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Life was all about forks in the road, Kat's best friend, Em, told her. And Kat knew she hadn't chosen wisely when it came to the forks in her road of life. It seemed each road had led to dismal failure. Her family. Her relationships. All failures. Kat didn't know why Em was still there, especially when Kat rarely took Em's advice. However, this time Kat had to admit, perhaps Em was right. Renovating the old house she'd inherited gave her a project. It would take her mind off her breakup with Shael, Em said. But going back, facing her past and her bad choices, would that solve anything?

Stephen Thaus, das teuflische Gehirn der SVIA, verfolgt Anna Gudwin bis in ihre Träume. Zu Recht, denn seine Silicon Valley Intelligence Agency bedroht die Welt mit einem Virenkrieg. Mit Hilfe von Tom Hellebrandt gelingt es Anna, in der chinesischen Stadt Wuhan in das streng bewachte Labor einzudringen, wo an diesem Virus geforscht wird. Um Thaus zur Strecke zu bringen, beschließt Anna, die wichtigsten Mitglieder der SVIA auszuschalten. Über das Spielerparadies Macau führt sie der Job nach New York.

Während in Deutschland der Konflikt zwischen BND und Verfassungsschutz eskaliert, deckt Anna Gudwin die Strategie von Stephen Thaus im Kampf um die Weltherrschaft auf: Er überzieht die Erde mit einem Guerillakrieg, dem die Nationen machtlos gegenüber stehen. Als Anna vom Verfassungsschutz kaltgestellt wird, zieht sie auf eigene Faust los, um den skrupellosen Anführer der SVIA zu stellen. Dieser lockt sie in eine Falle in der chilenischen Atacama-Wüste - während er mit einem finalen Anschlag die gesamte Führungsriege der Welt auslöschen will.

On the surface, thinking is considered a good thing… but when you go overboard, you start bumping into problems. Overthinking causes your mind to get cloudy and negatively hamper your judgement. And since you spend too much time wallowing in negative thoughts and scenarios, your stress levels become elevated. This, in turn, can make it difficult for you to make sound decisions. In this master guide, Amy Williams will teach you how to stop overthinking, eliminate negative thoughts, declutter your mind, improve self-esteem, build mental toughness, and unlock your mind’s limitless potential!

Much of our physiological hardwiring still dates back to when we were cave people. The human body hasn't evolved to our 21st-century, stress-filled lifestyles, and we're paying the price—we're dEvolving. The Resiliency rEvolution is your stress solution. Rather than letting stress diminish your life, you can become more resilient to it. Using your primitive hardwiring to your advantage, you can learn how to recover from stress more quickly and raise your threshold for it. Utilizing realistic and manageable tactics, you'll soon be on your way toward a more resilient life.

Chloe Watson is just starting to get used to her inter-dimensional career, her covert relationship with the boss, and her life as a cross-dimensional traveler when a last-minute promotion, a galaxywide tournament, and an unexpected stowaway manage to throw a wrench in her status quo. Unless she can sort out a string of parallel abductions, deal with an infestation of Lemurian bedbugs, and get her local pet-store associate back home before the woman blows the whistle, everything Chloe has going for her will be history.

Set in the unique and mysterious Australian bush, Tales of Milliken Mountain opens up the magical world of the unique and wonderful wildlife found there. Follow the amazing adventures of Namanu and his family as they set out to save their forest home with the help of the many other animals that live there.

Elsie Neufeld loves to sit on her porch and watch the children grow in the Mennonite community near Landmark, Manitoba, Canada. Returning to the area after moving to Paraguay for a time, Elsie is happy to be living on the wild rose dotted prairie of south-eastern Manitoba.

The Silence Between Us is a raw and original double memoir tracing a mother and daughter as they try to understand and rebuild their relationship after the daughter's suicide attempt. Because Oceane had just turned 18 when she attempts to end her life, the hospital has to respect her request: to not notify her parents. But despite the distance between them, Cécile knows something is wrong with her fiercely independent daughter. As Cécile steps in to care for Oceane, the two reckon with things left unsaid and begin to rebuild a relationship that is both fragile and beautiful.

Ethan Wilder, an ordinary nine-year-old boy, becomes trapped in another world. Chased by monsters and hunted by a deadly assassin, Ethan must find a cure for his dying father and escape to become the Guardian of Greyworld.

Ratno Dholi brings together the first substantial collection of Dhumketu's work to be available in English. Beautifully translated for a wide new audience by Jenny Bhatt, these much-loved stories - like the finest literature - remain remarkable and relevant even today.

È una notte stranamente luminosa. Una notte in cui il buio non può più nascondere nulla. Lo sa bene Sandra, mentre guarda suo figlio che dorme accanto a lei. Ha fatto il possibile per proteggerlo. Ma nessuno è mai davvero al sicuro. Soprattutto ora che nella borsa dell'asilo ha trovato un biglietto. Poche parole che possono venire solo dal suo passato: «Dov'è Julián?».

Authors Chuck Palahniuk ( Fight Club), Victor LaValle ( The Devil in Silver), Michael Cunningham ( The Hours), and Jenny Offill ( Dept. of Speculation) celebrate the 25th anniversary of Denis Johnson's contemporary classic short story collection. Jesus' Son chronicles the grief and transcendence of dreamers, addicts, and lost souls; and inspired the film starring Billy Crudup, Holly Hunter, Denis Leary, and Jack Black.

According to Sophie the psychic, beautiful Edisto Beach becomes a hotbed of troublemaking spirits every August. But when a visitor dies mysteriously during a beach house party, former big-city detective Callie Morgan and Edisto Beach police chief Mike Seabrook hunt for motives and suspects among the living. With tourists filling the beaches and local business owners anxious to squelch rumors of a murderer on the loose, Callie will need all the help she can get.

Venus Spring's world is turned upside down when her estranged father turns up in her life for the first time since she was three months old. He reveals he's in London to work on a top secret project connected to the UK premiere of Hollywood blockbuster Airborne Sword. It's not long before Venus finds herself being dragged into her father's work and she soon gets caught up in a web of intrigue and danger that involves some of the biggest players in the movie business.

Jenny shrinks her many shrinks down to size. JENNY BICKS is the Executive Producer of Men in Trees, was a writer and producer of Sex and the City, writer and co-producer of The Naked Truth, and creative consultant on Dawson's Creek.

A deeply funny story by Jenny Bicks about the pleasures and terrors of hair.

A deeply funny holiday story by Jenny Bicks about getting an Emmy and giving a gift.

Der wesentlich ältere Waldo Huws-Evans verliebt sich unsterblich in die junge Gloria Davis. Doch diese will von dieser Liebe nichts wissen...

The Australian classic Kings in Grass Castles was the saga of the first generation of the pioneering Durack family, beginning their story from 1853. But the second generation of the Durack men were not only hardy pioneers, used to droving cattle thousands of miles through the grandeur of north-west Australia - they were also educated, travelled men, at home in the worlds of commerce and politics.