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What Newspapers Have Said About Elsie Benedict and Her Work "Over fifty thousand people heard Elsie Lincoln Benedict at the City Auditorium during her six weeks lecture engagement in Milwaukee."-Milwaukee Leader, April 2, 1921. "Elsie Lincoln Benedict has a brilliant record. She is like a fresh breath of Colorado ozone. Her ideas are as stimulating as the health-giving breezes of the Rockies."-New York Evening Mail, April 16, 1914.

"Buy one get one free" erzählt die Geschichte von Tookie und seiner Gang. Es erzählt vom Teufelskreis von Rassismus, Armut, Drogen, Gewalt. Gegengeschnitten und verwoben mit einer Erfolgsgeschichte des amerikanischen Traums: Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger. Vom Bodybuilder zum Gouverneur, von Mister Universum zu Arnold Strong, von Conan der Barbar zu, laut TIME, einer der 100 einflussreichsten Personen der Welt.

Growing up in 1970s Northern Ireland isn't easy. Under the roof of her stern and devout adoptive mother, Eileen Duffy, Angela's life is confined by rules and the tension of a community split between green and orange. In a place where identity is inherited and choices are few, Angela longs to carve out a future of her own.

Cassie Sullivan y sus compañeros han sobrevivido a las cuatro olas de destrucción de los Otros. Ahora, con la raza humana prácticamente exterminada y la quinta ola arrasándolo todo, se enfrentan a una elección: esperar a Evan Walker o huir en búsqueda de otros supervivientes antes de que el enemigo los alcance. Consumidos, pero no derrotados. Acosados, pero no sometidos.

When two childhood best friends blow up their respective romantic relationships, they make a time-sensitive pact: serial-cheater Chuck cannot sleep with anyone as she attends a three-month-long recovery group for cheaters, while sex-deprived Sofia vows to hook up with as many people as possible before recommitting to monogamy and tying the knot with her long-time fiancé. To keep things interesting, Chuck and Sofia decide to revive a past tradition from their summer camp days—also known as the dawning of sluthood.

As floods rise and tensions mount, Lauren and her close-knit community face not only the forces of nature, but also the threat of those who would see them divided. With courage, resilience, and unwavering love, they must stand together against hatred, uncertainty, and the echoes of the past.

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Sarah and Evelyn have already risked everything to help Ava win a crown. But they soon learn that a coronation is a beginning, not an ending. Not everyone in Rangmere is happy to see the young queen on the throne, and intrigue and danger lurk all around. The cousins find themselves fighting not only for their new kingdom but also for their own survival in the royal court. When a new threat emerges, the two girls must defeat it to both save the crown and secure their own happily-ever-afters.

He was only supposed to be a one-night stand. I never thought I would see him again, much less at my friend’s engagement party. Seeing him and dealing with the attraction that can’t be denied is bad enough But suddenly we are on the run together, and he has vowed to protect me. And to stay out of my bed. Too bad I have other ideas.

1796, England. When Lady Ottilia Fanshawe finds herself launched into a river and fighting for her life, she becomes convinced someone pulled her under the water. And when a dead body washes up on the riverbank, her theory becomes a certainty. Lady Fan recognizes the dead woman as someone connected to one of her past cases. Had the woman been spying on her? Was she Lady Fan's attacker? If so, why was she killed? Lady Fan is desperate to unravel the mystery but her dedicated husband, Francis, is determined to keep her out of harm's way.

At home, with a baby, no one can hear you scream. Most people think that once you’ve had your happy ever after, nothing can go wrong. But for Millie and Tom, their love did not have a fairy tale beginning. It was not love at first sight, at least not for Millie. When the strength of their love for each other finally brings them together, their marriage is a chance to heal the wounds of their past and build a brighter future. For Tom, the arrival of their daughter is everything he ever dreamed about. But for Millie, the reality of motherhood becomes a lot darker.

