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Elisas Leben ist eng getaktet. Als Landschaftsarchitektin hetzt sie von einem Projekt zum nächsten, immer erreichbar, immer unter Strom. Als ihr Vater zu einer Untersuchung ins Krankenhaus muss, willigt sie widerstrebend ein, für einige Tage sein Gutshaus auf Rügen zu hüten. Auf der Insel angekommen, ist Elisa entsetzt. Das Haus entpuppt sich als Sanierungsprojekt, der Garten ist von Brombeerranken überwuchert. Während sie versucht, das Chaos zu bewältigen, entdeckt Elisa etwas wieder: ihre Liebe zu den Pflanzen.

There are many rules a priest can't break. A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. I've always been good at following rules. Until she came. Then I learned new rules.

This audiobook features three hours of meditations that will keep your child interested and focused on his or her path to a good night's rest. Some of the benefits include focus and clarity, improvement of emotional intelligence, extended ability for gratitude, and restful sleep. This book contains 14 short (10- and 15-minute) guided meditations, with stories that will keep your child interested and on his or her way to restful, calm sleep.

Brought to you by Penguin. The audio edition of Your Baby Week by Week by Dr Caroline Fertleman, read by Willow Nash. The bestselling week-by-week baby guide from birth until six months, the ultimate baby development book for new parents. The first six months with a new baby is a special and...

Brought to you by Penguin. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They're on a long dark road, late at night, and they see a woman up ahead, clearly in trouble. They stop and pick her up. It's only once she's in the car that they see the blood. And then they see the headlights, and at last...

From our careers to our politics to our personal lives, the future is unknown. And yet, our capacity to tolerate this uncertainty is in decline. How to Not Know will help you prepare for and even appreciate the uncertainty that surrounds us. Through gripping stories of people grappling with big problems without easy answers, from an economist trying to predict the next market crash to an island nation reckoning with the existential impact of climate change, acclaimed journalist Simone Stolzoff shows how to develop comfort with ambiguity and build tolerance for the unknown.

Curtis “Launchpad” Larkin’s career as an astronaut has had its share of ups and downs. Alternately lauded as the single-handed savior of NASA and condemned as a reckless, hot-headed bully, Curt has been through the wringer of public opinion and come out on top. When he embarks on his final mission with NASA, Curt figures there’s no curveball that life has left to throw him.

We are told God will punish the wicked; that sinful men will reap what they sow. We are told to scourge our souls with prayer and pain to become clean once again. Well, here I am. Wicked and sinful. Desperate to become clean - even though it feels so good to be dirty. But even I never expected what came next. Even I never expected my punishment to come so soon.

Growing up in a world where we are constantly reminded of our color, Black kids face challenges that their peers might not always understand. Systemic prejudices that persist can cast shadows on their dreams and aspirations and end up having a negative impact on their self-esteem. So it is imperative to realize the transformative power of positive self-talk and positive affirmations. This collection of affirmations is a nurturing embrace, a protective shield, and a guiding star seeking to ensure that every Black child listening to it feels seen, heard, and loved.

England, 1921. Drei Jahre, nachdem ihr Mann Alex im Krieg über Deutschland abgeschossen wurde, trauert Jo Manders immer noch. Als sie zu dessen Anwesen in Sussex reist, merkt Jo schnell, dass sie über seine Herkunft kaum etwas wusste. Die Enthüllung eines mysteriösen Todesfalls in der...

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Il Salotto del Riflessologo è uno spazio intimo e sospeso, dove il corpo smette di essere un problema e torna ad essere un linguaggio da ascoltare. Tra riflessologia psicosomatica, medicina cinese e medicina integrativa, ogni episodio esplora il significato profondo dei sintomi, andando oltre la superficie. Non è una lezione, ma una conversazione che intreccia visioni, esperienze e discipline. Per chi non vuole solo stare meglio, ma comprendere davvero cosa il corpo sta cercando di comunicare.

"Comment la femme fait-elle l'apprentissage de sa condition, comment l'éprouve-t-elle, dans quel univers se trouve-t-elle enfermée, quelles évasions lui sont permises, voilà ce que je chercherai à décrire. Alors seulement nous pourrons comprendre quels problèmes se posent aux femmes qui, héritant d'un lourd passé, s'efforcent de forger un avenir nouveau."

Learn Italian: easy and comprehensible Italian podcast. Achieve fluency by acquiring the language the natural way through comprehensible input in Italian. --- IT: Podcast in italiano comprensibile e facile per imparare l'italiano con input comprensibile in italiano. --- DE: Italienisch lernen mit Podcast auf leicht verständlichem Italienisch, um die Sprache mit interessantem Content zu lernen. Verständlicher Input Italienisch. -- FR: Podcast facile pour apprendre l'italien avec la méthode naturelle. -- ES: Podcast para aprender italiano fácil, sencillo y comprensible.

It’s time to change the way we see babies. Drawing on principles developed by the educator Dr Maria Montessori, The Montessori Baby shows how to raise your baby from birth to age one with love, respect, insight, and a surprising sense of calm. Cowritten by Simone Davies, author of the...

Everybody knows Logan O'Toole, world famous porn star. Except then Devi Dare pops into my world, and pretty soon I'm doing things that aren't like me - like texting her with flirty banter and creating an entire web porn series just so I can get to star in her bed. Again. And again. With Devi, my entire universe shifts, and the more time I spend with her, the more I realize that Logan O'Toole isn't the guy I thought he was. So maybe I'm not the guy you thought I was either.

Warned as a girl to keep her kisses to herself, Greer Galloway wants nothing to do with kisses—or love. Twice she's ignored the childhood warning and kissed a man, and both times ended in gutting, miserable heartbreak. Now she's sworn off all romance forever, determined to teach her classes and do her research and live out the rest of her days alone.

Brought to you by Penguin. In 1977, in the small town of Claire Lake, two men were murdered with the same gun. Beth Greer was the prime suspect - a rich, eccentric 23-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. Ever since her surprise acquittal, she's retreated to her mansion, Greer house...

When librarian Poe Markham takes the job at Thornchapel, she only wants two things: to stay away from Thornchapel’s tortured owner, Auden Guest, and to find out what happened to her mother 12 years ago...As Poe begins uncovering the house’s secrets, both new and old, she’s also pulled into the seductive, elegant world of Auden and his friends-and drawn to Auden’s worst enemy, the beautiful and brooding St. Sebastian.

Billionaire Lucas Oliver is hell-bent on revenge. And his plan begins when Sydney Blake - the stunning daughter of his enemy - is tricked into bidding on him at a bachelor auction. Then he serves up a little blackmail...followed by a marriage proposal Sydney has no choice but to accept. Sydney has been controlled by her family her whole life. When Lucas threatens to reveal her father's shady business, she is once again forced to do her duty for her family. But worse - oh so much worse - is the rush of lust that Lucas ignites in her blood.