No Matter How Much a Woman Has, There's Always too Much to Lose Stephanie Jardine is at the apex of her career and life running the American branch of Jardine's, the prestigious Crown Jewellers of London. A young widow, she has three grown sons and one very precious teenage daughter, Chloe. Then one day, an unexpected act of violence committed by a stranger on the other side of the world plung…
Book Overview Author Info and Events facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonpinterest sharing buttonsharethis sharing button About the Book A compelling story of old loves and old secrets… Sebastian, the fifty-six-year-old patriarch of the Locke clan, is handsome, charismatic, a man of immense charm and intelligence. He heads up the philanthropic Locke Foundation, funded by the vast…
A gripping story of triumph over tragedy from the author of A Woman of Substance Mallory Keswick is a woman with the world at her feet. Then out of the blue, that world is shattered by violent tragedy and she loses all that she holds dear. Torn by grief, Mal knows that she must rebuild her life. She flees to a village on the Yorkshire moors where she learns to draw on the deepest reserves o…
Perjalanan karier Michael lancar. Kedudukannya terus meningkat di Drake dan Sweeney, biro hukum raksasa di Washington, D.C., yang mempunyai delapan ratus pengacara. Gajinya tinggi dan semakin bagus; tiga tahun lagi ia akan menjadi partner. Ia bintang yang sedang menanjak, tak pernah menyia-nyiakan waktu, tak pernah istirahat, tak pernah beramal pada pengemis. Tak ada waktu untuk hati nurani. Na…
Mengambil keputusan tidak selalu terjadi di ruang rapat atau ruang sidang. Mengambil keputusan terjadi pada perilaku sederhana kita sehari-hari—ia berkaitan erat dengan proses berpikir logis dan rasional. Benarkah demikian? Rupanya belum tentu. Bahkan cenderung terhitung jarang bagi segelintir orang. Dikemas dengan gaya menulis sehari-hari dan ditulis dari perspektif Ilmu Ekonomi dan Psiko…
The most checked-out book in the Hogwarts Library, and a volume no Quidditch player or Harry Potter fan should be without! If you have ever asked yourself where the Golden Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into existence, or why the Wigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers on their robes, you need QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES. This invaluable volume is consulted by young Quidditc…
A copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them resides on almost every wizarding household in the country. Now, for a limited period only, Muggles too have the chance to discover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave milk out for a Knarl. Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to improving and saving the lives of children around the world, …
The Pants first came to us at the perfect moment. That is, when we were splitting up for the first time. It was two summers ago when they first worked their magic, and last summer when they shook up our lives once again. You see, we don’t wear the Pants year-round. We let them rest so they are extra powerful when summer comes. (There was the time this spring when Carmen wore them to her mom…
Carmen buys a pair of jeans at a thrift shop. Magically, the pants fit Carmen and her three best friends, Lena, Tibby, and Bridget, equally, even though the girls have very different bodies. The girls, who “met” before birth when their mothers were in a prenatal aerobics class together, are spending this summer apart—their first significant separation.
Pada akhirnya, yang abadi dalam hidup adalah hal-hal yang belum selesai: cinta tak pernah diungkapkan, kasih tak sampai, keputusan yang tak pernah dibuat, pilihan yang tak pernah diambil, kata maaf yang terlambat diucapkan atau diberikan, juga kesempatan, peluang dan niat baik yang selalu diabaikan. Dan alangkah singkatnya hidup untuk diisi dengan semua kebodohan itu.