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This book invites readers to step lightly into a transformative realm where the conventional narratives of pregnancy, motherhood, and femininity are defied, reshaped, and celebrated. In response to decades of limited portrayals of pregnant women and mothers as merely ‘ good,' ‘ bad,' or ‘ monstrous,' this anthology intervenes with a diverse array of contributions...
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My canvas is empty
until it is streaked with lines
of the world
of my heart.
In Finding Poetry, Finding Me, author Rebecca P. Bruckenstein explores the world around her and the relationships we have with ourselves and each other. She allows the musicality of poetry to infuse the way she walks in the world, stepping in and out of the past, present, and future. Through her work, she hopes readers will turn inward to discover a roadmap to finding...
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The secret billionaires volume 1
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The challenge: to leave your billionaire lifestyle behind for two weeks...;
Italian tycoon Antonio Di Marcello relishes a challenge-;but running into Sadie Parker while undercover as a mechanic rocks him to the core. Four years after their fevered fling stripped away his iron guard, he's confronted with the shocking consequences...;
Sadie gave up hope on her desperate attempts to contact Antonio. Now she has to face the day she's both dreaded...
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Segundas primeras impresiones es el esperado regreso de la autora de Cariño, cuánto te odio que nos vuelve a sorprender con una comedia romántica en la que no todo es lo que parece y demuestra lo importante de las nuevas oportunidades.
Ruthie Midona lleva años trabajando en la administración del complejo Providence, a la entera disposición de los adinerados residentes y de las especies raras de tortugas que rondan por el impecable césped. Sigue...
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A wise and funny novel about the kind of love that extends beyond boundaries - within this world and into the next. Raised in the Tennessee hills in the 1950s by a widower father, Jude grows into a young woman who finds her soul mate in her new neighbor Molly. But when age and social convention intervene, she must find a new person to entrust with her heart. Venturing north to pursue all that '60s New York has to offer, Jude finds comfort in her childhood...
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Melody Jones Doesn't Make Mistakes. But she may have just made the biggest one of her life. She's agreed to go on a road trip with hunky Aidan Walsh, the Irish bloke she's been lusting after since the day they met. Problem is, Aidan isn't single. Never has been and probably never will be. So, as much as his smile may make her stomach flutter, she most definitely cannot go there. It'll be okay. It's just one week. She can restrain herself for seven...
167) Perfectly Lonely
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In a world of secrets, scandals, and second chances, will love have the final say? Chase Wilson was meant to be a fleeting night of pleasure, but an inebriated secret revealed during their fiery encounter turned him into Layla Sands' number one enemy. Still grappling with the heartbreak of her husband's loss, Layla was walking a tightrope of grief and recklessness. But when Chase, a paparazzo hiding from his own past, spills a secret of hers that...
168) All That Glitters
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He is every woman's dream...The jaw-droppingly handsome American businessman.And he seems to have eyes only for her.Andrea Brunelli enjoys life. She loves her business and enjoys time with her friends. But make no mistakes, her business always comes first.A weekend away at the Villa Costanza in Bellagio provides the perfect opportunity for her to unwind. But her friends are more concerned by her single status. Humiliated by her previous attempt at...
169) Ending: A Novel
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Hilma Wolitzer's acclaimed first novela powerful portrait of a family coming to terms with grief At night, Sandy feels the pain of separation most deeply. As she settles into bed, she misses the sounds Jay used to make as he emptied his pockets and undressed. She misses the way a playful nighttime conversation could become significant in an instant. She misses his touch. To fall asleep, she imagines Jay's voice, imagines their loving exchangesbut...
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During their thirty years of marriage, Rose Redfern has confided everything (well, nearly everything) to Michael, and is certain that he would never hide anything from her. That's why it's such a shock when, shortly before Rose and Michael are set to take a romantic trip to Venice, she receives strong evidence that he's having an affair with a woman their daughters' age. Rose feels emotionally unmoored, and her sense of betrayal swiftly turns vengeful....
