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From a very young age, Judy Heumann heard the word NO. When she wanted to attend public school, the principal said NO. When she wanted her teaching license, the New York Board of Education said NO. Judy and people with disabilities everywhere were tired of hearing “NO”. In the 1970s, an important disability rights law, Section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, was waiting to be signed. Judy and other disability rights activists held a sit-in until Section 504 was signed into law, laying the foundation for the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A most unlikely team: a cop, two thugs, and a blind woman band together to find refuge when the US power grid abruptly fails. Lili has no option except to resign when the city mandates double shifts for its dwindling number of police officers as the violence from the large cities reaches smaller towns. Her aunt and uncle want Lili and her young son to leave town with them and her uncle’s friend, who is convinced plans are in place to destroy the US electrical grid. Lili is a target for extortion because she is a police officer; her uncle’s friend is targeted to die because he knows too ...

Was würdest du tun, um deine Schwester zu retten? Und was, um sie loszuwerden? Am Tag vor Heiligabend fährt Esther in den Wald zum Haus ihrer Schwester, um ihr ein Geschenk und eine Flasche Wein zu bringen. Ein Schneesturm setzt ein. Das Geschenk wird nicht geöffnet. Der Wein schon. Dinge werden gesagt, die besser ungesagt blieben. Und Taten werden begangen, die nie mehr rückgängig gemacht werden können. Eigentlich muss Esther ihr Weihnachtsfest mit Ehemann und Kindern in der Stadt vorbereiten: einkaufen, Tanne besorgen - es wäre genug zu tun.

It is hard enough being a teenager in London during the Blitz, finding yourself in love and wondering every night whether you will survive the bombs. But it is even harder for Anna, who is still officially classified as an 'enemy alien'. Those bombs are coming from Germany – the country that was once her own. If Hitler invades, can she and her beloved refugee family possibly survive?

Dark magic is bent on destroying the school. A Drow princess is gaining powers faster than she knows what to do with them. Her best friend, a Jasper Elf, can’t remember who she is, and her boyfriend turns into a wolf at night and runs with his pack. By day, they’re trying out for the school play, worrying about who’s going to the fall dance, and oh yeah, are excited about Halloween when the dead can finally talk to the living again. Just your typical teenager in America when magic returns.

Does good overcome evil . . . . . . Or not? Louisiana bayou teen Angelina Delacroix has feelings she's never had before. She yearns for what she knows is wrong. She’s envious of others and anger fuels her soul. Angelina is haunted by sexual desire while other longings frighten her. She wants for things she knows nothing about, and she knows these longings come from another world. Her family is a mess. Her mother is ill, her father unemployed, and her little brother has a deadly leg wound. Bored, depressed, and unimpressed with life in general, Angelina plays on the dark side where she ...

CHRISTMAS MIRACLES ABOUND Lily, LauraLea and the rest of the Artzy Chicks crew are busy preparing for another merry white Christmas at the Massanutten Mountain resort. Their art gallery has taught dozens of glitter classes and served gallons of Mulled Wine to their patrons. Their friend and local medical examiner, Dr. Kenzie Zimbro stops by to shop. Lily and LauraLea invite her to join them for a celebration but she turns them down, and informs them she will be working through the holiday season. The ladies detect a sadness in Kenzie they hadn't noticed before. A few days later, during a ...

Detective Chief Superintendent Fran Harman is preparing for her forthcoming wedding to Assistant Chief Constable Mark Turner, but renovations at the rectory they plan to move into are disrupted by the discovery of a skeleton buried in the vegetable patch. As investigations into its identity progress, it's also clear that Mark's two grown-up children are less than ecstatic at the prospect of their father's forthcoming nuptials. In fact, at least one of them seems to be behaving very strangely indeed.…

Berlin is where Anna lived before Hitler, when she was still a German child; before she spoke a word of English, before her family had all become refugees. Long before her happy new existence in London. But Mama is there, dangerously ill. Anna is forced to go back, to deal with questions of life and death, to face old fears, and to discover the past which she has so long shut away.

Greed, Money, Murder and Mayhem! Does Big Pharma manufacture ”dirty drugs”? Another explosive thriller by USA Today and Wall Street Journal author Judith Lucci. Mic, Dottie and K9 hero dog Angel depart for vacation on a long-awaited Mediterranean Cruise. They quickly learn there is a large pharmaceutical convention aboard ship. Michaela and Dottie meet a United States senator, scientists and physicians on board and hear concerns about a “dirty drug” distributed by the host pharmaceutical company. Physicians admit significant “pressure” to sell the drug and scientists refuse to ...

