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The educators of ancient Greece and Rome gave the world a vision of what education should be. The medieval and Renaissance teachers valued their insights and lofty goals. Christian educators such as Augustine, Erasmus, Milton, and Comenius drew from the teaching of Plato, Aristotle, and Quintilian those truths which they found universal and potent. Charlotte Mason developed her own philosophy of education from the riches of the past, not accidentally but purposefully.

I've been abducted by the werewolf king. He’s deadly. Violent. Cruel. But not to me. To me, he's almost nice. I guess it helps that I'm the only female werewolf he's ever met. And that his wolf has decided I'm going to be his mate, whether I like it or not. Luckily, I can survive his pack just fine, as long as no one learns what I could do for them. I can't tell the king the truth, no matter how much I'm starting to trust him. Or like him. Or want him.

Dit is het persoonlijke en waargebeurde verhaal van Melody, die op achtjarige leeftijd wordt weggehaald bij haar alleenstaande drugsverslaafde moeder. Melody is kwaad dat ze niet thuis kan blijven wonen en in het pleeggezin van Cathy moet blijven, maar ze lijkt zich ook wel erg veel zorgen te maken om haar moeder – veel meer dan Cathy ooit heeft gezien. Amanda, Melody's moeder, is ook boos en haalt tijdens hun afspraken een paar keer flink uit naar Cathy. Maar wanneer ze de verloren en kwetsbare blik op Amanda's gezicht ziet, begint Cathy net zo bezorgd te worden als Melody.

I'm being forced to play in the world's worst reality game show, Survival of the Mated. In the end, I'll have to choose which one of the three hot, gigantic fae finalists I'm going to marry. I knew this was coming, but that doesn't make it any easier. Neither does the rain that won't stop falling. Or the fact that one of the guys on the island, Rhett, doesn't want to be here any more than I do.

I was assigned to play in the Fae Bachelorette...so I wrote a letter to the Society asking to put me in Survival of the Mated instead. That sounds crazy, doesn't it? It feels kind of crazy. But I've seen the guys on Survival. I know the guys on Survival. And there's one I want as my mate.

Those lucky enough to live in the elite lakefront community of Cloverhill Lakes are drawn to it for its safety and top-notch school district. The moms meet for coffee at the park while their kids play, they’re heavily involved in the PTA, and the summers are filled with chardonnay, brunch, sundresses, and backyard bonfires. But everything changes when Regan Hoffman’s car explodes at the annual Labor Day party. The wrong person is killed, but it was meant for her.

Lanya flieht vor einer arrangierten Ehe nach Ybbs an der Donau. Sie verbringt einen Sommer mit allen Freiheiten am Fluss, wo sie Boris, dem Sohn ihrer Gastfamilie, sehr nahekommt. Um ihn vor der Anfeindung im Dorf zu schützen, macht sich Lanya mit ihm auf den Weg stromabwärts, nach Budapest und weiter zu der orientalischen Insel Ada Kaleh am Fuß der Karpaten und folgt so dem Strom der Geschichte und der Gefühle.

Rosy Winter is dying. Something is growing in her. A hard knot in her chest. A dark spot that cannot be cut out, now seeping outward. Her husband, Charlie—kind, supportive, but somewhat out of his depth—offers what relief he can as she suffers. His sister, Sally, offers even less, distracted by a shift within her own husband. But beyond the homeopathic remedies, the dinner party obligations, the snatched whispers on wards and in staffrooms, a force —murderous, sensual, feverish—has been awoken and is stirring within her.

I've been thrown out of a plane and dropped on an island full of gorgeous, massive men. Did I mention that said men are all magical fae guys competing for the right to marry me? Yeah, it's a mess. Every man on the island has the same two goals: Defeat his competitors, and win my heart. Luckily, I know one of the guys. We're not exactly friends, but I can kind of trust him. Working together secretly, we have to keep the truth hidden and play the game alongside everyone else . . . because there's no way off this island without becoming someone's mate.

