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Det er næsten et år siden, at Makani Young flyttede ind hos sin bedstemor langt ude på landet i Nebraska, og hun er stadig ved at finde sig til rette i sit nye liv. Og hun er stadig jaget af sin fortid i Hawaii. En efter en bliver hendes medstuderende på byens lille high school myrdet i en række brutale drab, og imens politiet jagter morderen, breder uhyggen og usikkerheden sig, og Makani bliver tvunget til at forholde sig til sine egne mørke hemmeligheder. Forfatteren Stephanie Perkins er tilbage med et forfriskende bud på den klassiske slasher-genre. Fyldt med blod.

Anbefalet af John Green og Rainbow Rowell. I tre år har Isla haft et crush på den indadvendte tegner Josh, som hun går i klasse med på School of America i Paris. I sommerferien møder hun ham tilfaeldigt på Manhattan, og romantikken begynder at blomstre. Men i løbet af skoleåret er både hun og Josh dog tvunget til at konfrontere de udfordringer, som alle unge par må gå igennem: familiedrama, usikkerhed omkring ens valg for fremtiden og risikoen for at blive adskilt.

Lola har et naesten perfekt liv. Hun bor i San Francisco sammen med sine to faedre, hendes kaereste er rockmusiker, og hun er en spirende modedesigner. Men så flytter de berygtede Bell-tvillinger Calliope og Cricket tilbage til nabolaget i huset ved siden af Lola, og en fortid fyldt med smerte og kvaler bliver gravet frem. Cricket Bell er nemlig fyren, der knuste Lolas hjerte to år tidligere. Men kan en fyr fra Lolas fortid vise sig at vaere hendes store kaerlighed?

Anna er glad og tilfreds i Atlanta, hvor hun ser frem til at starte på sit sidste år på high school. Hun har en trofast bedste veninde, et godt fritidsjob og et crush på en fyr, der netop er begyndt at vise interesse for hende. Anna bliver derfor ikke begejstret, da hendes far beslutter sig for at sende hende på kostskole i Paris. Selv om Anna ikke kan fransk, møder hun hurtigt en ny gruppe venner, og ikke mindst den søde og charmerende Étienne St. Clair. Desværre er han allerede taget - og det er Anna vel egentlig også? Men i lysets by kan alting ske.

Katina King is the reigning teen jiujitsu champion of Northern California, but she's having trouble fighting off the secrets in her past. Robin Thornton was adopted from an orphanage in Kolkata, India, and is reluctant to take on his future. Since he knows nothing about his past, how is he supposed to figure out what comes next? Robin and Kat meet in the most unlikely of places - a summer service trip to India to work with survivors of human trafficking. As bonds blossom between the travel mates, Robin and Kat discover the healing superpowers of friendship.

It's the week before New Year's Eve, and genealogist Lucy Lancaster is ready to mix work and play at the beautiful Hotel Sutton, enjoying herself while finalizing the presentation for her latest client, hotel heiress Pippa Sutton. Freshly arrived at the hotel - and determined not to think about Special Agent Ben Turner, who went radio silent on her after one date - Lucy is stopped in her tracks when a strange man comes staggering toward her. He presses a classic Montblanc pen onto her hand, gasps, “Keep them safe”, and collapses at her feet, dead.

Texas genealogist Lucy Lancaster deals with murders in both the past and present in this captivating first mystery in the Ancestry Detective series.

Llyn Roberts shares her years of experience with indigenous healers, shamans, and Elders who come from cultures that know how to shapeshift realities. She translates ancient techniques into easy-to-understand modern practices that you can use every day to transform personal imbalances, open to your life purpose, deepen your relationship with spirit and nature, and reclaim your power to make a positive difference in the world.

Gilman's most famous short story illustrates attitudes in the 19th century toward women's physical and mental health.

First published serially in Gilman's magazine The Forerunner from 1909-1910, What Diantha Did is the story of Diantha Bell, a young woman who leaves her home and her fiancé to start a housecleaning business. A resourceful heroine, Diantha quickly expands her business into an enterprise that includes a maid service, cooked food delivery service, a restaurant, and a hotel.

Described by the Radio Times as ‘a cross between QI and The Moral Maze’, this hilarious and thought-provoking panel show sees comedian Sue Perkins putting her guests through the moral and ethical wringer as she poses a series of tricky hypothetical questions - and cross-examines them on their answers. Would you provide an alibi for someone you hate? Would you let an annoying colleague take credit for your work if it meant they would get a job elsewhere? Is cheating on your partner ever acceptable?

In the winter of 1969, from big cities to small towns, young women across the country sent in applications to Yale University for the first time. The Ivy League institution dedicated to graduating "1,000 male leaders" each year had finally decided to open its doors to the nation's top female students. The landmark decision was a huge step forward for women's equality in education. Or was it?

The story is a double play: is it the story of a woman going mad, or a woman possessed by something evil? We begin to suspect that the narrator’s apparently caring husband John may not be as caring as she thinks. Is he trying to control her? We know that Charlotte was much concerned with the emancipation of women and them achieving financial independence, so is the character of John an echo of this?

Mackenzie Menter performs Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s famous 1892 tale of a woman’s decent into madness. The unnamed narrator secretly keeps a journal and chronicles her decent into madness while subjected to her doctor-husband’s severe postpartum rest cure. She begins to see that a woman is trapped in the suffocating wallpaper that envelops her room, and she becomes determined - at all costs - to free her.

How do you change the world? Dr. John M. Perkins says the answer is friendship. Find out why in He Calls Me Friend.

Dwayne delivers his first hour-long special with a smooth, incredibly likable style and charisma that draws you in. His comedy has tapped in to the harsh truth, and you will immediately understand why the world should...take note!

No Fear draws you inside the stories of young, ordinary believers who, despite incredible opposition, courageously stood up for God's truth. Tony Perkins pairs each story with a biblical example and gives practical ideas for building a "no fear" perspective every day. Today, followers of Jesus Christ face more opposition to their beliefs than any generation in American history. Yet even in such a hostile cultural and political environment, it is an exciting time to stand firm in the faith.

John Perkins, founder of Voice of Calvary ministries, was born in New Hebron, Mississippi, in 1930. His family was made up of sharecroppers, and he grew up in grinding poverty, part of a system that preserved prejudice and racism. After his brother was killed, Perkins left Mississippi for California, where he found job opportunities, racism of another kind, and faith in Jesus Christ. He returned to Mississippi to share the gospel and help his own people find equality, justice, and economic independence.

Re-imagine leading and following in a world longing for true justice, compassion and freedom followers of Christ yearn to see the world changed in compassionate, positive, effective ways. As prophetic voices, Shane Claiborne and John Perkins lead the way in this move to be the hands, feet and heart of Jesus.

The prophets of old were not easy to listen to because they did not flatter. They did not cajole. They spoke hard words that often chafed and unsettled their listeners. Like the Old Testament prophets, and more recent prophetic voices like Frederick Douglass, Dr. Eric Mason calls the evangelical church to a much-needed reckoning.