Alex returns to Wyndley Farm, her childhood home in Virginia, to await the birth of her baby. An urgent call from Crescent City Medical Center compels her to return to New Orleans to investigate cruel, questionable incidents and heinous patient deaths. Digger Stildove returns from Yemen where he has searched for Jacob Stark. Michaela McPherson travels from Richmond with police dog Angel to consult with Commander Francoise in his search for St. Germaine. Events unfold as the evil continues and the hospital attempts to safeguard patients and staff.Updated 10.9.2020

Judith Butler, the pioneering theorist whose iconic book Gender Trouble redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts one of the most pressing issues of our time. So-called "gender ideology"—and its supposed dangers—has provoked reactionary backlash across the world. Global networks spread the idea that “gender” is a dangerous, if not diabolical, ideology threatening to destroy families, local cultures, civilizations—and even "man" himself.

Each night, after dark, men flock to Bankside seeking girls of easy virtue, prostitutes known as the Winchester Geese. Joanie Toogood has worked the streets of Southwark since childhood, but her path is changed forever by an encounter with Francis Wareham, a spy for the King’s secretary, Thomas Cromwell. Meanwhile, across the river, at the glittering court of Henry VIII, Wareham also sets his cap at Evelyn and Isabella Bourne, members of the Queen’s household and the girls, along with Joanie, are drawn into intrigue and the shadow of the executioner’s blade.

There’s a Dead Body on the Ski Slope! Sam Painter was a great guy and a wonderful community leader. Woman loved him, men respected him. Someone hated him. Enough to murder him. Lily, LauraLea and Dr. Kenzie Zee are devastated over the death of their friend. Sam, an expert skier and former Olympian, had planned a full day of skiing on Massanutten Mountain’s Diamond slope. He was stopped, dead in his tracks. The chicks help Kenzie investigate the crime, but a series of twists, turns and evil keep them guessing whodunit far longer than they would like. It's bitter cold on the mountain and ...

Matthias Hegel est un expert phonéticien et le meilleur profileur audio d'Allemagne. Il est capable de créer un profil psychologique et visuel des personnes en décodant uniquement les sons, les bruits, les dialectes et les couleurs de voix. C'est grâce à lui que certains des criminels parmi les plus dangereux d'Allemagne ont été condamnés. Des maîtres chanteurs, des preneurs d'otages, des assassins, pour lesquels les enquêteurs ne disposaient souvent que de courts enregistrements audio. Hegel est un personnage fascinant, charismatique, difficile à comprendre.

This anthology attempts to preserve the place of women in American society and imagination by collecting some of the best stories by women pulp writers, including Katherine MacLean, Greye La Spina, Judith Merril, Sonya Dorman, Alice Eleanor Jones, Sophie Wenzel Ellis, and Francis Stevens.

In How to Live, Judith Valente explores the key elements of the rule and clearly demonstrates how incorporating this ancient wisdom can change the quality and texture of our lives offering a way forward from the divisions gripping our country. How to Be offers a window into two people living their lives on purpose (or not) and struggling to come to terms with the big issues everyone faces: faith, mortality, mystery, prayer, work.

Ihre Tochter ist eine Reisende, unterwegs in der Ferne. Ihrem Ex-Mann schreibt sie kleine Briefe, in denen sie erzählt, wie es ihr geht, in diesem neuen Leben am Meer und im Norden. Sie richtet sich ein Haus ein, schließt vorsichtige Freundschaften, versucht eine Liebe, fragt sich, ob sie heimisch werden könnte oder ob sie weiterziehen soll. Judith Hermann erzählt von einer Frau, die vieles hinter sich lässt, Widerstandskraft entwickelt und in der intensiven Landschaft an der Küste eine andere wird. Sie erzählt von der Erinnerung.

De jaren van de Nederlandse Opstand (1566-1648) waren één van de belangrijkste periode in de Nederlandse Geschiedenis. Zonder die opstand zou de staat Nederland er immers nooit gekomen zijn. De Opstand en de tachtig oorlogsjaren die er op volgden laten zich lezen als een spannend verhaal: met echte helden en schurken, vol onbedoelde wendingen en met onverwachte uitkomsten. Ook na bijna 450 jaar geschiedschrijving blijven er belangrijke vragen. Waarom was de uitkomst zo onverwacht? Waarom vielen de Nederlanden uit elkaar? En waarom duurde het conflict zo lang?

Dr. Orloff's aim is to teach you how to tap into and train your own intuitive powers and use them for your well-being. She divides this program into three parts: "The Body", "Emotions and Relationships", and "Sexual Wellness". She teaches five steps to intuitive healing, which she defines as "listening to your body's signals - your inner voice and heart, your spiritual connection - to find out how to become more physically, emotionally, and sexually whole".