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Arlo Wright’s introduction to his sexuality came when he saw his older brother’s best friend, Jack Cooper, in his sweaty football kit. Unfortunately, he didn’t have long to enjoy the revelation because he promptly knocked himself out on a table. Relations between them have never really moved on from that auspicious beginning. Arlo is still clumsy, and Jack is still as handsome and unobtainable as ever. However, things look like they’re starting to change when Arlo finds himself sharing a room with Jack while on holiday in Amsterdam at Christmas.

In Deadlands, life is a lottery. Ten years have passed since Cape Town was destroyed in the war with the living dead. Now, human survivors are protected from the zombies that lurch around the suburban Deadands by shrouded figures known as "Guardians". But the price for protection is steep: Each year, the Guardians hold a human lottery in which five teenagers are chosen for a secret purpose. Seventeen-year-old Lele hates everything about her life in the city: her new school, the brainwashed zombie-lovers, the way everyone seems creepily obsessed with teenagers....

Meet Lennox Cooper. She’s a smart poker player, a smart detective, but she’s got issues. A year ago her affair with a married cop got her fired from the Portland Police. Now she’s trying to build a new life as a private investigator, but all she’d landed so far are surveillance gigs. The murder of a wealthy developer gives her a chance to reestablish herself as a homicide detective. During the course of the investigation she meets Mr. Right. Only problem, he’s on the short list of suspects. Lennox bets on her lover’s innocence.

Nineteen people from across the globe, ranging in age from 20 to 70-plus, tell their stories of living and thriving in diverse fields - in sport, the arts, medicine, business, and more. With refreshing frankness, they share their successes along with their struggles - grit is the one characteristic they all have in common. These are not stories of people overcoming disability - they’re stories of people accommodating disability while pursuing their dreams. Pure Grit shines a light on boundless possibility whatever the individual challenge.

The product of a disorganized and chaotic childhood, Zeb likes order and control, and as the boss of his own employment agency he can give that to himself. Life runs along strict lines and he never mixes business with pleasure. Everything in his life lives in neat, alphabetized boxes. Until Jesse.

It is a global belief that miracles only happened in biblical times. This book, Miracles of Life or Life of Miracles, was written to show the world miracles do exist in modern times. The stories in this book are very real. In fact, this book only contains a fraction of miracles that have happened to these two individuals.

The Storeroom Guys is a darkly comic listen for a foggy winter's night. It is a great piece of literature to get a conversation started about strange work colleagues, haunted spaces, post-traumatic stress, and surviving tough times. It has inspired graphic artists, theatre producers, and screen writers. For horror fans, there are lots of clever references to classics of the genre, but there is nothing jaded about the plot, and the twist is as satisfying as it is unexpected. The Guys has contemporary characters - but evil is timeless.

One hundred grand to babysit a hockey player on an island paradise - seriously, how bad could he be? The money would make my dreams of going to nursing school possible. I haven't counted on Logan being so deliciously bad - he is oh so good. But, the heady mix of emotions and lust can't keep things from spiraling out of control and back to reality, where I have to keep the secret that I've been hired to entertain him...even if it shatters my delicate heart. Even if it costs me my destiny.

Zombies in Casper Creek? Say it ain’t so. Unfortunately, it looks to be true...and Hannah Hickok and her motley crew of helpers have a mess on their hands. As Cooper Wyatt struggles with the perfect way to propose, his girlfriend is buried in zombie lore...and seemingly having a good time digging up solutions. The bodies are rising from two different cemeteries, one so old it hasn’t seen a new resident in 30 years. Why, though?

There were plenty of reasons for Alida to stay home, rather than go off to college, according to Kirin and Talia. They weren’t my parents, but they were the only family I’d had for a decade. Leaving them was scary, but at the same time, I was drawn to this place, far enough from the West Virginia hills to feel like a change, and close enough for me to always come home. 

The Kiss Quotient meets Love Potion No. 9 in the next sparkling romantic comedy by Lily Menon, The Sizzle Paradox. Lyric Bishop feels like a fraud—she’s studying sexual chemistry in romantic partners and what makes for a successful long-term relationship, only she can’t seem to figure it...

Growing up in a misogynistic home, she was expected to graduate college with an MRS. degree. When school was done and she remained unattached, she was manipulated into a relationship and then a marriage similar to her childhood home. Her dreams of a happier, independent life were sacrificed in exchange for her family's approval.

This is the story of the women who took part in the Long March, seen through the biographies of three key players. Lee and Wiles trace the womens' stories in three time periods: the Long March itself, a decade later at liberation and then 40 years on. Drawing on published and unpublished sources, including interviews, this is the moving story of one of the great events of 20th-century history.

In a world full of negativity and unavoidable influences, our children can be easily misguided into thinking that they aren’t good enough. As parents, it is our duty to help them gain confidence and make them feel that they can take on the world! Positive affirmations help not only children, but everyone to overcome sabotaging and negative thoughts.

When feral kitten Hattie is born into poverty in a cat cult ruled by evil tomcat Scarab Razorclaw, she is destined to fulfill his dream of returning to her wildcat roots by shunning humans. But Hattie can't bear the suffering she sees in her family, and rebels against every rule in a fight to survive, and is banished from her home and everything she knows. 

Harper Harlow is ready to move forward with her business, which just so happens to include taking ownership of the beleaguered Whisper Cove Cemetery. She and her partner Zander Pritchett have big plans...until the day they close on the property and discover a body on one of the well-worn pathways. 

Manchmal musst du rückwärts lieben, um nach vorne zu sehen... In ihrer herzzerreißend schönen Liebesgeschichte "Du und ich ein letztes Mal" entführt Lily Oliver ihre Leserinnen und Leser auf eine atemberaubende Reise voll märchenhafter Orte, schmerzlicher Wahrheiten und bezaubernder Romantik. Vivi und Josh sind das perfekte Paar: Sie begegnen sich auf der Golden Gate Bridge, verlieben sich in New York und verloben sich unter der japanischen Kirschblüte.

Performed by Anna Cordell and Dov Forman featuring a foreword written and read by Charles HRH The Prince of Wales and dedication written and read by Lily Ebert. “Utterly compelling, heartbreaking, truthful and yet redemptive . . . a testimony of irrepressible spirit and an unforgettable family...

Lily Nakai and her family lived in Southern California, where sometimes she and a friend dreamt of climbing the Hollywood sign that lit the night. At age 10, after believing that her family was simply going on a “camping trip”, she found herself living in a tar-papered barrack, nightly gazing out instead at a searchlight. She wondered if anything would ever be normal again. In this creative memoir, Lily Havey uses storytelling to recount her youth in two Japanese American internment camps during World War II.

Ofelia Archer should be riding high after a blissful week spent with her boyfriend Zacharias "Zach" Sully. Sun, fun, and cocktails make for a great break...until she gets home. Then she realizes exactly how far things can fall apart in only a few days. It seems in her absence Ofelia’s mother Marie Charles has been taken in by a cult, and Ofelia is convinced it’s not the sort of group who worship beignets over chaos and bloodshed. When Ofelia tries talking to her mother she finds a different woman waiting for he...and she’s beyond concerned.