Iliad & Odyssey (Homer) The Republic (Plato) Faust, a Tragedy (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Siddhartha (Herman Hesse) Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Jules Verne) Les Misérables (Victor Hugo) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo) The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire) The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas) A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen) Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy) Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky) The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol) Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes) Dona Perfecta (Benito Pérez Galdós) The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes (Anonymous) Life is a Dream (Pedro Calderon de la Barca) The Divine Comedy (Dante) Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio) The Prince (Machiavelli) Arabian Nights Gitanjali (Rabindranath Tagore) The Poison Tree (Bankim Chandra Chatterjee) Shakuntala (Kalidasa) Rámáyan of Válmíki (Válmíki) Tao Te Ching (Laozi) Art of War (Sun Tzu) The Analects of Confucius (Confucius) Hung Lou Meng or, The Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xueqin) Two Years in the Forbidden City (Princess Der Ling) Bushido, the Soul of Japan (Inazo Nitobé) The Book of Tea (Kakuzo Okakura) Botchan (Soseki Natsume)…

Artifacts Origins, Vol. 1: First Born

Artifacts Origins, Vol. 1: First Born

Sara Pezzini no longer possesses the Witchblade. Realizing the danger it would attract to her unborn child, Sara chose to give up the powerful Artifact and passed it to a new bearer, Danielle Baptiste, who is still learning to control the Witchblade. The child's impending birth has set into motion events that will lead to war between the Angelus and the Darkness, the primal forces of Light and Dark in the universe.

Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes

Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes

Arsène Lupin takes on his most fearsome opponent yet in this second collection of his larcenous adventures. More a loving homage than a straight copy, Herlock Sholmes (changed just enough to avoid fallout from a copyright claim by Conan Doyle) and his companion Wilson are summoned to France initially to throw light on the case of the Blonde Lady. Having encountered Arsène Lupin before, Sholmes is only too happy to get a chance of revenge.This collection of two stories were originally serialised in the magazine Je Sais Tout from 1906 to 1907, and were translated into English in 1910. After an earlier story with an unauthorised Sherlock Holmes, Maurice Leblanc was forced to rename his antagonist for these stories.

Fair payment no spunge: or, some considerations on the unreasonableness of refusing to receive back money lent on publick securities. And the necessity of setting the nation free from the insupportable burthen of debt and taxes.

Fair payment no spunge: or, some considerations on the unreasonableness of refusing to receive back money lent on publick securities. And the necessity of setting the nation free from the insupportable burthen of debt and taxes.

Fair payment no spunge: or, some considerations on the unreasonableness of refusing to receive back money lent on publick securities. And the necessity of setting the nation free from the insupportable burthen of debt and taxes., Daniel Defoe. Fair payment no spunge: or, some considerations on the unreasonableness of refusing to receive back money lent on publick securities. And the necessity of setting the nation free from the insupportable burthen of debt and taxes. Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. [8],79,[1]p. ; 8⁰. London : printed: and sold by J. Brotherton and W. Meddows, and J. Roberts, 1717. Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Moore, 363 Goldsmiths', 5365 English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT56899. Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group).

Logan (Steele Protectors 1)

Logan (Steele Protectors 1)

LOGAN (Steele Protectors 1) is the 1st book in USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer’s, BRAND NEW Contemporary Romantic Suspense series.Author’s Note: Beware of the very sexy & very alpha Steele brothers. These books are HOT!LOGAN Steele is having a bad day. Well…after being shot, and almost dying, he’s having a bad month. Being forced to recuperate by manning the offices at Steele Protectors, the family security company, is not improving his already short temper.Which might be one explanation as to why Logan, after having a particularly difficult weekend, is so rude to the beautiful August Harvey when she is shown into his office one wet Monday afternoon.The other reason could be that Logan is just naturally rude and impatient.Nor is his mood improved by what August Harvey has to tell him.August had thought she was doing the right thing by coming to see one of the Steele brothers when her friend Jenna disappears. But after only two minutes in the company of Logan Steele, August is seriously rethinking that decision. Logan might be one of the most dangerous and handsome men she has ever seen, and hotter than hell, but he’s also arrogant, rude, and just all-round impossible.But there’s no denying that Jenna is missing, and the Steele brothers are the ones that need to find her.Being treated as if she might have had something to do with Jenna’s disappearances is the last thing August expected.Until it’s revealed that she does…More books by Carole Mortimer:Steele Protectors contemporary romance Series:LOGAN (Steele Protectors 1)ROURKE (Steele Protectors 2)ATTICUS (Steele Protectors 3)More books to come in this series.Regency Lovers Series:INDECENT (Regency Lovers 1)OBSESSION (Regency Lovers 2)CRAVING (Regency Lovers 3)FORBIDDEN (Regency Lovers 4)More books to come in this series.Dragon Hearts:NATHANIEL (Dragon Hearts 1)DERYK (Dragon Hearts 2)BRYN (Dragon Hearts 3)DYLAN (Dragon Hearts 4)GRIGOR (Dragon Hearts 5)GARRETT (Dagon Hearts 6)AERAN & RHYS (Dragon Hearts 7)Series now completeRegency Sinners Series:Wicked Torment (Regency Sinners 1)Wicked Surrender (Regency Sinners 2)Wicked Scandal (Regency Sinners 3)Wicked Deception (Regency Sinners 4)Wicked Captive (Regency Sinners 5)Wicked Temptation (Regency Sinners 6)Wicked Sinner (Regency Sinners 7)Wicked Christmas (Regency Sinners 8)Series now completeRegency Unlaced Series:Books 1-9: Series is now completeContemporary Romance Knight Security Series – spin-off to Alpha Series:Books 0.5–6: Series is now completeContemporary Romance Alpha Series:Books 1-8: Series is now complete.Carole Mortimer has written over 240 books, in contemporary romantic suspense, Regency romance & paranormal romance. She became an indie author in 2014. In May 2017 she received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times. She is the Recipient of the 2015 Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. An Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance Author—ever. 2014 Romantic Times Pioneer of Romance. She was also recognized by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012, for her “outstanding service to literature”.

