Eileen is sick of being 79. Leena's tired of life in her twenties. Maybe it's time they swapped places... When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire vi
The wait is over And so I step up, into the darkness within; or else the light. When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead for her - freedom, prison or death. With The Testaments, the wait is over. Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testament
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans and she is approaching womanhood, where it is clear even greater pain awaits.
Vanessa Mazur refuses to feel bad for quitting--she knows she's doing the right thing. The thankless job of personal assistant to the top defensive end in the National Football Organization was always supposed to be temporary. She has plans for her life, and none of them include washing extra-large underwear one more day for a man who could never find it in him to tell her good morning, congratula
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This time the gossip columnists have it wrong. Londons most elusive bachelor Anthony Bridgerton hasnt just decided to marryhes even chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intendeds older sister, Kate Sheffieldthe most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kat
Maggie hasn't told this story in years. More than two decades ago, she fell in love. She was sixteen and far from home, waiting to give her baby up for adoption. Bryce showed Maggie how to take photographs and he didn't judge her for the way her belly swelled under her jumper. They had the perfect first kiss. Theirs was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of love.
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A year-long magical adventure with everything the modern witch needs to develop their witchy practice.Have you ever looked at a full moon on a clear winter night and shivered? Have you walked in an ancient forest or sat in a stone circle and felt a deep sense of peace and belonging? Do you wonder if there is more to life than the grind of the everyday? Do you believe in magic?If the answers to any
Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners - a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, the preservation of all species, the tending of the Earth, and the cultivation of bees and organic crops on flat rooftops - has long predicted the Waterless Flood. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have avoided it: the young trapeze-dancer, Ren, locked into the
From the bestselling author of A Million Kisses In Your Lifetime, this is the deliciously dark Lancaster Prep novel that will have you hanging onto every word . . . 'Whit and Summer's chemistry is absolute fire from the beginning. I'm literally STILL thinking about it after reading it TWICE!!' 5***** Reader Review 'Dark, twisty, and utterly enthralling. A page turning blend of combustible chem
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Tidsfördrivningen, min senaste bok, är en färd med nedslag bland några av historiens och litteraturhistoriens stora personligheter. Men att jobba med texter har inte alltid varit något som jag älskat eller ens strävat efter. Som ung man var jag inte särskilt upphetsad vid tanken på att uttrycka mig i skrift. Istället bar jag stulen plank genom Amazonas. När pengarna tog slut började jag på univers
Time to Tell är berättelsen om förbjuden kärlek mellan en jerseyflicka
och en tysk minröjarofficer på den ockuperade kanalön Jersey under
andra världskriget.
I boken skildras både tysk militär och jerseyfolk och den innehåller
romantiska och fängslande avsnitt. Där finns spännande episoder,
ilandflutna minor, mord på en tysk officer och flyktförsök från ön
– både misslyckade och lyckade.
Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred.
A brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.
Historien om Telefontornet är ett stycke fascinerande Stockholmshistoria, kvinnohistoria och teknikhistoria.
I sin rikt illustrerade bok Tornet levandegör författaren Kristian Petri denna historia i en fiktiv berättelse insprängd i den autentiska om telefontornet, tekniken, kvinnorna och tiden.
Tre korta, tre långa, tre korta är inte bara titeln på den här boken utan också morsekoden för SOS. Boken består av en samling skräcknoveller (tre korta, tre
långa, tre korta) där huvudpersonerna verkligen är i behov av att kunna skicka en nödsignal. Följ med ner i graven, in i den mystiska grannens hus eller bakom fasaden i destruktiva relationer, där skulden och ångesten är dina värsta fiender.
Use astrology and tarot to discover your unique challenges, talents, and to set yourself up for success.
Are you running your own show or is your life running you? Wondering how some folks seem to reach the top with ease while you´re struggling to figure out where to even begin? Some people are born (financially, socially) into good “fate,” but most of us need to twist fate to achieve our best l
The next book in an addictive new adult romance series from TikTok sensation, Ana Huang.
Twisted Hate is a steamy enemies with benefits/enemies to lovers romance. It's book three in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone. Warning: It contains explicit content and profanity.
A charming illustrated children's book. Two frogs fall into a vat of milk and find themselves in a world of trouble. At first, the larger frog would seem to have the advantage, but the smaller frog possesses hidden inner resources. This tale of courage and determination—often recounted by Paramahansa Yogananda—is filled with delightful pictures that bring the story vividly to life, and shows child
Hjalmar Bergman (1883-1931) var en av de främsta
svenska prosaisterna under det tidiga 1900-talet. Bergman skrev, utöver romaner, även noveller, scenpjäser, radiopjäser och filmmanus. Hans mustiga
fabuleringskonst och sällsamma humor har givit honom anseende som en av de verkligt stora berättarna i svensk skönlitteratur. Realism uppträder tillsammans med fantastik, komedi samsas med djup tragik.