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Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. From her first moments on the public stage, she has challenged traditional American notions about what it means to be beautiful, to be strong, to be fashion-conscious, to be healthy, to be First Mom, to be a caretaker and hostess, and to be partner to the most powerful man in the world. What is remarkable is that, at 52, she is just getting started.

An attempted assassination left Princess Shalira blind as a child and, now that she's of marriageable age, her prospects are not good because of her disability. She's resigned herself to an arranged marriage rather than face life under the thumb of her cold stepmother. But then she meets Mike Varone, a Sectors Special Forces officer sent to Mahjundar by the intergalactic government to retrieve a ship lost in her planet's mountains.

We began with a question: “Do you listen to respond, or listen to understand?” While many books are written about how to get your point across, effective communication is about transmitting and receiving messages as close to the intended meaning as possible. One central issue contributes more than others to the deterioration of a message’s intended meaning. Real-world communication can be compared to standing on a two-way street filled with loud and distracting traffic. Imagine that you are on one side of that street, but the person trying to speak with you is on the other side.

While out collecting some Portuguese laurel for the formidable flower arranger Mrs Dawes, feisty widow Ellie Quicke comes across a dead body - a corpse without an identity. Next day, Mrs Dawes is discovered by Ellie and her grandson, Frank, badly beaten and close to death. Much to Ellie's dismay, the police think shaven-headed Neil, Mrs Dawes' grandson, is responsible, even after a third body comes to light.

The last thing my son and I needed were distractions. Patrick McShannon seems like everything a woman could ever want. He's gorgeous and kind and rich and my son adores him. But even with all of that going for him he has one thing going against him that I can't ignore...he's a man, and in my world, men mean trouble. As much as I want him, what if my ex finds out?

Troubles never come singly. Ellie’s old friend and housekeeper falls off a ladder and hurts herself after seeing a “ghost” in a neighbour’s house, while Ellie is trying to get rid of a desperate young man, who says he’s looking for his great aunt… who happens to own the house in question. Mrs Pryce had told everyone she was moving to a retirement home, but never arrived there.

Stop wondering why you're not rich yet! Find manifest power by taking a look in the mirror. What if you are the only difference between wealth and poverty?Did you know you could be subconsciously blocking your own wealth? No one wants to believe it - but what if it's actually true?

Verónica Mengual y A S Lefebre se unen para crear una serie de novelas de época con el amor y el humor como base. La familia Robinson no atraviesa sus mejores momentos. Con un hermano desaparecido y la fortuna dilapidada, las cuatro hermanas se enfrentarán a un futuro incierto que las hará echar mano de ingenio y ocurrencias para no terminar desamparadas. Pese a que la señorita Megan Robinson no es la mayor, siente que es su obligación dar estabilidad al resto, y es por ello por lo que acude decidida a Londres para que el tutor de ellas, el duque de Dash, tome en sus manos sus ...

A lady Venus Culpepper le gusta adaptar la realidad a su propia conveniencia. No es ninguna mentirosa, lo que sucede es que las circunstancias la obligan a decir una cosa u otra en favor de sus propios intereses. Ella, por sí sola, constituye las dos caras de una misma moneda. Durante la mayor parte del tiempo es la correcta hermana de un duque importante que al fin está asentado y es feliz. De hecho, en estos momentos en los que Hardcastle no la tiene atada en corto, Venus puede moverse con mayor facilidad por las peligrosas calles de Londres. Sus aventuras nocturnas no son ningún juego...

April 14, 1912. It was an unforgettable night. In the last hours before the Titanic struck the iceberg, passengers in all classes were enjoying unprecedented luxuries. Innovations in food, drink, and décor made this voyage the apogee of Edwardian elegance. Veronica Hinke’s painstaking research and deft touch bring the Titanic’s tragic but eternally glamorous maiden voyage back to life. In addition to stirring accounts of individual tragedy and survival, The Last Night on the Titanic offers tried-and-true recipes, newly invented styles, and classic cocktails.

