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Life is lonely in Queen Victoria's London, especially for a talking vole. Chains may be the equal of any human detective, but there's one case he can't solve: where he came from and why he can speak. Luckily, he has the help of Eldridge, the retired investigator he lives with. Their latest job—a shipload of missing fish destined for experimentation—might provide some needed answers. But when Eldridge is kidnapped, Chains is left without sanctuary at a time he badly needs friends. Especially with profiteers, scientists, and pirates from London's mad scientific underbelly after his hide.

When quiet high schooler Sara Beth Parker disappears in the night from her home in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, Detective Angela Cole is assigned the case. A black woman in a department full of white men, she’s made a career for herself working harder and being better than the badges beside her. But when leads begin to dry up and her own peers start to question whether Parker was taken or simply ran away, Cole feels herself being pushed to the edge. And when an old colleague introduces her to Jackson, she’ll break her own rules and place any hope of finding Sara Beth in his hands.

The ghosts of Sol-86 never stopped learning. A year after the rebellion that rewrote reality, the academy stands rebuilt—sleek, silent, and under the command of Quartus Systems, humanity’s most powerful and dangerous corporation.

In the year 2139, humans are on the brink of interstellar travel. Their destination is Proxima Centauri to colonize the solar system. The remaining population of Earth continues to produce resources for the colonies of Mars and the Moon at a breakneck pace until the Inkululeko gold mine stumbles upon an unknown chrome sphere seven miles under the surface. More are found around the world and the scientific community struggles to identify these mysterious objects, each trying to gain an advantage over the other. Where did they come from? What are they for?

A football player returning home after twenty years looking to lay low. A veterinarian not looking to be on anyone’s radar.

I've always known I was different. My name is Seven Grey, and I hang out with dead people. Yes, Seven like the number, and yes… literal dead people. I'm the only mortician in a small town tucked away in backwoods Maine, and I've known this was my dream job since the day they asked us on our first day of Kindergarten. I know who I am, and I don't apologize for it. Death is just different for me, which is why my second job works even better than my first. They call me "The Cleaning Lady".

Three women. One hood. No easy way out. In the Slums, love comes with conditions. Loyalty will cost you everything. And the same ones smilin’ in your face might be plotting your downfall. Ain’t no grace in the streets, and nobody’s exempt from betrayal. One woman’s stuck chasing the...

Every month Ms. Madeleine creates a special cookie of the month for her bakery. And her best customer, a little girl named Cookie, is always the first to try it. Ms. Madeleine’s sweet treats never disappoint. When June arrives, Cookie and her two moms stop in and taste the best cookie yet: a heart-shaped, rainbow-striped, crunchy, frosted confection that Ms. Madeleine baked especially for Pride.

For Navy Robertson, she has literally everything she wants except marriage and a family of her own. While she believes she might be able to get those things with her boyfriend, Ian, his toxic back and forth with her closest friend causes drama in their relationship that Navy is finding it harder to ignore. For over a decade, Zander Gough has been content being Navy’s closest friend. The more serious things get between her and Ian, the more difficult it is for Zander to deny his feelings for her.

His mother didn’t want him, so much so that she named him “Him” and dropped him off on his father’s doorstep. Because his father had an affair and cheated on his wife, he wanted nothing to do with the outside son that affair created. Derrick gave Him to his grandparents to raise, and they did until he was sixteen. At that point, he was forced to live with his father, stepmother, and three brothers—one of which made sure he knew he was a stray.

In the Slums, yesterday’s secrets don’t stay buried for long—they come back deadlier than before. Love turns poisonous. Loyalty flips. And betrayal? Sometimes it’s the only way out. In the hood, it’s a dog-eat-dog world—and one wrong move could cost you everything. One woman’s demons force her to face the blood on her hands. Another grinds harder than ever, until the hustle eats her alive. And the last is fighting to hold her family together while the people closest to her rip it apart. They thought surviving the first storm was enough… but this time, the storm is them.

When Sadie Gray worked her last assignment, she never expected that the end of one case would rocket her right into the next, but then the creep said her name, told her she was on his list. When Sadie and Brad are pulled into several murders, all seemingly related to an online group called The Murder Society, the game of cat and mouse becomes one of survival, for the hacker known only as “Monster” is throwing bodies at them, but he’s also tearing through Sadie’s private life.

The night that changed everything ain’t over yet, and when the smoke finally clears, three lives are left in pieces. One woman’s demons are catching up to her, forcing her to face the guilt that’s been eating her alive. Another’s sitting on a secret that could tear the hood apart, but she’s standing on all ten 'bout her business, even if it means stepping on toes. And the last? She’s back in the one place she swore she’d never return, fighting for her life while teetering on the edge of losing it all... if it’s not already too late.

Un marinero estadounidense vive lo peor que podría pasarle a un tripulante que se considera valioso para su embarcación: que su barco parta sin él. Todo lo que posee para probar su identidad e incluso su propio hogar están en altamar, en el Tuscaloosa. Sin pasaporte, sin nombre y ni un centavo, el marinero experimenta la crueldad burócrata y la opresión de aquellos que ejercen poder, por lo que se ve forzado a tomar un trabajo en el Yorikke, un navío condenado a la destrucción.

In School Rethink 2.0, editors Frederick M. Hess, Michael B. Horn, and Juliet Squire gather leaders immersed in the nuts-and-bolts work of educational reinvention to present ten promising education improvements and ways to implement them. Contributors explain what it takes to reinvent schooling and the hurdles that emerge when tackling everything from curricula to staffing to assessment.

"Marriage License" is a short story published in Spicy Stories magazine in 1933, a publication known for its spicy pulp fiction. During the Great Depression, people were hungry for many things, including cheap entertainment. At 20 cents per magazine, Spicy Stories offered customers up to 10 different short stories in every issue.

Are you tired of watching your good intentions slip away—one bad habit at a time? You’re not alone. Most of us struggle against invisible patterns that derail our progress, zap our momentum, or make us feel stuck. But what if breaking free was simpler than you thought?

The extensively updated second edition of Suicide in Schools provides school-based professionals with practical, easy-to-use guidance on developing and implementing effective suicide prevention, assessment, intervention, and postvention strategies.

When a reality-crushing anomaly called the Cosmic Squeeze begins collapsing digital and physical worlds into a single point, the lines between player and code shatter. Cassidy Delgado, sharp-tongued commander of the USS Rammedass, finds herself dragged into a cosmic contest where game admins conspire, Al fleets wage holy war, and sentient code hungers for more than just data. What started as interstellar chaos becomes a battle for the fate of existence itself.

Sybil Hart's ordinary life unravels the moment she collides with a silver-hairs stranger, pulling her into a hidden world of fae, ancient gods, and long-buried magic. A tempting job offer from the enigmatic Ambrose Farra quickly becomes a perilous path as Sybil's latent power awaken, threatening to consume her and strip away her humanity. As she's drawn deeper into a legacy she never knew existed, Sybil finds herself caught between two powerful men: Ambrose, a seductive manipulator with dangerous ambitions, and Samian, her brooding protector who urges her to take control of her fate.