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Kwanzaa is Kayla's favorite time of year. But this year, it looks as if a heavy snowstorm will keep her big brother, Khari, from getting home in time for the festivities! Will Khari miss the cele- bration completely? Or will Kayla and her brother somehow find a way to be together for Kwanzaa? A...

A coming-of-middle-age memoir, about the search for love, friendship and the ever-elusive Mr Darcy Prince Charming? Happily ever after? Childhood fairy tales are full of promises, but the reality - life - is a very different story. And that story has a hell of a lot to teach us. Written with...

Aurra was born to inherit the fae crown, but instead, she was raised in cruelty, her magic suppressed, her very identity erased. Now as an old glamour sweeps through the realm her power begins to awaken, and with it, a hunger she doesn’t understand. For fate begs to be fed.

Bloomsbury presents Be Mine by Richard Ford, read by Richard Poe. A masterful writer' – RAYMOND CARVER Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute...

One hot, humid day in July 1944, the Gestapo abducted 15-year-old Henry and his mother, forcing them onto cramped cattle cars in the Łódź Polish Ghetto. Like so many Jews before them, they had been selected to disappear–they were being sent to Auschwitz. 

DI Bliss attends the aftermath of an apparent murder-suicide – but the scene tells him and his colleagues something very different occurred. Now the Peterborough Major Crimes Unit face an adversary like no other. They have no idea why his victims had to die. They have no idea who he is. They...

London, June 1942. The bombs are falling, the music plays on, but can the Good Time Girls keep dancing? Everything has finally fallen into place for Renee. So when vicar Roger asks her to support a new dance hall, it should be a great way to give back to the community. Except Renee has a...

The first human colony on Mars is destined for destruction in a nuclear explosion. This tragedy is a fixed point in history. The laws of time dictate that it cannot - must never - be changed. But as the Doctor's darkest hour comes calling, he resolves to break the rules as he never has before.

Isabella Taillefer’s betrothal to a French count is derailed by the sudden interest of John Plantagenet, King of England. As a woman in 1200 A.D. Angouleme, France, Isabella has no control over her destiny, and she must navigate the political unrest fomented by the men in her orbit with a war-torn France at her heels and daggers at her back. Young Isabella must quickly grow from an innocent child bride to a court-savvy queen.

This book—written in short, easily digestible chunks—will help you find your motivation and keep your momentum going. Crack the code for building the life you've always dreamed of—bit by bit, one tiny habit at a time.

Growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas, after my father’s murder was tough and affected me mentally. This type of trauma can have a major influence on a child and if it goes untreated can create a career criminal.

An engrossing social history and memoir of the unsinkable Mollie Moon, the stylish founder of the National Urban League Guild and fundraiser extraordinaire who reigned over the glittering ""Beaux Arts Ball,” the social event of New York and Harlem society for fifty years—a glamorous event...

This much-anticipated sequel to the acclaimed fan-favorite novel Suicide Notes is a funny, touching look at what happens when you give up trying to be someone people want you to be and become exactly who you are. Jeff spent forty-five days in the psych ward of a hospital after a suicide attempt...

The devil is back and angrier than ever. Jethro has lost everything, including Indie–the other half of his soul. With the struggles of a new era and an enslaved world, Jethro must fight his way to revenge. His only goal is to kill the Bravillia King, the man who took from him something even more precious than Indie.

A “powerful and insightful” (Cyntoia Brown-Long, author of Free Cyntoia) memoir in the vein of Just Mercy and The Sum of Us that upends our understanding about the future of policing in the United States and explores how we can begin healing from systemic injustice. In 2012...

Is your daughter ready for puberty? Let her discover everything she needs to know ahead of time, and in the privacy of her own room.

Jackie Hobbs loves the job that lets her travel the world attending comic conventions and playing games, until it prevents her from reaching her mother before she passes away. As an only child with no core group of friends to depend on, she dreads a lonely Christmas. The last thing she wants is to go to Vermont as her mother planned, but it's the only way to get the letters her mother left her.

Teenage girls have a harder time than previous generations.... Does she know what to expect and how to navigate the challenges with confidence? You’ve had "the talk". Your daughter has started her period, or she knows what to expect when it arrives…but is she truly prepared for everything that being a teenager entails?

A bumper collection of accessible classics from the perennially popular BBC Radio 4 series This diverse, wide-ranging anthology features readings of 10 of the greatest books in the English language, taken from the BBC's Book at Bedtime and performed by a stellar cast of narrators. Here are...

Girls today are hitting puberty about a year earlier than they did in the '70s…. The reality is, your daughter needs to know the ins and outs sooner than you might realize. Adolescence is a tricky phase of life–raging hormones, body changes, friendship struggles, new feelings to navigate…and it’s happening to girls at a younger and younger age.