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When fiery Bridget Cummings advertised for a lodger, she did not expect a policeman to apply for the room. She wasn't fond of the coppers, believing them to be traitors to the poor of Whitechapel, but her younger brother and sister moved PC Fred Billings in the moment Bridget's back was turned, and she seemed to have little say in the matter. Still, she had to admit that she was glad of his company in the walk back from her late-night washing up job, particularly when a young girl was found in a nearby street with her throat cut.

Have you ever failed? Hit a roadblock that felt impossible at the time? Learn how these author-entrepreneurs hit a wall, pivoted, built even stronger businesses, and now have million dollar stories making a difference and changing lives. Each author gained valuable experience and expertise and shares that with you in their sections. Best of all, these authors show you how you can pivot and profit, too! You’ll have to listen to Million Dollar Story so you, too, can pivot successfully and be inspired to profit and win with purpose!

1936: Spanien steht vor dem Ausbruch des Bürgerkriegs. Clara und Daniel, jung und verliebt, glauben nicht, dass der Putschversuch unter Francisco Franco viel ändern wird, doch dann verschwindet Daniel spurlos. 2019: Die Fernsehreporterin Marina soll über die Exhumierung des Diktators Franco aus seinem Grab in der Basilika des Tals der Gefallenen berichten. Als ihre Großmutter Clara davon erfährt, kommt die Familiengeschichte zutage, über die die Hundertjährige bislang eisern geschwiegen hat.

Diario de una ninfómana es el conmovedor relato de una mujer francesa, de buena familia, licenciada en dirección de empresas, que narra su evolución vital a través de las relaciones sexuales que va teniendo: con los sepultureros de un cementerio, con un árabe muy aficionado a la Coca-Cola, con un policía sin escrúpulos, con desconocidos en lugares imprevistos... Multitud de vivencias que asume con la máxima libertad que tiene cualquier persona: la que uno se concede a sí mismo y no la que se ve obligado a tener.

Wonderful new friend, you’re in the right place if you have trouble meeting quality partners, if you can’t get out of your head, if you’ve made so many relationship mistakes that you can’t trust yourself anymore, if opening your heart up vulnerably to another scares the shit out of you, if you fall in love too fast and end up pushing that person away.

How often do you communicate with Jesus? Every day or just in times of need? Do you view prayer as a privilege or a last resort? My Prayer Chair encourages the reader to engage in an ongoing conversation with God - seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Expect splashes of humor and heartfelt stories mixed with encouragement, scripture, and prayer challenges.

¿Existió de verdad el rey Arturo? ¿Y Robin Hood? ¿El Sagrado Grial es un cáliz u otra cosa? ¿Es cierto que en Europa millones de personas ardieron en la hoguera condenadas por brujería? Estos son tan solo algunos de los temas que Dorsey Armstrong, estudiosa del Medioevo, desarrolla sobre esas historias medievales de las que tanto hablamos. Algunas contienen retazos de verdad, otras son completamente inventadas, pero todas ellas nos cuentan cosas sobre el pasado.

Carla Funk grew up in a place of logging trucks and God, pellet guns and parables. Every Sunday, she sat with her mother and brother in the same pew at the Mennonite church while her dad stayed home with his cigarettes and a fridge full of whiskey. In these tender, humorous stories, Funk stitches together the wondrous and the mundane: making snow angels and carrying sacks of potatoes, tossing pig bladders like footballs, and vying for the Christmas pageant spotlight.

At the Venice Biennale, an aspiring assistant curator from the Midwest meets Bernard Augustin, the wealthy, enigmatic founder of the Nauk, a cutting-edge art museum on Cape Cod. It's been two years since the tragic death of the Nauk's chief curator, Augustin's childhood friend and muse, Alena. When Augustin offers the position to our heroine (who, like du Maurier's original, remains nameless) she dives at the chance - and quickly finds herself well out of her depth.

En una visita a casa del socio de su esposo, Victoria curiosea la residencia familiar y termina en la recámara principal. El dueño de ese hogar es Xavier Sanguinetti, un exitoso y atractivo hombre que vive en apariencia satisfecho y feliz con su familia. A los ojos de Victoria, nada se encuentra fuera de lugar salvo una imagen de la Virgen María en la cabecera del dormitorio que la estremece de un modo singular: en su imaginación no cesa de contemplar a Xavier de una manera sensual.