Meg is having trouble with one of her students and it's made worse because his parents are wealthy contributors to the school. She can't handle it anymore and she makes the brat skip lunch. Big mistake. In order to keep her job and for the school to keep its programs open, she's going to have to submit to a humiliating double team sex encounter complete with very rough sex, spanking, and, of course, she'll have to swallow every drop!

Kimberly wants to be good, but how can she when being bad feels so much better? Ever since she unearthed a strange artifact in the desert, this beautiful scientist has been cursed with a relentless sexual desire. It's a delicious addiction, but it's ruining her life. Can she discover a way to break the spell, or will she spread her legs for every man in Cleveland?

Altruan - die Selbstlosen. Candor - die Freimütigen. Ken - die Wissenden. Amite - die Friedfertigen. Und schließlich Ferox - die Furchtlosen... Fünf Fraktionen, fünf völlig verschiedene Lebensformen sind es, zwischen denen Beatrice, wie alle Sechzehnjährigen ihrer Welt, wählen muss. Ihre Entscheidung wird ihr gesamtes künftiges Leben bestimmen, denn die Fraktion, der sie sich anschließt, gilt fortan als ihre Familie. Doch der Eignungstest, der über Beatrices innere Bestimmung Auskunft geben soll, zeigt kein eindeutiges Ergebnis. Sie ist eine Unbestimmte, sie trägt mehrere widerstreitende Begabungen in sich. Damit gilt sie als Gefahr für die Gemeinschaft.

A leading psychiatrist shows how the mysteries of the brain are illuminated at the extremes of human experience. A twinge of sadness, a rush of love, a knot of loss, a whiff of regret. Memories have the power to move us, often when we least expect it, a sign of the complex neural process that continues in the background of our everyday lives. A process that shapes us: filtering the world around us, informing our behaviour and feeding our imagination. As a practising psychiatrist, Veronica O'Keane has spent many years observing how memory and experience are interwoven.

Sometimes, we need to fully submit to learn to be in control.

Ellie has always disliked the local big estate agent - aka Great White Shark - and is distressed when her daughter Diana announces that she is carrying his child and about to become his fourth wife. But Ellie is soon drawn into the family circle when one of the Hooper children dies in their private gym and another succumbs to a peanut allergy. The police want to write off the deaths as accident and misadventure, but Ellie believes someone is targeting members of the Hooper family. Surely Diana wouldn't… or would she?

Ellie and her new husband Thomas are called to deal with Ursula, a young student who has staged a sit-in at church. Ursula challenges Ellie to solve three mysteries: a broken engagement, her friend Mia's disappearance, and a murder. As she investigates, Ellie begins to suspect that there is more to these events. Soon she finds her own friends and family targeted as a powerful group hunts her down.

El Club Inhibiciones será testigo de la decisión de cuatro amigas que darán un paso adelante para descubrir un nuevo lugar en el que dejarse seducir por el placer más sugerente. Este libro reúne cuatro historias ardientes, envueltas en una trama romántica que te hará suspirar. Una a una, conoceremos las vivencias de cuatro amigas que vivirán un esperado despertar. Sueños, anhelos, deseos de explorar lo prohibido… Pero sobre todo, las ansias de caer en los brazos del amor, en las garras de una dulce lujuria que las hará salir de su letargo. El desafío de Clara, El reto de Paula,...

Stacie is in real trouble. She's spent every cent of her savings and even sold her house to get out of legal hot water and she has no idea how she'll survive. Her friend suggests a drastic move, become a prostitute. Stacie doesn't know where else to turn and finds herself at the hotel room with her first client, and the first step is a doozy! Before the night is through, she'll be slapped, spanked, and put on display in a very rough gangbang that includes her first anal sex, first gangbang and constant humiliation.

Superstar writer Mark Waid teams up with the best and brightest artists in comics to bring a modern take to the legendary Riverdale cast of characters. The book captures the bite and hilarious edge of Archie's original tales in a modern, forward-looking manner, while still retaining the character's all-ages appeal. If classic Archie is a Saturday morning cartoon, this new series is prime time!