Showing results by narrator "Diana" in All Categories

At age four, Diana manages her family's banking, grocery shops alone, and befriends the town drunk. Her father is too busy chasing skirts and throwing fits to notice what she does. And her mom is too mentally absent to properly parent. While Diana's narcissistic dad terrorizes and exploits her, she works harder to please him. Estill, an award-winning humor author, shares an honest and comedic look at her dysfunctional childhood. As an adult, she struggles to reclaim her power while caring for her dementia-impaired dad.

The new year starts with a bang in Sydney's Chinatown - and not just fireworks. While the rest of the country is celebrating, the biggest bank job in Australia's history is taking place. The press called it 'The Great Chinese Take-Away', but in those missing safety deposit boxes is something much more valuable than money. A gold key with a dragon on it. Why does the Chen family want it back so badly? What starts as a routine case soon leads Claudia Valentine into a world of ancient treasures and modern Triad killings, through the sleazy back streets and exotic oriental temples.

"Nine Lives" by Kiki Swinson: Wild-card Aiden. Dead-shot Ava. Killing nine targets in 10 days will be this brother-sister hit team's biggest score yet. But as Ava sets up their final target, she falls hard for him and a chance at a normal life. "The Crushed Ice Clique" by Noire: At first all ghetto princesses Honore and Cucci want is quick cash-flow. But after sexing jewelry distributor Slimy Sam and learning his illegal tricks of the trade, they assemble a crack team of thieves for one dazzling scam.

Sylvio spent the past decade banished from Simare's court, stripped of land, ancestral home, and title - from Minister of National Security to back-country bowyer. But not any bowyer; Sylvio creates bows from laminations of wood, and human bone, bows that are said to speak, bows known as the legendary arcossi. And now, after a decade, he is called back to the capitol, summoned by his Prince whom he suspects is a patricide, and insane. His very life is in danger, and with it, the country he has served through all his days.

Alex and Lexi are best friends and known around school as "the Alexes" - but more importantly, they are sleuthing partners. When they discover that various tools and household items are going missing around the neighborhood, the dynamic duo spring into action to solve the mystery. Their keen observation skills are put to the test as they try to locate the missing items and the thief, following clues until they are sure they've found the culprit!

Alex and Lexi are best friends and known around school as "The Alexes" - but more importantly, they are sleuthing partners. When they discover that a vandal has destroyed some property at Lexi's house, the dynamic duo spring into action to solve the mystery. Their keen observation skills are put to the test as they try to locate the soggy vandal, following clues until they are sure they've found the culprit!

In their star-studded memoir, Hollywood Lights, Nashville Nights, coauthors Victoria Hallman and Diana Goodman are the first of the iconic Hee Haw Honeys to write about their lives as the glamour gals of TV's longest-running syndicated variety show.

So fürchtet euch doch nicht. Werft euch nicht vor mir zu Boden,. stattdessen steht auf und geht zu meinen Brüder! Verkündet ihnen, dass ich zu euch zurückgekehrt bin.

Norse mythology and history is a treasure trove of rituals, beliefs and culture. Take a dive inside the lives and folklore of the Vikings.

Becky Morgan's family were the victims of the 'crimes of the decade'. The lone survivor of a ritualistic killing, Becky's been forever haunted by the memories of that night. Twenty years later, with the killer never found, Becky is ready to hunt them down and exact revenge. But the path to find the murderer is a slippery slope and she finds herself opening up some old wounds that should have been left sealed.

With pandemic-fearing city dwellers fleeing to the New Jersey suburbs, Risko Realty—and Odessa Jones—are having their best year ever. Finally on solid financial footing, Odessa is debt-free and looking forward to the future. But she doesn't need second sight to sense her new young co-worker, Anna Lee, is on edge—and straight-up terrified—in spite of her hot sales record and sunny, outgoing attitude. And when Anna is killed in a hit-and-run, Odessa sees immediately that it was no accident.

Ava Wells is perfect. She has the boyfriend, the career, the looks. But one night changes everything and her life suddenly isn't so seamless. Jade Fernleigh is ambitious. She's worked hard to get where she is. And she's not about to let Ava take the job she rightly deserves. Both women share a secret that could destroy them, but who will crumble first?

