Eric loves nothing more than the escape of being on stage in his persona of Miss Sassy Frass, but events from five years ago won't let him enjoy the present. After losing the limelight he's come to rely on, this bratty drag queen struggles to find another way to forget his pain.Matt didn't expect his fiancee to up and desert him when he left Boston to help his mother through her chemotherapy treatments. Nor did he expect to lose all of his friends as a result of the breakup. Reconn...

Dieser Audiokurs vermittelt Grundkenntnisse in modernem Griechisch für Deutschsprachige, die einfach und effektiv wichtige Wörter und Redewendungen lernen möchten. Durch klar strukturierte Lektionen und gesprochene Beispiele erweitern Sie Schritt für Schritt Ihren griechischen Wortschatz und gewinnen ein Gefühl für die Aussprache und Sprachmelodie. Der Kurs konzentriert sich auf das Verstehen und Wiedererkennen häufiger Begriffe und Sätze – ideal, um die Sprache unterwegs, im Auto oder bei...

Ihre Herzen sind gebrochen. Doch es gibt eine zweite Chance für sie ...Eurydike ist es leid, im Schatten ihrer mächtigen Familie zu stehen und ihrem Ex-Freund Orpheus nachzutrauern. Das Schicksal führt sie zu Charon, der als rechte Hand von Hades zwar alles für Olympus tun würde, aber ebenfalls endlich eigene Entscheidungen treffen will. Doch Eurydike kann ihre Vergangenheit nicht vergessen, und auch Charon merkt, dass zu ihrem Glück noch jemand fehlt: Orpheus. Als die Mauern von O...

Following the great success of 2015's Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror and Science Fiction, this latest in the series is packed with hard-boiled detectives, monsters, psychopaths and a high body count. Tales of death and destruction from classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting contemporary hardcore crime writers.New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Sara Dobie Bauer, Mic...

Told from the split viewpoints of Liv and Jory, Kate A. Boorman's What We Buried is a psychological thrill ride that deftly explores how memories can lie, how time can bend, and how reconciling the truth can be a matter of life or death.“Do you ever just want to be believed?”Siblings Liv and Jory Brewer have grown up resenting each another. Liv—former pageant queen and reality TV star—was groomed for a life in the spotlight, while her olde...

Politicking While Female traces the challenges and opportunities that shape the experiences of women who pursue and hold positions of political leadership in the United States. In this volume, Nichole M. Bauer gathers new essays studying the forces that keep women out of political institutions, along with the hurdles faced by female candidates and politicians once they overcome those barriers.Drawing on recent, original data, Politicking While Female examines the ...

When Rebecca Rowena Randall goes to live with her spinster aunts in Riverboro, Rebecca's aunts find her to be more of a handful than they bargained for. But even more surprising than the transition of Rebecca into a well-mannered young lady are the effects that Rebecca has on her aunts' humdrum lives. Rebecca, with her wide dark eyes and spirit that no walls can contain, will change their lives -- and the lives of everyone she meets -- forever.

Lucky is anything but his namesake. First, he gets roped into marrying a woman when she claims he got her pregnant. Now, he's getting divorce papers claiming he's been unfaithful. To add insult to injury, no one will even listen to his side of the story. A kindhearted bar manager saves him from sleeping in his car, but can he handle sharing a house with eight other men?Spencer sometimes hates his job as a private investigator. His last case funded his college exchange course in Aus...