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Thomasina "Hitch" Waycott loves living and working on the remote family farm and B&B. But she also wants more. To see the world. To own her own home. To fall madly in love. But those are fairy tales, and if her life is a fairy tale, then she’s the ugly duckling. Her deformed lip, her crooked limbs and her weak heart have kept her from taking chances. But that’s about to change. When Grayson Potts comes to stay, he’s unlike anyone Thomasina has ever met.

18-year-old Saoirse can't wait to leave school. But just before the final exams, her ex-boyfriend dies by suicide. Everyone blames Saoirse – even Saoirse herself, who cheated on him with his best friend. Shunned by her schoolmates, she suffers unbearable levels of anxiety, which her useless counsellor does nothing to alleviate. On prom night, everything becomes too much, and Saoirse makes a decision that lands her in a psychiatric hospital.

Blending personal history, gender politics, philosophy, and literary theory into a luminescent treatise on writing, love, and loss, Things I Don't Want to Know is Deborah Levy's witty response to George Orwell's influential essay "Why I Write." Orwell identified four reasons he was driven to hammer at his typewriter - political purpose, historical impulse, sheer egoism, and aesthetic enthusiasm - and Levy's work riffs on these same commitments from a female writer's perspective.

Fans of Jandy Nelson and Marieke Nijkamp will love this deeply moving novel in verse about the aftermath of a gun accident. Life changes forever for Liv when her older brother, Jonah, accidentally shoots himself with his best friend Clay’s father’s gun. Now Jonah needs round-the-clock care...

Some truths hide in plain sight. Others whisper from locked doors, static-filled frequencies, and pages that were never printed. Things I Wasn’t Supposed to Know is a haunting anthology of modern supernatural horror, each story a first-person account of knowledge that should’ve stayed buried. From cursed livestreams to echoing tunnels, from unlisted hospital wings to languages that think back, this collection explores what happens when the veil of reality wears thin… and you peer through. They warned you not to look. You did anyway. And now it knows your name.

The Things I Do Know is a must-have addition to every self-improvement collection. It is chock-full of motivation, life lessons, and strategies that train your mind to practice the skills needed to transform your relationships, career, and current reality. One of the world's top sales expert, world renowned speaker, and success coach Todd Speciale uses the lessons he has learned from his personal challenges and business successes to help motivate and catapult you into someone who does not just survive, but thrives, and who does not just perform well, but wins.

Russel Middlebrook is 23 years old, gay, and living in trendy Seattle, but life isn't keeping up with the hype. Most of his friends have a direction in life - either ruthlessly pursuing their careers or passionately embracing their own aimlessness. But Russel is stuck in place. All he knows is that crappy jobs, horrible dates, and pointless hook-ups just aren't cutting it anymore. What's the secret? What does everyone else know that he doesn't?

What does a megasuccess like Al Franken - best selling author, Emmy-award winning television star, and honorary Ph.D. - have to say to ordinary people like you? Well, as Dr. Al himself says, "There's no point in getting advice from hopeless failures." Filled with wisdom, observations, and practical tips you can put to work right away, this is a cradle-to-grave guide to living, an easy-to-follow user's manual for human existence.

Bastard Out of Carolina, nominated for the 1992 National Book Award for fiction, introduced Dorothy Allison as one of the most passionate and gifted writers of her generation. Now, in Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, she takes a probing look at her family's history to give us a lyrical, complex memoir that explores how the gossip of one generation can become legends for the next.

Do you feel like you just aren't getting what you want out of life? Do you have a fear of intimacy? Issues with insecurity? Trouble with your social life? Do you struggle a lot with self-doubt? Do you tend to attract the wrong kind of relationships into your life? Do you have a habit of beating yourself up over every little mistake you might happen to make? Low self-esteem could be the root of problems like these. Low self-esteem can prevent you from being the person that you were meant to be. You are destined for great things, but without a healthy level of self-esteem, your negative ...

This gripping inspirational memoir grapples with the tension between faith and science—and between death and hope—as a seasoned neurosurgeon faces insurmountable odds and grief both in the office and at home. WINNER OF THE ECPA CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD “Beautiful, haunting, powerful...

From Academy Award–winning actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine, a collection of imaginative ruminations: “Fun and thoughtful by turns and told in MacLaine’s feisty, funny voice, this should appeal to fans and doubters alike” (Booklist). Beloved actress and bestselling author...

Police investigator Susan Adler is ready to close the book on a deadly car accident, but after the medical examiner discovers evidence of foul play, she knows she has a murder on her hands. The victim was the wealthy wife of Randall Brock, a renowned psychiatrist who treats patients with disturbing, brutal fantasies. And just like that, Susan’s got a suspect.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove shares an irresistible and moving collection of heartfelt, humorous essays about fatherhood, providing his newborn son with the perspective and tools he’ll need to make his way in the world. Things My Son Needs to Know About the...

Beloved Real Housewives of New York City star Dorinda Medley delivers her no-nonsense, laugh-out-loud, and deeply inspiring guide to turning life’s challenges into confidence, resilience, and joy—reminding us that you don’t need it all and you don’t need to be perfect to Make It Nice...

In these 20 short chapters, Karen Casey explores what matters most about loss, unconditional love, security, surrender, powerlessness, peace, strength, and fear. Each chapter touches on how her own commitment to a spiritual path has had the greatest influence on her life’s direction. 

You've seen his work. You don't know his name. There is a photograph taken at Gettysburg in July 1863 that you may have encountered without realizing it. A bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat sits on a rock in the Devil's Den, sketchbook balanced on one knee. He looks completely at ease — the ease of someone accustomed to difficult places. His name is Alfred Waud. And almost nobody knows who he is.For four years, Waud followed the Army of the Potomac through every major battle of the Civil War — from First Bull Run to the Siege of Petersburg. His sketches, rushed by courier to New York ...

When Barbara realizes time is running out, she writes letters to her four daughters, aware they'll be facing the trials and triumphs of life without her at their side. But how can she leave them when they still have so much growing up to do?

"Explain It Like I'm Five" is a book by Sham Acumen that aims to simplify complex ideas and make them easy enough for a child to understand. The book covers 100 important topics that every adult should know, such as science, math, history, and economics. Each topic is explained in simple language with colorful illustrations to make it easy for young readers to understand. The book covers a wide range of topics, from the theory of evolution to climate change and its causes, from the structure of atoms and the elements to the concept of energy and conservation, from the process of ...

The Torah is one of the most influential texts in human history. It has shaped three of the world’s great religions, provided the ethical foundation for Western law and human rights, and supplied the narrative archetypes that run through centuries of literature — from Milton to Melville to Toni Morrison. Most people, including many who consider themselves religious, are not entirely sure what it is. In The Torah: Seven Things You Should Know, Jim Stovall — journalist, former journalism professor, and the curious outsider behind the I’m No Expert, But series — takes on one of ...