A Lighthouse Café Christmas: A Second Chance Small Town Romance

A Lighthouse Café Christmas: A Second Chance Small Town Romance

As Bluestar Island prepares for a very special Christmas wedding, Santa's sleigh crashes into The Lighthouse Café, reuniting Bluestar's beloved waitress with her former fiancé.In this holiday novella, Darla Evans has carved out a quiet life for herself as a waitress at The Lighthouse Café. Up until this point, she's conveniently avoided the one man who shattered her heart and her dreams. But when a wedding draws him back to the island, she knows their meetup is unavoidable.Tech entrepreneur William "Will" Campbell has returned to his childhood home to be the best man in his father's wedding. But first his father has a very special task for him—to restore a sleigh in time for the wedding. However, there's not much time until Christmas. He just might need some help.As snowflakes cover the small town of Bluestar, Will and Darla work together to make it a very special holiday wedding. With the past looming between them, will the magic of the season open their hearts and allow them to find love again?Includes a holiday recipe for Darla's frosted sugar cookies!Bluestar Island series:Book 1 – Love Blooms (Hannah & Ethan)Book 2 – Harvest Dance (Aster & Sam)Book 3 – A Lighthouse Café Christmas (Darla & Will)Book 4 – Rising Star (coming soon)

Telefono

Telefono

Un biglietto ritrovato in una giacca acquistata online pone di fronte a una scelta decisiva Zach Wells, docente di geologia con una vita fino a quel momento tranquilla, sebbene percorsa da un fiume sotterraneo di irrequietudine. Quando la sua esistenza viene sconvolta da una terribile scoperta, Zach decide di prendere sul serio la richiesta di aiuto contenuta in quel misterioso biglietto, come se tentare di salvare uno sconosciuto fosse l’unico modo per tentare di salvare se stessi. Tra Los Angeles, una caverna nel Grand Canyon, il deserto del New Mexico e Ciudad Juárez, al di là del confine, Zach proverà a dare un senso al proprio dramma imbarcandosi in un’impresa donchisciottesca senz’altro aiuto che quello offerto da un improbabile cenacolo di aspiranti poeti. Un romanzo di sentieri che si biforcano, in cui le suggestioni paleontologiche e scacchistiche si fondono alle prove estreme di una famiglia e di un matrimonio, le domande esistenziali di un uomo al mistero delle donne scomparse nella “città del Male”. Finalista al premio Pulitzer 2021, Telefono è un’opera intensa ed emozionante sulla mancanza e la perdita, ma soprattutto sull’opportunità di riscatto che può nascere dalle difficoltà.

Volám sa Lucy Bartonová

Volám sa Lucy Bartonová

Lucy Bartonová sa pomaly zotavuje po pôvodne jednoduchej operácii. Príde ju navštíviť matka, ktorú nevidela niekoľko rokov. Zdá sa, že klebetenie o ľuďoch z Lucinho detstva v mestečku Amgash v Illinois im umožňuje znovu si k sebe nájsť cestu, no pod povrchom sa skrýva napätie a túžba, ktoré dodnes prenikajú do každého zákutia Lucinho života: jej únik od problémovej rodiny, jej sen stať sa spisovateľkou, jej manželstvo a láska k  dvom dcéram. Tieto silné témy spriada do jedného celku Lucin skvelý rozprávačský talent – ako dychtivá pozorovateľka je hlboko ľudská a skutočne nezabudnuteľná. Na román nadväzujú tri časti Všetko je možné, Ach, William! a Lucy pri mori.

Vikings of the Galaxy

Vikings of the Galaxy

Wikinger im Weltall? Kurz hielten wir die Herausgeber für irre. Zumindest für zehn Sekunden, denn dann war klar: Das ist genau das Richtige. Sie zögern? Überzeugen Met pinkelnde Ziegen, Walküren auf Weltraumharleys und Schweizer-Multifunktionsschwerter noch nicht? Dann womöglich New Woodstock-Wikinger mit einer Vorliebe für das Kraut der Erleuchtung, Cyborg-Wikinger auf der Suche nach dem Funken des Lebens oder In Spek Tor beim Versuch, den Tätigkeitsbereich unserer Weltraum-Wikinger zu kategorisieren. Immer noch nicht überzeugt? Dann wird es jetzt Zeit Ihnen zu zeigen, wo Thors Hammer hängt … oder steht … oder, ach, Sie wissen schon. Und immer daran denken: Niemals einen roten Knopf drücken!

And Then He Fell

And Then He Fell

A heartbreaking page-turner for fans of Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain from USA Today bestselling author Kate Hewitt.Josh and Ben are nine years old and best friends, until a single, careless act in the school playground destroys the lives of both families – and wrenches their small Manhattan school apart.As both mothers Maddie and Joanna try to find out what really happened between the boys, they discover the truth is far more complicated and painful than either of them could have ever realised… with lasting repercussions for both families.And when tragedy strikes again in the most unexpected of ways, the lives of these two women will be changed once more, and this time forever.And Then He Fell explores the issues of parental responsibility and guilt, and whether there are some acts that human nature just cannot forgive…About the authorKate Hewitt has worked a variety of different jobs, from drama teacher to editorial assistant to church youth worker, but writing romance is the best one yet. She also writes short stories and serials for women's magazines, and all her stories celebrate the healing and redemptive power of love. Kate lives in a tiny village with her husband, five children, and an overly affectionate Golden Retriever.