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In Scarborough, a low-income urban neighborhood, three kids struggle to rise above poverty, abuse, and a system that consistently fails them. The adults in their lives either rise to the occasion or fall by the wayside; together, they make up a troubled yet inspired community that refuses to be undone.

After global warming and a second civil war devastated the former United States, two different societies rose from the ashes - the Union, a towering high-tech utopia, hugging the perimeter of the continent, and the devastated, untamed midsection known as the Ruins. Seventeen-year-old Evan Taylor has an easy, privileged life in the Union. What she doesn’t have is any idea what to do with the rest of her life. When she’s kidnapped and taken into the Ruins as a pawn in a dispute involving her boyfriend, Bryce, her ideal world is turned upside down.

Is there a shopping cart where you were about to park and so now, you have to get out of your car to move it or look for another spot? Is your neighbor driving you nuts again? Did your leisurely drive end up aggravating you because it seems no one knows how to drive? Can't get out of the elevator because everyone is rushing in? The reality is the world has changed. We are more self-absorbed than ever, and technology has caused us to pay less attention to our surroundings, if not each other.

Lifelong best friends Max and Jesse are six stories high working a construction job, when the gates of Hell explode in downtown Cleveland. They bear witness to the furious beginning of the Zombie Apocalypse. Trapped in the middle of the city, the pair must fight their way back to the only thing that matters…their families.

“Profound and revelatory, Racial Innocence tackles head-on the insidious grip of white supremacy on our communities and how we all might free ourselves from its predation. Tanya Katerí Hernández is fearless and brilliant . . . What fire!”—Junot Díaz The first comprehensive book about...

On the Border of a Dream is an eye-opening and uplifting memoir that tells the true story of a boy from rural Mexico who, at a young age, sets his mind to becoming a pioneering surgeon in the USA. The memoir follows Edgar Hernandez, first with his tight-knit family as an adolescent in Mexico and then as he journeys to the USA to pursue his dream.

The key to true prosperity? Remember to remember! Can you imagine how much more you would accomplish if you had a photographic memory? In Unlimited Memory, you'll learn how the world's best memory masters get themselves to concentrate at will, anytime they want. When you can easily focus and concentrate on the task at hand, and store and recall useful information, you can easily double your productivity and eliminate wasted time, stress and mistakes at work.

Imardin es una ciudad de intrigas, donde el juego de la política puede ser mortal. Quien controla la magia, controla el poder. Pero en su orden establecido se ha colado una joven de la calle con un extraordinario poder. Bajo el manto protector del Gremio de los Magos, su vida ha cambiado y ya no hay vuelta atrás... ni para lo bueno, ni para lo malo. Sonea sabía que el aprendizaje en el Gremio sería duro, pero no podía imaginar el nivel de hostilidad que le depararían sus compañeros.

This anthology is a panoramic view of all my children's stories written at different times and on different themes and genres. Among the themes, there is a wide range of stories about love, death, life, life after death, courage, innocence, and envy.

In the tradition of Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim comes A Pimp’s Life, the story of the rise and fall of Mack Jones. He’s at the top of his pimp game in Queens, New York, until he breaks one of the cardinal rules of Pimping 101 and falls in love with one of his girls. Destiny was once an innocent young girl tricked into selling her body, but now she’s as tough as the most seasoned professionals on the street. Then a tragic turn of events causes her to open her heart once again.

Tiffany is trapped in a life she never wanted for herself. The man she fell in love with turned out to be a lazy, good-for-nothing womanizer. Night after night Tiffany comes home to Blake’s physical, mental, and verbal abuse. She’s tried leaving it in the past, but somehow he always finds her. Each time, she comes back and convinces herself things will get better. Then one day Blake beats her for the last time. Tiffany decides death is the only way out - and she’s not the one being buried. Her life takes a drastic turn as she attempts to live the life she’s always wanted.

Rayne creates beautiful works of art, but her personal life is a blank canvas, void of love and passion. With a life-changing showcase on the horizon, Rayne is completely content being alone. She has kept clear of distractions since her last breakup, five years earlier. Things are working in her favor, until an erotic dream shakes her to her core. As if things weren’t becoming complicated enough, a new coworker seems to have stepped directly out of her dream, offering her the opportunity to experience pleasure with no strings attached.

La Primera Guerra Mundial, también conocida como la Gran Guerra, hace honor a su apelativo. De 1914 a 1918, el mundo se sobrecogió ante una contienda en la que se vieron implicadas las principales potencias de la época y en la que, por primera vez en la historia, no hubo límites geográficos para los campos de batalla. Cuando se ha cumplido el primer centenario de su final, el escritor José Luis Hernández Garvi nos ofrece en Eso no estaba en mi libro de la Primera Guerra Mundial un ensayo histórico, fruto de una exhaustiva investigación.

¿Sabía que hubo una batalla en Europa recién acabada la guerra, que Churchill permitió una terrible hambruna en la India o que hubo judíos en la Gestapo? ¿O que muchas de las cosas que tiene en su cocina se originaron en aquella contienda? Cuando parece que ya está todo escrito sobre el conflicto de 1939-1945, el historiador y periodista Jesús Hernández nos demuestra que no es así con Eso no estaba en mi libro de la Segunda Guerra Mundial....

La Vida es mucho más de lo que nos han contado y de lo que hemos creído. La Vida está con los brazos abiertos esperando que la abraces....

Si quieres saber cómo ligar con chicas por WhatsApp y seducirlas con tus palabras, este es tu libro. Todo lo que he aprendido sobre el arte de la seducción durante los últimos diez años está contenido en este libro que tienes en tus manos ahora. Los mejores consejos y trucos, creados, testados y perfeccionados por mí mismo durante una década. Compra este libro hoy y empieza a ligar con la chica de tus sueños. ¡Hoy empieza tu nueva vida!

Del ganador del premio L’H confidencial, nos llega Habana réquiem, un thriller policiaco que nos arrastra por las calles de La Habana Vieja. Cuba se tensa en medio del panorama de recesión y el Estado intenta maniobrar con un falso aperturismo económico, pero la mentalidad insular ha...

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller! Gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast and Dancing with the Stars champion Laurie Hernandez shares her story in her own words in this debut book for fans of all ages! At sixteen years old, Laurie Hernandez has already made many of...

The unvarnished true story of the tragic life and death of Aaron Hernandez, the college All-American and New England Patriots star convicted of murder, told by one of the few people who knew him best, his brother. To football fans, Aaron Hernandez was a superstar in the making. A standout at the...

A 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in Science & Technology An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American...