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Rosa Reed's holiday with the Forester Family in Santa Bonita has turned into an extended stay, so she decides to make use of her Metropolitan Police training and sets up a private investigative business—just like her mother! But she finds she's not the only one who keeps business in the family, and when one of the members of the prestigious Gainer family is found dead in his bomb shelter, Rosa is invited to take on the case—much to Detective Miguel Belmonte's chagrin. If Rosa doesn't find the killer soon, the summer of '56 just might be her last...

Investigative reporter Samantha Hawke—byline Sam Hawke—is blonde, beautiful, and broke, no thanks to her no-good husband who’s been on the lam for over six years. Her position at The Boston Daily Record is more than a job—it’s payback. When a man is found dead at the Bell in Hand Tavern on Union Street, Haley and Samantha are both working the case. Haley’s looking for justice, and Samantha’s after recognition and a raise. They want the same thing—to catch a killer—and it turns out they may need each other to solve this case before becoming the next victims.

It's 1956, and Woman Police Constable Rosa Reed has left her groom at the altar in London. Time spent with her American cousins in Santa Bonita, California, is exactly what she needs to get back on her feet, though the last thing she expected was to get entangled in another murder case!

When Rosa Reed—aka WPC Reed of the Metropolitan Police—and her cousin Gloria decide to spend a fun-filled afternoon in 1956 at the fair on the boardwalk in Santa Bonita, California, they're in for a shocking surprise. After a ride assistant's death by electrocution is determined to be murder, Rosa finds herself entangled once again with her high-school sweetheart, Detective Miguel Belmonte. Should she catch the next flight to London before she loses her heart again? Or worse, her life?

When the body of a British National is found at the base of the common house tower in Boston, assistant medical examiner Dr. Haley Higgins has no reason to believe it wasn’t suicide. That is, she didn't until investigative reporter Samantha Hawke gets an anonymous tip: the victim, a Mrs. Olivia Gray, was pushed from the seventh floor to her death. The question is why?

Our decisions are expressions of who we are and how we move through the world. Rarely, though, do we examine our decisions or even look inward to consider the psychology of our decision-making. Instead, we often make decisions based on what we call instinct—which relies on cognitive bias, false assumptions, mis-remembering, and mental mistakes. Truthfully, we don’t see the world as it is; we see it as we are.

The Book of Job: God and Human Suffering is a look at a difficult part of the Bible for many believers. If you've ever struggled to reconcile the goodness of God with the evil in the world, this book is for you. From a word-of-faith perspective, Job can seem very uncomfortable at first, but when we look at it in light of the rest of the Bible and what Jesus has done, it becomes a valuable inspiration and a testament to God's goodness.

Wouldn’t it be great to just feel proud to be human? Not because you are a certain nationality or race or sex or because you have achieved something amazing. Just proud because you possess an amazing design. This book is a reminder of how important you are as a human being regardless of anything else about you. It is for those who are fed up with looking to politics and religion to find answers to our problems. It is for those who are discouraged by the failure of technology and education to make our world better. It turns out, human beings are designed to be just what this world needs.

Twenty years ago, Jessie Johnson went missing while camping with her best friends. When her body was discovered and Travis Hawkins was arrested, Nikki and her friends thought the secret of what really happened that night was safe–until investigative journalist Ramona Jacobs came to town and started asking questions.

Schottland, Isle of Skye: Christopher ist anders. Das ist das Erste, das Maya begreift, als sie ihm zum ersten Mal begegnet. Anders und gefährlich. Auf eine Weise, die sich ihrem Verstand entzieht. Seine Nähe ist berauschend, seine Stimme wie der Lockruf einer fremdartigen Welt. Nicht einmal Christopher selbst weiß, welche Veränderungen in ihm vorgehen, und wie verheerend der Zauber seiner wahren Natur auf die Seele eines Menschen wirken kann. Hin- und hergerissen zwischen Mayas unwiderstehlicher Anziehungskraft und dem verführerischen Ruf des Meeres, muss er eine schier unmögliche Entscheidung treffen.

