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Larkin Mancinkus prides herself on making the town of Whynot, North Carolina just a little sweeter. As owner of Sweet Cakes Bakery, Larkin gets all the town gossip - the sugar, the spice, and the everything not so nice. So when she finds herself on the tip of everyone’s tongue thanks to an encounter with a mysterious and handsome stranger, she learns the true meaning of "if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

Dr. Oliver Sacks's books Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars and the best-selling The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat have been acclaimed for their compassion in the treatment of patients affected with profound disorders. In A Leg to Stand On, it is Sacks himself who is the patient: an encounter with a bull on a desolate mountain in Norway has left him with a severely damaged leg. But what should be a routine recuperation is actually the beginning of a strange medical journey.

Mainstream health science has let you down. Weight loss is not the key to health, diet and exercise are not effective weight-loss strategies, and fatness is not a death sentence. Body Respect debunks common myths about weight, including the misconceptions that BMI can accurately measure health, that fatness necessarily leads to disease, and that dieting will improve health. The authors also help make sense of how poverty and oppression - such as racism, homophobia, and classism - affect life opportunity, self-worth, and even influence metabolism. 

It's been four months since Nicky Roth has seen his best friend and neighbor, Aaron Peterson. Aaron's father, a reclusive theme park designer, told the town that Aaron and his sister Mya are living with a relative far away, but Nicky can't seem to accept it. Plagued by terrifying nightmares of robotic mannequins, rotting theme parks, and a dark basement, Nicky teams up with his friends from school to find out what really happened to Aaron and Mya. Together, they start piecing together a picture more disturbing than they could have imagined.

Just as the archetypal hero possesses the heart to face trials and tribulations for the sake of helping others, the bodhisattva has a remarkable resolve to free others from suffering so that all may achieve true happiness and awakening. Through each challenge, the Buddhist hero of compassion develops rich inner qualities that empower them to be of true benefit to others.

Der Hexer Geralt von Riva verdient sein Geld mit Kämpfen gegen Ungeheuer aller Art. Über einen Mangel an Aufträgen kann er sich nicht beklagen, denn es gibt genügend Leute, die dringend Hilfe gegen Vampire, Drachen und andere dämonische Wesen brauchen. Als Geralt eines Tages einen Luftgeist befreit, schlägt ihn dieser mit der verhängnisvollen und quälenden Liebe zu der schönen Zauberin Yennefer. Und dann wird Geralts bester Freund schwer verletzt und braucht seine Hilfe.

Panic is a legendary game played by graduating seniors in the middle-of-nowhere town of Carp, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher: After a series of challenges ranging from sleeping in a haunted house to running across a highway blindfolded, one winner takes home a cash prize in the tens of thousands at the end of the summer. Participating players are sworn to secrecy, which means little is known of Panic’s history. Until now.

What does psychosis feel like from the inside? What does care look like when you are frightened, medicated, restrained—and trying to make sense of a world that no longer behaves as expected? And what happens when the same person later returns as a member of staff, and then as a researcher? Androids DO Dream is a first-person account of psychosis and mental health care told from three intersecting perspectives: patient, healthcare assistant, and academic researcher.

Echo spürt wieder festen Boden unter den Füßen, nachdem er mit zehntausenden von Gamern in einer geheimnisvollen neuen Welt gelandet ist, und schließt sich mit Gleichgesinnten zusammen. Eine überraschende Änderung der Spielregeln erschwert die Lage weiter, und die Clans sehen sich plötzlich einer bisher ungeahnten echten Gefahr ausgesetzt. Fällt die Stadt einer Fraktion in gegnerische Hände und die drei Artefakte in den Kapellen werden zerstört, wird diese Fraktion eliminiert.

Für Ophelia Hart geht ein Traum in Erfüllung, als sie ein Stipendium an der renommierten Montridge University bekommt und sie ihr Leben als Pflegekind endlich hinter sich lassen kann. Doch gleich in ihrer ersten Woche auf dem Campus macht Ophelia eine Entdeckung, die ihr ganzes Leben auf den Kopf stellt: Die attraktiven Mitglieder der Ruby Dragon Society sind echte Vampire und wollen Ophelias Blut! Als dann auch noch Professor Alexandros Dracos auf der Bildfläche erscheint und die Jungs auf Ophelia ansetzt, lässt Ophelia sämtliche Hüllen fallen.

Set in London and the Scottish Highlands, The Driving Seat is a literary domestic thriller, full of blistering black humour, compulsive plotting and an electrifying final showdown.

Meet Marie Curie. Shy and reserved, she loved science more than anything else in the world. But she lived at a time when women couldn't be scientists. Marie followed her passion and is now remembered for her game-changing discoveries. But while she tinkered away with test tubes and experimented with a glow-in-the-dark chemical elements, Marie became a mother. Irene and Eve grew up to be fiercely independent and determined women just like their mother, and had many adventures of their own.

Imagine you made something that was so beautiful and powerful that everyone wanted to take it for themselves. And then you had to watch them destroy it. Would you fight for it? Meet Gaia, the ancient Greek goddess who created the Earth and the universe that stretched beyond it in this fascinating graphic novel. She raised trees from their roots to the sky, sent waterfalls tumbling over cliffs and created the tides that sloshed on the shore. But she also created a force she couldn’t control: the ambition of gods...

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Discover the adventures of Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, war and courage in this stunning graphic novel. From her extraordinary birth – sprung from the head of her father, in the midst of a thunderous headache – to her refusal to take no for an answer. Find out how she inspired powerful gods, goddesses and humans and the terrifying fate of those who dared to cross her path. This action-packed graphic novel is illustrated and written by the brilliantly talented sister duo, Isabel and Imogen Greenberg.

Detective Bec Whitfield thought she'd found paradise in tropical Mission Beach—and maybe even love with charming local developer Jake Morrison. But when Cyclone Meredith threatens the coast, emergency preparations uncover a twenty-year-old secret buried in concrete. The skeletal remains belong to Marcus "Moondog" Sullivan, a former Sydney property developer turned environmental activist who vanished in 2004 during heated battles over coastal development. Marcus had made powerful enemies on both sides of the conservation debate, and someone wanted him silenced permanently.

Kash Strickland . . . A Biker. A Lawyer. A nice guy, until you mess with what's his. He's pure adrenaline with tattoos and brains that gets him into an Ivy League School—the kind of guy you look at and know he's going to be a combination of nasty and irresistible. Verity Ames . . . The moment Verity Ames lays eyes on Kash for the first time and allows herself to touch his hot skin and kiss his full lips, she falls hard and fast. She protects her heart from everyone, until him.

En el año 6578 alguien asesina a la Luna. Para investigar este crimen universal se movilizarán todas las fuerzas del CGQCNSE (Consejo Galáctico Que Casi Nunca Se Equivoca). Sin embargo, a pesar de la urgencia por demostrar que el sistema solar está en orden, la identidad del asesino se hace esquiva, y todo el asunto entraña consecuencias diversas para los personajes.

We meet our narrator hanging around the nail salon where her mother works, eavesdropping on her conversation with one of the regulars, Helen. But she’s really hoping to see Helen’s daughter, Patty - older, rebellious, and completely captivating. When Helen invites her over to their house to help organize a home office, she jumps at the opportunity. But as the day goes on, she encounters something she shouldn’t and gets caught up in the sinister nature of other people’s property and private lives.

The updated version of the best-selling solution to grow your confidence, assertiveness, and self-esteem. Cutting through the nonsense, this book offers a simple and easy-to-understand solution to growing your confidence, assertiveness, and self-esteem. No fancy gimmicks, just solid and actionable advice which can help you fast.