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It's been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his life to them. And so far, the jobs they've given him have been violent and bloody - which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has something else in mind for Seth: He has to play protector while keeping his hands and fingers off, and for someone who really has a problem with restraint, this new assignment might be the most challenging yet.

Rafe Vargas is in Newton, Iowa, only to clear out his late grandfather's small house. As the covert ops specialist for ARES Security, he's eager to get back to his new life in Texas. But when he crosses paths with Annie White, a haunted beauty with skeletons in her closet, he can't just walk away - not when she's clearly in danger. There's a mysterious serial killer on the loose with a link to Annie's dark past. And the closer he gets, the deeper Rafe's instinct to protect kicks in.

Exiled from the Silverwood and the people she loves, Mae has few illusions about ever returning to her home. But when she comes across three out-of-place strangers in her wanderings, she finds herself contemplating the unthinkable: risking death to help a deposed queen regain her throne. And if anyone can help Mona Alastaire of Lumen Lake, it is a former Woodwalker - a ranger whose very being is intimately tied to the woods they are sworn to protect.

Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of ’97. His mother, Jane, is a famous feminist author; his father, Jonathan, is an expert at getting "lost boys" to open up. They both work at a psychiatric clinic that has attracted staff and patients from around the world. Adam is a renowned debater, expected to win a national championship before he heads to college. He is one of the cool kids, ready to fight or, better, freestyle about fighting if it keeps his peers from thinking of him as weak.

Shay Gable hated my guts, and I hated hers, too. We went out of our way to avoid one another at all times. When she came in my direction, I went the other. When we locked eyes, she’d turn and walk away. All of that changed the day I was presented with a challenge. It started out as a stupid bet: make Shay fall in love with me before I fell in love with her first. That was an easy bet for me to win. I didn’t love. I hardly liked. Yet slowly the game started to shift. Shay made me crave things I never knew I wanted.

Wisecracking, inquisitive, and bombastic, Selam Asmelash is the youngest child in her large, boisterous family. Even before she is born, she has a wry, bewitching omniscience that animates life in her Small Town in southwestern Ethiopia in the 1980s. Selam and her father listen to the radio in secret as the socialist military junta that recently overthrew the government seizes properties and wages civil war in the North. The Asmelashes, once an enterprising, land-owning family, are ostracized under the new regime.

La vida nunca ha sido fácil para Óscar Wao, un dominicano dulce, obeso y desastroso que vive con su madre y su hermana disfuncional en un gueto de Nueva Jersey. Óscar sueña con convertirse en un J. R. R. Tolkien dominicano y, por encima de todo, sueña con encontrar el amor de su vida. Pero puede que Óscar nunca alcance sus metas debido a una extraña maldición que ha estado en su familia por generaciones, enviando a los Wao a prisión, predisponiéndolos a accidentes trágicos y, ante todo, al desamor.

One thousand years in the future, the zyme, a thick blanket of luminous green slime, covers the oceans. Glaciers three-miles-high rise over the continents. The old stories say that when the Jemen, godlike beings from the past, realized their efforts to halt global warming had gone terribly wrong, they made a desperate gamble to save life on earth and recreated species that had survived the worst of the earth's Ice Ages. Sixteen-summers-old Lynx and his best friend Quiller are members of the Sealion People - archaic humans known as Denisovans.

Bridger Macaulley used to be a player both on and off the ice. But now, while his teammates chase the next hockey victory, Bridger worries that the dean will discover he's housing his eight-year-old sister in his dorm room. Juggling a full course load and a big secret, it's only a matter of time until the other skate drops.

Luc O'Donnell is tangentially - and reluctantly - famous. His rock-star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next 20 years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything. To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice normal relationship...and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. He's a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and someone who has never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. He’s perfect boyfriend material.

In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer - Vincent’s last taste of innocence and first taste of real life - dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one’s own destiny.

