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Salome knows only one way to live - under Prophet David’s rule. In the commune she calls home, Salome knows nothing of life beyond her strict faith, nor of life beyond the Fence - the fence that cages her, keeps her trapped in an endless cycle of misery. A life she believes she is destined to always lead, until a horrific event sets her free. Fleeing the absolute safety of all she has ever known, Salome is thrust into the world outside, a frightening world full of uncertainty and sin; into the protective arms of a person she believed she would never see again.

Tillie Pierce was 15 years old when the Battle of Gettysburg raged around her. The three-day battle fought in July 1863 proved to be the deadliest of the Civil War and the turning point of the conflict. Go behind the scenes and follow the bloody battle in Tillie’s own words.

Nineteen-year-old Cromwell Dean is the rising star of electronic dance music. Thousands of people adore him. But no one knows him. No one sees the color of his heart. Until the girl in the purple dress. She sees through the walls he has built to the empty darkness within.

Die siebzehnjährige June Scott wollte schon immer Autorin werden und die größte Liebesgeschichte der Welt schreiben. Das Problem: June war noch nie in ihrem Leben verliebt, und als sie erfährt, dass sie schwer krank ist, ahnt sie, dass ihr nicht mehr viel Zeit bleiben wird.

Lexington "Lexi" Hart is a senior at the University of Alabama. Surrounded by her best friends, her loving family, and having fulfilled her life-long dream of making the Crimson Tide cheer squad, everything is going exactly as she always dreamed it would. But beneath her happy exterior, demons lurk, threatening to jeopardize everything Lexi has worked to achieve. When events in her life become too much to cope with, Lexi finds herself spiraling down into the realm of her biggest fear.

Savannah Litchfield hat den Verlust ihrer Schwester Poppy vor vier Jahren noch immer nicht verwunden. Ganz im Gegenteil: Seit ihrem siebzehnten Geburtstag verliert sie sich mit jedem Tag mehr in ihrer Trauer und Einsamkeit. Diese Gefühle teilt sie mit Cael Woods, der seit dem Tod seines Bruders vor wenigen Monaten am Boden zerstört ist. Erst als die beiden sich bei einem Therapieprogramm für Jugendliche, die Schicksalsschläge erlebt haben, begegnen und langsam näherkommen, erhalten sie eine Chance auf das, was sie sich beide so verzweifelt wünschen: endlich wieder zu leben.

Tillie Gingerich is so in love with Melvin Yoder that she agrees to leave her conservative Amish home to live with him in the English world. But when the struggle to make ends meet leads to conflict and reveals troubling weaknesses in their relationship, Tillie returns to Pontotoc - pregnant and unmarried. Her loving family accepts her, but to convince the rest of the community, they must turn to the bishop. Distraught, Tillie runs away on Christmas Eve - only to get as far as an isolated house on the edge of town.

Als Rune Kristiansen nach Blossom Grove, Georgia, zurückkehrt, hat er nur eins im Sinn: herausfinden, warum Poppy ihn von einem Tag auf den anderen aus ihrem Leben verbannt hat. Und das, obwohl sie ihm versprochen hatte, bis in alle Ewigkeit auf ihn zu warten. Zwei Jahre lang hat Poppys Schweigen Rune jeden Tag aufs Neue das Herz gebrochen, doch als er ihr nach all der Zeit das erste Mal wieder gegenübertritt, weiß er augenblicklich, dass ihnen der schlimmste Schmerz erst noch bevorsteht ...

Descubre Mil recuerdos tuyos, una hermosa y reconfortante novela sobre el duelo, el amor y la amistad. Tras la muerte de su querida hermana Poppy, la vida de Savanna Litchfield se siente vacía. Por sugerencia de su terapeuta, se une a un grupo de adolescentes en duelo en un viaje alrededor del mundo, llevando bajo el brazo el diario que Poppy dejó y que ella aún no se atreve a leer. Cael Woods era el jugador de hockey más prometedor de las ligas menores, ahora ni siquiera es capaz de entrar a la pista de hielo.

I am Caresa Acardi, the Duchessa di Parma. A blue blood of Italy. I was born to marry well. And now the marriage date is set. I am to marry into House Savona. The family that would have been the royals had Italy not abolished the monarchy in 1946. But to the aristocrats of my home, the abolition means nothing at all. The Savonas still hold power where it counts most. I am soon to become Prince Zeno Savona's wife...or at least I was, until I met Achille. And everything changed.

