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"Esta soy yo. Faye Lizzy Sandstrom. Trabajo para una agencia de escritores fantasma llamada Ghostly Whisper, con sede en Londres. Como ya había advertido, somos algo así como agentes secretos con licencia para escribir. Y todos nos conocemos. O casi."
Faye Lizzy Sandstrom, escritora fantasma apasionada por el terror, la fantasía urbana, la ciencia ficción y lo distópico, recibe un nuevo encargo. Esta vez se trata de una trilogía con el provocativo...
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Barbara Melosh's story was a common one. A second-career seminarian, she arrived at her first pastorate brimming with enthusiasm and high hopes. The blue-collar congregation to which she'd been called had a glorious past but an uncertain future. Certain that she could turn around its slow yet undeniable slide into decline, Melosh inaugurated a number of church growth and outreach programs. Most of these efforts had little effect, and the ones that...
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Who will win this year's competition for handmade ornaments to travel from Nova Scotia for the Boston Christmas tree? The crafters of Gasper's Cove and Drummond are sure this will be their year, but good taste, political rivalry, and murder stand in their way. Is Sylvie Kulberg, harassed mother of three, navy wife, yarn bomber, and carport artist the hero they need in this time of creative Christmas crisis? Her cat and the female Royal Canadian Mounted...
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Fifteen years ago, he was almost her first.But he doesn't remember her. Trey Christopher is a divorced, recovering addict, ex-pro quarterback with a couple of Super Bowl rings and little else. Back in his hometown, he can rely on bitter disappointment and long memories to keep reminding him of his failures. Baylee Westring escaped a nightmare marriage right before an economic collapse stole her home, her career, and her financial stability, along...
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When a family member dies, often the response of children is overlooked or underestimated. This very important book makes tangible the range of emotions felt but not completely understood by children for the loss of a parent or sibling. It offers welcome channels of response that can help survivors to not only understand their feelings but also come to grips with the loss and get on positively with their lives.
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During WWII and the years immediately following, several men were seen by the Australian Security Service as the most dangerous men in the Commonwealth. This history book uncovers the facts to invite its readers to make up their own mind.
Who was "the most dangerous man in Australia" in the years before World War II?
Was it the geologist who obtained nickel and molybdenite to prolong the life of Krupp guns and help "our dear Führer" to win...
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Brilliantly written' and 'very intriguing,' Eve Laird, Women's Aid It's 19th century England. Women have few rights, no vote, and the law offers scant protection. When home is a dangerous place, what does a woman do? For Rachel there is no escape from her bullying husband. Forced by circumstance to marry him, she cannot forget Joseph, her first love, who left to fight in the war with Napoleon. Decades later her great-granddaughter seems set on a similar...
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This collection recounts the story of leaving America, where the author was born, and of arriving in Australia, where she did not plan to stay. It is a tale of unsettling and resettling, of leaving as an ongoing process. Each micro-scene is a snapshot of time and place - spanning decades and moments, continents and conversations, wars, dreams and kitchen tables - to capture the psychological and spatial tensions between "here" and "there". Leaving...
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The Emotion Compass: Navigating Life with Emotional Intelligence is a practical guide to understanding and managing your emotions. Using the metaphor of a compass, the book explores the four core dimensions of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skills. The book begins by helping you to identify your own emotions and understand how they affect your thoughts, behaviors, and relationships. It then provides strategies...
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¡Acelere su pérdida de peso con el poder de Keto de la Dieta Cetogénica !En este recetario encontrarás:Más de 500 deliciosas recetasIncluye recetas de:DesayunosAlmuerzosEnsaladasBatidosSalsas y AderezosCenaSopasAperitivosPostresEntonces, si se pregunta si la dieta Keto es para usted, ¡este es el libro que lo ayudará a superar sus preocupaciones y lo pondrá en el camino hacia una vida más saludable y con más energíaDese el mejor regalo !...
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Police officer Mike Forrester has to investigate the woman in a glowing tangerine bubble. When he touches her he is transported one hundred years into the future. Scientist Shauna Wentworth never intends to bring Mike Forrester home to her time. Together, they uncover a conspiracy that will rock the world. Will their love survive being hunted by the worldwide police or will it be torn apart by the different centuries they live in?
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Opening with an exit, the poems in Precedented Parroting accept no assumptions. With the determination and curiosity of a problem-solving crow, this expansive debut plumbs personal archives and traverses the natural world, endeavouring to shake the tight cage of stereotypes, Asian and avian. Praised as "lively and intelligent" and "lyrically delicious," Barbara Tran's poetry offers us both the keen eye and grace of a hawk, "red-tailed gliding / on...
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From breakfast to dinner, this enticing and extensive collection of quick, easy and healthy recipes with beautiful photographs, one-stop source for mouth-watering weekday meals. Why this cookbook?Full color photo of each recipeOrganized and easy recipe indexDedicated sections for vegans and vegetariansSuitable for both beginners and advanced usersKitchen-tested – every recipe in this book has been tried, tested and tweaked to perfection to make...
15) Another Love
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Some promises are made to be broken. Caught in a web of political intrigue, graft and threats to a beloved child, Meg Warren and Drew Larkin hunt the men threatening the downfall of President Cleveland and the economic fabric of America. From a poor farm to the ostentatious world of New York's elite, they sift lies, discover trust and an attraction they cannot resist. The last thing they expect to find is a love worth more than gold.
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When life handed Dixie Rae Carrington lemons, she made lemonade. Widowed in her mid-twenties, her husband's life insurance depleted by a custody battle with her father-in-law over her son, and the mortgage on her dream restaurant more than she can handle, she starts over with a defunct farm alongside a rural Wisconsin highway. She turns the first floor of her grandmother's farmhouse into a restaurant, the upstairs spare room into a rental, and the...
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Fate had brought him and Tess together. She had scarred him in the most beautiful way, and with her every breath, the distance to forever grew shorter.In a year's time, a man can be made to feel whole again. Mario and Tess share an apartment, and own a piece of one another's hearts. He's been promoted to manager at the pizzeria and Tess is working full time. They are on the fast track to "forever". Then Mario receives a desperate phone call from his...
18) Tarnished Gold
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Placer City, Wyoming, 1933 - Em Olson struggles to operate her beloved family hotel in a busted mining town after her father's abandonment and her mother's death. A new lodger, a handsome geologist searching for gold, brightens her lonely life. Her troubles resurge when he makes discoveries of murder and swindles embroiling the family hotel and her father's gold mine. Stressed to the breaking point, she must examine her past to find her father's killer...
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For centuries, Gamekeepers have used their magical abilities to create a buffer between the creatures who dwell in the enchanted forest and the sleepy coastal town that sits in its shadow. When Gamekeeper Stan Ross's magic begins to fail, he must find out what went wrong, then fix it before the two worlds collide. His hit or miss magic has already led to a few close calls so he journeys to the Sacred Isle searching for answers and advice. Finding...
20) Torn Asunder
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A short boat ride from Busman's Harbor, Maine, Morrow Island is a perfect spot for a wedding-and a Snowden Family Clambake. Julia Snowden is busy organizing both-until a mysterious wedding crasher drops dead amid the festivities . . .
Julia's best friend and business partner, Zoey, is about to marry her policeman boyfriend. Of course, a gorgeous white wedding dress shouldn't be within fifty yards of a plate of buttery lobster-so that treat is...