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In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place.Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.

Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA's space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space. Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston's Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easygoing even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane. As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe. Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant. [payot.ch]

Thirteen-year-old Byron needs to get away, and doesn't care how. Sick of being beaten up by lads for "talkin' like a poof" after school. Sick of dad - the weightlifting, womanising Gaz - and Mam, who pissed off to Turkey like Shirley Valentine. Sick of all the people in Hucknall who shuffle about like the living dead, going on about kitchens they're too skint to do up and marriages they're too scared to leave.It's a new millennium, Madonna's 'Music' is top of the charts and there's a whole world to explore - and Byron's happy to beg, steal and skank onto a rollercoaster ride of hedonism. Life explodes like a rush of ecstasy when Byron escapes into Nottingham's kinetic underworld and discovers the East Midlands' premier podium-dancer-cum-hellraiser, the mesmerising Lady Die. But when the comedown finally kicks in, Byron arrives at a shocking encounter that will change life forever.Bold, poignant and riotously funny, What It Feels Like For a Girl is the unique, hotly-anticipated and addictively-readable debut from one of Britain's most exciting young writers.

Amy's summer is just underway when Alfredo Escobar, a member of a world-famous polo legacy, contacts her. He urgently needs Amy's help with a troubled horse--at a luxurious estate in the Hamptons! The Escobars expect the best from their ponies--and their riders. If Alfredo and his pony, Impala, can't learn to work together, they'll both be in trouble. When Amy realizes the problems may be Alfredo's and not Impala's, she'll have to decide how far she's willing to go. With more than a million and a half books sold in the U.S., Heartland is a series that resonates with horse lovers in a unique way. This Heartland Special Edition gives loyal readers a glimpse into Amy's life beyond the traditional series. Sample chapter and trading cards are available online.

What happens when life as you know it gets a little dirty? Schoolteacher Holly James is living the life most women only dream about-until her husband reveals a secret that turns her world upside down. In an effort to cope, Holly decides to get away from it all and winds up creating a few secrets of her own. Trying to be the perfect wife ultimately takes its toll on Holly, and she finds herself engaged in the fight of her life-to save not only her marriage but to find herself. Can she survive life after the pain, or will her dirty little secrets come back to haunt her?

Never-before-published-from the New York Times bestselling author of Rewriting Monday Sixteen-year-old runaway Reagan has always wanted a place to belong. She's never had a real home of her own, but perhaps she could borrow someone else's. Under an assumed name and identity, she moves to Harmony, Texas, but keeps her distance from the welcoming townsfolk. Until prairie fires threaten Harmony-and Reagan learns the true meaning of family, friends, and home.

Ruth had never met anyone like Russian choreographer Nikolai. Ruth was open, giving, but Nicholai's background had left him reserved, and his pride would not let him reveal his need for her, fearing her rejection.

National bestselling author Lisa Wingate returns with an uplifting novel set in Blue Sky Hill, where unexpected challenges and new relationships give deeper meanings to "home". When Tam Lambert learns that her family's upscale home is in foreclosure, the life she's known is forever changed. Tam and her family must move to a changing Dallas neighborhood called Blue Sky Hill... New resident Shasta Williams knows nothing of real estate schemes when she and her husband purchase a home in Blue Sky Hill. To her it's the perfect place to raise her children. Better yet is getting to know Tam, who lives next door. When neighbors realize that a corrupt deal could force them from their homes, friendships and loyalties are tested. Over the span of one summer, two young women discover the strength and maturity to do the impossible. They find that even in Blue Sky Hill, life-altering relationships and amazing possibilities can begin to blossom...

Avonlea's love of hockey is threatened by a variety of feuds. Sara begs to be included in the all-important game which will settle the fights for good.

When Marilla Cuthbert passes away, the new owner of Green Gables threatens to evict Rachel Lynde and her charges, Davy and Dora Keith, who turn to Sara Stanley and her cousin, Felix King, for assistance.