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On August 6, 1993, twenty-year-old Natasha Alexenko was assaulted at gunpoint. After nearly a decade, her backlogged rape kit was finally tested and her rapist, who roamed free for ten years, was brought to justice. On the day he was sentenced, Alexenko vowed that she would no longer be a statistic and would do whatever she could to help police on behalf of other rape victims. In 2011, she founded Natasha’s Justice Project (NJP), a nonprofit committed to ending the rape-kit backlog. This unflinching memoir chronicles her journey from trauma to triumph.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, a select group of his family and most ardent admirers from the worlds of literature and entertainment, including Joanna Lumley and Simon Callow, gathered in Highgate Cemetery, burial place of many of the Dickens family, to hear readings from his work introduced by his great-great-grandson Mark Dickens and to discuss his life.

Shy, awkward Sophia Cruz has a hard time telling her vivacious identical twin “no”. But when her sister begs her to swap places for a modeling shoot, she caves...again. Then Zephirin Black walks onto the set. The brooding, aloof, and gorgeous tight end for the Washington Warriors. But she can keep it professional.... She has to. Because the adorkable Cruz twin has no luck with guys once they compare her to her sister. After a bad break-up, Zeph hasn’t been big on second chances - and even less with trust. But he finds himself giving please-call-me-by-my-middle-name-Sophia both.

After convicting a superior for corruption and shooting off a gangster's crown jewels, the career of Hamburg's most hard-bitten state prosecutor, Chastity Riley, has taken a nosedive: she has been transferred to the tedium of witness protection to prevent her making any more trouble. However, when she is assigned to the case of an anonymous man lying under police guard in hospital - almost every bone in his body broken, a finger cut off, and refusing to speak in anything other than riddles - Chastity's instinct for the big, exciting case kicks in.

Simone Veil accepte de se raconter à la première personne. Personnage au destin exceptionnel, elle est la femme politique dont la légitimité est la moins contestée, en France et à l'étranger ; son autobiographie était attendue depuis longtemps. Elle s'y montre telle qu'elle est : libre, véhémente, sereine.Avec la participation exceptionnelle de l'auteur pour la lecture du premier chapitre "Une enfance niçoise"

Up to 85% of the Asperger's population are without full-time employment, though many have above-average intelligence. Rudy Simone, an adult with Asperger's Syndrome and an accomplished author, consultant, and musician, created this insightful resource to help employers, educators, and therapists accommodate this growing population, and to help people with Asperger's find and keep gainful employment.

Mia (33), ein quirliger, in den Tag hineinlebender, leicht chaotischer Hipster aus Berlin Prenzlauer Berg, und Iris (44), ein wandelndes Erfolgsrezept samt Ehemann, Kind und Karriere, haben nichts gemeinsam - außer ihrem Vater und einem Hof im Spreewald, den beide überraschend von ihrer Großmutter erben. Doch darüber freuen sich die Frauen nur kurz. Denn das Erbe ist an eine Bedingung geknüpft - und die hat weitreichende Konsequenzen...

Weil Pixi und seine Freunde gerne zur Schule gehen würden, gründen sie kurzerhand ihre eigene Waldschule. Karo und Eddi freuen sich schon auf ihren ersten Schultag, doch der Weg zur Einschulung ist schwerer als erwartet. Temeo freut sich gerade nicht auf die Schule, denn er hat vergessen für eine wichtige Arbeit zu lernen. Zum Glück ist er mit dem Zauberer Tutomo befreundet, der ihm gerne dabei hilft, sein Problem zu lösen.

We are told God will punish the wicked; that sinful men will reap what they sow. We are told to scourge our souls with prayer and pain to become clean once again. Well, here I am. Wicked and sinful. Desperate to become clean - even though it feels so good to be dirty. But even I never expected what came next. Even I never expected my punishment to come so soon.