Rasante Action, atemberaubende Liebe und eine uralte magische Bibliothek Sim und Remy haben geblutet, gelitten und schließlich die Weltenbibliothek Mondia gerettet, aber ihr Triumph ist nur von kurzer Dauer. Statt ihre frisch entfachte Liebe zu genießen, wird Sim von den bedrohlichen Novas entführt. Remy setzt alles daran, ihn zu befreien, doch die Weltenschreiber legen ihr immer wieder Steine in den Weg. Allein auf ihrer gefährlichen Mission deckt Remy ein Geheimnis über ihre eigene Herkunft auf, das ihre gesamte Welt ins Wanken bringt.

Das magische Abenteuer der vier Hexenfreundinnen bricht an – das Filmhörspiel zum Kinofilm. Als Willow sich eines Tages tief in den geheimnisvollen Wald hineinwagt, den sie von ihrer Großtante Alwina geerbt hat, ahnt sie nicht, was sie dort erfährt: Willow ist eine Hexe! Um jedoch ihre ganze Hexenkraft des Feuers zu entfachen, muss sie zunächst drei weitere Junghexen ausfindig machen. Nur wo? Und vor allem, wie? Zum Glück ist Willow nicht allein, denn Rufus, der Fuchs, weicht nicht mehr von ihrer Seite.

Romance meets Thrill: Der neue Romantic Suspense Roman von Francis Eden. Er sollte sie nicht beobachten. Ihr nicht nachspionieren. Vor allem aber sollte er sich nicht in sie verlieben. Als Vida in einem Club auf Krystian trifft, bekommt sie gleich zwei Seiten von ihm zu sehen: eine charmante und einnehmende, die jedoch schnell von eisiger Abneigung abgelöst wird. Doch Krystian, dessen Blick aus der Dunkelheit durchweg auf ihr liegt, stellt sich am Ende der Nacht als ihr angeblicher Retter heraus. Aber ist er das wirklich

Cómo influyen las emociones, los pensamientos y la mente en tu alimentación. La nutrióloga Mónica Hefferan explica cómo las emociones, los pensamientos y el amor propio son factores clave para hacer las paces con tu cuerpo. Este no es un libro de dietas, más bien es uno en el que encontrarás la voz honesta y empática de la autora, quien ha encarnado la batalla de muchas mujeres con su imagen y su peso corporal. Una voz que se vulnera y que, tras superar un trastorno alimentario, comparte cómo le fue posible vivir con mayor autenticidad y plenitud.

Eine Liebe, die die Welt retten könnte … oder sie für immer zerstören. Der Himmel hat nahendes Unheil verkündet, und es hat sich bewahrheitet. Der Nordwind kommt. Jeden Tag kämpft Wren ums Überleben. Seit dem Tod ihrer Eltern versucht sie, ihre Schwester und sich durch den erbarmungslosen Winter zu bringen, der ihre Heimat Edgewood beherrscht. Nur ein magischer Schattenwall trennt Edgewood von den Dunkelgängern, die allen Menschen nach dem Leben trachten. Und nur eine Hochzeit zwischen einer sterblichen Frau und dem unsterblichen Frostkönig Boreas, dem Nordwind, kann diesen Schattenwall aufrechterhalten.

Relaciones de poder y machismo, y la metáfora del cuerpo de la mujer y la belleza como medio para escalar en la sociedad, son dibujadas por las voces de las protagonistas, la esteticista Karen Valdés y la psicoanalista Claire Danvert, las cuales se conocen en un afamado salón de belleza de Bogotá donde trabaja Karen.

Antología, estudio, comparación, interpretación y simplificación de la historia de México Tenochtitlan. En esta segunda entrega Sofía Guadarrama Collado pone la lupa en el centro de Mesoamérica; antologa, estudia, compara, interpreta y simplifica las crónicas, relaciones, memoriales, códices e historias de Chalco, Cholula, Cuauhnáhuac, México Tenochtitlan, Michoacán, Tlaxcala, Texcoco y Toluca, escritas por sus descendientes y los primeros frailes.

Investigative reporter June Reilly has been searching for reclusive billionaire Dom Logane for years. It shouldn't be possible for someone so rich and famous to just vanish off the map, and yet somehow he has. When a mysterious contact tells her that she knows exactly where the billionaire is, many possibilities occur about what the man might be up too. What she isn't prepared for, though, is to be taken to an underwater facility, built by Logane in secret, stocked with terrifying aquatic creatures from prehistory and myth from every corner of the world.