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A small-town scandal. A stolen fortune. And a women's club with nothing to lose. Biddy Bramley never expected to return to Pooka, Indiana. But after her husband's death, she's back in her hometown—grieving, restless, and drawn into a decades-old mystery involving her estranged sister and...

Me dijeron que amara con la boca llena de barro y sal es un canto íntimo al amor que resiste: pequeño, tenaz, imperfecto. Hay un borde frágil en el que el amor ofrece más preguntas que respuestas. Desde allí, Virginia P. De León escribe cuentos que respiran como heridas abiertas y poemas...

A weekly podcast featuring topics on simple homemaking skills, self-sufficient living, biblical encouragement, and the beauty of a slower, intentional life.

Every one will see at once that we have here a new member of the family of Black Beauty and Beautiful Joe, only this time it is a bird that is the hero and the object is reform through early impressions of one of woman’s greatest weaknesses—millinery. It is one of the best stories of its class we have met with. - Summary by B.B. Warfield

Cosa può fare una ragazza quando scopre che suo padre, pur di non pagare un esorbitante debito di gioco, ha deciso di darla in moglie a un bieco baronetto che ha quarant'anni più di lei? Scappare, naturalmente, per raggiungere la Scozia e colui che dichiara di amare e di voler sposare. È proprio quello che fa Adrianne, diciotto anni, una bellezza in sboccio, un caratterino impertinente e un coraggio che, fin troppo spesso, sfocia nell'imprudenza.

Church of the Incarnation is an Anglican (ACNA) church plant in the Richmond, VA area. Located in Short Pump, Incarnation seeks to make the gospel present to the people of Henrico County.

Born on an Iowa farm in 1906, Mary Cromer grows up under the watchful rule of a mother who demands propriety and relentless usefulness. Intelligent and inwardly defiant, Mary finds refuge in books, poetry, and the private rituals of her imagination. But as adulthood closes in, mental illness and family obligation narrow her choices. As her outer world contracts, her inner life deepens.

Lena Bergmann, eine erfolgreiche, aber ausgebrannte PR-Managerin aus New York City, erbt unerwartet ein altes Gasthaus in der idyllischen Kleinstadt Silver Ridge, hoch oben in den Rocky Mountains. Mit einem Burnout im Gepäck reist sie widerwillig in die verschlafene Stadt, fest entschlossen, das Gasthaus schnellstmöglich zu verkaufen. Je länger Lena in Silver Ridge bleibt, desto mehr fühlt sie sich von der rauen Schönheit der Rocky Mountains, der Herzlichkeit der Kleinstadtbewohner – und Noah – angezogen.

Night and Day (1919) is a captivating novel by Virginia Woolf that unfolds in Edwardian London. It intricately weaves the lives of two friends, Katharine Hilbery and Mary Datchet, exploring the complex interplay between love, marriage, happiness, and personal success. This thought-provoking narrative invites readers to reflect on the choices that shape our lives.

In this Regency rom-com, when a Duke and a reporter team up to uncover his family’s secrets, their search brings up more than they bargained for—including their feelings for each other. Diana Merriwell and Giles Sinclair only tolerate one another for the sake of their nearest and dearest...

Each discovery disturbs the arrangements of the known world, and it is our job to stay alert to all possibilities. LaVaughn believes she is keeping alert to all possibilities. She has made it through the projects, she’s gotten over heartbreak, she’s grown up, and now she’s been admitted to...

Bat 6–that’s the softball game played every year between the sixth-grade girls of Barlow and Bear Creek Ridge. All the girls–Beautiful Hair Hallie, Manzanita who gets the spirit, the twins Lola and Lila, Tootie, Shadean–they’ve been waiting for their turn at Bat 6 since they could...

Now a major motion picture! Pablo Escobar was one of the most terrifying criminal minds of the last century. In the decade before his death in 1993, he reigned as the head of a multinational cocaine industry and brought the Colombian state to its knees, killing thousands of politicians, media...

What's new in LaVaughn's life is Jody--a boy she knew as a child who's come back to the housing project where she lives. Jody is like a miracle: He smells like chlorine, he calls her "little buddy," he goes with her to the dance. It's just as if he's in love with her. Except not quite. As...

Jolly is seventeen. She can’t really spell. She doesn’t have much of a job. And she has two little kids from two different, absent fathers. Jolly knows she can’t cope with Jilly and Jeremy all by herself. So she posts a notice on the school ­bulletin board: BABYSITTER NEEDED BAD. No one...

Lord Rudyard Richmond, marchese di Trent, ha tutto ciò che si possa desiderare dalla vita. È ricco, nobile, affascinante. Non si è mai innamorato, non cerca l'amore, e passa il suo tempo tra case da gioco, alcol e donne di facili costumi. Purtroppo per lui, un aristocratico ha dei doveri nei confronti della propria casata, il primo dei quali è mettere al mondo dei figli legittimi, e il matrimonio è l’unico modo per ottenere tale risultato. Pertanto Rudyard si vede costretto ad accantonare la sua vita da libertino per frequentare qualche fanciulla di buona famiglia.

Lord Frederick Rochdale, da poco diventato conte, non ha mai creduto nell’amore, figurarsi nel colpo di fulmine. Eppure, una notte d’inverno, mentre si reca in Cornovaglia per assistere al funerale del padre, fa un incontro che manda all’aria le sue convinzioni. Blanche Taylor, in verità, non fa nulla per attrarre gli uomini. È riservata e malinconica, cupa e introversa, e non si mostra minimamente interessata a Frederick, nonostante il suo aspetto affascinante e i suoi modi irresistibili.

Inghilterra, '800. Opaline è una lady molto particolare: aristocratica, bella come il sole, con due splendidi occhi color fiordaliso, potrebbe ambire a sposare un duca. Ma a lei non importa nulla dei salotti mondani o di sfoggiare vestiti e sorrisi a Londra durante la Stagione; il suo desiderio più grande è vivere in campagna, tra il cielo e l’erba, a contatto con la natura, gli animali, e il ricordo della sua idilliaca infanzia.

"We have to search for the truth. What is the use of bringing children into a world that is not worth living in?" In this sharp, experimental satire, Virginia Woolf explores the gap between male reputation and reality. A group of women, disillusioned by the supposed "greatness" of the world...

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