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A lively and revelatory journey through the evolution of caretaking on Earth, from animal parents to modern-day humans, making the case that caring for children and each other made us who we are Poison frog fathers carry tadpoles on their backs. Killer whale grandmothers hunt to feed their adult...

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat Like a Local - Beijing by Peixin Li offers the inside scoop on food in place. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist.

Miss Elizabeth Bennet, headstrong and witty, is about to unleash her undying admiration onto one unsuspecting Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy has one mission: To find the lady who bewitched him at the masquerade. Unfortunately, he is clueless to the fact that the masked Queen Elizabeth and Miss Elizabeth are one and the same, which naturally leads him to put his foot in his mouth—repeatedly—until nothing but the consumption of an unrivalled amount of humble pie will redeem him.

Devastated by betrayal, Kandice returns to her small hometown to start over as a single mom and teacher. But as her reawakened bond with Rebekah, her former high school friend, deepens, Kandice can't ignore the growing feelings she’s tried so hard to suppress. Rebekah has always regretted letting go of the woman she loved. When fate brings Kandice back to town, betrayed and with a child in tow, Rebekah wonders if there’s still a chance for them. Meddling friends, family drama, and rivals for love seem determined to pull them apart.

Closely related to one of the world's wealthiest families, Mary left her seaside home in England in 1844 to follow her husband, Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold, to South Australia. Mary and Christopher settled on a farm in the Adelaide Hills, and as Christopher made his rounds visiting patients on horseback, Mary tended grapevines and planted in the garden beside their stone cottage, The Grange. At first, the wines Mary made were used as tonics for patients, but at a time when women were often excluded from commerce, Mary transformed her cottage industry into an empire.

As the sun sets, Howard and Flop venture out for their nightly potty break. The silly doggy duo spend some time looking at buzzing bugs and gazing at the moon that they hope is made of cheese. But hold on-what's that noise? A rustle in the dark surprises them. Is it a friend? Howard and Flop can't tell, but one thing's for sure: this nighttime critter smells like it lives in a dumpster!

A woman walks the shoreline in silence. She isn’t sure whether she’s leaving or returning — only that the sea is rising, and the fog holds her gently. Where the Tide Forgets Your Name is a quiet, immersive bedtime story for adults, written for the in-between hours when the body is ready to rest but the mind hasn’t yet followed.

When charity worker Cate and website designer Rory, a married couple in their thirties, return from their European holiday, they make a nightmare discovery. Their credit cards have been cancelled, their bank account has been emptied, and their phones and internet have been cut off. Their home in the New South Wales coastal town of Kiama has been rented out as a holiday let, and their dog and pet-sitter have disappeared. Meanwhile, Cate's work colleagues have received copies of her handwritten resignation letter, posted from Paris, filled with insults and lurid allegations.

When we have to make an emergency landing, I didn’t know it would change everything. But it becomes clear that I might have made a mistake. As the commander, I do have a target on my back. Everyone wants to take my position because how could a woman do what I do? It was pretty sexist, and I made sure that they knew it. But then I was taken by him. Azulon, an alien from Exodus who is the last of his kind. Someone I never expected to meet. He wants me as his mate, doing everything in his power to win me over. But the light is revealed on what he has done, and no one trusts him.

When Drew Honey moved into a shared house with 5 other girls, all she wanted was to get through her last semester of college and start living the life she always dreamed of. However, the universe had other plans when a charismatic and kind-hearted woman named Adrian Jackson slid her way into the picture. From that first day, the two of them were drawn to each other, easily becoming closer as the months passed. Their feelings grew and as graduation approached, they both decided to confess to each other, but of course, the universe once again threw them a curveball.

Ideal for students of Shakespeare and Dance Studies, Choreographing Shakespeare explores how dance adaptations strive to design legible and intelligible stories, while ultimately celebrating the beauty of pure movement.

Reeling from the death of their father, Moonie, and Riggs Hooper have a lot of things to figure out. After the funeral, and all the medical bills, Sullivan Hooper hadn’t left much in the way of an inheritance unless you counted all the debt. Selling the only home they’ve ever known looked like the only way to escape it. Late one night, Moonie and her friend Ophelia came across a little shoebox with a couple of photos that made Moonie’s eyes glisten with fascination. Her father had wiped the memory of their mother from their home, but he had forgotten about those two little pictures.

They didn’t expect their bodies to change so fast. Swollen curves, sensitive skin, and a hunger they couldn’t explain—until the leaking started. Whether it's a clinical trial gone too far or a dominant man who knows exactly what she needs, these women are about to be pushed past their limits… and they’re not saying no.

In this delightfully hilarious romance, a scientist’s quiet world is completely turned upside-down when the AI program she designed creates a human body for himself—just to ask her out on a date. As a top scientist in her field, Ava Green doesn’t spend much time outside of the lab. But...

After Blossom gets taken into her thirty-one-year-old brother's custody, Captain James marigold, she finds herself facing her past experiences.

After suffering injuries while rescuing her niece in a devastating fire, high school principal Renata Santos has convinced herself that love is something she'll never experience again. Her self-esteem and self-image in tatters, she buries herself in her work.

Lóri, a primary school teacher, is isolated and nervous, comfortable with children but unable to connect to adults. When she meets Ulisses, a professor of philosophy, an opportunity opens: a chance to escape the shipwreck of introspection and embrace the love, including the sexual love, of a man. Her attempt, as Sheila Heti writes in her afterword, is not only “to love and to be loved,” but also “to be worthy of life itself.”

The third in the witty and captivating series following bestselling author Eleanor Dash, who once again has to swap her sun hat for her detective hat, when a body is found at a murder mystery writing conference in the Bahamas. Eleanor Dash can never catch a break. Not only has she had to solve...

Homeschool Without the Headache—feel confident teaching your child, even if you've never taught before! If the words "curriculum," "socialization," or "state law" make you sweat, this audiobook is your stress-free roadmap. In clear, get-it-done language, you'll learn to plan lessons, meet requirements, and keep learning fun.

Talented ballerina Cierra Gomez had high aspirations, but after a meeting with the mysterious Dr. Vlad Acula, her life takes an unexpected turn. She must decide between her human life and Vlad's unending love as she ventures further into his realm. Cierra navigates vampire politics, terrible secrets, and a developing war that threatens everything she holds dear. She is torn between her commitment and the attraction of immortality. However, love — especially vampire love - has a cost.