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Disowned by her parents for marrying a man they disapproved of, Ashley Reynolds faces even greater hardship when she loses her husband in a tragic accident - and she's left alone with a baby on the way. Working as a Harvey Girl in Winslow, Arizona, provides the element of peace she has sought. But despite her young daughter's desire for a father, Ashley finds her heart still attached to the man she lost so long ago. When circumstances force Ashley to confront the past, she finds herself torn.

Graduate student Tom Rice is thrilled to embark on his first deep-space archeological expedition. He is part of a team from Earth, venturing out in search of artifacts from a civilization that ruled the universe many millennia ago. Called the High Ones, the members of this long-gone society left tantalizing clues about their history and culture scattered throughout space. One such clue, a "message cube" containing footage of the ancient ones, is more interesting than all of the others combined. It seems to indicate that the High Ones aren't extinct after all.

A tour of Christmas through the years from the first film about the holiday in 1898 through a certain Red nosed Reindeer and a too rich Scrooge of a cartoon character in 1949. Short write-ups about movies, radio shows, magazine covers and more that are good for a few minutes snatched here and there during your busy Christmas season.

My First Year as a Mom Manual By Nati Carrillo No one hands you a map when you become a mom. But this book comes pretty close. In My First Year as a Mom Manual, new mothers (and the grandmas who’ve got their back) will find a warm, clear, and heartfelt guide through baby’s first twelve months. Written with simplicity, courage, and a wink of humor, it’s more than a baby book—it’s a steady hand and a quiet cheer in the middle of the night. Inside, you’ll find: What to expect at every doctor visit, from newborn to twelve months Vaccine breakdowns without the jargon Milestone ...

What does China look like from the inside—when you live through its rise, rather than study it from afar? Windows and Walls is a personal, clear-eyed memoir of growing up alongside modern China, written by someone who has crossed villages and megacities, classrooms and boardrooms, China and the world. Born in 1985, the author's life traces four decades of China’s transformation: from rural childhood and exam pressure, to Beijing universities and early entrepreneurship, to building a research company during China’s startup boom, and finally to navigating globalization, decoupling, and ...

Winner of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award His wife vanished without a trace. By morning, a twelve-year-old girl stood on his porch — carrying his wife’s memories. Dan Fox can’t explain it. The girl knows intimate details from his marriage—things no one else could possibly know. She remembers everything. As Dan hunts for answers, he’s dragged into a twisting psychological nightmare where memory and identity fracture and: A masked predator stalks them through shifting realities Every revelation spirals into deeper deception One impossible choice could erase the woman he loves ...

Have you ever parachuted in the moonlight and juggled work with play? In 1995, Steve set himself the goal to sail across the North Atlantic. Saint Lucia and the Caribbean island chain were the prize. He had to master sailing in spring Scottish waters, keep up with his military training and undergraduate life. It was hard keeping a romance alive with so many distractions, like landing a gig as a swordsman in a Hollywood movie. There were other commitments—a jaunt to Pamplona in Spain, and a camp in the United States before he could join his crew. How will he get to the tropics and have ...

Caroline holds a deep secret. Existing in 1727 and 1927 simultaneously, each night she goes to sleep in one life and wakes up in the other. Searching for answers to her unique existence, Caroline stumbles upon a letter from her mother that hints at her own experiences as a time-crosser, sending Caroline on a quest to uncover the truth. In 1727, chasing the mysteries of her mother's past, Caroline disguises herself as a cabin boy and joins a ship sailing for the Bahamas, her mother's last known location.

A sleep story for adults — written to soften the breath, slow the heart, and invite stillness. Some letters are never lost. They wait quietly inside forgotten books, folded in silence, until the right reader finds them. On a rainy afternoon in an Oxford library, a scholar discovers an envelope with her name written in a hand from the year 1402. The seal has crumbled. The ink is warm brown. And the letter begins — not with urgency, but with care. As she follows its presence into deeper corridors and candle-lit rooms that shouldn’t exist, the past begins to unfold beside her.

Two women. One prison. A friendship that defies everything they were taught to believe. In 1902, the soot-stained heart of North London beats with the quiet despair of Holloway Prison—recently transformed into a women-only institution. Inside its walls, and in the shadow it casts, two women live worlds apart. Victoria Wood is elegant, educated, and newly married—but her perfect life has shattered in a way she cannot yet speak aloud. Margaret Bull scrapes by as a cleaner, her name forever tainted by the legacy of her infamous mother: Mary Ann Cotton, England’s most prolific female ...

Join a retired couple from Maine as they break outside of their comfort zone in an effort to see Every Bird From Sea to Shining Sea. Follow Ethan and Ingrid Whitaker as they spend an entire year traveling around the Continental United States doing a Big Year . . . a contest to identify as many species of birds as possible in a calendar year.

COLD, THE 1918-19 SIBERIAN ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN EWALD LOEFFLER, a novel by Rick Schmidt, follows a young German soldier, Ewald Loeffler, as he struggles to traverse 5000km of frozen and barren land across Siberia, to finally reach Germany and his family home. After he'd been in a Siberian prison camp for four years, the guards suddenly deserted their posts to join the Russian Revolution in Moscow, leaving the prisoners to fend for themselves. Loeffler, in the minority of those who survived such extreme cold and other human dangers, tells a harrowing tale of just keeping alive, one day at a ...

“也许，我这辈子就算做成了这一件事也好。”正是他的执着和坚持铸就了不平凡的人生。他用十年走遍神州、史上首次徒步穿越罗布泊！……「也許，我這輩子就算做成了這一件事也好。」正是他的執著和堅持鑄就了不平凡的人生。他用十年走遍神州、史上首次徒步穿越羅布泊！

Dreaming of staying vibrant, adventurous, and full of life in retirement, and making these years your best years yet? Discover how to fill your life after work with meaningful journeys, exciting travels, outdoor adventures, and unforgettable experiences! Lara West, a best-selling author of health and wellness books, brings her passion for adventure and travel into her latest work, using her discoveries and personal stories to guide the way.

A gripping, inspiring, and eye-opening memoir of fortitude and survival—of a twelve-year-old boy’s traumatic flight from Afghanistan to the West—that puts a face to one of the most shocking and devastating humanitarian crises of our time. “To risk my life had to mean something. Otherwise...

For physicist Armin Richter and historian Sam Osei, love has always been an equation of time and space. When Armin is chosen for the most ambitious mission in human history—a one-way journey to colonize a planet twelve light-years away—they refuse to accept a lifetime of separation. They craft The Plan, a brilliant, audacious, and near-impossible strategy to reunite. While Armin endures the cold sleep of hibernation and the brutal realities of interstellar travel, Sam will dedicate his life on Earth to securing a spot on the second ship, launching seventeen years later. It is a promise ...

Scott Baker and Brianne Marshall are ready to step into their happily ever after. They've been through their own trials and are counting down the days 'til they wed. That is until Covid-19 hits the scene, upending everything they have planned and dreamed of.

Brianne is a somewhat naïve college freshman. She becomes disillusioned as her professors and peers challenge many of her long-held beliefs. When she finds a diary that belonged to a distant relative, she hopes it will offer much needed distraction. And she is soon drawn into the story of a passionate woman who seems to whisper from the past.

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A masterful abridgement of the 2017 Across Two Novembers, this book preserves the erudition, poignancy, and occasional quirkiness of the original. It cuts out the lengthy bibliography and some of the daily journal entries, but one is never left wondering what might be missing when a day is skipped. Mentions and fine reviews of dozens of books share the stage with the more personal details.