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From oat milk flirtations to vegan taco truck confessions, The Heart Beet serves up 30 sizzling short rom-coms where love sprouts over greens, grains, and garlic-naan first kisses. Whether it’s a butcher’s son accidentally swapping dishes with a tofu sculptor, or a grumpy traditional baker falling for a pastry student with a vegan croissant to prove, each story dishes out bite-sized romantic chaos with a veggie twist.

An unsolved mystery. An echo of the past. A dark-fated future. When DCI Tom Raven’s longstanding adversary, TV journalist Liz Larkin, invites him to a rock concert, Raven reluctantly accepts. Liz claims she has groundbreaking information about the fate of the band’s former lead singer who disappeared decades previously on the eve of their debut U.S. tour, leaving behind a trail of mysterious clues, a cult fan following, and a web of conspiracy theories. But the evening ends in tragedy when the new lead singer collapses on stage.

From the dog who interviews potential owners to the cat who writes Yelp reviews about her human, this hilarious and heartwarming flash fiction collection celebrates the glorious mess of life with adopted pets. Whether it’s a puppy submitting a resume ("Skills: Professional Cuddler, Amateur Sock Thief") or a shelter cat staging a protest for better treats, these 100 bite-sized stories are packed with love, laughter, and heart-tugging surprises—plus one powerful truth: adopting a pet might just be the best decision you ever make (even if they chew the evidence).

Welcome to FhCon. An event unlike any other, hosted by ancient and secret masters of fandom. They're insanely happy you're here. Nineteen popular, best-selling, and award-winning authors bring you stories of a convention experience only the Old Gods will make you forget.

The Love I Left Behind follows Maqsood Malik, a Pakistani-American man caught between two cultures. Ambitious and restless, he builds a life in Washington, D.C., distancing himself from his roots while chasing success and fleeting romances. When he marries Saadia, a woman of quiet strength and deep devotion, he believes he has found stability. Yet beneath the surface, unspoken wounds and unresolved desires threaten to unravel everything.

Sable has always been like the sand-shifting—ungraspable, shaped by experience, yet never bound by it. Where others build certainty, she has trusted the quiet pull of intuition, choosing solitude over settling, truth over comfort, freedom over convention. But as time passes, the world's voices grow louder, questioning her choices, labeling her path as avoidance rather than wisdom.

Ein gefährliches Buch. Ein verborgenes Geheimnis. Ein tödlicher Verrat. Das Oxford Literary Festival ist in vollem Gange, doch Detective Inspector Bridget Hart ist nicht dort, um sich über Bücher zu informieren. Stattdessen muss sie Diane Gilbert beschützen, eine umstrittene Autorin, die...

Treating Traumatic Loss starts with an introduction to traumatic loss and the GRIEF approach model, then guides you, step by step, through treatment planning—from conducting a thorough assessment of symptoms informed by a multicultural lens, to selecting modules for intervention.

Eve McGannon lidera a banda DangeRock desde adolescente. Sua voz atrai multidões como um ímã, da mesma forma que sua timidez a impede de confessar seu amor eterno por Brandon Conwell, o guitarrista e amigo de infância que sempre esteve ao seu lado, mas sem nunca percebê-la como mulher...

"Rainbow Walker sempre se sentiu diferente das garotas da sua idade. Com um nome peculiar e uma família estranha, nunca conseguiu estabelecer vínculos ou manter muitas amizades. Agora, em uma nova cidade, ela terá que se adaptar a uma nova escola e rotina, ao mesmo tempo em que precisa deixar...

"Storm. Thunder Storm. Seu nome era tão intenso quanto ele próprio. Tinha como meta de vida dificultar a vida das irmãs, ao se promover como o protetor da pureza das mesmas. Zeloso, ciumento e dotado de um carisma único, ele era a alegria da festa. Como diziam: Ele era a festa. Ao entrar...

"Rainbow Walker sempre se sentiu diferente das garotas da sua idade. Com um nome peculiar e uma família estranha, nunca conseguiu estabelecer vínculos ou manter muitas amizades. Agora, em uma nova cidade, ela terá que se adaptar a uma nova escola e rotina, ao mesmo tempo em que precisa deixar...

Depois de meses de turnê, Malcom Rubber, o baterista sério e compenetrado da DangeRock, aceita o convite do amigo para passar duas semanas de um descanso merecido na casa de Hannah, a irmã mais velha de Phil. Ele só não imaginava ficar encantado pela linda e meiga babá do pequeno Maxwell...

Everyone could see it coming. But one man could do something about it. Oh, he couldn't avert the nuclear holocaust, but a scientist in Austria, ruthlessly using billions of research dollars for his own purposes, set himself up and out: he created a time machine, and filled a warehouse with low-tech survival gear. Too bad he didn't get to use it himself. Instead, a team of American grad students, led by their professor, is sent back to the late Roman Empire. Even though they are experts in this time and place, they are about to realize that books and actual experience are very different things.

Kuangkat tutup peti mati itu, dan apa yang kulihat membuat jiwaku menggigil oleh rasa takut.Count itu terbaring di situ, tapi ia seperti telah mendapatkan kembali separo masa mudanya, karena rambut dan kumisnya yang sudah putih berubah menjadi kelabu kehitaman. Bibirnya berlumuran darah segar...

After two years of hiding, I'm finally free, and all I want is some peace and maybe a little garden to tend. The adorable cabin in the forest is just what I'm looking for, private and secluded. Other than the long-dead inhabitants of the old graveyard nearby, I only have one neighbor. Arlow Shaw is antisocial if not outright reclusive, quiet, and guarded when it comes to discussing himself. A nature lover, he spends most of his time in the forest or tending to his bee hives. His calming effect on me is perplexing but exactly what I need.

Psychological first aid, or PFA, is designed to mitigate the effects of acute stress and trauma and assist those in crisis to cope effectively. PFA can be applied in emergencies, including disasters, terrorist attacks, and the COVID-19 pandemic. In the second edition of this essential guide, George S. Everly, Jr., and Jeffrey M. Lating draw on their experiences in Kuwait after the Gulf War, in New York City after the September 11 attacks, and during the COVID-19 pandemic to describe the principles and practices of PFA in an easy-to-follow, prescriptive, and practical manner.

Through his connection to the Wraith King, Connor has access to far more power than he realizes. His shadow blades give him the strength of a god, granting him the limitless potential of a man with no equal. But no matter what good Connor does, the people still fear him. Even those he saves run screaming in his overwhelming presence. He wields the sort of power people unite to destroy, and word of his growing abilities spreads fast.

In Polygamy: A Very Short Introduction, Sarah M.S. Pearsall explores what plural marriages reveal about the inner workings of marriage and describes the controversies surrounding it. The book emphasizes the diversity of historical polygamist societies, from the Shi'ite Muslims and Wendat men who practiced short-term marriages to the Mixteca, Maori, Inca, Algonquin, and Marta indigenous people of North America and the Pacific Islands. Pearsall also explains the divides within Christianity that led to Joseph Smith's establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

As a field, education has largely failed to learn from experience. Time after time, promising education reforms fall short of their goals and are abandoned as other promising ideas take their place. In Learning to Improve, the authors argue for a new approach. Rather than "implementing fast and learning slow," they believe educators should adopt a more rigorous approach to improvement that allows the field to "learn fast to implement well.