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When 17-year-old Breezy Lin wakes up in a shallow grave one year after her death, she doesn't remember who killed her or why. All she knows is that she's somehow conscious - and not only that, she's able to sense who around her is hiding a murderous past. In life, Breezy was always drawn to the elegance of the universe and the mystery of the stars. Now she must set out to find answers and discover what is to become of her in the gritty, dangerous world to which she now belongs.

Hester Marley used to have a plan for her life. But when a catastrophic attack left her injured, indebted, and stranded far from home, she was forced to take a dead-end security job with a powerful mining company in the asteroid belt. Now she spends her days investigating petty crimes to help her employer maximize its profits. She's surprised to hear from an old friend and fellow victim of the terrorist attack that ruined her life—and that surprise quickly turns to suspicion when he claims to have discovered something shocking about their shared history.

It's August 1984, and paperboy Christopher Stewart has gone missing. Hours later, 12-year-old Sammy Cox hurries home from his own paper route, red-faced and out of breath, hiding a terrible secret. Crystal, Sammy's 17-year-old sister, is worried by the disappearance but she also sees an opportunity: the Stewart case has echoes of an earlier unsolved disappearance of another boy, one town over. Crystal senses the makings of an award-winning essay, one that could win her a scholarship - and a ticket out of their small Iowa town.

Best friends, big fans, a mysterious webcomic, and a longlost girl collide in this riveting novel, perfect for fans of both Cory Doctorow and Sarah Dessen

The only evidence-based, up-to-date fertility guide for queer people from an experienced health care provider, this is also the first to be transgender inclusive and body-positive. Here, queer prospective parents will find sound advice for navigating complex medical, social and financial decisions. Trusted fertility midwife Kristin Liam Kali walks you through the baby-making process.

After years of being ashamed of what my body wanted, I took a leap and signed up for a fantasy through Dark Desires with three masked men. What was only supposed to be one night of sexual freedom quickly turned into a whirlwind romance with two of my masked strangers. That is until the third man was revealed and it all came crashing down around me. I chose to walk away from the men who did unspeakable things to my mind, body, and soul. But they're not giving me up without a fight.

In centering Black women’s stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to show their allies that Black women’s unique ability to make their own communities while combatting centuries of oppression is an essential component in our continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross offer an examination and celebration of Black womanhood, beginning with the first African women who arrived in what became the United States to African American women of today.

Zahra knew every detail of the plan. House of Wisdom, a massive exploration vessel, had been abandoned by the government of Earth a decade earlier, when a deadly virus broke out and killed everyone on board in a matter of hours. But now it could belong to her people if they were bold enough to take it. All they needed to do was kidnap Jaswinder Bhattacharya - the sole survivor of the tragedy, and the last person whose genetic signature would allow entry to the spaceship.

Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s magnetic story collection breathes life into her Indigenous Latina characters and the land they inhabit. Against the remarkable backdrop of Denver, Colorado - a place that is as fierce as it is exquisite - these women navigate the land the way they navigate their lives: with caution, grace, and quiet force. In “Sugar Babies,” ancestry and heritage are hidden inside the Earth but tend to rise during land disputes.

Luz “Little Light” Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, is left to fend for herself after her older brother, Diego, a snake charmer and factory worker, is run out of town by a violent white mob. As Luz navigates 1930s Denver, she begins to have visions that transport her to her Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory. Luz recollects her ancestors’ origins, how her family flourished, and how they were threatened. She bears witness to the sinister forces that have devastated her people and their homelands for generations.

I’ve been looking forward to visiting my Coast Guard brother in Alaska since I broke off my engagement. A little time away in beautiful Alaska with my camera is just what I need. But when my flight lands in North Haven, my brother is nowhere to be found. Instead, the sexiest man I’ve ever laid eyes on is calling out my name, insisting he’s my ride. Jaxson Daniels is exactly who’d I’d pick for a no-strings-attached hookup during my long weekend away from home. Only problem is he’s my brother’s best friend.

