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A gritty, hard-boiled mystery featuring a tough, snarky, female private eye from 1970s New York City. Another case has fallen onto the desk of Tootsie Carter; a female detective armed with a snub-nosed Colt .38, unmatchable wit, and a pocketful of Tootsie Rolls. New York City, 1975. A missing wife. The seedy underbelly of the boxing world. Lace your gloves, and ring the bell, PI Tootsie Carter is on the case.

In this action-packed series, four kid gamers meet at a virtual tournament and battle for the ultimate grand prize. Perfect for young fans of Ready Player One and Mr. Lemoncello's Library. Sixty-four teams. One mysterious grand prize. Four gamers determined to win it all. Welcome to Affinity...

Kay Douglas is a registered psychotherapist. She specialises in abuse and trauma recovery and anger change. She has worked with women and men for over 27 years. She is the author of six books. Because Kay has worked extensively with both men using destructive behaviour, and women who live in abusive relationships, her writing is realistic and insightful.

La Hija de la Costurera es la primera novela de la gran poeta y activista Joumana Haddad. Una obra poderosa que cuenta la historia de cuatro mujeres que podrían ser la misma: abuela, madre, hija, bisnieta. De la crudeza de la realidad a los hilos de la memoria, Haddad teje el pasado como si fuera futuro para intentar sacudir a las mujeres de su entumecimiento y liberarlas de su legado, de su fatum.

In Ma, What’s Investing, Si, Elz, and Wizzy help their Ma to plant a garden. Excited to make money from selling extra produce, the children talk about what they want to spend it on. Ma suggests they invest instead, but the children aren’t sure what investing means. With a charming story about a garden and two neighbors different approaches to caring for their crops, Ma teaches the children about investing. Through the analogy of planting different seeds at different times, she teaches diversity in not only the garden or investing money, but also in one’s self.

Modern life calls for modern relationship advice. Sex from Scratch is a love and dating guidebook that gleans real-life knowledge from smart people in a variety of nontraditional relationships. Instead of telling people how to snag a man, seduce a woman, or find "true love", the book sums up what dozens of diverse folks have learned the hard way over time. Sarah Mirk offers tips and stories from the steadfastly single to people making open relationships work, from people who've decided they're never going to have kids to parents.

Joan se siente perdido al tener que enfrentarse a la retirada del fútbol profesional. Atrás quedaron los días en que no era más que una promesa del fútbol con todo por ganar, pero no es capaz de mirar al frente con ilusión. Cuando parece que ya nada tiene sentido para él, la vida se encargará de mostrarle que siempre hay algo por lo que mantener la esperanza.

Tras una vida dedicada al fútbol como profesional, llega el momento de colgar las botas para Joan. ¿Cómo afrontar esta nueva etapa después de tantos años dedicándose en cuerpo y alma al deporte? Sin esperarlo, Joan conoce a alguien que le hace replantearse su manera de entender la vida. ¿Conseguirá dar respuesta a esa pregunta que lleva asaltándole durante años?

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El audio contiene 500 frases de inglés-español. Se trata de expresiones reales que se utilizan a diario en cualquier departamento de administración. Conocer y aprender estas expresiones no sólo facilita el trabajo en un Dpto. de administración, sino que le permitirá desarrollarlo casi con la misma soltura que en castellano. Especialmente manejándose al teléfono en inglés.

Este audio aborda el estudio de los verbos compuestos a través de las preposiciones. ¡El secreto está en la preposición!

Das Fräulein und Raphael is a historical novel of the survival and ideological change of Kathryn Steiner, a young, beautiful, well-educated, and intellectual woman originally committed and loyal to the NSDAP (Nazi Party). Kathryn has connections at the highest levels of the Third Reich and uses her extraordinary survival skills to escape war-ravaged Germany in 1945 for New York City.

Are you currently struggling with uninspiring and lackluster sex life? Do you often find that your lover is often unwilling to initiate sex or is uninterested when you try to initiate? Has "sexy times" with your partner become more of a task to be completed that something you both enjoy? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, then this guide is just what you need to revitalize your sex life!

Since Maylee was abducted from her high school the very month of graduation, her aunt Autumn has never lost hope in finding her. It’s been three years. Autumn has finally reached inside herself and found the courage to track down an old lead. She travels across the country to find more clues about Maylee's disappearance. But will she be able to pry Maylee’s case back open, and what will she uncover in the process of searching for Maylee?

No one can remember, when it was different. When there were no walls, surrounding the small town of Glen Falls, protecting it from the creatures who rule the night. The creatures who cower in the lights but strike fear in the darkness of the night. Hunter, a boy becoming a man, wonders why this must be so. He will challenge why the town hides the tall walls. In the it may be, more dangerous inside the walls...than out.

Do you have a young adult novel idea but are unsure about where to begin? Have you started a novel, only to get stuck? Or perhaps you've completed a first draft, but you want to add the luster of professional writing? Then this audiobook is for you! Featuring lively interplay between authors of young-adult fiction Steve and Dani Alcorn, this engaging narration gives you all the inspiration and tools you need to create a best seller.

A story of oppression and loss, of uprising and joys. Rubberman's Citizens pushes through grim tyranny with the courage, compassion, and humour of those forced to fight troubled times. In Citizenry, Leena knew cruelty was normal. Order was kept by Warren through intimidation and abuse. Normal meant deliveries from above, supplies from the great, unknowable, Actual. Normal meant hating the lessers who live below. Normal meant routine public degradation. Leena found a way to help. Leena discovered revolution.

By the year 2227 Las Vegas has become the test case for the new robot society. The entire work force in the glitzy city is comprised of robots. They are at the beck and call of the demanding tourists, who revel in their newfound life of excess and greed. The Newton family from Los Angeles, hope to reconnect with a family vacation to the mirage in the desert. They get more than they bargain for.

Blamed for the deaths of fallen slayers, Brooklyn has been labeled a traitor. People she once considered her friends are now hunting her, and the death of the city’s Pride Leader has left her picking up the pieces. Brooklyn is neither ready nor prepared to become the new chief of dragons. Until the worst happens. One of her protectors is being held hostage - and if Brooklyn doesn’t comply with the kidnapper’s demands, she might lose him forever. Brooklyn needs more training. She needs a mentor. She needs more time. But time is running out for both Brooklyn and her protectors.

Descended from a line of powerful witches, Courtney Wellington embodies the Wiccan Goddess who must fulfill an ancient prophecy to keep the growing powers of evil at bay. At the Summer Solstice, she must marry, and she has chosen Robert McGregor for her mate. But Courtney's plans never included falling in love with him.