Peace and tranquillity. For once nothing terrible is happening. After years of dodgy moorings, ankle-deep mud, exploding toilets and all the other normalities of live-aboard life, the Brownes now seem to have found the perfect spot in which to park Minerva, their aging narrowboat. Marie and family finally find the time to work on the outside of the boat and even take a holiday or two. It looks as though life has finally taken a turn toward 'normal'.Not a chance.From the bal...

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The Diary of a Girl in France in 1821' by Mary Browne is a collection of diary notes written and accompanied by beautiful illustrations by a young girl in France. The work do not consists any classic matured style of writing, but helps put across what a common girl child at that time in France was perceiving from the world around her.

Thirty-seven years. Four continents. One undeniable truth: the runway doesn't lie.Marie Brown has walked it, shot it, and built it — from backstage chaos of models at Paris Fashion Week to mentoring the next generation of faces taking over Milan, New York, and Tokyo. This is the raw, unfiltered playbook from a model who didn't just survive the fashion arena — she mastered every corner of it.Inside, you'll find the real rules they don't teach in modeling school: how to own y...

Oh God, Help Me! My Grandson Killed My Son is the heart-wrenching story of how my grandson killed my son. It tells the affects it had on me and my children. It was not easy to share my feelings and how hurt we were. I realized that it was God that kept us. My faith was on trial. Not only was my faith on trial but the love that I have for my grandson was also being tested. I didnt think I would make it through this horrible tragedy. But my faith stood the test of time. I forgave my...

Seattle's Used Bookstores: 1999 and 2019 is a collection of essays and photographs celebrating independent used bookstores in Seattle just before and twenty years after the city's tech boom. It is an homage to the culture of print and the world of used bookstores, reveling in their randomness, quantity of books, resident cats, patrons, and hard-working booksellers. Words and images convey the simple joy of reading, the magic of books, and the unique spaces created within bookstores.

A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show**“If you like Practical Magic… you will love Black Candle Women.” —Jenna Bush HagerNamed a Best Book of the Month by: Shondaland, MS. Magazine, TODAY.com, Reader’s Digest, Katie Couric Media, AARP Sisters, Goodreads, BookRiot**A warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women, a family love curse, and the secrets they ke...

Haven't you ever told a little lie in the name of love?Vivia Grant couldn’t be happier. She has her dream job and is about to marry her dream man. Does it really matter that she’s led him to believe she’s a virgin? After all, being in love makes every experience feel like the first time anyway! But an unexpected encounter with an ex-lover is about to expose her embarrassing lie…When Vivia’s fiancé discovers the truth, he ends their engagement—via t...

After several visits to study the medieval Icelandic sagas, Nancy Marie Brown returns to Iceland to search for the perfect horse, one she can bring back to her Pennsylvania farm and make her own. She arrives shaken by tragedy, uncertain of the language, lacking confidence in her riding skills, but determined to make her search a success. She finds inspiration in the country's austere and majestic landscape, which is alive with the ghosts of an adventure-filled past. In the glacier-carved h...

A Southern socialite heads to the English Cotswolds in this modern spin on Austen’s Emma— from the USA Today–bestselling author of the It Girls series.Spoiled, stylish, socially connected Emma Lee Maxwell has spent her life in the idlest of pursuits—attending debutante balls, organizing sorority mixers, and acting as the unofficial Gossip Queen of Charleston, South Carolina. But when her family’s fortune suddenly dwindles, Emma Le...

The chance of a lifetime . . . or just another bad decision?Delaney Lavender Brooks needs to grow up. At least, according to her parents. After getting evicted from her apartment and wrecking her car, Laney is almost ready to trade in her paintbrushes and surrender to a more sensible 9-to-5 existence. Almost. Until she’s awarded an internship at a prestigious art gallery in Paris. What else can the free-spirited artist do but follow her dreams? Even if her...

Falling in love is always in fashion….With her trust fund and coveted job at Christian Dior, Fanny Moreau believes she has it all. But when her best friend finds a fulfilling new career abroad—and a dreamy relationship with a great guy, Fanny’s fabulous life suddenly feels empty. Inspired to find her true purpose, she trades her cushy lifestyle in San Francisco for an adventure in the Alaskan wilderness.Everyone thinks Fanny has gone off the deep e...