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When Martha’s heart suddenly stops, it gives her the chance to reflect on her life. Something is missing, and it’s more than just adrenaline. She hasn’t seen her son, Matt, in 20 years, and has no idea that his wife Emma has started talking about babies. Matt, though, is worried about his genetic inheritance: Can a penchant for bank robbery be passed through the generations? And can he seek advice from his work colleague Rip, whose entire life experience is based on video games?

Bragging rights and bumper stickers are some of the social forces fueling today’s parenting behavior, and, as a result, even well-intentioned parents are behaving badly. Many parents don’t know how best to support their teens, especially when everyone around them seems to be frantically tutoring, managing, and helicoptering. The Parent Compass provides guidance on what parents’ roles should be in supporting their teens’ mental health as they traverse the maze of the adolescent years.

Sam's trousers were 'round his ankles. The microwaved chicken - long past its sell-by date - had made a hasty exit. He was down a ditch in the middle of nowhere, and there weren't any tissues. Suzy had dumped him. Things weren't going well. He was only one wipe away from his life changing forever when he found a blue IKEA bag packed with banknotes. Gary wants to kill him. So does Vlad. Ashton wants to paint him naked, and then there's the Contessa. Suzy isn't certain they've broken up. One thing’s for sure: Sam's life has been turned upside down.

Travis's life is perfection. He has the looks, the car, the apartment and the women. Lots of women. Debbie says the sex is revelatory, which doesn't help Sheryl. And then there's Colin. Colin's life is bleak and without hope, and his sex life is so inconsequential that it is hard to assign it a proclivity in any direction. All Colin's dreams come true when, thinking he's working for MI6, he shadows Travis's life and goes on a journey of orgiastic debauchery. But things aren't quite as they seem as the noose tightens on Travis's perfect world.

Rarely does someone so joyfully authentic come along and flash a light so bright, you can’t help but feel a rush of hope. Ryder Buck was such a guy. He was charming and hilarious, ornery and aggravating, and he delighted in his love of music. Nothing more and nothing less than himself, his self-acceptance fueled his audacious dreams and taught him to have faith and just let go.

Magda cleans up - and it’s more than just housework. She knows all about the call-center worker’s fake dating profiles and what the prospective MP gets up to when he slips into something more comfortable. She even knows about Claire’s secret inheritance, which is more than Claire does - and she knows how to tease out Claire’s husband’s infatuation. But can Magda turn a profit from all this knowledge? A hilarious romp through the private lives that only a cleaner really sees.

This sizzling-hot bundle packed full of hot, dirty stories has everything you could want to get you going including swingers, coming out, BDSM, spanking, gangbangs, doctors, vampires, cowboys, space sex, and much more!

Please note: contains strong language and adult content.

Is it possible for long-time best friends Romeo and Julius to share more than what they had? Both were successful, good-looking, and well-educated young doctors who thought they had it all figured out in life. Apparently, they had yet to discover their true identities. A bachelor party, a male and a female stripper, and some alcohol were all that was needed to trigger revelations that were long overdue.

Daringly, I suggested to my husband Jared that, perhaps, our sex life had become stagnant. Our sex was okay, but it wasn’t exciting. Certainly not in the way it once was. We needed to spice things up. But the very thought of suggesting such a thing was a daunting prospect, let alone suggesting what I had in mind: a cuckold with another man. Would the mere mention of experimenting with our sex life in such a drastic way hurt Jared?

Sir Harry Panter’s political career is ascending - the top job is in his sights - but he can’t take another scandal. He doesn’t know that his wife, Lady Verity, has started the day impaled on a late, married vicar, or that Lucy, his beautiful new intern, thinks of herself as a Trojan Horse with scandalous intentions. But a rival has emerged, who has secrets of his own. Will Sir Harry be able to unseat him before he succumbs to his burning desire for Lucy? Or will Lady Verity, who is having a crisis of passion, be able to find it with her husband?

Will wasn’t sure if he was looking forward to the stag party or not. Yes, it would no doubt be good fun, and he knew a lot of the guys were good-natured, but he had a lot of thoughts he was struggling with, and a busy weekend didn’t always help. Find out how Will finally lets go and comes out.

These detailed stories are 100 percent true and told to the best of my recollection. These stories have impacted my music career, have been with me for over 25 years, and have impacted my life in ways that I could only speak about having gone through the process. Somehow, through faith, persistence, and more persistence, I was able to overcome obstacles that were far greater than my abilities.

Jay always thought of himself as straight...well, mostly. Tired of his bad luck picking up women at clubs and bars, Jay finds himself thinking about men, especially two of his best friends as he sleeps in their guest bed after an unlucky night. Sometimes, being honest about your sexuality is hard. Jay knows this. So, what happens when, one night, something happens to change his whole perspective?

Gerry doesn't get out much, but when he does he encounters Mandy - free, a little wild, and half his age. But by day Gerry is Gerrard, who is not only married, he’s a vicar. A vicar with doubts. Although Lucinda, his wife, has very few doubts when a trip to Birmingham goes startlingly right. And ageing gigolo Nelson never sees himself as a messiah until Albert convinces him he can walk on water - or is that just revenge for Nelson having put his head down the toilet at school?

Getting the gang back together to revisit their annual ski trip after 10 years of recession and child-rearing seemed like a good idea to Will. But the manopause was approaching. Judah’s whipping indiscretion with a young student has hit the headlines, and an ambulance patient has threatened Al with assault. Mac has finally found a client with money, but she’s after more than just remodeling her house; and Rick is diverting his grief into ludicrously high risk activities. Will struggles to get them to the slopes, but there they find the mishaps are just beginning...

Il potere si trova proprio dentro di te. Devi solo leggere ciò che è vero dalle pagine della tua stessa mente. Il vero stato della gioia è chiamato soddisfazione. È tuo diritto essere soddisfatto in ogni istante della tua vita. La soddisfazione è pace della mente, conoscenza di ciò che è vero, buon giudizio, prosperità e salute fisica. La vera risposta ai tuoi problemi è la soddisfazione. È necessario essere soddisfatti lungo ogni linea, è nostro diritto.

Emily appears to have it all: professional success and a sweet family life. But when her promotion causes her family to relocate to a new city, the move unexpectedly stirs up unpleasant memories of Jack Olney, the handsome jock who bullied her during college. As Emily sorts through her recollections and past humiliations, she decides to reach out to her old dorm mates. Do they remember her? Are they happy? And whatever happened to Jack?

Life is hard. Rocketing rates of physical and mental health issues are testimony to the immense pressures of our complex world. So how do we become tough and adaptable to face life's challenges? The Resilience Shield provides that defence. In their groundbreaking guide to overcoming adversity, Australian SAS veterans Dr Dan Pronk, Ben Pronk DSC and Tim Curtis take you behind the scenes of special operations missions, into the boardrooms of leading companies and through the depths of contemporary research in order to demystify and define resilience.

Inequality. Influence. Fraud. Sabotage. These are the themes of great fiction and our modern economy. In this collection of short stories by some of today’s most scintillating writers, the rich get poorer and the poor get richer. Yeah, right! From the heartbreaking to the hilarious, here are eight instantly classic battles over currency, class, privilege - and social distance.