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Franz von Heiden, son of a Nazi official and an English mother, comes to England early in 1938 to visit his English cousins - and study them. He is both accepted and entertained by Wynne Braithwaite's family and friends. But the peace and abundance which he finds about him are not what he had expected. These people are not the decadent enemy; their casual talk and happy lives betray no weakness. Franz is disturbed - his reports to his father at home are not what had been expected there. Finding himself in love with Wynne, he is troubled at the thought of his mother's broken life in Germany.

He has fought the fight, and run the race. But the enemies never stop coming, and the race has no finish line. It has been three months since Captain Lee Harden found the survivors at Camp Ryder. With winter looming, Lee is on the verge of establishing Camp Ryder as a hub of safety and stability in the region. But not everyone agrees with Lee’s mission... or his methods.

They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common - and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the deaths suspicious.

Hollows Bend es un pueblo idílico al que suelen acudir los turistas para relajarse los fines de semana, escapando del ruido de la ciudad, y que cuenta con una tasa de criminalidad del cero por ciento, índice del cual la sheriff Ellie Pritchet se enorgullece enormemente. Hasta que un día, y tras la llegada de una adolescente que aparece de la nada y a la que nadie parece conocer, la calma del lugar se pone en peligro.

Bloomsbury presents White Rage by Carol Anderson, read by Veronique Olin THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the Civil War to our combustible present, White Rage reframes the continuing conversation about race in America, chronicling the history of the powerful forces opposed to black progress...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Thinking about a hair transplant but don’t know where to start? Worried about choosing the wrong clinic, overpaying, or ending up with unnatural results? 101 Questions About Hair Transplants is your complete guide to understanding modern hair...

You've been paying for insurance your whole life. But do you actually know what you have? Most people treat insurance like a bill they are forced to pay. The wealthy treat it like a weapon — the foundation of every dollar they have ever built.

Join Ravi D'Souza on a journey through culture, identity, purpose, and reinvention. What’s the Scenario? examines what happens when life disrupts the script. From redefining success to rebuilding identity, each episode explores the inner and outer shifts that lead people to start over, grow forward, and find purpose in new ways.

What would you sacrifice to end this war? Your power? Iniabi has known all her life that she would marry Danae, but that doesn’t make their new partnership any easier. It’s only complicated by past lovers and enemy attempts to tear them apart. They will need to come together before Iniabi’s final challenge is laid before her. Will all the power of Phecea and the Emaian Tundra be enough to end the Emaian peoples’ oppression? Your heart? Dyfan is lost in the wake of Wynn’s absence, struggling to find a purpose while his lover teaches old magic to Liria’s enemies.

This fast-paced, swashbuckling, romantic comedy is loosely based on characters from the 1838 play “Ruy Blas” by Victor Hugo. Dumnois and D’Ennery’s script foregoes both historical accuracy and adherence to the more gloomy tone of Hugo’s original. Instead, the dramatists choose to tell the story of Don Caesar, a dashing, charismatic officer in the service of King Charles II of Spain. Don Caesar is devoted to wine, women, and song. He is particularly smitten with the beautiful gypsy, Maritana. Despite the carefree and somewhat rakish impression he initially makes, Don Caesar’s ...

Faith-filled teachings inspired by T.D. Jakes, created to encourage spiritual growth, hope, and biblical wisdom. This is an independent podcast and is not affiliated with or endorsed by T.D. Jakes.

Clear Focus Living is a practical guide to reducing mental clutter, overcoming distractions, and creating meaningful results through intentional simplicity. This book provides actionable strategies for improving focus, increasing productivity, and building a calmer, more purposeful life in a world full of constant noise and demands.

The year is 2002, seventeen-year-old Monroe Félix has had a hard life, she drinks to cope, and even though things are bad, they're about get much worse. David Black is a rich kid from affluent family, and Monroe has caught his eye. Soon they begin a tumultuous love affair, but what Monroe doesn't is that Dave is playing a game, where Monroe will always be the loser.

Step into a world of enchantment and gentle wonder as you unwind and drift peacefully toward sleep with this soothing collection of magical bedtime stories for grown-ups. Magical Fairytales for Relaxation & Sleep is a calming anthology of timeless fairytales, lovingly narrated by Joanne D'Amico, the voice behind the beloved Drift Off podcast.

Is not the very meaning of love that it surpasses every objection against it? Jilted. Never did Mr. Darcy imagine it could happen to him. But it has, and by Elizabeth Bennet, the woman who first hated and rejected him but then came to love him - he believed - and agree to be his wife. Alas, it is a short-lived, ill-fated romance that ends nearly as soon as it has begun. No reason is given. More than a year since he last saw her - a year of anger, confusion, and despair - he receives an invitation from the Bingleys to a house party at Netherfield.

When the discarded body of a young woman sparks a manhunt on the streets of Bristol, striking similarities to another murder suggest there’s only one detective for the job. But he’s in disgrace and self-imposed exile. Bitter from a promotional snub and professionally embarrassed by his last failed murder case, DI Robbie Chilcott lives a life of seclusion. But now, he has a chance to restore some pride and put a deadly serial killer behind bars.

When recovering drug addict Lyle Pickering is found dead of an overdose, it looks like a tragic accident. But his sister Rochelle knows better, and so does Lieutenant Eve Dallas. Lyle was murdered, and the evidence points directly to his old street gang. As Eve and husband Roarke track the...

Amaryllis Coltraine may have recently transferred to the New York City police force from Atlanta, but she's been a cop long enough to know how to defend herself against an assailant. When she's taken down just steps away from her apartment, killed with her own weapon, for Eve the victim isn't just "one of us."

At exactly 7:30 p.m., Walter Pettibone arrived home to over a hundred friends and family shouting, "surprise!" It was his birthday. Although he had known about the planned event for weeks, the real surprise was yet to come. At 8:45 p.m., a woman with emerald eyes and red hair handed him a glass of champagne. One sip of birthday bubbly, and he was dead.

No affairs. No criminal connections. No DNA. No clues. Eve Dallas may be the best cop in the city - not to mention having the lavish resources of her husband Roarke at her disposal - but the Swisher case has her baffled. The family members were murdered in their beds with brutal, military precision.