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Buenas Noches Animales Bebes es una encantadora y reconfortante historia para la hora de dormir que guía a los niños en un viaje por el Prado de Luz de Luna, diciendo buenas noches a una variedad de animales bebés mientras se preparan para dormir.

It’s autumn 1940 and the Blitz has cast its shadow over London. Everyone is doing their bit to help, including the three Harrison sisters of the East End’s Victory Walk. Nurse Rose is snowed under in the hospital tending to victims of the bombings. Her sister Clover is on active duty on the south coast, while the baby of the family, Daisy, is growing up quickly working on the London Underground, now that thousands of people are taking shelter down below. Even in wartime, the sisters find time for a wedding, but the bride is keeping a secret, which threatens to come to light.

"Les Murmures de la Magie Hivernale" est une collection réconfortante de poèmes d'hiver qui transporte les jeunes lecteurs dans un monde où les flocons de neige dansent, les jouets prennent vie, et chaque gorgée de chocolat chaud est une gorgée de pure magie. À travers des récits poétiques et des illustrations enchantées, les enfants se lancent dans des aventures enneigées, découvrent les secrets du Pôle Nord, et vivent la joie des nombreuses merveilles de l'hiver.

Bonne nuit, bébés animaux est une histoire du coucher charmante et chaleureuse qui guide les enfants à travers la Prairie de Rayon de Lune, leur faisant dire bonne nuit à une variété de bébés animaux alors qu'ils se préparent à dormir.

"All the Reasons I Love My Dog" is a heartwarming collection of stories and illustrations that celebrates the special bond between children and their dogs. Each minute bursts with joy and affection, showcasing the countless ways dogs enrich the lives of their young owners. From playful adventures in the park to cozy cuddles on a stormy night, this book captures the myriad reasons why dogs are more than just pets—they're loyal friends, confidants, and sources of unconditional love.

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: Understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep the child. In a France where abortion was illegal, she attempted, in vain, to self-administer the abortion with a knitting needle. Fearful and desperate, she finally located an abortionist and ended up in a hospital emergency ward where she nearly died. In Happening, Ernaux sifts through her memories and her journal entries dating from those days.

Join Annie Temple as she takes you on an uncensored journey. Intimacy & Connection Coach Annie Temple invites you to dive into a world more intriguing than you ever imagined. This touching, candid, and often hilarious memoir takes you from her beginnings as an exotic dancer and sex worker to her rise as a public figure and beloved entertainer.

This personal, philosophical narrative surveys the panorama of our world past and present. Dillard poses questions of natural evil, God, and individual existence. Can one individual really matter? If so, how? Compassionate, enthralling, and always surprising, For the Time Being is the latest work by one of our most original writers - her breadth of knowledge matched by keenness of observation- at her best.

'This cozy, heartwarming story is the literary equivalent of your favorite festive sweater - snug, sparkling, and just what you need for a feel-good escape' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A beautifully written story with twists and turns that makes for a book difficult to put down. A real page...

Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life. She scrutinizes the importance he attributed to manners and language that came so unnaturally to him as he struggled to provide for his family with a grocery store and cafe in rural France.

Annie Besant was a writer, lecturer, prominent Theosophist and women's rights activist of her time. She was a frequent contributor to various Theosophical publications of her day. This particular piece dates to 1910, and she takes a philosophical examination of the mysteries of evil, as she puts it. She explains that there is a necessity for evil to exist, that it serves certain purposes, which she goes into detail about.

When Emmy Cooper's life in Chicago is turned upside down, the young interior designer retreats to her family's lake cottage resort in the beautiful Wisconsin Northwoods for a much-needed break. Hoping to clear her mind and gain a fresh perspective, she looks forward to enjoying the slower pace and the crisp, clean pine air at her beloved Cooper's Cove Resort with her family, dogs, and her best friend, Whitney. Unfortunately, her homecoming isn't as calm as she'd hoped.

Covering her life and sixty-year career from Sonny & Cher to show-stopping solo performer, award-winning actress, fashion icon, and beyond, this is a glorious retrospective of one of the world’s most enduring entertainers, Cher. Featuring a foreword by Cyndi Lauper! Commemorating six decades...

Annie Hyman Pratt's family business, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, consisted of 7 domestic "mom and pop shops" when she took it over. In just 7 years' time she scaled it by more than 1x, turning it into an international brand of 7+ stores before leading the company through a highly successful sale...

Eigentlich wollte sich Gertie mit Anfang sechzig zur Ruhe setzen. Aber dann bricht der Krieg aus, und die Welt der Londoner Buchhändlerin wird komplett durcheinandergewirbelt. Vor allem als sie ein jüdisches Flüchtlingsmädchen aus München aufnimmt. Erst die Liebe zur Literatur bringt die beiden Frauen einander näher. Als sie beim nächsten Fliegeralarm in einem Bunker Schutz suchen, liest Hedy einem kleinen verängstigten Jungen etwas vor – eine willkommene Ablenkung für alle. Gertie und Hedy nehmen nun jedes Mal, wenn der Alarm ertönt, ein Buch mit.

Annie Wang's anthology of love stories in America, first published in 2000 by China's Culture Press and reprinted in 2003 by Flower Mountain Culture Press, enjoyed immediate success.

A crotchety nightwatchman in a whaling museum contemplates Neptune the stuffed sea lion, originally owned by P.T. Barnum. In his admiration for the kingly animal, he studies ventriloquism to give Neptune a voice. When a field trip comes through the museum, he has an unexpectedly meaningful exchange with a precocious, like-minded child...and Neptune.

This extraordinary evocation of a grown daughter’s attachment to her mother - and of both women’s strength and resiliency - recounts Annie’s attempt to first help her mother recover from Alzheimer’s disease and, then, when that proves futile, bear witness to the older woman’s gradual decline and her own experience as a daughter losing a beloved parent. I Remain in Darkness is a new high-water mark for Ernaux, surging with raw emotional power and her sublime ability to use language to apprehend her own life’s particular music.

Annie Besant was a writer, lecturer, prominent Theosophist, and women’s rights activist of her time. She was a frequent contributor to various Theosophical publications of her day. This particular piece dates to 1911, and she’s lecturing on Christ from an intellectual but still spiritual standpoint. She encourages us to engage in critical discussion regarding historical evidence, authenticity of records, and his nature and purpose. She also touches on the Buddha, Blavatsky, Gnosticism, the mysteries, the ascended masters, and so forth.

In 1930s Birmingham, in the impoverished district of Nechells, a young girl bravely endeavours to hold her family together in trying times. A Hopscotch Summer is an emotional journey of determination and resilience from Annie Murray. Read by Penelope Freeman (My Daughter, My Mother) Emma Brown...