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With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Cyclades. Greater Than a Tourist—Cyclades Greece by Author Vivi Gialou offers first-hand and personal insight into the best ways to visit the Cyclades. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Santorini. Greater Than a Tourist- Santorini, Cyclades, Greece by Author Vivi Gialou offers first-hand and personal insight into the best ways to visit Santorini island. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Her father lost the family fortune, now she's leaving New York as a Mail Order Bride. Della Stout can hardly believe it when her father tells her he's lost it all - the money, the house, the servants, their entire fortune. But things only get worse when they inform her she's to be sent west, as a Mail Order Bride. When she meets her husband to be, she's less than impressed - by him and the dusty little town he lives in.

Pearl Stout is angry. Her parents put her on a train to the Arizona frontier to marry a man she's never met and didn't agree to marry. Pearl's intended is Hilton Pullman, a local reporter for the Tucson Gazette. He's tired of being alone - his parents died when he was young, and his older brother abandoned him after losing his own fiancée. But when that trouble-making brother, Hank, returns right before the wedding, Hilton’s carefully laid plans are thrown into question.

Della Stout can hardly believe it when her father tells her he's lost it all - the money, the house, the servants, their entire fortune. But things only get worse when they inform her she's to be sent west, as a mail order bride. When she meets her husband to be, she's less than impressed - by him and the dusty little town he lives in.

When Hattie Stout boards the train bound for the western frontier, she doesn't think things can get any worse. Her father lost his fortune and made her a pariah in New York society. Then, the man she was engaged to marry backed out of the arrangement to marry his cousin. When her parents decide there is nothing left to do but send her west as a Mail Order Bride, she thinks she's hit rock bottom. She's wrong!

The Cockney Yiddish Podcast explores the unknown Yiddish popular culture of London's East End through an array of newly discovered stories and songs from the 1880s to the 1950s. Historians Nadia Valman and Vivi Lachs share their passion for the tunes and words of Jewish Londoners encountering the Cockney culture of music halls, street markets and rhyming slang. They discover a rich landscape of music and interviews from the archives and chat about hidden histories, family stories, lost connections and real and imagined places with special guests and readers including Michael Rosen, Miriam ...

When bumbling veterinarian Jennifer Barsby’s friend Hazel falls ill, she doesn’t hesitate to take action. After quitting her job in Atlanta, she packs up her life and moves to the Cotton Tree ranch in South Georgia to take care of her sick former roommate. But when circumstances change, she wonders what she should do with the rest of her life. Handsome and brooding cowboy, Parker Williams, is just another pal - at least that’s how Jen sees him. A former Army Ranger, he’s found renewed purpose as part-owner of the ranch. But he's given up on moving on or finding love.

Two private investigators pretend to be newlyweds in love on a Caribbean honeymoon cruise to catch a killer, but what happens when make-believe feelings turn real?

When Australian chef, Eve Partridge, loses her visa, and with it the chance at the dream job she’s been working toward her whole career, she’s desperate to find a way to stay in the USA. Her only goal is to get a green card so she can push her way back into the New York restaurant scene and finally get the chance to be head chef at one of the top restaurants in the city.

I stole her from her life. I’ll go even further to keep her in mine. She was a job. Nothing more. Nothing less. I took her from the party. It wasn’t personal. It was a contract. Grab her, head to the safehouse, and wait for the ransom. Scarlett is so gentle, so trusting. She doesn’t know that men like me exist. Doesn’t know the brutal nature of this world. Me? I come from a world of violence. I’m a killer. I prey on nightmares and make them come true. If you cross me, I kill you.

I’ve lived my life giving in to my darker desires. And now I’ve found the darkest desire of all—Bianca. Let’s start out by agreeing I’m not a nice man. I’m not a good man. I’m not kind or compassionate. Hell, my dad made me kill my first guy when I was twelve. But Bianca Salerno? She’s the real deal. Sweetest girl in the world. A real beauty, too. The kind of beauty you’d take home to meet your parents. It's funny. This is the girl that gets me to stop killing.

En farlig fange er flygtet fra fængslet - en mand med et ar. Han er blevet set i nærheden af byen Peterswood, hvor børnene Larry, Daisy, Pip, Tykke og Bets bor, og politiet leder energisk efter ham. Selvfølgelig kaster børnene sig omgående ud i eftersøgningen, men dette mysterium er lige ved at være for stor en mundfuld for dem. Der er ingen spor at gå efter, ingen ’rigtige’ mistænkte personer at holde øje med, og det værste er, at børnenes superfjende landbetjent Goon, ser ud til at have alle chancer for at løse mysteriet først.

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivipedraglio/subscribe SHAHIDA 15.21.36 Ingeniera Sonora Frecuencial de La Confederacion Galactica de Mundos Libres, en misión. Vivi Pedraglio: Musico, Canalizadora y Clariaudiente. SHAHIDA 16.21.36 Frequency Sound Engineer of the Galactic Confederation of Free Worlds, on mission. Vivi Pedraglio: Musician, Channeler and Clairaudient.

I never believed love could happen to someone like me. Until I met the man who taught me I was worthy. I never thought I’d fall in love with my enemy, but Luca has stolen my heart. If only high school was as easy to deal with as my mafia boyfriend. But I soon realize that my problems extend outside the realm of teenage drama. My mother’s absence has brought too much attention to me. And her return catches the eye of, not one, but two crime bosses.

Navigating the mafia underground in Chicago is not easy. It’s like a waltz where nobody ever taught you the steps. You show respect when it’s due, never back down, And kill who they want you to kill. I didn’t become a Made Man by being careless, but even the most ardent professional stumbles now and again. Sophie’s job is to keep me from ending up in the slammer, She thinks we’re done once I walk out of court a free man. Too bad I’m hooked on my defense lawyer’s lovely charms, and what I want, I get. You see, Indro Lastra is a Made Man, and a Made Man gets what he wants.

Få barn som vuxit upp i Sverige har missat Astrid Lindgren, en av landets mest berömda författare genom tiderna. Men vad är det egentligen som gör hennes böcker så spännande och intressanta? Hur kommer det sig att också vuxna knappt kan förmå sig att sluta läsa "Bröderna Lejonhjärta"? Vivi Edström, långvarig ledamot i Astrid Lindgrensällskapet och litteraturprofessor, tar sig här an den komplexa frågan: Vad är det med Astrid Lindgren som berör? Och svaret hon kommer fram till kommer nog förvåna även den mest inbitne av Lindgren-läsare.

La série audio qui expose la nature ! Chaque semaine, découvrez une espèce animale ou végétale présentée de manière ludique, dans un format court.

David Weston is done with the rock star lifestyle. After a decade of decadence, he moves back home to the country hamlet of Ocilla, Georgia, to rediscover who he always meant to be. But finding himself in the small town of his childhood is harder and lonelier than he thought it'd be. Cassidy lost her husband and her life savings and is on the brink of losing her sanity. With three children to feed and no roof over their heads, she moves back in with her parents.

Antonio Sanchez is looking for his family. His wife and daughter were headed to Montana Territory from Santa Fe, Mexico to join him in Paradise Valley. But he hasn't heard from them in a long time, and every day that passes his anxiety for their safety grows. As soon as the snow melts, he decides to travel back to Texas, their last known location, to see if he can discover their whereabouts. But bands of outlaws, disgruntled townsfolk hankering for blood, and drunken cowpokes turn his journey into an epic and dangerous adventure.