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In 1943, when a frail old white woman shows up in Red Clay, Alabama, at the home of a Black former slave—on the morning following his funeral—his family hardly knows what to expect after she utters the words “… a lifetime ago, my family owned yours.” Adelaide Parker has a story to tell—one of ambition, betrayal, violence, and redemption—that shaped both the fate of her family and that of the late Felix H. Parker. But there are gaps in her knowledge, and she’s come to Red Clay seeking answers from a family with whom she shares a name and a history that neither knows in full.

The plumbing was prone to leaks, the furniture rescued from garage sales. And every square inch was being devotedly restored to its original splendor - even as a relationship fell to pieces. Now Francesca Thayer, newly separated from her lawyer boyfriend Todd, is desperate. The owner of a struggling art gallery, and suddenly the sole mortgage payer on her Greenwich Village townhouse, Francesca does the math and then the unimaginable. She puts out an advertisement for boarders. Soon her house becomes a whole new world.

Ray Midge is waiting for his credit card bill to arrive. His wife, Norma, has run off with her ex-husband, taking Ray’s cards, shotgun, and car. But from the receipts, Ray can track where they’ve gone. He takes off after them, as does an irritatingly tenacious bail bondsman, both following the romantic couple’s spending as far as Mexico.

A magical transformation takes place in Danielle Steel’s luminous new novel: strangers become roommates, roommates become friends, and friends become a family in a turn of the century house in Manhattan’s West Village, at 44 Charles Street.

Nachdem man ihnen endlich das volle Bürgerrecht gegeben hat, hoffen die Meijers darauf, gewöhnliche Schweizer werden zu können. Ihr Weg führt sie hinaus aus dem Dorf, erst in die kleine Stadt Baden, dann nach Zürich. Janki versucht sein Glück im Tuchgeschäft, Arthur wird Arzt, bald gibt es sogar einen Landwirt. Aber trotz aller Bemühungen stoßen sie immer wieder gegen eine unsichtbare Wand – so wie es ihnen der unsterbliche Onkel Melnitz vorausgesagt hat.

Amy Dorrit, urodzona i wychowana w więzieniu, opiekuje się ojcem osadzonym tam przed laty za długi. Nie zna innego świata, ale staje się w tym ponurym miejscu dobrą duszą, wspierającą wszystkich, z którymi zetknie ją los. Amy zarabia na życie rodziny, szyjąc u pani Clennam, skąpej wdowy, mieszkającej w ponurym domu tylko w towarzystwie dwójki służących. Zmianę zwiastuje powrót - po dwudziestu latach - Arthura Clennama, jej jedynego syna, który spędził połowę życia wraz ze swym ojcem w Chinach.

Businesswoman Leigh Taylor Cole and islander Deke Kearney have nothing in common. Nothing, that is, but a sizzling chemistry that turns their lives upside down. As they fight to keep Deke's son safe from kidnappers, Leigh begins to question the promise she made her mentor to find Deke and bring him 'home' to Seattle. The provocative breezes of Maui force Leigh to unlock a secret buried so deeply in her past, she's hidden it even from herself. She and Deke discover that when love blooms - passions flower.

In the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America’s most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. “The history [is] exhilarating. . . . The Aviator’s Wife soars...

Classic vintage highlights from the much-loved radio soap The world's longest-running drama, The Archers has delighted audiences ever since its launch on 1 January 1951. Today, over five million fans across generations and across the world tune in, hooked on the epic saga of everyday life in the...