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Meet Tula, Vinny, Jabeen, Sonal and Samina - best friends and members of the 'Girlie’ club. Listen to this joyous exploration of friendship, family, work and womanhood in the British Asian community in the 90s. In their regular gatherings for ‘Girlie’ evenings the friends drink, laugh, blow off steam and commiserate. Nothing is sacred and friendships are tested, marriages analysed, and secrets exposed.

La femme, un produit sans grand avenir ? 2224. Depuis le Grand Effondrement de la civilisation fossile et les crises qui ont suivi, l'humanité s'est adaptée. Économiser les ressources, se protéger du soleil, modifier son habitat, ses besoins, et adhérer au tout-recyclage. Y compris celui des femmes. Afin d'enrayer le déclin de la population, toute femme de cinquante ans est retirée de son foyer pour laisser la place à une autre, plus jeune et encore fertile.

Colette, Melissa’s childhood friend, abandons her marriage and home in Maine and flies to Melbourne. There she is taken in by her friend Reggie, who seems to know the secret of joy. Colette joins in the lives of striking individuals who lead her to view sexuality as a manifestation of the sacred.

England's unique republican experiment ­- imposed on Scotland and Ireland, too - may have been shortlived, but it has had a lasting impact on British monarchy, politics, religion and culture, and on the story the British continue to tell about themselves. It is a period that, for a long time, history chose to forget, or recalled as a failure. Here, in thrilling detail, Alice Hunt brings the republic and its extraordinary cast of characters, from politicians to poets and prophets, back to life.

Ein brisanter Kriminalfall, ein ungleiches Ermittlerpaar, eine düstere Steampunk-Atmosphäre und eine Portion Forensik. Wer ist der Tote, der im kaiserlichen Palast aufgetaucht ist? Gemeinsam mit dem aufgeweckten Forensiker Max Jung ermittelt die ehemalige Soldatin Mary Parker im Umfeld des Kaisers und deckt dabei ein zerstörerisches Geheimnis auf. Als in einem Ossarium des Kaisers ein überzähliges Skelett gefunden wird, erhält die Privatermittlerin Mary Parker den Auftrag, die Identität des Toten festzustellen.

Einst brachte Margery die Vergessenen Sieben zusammen, doch nun schienen sie sich gegen sie zu stellen. Jetzt, da sie erkannten, was der Preis des geteilten Herzens war, wandten sie sich von ihr ab. Sie verloren den Glauben an die Prinzessin. Jeder für sich und jeder aus einem anderen Grund, aber dennoch vereint. Vereint gegen sie. Was würde aus ihr werden, wenn noch einer der Sieben starb? Welchen Verlust konnte ihr Herz noch verkraften? Wie sehr würde sie sich verändern?

Set against a backdrop of East End London, Georgia experienced a childhood few of us could imagine. Though brought up in a loving family, she watched her family break apart through deceit and her mother descend into heroin addiction. Escaping into what she felt was a loving sanctuary, Georgia ended up trapped in a violent relationship with a man who would beat and abuse her. After having her three children by him, she knew she had to escape to finally find safety.

Coleen Greenwood was overjoyed to meet James Scott, a heroic firefighter and man of her dreams. Little would she know her dreams would soon become a nightmare as his web of lies started to unravel. The astonishing true story of one man’s lies and a family’s fight for justice.

Greg Wilson is now in prison. Finally, it is over for Coleen and Karen. They can now move on, take time and heal. But is it that easy? Or is there still much more of the story to come? The uplifting follow-up true story to “Playing with Fire.” How after the darkest days have ended, light will always break through.

Eve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side, explains that she has had an operation to remove the large, malignant tumour growing in her brain. As Eve learns to walk, talk, and write again — and as she wrestles with her diagnosis, and how and when to explain it to her beloved children — she begins to recall what’s most important to her: long walks with her husband’s hand clasped firmly around her own, family game nights and always buying that dress when she sees it.

