Anne Simon is a world-renowned biologist and expert on plant viruses. She has also been scientific advisor to the X-Files since the series began. In this fascinating book she explores the extraordinary realities that lie behind the strange discoveries made in each episode by agents Mulder and Scully, weird and threatening life forms, mutations and alien creatures. Despite the achievements of modern science and technology, she points out, it is estimated that less than 1 per cent of our fel...

Dark Academia Meets a Forbidden Crush.Seventeen-year-old Tawny Matthews is a poor student who receives a scholarship to attend Ivoree Gates, an elite private school attended only by the children of the wealthiest in the nation.While at the boarding school, Tawny meets and gradually falls for Professor McCurdy, her handsome, enigmatic English teacher.Tawny also runs afoul of Dylan, the hot, arrogant, most popular rich boy in the high school and also the most feared, ...

Katherine of Alexandria was a major object of devotion within medieval Europe, ranking second only to the Virgin Mary in the canon of female saints. Yet despite her undoubted importance, relatively little is known about the significance and function of her cult within the German-speaking territories that stood at the heart of Europe. Anne Simon's study adds a welcome new interdisciplinary perspective to the study of Saint Katherine and the wider ecclesiastical landscape of a medieval Europ...

From the author of best selling LOVE ONCE IN PASSING, LOVE ONCE AGAIN, HOLD FAST TO LOVE and BELOVED CAPTAIN, a new romantic fantasy about a ghostly stranger who enters the life of professional businesswoman as she restores his former home. Together they explore the mystery of his presence, the wonder of her seemingly renewed youthfulness; face daily crisis of trying to remain on the same plane...and find the true love that both have been seeking even though their lives exist two hu...

In the 1950s the French pharmacologist Prof. Masquelier discovered a substance with strong protective and healing properties: OPCs (oligomeric proanthocyanidins), the long searched vitamin P, a potent cofactor of vitamin C and above all the strongest known antioxidant. In her comprehensive book German bestselling author Anne Simons, who met Prof. Masquelier personally and therefore has first-hand information, describes the discovery and application of OPCs - one of the most potent substanc...

This book presents the healing plants from A to Z. The most important vegetal and animal extracts are introduced whose highly remedial protective substances are of major importance, both in their pharmaceutical application and in the field of food supplements. The attention which natural sciences pay to so-called 'phytochemistry' and 'vegetal chemicals' is indicative of the tremendous significance of the healing power of plants, which due to their specific compositions and structures conta...

In Crush on Teacher, Obsessed with the Bad Boy, Tawny Matthews, a determined scholarship student, enters the elite and treacherous world of the Ivoree Gates Institute, where she is immediately targeted by a cruel social hierarchy.Her struggle for belonging takes a desperate turn when her mother's sudden illness forces her into a contract of indentured servitude to the school's most powerful and arrogant student, Dylan Westinghouse. As a 'Dylantante' at the opulent Westinghouse Mano...

As captain, keeping this locker room in line is my job. For the first time in our club's history, we've fought our way into the top division. No star players, no bloated egos—just pure grit, sweat, and teamwork.That's why signing an entitled hotshot from Germany's top league is a massive mistake.The press is eating it up, spinning it as the "return of the prodigal daughter," but it's nothing more than a cheap PR stunt. Calling her a homegrown talent is a joke; she bailed on...

The CEO of a technology company whose methods border the limits of ethics.A journalist in search of the truth and eager to prove herself.What can go wrong?From their first encounter, an undeniable chemistry draws them together. Yet, their professional ambitions threaten to drive a wedge between them.As Sarah digs deeper into the inner workings of Hailey's empire, she uncovers shocking secrets that threaten to expose the dark underbelly behind i...

Dr. Laura Park has a promising career as a surgeon ahead of her.A former child prodigy, she has been educated in one of the best medical schools under the supervision of the prestigious Daniela McKenna.At the age of twenty-seven, she moved from Boston to Los Angeles in search of a smaller hospital that would allow her to grow faster as a surgeon.Little did she expect that by a quirk of fate, she would find herself as interim chief of surgery, fighting for the perman...

At 42, Samantha Thomson's picture-perfect life is crumbling. Fresh from a painful divorce, she's struggling to raise two teenage daughters while trudging through a monotonous routine.Her childhood friend Olivia Mitchell lives life on the edge. While filming her documentaries, Olivia has spent over two decades traveling the globe and fighting for justice.When their paths cross again, long-buried feelings ignite.And when Samantha discovers twelve romantic WWII love le...

Phoenix is about to realize the dream of a lifetime. Her small café in the heart of Edinburgh is ready to open.It's been years in the making, but it's been worth it. The opening is booming, and the café fills up with friends and family.But when Erin Miller shows up by surprise, it can only mean one thing: trouble.Why is she back in Edinburgh?Phoenix doesn't quite remember how she came to be friends with someone like Erin Miller, the high school rebel girl, the s...