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Perpetually cheerful and eager to please, Gracie Cooper strives to make the best out of every situation. So when her father dies just months after a lung cancer diagnosis, she sets aside her dreams of pursuing her passion for art to take over his Midtown Manhattan champagne shop. She soon finds out that the store’s profit margins are being squeezed perilously tight, and complicating matters further, a giant corporation headed by the impossibly handsome, but irritatingly arrogant Sebastian Andrews is proposing a buyout.

With opportunities for black men limited in post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers whom the system has mostly abandoned. When his efforts to reach these troubled students are met with threats, suspicion, and derision, Braithwaite takes a radical new approach. He will treat his students as people poised to enter the adult world.

Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except...she wasn't. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her... and more. Did he think she was mad?

When Judith Newman shared the story of how Apple's electronic personal assistant, Siri, helped Gus, her son who has autism, she received widespread media attention and an outpouring of affection from listeners around the world. Basking in the afterglow of media attention, Gus told anyone who would listen, "I'm a movie star". Judith's story of her son and his bond with Siri was an unusual tribute to technology. While many worry that our electronic gadgets are dumbing us down, she revealed how they can give voice to others.

My dear Miss Bridgerton, We have been corresponding now for quite some time, and although we have never formally met, I feel as if I know you. I am writing to invite you to visit me here at Romney Hall. It is my hope that after a suitable period of time, we might decide that we will suit, and you will consent to be my wife. Did he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn't marry a man she had never met! But before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match.

No one would consider Judith Newman's domestic life normal. She and her husband keep separate apartments - his filled with twin grand pianos, as befits a former opera singer; hers packed with the clutter and chaos of twin adolescent boys conceived late in life. And one of those boys is Gus, her sweet, complicated, autistic 13-year-old. With honesty and humour, To Siri, with Love chronicles one year in the life of Gus and the family around him - a family with the same crazy ups and downs as any other.

The textbook Southern romance; President Jefferson and President Jefferson Davis had these types of extremely successful relationships in their lives. In this story, a hellfire and brimstone revisionist history teacher meets his soul mate, and together, they form a bond as deep as the one Varina Howell and Jefferson Davis enjoyed... (17 and 35, respectively). A fun read, with true American history being taught in the process...

From the author of the viral New York Times op-ed column "To Siri with Love" comes a collection of touching, hilarious, and illuminating stories about life with a 13-year-old boy with autism that hold insights and revelations for us all.

Boxed set of the complete Sons of Camelot series of Arthurian fantasy adventures, including: MEN OF EARTH (Book 1) History begets legends. Swords versus sorcery. Mortals cross paths with faeries. A high adventure of love, loss, treachery, and redemption. In the misty realm of Avalon, Rhys, a page for Morgana le Fae, is chosen to compete for a coveted spot as a Son of the Round Table. Trained in weaponry, he aspires to wield his skills for a greater cause. Eager to combat a northern threat, he must part with Naida, his forbidden faery love, who foresees ominous forces breaching the human ...

515 A.D. – The battles against Mordred are won, but the land is not at peace. Sir John of Leeds has fought monsters, elves, and Vikings at the side of Arthur's Knights, but now he faces a different trial: finding his missing father. Dispatched from the Shetlands, Sir Jofrit has vanished somewhere between Inverness and Yorkshire. When John rides north, he knows he’s racing time—and perhaps death itself. Joined by his childhood friend Sir Thomas of Manchester, their stoic squires, and the grudging support of King Arthur himself, John rides into a realm that feels half-forgotten, haunted...

Avalon, 510 A.D. Rhys ab Tywysog is a young noble training at the court of Morgana le Fae. Though his days are filled with archery, courtly duties, and politics, Rhys yearns for adventure beyond Avalon’s mists—and dreams of one day earning his place among the Knights of the Round Table. When he rows to the mainland in search of peace, he instead finds an ancient glen where legend breathes. There, in the quiet Exmoor Forest, he encounters Naida, a faery of the Seelie Court. She is beautiful, curious, and impossibly old—bound by magic to appear only in reflections and forbidden from ...

