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Os ricos e populares Sharks governam a prestigiada e caríssima Escola Preparatória Camden. Houve um tempo em que eu queria fazer parte daquele mundo. Até ser destruída por um deles. A última coisa que eu esperava era receber uma carta de amor anônima. É sério! Eu odeio cada um daqueles idiotas ricos pelo que fizeram comigo. Mas a pergunta que não quer calar é: qual Shark é o meu admirador secreto? Knox, o quarterback da cicatriz. Dane, seu irmão gêmeo.

A subversive debut short-fiction collection from one of the hottest talents in speculative fiction: 2025 Compton Crook Award winner and Pushcart Prize nominee Samantha Mills (The Wings Upon Her Back). These riveting stories range effortlessly from fantasy and science fiction to literary fiction, from the here and now all the way into the farthest reaches of space. The central tale of the collection is Mills’ pivotal Nebula, Locus, and Sturgeon Award-winning story “Rabbit Test,” which interrogates the past, present, and future of abortion rights.

Dailyn Wilks is a young, beautiful, driven, and successful entrepreneur. At the tender age of 26, she has mastered owning and operating her baby, a full-service luxury salon. Aside from her professional endeavors, her personal life is flourishing just as much—specifically, her picture-perfect relationship with her long-term partner, Keshaun. As the holidays approach, Dai has no shortage of things to be grateful for. She has a supportive and devoted family, a thriving business, and a loving partner—or does she?

We often find ourselves distracted and overwhelmed by a constant stream of information and demand for connectivity. Now more than ever, we need to develop our capacity for greater presence in our daily lives and relationships. One of the best ways to do this is by improving the quality of our conversations.

Each chapter explores the moment where narrative outpaced numbers, where branding met backlash, or where innovation collided with regulation. Through these stories, Mills reveals the unpredictable landscape where power, perception, and profit intersect—and where every founder, investor, and consumer is a character in the story of capitalism’s new age.

Jordan "Skip" Mills is the middle of the three Mills brothers—quiet, calculated, and cold as ice. He doesn't talk much, but when he does? You'd better listen. His silence alone says more than most men's threats. Life was moving smoothly… until strange things began to happen. Now, ghosts from Skip's past are crawling out of the shadows, and they're not just looking to haunt—they want revenge.

One night. One mistake. One child he never knew existed. Levi Falconer was supposed to be past all that—the reckless choices, the guilt, the shame. With his brothers and their Christian band getting back together for a long-awaited comeback, he’s focused on redemption and a clean slate. But when a woman from his past shows up with a toddler and a devastating secret, Levi’s carefully rebuilt life threatens to unravel. Adria Baines has survived more than most—aging out of foster care, scraping by without support, and raising her son alone.

They call him the Dark Prince of the mafia. And I’m the Cinderella he stole to settle a debt. Luka Markovic is tattooed Bratva royalty. The kind of man good girls beg to be spanked. And when this single daddy tells me to kneel… I forget how to say no.

What happens when your marriage is arranged to pay a debt for your family's business? You make a proposition to the biggest boss in the underworld to marry you instead. Just to find that he only wants you... All of you!

Three things happen at once: Garlen Irontree and I meet in person for the first time. Which, at first, is lovely. Then he stands much too close, inhales my scent, and morphs into a snarling, raging, green-muscled beast who repeatedly thunders "my bride." Uh oh.

When you love someone, let them go. If they find their way back to you, it’s meant to be. If they’re stubborn, go get them and bring them home where they belong. For Suleem, gang is life, but Yahzi is his heart. One is the blood that runs through his veins and the other is the heart that keeps it flowing. He needs them both....

Belle is a gorgeous disaster—kind, selfless, and with curves that make me want to take her innocence. I’m a broken widower doing a terrible job of raising my six-year-old daughter. The throne to my father’s empire is up for grabs, and there are only two options: My brother—the family man with heirs to take over. Or me—the hot-mess single dad with violent tendencies. So when Belle—the innocent daughter of a man who owes my family millions—walks into my office, I know exactly how her father will pay. Her hand in marriage. An heir to secure my throne.

This book describes the history of how African Americans came to Bastrop County as slaves and how their descendants helped the county grow and develop through religion, education and business and made significant contributions to the city and county up to 1988.

Ripped from her world during a chance encounter with an alien landing party, Chelan MacKay suddenly finds herself on board the galactic battleship RIBUS 7. Korba, an ebony-clad god of war, the Iceanean Commander of RIBUS 7, is irresistibly drawn to her. Defying all the laws that govern his people, he risks all to make her his. Despite seemingly insurmountable odds and adversity, Chelan manages to adapt to Iceanean culture, in which the men and women pursue the pleasures of the flesh with a passion and skill equal to that of the kill.

I'm broke and need a job fast. The best tattoo artist in the Pacific Northwest is hiring a manager for his tattoo shop. So I don't have any experience... A few lies on my resume can fix that. Anyway, how hard can it be? I get the job and quickly find out that running a tattoo shop is very hard. Especially dealing with my new wild, brooding boss. He's an orc. An orc with a fiery temper. He's not all bad, though, with a deep love for his three black cats. But for me? Not so much.

Milly Grove, home of Kenneth 'Uno' Mills, has been run by his family for over a century. Commissioner by day and gangsta by night, he's the man in his city. Although he may hold a position in office, don't be fooled by the tailored suits. Disrespecting him will cost you your life. When the current mayor is exposed for misconduct, Uno steps in to make sure the position continues to be held by the Mills bloodline. His decision to run for Mayor leaves the family at odds. Once he receives the keys to the city, blood ties will be severed, lives will be lost, and new bonds will be forged.

Brought to you by Penguin. Audacious building projects have been moulding history for millennia. These awe-inspiring undertakings are testament to the dizzying scale of human ambition and imagination, every megastructure a marker in the long story of human progress. Today’s world is no...

Que reste-t-il d’un homme lorsqu’il devient un symbole ? Dans Le monarque, Pierre Mille observe, avec une lucidité élégante, la fabrication d’un pouvoir, ses séductions et ses périls. Des salons où se murmurent les ambitions aux coulisses où se trament les renoncements, se dessine le visage d’une autorité qui s’élève autant qu’elle s’isole. Sans effets inutiles, la phrase taille net, fouille la psychologie et dévoile, par touches, l’envers des grandeurs.

" Bizarrement, en tant que société, nous accordons à la cécité un caractère bien plus dramatique que cette condition physique ne le mérite peut-être. Nous...

Our ability to make a fist is what distinguishes humans from every other species, including primates. The fist has played a crucial role in the birth of language and appears in nearly every form of nonverbal communication. We use our fist to protest oppression, give pleasure, knock on doors, give daps, and (inaccurately) measure our heart. Yet the fist is also a sign of someone on the edge. This book asks what happens when we lean over the edge of what a fist can do and symbolize.