Audible is proud to present the first-ever audiobook recording of Tillie Olsen's legendary short stories, included "Tell Me a Riddle", and "I Stand Here Ironing"—works that transformed women's self-reflection and literature forever. Tillie Olsen's work, since the 1930s, spoke to the hard truths of motherhood and marriage, domestic life, and labor. Her political conviction and poetic intensity brought a depth to an influence that continues to be felt today.

Life has never been easy for 20-year-old Levi Carillo. The youngest of the Carillo boys, Levi is nothing like his older brothers. He isn't dark in looks or intimidating to everyone he meets. In fact he's quite the opposite. Haunted by a crippling shyness and the tragic events of his past, Levi spends his days with his head buried in his books or training hard for his college football team. Too timid to talk to girls, Levi stays as far away as possible and completely on his own...until he saves the life of a troubled pretty blonde.

It makes me laugh when I hear folks think Molly and I rushed into things too fast, spouting that we couldn't possibly have felt what we did for each other in such a short space of time. I say, how the hell would they know? We made it, didn't we? She became my whole life, didn't she? And as for my folks not being real, being true? Tell that to me aged 10, 11, 12 - damn, all my bastard life - when I was never enough, when I was beaten until I bled for being too good at football and not being everything they'd dreamed.

My name is Ally Prince, and I've always been unlucky in love. I don't know why, I just always...have. When all of my best friends were falling for their soul mates in college, I was left behind. I was Ally, the pretty cousin of superstar quarterback Romeo Prince. I was Ally, the best friend to the most amazing group of girls I've ever known - a title I loved, but one I became tired of just being. And I was Ally, the one on which they could all rely. But to me, I was Ally, the girl with the heart no one had claimed....

At age 20, Molly Shakespeare knows a lot. She knows Descartes and Kant. She knows academia and Oxford. She knows that the people who love you leave you. She knows how to be alone. But when Molly leaves England's gray skies behind to start a new life at the University of Alabama, she finds that she has a lot to learn - she didn't know a summer could be so hot, she didn't know students could be so intimidating, and she certainly didn't know just how much the folks of Alabama love their football.

Un beso dura un instante, mil pueden durar la vida entera. Poppy es una niña risueña y una prodigiosa violonchelista. Rune es misterioso y amante de la fotografía. Su historia juntos comenzó desde que eran muy pequeños, cuando se convirtieron en cómplices de aventuras, secretos y de un amor inquebrantable. Los años han pasado y, tras la muerte de su abuela, Poppy tiene la misión de llenar un frasco con mil besos de la persona que haga a su corazón estallar de amor, y sabe que sólo con Rune podrá iniciar esa gran aventura.

Depuis toujours, June Scott rêve de devenir romancière. Et lorsque sa santé se dégrade, elle comprend qu'elle pourrait ne plus avoir le temps de le découvrir. Jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre Jesse Taylor, qui vit chaque jour comme s'il pouvait être le dernier. Ensemble, leurs mondes brisés s'illuminent. Un amour pur et doux naît entre eux, un amour qui donne à June la force de mettre en mots leur belle histoire.

Only through blood can the deepest redemption be found. He was born to ascend. He was destined to lead. He was never meant to fail. Prophet Cain lies broken and defeated on the floor of his cell. A cell he has been thrown into by the one person who was supposed to stand by his side until the end. His flesh and blood, his only companion. His beloved twin brother.

Each week join Michelle, Josh & Cody as they cover the world of Australian women's football! From the UK to your own back yard find out what your favourite Matilda's are up to in their domestic leagues and of course their performances in the lead up to the Olympics & Asian Cup! Follow all your favourites and meet some new faces as we take you all over the globe shining a light on the beautiful game and the women who inspired a nation!

Imagine being 15 years old, facing the bloodiest battle ever to take place on US soil: the Battle of Gettysburg. In July 1863, this is exactly what happened to Tillie Pierce, a normal teenager who became an unlikely heroine of the Civil War (1861-1865). Tillie and other women and girls like her found themselves trapped during this critical three-day battle in Southern Pennsylvania.