Magda Aklyan and Alpha reach exile, just a month before the Imperium and Daura attack the Calmar Union. Takeshi Watanabe is now a general, still secretly plotting against Pyotr. Jan and Zofia are thrown into more desperate fighting, this time inside the immense lava tube system on the science research moon Minotaur. They contend against a bizarre new enemy: Daurans, who fight in seemingly mindless herds. Is there more to them than that? Röhm Krump leads Jahandar’s savage shishi fear police, constantly fondling klack klack a pair of lacquered blue eyeballs he keeps in his robe pocket, as ...

Magda Aklyan leads her tiny Exodus flotilla through unmapped Boca do Inferno, then on through more star systems on the way to sanctuary and forever war in exile. Jahandar grows from cruel and plague pocked boy into a murderous revolutionary, then the sole leader of the Dauran Empire after killing the old emperor and his entire family with a laser axe, then all other revolutionary leaders. He rips worlds and peoples and the lives of his own family apart, while installing the most savage terror regime in all the histories of the Thousand Worlds. He ultimately claims the mantle of a living god...

Many folks who educate adults on kink, relationships, and sexuality figure out how in the process of doing it. As the saying goes, experience is the best teacher—but the tuition is very high! Creating Captivating Classes distills the authors’ extensive experience as presenters and organizers specifically within this space, combined with a focused review of relevant literature on the theory, method, and practice of teaching. Topics run from memorable content organization to bottom-led education to sex-demo-specific tips, and diverse expert perspectives have been incorporated throughout ...

When you look at me what do you see? Do you see a man with a successful rising career, someone with a body of art? Well it hasn't always been like that for me. Born into the deep streets of East Oakland, I had to learn how to survive. I was the second born to a single mother on welfare trying to maintain two young men on her own. Reading this you will see my story, feel my pain and understand my journey of losing my brother and uncle. You will hear about my journey through bodybuilding, see my rise and fall of a promising football career, and walk along with me while I do prison time, drug ...

Twelve-year-old Octavia grew up believing the town of Vittoria was the only one left in the world. The sole survivors of a deadly magical war and plague, the people of Vittoria know there’s no one alive outside the town walls - except the terrible monsters that prowl the forest. But then the impossible happens: Octavia meets another girl beyond the walls, someone who isn’t Vittorian. Everything she’s ever believed is thrown into question, and there’s no going back.

Nick Sixsmith has spent her whole life on the road. The daughter of a traveling arborist, she moves from town to town with her mother, caring for the ironwood groves that people rely upon for survival. When a dangerous blight threatens these magical trees, the Sixsmiths must journey to the city of Mistwood for answers.

When I left Alaska to chase my dreams, I never thought I’d be back. But when Grandma Rose summons my sisters and me, it’s a matter of life and death I can’t ignore. Even if it means possibly running into the man whose heart I broke when I left. The only man I’ve ever truly loved. Any hopes of avoiding Mason Reid are quickly demolished when he turns out to be the pilot I hired to fly me to Caribou Creek. And avoiding the past? Impossible when an emergency landing strands us in the Alaskan wilderness.

Shortly after a dismembered torso was discovered by a pond outside Philadelphia in 1887, investigators homed in on two suspects: Hannah Mary Tabbs, a married, working-class Black woman, and George Wilson, a former neighbor whom Tabbs implicated after her arrest. As details surrounding the shocking case emerged, both the crime and ensuing trial - which spanned several months - were featured in the national press. The trial brought otherwise taboo subjects such as illicit sex, adultery, and domestic violence in the Black community to public attention.

War has returned to the Thousand Worlds of the Orion spur for the first time in 300 years. Fleets are moving, planets are bombarded, dropships are landing. Storms of blood and metal, malice and murder are racing across invaded Genève and four more startled Krevan Republic worlds. Jan Wysocki is a failed officer, a washout from Aral Academy who ran away from his first ever combat. But he’s in command of over 300 fighters, looking only to him. He must overcome a lifetime of self-doubt to lead a cutoff and ragtag Madjenik Company on a trek to reach the last place of refuge on invaded ...