171) The Good Time Girls
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A novel of wild women, the bonds of friendship, a harrowing road trip, and help found in the least likely places. In 1905 Kansas, ex-dancehall girl and outlaw Ruby Calhoun has settled into a (mostly) quiet and (mostly) lawful life. But out of the blue her past comes hustling into town when her ex-friend and ex-dancehall partner, Pip, shows up with a grim message and dangerous mission: Cullen Wilder, an old enemy with a long memory, wants them dead...
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Some people are born into bad situations, some people have bad situations thrust upon them, and some people find bad situations through their dodgy choices, lack of information and personal idiosyncrasies. Julia' s life sits at the intersection of all three. From high school dropout on a psych ward to card-carrying lesbian on a motorbike, from enduring a controlling relationship with her ex-lover' s brother to being chased...
173) Elusive Lover
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Re-read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author CaroleMortimer
Wealthy businessman, Josh Hawke, is the one man who can take hotel maid Erin Richardsaway from her awful life that is a far cry from her childhood home in England. But leavingwith Josh comes with a price-he wants Erin to be his mistress!
Captivated by Erin's beauty and naïve innocence, Josh is determined to entice her into his bed! But learning just howinnocent Erin actually...
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The passion she could never forget...;
When fiercely independent Sienna Newman's memory is lost, she's transported back to those blissful nights with her ex-boss, powerful Argentinean Emiliano Castillo! And with the news of her pregnancy sending shock waves through them both, she tentatively accepts Emiliano's invitation to his luxurious private island...;
When Emiliano realizes Sienna has no idea how they were torn apart, he knows it's a race...
175) 49 Years After
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Thalia Alexiou, a holistic therapist with over 40 years of experience, portrays herself as "Sofia" the clairvoyant woman, who has a life-changing experience at the age of 6, discovering the bones of a young boy under her great-grandmother's deathbed. She can hear the voices of the dead, and for this she is abused by her mother who misunderstands her ability. Sofia's youngest client, Annie, shows signs of similar abilities, she has begun to see a little...
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Ian Buchanan has a very big secret… A powerful London newspaper editor, Ian Buchanan has made an art out of demolishing adversaries in scathing columns read over tea and toast. But when he's unjustly fired, he can't defend himself without revealing a childhood secret that would destroy his reputation and make him a tabloid favorite. Seeking solitude to plan his defense strategy, Ian travels to Hopeville, Texas. This strategy definitely doesn't...
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Taste was such an evocative sense; Andie had closed her eyes, with the scone melting in her mouth, and been transported back to her grandmother's kitchen ...'Nourishment is nurture. That's what Andie learned from her grandmother and what she's always believed, but somehow, since marrying Ross, she's allowed her love of cooking to take a back seat and given up her dream of becoming a chef.Lately she's been craving more. And as her marriage implodes,...
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Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady is Florence King's classic memoir of her upbringing in an eccentric Southern family, told with all the uproarious wit and gusto that has made her one of the most admired writers in the country. Florence may have been a disappointment to her Granny, whose dream of rearing a Perfect Southern Lady would never be quite fulfilled. But after all, as Florence reminds us, "no matter which sex I went to bed with, I never...
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The story of Leeds is bound up in the stories of its women workers. But what were conditions like for ordinary women, and how did their lives change in the hundred years between 1850 and 1950? Who were the women who toiled in the mills, factories and sweatshops that transformed the city's landscape? Where and how did they live? What did they do in their leisure time? What happened to them when they needed medical care? What did the campaign for suffrage...
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Merle Hoffman's life story is riveting. A former classical pianist, a self-made millionaire, and a feminist who found her life's work providing abortions, she has been a fearless crusader for women's right to choose. Over the years, Hoffman has used her entrepreneurial spirit to build one of the most comprehensive women's medical centers in the country. In 1971 (two years before the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion nationally),...
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