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Have you ever arrived on the scene of a house fire to find a frantic woman in the driveway? As a firefighter, you know instinctively what this means: there is a child inside. You immediately enter "the zone" because you know what to do. This is based on your training and experience. The feeling of being "in the zone", is referred to in the field of positive psychology as "the flow".

The Beach House Hotel, the seaside mansion Ann Rutherford and Rhonda Del Monte converted to an upscale boutique hotel, continues to be a success. Not only is it the spot for breakfast and lunch, it's become the "in" place for dinner. However, they still face many challenges. With the sudden death of Robert and Kandie, Ann and Vaughn decide to raise their son, Robbie, to help relieve Ann's daughter, Liz, of the responsibility she thought she'd never have. And Rhonda becomes both a mother and grandmother.

Stella is married; she has a child and a fulfilling job. She lives with her young family in a house in the suburbs. Her life is happy and unremarkable, but she is a little lonely - her husband travels a lot for work, and so she is often alone in the house, with only her daughter for company. One day a stranger appears at her door, a man Stella's never seen before. He says he just wants to talk to her, nothing more. She refuses. The next day he comes again. And then the day after that. He will not leave her in peace.

In einem einzigen Moment ändert sich ein ganzes Leben. Ein Fotograf betrachtet seinen Adoptivsohn, interessiert und distanziert, und vielleicht wird über diesem Blick alles zerbrechen. Ein alter Mann glaubt sich an eine Umarmung zu erinnern, die viele Jahre zurückliegt. Wie nah können wir den Menschen sein, die wir lieben? Kinder, Exzentriker, ein Vater, der aus der Psychiatrie verschwindet - Menschen kreuzen unseren Lebensweg, begleiten uns, machen uns glücklich und bleiben unfassbar.

Stella und Jason sind verheiratet, sie haben eine Tochter, Ava, sie leben in einem Haus am Rand der Stadt. Ein schönes, einfaches Haus, ein kleiner Garten, ein alltägliches ruhiges Leben, meist ohne Jason, der viel arbeitet. Aber eines Tages steht ein Mann vor der Tür dieses Hauses, ein Fremder, jemand, den Stella nie zuvor gesehen hat. Er sagt, er wolle sich einfach einmal mit ihr unterhalten, mehr sagt er nicht. Stella lehnt das ab.

Sophie Rivers can't wait to settle into married life now that Mike is back from touring Pakistan and Sri Lanka with the England cricket team. So when she's offered a temporary job at his home ground, archiving a collection of memorabilia that has been left to Warwickshire County Cricket Club, she jumps at the chance, envisaging companionable journeys into work and cosy lunches in the Tom Dollery bar. But the reality is a far cry from her romantic dream.

Alfred of St. Ruan's Abbey is a monk and a scholar, a religious man whose vocation is beyond question. But Alfred is also, without a doubt, one of the fair folk, for though he is more than seventy years old by the Abbey's records, he seems to be only a youth. But Alfred is drawn from the haven of his monastery into his dangerous currents of politics when an ambassador from the kingdom of Rhiyana to Richard Coeur de Leon is wounded and Alfred himself is sent to complete the mission.

Gerbert was a farmer's son in an obscure town in France, but his gifts of mind and intellect were so remarkable that even in the feudal world of the tenth century, he could rise far above his station. Princes and prelates courted him; emperors called him friend and teacher. He brought the lost art of mathematics back into Europe; he was an astronomer, a musician, a builder of strange and wonderful devices. In the end he reached the pinnacle of the world, a seat so lofty and an authority so great that he answered only to God Himself. But Gerbert was more than a simple professor of the mathematical arts, or even a prince of the Church.

In this fascinating new history, Judith Stein argues that in order to understand our current economic crisis we need to look back to the 1970s and the end of the age of the factory - the era of postwar liberalism, created by the New Deal, whose practices, high wages, and regulated capital produced both robust economic growth and greater income equality.

In a time of celebrity worship and self-absorption, Judith's well-reasoned and heart-felt appeal is so countercultural as to be revolutionary. Her words demonstrate what "thank you" power really means. Imagine, as does the author, people acknowledging each other's humanity, accomplishments, talents, and wisdom on a continuous basis. It might just catch on. And wouldn't that be something! This listening experience will change your life and the life of everyone around you!

