One decision can end everything … or lead to unlikely redemption.Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world, and the secret life he lived for years without getting caught.On October 8, 1978, a Canadian national by the name of William Dyson stepped off a plane at O’Hare International Airport and proce...

Am 8. Oktober 1978 passierte der Kanadier William Dyson am Flughafen in Chicago ohne Probleme die Einreisekontrollen. Zwei Tage später hörte er auf zu existieren. Dysons Identität war eine Erfindung des KGB, um einen ihrer Rekruten aus der DDR in die USA einzuschleusen. Der Plan ging auf. Ein junger, ehrgeiziger Agent begann ein neues Leben im Westen: Jack Barsky. Ein Jahrzehnt lang führte er im Kalten Krieg Geheimoperationen aus, bis sich seine Loyalität plötzlich auf überraschende Weise ...

The average age of entry into prostitution in America is 13 years old. Forced into a life they never chose, manipulated, abused and tortured at the hands of the pimps who control them, our country's children are sold on the streets, on the internet and at truck stops across America every night. They aren't bad kids who made bad choices. They are victims of child sex trafficking. They come from our neighborhoods, our schools, our churches, and sometimes our own homes. Author Linda Smith bri...

Es ist fast achtzig Jahre her, seit sie ihre Tochter in fremde Hände geben musste. Geblieben war Minka all die Jahre nur ein einziges Foto. Muss sie nun endgültig die Hoffnung auf ein Lebenszeichen begraben? Alles beginnt im Sommer 1928, als die 16-jährige Minka mit anderen Mädchen einen Ausflug ins Grüne unternimmt. Für ein paar Stunden kann sie der schweren Arbeit auf dem elterlichen Hof entkommen. Doch was dann geschieht, verändert ihr ganzes Leben. Unbemerkt von der Gruppe vergeht sich...

It’s never too late for a miracle.When an old woman begs God to let her see the daughter who had been taken from her arms almost eighty years before — could her impossible prayer come true?In the summer of 1928, sixteen-year-old Minka was looking forward to a sewing class picnic. This would be a rare chance to put aside farm chores, don a pretty dress, and enjoy an outing with other girls. It would be a day to remember.And it was . . . but not in th...

"Romeo + Juliet gets an update in this story of forbidden love. Shakespeare's never been so hip." -- Jenny B. Jones, author of The Charmed Life SeriesAs the popular darling of the junior class and heiress to the five-star Monrovi Inn empire, Kate has both everything and nothing. She's bored with school and life...until she locks eyes with Caleb at a school dance.Caleb is new to Kate's exclusive prep school, and it's clear he doesn't fit in. In fact...

Wren has tried to shelter her only son from the tumult of the world. Now she's about to find sanctuary . . . in the last place she ever expected.In tiny Cottage Cover, on the coast of Maine, Wren Evans is raising her gifted son, Charlie. A single mom, she's fought hard to give Charlie a stable, secure home life. When a prestigious music academy in Boston expresses interest in Charlie's talent, Wren is willing to move them again to make his dreams come true....

Ava has a loving family, a beautiful house, and a solid faith. Suddenly, her ideal life will be completely broken . . . in the best of ways.Ava’s life is full of great things. Her daughter is getting married to just the right guy, her husband’s company has kept them financially successful for years, her son is thriving as a high-school football player, and the ministry she started is keeping her busy as she reaches out to those with “broken hearts....

Ava has a loving family, a beautiful house, and a solid faith. Suddenly, her ideal life will be completely broken . . . in the best of ways.Ava's life is full of great things. Her daughter is getting married to just the right guy, her husband's company has kept them financially successful for years, her son is thriving as a high-school football player, and the ministry she started is keeping her busy as she reaches out to those with "broken hearts...

Love in a foreign land. A decaying hacienda full of secrets. And a woman searching for the story of her life.A funeral and some family business--that's what Julia Bentley expects when she travels to the Philippines to bury her grandfather. She hopes for a brief adventure, a distraction from her most recent failed relationship and her loose-ends California life. Maybe even a chance to meet some distant relatives she's never known.Instead, she discovers a pla...

Three women's lives converge around the century-old mystery of a shipwreck. There's Sophia, a reclusive author who retreated from the world after a tragic loss, Claire, a young journalist who's reluctantly returned to her home town, and Josephine, a passenger from the ill-fated ship.As they discover the truth about lost love and buried secrets, each woman finds hope, healing, and strength to face the future.

Ruby's finding out that life is all about improv . . .Small-town girl Ruby Madden has moved to Marin County, California; home of high-dollar homes and green living. The girls wear shoes that cost more than her entire paycheck at the Underground Coffeehouse & Theater, and the students are well-traveled and full of life experiences that Ruby can only dream of.All the stresses of adjusting to her new life have put a strain on her ability to trust God. Yet when...