A family torn apart by neglect and hurt... And brought together again by a most unlikely force In the 1970s, escaping a home where he knew nothing but violence and hate, Jim Harding found work, and love, on the largest horse ranch in Virginia. The object of his affections, Nena St. Claire, is the daughter of the owner, a man who ruled his ranch with an iron fist and would do whatever it took to keep Nena and Jim apart. Against the wishes of her...

Anders Bortne has a nice life in Oslo. Married to a wonderful woman, with two delightful children, his days are occupied by his creative work. Not all is well though, Anders has been sleepless for sixteen years, and it is taking its toll on his life and his family. No remedy has gone untested: sleeping pills, yoga, herbs, acupuncture, hypnosis, but none has worked. What do we know about the most important hours of the day? What is the history of sleep,...

Our Dear Couple, discovering each other intimately, over and over again...Four authors have come together to offer you this exceptional collection of sensual love stories featuring Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet.Assignation at RosingsMr. Darcy is burning up with need after Elizabeth's refusal of his proposal... Colonel Fitzwilliam convinces him that it is best if he just apologizes to the girl and convinces her to become his wife.When Mr. Darcy goes...

This book follows a couple navigating the challenges of pregnancy and parenthood. The author explores the difficulties of raising a newborn while striving to maintain their relationship as a couple. It offers insight into the pitfalls couples often face once the initial euphoria of a relationship fades. It also examines how relationships can become a journey of personal growth, where partners support each other's attachment styles, communicate through...

Sleeplessness has long been a blessing and a curse for many a writer. Detrimental to health and concentration yet frequently a fantastic source of creativity, sleeplessness has been both topic and motivation for innumerable written works. This fantastic collection brings together a variety of poems connected to sleeplessness written by some of the most influential poets to have ever existed, including Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Dickinson and others....

In the wake of the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of France, and Pope Pius VII shared a common goal: to reconcile the church with the state. But while they were able to work together initially, formalizing an agreement in 1801, relations between them rapidly deteriorated. In 1809, Napoleon ordered the Pope's arrest. Ambrogio Caiani provides a pioneering account of the tempestuous relationship between the emperor and his most unyielding...

A sleepless night turns into a marvelous adventure through the stars in this dreamy bedtime story. It's the kind of night when you just can't fall asleep. You feel as though everyone in the world is asleep but you. "Oh, I see a light! Is somebody awake?" Brimming with wonder and enchantment, award-winning author-illustrator Sang-Keun Kim's Star Fishing imagines who else might be awake on a sleepless night--taking young readers and listeners on an...

"Angela Lovelace is well trained social worker: she has been working for Child Protective Services in San Francisco for nearly five years and has never had a sleepless night. But after she finds her father's picture at the apartment of a boy whose addict mother just died, sleep is the last thing on her mind, and she sets out to uncover the truth. While Angela conducts her investigation, her siblings are struggling--her sister with infertility and...

Sleepless night: It's bed time, but Kipper can't sleep! After a sleepless night Kipper falls asleep in an unlikely place. Hiccups: Kipper has the hiccups. Nothing helps until he is surpired by his friends. Kipper is unwell: No one wants to play with Kipper because he looks sick. The conker tree: Kipper and Tiger discover a kitten stranded in a conker tree and form a plan to rescue it. The jumble sale: Kipper's closet is overflowing with toys, so Kipper...

When Penelope Rex brings home Walter, the class goldfish, for the weekend, she is not sure how to feel, but when Walter goes missing, Penelope searches high and low for her fishy classmate.