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Best friends since childhood, Fern Chambers and Stella Shaw have been through everything together and are at a crossroads in their lives. Carefree Stella has a monumental secret and put upon Fern’s happy life is not all it seems. With their 40th birthdays approaching, a luxury holiday to the island of Capri is a chance for them to reconnect, let their hair down and celebrate in style. But untold truths and frustration bubble beneath the surface, turning what should be a holiday of a lifetime into an opportunity to make life-changing decisions.

Michelle Obama's legacy transcends categorization. Mrs. Obama was not only our first black first lady; she was President Obama's equal partner in marriage and parenthood and a tireless advocate for women's rights, education, healthy eating, and exercise. Her genre-busting personal style encouraged others to speak, to engage, even to dress as they wished.

Embárcate en una intrigante investigación con el audiolibro dramatizado de Santuario de Agatha Christie. Cuando Bunch Harmon encuentra a un hombre moribundo en la iglesia de su marido, apenas se imagina el complejo misterio que está a punto de desentrañar. Con su último aliento, el hombre pronuncia las palabras "santuario" y muere, dejando a Bunch con un enigma que sólo alguien con la astucia y la perspicacia de Miss Marple puede resolver. A medida que Miss Marple se sumerge en el caso, descubre una red de mentiras, avaricia y engaño.

Work, love, family, sex, and politics - all of these topics have been grist for the mills of some of this century's finest women writers. On this recording a remarkable company of women deliver individual perspectives on feminine passions.

El mismo día en que se ve obligada a dejar la escuela para trabajar en un taller de sombreros, Luisa Carnés, con apenas once años, comienza a ser escritora. Son los albores del tumultuoso siglo XX en un Madrid arrabalero al que están llegando los ecos de la Revolución Rusa.

Ellos harán lo que sea para salir. Ella hará lo imposible por mantenerlos dentro. Grace y Dominic están felizmente casados; por lo menos, eso es lo que piensa Grace. Pero una noche, cuando vuelve temprano a casa después de un evento de trabajo, descubre a su marido con otra mujer en la cabaña en el fondo de su jardín. Conmocionada, enfadada y con ganas de venganza, Grace actúa rápidamente, encerrando a la pareja desnuda en la cabaña hasta decidir qué hacer con ellos.

Gloria Romero - former California Senate Majority Leader and Professor Emeritus of psychology - shatters the glass ceiling in a sweeping takedown of gender bias at the workplace and the price women and society pay for the virulent, double standard of “the likability factor” that persists in the workplace. She exposes the link between success and likability that 21st-century women leaders face in politics and the workplace.

When Lily’s husband dies, she moves to the edge of a tiny village, settling into a solitary life, her only real company her brother and his family. A quiet life becomes her safe space, with no risk of getting hurt. When her brother offers her spare room to his oldest friend, Jack, Lily’s reluctant—but knowing how much she owes her family, can’t say no. A lodger takes some getting used to but to her surprise, Lily begins to enjoy Jack’s company. Slowly but surely, Jack encourages Lily to step outside her comfort zone.

When Megan Cooper is rescued from a terrifying car accident, she can’t believe how lucky she has been. She is desperate to track down the stranger who saved her life. DCI Tony Morgan thought he had escaped his old career, but when he receives a call for help investigating a hit-and-run in the area, he knows that he must return. As secrets are revealed and the truth starts to emerge, it soon becomes clear that Megan is still in danger.

Jeannie L. Johnson takes a sympathetic but critical look at the Marine Corps's long experience with counterinsurgency warfare. Which counterinsurgency lessons have been learned and retained for next time and which have been abandoned to history is a story of battlefield trial and error - but also a story of cultural collisions. The audiobook begins with a fascinating and penetrating look inside the culture of the Marine Corps through research in primary sources, including Marine oral histories, and interviews with Marines.

There’s nothing quite like a Christmas love story to get you in the mood for celebrating.... Cara doesn’t do sexy, and she only does ‘Happy Christmas’ under duress. She is, after all, a serious musician, and her stubborn streak is born from her struggle to recover from a serious injury. Javi lives for escapist fun - in his music and in his life - especially since he’s always failed at life’s more serious challenges, including marriage and fatherhood.

Sumérgete en el encantador París de principios de siglo con Gigi de Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, un cautivador relato que captura la esencia de una joven en la cúspide de la sociedad. Gilberte, conocida cariñosamente como Gigi, es una adolescente cuya abuela y tía, dos figuras de gran influencia y experiencia, guían meticulosamente su educación en las complejidades del decoro y la alta sociedad. A través de ingeniosas lecciones de etiqueta, conversaciones sobre joyas y amores pasados, y encuentros con personajes tan eclécticos como el encantador.

Running Heritage View Stables is everything Hazel ever dreamed of. She loves working with the horses and managing the business with her brother. But after a terrible incident, she’s not sure whether she'll ever be able to put things back the way they were. Gus is ready to start over. He’s moved him and his ten-year-old daughter, Abigail, to Heritage Cove, where he’s opening his own vet practice. Everything is falling into place, especially as he watches Abigail start to come out of her shell for the first time since the accident.

¿Qué harías si el hombre de tus sueños resulta ser un asesino? El condecorado policía Jim Beckett era todo lo que Tess había soñado… Pero dos años después de que casarse con él y dar a luz a su hija, descubrió que su marido ocultaba un oscuro secreto y ayudó a meterlo entre rejas por asesinar de forma salvaje a diez mujeres. Incluso encerrado en una prisión de máxima seguridad, él juró que iría a por ella y se lo haría pagar. Ahora, Jim ha escapado, y comienza el juego más peligroso de todos.

From best-selling author Alice Hoffman comes a love story about one of history’s most captivating ‘invisible’ women: Rachel, the mother of impressionist painter Camille Pissarro. Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in faraway Paris. Rachel’s mother, a pillar of their small refugee community of Jews who escaped the Inquisition, has never forgiven her daughter for being a difficult girl who refuses to live by the rules.

When Daisy, a paintress at the local pottery, looks out across Poole Harbour, waiting for the ‘little ships’ to bring the retreating soldiers home from Dunkirk, she prays her husband will be among them. But Alfie is declared missing, presumed dead, and Daisy must learn to live as a widow. Then a chance encounter with a French soldier throws Daisy’s life even further off course, with heartbreaking consequences that will span generations.

Did you know that children are at risk of sexual abuse, now more than ever? While your children are ‘playing on their laptops’ online grooming could be occurring? Would some tips on how to protect them be useful? Sexual abuse and grooming of children across the world are both frightening realities, and ways to manage this are desperately needed. This roadmap is for the parents, teachers, grandparents, and front-line staff everywhere. Resources are instrumental in combating these predators, and children need practical tools to use.

Peppa Pig te da las buenas noches con estos tres cuentos clásicos mundialmente conocidos pero protagonizados por ella, su familia y sus amigos.

A successful summer has seen Holly's shop thriving for the first time since she bought it, and she has high hopes for the future of Just One More. However, it is not only her business prowess that has been growing. In a little over a month she will be trying to run the shop with a baby on her hip. If only her love life was so easily managed. With things far from solid with Ben, and Giles back on the scene, Holly might find herself changing more than nappies.

"Procesos de la noche" narra la odisea judicial que la familia de Julio César Mondragón tuvo que emprender para poder esclarecer la verdad sobre su asesinato. El caso de Julio sobresale por haber sido la evidencia más explícita de la violencia empleada en Iguala contra los estudiantes de la normal de Ayotzinapa, y que derivó en la desaparición de 43 de ellos.