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Whisper of the Sea By Marin Belle After a cold divorce and years of living a life that never quite fit, Olivia Harcourt escapes to the windswept Cornish village of Roseport in search of quiet and healing. There, in a quaint cottage by the sea, she hopes to reconnect with her writing—and with herself. But her retreat is upended the moment she steps into The Saltwater Café and meets Sophie Blake, the café’s vibrant and magnetic owner. Sophie is everything Olivia isn’t—confident, openly queer, and unapologetically passionate. Their connection is immediate, electric... and utterly ...

In a 1968 photograph a US Marine pauses for thought, inadvertently echoing those renaissance paintings of meditating scholars, holding his helmet rather than a book - but this is a quiet moment in the battle for Hue. It is McCullin's photographs which helped to define the savage war in Vietnam for Britain, and beyond. Some is unbearably sad: a young North Vietnamese soldier, a casualty of Hue, stares sightlessly at the photographer, his hands outstretched to the detritus of his pockets, scattered on the earth beside the body.

Ukranian born Marina Lewycka has published several novels to great public and critical acclaim. Her debut novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian set her unique comic tone, and her latest novel, The Lubetkin Legacy, keeps this distinct voice alive. Marina talks dark comedy, entertainment, the elderly and a bedroom tax.

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The suburbs of Par Mars. Two shopping centers, rows of estates and thematically designed neighborhoods. Twenty-four-year-old Leen is going to open an ear-cleaning and massage studio in the Topic Heights Shopping Centre, taking her mother’s Chinese ritual to the West to bring people back to their bodies. But something is not quite right in Par Mars. Managers are being attacked, and when Leen befriends Jean Paul, a pharmacist who is obsessed with a cryptic online forum, she finds herself involved in a community that is intent on disrupting the routines of capitalism in troubling ways.

Brooke vive en un pequeño estudio situado en un bonito barrio de Nueva York. Tiene un buen empleo y una vida bastante tranquila.

When a powerful crystal egg is stolen, Kai and Delphi journey to Turtle Mountain to get it back. But nothing is as it seems, and the junior protectors meet their biggest challenge yet. In a race against time, Kai and Delphi must overcome their doubts to defeat an unexpected foe and protect Pineapple Cove in its darkest hour.

His body may be weak, but his dreams know no bounds. Will she be the answer to his prayers? England, 1864. Lord Felix Peergrave’s inheritance leaves him with little to celebrate. With his medical condition keeping him captive in his palatial home, what the twenty-one-year-old noble craves more than money is a bride. And while he’s smitten by a visiting beauty, he hardly notices the comely wallflower standing by her side. Honour Seaborn is resigned to her dependency. Destitute and at the mercy of family after her soldier father’s death, she agrees to play chaperone for her pretty ...

Bienvenido a negocio y matrimonio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

America, anni Venti. Jordan Baker cresce negli ambienti più raffinati. Non le manca nulla: denaro, istruzione, la stoffa per il golf e inviti alle feste più esclusive dell'Età del Jazz. Queer e asiatica è in realtà guardata dall'alta società come poco più che un'attrazione esotica, e non può accedere a ciò che conta davvero. Ma il mondo è pieno di meraviglie: patti diabolici, illusioni sfolgoranti, fantasmi perduti e il potere arcano degli elementi. Jordan deve solo imparare a usarli.

Una despedida de soltera reúne en una isla exclusiva del Caribe a varias amigas de la adolescencia. Una fiesta de ensueño que acabará como la peor pesadilla. Annabel, Esther, Tanya y Chloe son las mejores amigas, o al menos lo habían sido durante la adolescencia. Después, sus vidas tomaron caminos distintos, pero los secretos que comparten mantienen vivo su pasado en común. Hasta que un día reciben la inesperada invitación de Poppy Greer a su despedida de soltera: tres días en una exclusiva isla de las Bahamas.

Would you marry the man you adored if you knew he had a chance of inheriting one of the cruelest diseases on earth? Therese Crutcher is not a risk taker. Through meticulous planning, she eliminates as much uncertainty from her life as she can. Yet during her senior year of college, blithely planning to marry her beloved John Marin, she is suddenly thrown into turmoil when John’s sisters announce they finally know what killed their mother, institutionalized when her four children were all under ten. Phyllis had Huntington’s disease, an inherited neurological disease with horrible odds: ...

A candid and beautifully written wrinkles-and-all meditation on the middle years, with all their dilemmas and challenges.... In a society obsessed with living longer and looking younger, what does middle age nowadays mean? How should a 50-something be in a world ceaselessly redefining ageing, youth and experience? The Middlepause offers hope and heart. Cutting through society's clamorous demands to work longer and stay young, it delivers a clear-eyed account of midlife's challenges.

This podcast discovers the "why" behind the ghost story, delving into both true crime occurring before 1950, and traditional ghost stories.

From the team behind Practical Boat Owner, Yachting Monthly, and Yachting World comes a new sailing podcast, simply named: The Sailing PodcastYachting Monthly's editor, Theo Stocker hosts an array of amazing sailors to talk all things boat and adventurers. We aim to bring you the most fascinating and inspiring stories from a wide and eclectic bunch of people we’ll be featuring. But all you really need to know is, if you’re into sailing in any way, The Sailing Podcast is a must-listen. Subscribe today and make sure you never miss an episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...

Charles Haddon Spurgeon fue un destacado predicador baptista del siglo XIX, nacido en 1834 en Essex, Inglaterra. A una temprana edad, demostró habilidades notables en la predicación y la oratoria.A los dieciséis años, comenzó a predicar regularmente en varias iglesias, y a los veintidós, se convirtió en el pastor de la Metropolitan Tabernacle en Londres, donde su ministerio floreció.Spurgeon fue prolífico en la escritura, con numerosos sermones y libros publicados, y su influencia se extendió a través de sus escritos y su liderazgo en el movimiento baptista. Su legado perdura como ...

After the unexpected death of the family patriarch, rancher Christopher Bennington decides it's time to find a wife to continue his family legacy. Tired of being hounded by the unmarried women in town he sends for a mail order bride. Orphan Lucy Robbins is thrilled when she finds an ad posted by a rancher who is looking for a mail order bride. Determined to leave her unhappy life she's willing to do anything to go to Larkspur Valley, Wyoming. Both Lucy and Christopher seek marriage for entirely different reasons. Can they come to realize what the true purpose of marriage is? This mail-order...

Tras una fatídica lesión, la vida de Lupe ha dado un giro inesperado. Tendrá que reinventarse para poder seguir adelante. Aunque no estará sola, pues contará con la ayuda de su médico. Hace mucho tiempo que Mateo piensa que el amor solo trae complicaciones, por lo que vive dividido entre su trabajo y su hija. Lupe es una jugadora de fútbol con aspecto de chica dura. Mateo es doctor y padre de familia. La primera impresión es que no tienen nada en común. Sin embargo, entre ellos surgirá una inesperada amistad.

À Dublin, un soir de pluie, deux hommes frappent à la porte d’Eilish Stack. Membres d’une toute nouvelle police secrète – le GNSB –, ils demandent à s’entretenir avec son mari, enseignant et syndicaliste, mais celui-ci est absent. Larry se rend au commissariat dès le lendemain, puis disparaît dans des circonstances troublantes. Tandis que le malaise s’installe peu à peu, Eilish voit son quotidien et celui de ses quatre enfants amputés d’une liberté qu’elle tenait pour acquise.

Filomena Quarta - ex giornalista quarantenne, da poco orfana di padre - si ritrova all'improvviso in bolletta e con un'ingombrante eredità: la Dimora...