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The Love of a Widow' is an emotional, highly entertaining and even educational book by a talented new young Ugandan writer. The book tells the story of a kind lady, Pollah, who tragically lost her family in a terrible accident. This led to her becoming a widow and being lonely and bereft of support in the world. Yet Pollah never gave up trying to find new love, she expressed her new love in helping the children at the school who were once strangers...

"Real Clothes, Real Lives highlights over 300 garments and accessories from the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection. This unique survey honors countless lives, tracing through the lens of dress how women's roles have changed over the decades. Each piece holds colorful stories about the woman who wore it, the one who made or bought it, and her context in place and time. Whether homemade or ready-made, many of the garments are modest and inexpensive....

I'm a girlFull of fireFull of desireThis hungerIt's never fulfilledAs I Burn, explores that desire to mean more. To discover that piece of you. That you never knew was hiding. Ready to break out into the world and own those words that you've always held.Ella Rye brings that vulnerability, that many have grown to love. Giving you another chapter, another heartache. She's ready to rise above the ashes.

From novelist Dana Gricken comes the first installment in a poetry trilogy called The Heart's Companion. With nine chapters-ranging from love to heartbreak to mental illness, body issues, and women's rights, Ten Years: A Poetry Collection tells the story of life's lessons in a touching and deeply personal way. Whatever you're going through, let this poetry collection be your heart's companion that helps you through it all. So pull up a chair, get...

An unlikely friendship, a road trip filled with idyllic sunsets...and a million dollars of stolen cash.Kait De Lucca is the wife of a rich and influential businessman and has everything she could ever wish for. Except true love. And freedom. Then her best friend dies and Kait is beyond devastated. She's spent her whole life living by the rules and doing as she's told.So, when she breaks those rules, it's with spectacular results.With the voice of...

La obra colectiva Perspectivas sociopedagógicas para la equidad de las mujeres Cuba-Quebec aborda el tema de la equidad de las mujeres cubanas y quebequenses desde diversas perspectivas sociopedagógicas. Estas reflexiones colectivas aspiran a un cambio social duradero. La equidad de las mujeres se aborda a través de nueve temas transversales: 1) el liderazgo de las mujeres; 2) las mujeres en la enseñanza superior y el mundo de la investigación;...

In 'Silent Love, Loud Hearts,' Dahlia harbors a deep, unspoken love for her lifelong best friend, Alden. Her world turns upside down when Cael enters their lives, stirring up emotions and complicating matters of the heart. As Dahlia and Cael form an unlikely alliance to win over their respective loves, they discover that love's path is never as predictable as it seems.

All I did was go away for the weekend; by the time I'd returned, my husband had killed himself. It was thirteen years into my marriage before I realised Simon had bipolar. Despite our difficulties, I was living the life I'd always dreamt of. We were renovating our Victorian home, working hard in our respective careers, and considering adopting our second child. However, with each manic episode, my dreams were slowly deteriorating into heartbreak...

American Eve Danaher is devastated when she loses her daughter in a bitter custody battle and four-year-old Victoria is whisked to Europe out of her reach. Eve counts the days until Victoria turns eighteen, dreaming of their reunion. But years of lies have transformed the horse-mad girl Eve loved into an angry stranger. Hopes for reconciliation shattered, Eve goes to the west of Ireland in a quest to find the peace that has eluded her for so long....

"This must be heaven, I thought. I studied his graceful movements, admiring Charlie as he walked around the room, as if it were my own private symphony."Abbey Jamison abandons her small East Coast town, planning to pursue her life's dream of earning her college degree, gaining valuable work experience, and opening her own successful business. What she doesn't plan is finding the love of her life. Meeting Charlie Wright, Abbey knows her life will be...