Es hätte alles so schön sein können, wenn Iris nicht plötzlich überlegen würde, mit ihrem Liebhaber Nikolai die Welt zu erobern, und Mia sich nicht von allen verlassen fühlen würde. Als der Spreewald in einem Sommergewitter versinkt, scheinen alle verrückt zu spielen - nicht nur die Menschen, sondern auch die Tiere. Und alles endet in einem großen Knall.

Luis Fuentes has always been sheltered from the gang violence that nearly destroyed his brothers' lives. But that didn't stop him from taking risks - whether he's scaling a mountain in the Rockies or dreaming of a future as an astronaut, Luis can't stop looking for the next thrill.

Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic and versatile musician - a brilliant conductor who attained international super-star status, and a gifted composer of Broadway musicals ( West Side Story), symphonies ( Age of Anxiety), choral works ( Chichester Psalms), film scores ( On the Waterfront), and much more. Bernstein was also an enthusiastic letter writer, and this audiobook is the first to present a wide-ranging selection of his correspondence.

A high-stakes story of star-crossed lovers from Simone Elkeles, the New York Times best-selling author of the Perfect Chemistry series. To escape his abusive stepdad, bad boy Ryan Hess runs from his tiny Texas border town to Mexico. But his plans to keep his head down and stay out of trouble are shattered the minute he meets the beautiful and totally out of his league Dalila Sandoval. Dalila Sandoval shouldn’t even know someone like Ryan Hess. The daughter of one of the wealthiest lawyers in Mexico, Dalila is focused on studying and planning for her bright future.

The Eightfold Path of the Urban Samurai is a book about eight guideposts that one can use to bring more joy and fulfillment into their daily lives, and to seek to serve a higher purpose. The book takes a practical and less is more approach to spirituality, by articulating that these steps can be helpful to you if you choose to use them, but are non-dogmatic.

Zwei Großstadtfrauen auf dem Land - ob das so eine gute Idee ist? Mia und Iris müssen auf ihrem Hof im Spreewald nicht nur miteinander, sondern auch noch mit den tierischen Bewohnern und dem fiesen Dauerregen klarkommen. Keine einfache Aufgabe.

Mütter sind auch nur Menschen. Trotzdem wären Mia und Iris andere Gäste lieber. Als nach Iris' Mutter auch noch Mias Erzeugerin auftaucht, wird der Juni für die beiden Schwestern zur Zerreißprobe.

Zwei Schwestern, ein Haus, unterschiedliche Pläne und eine ganz einfache Lösung: Es wird eine Trennlinie gezogen. Iris fängt sofort an, ihren Bereich des Hauses zu renovieren. Mia sorgt derweil mit einer Rettungsaktion für neue Hofbewohner. Das Chaos ist komplett, als beim (überraschenderweise) gemeinsamen Weihnachtsfest ein unerwarteter Gast auftaucht.

This audio bundle helps you quickly and easily lose weight. After years of making bodybuilders miserable, "If It Fits Your Macros" was born. IIFYM is a way to improve one's body composition by not relying completely on clean foods. Learn all about how you can benefit, and also discover the fundamentals of intermittent fasting and how it is one of the easiest way to lose weight while building lean muscle. Learn all the basics of food prepping, different foods that you can use to prep your meals in a lot of different ways, and how to prepare them the right and nutritious way.   

In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance against tremendous odds made her one of the top athletes and record-breaking gymnasts in the world - and how you too can overcome challenges in your life. In this audiobook, Simone shares the details of her inspiring personal story - one filled with the kinds of daily acts of courage that led her, and can lead you, to even the most unlikely of dreams.

Der Mai ist gekommen, die Bäume schlagen aus und nicht nur die tierischen Bewohner des Spreewalds balzen um die Wette. Doch der Zauber allen Anfangs ist trügerisch. Und so müssen die Schwestern am eigenen Leibe erfahren, dass unbeglichene alte Rechnungen einen manchmal teuer zu stehen kommen.