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Caitlin kommer fra et privilegert hjem og da hun inviterer Victoria "Vix" med til sommerhuset i Martha's Vineyard, blir de snart kjent som "sommersøstrene". Her finner de kjærlighet og sex. Etterhvert som de vokser opp, studerer Victoria på Harvard, mens Caitlin reiser rundt i Europa og har en rekke kortvarige forhold. Det er først når hun kommer tilbake til Martha's Vineyard, at Caitlin gjør det utenkelige som forandrer både hennes vennskap til Vix og livene deres.

Boken består av 4 noveller: Bestemødrene, Victoria og familien Staveney, Grunnen til det, og Et kjærlighetsbarn. Den første handler om to bestemødre som forelsker seg i hverandres unge sønner. I den andre fortellingen får en mørkhudet kvinne et barn med sønnen i en liberal middelklassefamilie. Den lille datteren hennes blir gradvis oppslukt av den hvite familiens livsførsel. I den tredje handler det om en eldgammel kultur som oppstår, blomstrer og faller sammen. I den siste fortellingen møter vi en soldat som under den andre verdenskrigen, blir forelsket i løpet av en lang sjøreise til India.

The advice book for married couples is controversy. Some might say it's old fashioned advice, others say - like 'The Rules' - that it works, and helps couples get along better together. Dr Laura's tell-it-how-it-is relationships book looks at what isn't working in today's marriages and prescribes a new set of values and rules to help make love blossom and marriages work. She tells wives to stop whingeing and work harder at nurturing the family and loving their men and rewards will be duly reaped. A central theme is the three A's: appreciation, approval and affection - or showing your man you need, admire and desire him.

Jenny's cat in "The Little Kitten", is restlessly looking for a comfortable spot to give birth to her kittens. The straw in the barn is too scratchy so Jenny gives up her bottom drawer.

De overlevde flystyrt og et snøskred i Andesfjellene. De hadde for lenge siden gitt opp å få hjelp fra omverdenen. Det som holdt dem i live i ti uker, var så redselsfullt at ingen greide å snakke om det. Dette er en fortelling fra virkeligheten om en flyulykke i 1972. Boken er filmet.

Explore the cooking of China and Asia in this collection of 200 recipes, photographed throughout.

Every year on his birthday, Ned Dunstan has a paralysing seizure in which he is forced to witness scenes of ruthless slaughter perpetrated by a mysterious figure in black whom he calls Mr X. Now, with his birthday fast approaching, Ned has been drawn back to his home town of Edgerton, Illinois, by a permonition that his mother is dying. On her deathbed, she imparts to him the name of his long-absent father and warns him that he is in great danger. Despite her foreboding, he embarks on a search through Edgerton's past for the truth behind his own identity and that of his entirely fantastic family. But when Ned becomes the lead suspect in three violent deaths, he begins to realize that he is not the only one who has come home.

Mary er nitten år gammel og bor alene i Albuquerque. Når hun møter José Luis, en flyktning som er blitt smuglet inn i USA fra borgerkrigen i El Salvador, blir hun forelsket i øyeblikket og i mannen. Litt etter litt begynner hun å avsløre for José Luis den delen av seg selv hun aldri har kjent.

William møter Sarah på baren Bitter End i New York noen måneder før sin 21-årsdag. Han forelsker seg dypt og inderlig i Sarah, men i løpet av seks måneder faller William fra lykkens tinder til kjærlighetssorgens dype daler. Han har pleid å få det som han vil, men Sarah er bestemt på å forme sitt liv selv.

Hang on, it's a hell of a ride!From the band that lived by the motto "Anything worth doing was worth overdoing" -- Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, and Joey Kramer -- comes a quarter century of rock godhood: the life, the music, the truth, the hell, the lost years, and the raunchy, unsafe sex.And, of course, the drugs.But after crashing in a suffocating cloud of cocaine, crystal meth, and heroin, Aerosmith rose up from the ashes to become clean and sober -- and reclaim their rightful title as World Champion Rockers. Learn how they did it in a book that is pure Aerosmith unbound: where they came from, what they are now, and what they will always be -- a great American band.

Dale Stewart har sabotert sin egen karriere og sitt eget ekteskap. Nå er han på vei tilbake til hjemstedet Elm Haven for å finne fred og isolasjon. Det viser seg at det å flytte inn i et ubebodd hus i utkanten av byen bare er den siste i ei lang rekke av feil han har gjort. Med på flyttelasset har nemlig hans personlige demoner også fulgt med, og de forvrenger virkeligheten til nye og grusomme former.