Teaching is hard. As it turns out, we can do EPIC things. A podcast for people who love learning.

When Ginger Reed—aka Lady Gold—and Basil Reed’s son Scout run away to join the circus, it’s not all fun and games. As a disgruntled teen unhappy at boarding school, Scout intends to work with his cousin Marvin, newly (and dishonourably) discharged from the navy. An animal lover at heart, Scout is tickled to assist the animal trainer, developing a particular bond with the matriarchal elephant, Tulip.

Private Investigator Rosa Reed has finally accepted that her girlhood romance with Detective Miguel Belmonte has no hope of being rekindled, but when his actress girlfriend gets embroiled in a murder on her movie set, it's more than a movie schedule that's upsetting. Can Rosa put aside matters of the heart long enough to help Miguel solve the case?

When a brutal dance marathon in the suburbs of Boston in 1932 turns deadly, Dr. Haley Higgins is surprised to discover the deceased is the widow of a man whose body still lies in the cold cabinets of her morgue. She has reasons to believe the man’s death wasn’t natural, and now, with his wife having succumbed to the same symptoms, her convictions of foul play are stronger than ever.

Private Investigator Rosa Reed has finally accepted that her girlhood romance with Detective Miguel Belmonte has no hope of being rekindled, but when his actress girlfriend gets embroiled in a murder on her movie set, it's more than a movie schedule that's upsetting. Can Rosa put aside matters of the heart long enough to help Miguel solve the case?

Investigative reporter Sam Hawke, alias Mrs. Samantha Rosenbaum, is the first on the scene—what luck!—when a body is found in the yard of St. Stephen’s Church on Hanover Street in Boston. Dr. Haley Higgins, the assistant Chief Medical Examiner, finds the modus operandi of the crime eerily familiar to that of her brother’s, an unsolved murder that has plagued her for years.

Für alle Mütter die mit Ungeduld, fordernden Kindern und Wut zu kämpfen haben. Mama-Coach Christina Strauß ist seit über 20 Jahren Ergotherapeutin mit eigener Praxis. Spezialisiert auf Kinder, wurde ihr irgendwann klar, wie sehr sie es liebt, im Wartezimmer mit den Müttern zu sprechen. Sie coacht inzwischen seit einigen Jahren sehr erfolgreich Mütter. Christina beantwortet hier jede Menge Fragen von Frauen rund um dieses Thema. Gut gelaunt und vollkommen ohne Zeigefinger - frei nach ihrem Lieblingsmotto: „Es darf leicht sein.“

Als die heimatlose Jade nach einem misslungenen Diebstahl von den Häschern der grausamen Königin Scylla gefangengenommen und misshandelt wird, glaubt sie, ihr Dasein sei zu Ende. Halbtot in den von gefährlichen Kreaturen bevölkerten Wäldern ausgesetzt, schließt sie mit ihrem Leben ab. Doch Indigo, ein mysteriöser Vagabund, scheint nur auf sie gewartet zu haben. Er rettet Jade das Leben und zwingt sie dazu, an seiner Seite auf eine lange Reise zu gehen. Eine Reise voller tödlicher Gefahren, deren Sinn und Ziel sie nicht kennt.

Sinnlich, düster und geheimnisvoll: Eine junge Frau in der tief verschneiten kanadischen Wildnis. Sagenumwobene Kreaturen, die nach Blut dürsten. Und ein mysteriöser Jäger, der für seinen Schutz einen hohen Preis fordert. Bist du bereit für den tiefen, dunklen Wald? Alberta im Winter 1795: Tief in der Wildnis lebt Kate als einzige Frau in einem Handelsposten der Hudson Bay Company.

This true story begins long ago in Spain, where a bride and groom are gifted a hand-painted haggadah. It is used at many Passover seders until the Spanish Inquisition when the family escapes. The haggadah survived for centuries in different countries. Scholars declared it a treasure. To protect it from the Nazis, a curator smuggled it out of a Sarajevo museum and hid it in a village mosque. On Passover of 1995, with bombs exploding overhead, the Bosnian president brought out the book from an underground vault to show the world that it was safe.