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Hazel Stillman is a woman of rare independence and limited opportunities. Born with a clubbed foot, she was sent away as a child, and, knowing her disability means a marriage is unlikely, she devoted herself to scholarship and education. Now working as a teacher in an elite private girls’ school, she is content with the way her story has unfolded. When her uncle Elliott Mayfield presents her with the prospect of a substantial inheritance if she marries, Hazel is offended.

Despite the end of her marriage, Diane still has plenty of love to give. Determined not to waste her days - that’s just not her style - she finds a job in a daycare and solace in cocktails with her best friend, Claudine, who convinces Diane her love life is not over. Diane wants romance and sees no reason why she shouldn’t have it, but she soon discovers, in her typically chaotic and hilarious manner, that the task is not as simple for a woman approaching her 50s as it is for a man.

Kevin Murdock, martial artist and outdoorsman extraordinaire, has survived his first five years on the planet Oomah. A new transport pod holding 200 more people has landed, and none of the new arrivals know what to expect. The pod holds an unexpected surprise for him personally: Rose's brother, who brings with him his own issues. Conflicts also rage between Murdock and Phylicia Cunningham, a distaff cousin to James Whittier, who has her own lust for power. Counseling common sense and self-reliance, Murdock begins training the arrivals in survival.

Maxim Jakubowski has edited all the great names in crime fiction, and stories from his anthologies have won the CWA Dagger six times. Now he has collected 19 Dagger Award-winning stories in one volume, making it the first retrospective deep dive into the CWA’s archive of Dagger Award winners. Edgy, twisted, and disturbing, Daggers Drawn is visceral and thrilling collection showcasing the very best modern crime fiction has to offer.

Fleeing back to Project Dawn’s base in the mountains, Ragan and Chloe have some serious explaining to do. The data has been extracted from Chloe’s nanites, but the hunt is still on. Now, they have an even harder task on their hands - finding the deadly Mikel before it’s too late. Teaming up with two of Ragan’s colleagues in the Crimson Corps, Chloe, and Ragan enter into a race against time, with the fate of the future resting on their shoulders. Will they catch Mikel before he hands over the data? And who, exactly, is the nano-vamp working for?

Miss Dior paints a portrait of the enigmatic woman behind the designer Christian Dior: his beloved younger sister, Catherine, who inspired his most famous perfume and shaped his vision of femininity. Justine Picardie's journey takes her to Occupied Paris, where Christian honed his couture skills while Catherine dedicated herself to the French Resistance, until she was captured by the Gestapo and deported to the German concentration camp of Ravensbrück.

Picture a retired mathematics professor and conspiracy nut with a butt-kicking, surrogate-daughter sidekick. Elmore Kranz bombards the police with his predictions of disaster until one of them actually happens, to the point that he's implicated in the plot. Even with the assistance of his one ally, rookie cop Brittney Chase, people start dying around Elmore as attempts are made on his life.

At six foot nine, Ryker definitely fits the title of “Big Daddy”. He is a construction worker by day and has a secret, dangerous hobby at night. He’s ripped to hell and is as tough as nails; most people take one look at him and know to steer clear, but Ryker also has a softer side. All it takes to bring Big Daddy to his knees is a beautiful femboy with an attitude.

It’s time to step up and harness your anger. They say ignorance is bliss, but it’s not. Willful ignorance is killing us. It is killing us violently, relentlessly, and without mercy. Conscious growth is not for the person who believes that the fault lies with someone else and is seeking to shift the blame. Conscious growth is not for the person that wants to hide out and avoid making change. Conscious growth is not for the person who believes that they already know all the answers.

Are you a Disney fan? Do you like Disneyland? This is the book for you! There are so many Disneyland secrets that not many people know, but now you can!

Scattered is a collection of poems between the time periods of 2012 - 2019 from the humorous and eclectic mind of Justin Johnson. While some pieces are contrived from complete fantasy others tap into the mental and history of Justin. Whether it's dealing with his own self-doubts and depression, reminiscing over past relationships or presenting interesting stance towards social and political issues, Justin’s erratic writing style is here to remind you that you aren't in this alone and a good laugh can help battle any personal conflicts you are facing.

London, 1885. Amelie Hampton is a hopeless romantic, which makes her the perfect columnist to answer lonely heart letters in The Marriage Gazette. When Amelie plays matchmaker with two anonymous lonely hearts, she also decides to secretly observe the couple’s blind date. To her surprise, the man who appears for the rendezvous is Harold Radcliffe - a grieving widower and a member of Amelie’s book club.

Opal Chen reunites with her Chinese sisters after forty years; newly cosmopolitan Lulu Koo wonders why Americans “like to walk around in the woods with the mosquitoes”; Hong Kong parents go to extreme lengths to reestablish contact with their “number-one daughter” in New York; and Betty Koo, brought up on “no politics, just make money,” finds she must reassess her mother’s philosophy. With their profound compassion and equally profound humor, these eleven linked stories trace the intimate ways in which humans make and are made by history.

Welcome to Dream Street - the best street in the world! It's where love between generations rules, everyone is special, and the warmth of a neighborhood shines. Here is the perfect book for parents to use to introduce children to the importance of community. Meet kids like Azaria, who loves to jump double-Dutch one leg at a time; Zion, whose dream is to become a librarian; and cousins Ede and Tari, who dream of creating a picture book together one day.

Are you running out of silly dad jokes for your kid’s sleepover parties? Are your bad dad jokes supplies running low? Do you need a dad joke book full of terribly good and tremendously bad dad jokes? Introducing the dreadfully good joke book for dads and their kids! Now you can start embarrassing your children and your wife with a fresh batch of hilarious dad jokes that will make everyone groan and roll their eyes.

To K. J. Joseph, a high school track star, running was everything to her future - until the treatment for her mental illness made her sicker. Simply Because We Are Human shares her story of battling lifelong clinical depression, starting as early as age eight. While turning her soul inside out through heartfelt and honest prose, Joseph reveals a commonality to the human race as we all struggle through life. Whether that struggle is temporary or chronic, clinical or situational, at the end of the day, we are all simply human.

With the defeat of the Elemental, Arbor should be hailed as a hero. Instead, he is shunned, turned away from the Defiants by those seeking power and fearing his own. Having little choice, Arbor sets out with his force of gremlins toward the slave city of Fivora in hopes of finally being reunited with his sister. Meanwhile, strange things are happening in the elven capital of Srila. An Infiltrator is stalking the streets and leaving death in its wake. However, the Infiltrator isn’t the only one with its sights set on the elven homeland.

Annalee Spencer and Wayland Smith were uninhibited young lovers until the Peterloo Massacre set them on two different paths. Raised to the title of Baron of Darlington in recognition of his courage, Wayland is now a model of propriety and heroism. As for Annalee, the trauma of that tragic day in Manchester is ever present. To dull the pain, she lives only for pleasure. And she derives immense pleasure from co-leading the Mismatch Society, a league of scandalously independent women. Perhaps too scandalous....

New England Grouse Shooting is one of the foundations of modern grouse hunting literature. Author and famous artist William Harnden Foster is considered one of the timeless authorities on grouse shooting, and this book stands as a testament to that knowledge. From the days of market hunting and hammer shotguns to the modern era of pointing dogs and the invention of skeet shooting, this book is a must-listen for any serious ruffed grouse hunter.

Sinuous new secrets come to life in the wake of Archangel Lijuan's destruction. The war isn't over yet.