The world has fallen into darkness. The infection has spread like wildfire, turning cities into graveyards and people into monsters. In the heart of this chaos, Dutch and Echo Team, once elite soldiers, now transformed into something more, must fight to survive. Their glowing white eyes mark them as beings beyond human. As Echo Team makes their way back from mainland Europe, there are no shortcuts on this journey.

Maya retreats to the remote beauty of Montana and takes a job at The Gateway, an exclusive ski resort for the elite. But the beauty and wealth is no escape, and her new life is shattered when she stumbles upon a gruesome murder scene high on the mountain. She must run to find help. But when she returns the body is gone. And there is no sign there ever was a body at all. She begins to doubt her sanity. Until later that night, when a stranger warns her that someone saw her up on the mountain that day — someone willing to kill to keep their secret.

A phonograph cylinder that plays on a loop for eternity, casting out ghostly spectres of violence; a centuries-old stew made of severed body parts; a bigoted woman working at an ossuary, the bones she watches over her only remaining friends; three siblings who set out to scatter their father's ashes, a man none of them could stand; and a hag stone sitting in the pocket of a witch. Uncanny and unsettling, wild and wyrd, the ten stories in this collection showcase the best of folk horror.

After a painful divorce, Maya Landry is in desperate need of a fresh start, which she finds deep in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. Maya’s relieved when she’s hired as a summer keeper of billionaire-owned ski lodges left empty after snow season ends, and her new life of peace and isolation is going exactly as hoped . . . until she stumbles across a dead body on the living room floor of one of the lodges.

Beyond the glorious exploration of the wondrous outdoors and meeting new peoples, life seemed to keep hunting Gift's very soul, trying its best to rob her of freewill and choice. The arrival of the U.R.M. was shocking. That they had come to establish a New World Order forced upon colony inhabitants created a knot in the stomachs of Gift, her friends, and former enemies. Questions manifest as fear in anyone not content to lie down and allow it. Who were these U.R.M. people after two centuries? What is their version of world domination under the guise of peaceful integration?

United Queerdom evocatively captures over five decades of LGBT+ culture and protest from the GLF to 2020s. Showing how central protest is to queer history and identity this book uncovers the back-breaking hard work as well as the glamorous and raucous stories of those who rebelled against injustice and became founders in the story of queer liberation.

Chi non vorrebbe vivere a Brighton Hills? Questa esclusiva comunità sulla costa dell'Oregon è il mix perfetto di lusso e bellezza naturale. Splendide case si annidano sotto possenti abeti, rigogliosi giardini si estendono fino al lungolago. È il tipo di posto in cui i vicini si prendono cura l'uno dell'altro. A volte fin troppo... Cora pensa che suo marito Finn la stia tradendo: deve solo coglierlo sul fatto. È qui che entra in gioco Paige. Paige ha perso suo figlio in un incidente stradale l'anno prima, e il dolore la spinge a fare cose sconsiderate.

I gave myself to the dragon king, prepared to become his mate to protect my sisters. But that's not why he wanted me. He just needs my help breaking a prisoner in his cell, to keep his people safe. And he doesn't want me to risk my life to do it. When it becomes clear that's the only way? I take it upon myself to make it happen, and almost get myself killed. That's when the truth comes out: I'm his fated mate.

My new roommate is a gorgeous demon. The most uptight, boring demon in all of existence. Did I mention that he hates me? I'm only living with him because my brother trusts him to prevent me from having any amount of freedom. Until he loses control for a second. Just a split second, but that second is enough. I learn that he doesn't hate me... he just doesn't want to admit I'm his potential mate. So, I have a new mission in life: seduce the gorgeous, grumpy demon with every tool in my possession. Especially my lust.

Macy and Ethan built their careers pursuing the unknown, turning their YouTube channel, Ghost Patrol, into a viral sensation as they investigated the paranormal. But when they wade into the murky depths of the Louisiana bayou—looking into the disappearances of two local women—alongside team members Tasha and Max, their latest case takes a lethal turn.

Echo team are dispatched to ground zero of the outbreak. A city where no one had time to escape, a city frozen in time. Not all is as it seems when a chilling discovery shows a different tale of events that lead to the infection.