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For the millions who are grappling with rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, inflammatory bowel disease, type one diabetes, and numerous other autoimmune conditions, this vision seems so distant from the daily reality that it seems an impossibility. In spite of increasing knowledge and awareness, the causes and effects of autoimmune conditions are often misunderstood, and the connection between inner well-being and physical health is not fully explored.

Sixteen-year-old Miranda Merchant is great at science and not so great with boys. After major drama with her boyfriend and (now ex) best friend, she's happy to spend the summer on small, mysterious Selkie Island, helping her mother sort out her late grandmother's estate. There Miranda finds new friends and an island with a mysterious, mystical history, presenting her with facts her logical, scientific mind can't make sense of. She also meets Leo, who challenges everything she thought she knew.

Aimee Bender’s stunning debut collection, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, proved her to be one of the freshest voices in American fiction. Now, in her first novel, she builds on that early promise. Mona Gray was ten when her father contracted a mysterious illness and she became a quitter...

Aimee Bender’s Willful Creatures conjures a fantastical world in which authentic love blooms. This is a place where a boy with keys for fingers is a hero, a woman’s children are potatoes, and a little boy with an iron for a head is born to a family of pumpkin heads. With her singular mix of...

"A collection of wistful, witty stories." --Esquire "Hilarious, deep and a little bit dirty." --Harper's Bazaar A grief-stricken librarian decides to have sex with every man who enters her library. A half-mad, unbearably beautiful heiress follows a strange man home, seeking total sexual...

In this absorbing new novel, Summer makes a choice that changes the whole course of the season ahead of her. When her story divides, Summer finds herself alternately face-to-face with a longtime crush and worlds away. She is both living amid secrets and kept from them. But what matters more - the choices she makes or the experiences that shape her?

Swimsuit: check. Flip-flops: check. scuba gear: check. leaving behind a longtime boyfriend: not so easy. Marina has been waiting her whole life to get out on the open sea. And now that she's studying abroad on a luxury yacht in the Caribbean, her dreams are finally coming true. she loves the...

Anna Wilson, a highly educated woman, finds herself a widow in the wilds of Southwest Montana. Praying for an escape back east, the thought of marriage to a man with three children was the last thing on her mind. But marriage to a stranger or working in one of the local saloons seems to be her last two options. Can she trust another man not to hurt her again?

Beau, le benjamin des frères Reynolds, vit pour l'adrénaline des courses, qu'elles soient légales ou clandestines. Lorsqu'il est renvoyé de son écurie de Formule 3 et se retrouve à l'université de Los Angeles, il fait la rencontre d'un nouveau professeur, Franklin. La tension entre eux est évidente, mais les risques sont grands. Alors qu'il jongle avec les courses illégales et cette relation interdite, Beau doit trouver un équilibre, tout en naviguant dans un monde de vitesse, de danger et de trahisons.

Asher Wright has spent his career creating and concocting the perfect dishes and is about to open his very own restaurant. Life is good. His love life, however, is far from cooking! He hasn’t thought about Lucy Gray in years—not since they both graduated, reeling from the shocking loss of her then boyfriend and his best friend Kris, who tragically died at 18. So when he witnesses the breakdown of her wedding in all its humiliating glory—old wounds and long-buried emotions resurface.

They called it the Realm in Between. A demi-plane that existed just outside of the material realm. A sanctuary for Earth's magically attuned and able creatures. A place where they could live in peace, prosperity, and growth. Here, the magical community created the first college of arcane study, away from the prying eyes of their mundane cousins. Sadly, all good things must come to an end. As the more powerful families created a caste system, discord grew among them. The collective dissolved into petty bickering, in-fighting, and eventually war — as denizens of evil preyed on their weaknesses.

Jackson Reynolds a vécu deux choses dans la vie : une petite ville du Texas nommée Morton et son premier amour, Eugen Weichselbraun. Pilote de Formule 1 pour l'écurie Bolender, Jackson ne s'attendait pas à ce que cette dernière signe un contrat avec l'homme qu'il n'a jamais réussi à oublier, et l'intègre dans l'équipe. Encore moins qu'elle décide de les envoyer tous les deux au programme du All Star Junior, là où tout a commencé pour eux. Jackson va devoir faire face à un Eugen qui n'a plus rien à voir avec celui qu'il a connu et qui est désormais fiancé.

Evie Mei Huang has literally been to hell and back alongside her friend Kevin. And while the trip to Dìyù, the Chinese underworld, was a grueling journey filled with endless horrors, nothing compares to the fact that she was unable to bring her mother back. She now has the great responsibility to assume the role her mother once held: head of the Weavers Guild. Spinning people’s fates sure seemed easier said than done, and now Evie finds herself buried in Guild duties while trying to maintain a strained relationship with her best friend.

How can we design for equity and justice in our community partnerships? This field guide offers a vision for enacting social justice with community partners. Working from a community’s resources and strengths toward the goal of building its internal capacity, this book considers how actions such as grassroots activism, decolonization efforts, co-resistance movements, and social change initiatives can support reciprocity and mutuality.

Preparado para uma missão, o anjo Ariel desce à terra e se depara com um grupo de amigos se divertindo em uma danceteria. Assombrado pelos costumes humanos, ele vê na figura de Graça a fonte para sanar sua curiosidade e se adequar em meio aos jovens.

Que tal ler mais mulheres? A provocação da escritora inglesa Joanna Walsh inspirou Juliana Gomes a criar, com as amigas Juliana Leuenroth e Michelle Henriques, o Leia Mulheres em São Paulo. Mediadoras que assumiram para si a missão de promover clubes em suas cidades também escrevem. O texto passa pelo humor, pela tragédia, pela melancolia, pelo afrofuturismo, pelo suspense, pelo terror. As vozes das mulheres são múltiplas, com diversidade de origens e temas. E vêm com a potência de quem tem muito a dizer.

Newlyweds Royce Locke and Sawyer Key embark on a honeymoon road trip where their biggest threat should be dodging drunk tourists on golf carts. But their arrival on South Bass Island lands them in the middle of a contentious battle between lifelong islanders and a property developer who won't accept no for an answer. Tempers soar as the barometric pressure drops, signaling a dangerous storm brewing on the horizon and across the street. Minding their own business becomes impossible when a homicide wrecks their vacation and puts Royce and Sawyer in the path of a twisted killer.

Newly engaged, Royce Locke and Sawyer Key are ready to set the date and charge full-steam ahead into their happily ever after, but homicides and unresolved conflicts keep getting in their way. Neither detective has met a case they couldn't solve, but their latest investigations will push their limits and challenge their faith when the line between friend and foe becomes blurred. And if that weren't enough, a random encounter with a stranger will trigger a series of events that could either make or break the couple.

Local Star is a polyamorous space opera with a fast-paced, action-packed adventure that's sure to punch you in the feels. It follows guttergirl Triz as she saves her hub from invaders from the Cyberbionautic Alliance, all the while negotiating her rekindled romance with Kalo, her ex who's returned from battle and won't stop hanging around the wrenchworks.

A runaway bride. A handsome stranger. Two pasts to put behind them. From the best-selling author of The Lucky Dress comes a story about love, finding yourself and living your dreams. Parker is ready to marry the man of her dreams. But he isn't ready to marry her. When she's dumped moments before walking down the aisle, she didn't expect to run into the arms of a handsome stranger.