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In rural 1930s Virginia, a young immigrant mother fights for her dignity and those she loves against America’s rising eugenics movement—when widespread support for policies of prejudice drove imprisonment and forced sterilizations based on class, race, disability, education, and country of origin—in this tragic and uplifting novel of social injustice, survival, and hope for listeners of Susan Meissner, Kristin Hannah, and Christina Baker Kline.

Afflicted by a mysterious and terrible illness that's haunted me since childhood, I’ve resigned myself to living life as a burden to my family. Until a fae knight comes to my village and tells me that everything I know is a lie. It seems impossible, but he swears that I’m a fae queen, raised in the mortal realm for my own safety. And the time has come for me to return home to Faerie and rule.

When I first landed a bartending job at the local guild, I didn't know a thing about magic. These days, I'm practically an expert on the different magical classes, but there's one nobody ever talks about: Demonica. Turns out they have a good reason for that. My guild is strictly hellion-free, because who wants to risk life and limb to control the biggest bullies on the mythic playground? Well, some people do, and now a demon has been loosed in the city. My three best friends are determined to slay it, but even badass combat mages are critically out-magicked.

Even those who take no interest in the field of dragon naturalism have heard of Lady Trent's expedition to the inhospitable deserts of Akhia. Here Lady Trent relates how she acquired her position with the Royal Scirling Army, how foreign saboteurs imperilled both her work and her well-being and...

Create the environment to attract the life that you deserve, with the guidance of internationally renowned Feng Shui Master Marie Diamond. Rooted in ancient Chinese culture, Feng Shui is a system that teaches people how to arrange their living space to attract health, wealth, happiness, and good...

Kincaid: Hero complex? Possessive? Not afraid to speak my mind? Check, check, and check. I'm also president of the Cerberus MC, a former Marine, and Emmalyn Mikaelson doesn't have a clue what she's gotten herself into by jumping on the back of my bike. Shadow: I'm no stranger to a woman warming my bed. What's new for me is being the one ghosted. So imagine my surprise when the girl who decided I wasn't enough shows up on my doorstep burdened with the consequences of her own lies and deceit.

Deacon In hindsight, demanding a human woman swear herself to me in exchange for the life of her father wasn't my best idea. But I saw her and I wanted her, and I need a mate. After shouldering the responsibility of all shifter-kind for so long, I acted selfishly. I know what breaking her word...

Rosalind Franklin has always been an outsider - brilliant, but different. Whether working at the laboratory she adored in Paris or toiling at a university in London, she feels closest to the science, those unchanging laws of physics and chemistry that guide her experiments. When she is assigned to work on DNA, she believes she can unearth its secrets. Rosalind knows if she just takes one more X-ray picture - one more after thousands - she can unlock the building blocks of life.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Warcross by Marie Lu, read by Nancy Wu. For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game - it's a way of life. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down players who bet on the game...

In the fall of 1918, 13-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia's overcrowded streets and slums, and from the anti-German sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the US Army, hoping to prove his loyalty. But an even more urgent threat has arrived. Spanish influenza is spreading through the city. Soon, dead and dying are everywhere. With no food at home, Pia must venture out in search of supplies, leaving her infant twin brothers alone....   

Angelo kehrt nach Sizilien zurück. Um sein verlorenes Imperium wieder aufzubauen, holt er sich Unterstützung. Lorenzo Marchetta ist der Mann, mit dessen Hilfe er neu durchstarten will. Doch Sabrina traut dem Berater ihres Ehemannes nicht über den Weg - sehr zum Missfallen von Angelo. Und dann ist da noch Zoë. Ein einfaches Mädchen aus dem Ida-Gebirge, das Lorenzo gehörig den Kopf verdreht. Doch die Liebe zu Zoë reicht nicht aus, um von seiner Mission abzurücken, die für Angelo und seine Familie zur tödlichen Gefahr wird.

In the heart of Egypt, a group of European tourists encounters the enigmatic Princess Ziska, a figure shrouded in allure and mystery. As they explore the rich landscapes and ancient secrets of this vibrant land, they find themselves drawn into a web of romance, suspense, and the possibility of reincarnation. Marie Corelli weaves a captivating tale that blends elements of detective fiction with supernatural undertones, inviting listeners to ponder the connections between love and fate. With vivid descriptions and a gripping narrative, this audiobook immerses you in a world where the past and ...

På Williams förskola går en massa barn. Alla är olika och tycker om olika saker. Jonas vill ha glittriga tröjor. Björn vill helst ha samma kläder alltid. William vill ha lite olika. En dag kommer en vikarie till förskolan. En som aldrig varit där innan. Vikarien heter Kim och kallar...

När Sams lillasyster föds vänds allt upp och ner. Hon föds för tidigt och behöver vara på sjukhuset nästan lika länge som hela Sams sommarlov. Sam har längtat efter sin lillasyster, men det känns också läskigt. För hon är liten som en docka och har så många slangar på kroppen...

Gigi freut sich total auf ein langes Wochenende zu Hause bei ihrer Ziegenfamilie. Doch die Wiedersehensfreude ist schnell getrübt, als ihr kleiner Bruder Bo Gigi ihren angestammten Platz streitig macht. Sie zeigt Bo, dass es unter den Geschwistern nur eine Alpha-Ziege geben kann und zwar Gigi. Ein heftiges Gewitter verursacht einen Kurzschluss in der gesamten Gutgenug Academy. Als sie noch am Abend ohne Strom im Dunklen sitzen, erzählt Sully Gigi die schaurige Geschichte des Schulgeists, der schon seit Generationen in der Gutgenug herumspuken soll.

Anne Marie Allen was 15 when she was accepted onto a cookery school course that promised real qualifications and a future in the career of her dreams. Her happiness was short-lived as it became clear she had been tricked instead into a life of domestic servitude to the members of the Opus Dei cult. What followed were years of misery in slavery, forced celibacy and traumatic physical suffering under an ambitious and tyrannical institution that demanded perfection, humiliation and pain.

'A delicate, beautifully wrought slow-burn romance. A darkly gleaming gem of a novel' Brigitte Knightley, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy 'Alexis Marie writes with such emotional depth that you cannot help but become addicted. I devoured every...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Wildcard by Marie Lu, read by Nancy Wu. Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now that she knows the truth behind Hideo's new NeuroLink algorithm, she can no longer trust the one person she's always looked up to, who she once...

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In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car - strange for a frigid night. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away.