Eve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side, explains that she has had an operation to remove the large, malignant tumor growing in her brain. As Eve learns to walk, talk, and write again—and as she wrestles with her diagnosis, and how and when to explain it to her beloved children—she begins to recall what’s most important to her: long walks with her husband’s hand clasped firmly around her own, family game nights, and always buying that dress when she sees it.

Claire arrives at her new job as researcher at a grand English country house, nursing a broken heart. But tucked into the back of a long-forgotten drawer she finds a letter written in an elegant hand. It tells of a wartime secret about the beautiful Lady Violet – whose passionate affair with an Italian prisoner of war scandalised the village and ended in tragedy. Captivated, Claire promises to find Violet’s daughter, Tabitha, and reunite her with a priceless piece of her mother’s jewellery. With only the name of an Italian bakery, Pasticceria Mancini, to guide her, and the help of her handsome neighbour Jim, Claire travels to Tabitha’s last known location – Florence.

It's the event of the year - the company summer party. Mel can't wait. Sun, sea, cocktails, her sights set on her work crush, and letting her hair down with her colleagues. One big happy family. What could go wrong? But as the Champagne flows and the sun begins to set, cracks in the team start to appear. Secrets, lies, revenge. No one is as innocent as they seem. But could someone be guilty of murder?

What do you do when you've got a degree in French and absolutely no job prospects? Of course, you slide into your favorite French bakery for a café crème! When a lighthearted conversation with the manager of the local patisserie turns into a job offer, Lexi Stuart gladly accepts. She indulges in tasty pastries and wins over skeptical coworkers, but the glamour is minimal, and the pay is less than generous.

Having earned her chef's hat, Lexi Stuart bids au revoir to her glamorous and deliciously satisfying pastry mentorship to find life unexpectedly complicated. She's now in charge of a high-end catering bakery, but there's a catch: she must make this lavish bakery a successful business in just a few short months. In over her head and at a loss for creative marketing ideas, Lexi can't compose the perfect recipe for success.

Lexi Stuart is risking it all. Saying au revoir to the security of home, her job, and her could-be boyfriend, she embarks on a culinary adventure in France to fulfill her dream of becoming a pastry chef. Life in her new quaint French village should be everything she dreamed of, but settling in isn't nearly as easy as she imagined. Her optimism is greeted with both acceptance and resistance in the people and culture around her—soft and crusty at the same time— like the best baguettes.

Été 1924, dans la propriété de Riverton. L'étoile montante de la poésie anglaise, lord Robert Hunter, se donne la mort près d'un lac, au cours d'une soirée. Dès lors, les sœurs Emmeline et Hannah Hartford, seuls témoins de ce drame, ne se sont plus adressé la parole. Selon la rumeur, l'une était sa fiancée et l'autre son amante... 1999. Une jeune réalisatrice décide de faire un film autour de ce scandale et s'adresse au dernier témoin vivant, Grace Bradley, ancienne domestique au château. Grace s'est toujours efforcée d'oublier cette nuit-là. Mais les fantômes du passé ne demandent qu'à se réveiller.

Meet Lupe Martinez, an eleven-year-old girl with dreams as vast as the skies and a deep yearning to uncover the world’s mysteries. Her life in the tranquil town of Sierra Vista transforms dramatically when she discovers an ancient map and a journal in her grandmother's attic, leading her on an epic quest to find the fabled City of Gold, El Dorado. Lupe's extraordinary journey is more than a mere search for a lost city; it's an expedition of personal growth.

History is rarely kind to women of power, but few have had their reputations quite so brutally shredded as Catherine de’ Medici, Italian-born queen of France and influential mother of three successive French kings during that country’s long sequence of sectarian wars in the second half of the sixteenth century.

Let's get this straight—I hate Tate Blingwood. Our one-night stand was supposed to be just that, but now I've got a precious daughter to raise on my own. To make matters worse, he's everywhere, and I'm not just talking about my fantasies. Tate's career has hit the skids and he's on all the news stations and social media sites. Making revenge memes was just supposed to be a little fun to keep me sane and keep his enormous ego in check. I didn't expect it to bite me on the ass when he ended up seeking refuge at the resort I live and work in.