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Marley Matthews screwed up. Following a drunken night of pleasure, she decides to abandon her glamorous New York City lifestyle and move to Nebraska with a man who quickly betrays her, leaving her hopeless with no one to turn to. After driving in the night to escape the life she pursued, Marley ends up stranded in front of a farmhouse owned by the Lanes. Payton Lane, a kind stepmother, takes her in until she gets back on her feet, but her stepson, Hunter, is very reluctant to Marley and does not make it any easier on her when she decides to accept Payton's offer.

Professional businessman Johnathan Cummings finds himself on a business trip in Seattle, Washington, that promises more than just meetings and corporate dinners. This journey is his escape, an opportunity to explore his suppressed desires, far from familiar and prying eyes - notably those of his husband. Johnathan has long been a devoted partner, but the recent revelation of his husband's indiscretions has left him reeling and questioning the monogamous constraints they've agreed upon.

Die Milchstraße wird seit über 16 Jahren von den Ewigen Kriegern aus der Mächtigkeitsballung Estartu unterdrückt. Doch die Menschen und ihre Verbündeten leisten immer stärkeren Widerstand gegen die Besatzer. Auch an anderen Orten des Universums bahnen sich wichtige Entscheidungen in diesem Kampf an. Fast überall bröckelt die Macht der Krieger. Aber besiegt sind sie deshalb keineswegs. Dies zeigt sich besonders deutlich in der Milchstraße: Sotho Tyg Ian, der Statthalter der Ewigen Krieger, droht, die Galaxis mit all ihren Bewohnern zu vernichten.

While we can speak to the psychological and emotional ramifications of loss and sorrow, we often overlook its impact on our physical bodies. Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor specializes in the study of grief, and in The Grieving Body she shares vital scientific research, revealing imperative new insights on its profound physiological impact. As she did in The Grieving Brain, O’Connor combines illuminating studies and personal stories to explore the toll loss takes on our cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems and the larger implications for our long-term well-being.

Costa Award-winning Frances Hardinge's gripping story of a young girl's daring mission through a natural world intent on her destruction. With stunning two-colour illustrations by superstar illustrator Emily Gravett on every page, The Forest of a Thousand Eyes is richly atmospheric: perfect for...

Bold, charismatic, and charming Blu Henderson wears a fake smile every day, pushing through life because she has to—not because she wants to. Quiet, introverted, and mysterious Jace Boland catches her eye the second she sees him. After that, it’s game over—not just for Blu, but for Jace as well.

Samadhi is the name given to the ultimate experience of being One With God, or All That Is. Samadhi is the final aim of advanced Yoga practice. Here in this little book is a personal description of the experience of Samadhi written in clear, simple language so that all people may have insight into the great mysteries of the universe.

Set in the Pacific Ocean, The New Atlantis is narrated by a sailor who stumbles upon the island of Bensalem, a society guided by the principles of reason and enlightenment. The inhabitants of Bensalem have developed advanced technologies and scientific discoveries far beyond those of the outside world. The book explores themes of utopianism, scientific progress, social organization, and the pursuit of knowledge.

Professional businessman Johnathan Cummings finds himself on a business trip in Seattle, Washington, that promises more than just meetings and corporate dinners. This journey is his escape, an opportunity to explore his suppressed desires, far from familiar and prying eyes—notably those of his husband.

Embark on a profound journey of self-discovery and spiritual awakening with "Beyond Enlightenment: A Journey into Transcendence." In this transformative exploration, Leonard Francis guides listeners through fifteen illuminating chapters, each offering insights and practices for transcending the limitations of the egoic mind and awakening to the boundless expanse of consciousness.

Uma estrela cadente cai antes que consiga realizar o pedido ao qual foi designada. Ela vira uma humanoide na Terra, e vai até o Hotel, local de onde foi feito o pedido, para realizá-lo: encontrar uma paixão para uma sereia. Entretanto, ao invés de encontrar um parceiro, ela se apaixona pela sereia. Este conto faz parte da antologia brasileira Hotel Fantástico: Vol.2022, um dos 19 projetos selecionados para o Pitching Editorial do Rio2c de 2023.

In the midst of bombs and bullets, trenches and trauma, the soldiers of World War I, and those observing the horrors taking place from home, took pen to paper to record their experiences in verse. These poems - considered the greatest written during WWI and some of the greatest poetry of the twentieth century - show the horror of war but also shine a light on the strength of human courage, bravery, and virtue.

Meet Violet, a foundling with glowing purple hair, who grows up hiding her light from the villagers. On a search for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, she discovers the Rainbow people and her true parents.

Some women give birth to murderers, some go to bed with them, and some marry them. Lina Aysgarth had lived with her husband for nearly eight years before she realized that she was married to a murderer.

Syd has a hard time deciding what color she wants to paint her room.

"The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865" is an evocative and historically significant diary penned by Eliza Frances Andrews, which vividly captures the tumult and transformation of the American South during the waning days of the Civil War and the onset of Reconstruction.

While the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, white southerners established a system of apprenticeship after the Civil War that entrapped Black children and their families, leading to undue hardships for generations to come. In Slavery After Slavery, historian Mary Frances Berry traces the stories behind individual cases from southern supreme courts to demonstrate how formerly enslaved families and their descendants were systemically injured through white supremacist practices, perpetuated by the legal system.

This biography, based on firsthand knowledge and interviews with Mrs. Astor's friends and the heads of New York's great cultural institutions, gives us back the woman so loved and admired. At the age of fifty-one, Brooke Astor wedded the notoriously ill-tempered Vincent Astor, who died in 1959.

Raised amongst the rolling waves of a peaceful fishing village, Althalos had no idea of his legendary heritage. But when an unbearable tragedy tears through his home, he is forced into a journey full of strife and betrayal. The Observant Darkness series whisks listeners away on a gripping journey as Althalos battles enemies both old and new while unraveling what it truly means to be a hero in a merciless world.

Over the past decade Rome has been marked with sharp, and often unwarranted, criticism of the Church in the United States and American Catholic life. But very few of the critics have taken the time to talk, systematically, with a wide range of U.S. Catholics to understand their concerns. True Confessions is unique for its frank and in-depth interviews with 103 bishops, clergy, religious, and lay men and women from various backgrounds over a 17-month period, December 2020 through May 2022.