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The BRAND NEW instalment in the Yorkshire Murders series from bestseller Wes Markin! A gruesome find. A missing colleague. A case that hits closer to home... As winter settles over Yorkshire, DCI Emma Gardner is hoping that work will calm down for everyone. Distracted by the continued disappearance of DI Paul Riddick Emma can’t seem to get her head back in the game. But when a human skull is discovered in a local pub, Emma knows it’s time to get a grip. With no one local reported missing, and with no body to be found, the team have their work cut and no obvious clues to follow. Who could the skull belong to and what message is the killer trying to leave them? And then the first body is f...
Three biracial siblings, Tia, Lucas, and Leo, wake up on a sunny morning, excited for the day ahead. They have planned a “Cultural Adventure Day” to learn more about their friends’ backgrounds and celebrate their diverse community. Throughout the day, they visit six of their friends' homes, each representing a different ethnic background. The day concludes with all the children gathering at a local park, where they share what they've learned and enjoy a potluck picnic featuring food from each culture. They realize how beautiful it is to live in such a diverse community where everyone brings something unique and special to the table.
SUCCESS IS SWEET…BUT LOVE IS SWEETER A financial analyst who thrives on the pressure and excitement of her job, Mia Gordon is far too invested in her career to be in the market for a relationship. But when she buys a house next door to quietly attractive Jordan Banks, she suddenly finds herself wondering what it would be like to forget about business, as least long enough to surrender to passion … and maybe even love. A single father with five matchmaking children, Jordan Banks doesn’t have time for a personal life. Yet when his kids plot to pair him with the new next-door neighbor, it doesn’t take long for Jordan to discover what he’s been missing. Beautiful, independent Mia awakens desires he’s forgotten he had. Now all he has to do is convince Mia to take on a new venture -one that includes a ready-made family … and a man who wants to be her one and only love. PLEASE NOTE: Three Times a Lady was originally published in 2001.
Tiwa e Said eram melhores amigos... até que um dia deixaram de ser. Tiwa não entende por que Said começou a ignorá-la, mas desconfia que seja porque o garoto foi estudar em um colégio interno chique que fica em outra cidade. Fingir que não se conhecem é muito mais fácil estando longe, e, quando os dois se reencontram no funeral da querida bibliotecária sra. Barnes, evitar um ao outro passa a ser uma tarefa quase impossível. Para piorar, um incêndio atinge o centro islâmico da cidade, ameaçando as festividades do próximo Eid. Para Tiwa, isso significa perder a chance de reencontrar o pai. Por isso, quando fica sabendo que o prefeito planeja demolir o lugar em vez de reformá-lo,...
Aos temas da diáspora e do deslocamento esta coletânea vem se somar, pois é resultado de um esforço conjunto de pesquisadores heterogêneos, porém irmanados pelo desejo de questionar a condição dos sujeitos do e no mundo contemporâneo. O leitor desta obra será o melhor propagador das ideias em debate, pois é a esse destinatário desconhecido que os textos aqui reunidos se destinam, com seu caráter ambíguo, paradoxal, fruto de sua intrínseca destinação: ser ponte e travessia.
The Silent and the Lost Alex Salim McKensie, a war baby of the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence, is adopted by the McKensies, an American family that has lost their only son in Vietnam. Years later, Alex falls in love with Sangeeta Rai, but their happiness is threatened when the enigma of his birth casts a dark shadow over their relationship. The Silent and the Lost opens with the wedding of Alex and Sangeeta in Brentwood, California on a sunny Saturday in 1997, then travels back into the boiling cauldron of political clashes of East Pakistan in early 1971. Through the eyes of newlywed Nahar Sultana, her husband, student activist Rafique Chowdhury, and their friends we are immersed into t...
Medallion Woman follows Miriam, a gifted child abandoned by her parents to a terrible fate, and Edward Mackintosh, a dog who makes it his mission to protect her from harm.Escaping from their abusive household, they quickly learn that the only thing they have is each other, as spiritual forces vie to either save them or destroy them.A woman named Giulietta Honey is searching for her family, cruelly torn from her by forces outside of her control. However instead she finds herself inexorably linked to Miriam through the machinations of Zuloosa, a mysteriously wealthy magnate whose desire for power will change their lives forever.
Un recorrido que Zahra y Amir comienzan a principios del siglo XX en un pueblo del Líbano y que se proyectará por generaciones al tercer milenio, en Argentina. La historia de una familia que, como tantos inmigrantes empujados por guerras y miserias, construirá un camino cimentado desde el fondo de los tiempos, con valor, sacrificio, amor y determinación.