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Raven Kennedy’s Gild meets Jennifer L. Armentrout’s From Blood and Ash in this dark and riveting romantasy following a bastard princess caught up in the revenge of gods, the first book in a trilogy about survival, obsession, and the quiet fury of a woman who won’t be forgotten. A marriage...

Deep underground, 39 women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl—the 40th prisoner—sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others’ escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.

Et si vous pouviez avancer dans la vie avec plus de clarté, de confiance et de sérénité, sans avoir besoin de tout bouleverser d'un coup ? C'est exactement ce que cette collection est là pour vous aider à accomplir.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner—a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtlety and grace. With a new introduction by...

When his town collapses from a massive earthquake, Wallace Graves is lucky to survive. When the tsunami follows and he makes it through that, he knows just how fortunate he is. Surviving those events is only the beginning. In the aftermath, a mandatory emergency evacuation of the entire West Coast is ordered. Wallace has no choice—he has to leave. The world is on the brink of a chain reaction of cataclysmic natural disasters, threatening to thrust the planet into a full-fledged extinction-level event.

Cuarenta mujeres llevan encerradas en un sótano bajo tierra tantos años que han perdido toda noción del tiempo. Sus captores, silenciosos hombres uniformados, no les dirigen la palabra ni las tocan, excepto para asegurarse de que ninguna trate de quitarse la vida. Hasta que un día suena una alarma y los guardias desaparecen dejando tras de sí la puerta abierta. La más joven de todas ellas, la única que no recuerda el mundo antes de la catástrofe, lidera la huida.

London, 1945: Four adolescent orphans with a dark wartime history are squatting in a vacant Belgravia mansion—the owners having fled London under heavy Luftwaffe bombing. Psychologist and Investigator Maisie Dobbs visits the mansion on behalf of the owners and discovers that a demobilized soldier, gravely ill and reeling from his experiences overseas, has taken shelter with the group. 

In this newest edition of the best-selling text, Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education: Applying Theoretical Perspectives to Complex Dilemmas continues to address the increasing interest in ethics and assists educational leaders with complex dilemmas in today’s challenging, divided, and diverse societies.

When Holly White's fiancé cancels their Christmas Eve wedding with less than two weeks to go, Holly heads home with a broken heart. Lucky for her, home in historic Mistletoe, Maine is magical during Christmastime - exactly what the doctor prescribed. Except her plan to drown her troubles in peppermints and snickerdoodles is upended when local grouch and president of the Mistletoe Historical Society, Margaret Fenwick, is bludgeoned and left in the sleigh display at Reindeer Games, Holly's family tree farm.

A clear, beginner-friendly guide to keeping jumping spiders as pets. Jumping spiders are fascinating, intelligent, and surprisingly easy to care for, but only when their needs are properly understood. With the right setup and a simple, consistent approach, they can be low-maintenance and rewarding pets that are both engaging and easy to observe. This practical guide is designed to remove confusion and give you straightforward, reliable advice you can trust. Whether you are completely new to exotic pets or simply want a dependable reference, this book will walk you through everything step by...

Before Jacqueline Woodson met Juliet, before her own self-realization, there were decades of friends, lovers, and family who defined the woman she’d become. In this haunting story of memory and identity, Jacqueline shares the profound impact they had on bending the path of her life; how they informed the dreams of her future; and how each one - some lost, all loved - would bring her to Juliet, her one and only.

Quarenta mulheres estão presas em uma jaula coletiva em um porão, sob a vigilância de guardas que permanecem sempre em silêncio. Um dia, misteriosamente, uma sirene soa, os guardas fogem e as grades se abrem. Entre as prisioneiras, está uma menina sem nome que só conhece a vida lá fora através de lembranças que as outras mulheres aceitam compartilhar. É ela que conduz as demais prisioneiras em fuga, apenas para encontrarem um lugar inóspito e desconhecido.

"An instant classic." —Arianna Huffington "Will inspire people from across the political spectrum." —Jonathan Haidt An essential shortlist of leadership ideas for everyone who wants to do good in this world, from Jacqueline Novogratz, author of the New York Times bestseller The Blue Sweater...

Returning to Terre d'Ange, Moirin finds the royal family broken. Wracked by unrelenting grief at the loss of his wife, Queen Jehanne, King Daniel is unable to rule. Prince Thierry, leading an expedition to explore the deadly jungles of Terra Nova, is halfway across the world. And three-year-old Desiree is a vision of her mother: tempestuous, intelligent, and fiery, but desperately lonely and a vulnerable pawn in a game of shifting political allegiances. As tensions mount, King Daniel asks that Moirin become Desirée's oath-sworn protector.

Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon became her patron, taking the remarkably bright youngster under her wing. Lady Rowan’s friend, Maurice Blanche, often retained as an investigator by the European elite, recognized Maisie’s intuitive gifts. The outbreak of war changed everything. Ten years after the Armistice, in the spring of 1929, Maisie sets out on her own as a private investigator, one who has learned that coincidences are meaningful, and truth elusive.

The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good...and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.

Thea Cooper is heading to her sister's wedding in Montana for Christmas. The problem is that her ex is going to be there, and her mother is hoping they'll rekindle their romance. All Thea wants is to enjoy the lodge, the holiday, and celebrate her sister. Erin Foxglove, wedding planner extraordinaire, is giving up her Christmas to work the Cooper-Perez wedding. Despite her best friend's hopes that she'll at least reward herself with a fun little fling while she's away, Erin isn't interested. She's there to do a job, and she has her rules about not sleeping with clients.

In Unwind: Breaking Free from Stress, Worry, and Overwhelm, you'll learn what it truly means to relax and why it's essential. This program offers a fresh perspective on unwinding in the modern world, providing practical strategies to help you take control of stress, worry, and overwhelm—for good.

Birds of a Feather finds psychologist and private investigator Maisie Dobbs on another adventure in London. It is the spring of 1930, and Maisie has been hired to find a runaway heiress. But what seems a simple case at the outset soon becomes increasingly complicated when three of the heiress’s old friends are found dead. Is there a connection between the woman’s mysterious disappearance and the murders? Who would want to kill three seemingly respectable young women? As Maisie investigates, she discovers that the answers lie in the unforgettable agony of the Great War.

Most of us grow up having always known to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly, some of these things are now beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, and fairy tales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got there. It is the same on Discworld, except that beings which on Earth are creatures of the imagination - like vampires, trolls, witches, and possibly, gods - are real, alive and in some cases kicking on the Disc.