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Living in a community tucked between the undulating hills and the unceasing sky, Lara was a girl who could dream well into the darkness. Unlike the other kids, who would spend their days assisting their family on the town square or playing in the fields, she did not like rather, Lara spent her evenings on the tallest hill weaving silver light threads between her fingers into the heavens where they became stars. Not even Lara herself knew from whence her magic originated. She had only reached up into the darkness and felt something pull at her hands the first time it occurred.

Living in a little hamlet nestled between undulating green hills and large golden fields was a lad called Finn. Finn spent his days sitting by the river that passed the hamlet, seeing the water glitter under the sun while others toiled in the fields or created beautiful objects. The river had always captivated him since the elder’s spoke of its enigmatic past that it was once a passageway to a magical world inaccessible to common people. Finn noticed something unusual one evening as the sun sank below the horizon.

This centennial edition of Emily Post’s classic guide to etiquette has been completely rewritten with up-to-date and comprehensive advice on the need-to-know manners, customs, and best practices of today. For the past one hundred years, Emily Post has been America’s definitive source for how...

Following the death of her controlling husband, Margaret Routledge is no longer the downtrodden church mouse she once was. Now she’s the talk of the Close, frequenting seedy pubs and clubs where men gather to pick up good-time girls. It seems Margaret is past redemption until she sees neighbour Jenny Crawford’s headstrong 16-year-old daughter Gloria on the arm of a man of ill repute, and her motherly instincts return. By contrast, Jenny's eldest, land girl Tilly, has a heart of gold, but trouble brews when she helps a vulnerable mother and child with a dangerous past...

After a year from hell, Haf is ready to blow off steam at a Christmas party: a kind stranger, a few too many drinks and suddenly she's kissing Christopher under the mistletoe—in front of his ex-girlfriend. The next day the news is out that they're apparently a couple, coming to Oxlea to spend the festive season with Christopher's family. But Haf doesn't have better holiday plans and to save her new friend from embarrassment, she agrees to pretend to be Christopher's girlfriend for Christmas. It has the makings of a hilarious anecdote. Until Haf meets Christopher's sister....

In this lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers rom-com, two exes are faced with one deadline. Will they make it to the end? Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other's friends. Then they break up. And Wale goes on a reality dating show. Instead of giving in to heartbreak, Temi throws...

A cautionary tale for a new era of megafires, Paradise is the gripping true story of a town wiped off the map and the determination of its people to rise again. The inspiration for the Apple Original Film The Lost Bus, starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera “A tour de force story of...

“Yinka is a lovable and relatable disaster—which is to say, she isn’t actually a disaster at all...I adore her.”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers “Feel good, funny, and clever, it’s got smash-hit written all over it!” –Josie Silver, New York...

If you want to launch, grow, pivot, or scale your Etsy shop--- or you've always wanted to develop the mindset and skills to run your own business--- then this podcast is for you. I've had that entrepreneurial spirit going strong since my very first lemonade stand, and now I'm a work-at-home Mama with multiple online companies and a full time Etsy shop--- all while being present with my kids for the everyday chaos and most important milestones. On this podcast—we'll talk about all things business, mindset, Etsy, creativity, dazzling our customers—and so much more. There's plenty of room at ...

""Lizzie Wade is an exceptional journalist and a master storyteller. She reminds us that survival always has been, and still is, possible, and that our world always has been, and still is, a choice."" –Ed Yong, author of An Immense World “This book upended my understanding of the ancient...

Ready to spend a quiet Christmas with his nearest and dearest, Christopher has closed up shop in his bakery, he's wrapped up and packed up his presents, and he's found someone to stay in his flat over the festive period. Everything is under control. That is until the mysterious person he's rented his flat to turns out to be none other than...Nash Nadeau, an actor - and the star of all Christopher's favourite Christmas movies. In fact, he's the guy Christopher's been crushing on for the whole past year. Since last Christmas.

This completely updated edition of Emily Post’s essential guide to business etiquette has been fully refreshed with comprehensive advice on everything professionals and jobseekers need to know about how to succeed in the business world today. No matter the industry or the position, business is...

In "Amish Renegade: The Anthropology of an Amish Girl Turned CEO," journey into the extraordinary life of a woman who defied the confines of tradition and forged her own path to success. From her humble beginnings in an Amish community to becoming a serial entrepreneur with global influence and the co-founder of a non-toxic beauty brand, the author shares her captivating story of transformation and resilience. Discover the challenges she faced, the decisions that shaped her destiny, and the lessons learned along the way.

Aurora's ex-husband got everything in the divorce—the dog, the house, the car, everything—and she's left to pick up the pieces. Crawling back home to her mother with her tail between her legs, she expecting a big, fat "I told you so" waiting for her in the small, woodsy farmland of Oklahoma. What she gets is a bottle of wine, a hug, and a drunken adventure into the woods with the mom she left behind to follow her heart. Now, she's got to figure out what's in store for her... but also, where did her shoes go?

A first-of-its-kind devotional for the disenchanted, disillusioned, and deconstructed Countless Christians are deconstructing the fear-based faith they were handed, but many don’t want to give up on God—they want to love and be loved by Jesus without hateful or abusive theology. If you’re...

When Lizzie Velasquez was 17 years old, she came across a video online titled "The World's Ugliest Woman" - only to discover that it featured her. In response, she decided to stand up on behalf of victims everywhere and created a YouTube channel and TED talk that have drawn tens of millions of viewers. In this revelatory book, Lizzie reveals the hidden forces that give rise to cruelty, and how we can redirect them to unlock empathy and kindness.

When headstrong Nadine Burton learns that the woman, she thought was her Indian Ayah was in fact her mother, she rebels against her father in a flamboyant display of disrespect and dares to dance with her two local best friends at a public party. Her father, local official, Roland Frederick Burton is furious. He arranges for her to be exiled from India and married off to Australian Martin McPherson, owner of a rubber plantation north of Singapore.

The war has ended; the men are returning home to their loved ones, but for some, things have changed. Charlotte Hennessey-White's husband, David, is no longer the gentle loving man he once was and Charlotte, so independent during the war, is devastated. Edna Burbage's strong fiancée, Colin, has suffered appalling physical injuries. He won’t hold her to her promise of marriage, but she insists her feelings are unchanged. But is that true? And Polly Chandler's sweetheart, Gavin, who’d she’d planned her whole future around, hasn’t come home at all.

Pour venir en aide à ses grands-parents, propriétaires d'un refuge pour chiens, Ally quitte sans hésitation New York pour Pine Hollow (Vermont). Mais, sur place, elle déchante... avant que la magie de Noël ne lui réserve quelques bonnes surprises ! Mission impossible ou miracle de Noël ? Ally Gilmore, photographe de mode new-yorkaise, met sans hésitation sa vie entre parenthèses pour venir en aide à ses grands-parents, propriétaires d'un refuge pour chiens à Pine Hollow, dans le Vermont.

Clara Newton is the new Housemother of Shilling Grange Orphanage. Many of the children have been bombed out of their homes and left without families, their lives torn apart by the war, just like Clara’s. Devastated by the loss of her fiancé, a brave American pilot, she is just looking for a place to start again. But the orphans are in desperate need of her help.