At the beginning of Virginia Woolf's fantastical and satirical 1928 novel, Orlando is a young nobleman in Elizabethan, England. At the age of 30, Orlando awakens to have found he's now a woman. Moving through the following centuries, the novel stretches over 300 years, during which time Orlando meets several key figures of English literary history.

El que debería haber sido el día más feliz en la vida de la narradora de esta novela se convierte en el inicio de una historia de locura. La ansiedad se apodera de ella y el peso del mundo cae sobre sus hombros por partida doble: debe cuidar a sus mellizos recién nacidos y dar voz a los que han confiado en ella. Esta historia indaga en una herida personal para conectar con luchas universales, y es un viaje a través del arte, la literatura, la mitología y la historia de la medicina.

In the aftermath of an asteroid impact, Earth’s power grid is damaged nearly beyond recovery. The survival of our world may well depend on energy sources collected from an abandoned undersea settlement beneath the icy surface of Enceladus. Earth-raised Colonel Carter Rhodes, in charge of Earth’s recovery efforts, calls upon Gwen Baré, a Venusian engineer, to regain control of the deserted moon outpost and collect fuel for Earth’s collapsing power grids.

Landon West, abogado estrella del célebre bufete neoyorquino Knight, West & Sharp, disfruta al máximo de su vida de lujo en Manhattan. Pero cuando le ordenan que se encargue del desesperado caso de la poco mundana profesora de baile Violet Simonelli, el exitoso director general se ve obligado a cambiar el glamuroso Manhattan por la dureza del Bronx. Una vez allí, tiene que vérselas con la inescrutable Violet, que hace todo lo posible por salvar su escuela de danza para niños y adolescentes de la calle a un magnate inmobiliario neoyorquino sin escrúpulos.

Grace Bailey ha trabajado incansablemente durante diez largos años para pagar sus estudios en la mejor escuela de danza de los EE.UU. Cuando es aceptada en la Escuela de Danza Giuliard de Nueva York, su sueño parece por fin hacerse realidad. Pero un repentino accidente hace que Grace se encuentre en Nueva York como bailarina de un club nocturno y camarera de cafetería. Justo cuando se ha hecho a la idea de su desesperanzador futuro, el atractivo e inescrutable abogado estrella Damian Knight entra en su vida sin que ella se lo pida y lo desbarata todo.

Barcelona, 1916. A sus veintisiete años, Frederic Mayol ha dejado atrás una vida cómoda en la esplendorosa Viena y la traumática participación en una guerra que sigue asolando Europa. Psiquiatra y seguidor de las teorías psicoanalíticas, se enfrenta a su futuro puesto en un sanatorio ubicado en un tranquilo pueblo pesquero cercano a Barcelona, un enclave perfecto para superar los horrores vividos en el frente.

Isla may be a mermaid princess, but she's never felt at home in her undersea kingdom. Instead she dreams of the day her people can return to the surface - and the boy whose life she once saved. But while Isla foresees danger for her people beneath the ocean, she has no concept of the dark forces working to keep her people submerged. When an impetuous vow sets her on the course of the truth, Isla discovers that shadowy foes beset the kingdoms of both land and sea. 

Celeste has been cursed since her 16th birthday - just not in the way the rest of the kingdom thinks. All they see is her breath-taking beauty, marred by her foolishness. Only she knows that she retains her brilliant mind. And it's a secret she must keep at all costs. Over the years she's grown accustomed to the necessary deception. After all, her life depends on it. And she's even found a way to protect her kingdom, working from the shadows. But now a dangerous new threat has emerged, one that Celeste can't defeat alone. She needs the help of a newly-arrived prince.

On a bright summer's day in 2013, Freya Rivers disappears, leaving twin sister Imogen behind. Did Freya leave to travel alone without telling anyone? When friend Emily also disappears three days later, Imogen knows there's something dark lurking beneath the surface. Five years later, Imogen is living in Australia, having searched the world for her sister. So when her mother calls, she knows it's time to return home...because Emily is back and she has a child with her. Where has Emily been and why did she disappear? Does she know Freya’s whereabouts?