La tripulación del Angelique está orgullosa de ser lo que es: una tripulación de piratas. Su día a día consiste en navegar por los mares de Marabilia entre aventuras, asaltos a barcos y búsquedas de riquezas; en definitiva, los piratas del Angelique viven sin acatar leyes ni obedecer órdenes de nadie. Hasta que el rey Geraint de Dahes los captura y todo apunta a que eso se ha terminado. La pena por piratería es la muerte. A menos, claro, que alguien les proponga un trato que les permita salvarse... Uno que a su vez ofrezca la posibilidad de una venganza muy ansiada.

André Brink - "one of South Africa's greatest novelists" (the Telegraph) - gives us his most powerful novel yet; the truly unforgettable story of a female slave, and her fierce determination to survive and to be free. It is 1832 in South Africa, the year before slavery is abolished and the slaves are emancipated. Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master. When Francois's father orders him to marry a woman from a prominent Cape Town family, Francois reneges on his promise to give Philida her freedom....

Reporteras, poetas, académicas, artistas, documentalistas, fotógrafas, escritoras, investigadoras. Somos compañeras que caminamos juntas desde hace una década. Nuestra intención ha sido contar la violencia desde el cuerpo de las mujeres. La entendemos, a esa violencia, como una piedra que cae en un lago. Como ondas que se expanden, que avanzan en el espacio, cada vez más sutiles, silenciosas.

Tudo começou com o convite. Para o novo casamento do meu ex-noivo. Deveria tê-lo ignorado. Jogado fora ou ateado fogo. Mas não fiz nada disso. Eu respondi dizendo que iria e levaria um acompanhante. E então, acidentalmente, minha assistente o enviou pelo correio. É aí que Hayes Whitley entra em cena. Estrela de cinema. O homem que conquistou o coração de milhões de pessoas. Entreguei o meu a ele há anos. Ele foi meu primeiro amor. Era meu tudo. Bem, até ir embora para correr atrás dos seus sonhos sem nem me dizer adeus.

As a technician for a local vet and the owner of the Barkery & Biscuits dog bakery, Carrie Kennersly is excited to host a rescue-animal adoption event. She's also excited to be in a relationship with veterinarian Dr. Reed Storme, despite his pleas for her to butt out of the murder cases with which she keeps finding herself involved. Yet when Reed is accused of killing his former veterinary colleague, he seems a lot more agreeable to having amateur detective Carrie butt back in. Can Carrie clear Reed, or does she care too much for a killer?

After her husband became an agnostic, Stina Kielsmeier-Cook was left "spiritually single" - struggling to live the Christian life on her own, taking her kids to church by herself, and wrestling with her own questions and doubts. In this memoir, Kielsmeier-Cook tells the story of her mixed-faith marriage and how she found community in an unexpected place: an order of Catholic nuns in her neighborhood. As she spent time with them and learned about female Catholic saints, she began to see that she was not "spiritually single" after all - and that no one really is.

How would you start the first week of the rest of your life? When housemates Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail wake up on Saturday morning they are surprised to discover they are the last four people left of Earth. It might be the end of the world, but that won't stop them from enjoying themselves. In this witty comedy drama, follow the four friends as they try to keep calm and carry on doing what they usually do.

In these profound reflections on the mysteries of life and death, Stone unpacks how childbirth reveals our anxieties, our physicality, our mortality. All who are born or give birth will someday die. While living and working in one of the world's most impoverished countries, teacher, doula, and mother Rachel Marie Stone unexpectedly caught a baby without wearing gloves, drenching her bare hands with HIV-positive blood. Already worried about her health and family and whether her service was of any use, Stone grappled with realities of human suffering, global justice, and maternal health.

Let's be honest. The journey to discovering Jesus - Real Jesus - can be complicated, messy, and a little crazy. Just ask Jami Amerine. Banned from the Mormon church as a child, she's spent the rest of her life trying to reconcile Fifth-Grade Jesus, Catholic Jesus, and Americanized Jesus (just to name a few). But when she met Real Jesus, everything changed. You can meet Him, too - right here, just as you are.

The Maiden Thief by multiple NYT and internationally best-selling author Melissa Marr is a dark fantasy novelette about a teenager whose town is plagued by the annual disappearances of girls and young women.