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Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters. Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot and its echo.

The Girl Who Could Talk to Computers is the first book in The Girls Who Could Series. It tells the story of young Grace Hopper, the inquiring girl who wrote the first computer compiler program which gave birth to the first computer language, COBOL. After amazing Grace helped bring us into the modern computer-age, she dedicated her life to teaching and inspiring young people to dream big.

The Snowers have the most captivating guys on and off the ice. But, money, talent, and looks don’t always equal good decisions. Lucky for bad boy star player Mikah, Piper has just the solution he needs. Love? Sure, that. But to get there, she’ll pull out all the tricks from under her hat to get the sexy score, the win, and live happily ever after. Take a peek at Piper’s goal: Get a professional ice hockey player to sign a purity pledge? Well…there are worse jobs.

Neste audiolivro, Maya destaca os benefícios físicos e emocionais que uma relação baseada no afeto, respeito e acolhimento pode trazer às nossas crianças, quebrando o ciclo de violência que temos perpetuado de geração em geração. A trajetória para uma educação respeitosa pode até não ser a mais simples e natural—afinal, ainda somos todos adultos feridos, criando filhos sobreviventes—mas é possível, sim, quebrar este ciclo de violência.

Victoria Fanning thought her biggest worry was the usual small-town gossip at her beloved seaside salon, Affair with Hair. But when she stumbles upon a dead body in the middle of her shop—with a pair of hair scissors stuck in his chest—her cozy life in Crystal Cove spirals into chaos.

Audio dramatizations of classic children's stories, performed by kids, for kids! A rich audio tapestry of music, sound effects and a full cast of talented children, creating a theatre of the mind that's perfect for stimulating kids' imagination. This volume includes "The Ugly Duckling", "The Billy Goats Gruff", "The Gingerbread Man", "Aladdin", and "The Beauty and the Beast".

Marie's life is a living hell. Her parents are dead at the hands of a madman, her adopted home has burned to the ground, and her only friend is a drunken old Call Girl. When a mysterious man makes her an offer that seems too good to be true, she gladly sells her soul.

Hafsah Faizal is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling, award-winning author of A Tempest of Tea and the Sands of Arawiya duology, and the founder of IceyDesigns, where she creates websites for authors and beauteous goodies for everyone else. A Forbes 30 under 30 honoree, when she’s not writing, she can be found designing, playing video games, or traversing the world. Born in Florida and raised in California, she now resides in North Carolina with her husband and a library of books waiting to be devoured.

Fühlst du dich oft wie ein Passagier in deinem eigenen Leben, gesteuert von unbewussten Gewohnheiten, die dich ausbremsen? Dieses Buch zeigt dir, wie du die Regie übernimmst und mit kleinen, gezielten Schritten deine Gewohnheiten bewusst veränderst – für mehr Disziplin, Fokus und Lebensfreude. Luca Brenner erklärt verständlich und praxisnah, warum rund 40 bis 50 Prozent unseres Verhaltens automatisch ablaufen und wie du diese Automatismen mit Neuroplastizität und bewährten Strategien umprogrammierst.

Johanna kehrt in das Haus ihrer Großmutter zurück – und mit jedem Schritt in den Dachboden, in die Erde und in das Herz ihrer Herkunft erkennt sie, dass ihre Geschichte nicht nur ihre eigene ist. Inmitten von alten Briefen, Holz, das flüstert, und Frauen, die nie gehört wurden, beginnt eine Reise in die Vergangenheit, die alles verändert.

Jackson Stone is hot-like burn-down-buildings kind of hot. He's also my brother's best friend, and the memory of one kiss with him years ago still might get to me. Maybe. But, I am not looking for a second chance. When I return to the small town of Stolen Hearts Valley, my life is a hot mess. I'm a few bucks shy of broke with nowhere else to go. My heart's battered and bruised, and when it comes to romance, the door is nailed shut. But Jackson's the kind of man women ruin panties over. Oh, and he's my roommate. Talk about too close for comfort.

Theodorus was a dreamer. As a child, he dreamed of aeroplanes, rockets and outer space. When the wild card virus touched him and transformed him into a monstrous snail centaur weighing several tons, his boyhood dreams seemed out of reach, but a Witherspoon is not so easily defeated. Years and decades passed, and Theodorus grew to maturity and came into his fortune...but still his dream endured.

Was wäre, wenn Selbstvertrauen nicht laut sein müsste? Was wäre, wenn Klarheit nicht durch noch mehr Anstrengung entsteht, sondern dadurch, dass Sie zu sich selbst finden?

Die vergessene Tochter von Schwarzwald. Ein Dorf voller Schatten. Eine Tochter ohne Namen. Eine Wahrheit, die nicht schweigen will. Lichtenfels, 1907. Ein kleines Dorf im Schwarzwald – still, fromm, verschwiegen. Als Marlene zufällig einen vergessenen Brief ihrer verstorbenen Mutter findet, beginnt eine Reise, die nicht nur ihre Herkunft infrage stellt, sondern auch das moralische Fundament eines ganzen Ortes erschüttert.

After another horrible fight with her boyfriend, Ashley goes out on the town. She really hates him and considers leaving him. While sitting at a club, she meets Tami, an older and sophisticated woman. Ashley unloads all her problems on this stranger, and barely realizes the woman is trying to seduce her until they are back at her apartment and playing in bed, giving Ashley the most exciting sexual experience in her young life. By morning, she needs to make a decision, does she go back to her boyfriend, or does she stay with Tami?

Hounded by paparazzi eager for news of the disastrous surgery that paralyzed her vocal chords, megastar singer Merline Sullivan takes refuge in an antique shop, only to be catapulted hundreds of years into the future. Miraculously, healers fix her vocal cords, but without her loyal fan base, Merline is no longer a superstar, no longer protected, and not at all certain how she’ll navigate the future.

Ellinor is 70. Her husband, Georg, has just passed away, and she is struck with the need to confide in someone. She addresses Anna, her long-dead best friend, who was also Georg's first wife. Fully aware of the absurdity of speaking to someone who cannot hear her, Ellinor nevertheless finds it meaningful to divulge long-held secrets and burdens of her past.

Chicago, 1910. Vier junge Frauen auf der Suche nach der großen Liebe. Die Davenports gehören zu den wenigen Schwarzen Familien, die zu Wohlstand und Ansehen gekommen sind. Sie leben in einem Anwesen mit Kristallleuchtern, Dienstboten und großen Festen. Nun werden Olivia und Helen, die beiden Davenport-Töchter, in die Gesellschaft eingeführt. Wie das Dienstmädchen Amy-Rose und die beste Freundin Ruby müssen sie ihren Weg finden.

It’s Christmastime, and searching for magic, Maya finds herself transported back 200 years to the banks of the frozen river Thames. A boy called Eddie shows Maya the bustle of the glittering frost fair, filled with music, sweet stalls and thrilling rides. Is this all a dream, or can Maya bring a piece of the beautiful frost fair home with her after all?

At age 30, Maya Golden was living a charmed life. She was an award-winning sports reporter, a loyal wife, and a new mom. Privately, she was battling addiction, perfectionism, dissociation disorders, and rage due to sexual abuse endured at the hands of her cousin and many other predators. But Maya wants to change. So, on a family road trip back to her Texas hometown she is ready to put an end to the secrets that threaten her marriage and her career. Three separate moments of divine intervention ultimately saved Maya’s life.