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The Bonheim triplets live seemingly ordinary lives, hiding their magic from their neighbors in the small, mountain town of Doyle, California. But then a body is found in flighty, big sister Jayce’s coffee shop. Confronted by a sheriff with a grudge, a sister in denial, and a sexy lawyer with an agenda of his own, no-nonsense Karin must prove her sister innocent.

In the summer of 2003, Rabbi Mordechai Weiss, together with his wife, Ellie, and their children made the leap from Teaneck, New Jersey, and joined the many who have made aliyah to Israel from the United States. Personal writings from Rabbi Weiss' regular email updates to family and friends, sharing the personal challenges and triumphs of beginning anew in Israel, form the basis of this book.

In 1959, at the age of 21, Max Starkloff was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down. His doctors doubted he would live longer than a few days, and, if he survived, the hope for his quality of life would be minimal. How did this young man with barely a high school education become the leader of a powerful disability rights movement and the founder of the Starkloff Disability Institute? This is his remarkable story.

Why your marriage may be at risk right now and how to reverse the damage! Dr. Laurie Weiss and Dr. Jonathan Weiss show you what you need to do to release your natural power to have the loving, lasting relationship you've always wanted.

Der grausige Selbstmord eines Schulfreundes ist eine böse Nachricht für Josephine Mahler, Dozentin für Ethnologie in Frankfurt. Die Rückkehr nach Wien wird für sie zur Konfrontation mit der Vergangenheit. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Jugendliebe, dem exzentrischen Ex-Soldaten Gernot Szombathy, schlittert sie in tödliche Verstrickungen. Ihr Gegenspieler mordet nach einem ganz bestimmten System, und seine Ziele sind hochgesteckt. Ist er ein Mann mit einer Vision - oder doch nur ein Wahnsinniger?

Ageism is too often an accepted form of bias, even though the facts support the value of aging. Airline pilots forced to retire at the arbitrary age of 65 are usually at the top of their game. Forced retirement in most organizations remove highly skilled performers as well as role models and trainers for newer generations. Instead of revelling in who we are, we begin to try to look younger as soon as possible. People have become inured to "losing" abilities as they age instead of appreciating new abilities that only age can bestow.

In 1938, when her diary begins, Helga is eight years old. Alongside her father and mother and the 45,000 Jews who live in Prague, she endures the Nazi invasion and regime: Her father is denied work, schools are closed to her, she and her parents are confined to their flat. Then deportations begin, and her friends and family start to disappear.

Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, 12 have rejected or refused to vote, and one last state is needed. It all comes down to Tennessee, the moment of truth for the suffragists, after a seven-decade crusade. The opposing forces include politicians with careers at stake, liquor companies, railroad magnates, and a lot of racists who don't want black women voting. And then there are the "Antis" - women who oppose their own enfranchisement, fearing suffrage will bring about the moral collapse of the nation.

Niklas glaubt, der Dreisatz wäre eine olympische Disziplin.Latoya kennt drei skandinavische Länder: Schweden, Holland und Nordpol. Und Tamara-Michelle hält den Bundestag für einen Feiertag.

Nach Ende des Krieges herrscht in Deutschland Schweigen, das Grauen der Konzentrationslager ist ein unbequemes Thema...

Das waren harte Zeiten damals, die Jahre zwischen den Weltkriegen. Aber dennoch: Die Menschen wollten sich nicht unterkriegen lassen, sondern sich amüsieren...

Fourteen-year-old Kit Bridges is slowly growing accustomed to her new equestrian school, the illustrious Covington Academy, and life as an American teen in England. But it's not easy finding a new normal since her mother's death, especially when it seems like her dad, Covington's riding instructor, might be starting to move on.

A moment comes for every addict when the consequences are so great or the pain is so bad that the addict's life becomes out of control because of his or her behavior. Some are news-making moments, such as the public censure when a congressman, minister, general, or professional athlete is cited for unacceptable sexual behavior. For most people those moments are followed by resolves to "never do it again", but somehow after the promise is made, they often find themselves doing something they vowed never to do again. That is addiction.

In Periods Gone Public, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf - the woman Bustle dubbed one of the nation's "badass menstrual activists" - explores why periods have become a prominent political cause. From eliminating the tampon tax, to enacting new laws ensuring access to affordable, safe products, menstruation is no longer something to whisper about.

Initially dismissed by US President Barack Obama, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has shocked the world by conquering massive territories in both countries and promising to create a vast new Muslim caliphate that observes the strict dictates of Sharia law. In ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, American journalist Michael Weiss and Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who have conquered territory equal to the size of Great Britain.

Zwei Leichen, eingemauert in ein Kriegerdenkmal, sind nur der Anfang eines Albtraums. Reporter Paul Wagner und Historiker Georg Sina geraten einem Geheimnis auf die Spur, das am Fundament der katholischen Kirche rüttelt. Gesucht wird ein brisantes Archiv, das im Zweiten Weltkrieg verloren ging. Der vatikanische Geheimdienst und eine geheimnisvolle Bruderschaft wollen dieses Wissen wiedererlangen - um jeden Preis.

Dieses Hörbuch umfasst folgende Themen: Pflege zuhause ist knallhart (Bericht von Ilona Hartmann über die hohen Anforderungen bei häuslicher Pflege von Angehörigen am Beispiel eines Demenzkranken - mit Hinweisen auf die eng gesteckten Vorschriften der Krankenkassen), Generationenübergreifendes Wohnen (Bericht von Wolfgang Brauer über den "Generationenhof" in Landau-Pfalz: 20 Personen im Alter von 37 bis 72 Jahren bilden eine Hausgemeinschaft - Pflegemöglichkeit mit eingeschlossen) uvm.

Verstörende Einblicke in die SM-Welt. Mächtige Männer lieben die Macht. Vor dem Bett machen diese Vorlieben nicht halt. Als die unerfahrene Sophie...

During Wall Street's last big bull market, there were brokers in $3,000 suits, billion-dollar IPO's, and 30-year-olds making $100,000 a month. And then there was Louis Pasciuto, who came from Staten Island at the age of 19 and discovered one indelible truth about himself: He was born to steal. This is the astounding, true story of the rise and fall of this fast-talking, street-smart wiseguy, as well as the insidious ways the Mob infiltrates, then controls, Wall Street.

In the closing days of the 30-year Sri Lankan civil war, tens of thousands of civilians were killed, according to UN estimates, as government forces hemmed in the last remaining Tamil Tiger rebels on a tiny sand spit, dubbed "The Cage". Gordon Weiss, a journalist and UN spokesperson in Sri Lanka during the final years of the war, pulls back the curtain of government misinformation to tell the full story for the first time. Tracing the role of foreign influence as it converged with a history of radical Buddhism and ethnic conflict, The Cage is a harrowing portrait of an island paradise torn apart by war.