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Like Mother is a mother-daughter comedy that explores two generations of women who are a lot alike, but who are desperate to believe otherwise.

In space, something can hear you scream. And that something is coming. On her first adventure in outer space, Ruby learns that the universe is bigger, more colourful, and crazier than she could ever have imagined. She also learns that even the Doctor can feel afraid – and that certain nightmares are all too real…

Vermont, 1850s. Bell's Star is a brown Morgan colt with a white star and two white stockings. He was bred for hard work, yet he longs to run free with his human friend, Katie, on his back. But when Star helps rescue a runaway slave girl, his ideas about freedom may change forever. Here is Star's story . . . in his own words.

A delightful series of classic nursery tales brought to life for toddlers and young children. Hosted by the talented duo of Rebecca Keatley and Inel Tomlinson, each episode features a captivating retelling of a beloved story, accompanied by a soundscape and music that adds depth and texture to the experience.

The Lady Vanishes is an engrossing story of how a small team of seasoned investigative journalists and storytellers, a daughter's intuition, and a team of listener super-sleuths uncovered a web of intrigue spanning nine decades and three continents, and how—after 57 episodes, 20 million downloads, and sparking a coronial inquiry—they discovered at the heart of the mystery a stranger-than-fiction international man of mystery who could hold the key to what really happened to Marion.

Plagued by devastating memories, Detective Inspector David Graham moved to the island of Jersey to put his past behind him. But he can’t seem to escape the shadow of anger and guilt clouding his heart. When an undercover policewoman is killed, the dogged inspector suspects foul play, but he’ll have to tread lightly to avoid alerting the killers and ruining the dead officers' investigation. Can Inspector Graham and his team solve the crime before more damage is done? And will the inspector finally put his ghosts to rest?

April, May, June, and July Barber don’t have much in common anymore. An upcoming family wedding will place the four siblings in the same room for the first time in years. But shortly before, when April spots their father, who went missing while serving overseas a decade ago, their reunion becomes entirely more complicated. While the siblings’ search for the truth about their father forces them back into each other’s lives, it also intensifies their private dramas.

Lady Augusta Colebrook, "Gu", está aburrida de la vida de alta sociedad y cansada de ser rechazada. Buscando una distracción para ella y para su hermana Julia, decide rescatar a Caroline, la ahijada de una amiga, de su violento esposo. De camino, un bandolero aborda el carruaje en el que Julia y Gus viajan, y esta le dispara por accidente. El delincuente herido resulta no ser otro que lord Evan Belford, quien, acusado de asesinato, fue exiliado a Australia hace años.

She’s strong. She’s not easily frightened. She’s taken risks before. But this is different. Misplacing her trust may cost her life. “The Assassin’s Protégé serves up a tasty helping of action and adventure with a powerful lead female character.”-Novels Alive “…I really enjoyed the thrill ride…”-Reading is My Remedy “…a rip-roaring Great read…”-Amazon reader “…reads like a David Baldacci novel…”-Amazon reader Ainsley Jarred has moved to Maui to escape a failed relationship and career. She is unwittingly drawn into a net of espionage when, unbeknownst to ...

This is a work of erotica and contains graphic descriptions of sex acts. This eBook is not suitable for individuals under 18 years of age. After another day’s hard work, Marie and Yuna collapse into bed. Marie barely has the energy to fill up on Yuna’s milk before her wet and messy kisses lead to a wet dream. She finds herself in bountiful farmland, where the crops grow tall and robust. The familiar cow girl is there but seems slightly different. She stands nearly twenty feet tall! Slipping in and out of the shared fantasy, they make love in two worlds. Yuna the giantess gets Marie’s ...

Alison Wright covered human conflict with her camera until her own life was nearly cut short during a horrific bus accident with a logging truck on a remote jungle road in Laos. Suffering from excruciating life-threatening injuries, she drew upon her years of meditation practice, concentrating upon each breath, believing it to be her last.

The body of the beautiful English girl is discovered months later - dumped behind the back of a department store. But who was the stranger she let into the safety of her home? As Detective Rachel Prince pieces together the mystery surrounding Phoebe’s death, another young, blonde girl is found brutally murdered and abandoned in the grounds of an old theatre. In the most dangerous case of her career, Rachel must track down the faceless individual to stop the body count rising.

Don’t let age define your body’s abilities. Discover how to boost balance, improve strength and flexibility, and live your best life with this beginner-friendly and instructional guide to yoga. Growing old comes with a price–and, more often than not, it’s at the cost of your mental and physical health. But that doesn’t mean you can’t do anything about it.

Single mum and Paramedic Fiona Murchison has made it her mission to protect her little boy. Her husband was a daredevil, a risk taker, with his life played out in front of the camera. But when he died, she vowed to keep her son away from the glare of the world’s media. Now her quiet and content life is about to come crashing down around her with the arrival of a new doctor in town…

New to networks? Looking into links? Realising the relevance of relationships? Welcome to GraphStuff, your one-stop podcast for all things connected. Join your hosts Jennifer Reif, Andreas Kollegger, Alison Cossette, Jason Koo and guests as they dive into the world of graph databases. They’ll cover everything from how they’re constructed and where they’re used; introductory to advanced topics from modeling data to finished applications, highlighting best practices and showcasing tools and open-source projects. With something new and different each week, don’t forget to subscribe to get...

From award-winning YA author Alison Gervais comes a contemporary mystery about a teen writer determined to discover what happened to a missing classmate, who finds herself caught up with a pair of very familiar detectives named Watson and Holmes. All her awakening powers of observation will be put to the test as she finds that the thing she thought was holding her back just might be her greatest strength.

The Law School Toolbox podcast is an engaging show for law students about law school, the bar exam, legal careers, and life. Each week, we offer practical tips and advice on academic matters, careers, and more. The Law School Toolbox podcast is hosted by opinionated law school and bar exam experts Alison Monahan and Lee Burgess. You might not always agree with us, but we guarantee you won’t be bored listening! Our goal is to impart useful, actionable advice in an entertaining manner. Join us! And, if you have an opinion on the show, please drop by and offer a review. We’re here to help, ...

When the precocious Zeze grows up, he wants to be a poet in a bow tie. But for now he entertains himself playing clever pranks on the residents of his Rio de Janeiro shantytown, stunts for which his parents and siblings punish him soundly. Now that his father is out of work, the beatings have become harsher, and life has gotten bleaker. Zeze’s only solace comes from his time at school, his hours secretly spent singing with a Bahian street musician, or his time of refuge with his magical orange tree, which both listens and offers him sage advice.

When Sam meets Leah in a bar one night, he's tongue-tied and leaves her with the mistaken impression that he's not interested because she's not thin enough. But when he finds himself helping Leah deliver a wedding cake to her ex-boyfriend's wedding, he comes to her rescue after a pushy woman insults Leah about her dating prospects and her weight - by proclaiming he's her fiancé. Leah is furious. Because that pushy woman is her mom, and now her family can't wait for the wedding.

Learning to read a birth chart—to understand the patterns and interactions of the planets at the moment we were born—can be daunting, especially when studying astrology through traditional systems. Presenting a simple way to learn astrology, professional astrologer and astropsychologist Alison Chester-Lambert breaks down the complexities of a birth chart into easy-to-understand pieces, revealing how to quickly decode a person’s strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities with psychological astrology.