For once, Ivy Culpepper feels fulfilled. An apprenticeship at Yeast of Eden has opened her world to time-honored baking techniques under owner Olaya Solis's guidance – as well as the freshest small-town gossip, courtesy of chatty regulars known as the Blackbird Ladies. Ivy even begins accepting that she and restaurateur Miguel Baptista may never again rekindle their romance – despite the undeniable tension between them. But she's tied to Miguel again when his trusted produce supplier...
In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York City in a little yellow car, embarking on a bumpy, muddy, unmapped journey ten thousand miles long. They took with them a teeny typewriter, a tiny sewing machine, a wee black kitten, and a message for Americans all across the country: Votes for Women! The women's suffrage movement was in full swing, and Nell and Alice would not let anything keep them from spreading the word about equal voting rights for women. Braving...
After all the backstage ghost drama during Phantasm, things are quiet for the Backstagers of the St. Genesius School Drama Club-too quiet. But when that quiet is filled by a mysterious voice that haunts the Backstagers day and night, they set off on a globetrotting adventure to discover the ancient secrets of the legendary artifacts of the theater. Can they solve the mystery in time to open their production of the rock musical Tammy? Each Backstager brings unique skills to the team: mischievous...
Struggling photographer Ivy Culpepper has lots of soul-searching to do since returning to seaside Santa Sofia, California – that is, until the thirty-six-year-old enters a bread-making class at Yeast of Eden, the Mexican bread shop in town. Whether it's the aroma of fresh conchas in the oven or her instant connection with owner Olaya Solis, Ivy just knows the missing ingredients in her life are hidden among the secrets of Olaya's bakery. But Ivy's spirits crumble when a missing...
Kimi's obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi's entire future seems on the verge of falling apart. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi's estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life....
The fifth book in the Making of America series examines the life of America's 32nd president: his birth into one of America's elite families, his domineering mother, his marriage to Eleanor Roosevelt, his struggle with polio, and his political career. A Democrat, Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) won a record four presidential elections and is the longest-serving US president. During his time in office, he led the country through the Great Depression and World War II. He helped to...
With her career in tatters and her marriage receding in the rear-view mirror, ex-RCMP corporal Lacey McCrae trades her uniform for a tool belt, and the Lower Mainland for the foothills west of Calgary. Amid the oil barons, hockey stars, and other high rollers who inhabit the wilderness playground is her old university roommate, Dee Phillips. Dee's glossy life was shaken by a reckless driver; now she's haunted by a nighttime prowler only she can hear. As snowmelt swells the icy river,...
Die Story beginnt bereits unglaublich: Ein berühmter Geheimagent aus London kommt in die Detektei Knall & Fall und bittet um Hilfe. Auftraggeber ist ein bekannter Hamburger Juwelier, in dessen Läden wertvolle Uhren gestohlen werden. Was ein bekannter Sänger damit zu tun hat und wie Knall & Fall eine nächtliche Verfolgungsjagd in ihrem Porsche erleben, bei der ein Teddybär auf der Strecke bleibt – das alles ist genauso spannend wie witzig. Bei ihrem rasanten Abenteuer stehen den...
Was ist los im italienischen Restaurant von Enrico? Die Gäste bleiben weg und gehen in das neue Lokal Cavallo. Warum? Der Grund ist eine verlorene Pfeffermühle. Und was finden die Detektive Knall & Fall im Müllcontainer vom Cavallo? Und was hat der Chefredakteur vom Feinschmecker-Magazin Lukullus mit der Sache zu tun? Fragen über Fragen! Die Antworten erleben wir in diesem spannenden Hörspiel, wo ein Container ins Rollen kommt und eine Toilette verschlossen ist. Ein rasanter Mix aus Action,...
In academic journals and on internet message boards, certain scientists and thinkers are laying siege to one of the great taboos. Could it be, they ask, that racism has a rational basis in science? These ideas are no longer limited to the fringe: race-based studies of intelligence have been discussed by thinkers such as Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, and Jordan Peterson. If true, it would provide an intellectual foundation for so many of the attitudes that characterize the right wing, justifying...