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Grace Fitzgerald, a fiery-haired dreamer, longs to escape the confines of her windswept Dingle fishing village. Across the Atlantic, Richard Lewis, heir to a Savannah banking fortune, suffocates under the weight of societal expectations he can't quite understand. When their worlds collide through a twist of fate, Grace and Richard uncover a bond so profound it shakes the very foundations of their existence. As Europe inches towards chaos, they find themselves caught in a whirlwind of discovery, challenging everything they thought they knew about themselves and each other.

Dublin, Ireland 1915. Eighteen-year-old May Gallagher is beautiful but restless, and longs for the freedom to live her own life, to decide her own destiny. Mollycoddled as the only remaining child of middle-class parents in the suburbs, she sneaks out to the theatre when she can. She is mesmerised by the captivating actor Peter Cullen, and wishes she could enjoy a more bohemian life. The Great War is taking all the boys away, and the promise that it will all be over by Christmas is ringing more hollow with each passing month.

On a scorching day in August 1954, 13-year-old Jubie Watts leaves Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family for a Florida vacation. Crammed into the Packard along with Jubie are her three siblings, her mother, and the family’s black maid, Mary Luther. For as long as Jubie can remember, Mary has been there - cooking, cleaning, compensating for her father’s rages and her mother’s benign neglect, and loving Jubie unconditionally.

A charming Irish bus driver. A group of disparate American tourists. One life changing week. Take a tour you'll never forget as you navigate the stunning vistas of gorgeous Ireland along with the hearts and minds of a cast of characters who will live with you long after you've finished this audiobook. During a routine tour of Ireland, tour guide Conor O'Shea finds himself on a journey of his own through the lives of his hilarious companions as together they navigate both the Irish countryside and the secrets of their individual lives.

From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she made a public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life. A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp, but her father arranged a traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan, who turned out to be a violent man....

Deuce Mora’s one tough cookie: a female sleuth with a conscience and an attitude; fiery, tough, athletic, a dirty fighter when she has to be. In Jean Heller’s first mystery featuring the scrappy newspaper columnist, Deuce finds out in short order that if you mess with organized crime, you have to be tough—and you’d better be as much detective as reporter. When she walks into a seedy neighborhood bar in a suburb of Chicago—all six feet of her, topped with auburn curls—she’s searching for a human-interest story.

« Les footballeurs de légende, carrières épiques et destins inoubliables »Footballeurs de légende est une série de podcast qui raconte l’intégralité de la carrière des plus grand(e)s footballeurs et footballeuses. Tous les lundis, découvrez les débuts, les parcours parfois sinueux de footballeurs hors du commun. Tel que Pelé, Michel Platini, Maradona, Zinedine Zidane, Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer et tant d’autres. Une production Jean-Michel Venden.Découvrez le premier épisode : Pelé, dans un format court (3 min environ), sur les plus grandes plateformes : Apple Podcast...

Where do things come from? The world around us is filled with amazing stories and history of how things came to be. From everyday things to inventions that changed the world, listen to bite-sized episodes each focusing on the fascinating history behind some of the things that have greatly impacted our daily lives.Note that the content is curated but the actual spoken performances are made possible by Google’s NotebookLM and a mix of other AI tools. Pretty amazing, right? Give it a listen and tell us what you think!

In SONJA II, Sonja must face an old enemy: the resurrected Dauði.

In this third installment of the SONJA series, the demon Fráfall returns with his demon queen, and Sonja must harness the fire within her to defeat the forces of darkness - or be consumed by it.

In a world where the dead outnumber the living, where the ruins of once-great cities are all that remain, humanity’s fight for survival is just beginning. The World Ends tells the story of the survivors who have lived through the nightmare of a global outbreak, and who now must navigate a post-apocalyptic landscape filled with the infected, scarce resources, and the haunting echoes of a civilization lost. From the very first infection to the final battle against the relentless undead, this gripping tale chronicles the courage, sacrifice, and the unbreakable will to survive of ordinary ...

Fifty years ago, supernaturals walked amongst humans, hidden in plain sight. Overnight, the world changed. The veil shattered, revealing their true nature, and humans were forced into sectors so those with preternatural blood could flourish out in the open. Every human's twenty-first birthday is marked by a rite of passage. The Awakening, as the supers call it. It's simple. We dip our toes into a God-made lagoon, then go home.

Dieses Buch ist ein essentielles Werk über die bipolare Störung, das sich an Fachkräfte im Gesundheitswesen, Studierende und Forschende richtet, die ein vertieftes Verständnis dieser komplexen Erkrankung anstreben. Mit einer detaillierten Analyse, die von Ätiologie und Pathophysiologie bis hin zu innovativen Therapieansätzen reicht, betont das Werk die Bedeutung der differentialdiagnostischen Abklärung und präsentiert eine präzise Klassifizierung der Subtypen gemäß den Kriterien des DSM-5 und der ICD-11.

Congratulations on taking a significant step toward improving your English language skills with Basic English Words and Example Sentences for Everyday Communication! This book serves as your essential guide, designed to help you build confidence in using fundamental English words and phrases in real-life situations.

Join us and learn the secrets to building financial wealth! Cory Means Business is a weekly podcast looking to help entrepreneurs better themselves and their business. With 25 years of experience Cory is here to help YOU and YOUR business become the best. Cory is a nationally renowned business coach who's been featured on Forbes, ABC, and Fox. Join us and enjoy the podcast! For more information, visit www.coryjeansuccess.com.

In this new story, Sonja must overcome a dark enemy, and a new flame is growing.

Upending the conventional theory that generational differences are caused by major events, Dr. Jean Twenge analyzes data on 39 million people from robust national surveys—some going back nearly a century—to show that changes in technology are the underlying driver of each generation’s unique makeup. In this revelatory work, Twenge outlines key shifts in attitudes and lifestyle choices that define each generation regarding gender, income, politics, race, sexuality, marriage, mental health, and much more.

Twin sisters, Elma and Thelma Hochstetler do everything together. They live together, they run a general store in Indiana, and they are growing old together - neither one marrying young like their peers. But that could change if one of them marries.

This irresistibly funny tale of the conflict between New York City’s pushcart peddlers and truck drivers is the best satire of war ever written for children. With captivating warmth and humor, The Pushcart War teaches young listeners invaluable lessons about the strategies, politics, and consequences of war.

Written for those with no physics background, Paul Levy's latest book, The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality, is for those who have heard that quantum physics is a fascinating subject but don't quite understand how or why.