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Alice Queensbury has been living a difficult life with her oppressive mother, the Queen of Hearts Advertising president herself, Margaret. Between working for her and taking care of her sick father, the only way Alice can escape is by going to the Wonderland in her mind, a world she created all on her own since she was nine years old but what happens when reality catches up to Alice?

Childhood sexual abuse leaves invisible marks that carry into adulthood and stop you from doing, dreaming, and achieving. The root of shame keeps you feeling undervalued, even in your own eyes. You lose years living in safe mediocrity instead of purposeful intention. This is not God's plan for you .Author Andrea S. Jones understands this all too well. Her authentic sharing of some hard truths will walk you through the steps a predator takes in grooming his victim. You will see how he becomes a loved member of the family while targeting his prey.

An “intimate and searching” (Natasha Trethewey, New York Times–bestselling author of Memorial Drive) memoir of family, color, and being Black, white, and other in America, from “one of our country’s greatest historians” (Clint Smith, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of How the...

Addie Edwards was just trying to get home. That’s all. When she boarded flight 393, the direct flight she had booked from Seattle, Washington to Nashville, Tennessee, she was relieved to finally be going home after an exhausting week of helping her sister with her wedding but when the plane unexpectedly reroutes to Hawaii, her relief quickly turns to panic. After that, the plane gets rerouted again to another destination after a passenger gets hurt and needs immediate attention. Addie can’t help but wonder what’s going on, is her life in danger and will she ever make it home?

Victoria Kingston is the homecoming queen in high school. When she heads off to college, she’s going to need to learn that you can’t get everything (and everyone) you want in life.

Stacy Lowe had as close to an idealistic life as one could imagine: she had a loving husband and a baby on the way. When a tragedy strikes her and her husband though, she struggles with it. By the time she has her little girl, she can’t seem to handle anything in her life, so she flees.

Michelle “Shelley” Farley was homeless on the streets of San Francisco for a decade before finally getting help to get off the streets. With no family and no place to go, she learned how to fend for herself and make a life out of navigating the rough San Francisco streets among her fellow homeless. Now, she must navigate trying to live life as a sheltered citizen of society, but after being on the streets for so long, can she learn how to live a normal life, or will she be pulled back in to the life she had before?

Brooklyn Appleby is the world's most famous pop star and she's living a life of fame and fortune until it all comes crashing down when an unexpected conservatorship traps her in a nightmare that she can't soon get out of. A decade later, Brooklyn manages to break free but she needs to flee the bright lights of Hollywood. Will she be stuck in the shadow of her mistakes or will she be able to find a life outside of the City of Angels?

Charlene Charlemagne was no stranger to danger and a hard partying lifestyle. With her best friend, Gwendolyn, close to her and her boyfriend, Dylan, beside her, she's got all the family she needs in life. With her dark past behind, Charlene is living her life to the fullest until her life took an unexpected turn forever when one small request turned into something life changing.

Jin Zhara already had enough to worry about—appeasing her stepmother’s cruel whims, looking after her blind younger sister, and keeping her own magical gifts under control—without having to deal with rumors of monsters re-emerging in the marsh. But when a chance encounter with an easily flustered young man named Han brings her into contact with a secret magical liberation organization called the Guardians of Dawn, Zhara realizes there may be more to these rumors than she thought.

Ce soir, Hélène porte une robe fendue : c'est la soirée des bacheliers des années 2000. Le temps a filé depuis la faculté. En vingt ans, elle a eu...

An elderly farmer learns the horrifying truth beyond the phrase “True love never dies”. Something sinister lurks behind the distant eyes of a mother’s traumatized son. And a gravedigger slowly descends into madness, as he grows obsessed with the corpse of a little girl.... Scare Street’s latest collection shines a flickering candle on the terrifying forces of darkness that haunt our dreams. Death, madness, obsession.... The darker side of the human psyche is revealed with each bone-chilling chapter of these 14 macabre tales.

Nightmares slither from the shadows in Scare Street’s latest spine-tingling collection. Thirteen tales of the macabre await in this chilling new volume - a never-ending stream of ghosts, ghouls, and other horrors to haunt your dreams.

Abolitionism was the movement that strove to end slavery in the United States. The abolitionists saw slavery as a stain and an affliction on the United States and made it their goal to eradicate slave ownership. Abolitionists produced anti-slavery literature, sent petitions to Congress, and ran for political office.

A collection of short stories featuring characters from the world of The Broken Gods trilogy by fantasy author Aaron S. Jones. Blood feuds in the Borderlands. Murder mysteries in the United Cities. A heist gone wrong in the East. Meet some of the weird and wonderful characters of the world of Takaara and they fight, love, and survive in A Long Way from Home.

Other Worlds, the fourth volume in Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read anthology series for tween boys, features ten thrilling new tales of science fiction and fantasy from some of the biggest names in children’s literature. Prepare yourself for ten trips into the unknown, as ten of your favorite...

This is a gripping story based on the author's personal experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese Army during World War II. In 1941, the Japanese Army aimed their victorious war machine at the Pacific island of Corregidor. American defenders, relying only on limited supplies of food and ammunition, were unable to repel the invasion. The island fell and thousands of Americans were taken prisoner. Many died daily from mistreatment, disease, malnutrition, or a combination of all three.

Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in the United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and courthouses.

This fully updated fourth edition of Jon S. Bailey and Mary R. Burch’s bestselling Ethics for Behavior Analysts is an invaluable guide to understanding and implementing the newly revised Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts. Featured in this new edition are explanations of each code standard along with case studies drawn from questions submitted to Bailey's ABA Ethics Hotline along with edited responses.

Western political discourse on cybersecurity is dominated by news of Chinese military development of cyberwarfare capabilities and cyber exploitation against foreign governments, corporations, and non-governmental organizations. Western accounts, however, tell only one side of the story. Chinese leaders are also concerned with cyber insecurity, and Chinese authors frequently note that China is also a victim of foreign cyber attacks—predominantly from the United States. China and Cybersecurity is a comprehensive analysis of China's cyberspace threats and policies.