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Two capybaras are delivered to the Toronto High Park Zoo. When an opportunity to escape comes up, they take it! This sets off a frenzy across the city, with some Torontonians cheering the renegades on, and others plotting their downfall. Follow the adventures of these giant rodents as they meet new animals and try new things. You’ll meet Muck the movie-loving chipmunk, Ed the stealthy coyote, and a trio of clever raccoons, all intent on protecting the capybaras. Together, the crew outsmart trackers and zoo workers and become good friends in the process.

Eighteenth-century China. Ula Nara is a happy 16-year-old, in love and betrothed. But before she can be married, she must attend the Imperial Daughters’ Draft, where concubines are chosen for the Emperor and his family. When she is chosen as a bride to the heir to the throne, Ula Nara must face a lifetime of regret while her sweetheart vows to become a monk. Determined to make her pain worth something, Ula Nara aims for the pinnacle of success: to become Empress. But perhaps being an Empress is not worth as much as she thought, and happiness may lie in the simpler things.

In the wake of death and betrayal, Vala flees the island of Garlin with Xavyn in search of the truth about her identity. To find the answers they seek, they must first cross The Divide - a mass of cloud and fog that has separated human lands from the rest of the world for hundreds of years. As they pass through what is meant to kill all who draw near, a surge of magic emerges, bringing death to some and more power to others. In turn, The Divide is weakened, the fog dissolving enough to reveal what lies beyond, reigniting thoughts of war between sides.

After the harrowing battle against Herja, Vala and Xavyn find themselves in a new battle against time. The war between lands quickly approaches should The Divide fall, but even that concern must wait while they engage in a more dire conflict with Verdandi. She must be stopped before finding the final piece needed to end the world. To stand any chance at defeating her, Vala and the others will have to add numbers to their charge, which includes negotiations with the incorrigible Volare king.

The extraordinary memoir of a childhood spent in the 'Children of God' cult. Rebel tells the story of Faith, a woman who grew up in the Children of God cult (known latterly as The Family). Now in her 40s with two teenage children of her own, Faith's first-person narrative alternates between her childhood adventures and traumas within the cult and her post-cult life following her escape at the age of 19. 

Elizabeth had faced many dangers in her visions. The horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto. The long march of the Navajo. But tonight presented her with a new face of evil. The Spanish Inquisition. Spain Destiny is Book 19 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series.

Elizabeth had been raised a dutiful Yoruba member of the Oyo Empire. The Yorubas' continual wars with the neighboring Nupe and Masina states were simply a part of life. Even when Elizabeth converted to Christianity with her family, she never questioned it. With the Empire's victories and conquests came the spoils of war - the slaves.

"J'avais souvent imaginé nos "retrouvailles".⁠ Comme je l'ai tant fait avec notre futur.⁠ Je ne m'attendais pas à que ce soit dans un cimetière...⁠ À l'enterrement de son père...⁠ Cinq ans après son départ précipité...⁠ Sans me laisser le temps...⁠ Et encore moins que sa sœur serait accrochée à mon bras ce jour-là."⁠ Quand Lorelia foule à nouveau le quartier russe de Little Odessa, elle n'imagine pas être confrontée si rapidement à ses démons, encore moins à se retrouver face à celui qui fut son premier amour.⁠

Athens is a city of harmony. Of poetry and plays. Of civilized speech and quiet negotiations. But something is stirring in the wind. The dark shadow of war. The looming threat of the Persians thundering in to scorch the earth. And that all that stands between peace and utter destruction are the rabid dogs of Sparta....

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • An exhilarating debut novel following members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification “Strikes all the right notes—captivating characters, lyrical language, and a storyline that...

When a heist goes terribly wrong and the binding spell holding 17-year-old Neva's powers at bay is shattered, the half-human thief knows she's in trouble. Neva has always hidden her Da'Valian heritage while working risky jobs to make a name for herself and serving at her family's tavern, but she won't be able to hide much longer.

Elizabeth staggered out onto dry land from the dark confines of the convict ship which had been her home these past six long months. Only one thing had kept her whole and alive when typhus and scurvy claimed lives on all sides. The vision of Robert's tawny eyes.

Elizabeth's father had told her that her dreams meant nothing. They were just the tormented imaginings of a young woman serving as a nurse in a traumatic battlefield. But she knew better. And when Robert arrived to rescue her, a rebel in a sea of Union uniforms, her dreams became reality. Civil War Destiny is book 11 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series. The sequence leads up to a happily-ever-after ending. From Renaissance Venice to troubled Scotland, from the Civil War to the Wild West, Elizabeth and Robert find and re-find each other.

For many, the Yukon Gold Rush brought a life of adventure. An escape from the confines of society and an opportunity for wealth beyond all imagining. But to Sadzi, it seemed the flood of prospectors boded only hardship for her village. Until the man of her visions arrived... Yukon Destiny is book 17 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series.

The frigid cold of winter was nothing new - but the tense rivalry between Robert and his cousin, Ramsey, seemed to have escalated to new heights. And when it erupted into a sword battle, Elizabeth knew there was only one place to be. By Robert's side.

The famous Library of Alexandria was facing total destruction, brought on by Caesar burning his ships in the harbour. But Elizabeth could not focus on that massive loss of knowledge. For she knew Robert was out there somewhere - in the raging battle against overwhelming odds. Without her help, he could surely die.

Un thriller vertigineux dans l'univers fascinant et inquiétant du tatouage traditionnel japonais. 2019. À trente-trois ans, Juliano Rizzoni est un jeune peintre prodige encensé par la scène artistique contemporaine internationale. Jet-setter et jouisseur à l'extrême, il affole autant les Unes des tabloïds que les galeries prestigieuses du monde entier. Initié au Japon à la technique du tatouage Irezumi, aussi violente qu'ancestrale, il signe dix tatouages d'art sur le dos de ses amant(e)s.

Inti enjoyed a peaceful life in the terraced gardens of Machu Picchu. The old king had died after 80 long years of life, and his two sons looked as if they would lead the Incan Empire into a new period of peace and prosperity. And then, her beloved Otorongo came thundering up the road from the capital city, dark concern in his gaze.

Riley doesn’t want her mom to know that she’s been seeing her newly discovered family, the Corisi clan. Riley’s biological father made her mother’s life hell, and even though he’s dead, her fear of anyone who shares his last name lives on. After attending two funerals, Gavin’s father has decided Gavin needs a wife and children to be happy. Rather than inheriting his family’s company, Gavin now must earn his way back into his father’s good graces by producing a fiancée.

She was one of 31 aliens who escaped the slave ship where she had been kept captive all of her life. Now she could live a quiet, peaceful existence on Earth, free from pain and misery. Or so she had hoped, until that fateful night when she was caught in her true form. From that moment, Challa the Alien Girl became one of Lawson Hall’s best draws to his traveling sideshow carnival.