Versalles, 1994. Aunque crece en un entorno feliz, el pequeño Milan sufre con el obstinado silencio de su madre ruandesa sobre sus orígenes y su familia. Ese desconocimiento sólo se irá diluyendo poco a poco, primero con las imágenes del genocidio y luego con la llegada del joven y malherido Claude, al que acogerán durante unos días. Cuatro años más tarde, cuando Milan visite Ruanda por primera vez junto a su madre, su estancia allí supondrá para él una experiencia tan honda que acabará cambiando su vida para siempre.

Rowan: I was supposed to keep my distance. She was my brother’s best friend—the one girl I was never meant to touch. But when Meera crashed into my life, full of fire and chaos and a heart too big for this world... staying away became impossible. Now, I’ll fight through every shadow of my past to claim her. She’s mine. And I’ll worship every inch of her until she knows it. Meera: I thought I knew what love was... Until Rowan Everhart kissed me like I was the only woman he'd ever crave. Until he stripped me bare—body and soul—and made me believe in forever. But loving a man ...

"Third Button creates commotion in social media, makes readers nostalgic about their college life."-The Tribune Aahan, a homesick boy with a heart full of nostalgia, embarks on a life-changing journey, one that begins with excitement and ends in hardship, but ultimately brings profound self-discovery. When his father accompanies him to a distant city for admission into a prestigious Engineering college, Aahan’s dreams seem within reach. The promise of a bright future, however, is quickly overshadowed by the harsh realities of hostel life—bullying, isolation, and the relentless pressure ...

When Dementia becomes too much for her family to handle, Ruby's life is upended as she sees her Grandmother whisked away to a facility across town. However, her Grandmother has other ideas, as she hatches an escape plan to live with her pen pal of many years. So in a bus, accompanied by two rambunctious old men, Ruby and her Grandmother set off across country to find a place to call home.

In the farm fields surrounding Sault Ste. Marie, a border town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, time seems to stand still. Summer, the sun scalds the local boys’ necks as they bale hay for cash. Winter, the girls bundle up against the cold and jostle through the high school halls like trailered sheep. Most kids dream of leaving, but Everett Lindt plans to stay on his family's sheep farm, develop his own herd, and eventually rebuild the crumbling homestead that looks over the land he loves.

Resilience Unveiled is an awe-inspiring tale that takes readers on a transformative journey through the life of the boy from Brazil. Against a backdrop of diverse heritage and humble beginnings, this remarkable individual defies all odds to rise above adversity and carve out a path of extraordinary achievement. From abandonment to triumph, from the favelas of Brazil to global success, his story is a testament to resilience, determination, and the unwavering spirit of the human soul. In Resilience Unveiled, we follow the boy from Brazil's footsteps as he navigates the challenges of his early...

כשהייתי קצת יותר גדול, אבא שלי לימד אותי לרכוב על אופניים בלי גלגלי עזר. זה היה בפאתי אמסטרדם, במגרש החניה של פארק שעשועים ענק, ניסיתי לסובב את הדוושות, והוא רץ מאחורי והחזיק את הברזלים שמאחורי המושב. על הפעם הראשונה שהוא עזב אותם ושיחרר אותי לרכוב לבד, איבדתי את שיווי המשקל ונפלתי. הולנדים הצביעו עלינו וצחקו. הזענו בטירוף, אני ממש זוכר את כתם הזיעה בחזה של אבא שלי. אחרי כמה נפילות הוא נעמד מולי ואמר בקול רך "אם תמשיך לנסוע ככה זה לא ילך, בן." "איך ככה?" שאלתי אותו, ושפשתי את הברך שכאבה מהנפילה האחרונה.

One year after the death of his beloved musician father, thirteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house—a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sense their emotional tone; some are pleasant, a gentle hum or coo, but others are snide, angry and full of pain. When his mother, Annabelle, develops a hoarding problem, the voices grow more clamorous.

She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined – with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love. Decades later, she is successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth.