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Sabriel meets Romeo and Juliet in this stunning and atmospheric novel from the author of Cruel Beauty and Crimson Bound. When the mysterious fog of the Ruining crept over the world, the living died and the dead rose. Only the walled city of Viyara was left untouched. The heirs of the city’s...

The relationship that forms between these unlikeliest of friends will put them both on a path of self-discovery; a dangerous path that will teach them both the true meaning of friendship, loyalty, and love...a relationship that will change not only their lives forever but the complexion of the entire school.

In 1944, hundreds of Allied soldiers were trapped in POW camps in occupied France. The odds of their survival were long. The odds of escaping, even longer. But one man had the courage to fight the odds . . . An elite British S.A.S. operative on an assassination mission gone wrong. A Jewish New...

This is the first audiobook in a series that teaches basic chemistry. This book focuses on defining chemistry as a science,states of matter, properties of matter, introducing the periodic table, metric system, and naming compounds. This book starts out the series that will build a general understanding of chemistry and science.

Although Lizzie Baker wants nothing more than to return to her time 110 years in the future, she remains stuck on Brown Mountain, NC, during the time of the Civil War - the bloodiest conflict in American history. An abolitionist, Lizzie lives in a state that has seceded from the Union and finds herself, as a woman of that era, unable to protect slaves being mistreated by their plantation owners, as well as women who suffer at the hands of their husbands, without rights or laws to protect them.

In the mid-1920s, Bessie Elliott and her husband Fletcher take in their six-year-old nephew John. They are determined to give him a warm and secure home on Stone Mountain, a place where he will feel loved and know he is always welcome. Having a child brings many changes to their daily life and even more for John, but it isn't long before he feels completely at home with his aunt and uncle.

The Christmas season is a wonderful time for weddings and the big day has finally arrived for Lakeisha. White snowflakes are falling gently as sweet music drifts through the cold wintry air. Lakeisha and Baylor are having the most perfect wedding of the year. Friends and family are full of cheer, but behind all the good cheer some fireworks must fall. Jesse Winters watches the woman he loves marry another man. While everyone else oohs and ahhs at the lovely couple, Jesse broods inside as he watches his happiness slip away before his very eyes. Will Jesse stay on the outside looking in at ...

Jen Nilsson has an MBA, a nice condo, and a fast-track job at a tech start-up in Silicon Valley. If her big product launch goes well next month, she may finally land the marketing director job she's been gunning for. But then, her younger sister, Katie, just out of college and estranged from their newly devout parents, blows through the front door, dumping cardboard boxes and a lifetime of personal drama onto Jen's just-swept floor.

Whitney Hart Strong is everything I want in a man. Gone is the pimply faced, nerdy boy that was easy to forget. Hart Strong is now a strapping, toned, virile man who is capable of making my knees weak and my body sizzle to life. I love his sexy ass walk, his smoldering charismatic eyes and the way he makes me feel when I’m in his presence. My ex, Tony, is becoming more and more of a distant memory. This gorgeous blast from my past has come in to sweep me off my feet, make me forget my heartache and demand that I believe in true love again. What a wonderful feeling to be loved by Hart. ...

History is replete with incidents of violence in the workplace. It is incumbent upon managers not to wait until that unexpected moment to figure out how to address it. Therefore, this audiobook is a primer for managers as well as executives on issues of polices and procedures, emergency plans, employee wellness and liability. Also, the audiobook discusses the things which employees expect managers to know!

Sanah Once upon a time, my heart ached from sorrow. Now, it aches for Noah... Noah Garrett gives me chills up my spine and on my arms when our eyes clash. It's awkward because, that invisible force is always surrounding him. The feeling I get is unceasing. The kind that makes my heart ache to know more about him. I ache to feel the strong embrace of his arms around me and so much more. I've spent so much time with an aching void where my heart should be I barely noticed when the pain changed from sorrow to desire. I don't mourn what I've lost as much as I bleed for what I want. Noah may be ...

As part of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) of 2004 along with Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, American students with an emotional disturbance (ED) have a civil right to a public education as do their typically developing peers, without discrimination. ED students have become a daily part of mainstreaming and inclusion in public school settings. The purpose of this study was to explore general education teachers’ perceptions on including students with ED in their classroom. This study used a qualitative research design, which ...

Domestic Violence Plan provides awareness and protection and safety tips for those interested in the topic. It covers the dynamics of domestic violence as it relates to intimate partners, the elderly, special needs population; as well as those who are victims of human trafficking. The proactive tips throughout the audiobook is designed to ensure any listener is always a victor when it comes to domestic violence!

Desperate to save her people and secure allies, Kitarni must forge her position as leader of the coven and lady of Mistvellen. The only way to do that is to marry him. The man who betrayed her . . . and the one who has her heart. With demons roaming the land and humans on a witch hunt, their only means of survival lies in Death's fabled crown. The only problem is, it's hidden in the Under World, and the price of entry might be too much to bear.

What if everything you think you know about crime and punishment is just one moment in a much longer—and stranger—story? And what if understanding that story is the key to reimagining justice today? You live in a world of police, prisons, and headlines about crime waves and crackdowns, yet so much of it feels confusing, unfair, or out of control. Debates about safety, reform, and justice are loud and polarized, while the deeper questions—What is a crime? Who gets punished, and why?—rarely get answered. Without a bigger historical view, it’s easy to feel stuck between fear and ...

He’s the Grinch who bought her building. She’s the baker determined to sweeten him up. Their fake dating agreement is strictly business… until the lines between fiction and frosting blur. Elizabeth Phillips lives for Christmas and for her bakery, The Gingerbread House, the heart of Mistletoe, Vermont. But when a faceless corporation acquires her building and threatens to cancel her lease, her sugar-dusted world crumbles. Her only shot at saving the bakery? Convince the company’s cold-hearted CEO to see its charm before the holidays are over. That CEO is Callum “Cal” Finch—...

Publicist Johanna Watson never expected a fake marriage to become her only chance at saving her career. CEO Austin Clarke needs a wife to silence his critics, and she needs a shield from scandal. Their staged holiday union is supposed to be strictly business—until Christmas lights, family drama, and a single kiss under the mistletoe blur the line between arrangement and desire. As the world watches their “perfect” holiday marriage unfold, Johanna and Austin find themselves tangled in feelings neither of them planned for. With reputations, futures, and hearts on the line, they must ...

Although healer/time traveler Lizzie Baker knows the possibility of war looms ahead, she elects to stay in the 21st century, instead of going back 100 years to her time or to the 19th century, where she spent the last five years of her life. The threat of war becomes a reality when Lizzie treats a fatally injured man in Morganton, North Carolina, who tells of the invasion of America by a foreign country.

Working in an environment that often stereotypes or attempts to “universalize” experiences, it’s more important than ever that actors consider how culture, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and ability are inseparable and important parts of their identity that should not be minimized and can instead enhance their work. In Breaking It Down: Audition Techniques for Actors of the Global Majority, Nicole Hodges Persley and Monica White Ndounou share real-world audition strategies that center the experiences of actors of color.

Two years ago, psychotic undertaker Larry 'Twister' Wadman disappeared after blasting two police detectives to death with an incendiary device and embarking on a murderous rampage across the Somerset Levels. For most, memories have dulled, but the sole survivor of the carnage, Detective Kate Hamblin, cannot forget. Then a prostitute’s body is found dumped in a coffin in Twister’s now derelict funeral parlour, dressed in a police uniform. Kate realises that her old enemy is back and out to get her.