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Mia Valentina Amore loves valentines. After all, her name means My Valentine. When she wakes up on Valentine's Day, it looks like just another morning in the rickety old Amore house in the Blue Ridge mountains of Appalachia. But over the course of the day, her home is transformed into the House of Love. Mia and her mama festoon the halls, build a gumdrop tree, bake cupcakes, and most importantly, make valentines for all six of her siblings. But when Mia doesn't receive her own valentine, she wonders if Mama could have forgotten her.

When acclaimed undercover journalist Casey Benedict is asked to interview a young woman with a life-limiting genetic condition, the patient’s doctor alerts her to an alarming rise in antibiotic-resistant infections, tipping her off about a potential new wonder drug. If the rumours are true, this new antibiotic could save millions of lives, but no one seems to know if the drug even exists. Then tragedy unexpectedly strikes and Casey begins to suspect a cover-up. But she is not prepared to let the story drop, no matter how much danger she - or those she loves most of all - are put in.

Thirty-two-year-old Jessica is newly divorced and has returned home to live with her parents whilst she puts the pieces of her life back together. But Jessica isn't the only one with problems, as her mother, Jean, has recently been diagnosed with dementia. Shortly after Jessica's arrival, one of the neighbours falls to her death, in what appears to be a terrible accident. However, Jean claims that the woman was murdered by her husband and that she witnessed the whole thing.

A Bangladeshi camp. A British ambassador. A Harley Street doctor. Investigative journalist Casey Benedict is used to working on stories that will take her from the bottom to the top of society – stories with a huge human cost. And her latest case is no different. A frantic message is found hidden in clothes manufactured for the British high street....

On a misty Monday - 21st June 1948 - the MV Empire Windrush sailed up the Thames and anchored at Tilbury Dock, London. There were a total of 1,027 passengers on board with 802 passengers from British Colonies in the West Indies. The infamous images of the passengers walking down the gangplank the next morning would be the moment the Windrush Generation was born. A Circle of Five reflects on the stories of the 300,000 or so making the same journey between 1948 and 1971 by showcasing the voices of five Jamaican women, Evelyn, Emma, Irene, Ivy and Melissa.

The moment Joanna told me she was engaged, I had this awful feeling that something was wrong. We used to speak on the phone every day. Growing up I spent more time at her house than I did at my own. I’d always imagined what it would be like to see her get married, and now I didn’t even know her fiancé’s name. She asked me to come and meet Mark and I intended to tell her to slow down. When I got to Joanna’s front door, only Mark was there. He was charming and gorgeous and nothing but nice to me, and I started to understand....And then he told me that Joanna was missing.

Lauren has spent years running away from her home town, her childhood, and the memories of her best friend, Hannah. Until the 10th anniversary of Hannah’s death forces her to return home and to the group of friends she abandoned there. It should be a quick visit, just so Lauren can pay her respects. At home, Lauren finds Hannah’s old diary. A diary full of secrets. The terrible things Lauren did, the lies she’s told, the reason she ran away. And she receives a message: "I don’t know why you’re back, but I know why you left." Hannah’s dead, isn’t she?

A child's concept of race is quite different from that of an adult. Young children perceive skin color as magical - even changeable - and are incapable of understanding adult prejudices. Just as children learn to walk and talk, they likewise come to understand race in a series of predictable stages. Based on Marguerite A. Wright's research and clinical experience, I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla teaches us that the color-blindness of early childhood can, and must, be taken advantage of in order to guide the positive development of a child's self-esteem.

This book, Hair Beauty 101 - How to Grow Your Hair, Hair Treatment and Natural Hair, is primarily designed to offer top secrets, ways, methods, which extensively discussed formulas to provide solutions for hair loss and rapidly boost hair growth. The book looks into the business of hair care and its sustenance in both sexes. Different programs have been presented in this book to enable an easy, inexpensive, and highly effective steps to control hair loss, eradicate baldness, increase hair length and strength, and also to maintain natural hair.

Twenty-one year old Violet Kale has fallen out of love with life. A dissolute figure, she drifts along with her friend Lisa (mother of a baby daughter Maria), reluctant to take responsibility for anything except her own pleasure. When Violet wakes up after a three-day drug and alcohol binge to the sound of her friend's baby Maria crying with hunger, on a whim she steals Maria away, heading on a journey to a new land, and seeing in the child a chance of a new future, and a hope for salvation....

Un tempo il regno di Cornucopia era il più felice del mondo. C'erano moltissimo oro, un re con i baffi più belli che si possano immaginare e macellai, pasticceri e casari le cui prelibatezze facevano piangere la gente di gioia. Era tutto perfetto: a parte le Paludi nebbiose del Nord, dove si narra vivesse il terribile Ickabog. Ogni persona di buon senso sapeva che l'Ickabog era solo una leggenda inventata per spaventare i bambini e convincerli a comportarsi bene. Ma le leggende sono strane e a volte assumono una vita propria.

Farah Jasmine Griffin’s beloved father died when she was nine, bequeathing her an unparalleled inheritance in closets full of remarkable books and other records of Black genius. In Read Until You Understand - a line from a note he wrote to her - she shares a lifetime of discoveries: the ideas that framed the US Constitution and that inspired Malcolm X’s fervent speeches, the soulful music of Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, the daring literature of Phillis Wheatley and Toni Morrison, the artistry of Romare Bearden, and many others.

Hanna Duncker has returned to the remote island she spent her childhood on and to the past that saw her father convicted for murder. In a cruel twist of fate her new boss is the policeman who put him behind bars. On her first day on the job as the new detective, Hanna is called to a crime scene. The 15-year-old son of her former best friend has been found dead and Hanna is thrown into a complex investigation set to stir up old ghosts.

Looking to cultivate a strong and positive mindset for success as a woman entrepreneur? Look no further than 200 Empowering Affirmations for Women Entrepreneurs: Build a Fearless Mindset to Achieve Daily Success, the powerful audiobook designed to help you overcome challenges, build confidence, and achieve your goals.

Looking for a powerful resource to inspire and empower Black girls on their journey towards personal growth and self-discovery? Look no further than this life-changing audiobook that provides you with 10 chapters filled with empowering affirmations to support you in every aspect of your life!

Wild Pets follows Iris, Ezra and Nance in the years after university. They fall in and out of bed with each other, reread The Art of War, grieve the closing of Fabric and write book proposals on the history of salt, while submerging their nights in drink and drugs. Confronting adulthood with high wit and low behaviour against contemporary political and social turmoil, these young men and women seem to have everything going for them. So why are they still swimming desperately against the tide?

Looking for a way to enhance your work performance, find enjoyment in your job, and reduce stress levels? Look no further! With its abundance of positive affirmations, this formidable tool empowers you to foster a robust work ethic, surmount hindrances in the workplace, and attain both personal and professional development.

This guide will answer the questions you are asking yourself now. Because we want to communicate effectively with people who are interested in understanding all about pregnancy, its stages, and everything that goes into giving birth to a child, we have used simple language.

We’ve all been there...you have a brand-new journal and are so excited, but have no idea what to write or how to get started. Don’t worry, this book can help you fill all those blank pages and help you start accessing your full potential along the way.

C'erano una volta cento ragazze che hanno cambiato il mondo. Ora ce ne sono molte, molte di più! "Storie della buonanotte per bambine ribelli" è diventato un movimento globale e un simbolo di libertà. Le autrici Francesca Cavallo ed Elena Favilli tornano con cento nuove storie per ispirare le bambine - e i bambini - a sognare senza confini.