A land in chains. A people in revolt. A leader born of legend. Britain groans under the boot of Rome. But in the rugged hills of Wales, the spirit of the Silurian tribes refuses to die. Owain—descendant of ancient kings—will stop at nothing to free his people, even if it costs him everything. When a failed attack on a Roman garrison exposes a traitor in their midst, Owain must flee into the wild, hunted by ruthless legionnaires. But in the shadows of the forest he finds an unlikely ally—a spirited young woman whose dreams seem to have foretold their meeting. Together, they’ll ...

510 A.D. – The mists of Avalon have thinned, and danger stalks the realm. After surviving a deadly attack, Rhys ab Tywysog returns home to Kenilwurt, where the joys of family and the weight of responsibility await. Honored by his father and grandfather with lands of his own, he begins work on Dragon House—a home worthy of his lineage and a symbol of his coming of age. But dark forces gather beyond the hearth. Mordred schemes in the north, his monstrous allies from Arcadia crossing into England under cover of night. Even as Rhys rides north to unite Arthur’s loyal sons, he faces ...

511 A.D. – War has come to Britain. The fragile balance between Avalon and Arcadia shatters as Mordred marches south with Picts, Celts, Vikings—and creatures older than nightmares. Dark elves, goblins, and cambions answer his call, their allegiance bought by Oberon, exiled king of the Unseelie Court. Across the mists, Queen Mab of Eon faces a terrible truth: Faerie cannot remain aloof. The Lifetree itself will wither if Oberon’s conquest succeeds. But to fight back, she must defy ancient laws, unleash her people upon Earth, and entrust everything to a prophecy nearly forgotten. While ...

"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love", known for its first line, "Come live with me and be my love," is a poem written by the English poet Christopher Marlowe and published in 1599 (six years after the poet's death). In addition to being one of the best-known love poems in the English language, it is considered one of the earliest examples of the pastoral style of British poetry in the late Renaissance period. The poem was the subject of a well-known "reply" by Walter Raleigh, called "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd".

A kingdom in peril. A fugitive prince. A wizard’s final battle. Camelot reels after the traitor Mordred escapes his dungeon cell. Determined to reclaim his lost power, Mordred flees to the Isle of Man in search of a dangerous ally—a vengeful wizard imprisoned for decades. If they join forces, all of Britain could burn. Sir Gawain of Sheffield is given a desperate mission: track Mordred, rally the scattered warriors of the Isle, and stop an invasion before it begins. At his side rides Eriu, a wizard with old wounds and older secrets, bound by duty to face a foe he once called brother. ...

New podcast weblog. So here we will be discussing our daily experiences as students and we will also be giving you the platform what you, as the listener, would like to just be a little bit easier on you in your life I WANT THE ; ”let’s talk about it.” type of conversations. It’s like speaking about the things we deem to be unfair in this life you know, and also share maybe our views on what karma actually is. Because we like saying karma is a b**** in our world, but Karma is actually OUR ”b****”, you know, that’s the thing. Interesting? Let’s START TALKING about it!! Let the ...

Are you tired of feeling low and negative? Maybe you lack the confidence, energy, and willpower to get things done. Do you see yourself as a failure? If so, it is time to stop and start loving yourself and see the rewards at once! Male, female, or nonbinary, in your 20s or 50s, it is never too late or too early to seek self-improvement. In eight detailed and yet easy-to-follow chapters, I offer you all the benefits of a wide-ranging spectrum of research and experience.

Kade Eiba is the successful MD of Decoy Holdings. To crown his business success was his engagement to Joyce King, a model who had won the most coveted world beauty title, Miss World. The duo had everything going for them.Then one day, a lady called Joy walked into the plush grounds of Decoy Holdings and nothing remained the same for anyone.In a tale of fantasy and faith, retribution and reality, Kade’s once organized life is thrown into confusion; his toughest principles put to the hardest tests and his deepest convictions forced to answer the oddest of questions.