En rik, ung mann blir funnet død i leiligheten sin, og han blir avskrevet som enda et offer for kokainoverdose. Til tross for innvendelser fra politi og overordnede, følger patologen Laurie Montgomery sin mistanke - rett inn i senteret av byens ledende sykehus.

Make-or-break decisions involving millions of dollars are all in a day's work for Christian Gillette, chairman of Everest Capital, New York's most renowned private equity firm. He's taken on the toughest, most powerful, and often most dangerous adversaries and prevailed–all the while honing his skill for being cool under fire, literally. But now Gillette will be put to the ultimate test. He's offered the chance to seal a deal unlike any other, one that goes beyond boardrooms, balance sheets, and even Everest itself–one that will leave its mark on history. Gillette is no stranger to Jesse Wood, the first African American president of the United States, having been Wood's chosen running mate in his historic bid for the White House. Though still slightly upset over being dropped from the ticket at the eleventh hour, Gillette's not about to ignore the chief executive's summons to a top-secret meeting at Camp David. There, Wood drops a bombshell: The president of Cuba is dead. Cuba's communist regime has kept the dictator's demise hush while it races to fill the power vacuum. And the United States is poised to support a cabal of Cuban professionals plotting a coup. The President wants Gillette to meet with the conspirators and size up the chances for a successful capitalist revolution. But by no means can his mission be traced back to the White House. If anything goes wrong, Gillette is on his own. And if certain people have their way, something will go wrong. For the conspiracy to liberate Cuba isn't the only one afoot. Enemies in highplaces, who will go to any lengths to wreak revenge on Gillette and to unseat President Wood, have set in motion a campaign of deception, sabotage, and murder whose shockwaves will resonate from the streets of Havana to the Oval Office. But for Gillette, who has just named his alluring and ambitious protégé, Allison Wallace, as his successor at Everest, the greatest peril may lie much closer to home. The Successor is blue-chip Stephen Frey, marshaling his flawless instincts for edgy, provocative, breathtaking suspense with a master's touch. > From the Hardcover edition>

Recommended by Chef José Andrés on The Drew Barrymore Show!A portrait of American food--before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal, regional, and traditional--from the lost WPA files.From the New York Times bestselling author who "powerfully demonstrates the defining role food plays in history and culture" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). In the throes of the Great Depression, a make-work initiative for authors-called "America Eats"-was created by the WPA to chronicle the eating habits, traditions, and struggles of local Americans. Mark Kurlansky, author of Salt and Cod, unearths this forgotten literary treasure, chronicling a bygone era when Americans had never heard of fast food or grocery superstores. Kurlansky brings together the WPA contributions-featuring New York automats and Georgia Coca-Cola parties, Maine lobsters and Montana beaver tails-and brilliantly showcases them with authentic recipes, anecdotes, and photographs.

A stunning debut novel of a young American woman who becomes a spy in Paris during World War II. May 1940. Fleeing a glamorous Manhattan life built on lies, Claire Harris arrives in Paris with a romantic vision of starting anew. But she didn't anticipate the sight of Nazi soldiers marching under the Arc de Triomphe. Her plans smashed by the German occupation, the once- privileged socialite's only option is to take a job in a flower shop under the tutelage of a sophisticated Parisian florist. In exchange for false identity papers, Claire agrees to aid the French Resistance. Despite the ever-present danger, she comes to love the enduring beauty of the City of Light, exploring it in the company of Thomas Grey, a mysterious Englishman working with the Resistance. Claire's bravery and intelligence make her a valuable operative, and slowly her values shift as she witnesses the courageous spirit of the Parisians. But deception and betrayal force her to flee once again-this time to fight for the man she loves and what she knows is right-praying she has the heart and determination to survive long enough to one day see Paris again.

This is a powerful, original and haunting debut: hard to put down and impossible to forget. I know what my husband would say: that I have too much time on my hands; that I need to keep myself busy. That I need to take my medication. Empty nest syndrome, he tells his friends at the pub, his mother. He's always said I have a vivid imagination. Marta and Hector have been married for a long time. So long that she finds it difficult to remember her life before him. He has always taken care of her, and she has always done everything she can to be a good wife. But now Marta is starting to doubt her life with Hector. A blonde girl has appeared in the shadows, and she seems to be telling her something. Is Marta hallucinating? Or could this be a memory, rising to the surface...?

In this thrilling sequel to 'The Stonekeeper', Emily and her brother, Navin, head for Kanalis, a beautiful and mysterious city of waterfalls, where the hope to find the antidote for the poison that has sickened their mother.