With the loss of her first true love, Carolina Adams finds life at the family plantation nearly unbearable. Desperate to escape, she moves to Baltimore to become a nanny to Victoria, a little girl whose mother has died. After breaking his wedding engagement with Virginia Adams, Carolina's older sister, James Baldwin immerses himself in work for the B&O Railroad, the other passion in his life besides Carolina. But when a shocking business proposal is given to Carolina, James and Carolina seem destined to be apart. Can they dare to dream their aspirations for love might come true?

Judith Thurman, a prolific staff writer at The New Yorker for more than two decades, has gathered a selection of her essays and profiles in A Left-Handed Woman. They consider our culture in all its guises: literature, history, politics, gender, fashion, and art, though their paramount subject is the human condition. Thurman is one of the preeminent essayists of our time—"a master of vivisection," as Kathryn Harrison wrote in the New York Times. "When she's done with a subject, it's still living, mystery intact."

Number five in The Kate Lawrence Mysteries: Kate's turning 50, and as if that weren't depressing enough, she's about to become a grandmother - twice. Her investigation of a mysterious death at the Vista View retirement complex opens her eyes to the new realities of aging, some of which send her reeling. What really happened to the wealthy, tennis-playing cougar in Building One? Are residents covering up a sex-for-hire scandal? Will Kate's longtime friend lose her job as Vista View's business manager?

Little did Maggie Duncan know how great the sacrifice she would be making. Forty-seven years have passed since she was separated from her beloved Scotland and her beloved husband, Ian. More than time and oceans seem to have conspired to keep them apart, but Maggie continues to trust in the Lord and never gives up hope. Through forgiveness and acceptance, she comes to believe that all things happen according to God's will and in His time.

An odyssey of the heart begins the moment theater director Lucas Cameron discovers a box of letters written to his now-deceased grandmother by her protégé, Jessica Fontaine. Jessica disappeared from the stage years before, following a tragic accident. Through her letters, Lucas comes to fall in love with this passionate, talented woman.

Who would have thought that a time of an unprecedented global interruption to our normal way of life could lead to the birth of an audiobook? The Covid 19 lockdown season was full of surprises. What was the lockdown like for you? Did you learn anything or enjoy it? Did you feel alone, or did you get a chance to reconnect with friends? We felt so many emotions. Eight women of different ages and cultures joined a book club support group. It provided a platform to meet, greet, reflect, share, and document our very different experiences of the Covid 19 lockdown.

Impromptu shows leaders how to think on their feet and respond eloquently in every situation. Never have there been so many opportunities to inspire and influence in everyday situations - elevator chats, corridor conversations, networking gatherings, meetings, and ceremonial events. Indeed, today the most iconic leadership moments are spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment events that reveal the inner workings of the leader's mind. When these impromptu opportunities arise, leaders must be able to listen, think, and respond within seconds.

Dies ist eine Liebesgeschichte... aber nicht die Liebesgeschichte, die du erwartest. Wo sehen Sie sich in fünf Jahren? Als die ehrgeizige New Yorker Anwältin Dannie dies beim wichtigsten Bewerbungsgespräch ihrer jungen Karriere gefragt wird, ist ihre Antwort klar, hat sie doch einen minutiös ausgeklügelten Lebensplan. An diesem Abend macht ihr Freund ihr einen Heiratsantrag und sie legt sich schlafen, mit dem guten Gefühl, dass alles so läuft, wie sie es sich gewünscht hat.

Eisbär Murphy ermittelt wieder. Großer Frühjahrsputz in der magischen Zoohandlung! Während Eisbär Murphy saugt, macht Mr. Morrison sich schick. Er möchte mit Miss Cornfield in die Oper gehen. Dort wird Die Zauberflöte gespielt. Doch – oh Schreck – die Karten sind weg! Wer war der Dieb? Murphy und die magischen Tiere ermitteln... Ein neues Krimihörspiel für alle Kinder ab 4 Jahren, packend erzählt von Laura Maire und mit Geräuschen, Musik und einem hitverdächtigen Titelsong inszeniert.

Meet Viridienne Greene. A lanky six-foot-tall fiber artist who didn't know she had a nose for solving mysteries until she found herself dead-center in the middle of one. She quickly becomes both the hunter and the hunted when she decides to seek justice, tell the truth, and expose the million-dollar deception that resulted in the murder of her best friend. With little more to her name than a converted summer cottage in need of work, a spider plant, a rescued one-eyed ginger tomcat, and a lot of determination, Viridienne heads into the fray. Outcome...uncertain.