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When Jody Shaw is hired to be the new sheriff of Harrow Bay, a small coastal community, she’s excited to rise through the ranks and try something new. At 43, her career is everything that matters to her, besides her mother and grandmother, who move with her. It doesn’t take long for Jody to learn Harrow Bay is unusual. It’s home to all sorts of supernatural creatures, and there’s a Hell gate right at the center of town. Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to build an entire town around a Hell gate?

Embark on a journey across the planet through 23 stories written by 16 authors from six different countries. From super-powered humans taking down polluting industries to genius inventors creating innovative high-tech solutions to protect their communities, Gaia Awakens explores the gauntlet of climate fiction, sci-fi, and fantasy alike.

Who's ready to stay healthy? We could save billions of dollars, be more productive at work, and be more present for our families and loved ones if we all followed these nine simple steps to optimal health. We could pool our resources to tackle the world's worst issues. The first step is to arm oneself with reliable health knowledge. That is my promise to you: to deliver non-hyped, accurate health information that you may use. Step two is to cease blaming others for your current health. The next stage is to use these health concepts every day regularly.

George isn't good at anything much. In fact, he’s pretty average. That doesn't mean he doesn't have big ambitions; they are just harder to achieve when your big sister, Jess, is brilliant at everything! Then George inherits a mansion from dear old Mrs Smallbone. Except Hogweed Hall isn’t your average mansion. It’s brilliant, and full of fascinating tenants like Boris the dog, an unusual pastry chef who lives in the basement, a mysterious scientist who works in the attic and lots and lots of chickens!

Monstrous conspiracies threaten to destroy the world, and five unlikely allies must unite to save the planet. Using their ill-gotten superpowers, they must unravel cryptic questions, discovering answers you might not expect. If they fail, the creatures stalking them will finally win their hidden war.

Getting sucked into the latest and greatest video game, Fable Nation, isn't the worst of Mitch's problems. Realizing there's no way out until he beats all the levels might be. Battling Montezuma in a Mexican jungle isn't hard when you're doing it from your bedroom, but inside the game is a different story. Mitch better think fast as he teams up with a new side-kick and killer pet. They'll have to work together to defeat headless spirits, ginormous spiders, and even creepy viruses that may also be trying to escape the game.

Med school dropout Lena is desperate for a job, any job, to help her parents, who are approaching bankruptcy after her father was injured and laid off nearly simultaneously. So when she is offered a position, against all odds, working for one of Boston’s most elite families, the illustrious and secretive Verdeaus, she knows she must accept—no matter how bizarre the interview or how vague the job description. By day, she is assistant to the family doctor and his charge—the sickly, poetic, drunken heir to the family empire, who is as difficult as his illness is mysterious.

Daring Mathilde Carré has always dreamed of glory. When the handsome Armand invites her to become his second-in-command of Interallié, one of the founding circuits of the Resistance, she jumps at the chance. But when Armand falls for another woman, how far is Mathilde willing to go to exact her revenge?

Getting sucked into the latest and greatest video game Fable Nation isn't the worst of Mitch's problems. Realizing there's no way out until he beats all the levels might be. Battling Montezuma in a Mexican jungle isn't hard when you're doing it from your bedroom, but inside the game is a different story. Mitch better think fast as he teams up with a new sidekick and killer pet.

Capitalism Is Past Its Sell-By Date explores capitalism’s accomplishments, its challenges, and the most profound effect of its success—overconsumption that is challenging the Earth’s ecosystems and inhabitants. Included is a comprehensive review of capitalism, an exploration of the implications of the exhaustion of the Earth’s resources, and an examination of growth. This book aims neither to praise nor to condemn capitalism, but to describe its current and future states of play to create a more proactive and productive conversation around our shared global future.

This collection of poems is about the people I adore, the house that Mel and I lived in and the love that we shared, and the land that I breathe.

Ink and Magic is a poetic picture of life and inspirations drawn from anxiety, relationships, writing, and motivation. Words that are made to evoke emotions and encourage and support others the way I have been. After each poem I try to explain where my head and motivation was at when I worked to create it. Contains profanity, descriptions of panic, allusions to sex, and maybe hope.

As the mouse children watch the farmer cut down a big tree for Christmas, they ask their mother if they could have a tree to decorate, too. When Mother Mouse says that mice are too small to have Christmas trees, the little ones are disappointed. With the help from the farmer, a fox, a rabbit, and a blue bird, Mother Mouse surprises her children with the perfect-sized Christmas tree.

This collection of tales is what happens when one man’s art meets 12 authors' fiction, and when writers are free to ignore their genre of choice and typical story conventions. Twelve eye-challenging op-art designs were used to inspire these 12 mind-bending stories, which contain everything from futuristic sci-fi to fantastical comedy, and heartfelt life musings to near-cosmic nihilism.

Overwhelmed by a shift to a "normal" life, Nate is under pressure to make friends. Rejoining the immersive fantasy game Fair Quest seems like his best option. But the game has changed, and many players are taking what is going on more personally. Will the return of the Kingmaker winner send shock waves through the game, even as he's trying to avoid attention? Find out in The Rise of Chess.

A collection of 50 poems inspired by my current pandemic fears. Sometimes frightening. Hopefully cathartic. Something to show others they are not alone.

In the immersive game Changing Worlds, there is a galaxy of possibilities, gunfights, arena battles, intergalactic warfare, adult pleasures, and pure escapism. Hermanos Granger plays for the paper. The Change-Set a mini-game using cards akin to those introduced to him in his youth. A quest in the cards brings him back to a relationship he thought was buried, and now he has a job to do — the Card Job.

As she walks out of her marriage, a woman remembers the day her husband rescued a boy from drowning. A blind man on his wedding day celebrates the pursuit of love. And a young man leaves prison with only one desire - to see his son again. With power and precision, humanity and insight, Supporting Cast captures the extraordinary moments in our ordinary lives and the darkness and the joy of the everyday.

In the far future. Performers battle it out as Wizards, Magicians, and Warlocks. Using advanced technology to perform amazing feats in order to gain fame and fortune. For Talos June, he is living the life he has wanted the most. Competing, entertaining, working with the dangerous technologies that produce magic. When trouble finds him, he has to decide what he wants to do next and how to solve the new puzzle it creates.

Months after losing her mother, Kinsey is in Brazil to have the trip her mother always dreamed of taking. Her own roots are in the area, too, from a father she never met. From Carnival to the Pantanal, the exotic location is everything she imagined, and when she meets Faron Rocha, she is enamored. Spirited away to his coffee fazenda, it doesn’t take long to fall for him, but he has secrets.