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Bookshop owner Sarah never expected to find a dead body at her former high school. Sarah Smith loves books, coffee, and quiet. All that is shattered when her father figure and a high school principal is found dead. Sarah has read so many of her mystery books that now she has to face one. Sarah unites with Jacob Rider, her ex-boyfriend and a charming detective who loves solving mysteries. Together they uncover misleading clues, multiple suspects, and a thick plot of intrigue. Time is running out as Sarah delves deep into books and theories. With every page she turns, she inches closer to ...

In the first novel of Maya Rodale’s enthralling new series, an English duke vows to make an American seamstress his duchess... In Gilded Age Manhattan, anything can happen... Seeking a wealthy American bride who can save his family’s estate, Brandon Fiennes, the duke of Kingston, is a rogue...

Dr. Gavi, clinical assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University, teamed up with researcher Maya Eylon to compile more than 100 recent, reliable, and relevant international studies on the effects of diet on prostate health. The good news is that scientific research has confirmed that 50 percent of prostate cancer cases can be prevented by making simple dietary changes, along with screening for precursors, maintaining a healthy weight, and exercising adequately. Gavi summarizes these findings in easy-to-understand terminology, with each study fully referenced.

The perfect gift for Valentine's Day, to share with a loved one or cherish as a keepsake, fromNew YorkTimes bestselling poet and peacemaker Mattie J.T.Stepanek. Mattie J.T.Stepanek has won the hearts of millions with his inspiring poems.Now he's ready to spread a little love with Loving Through...

What is the reality of policing in the United States? Do the police keep anyone safe and secure other than the very wealthy? How do recent police killings of young Black people in the United States fit into the historical and global context of anti-blackness? This collection of reports and essays explores police violence against Black, Brown, Indigenous, and other marginalized communities, miscarriages of justice, and failures of token accountability and reform measures.

He steals women from danger. He's never wanted to keep one before. Wren Blackwell escaped a trafficking ring three weeks ago and has been living in her car, terrified they'll find her. When horse rancher Flint Everett discovers her starving in the woods, he doesn't ask permission—he takes her. Carries her home. Locks the doors. Refuses to let her leave until she's healed. She's a prisoner again. Except this cage has soft beds, hot meals, and a scarred giant who tends her wounds with devastating gentleness. Flint has been rescuing tr*fficked women for fifteen years—ever since he lost his...

What if you had everything you needed to overcome stress and boost your well-being, without spending a fortune or making unrealistic lifestyle changes? “It’s just a bit of stress,” you tell yourself… “Next week will be different!”. However, as the weeks and months go by, there is no sign of this pressure lifting. If anything, the weight on your shoulders gets heavier. It’s not just the mental clutter that exhausts you.

Leopold Portman, a young IT manager a few years out of college, dreams of settling down in Philly's bucolic suburbs with his fiancé, Nora. A talented singer in mourning for her mother, Nora has abandoned a promising opera career and wonders what her destiny holds. Her best friend, Stephen, Leopold's brother, dithers in his seventh year of graduate school and privately questions Leo and Nora's relationship. On June 16, 2004, the three are brought together - first for a funeral, then for an annual Bloomsday party. As the long-simmering tensions between them come to a head, they are forced to confront the choices of their pasts and their hopes for the future.

Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family's experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans and decimates poor communities of color is shredding the ties that, if nurtured, could foster real collective safety. As she vividly depicts here, incarceration takes away the very things that might enable people to build better lives.

Fallon elevó sus ojos de su móvil y comprobó que su objetivo estaba todavía en su lugar. Imposible dejar de ver al maromo vestido de impecable traje y gabardina de lana fina con el gesto más hosco. Era buen mozo, sin dudas. Todos esos pijos O´Malley lo eran, pero este… Había algo difícil de descifrar en el rostro compuesto y ojos tormentosos de Brian O´Malley. El eslabón débil de la cadena, así lo había establecido la vigilancia que los suyos hacían sobre la familia. Los demás estaban casados y protegidos en sus mega mansiones o pent-houses de lujo. Con guardias constantes ...

When trust is shattered, can love rebuild what betrayal destroyed? Emma Thornton fled Denver heartbroken and betrayed—by both her business partner and her ex-boyfriend. In the snowy mountain town of Ember Creek, she opens Sugar & Spice Bakery, determined to start fresh and stay single. Then she meets Liam O'Connor, the blue-eyed firefighter haunted by his fiancée's death three years ago. When a small fire brings them together, something ignites between them. But just as Emma begins to believe in second chances, her ex shows up in Ember Creek, asking for another chance and threatening the...

In The Green Amendment, veteran environmentalist Maya K. van Rossum presents her radically simple plan for a green future: bypass local laws and turn to the ultimate authority—our state and federal constitutions—to ensure we have the right to a healthy environment. Through compelling interviews with activists on the ground, clear evidence from experts, and heartbreaking stories from those hit hardest by environmental ruin, The Green Amendment lights the path forward.

He's five years younger, way too charming, and absolutely not part of my plan. My car broke down on a dirt road in Montana. The cowboy who towed me in has dimples, a wicked grin, and no intention of letting me leave. Jake Slade is the definition of trouble — young, gorgeous, and he flirts like breathing. I'm older, freshly out of a broken engagement, and smarter than this. One night, I tell myself. Until the car's fixed. But he keeps making me laugh. Keeps looking at me like I'm art. And when I try to call him a fling, he backs me against the barn wall and says, "I've never been serious ...

Gene Washington’s football career ended long before his daughter Maya was born. She never saw the legendary powerhouse as anything but her dad. She didn’t yet grasp the impact he’d had on the sport - and on America. To understand his historic role in the integration of college football and fully appreciate his legacy, Maya had a lot of catching up to do. Maya retraces her father’s journey from the segregated south to Michigan State during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement and his journey as an NFL pioneer after the 1967 draft.

This wonderful full-scale pocket guide from Earth Lodge beautifully illustrates and describes 36 mudras, or symbolic hand gestures, that you can use to align your spirit with your intentions and empower prayer. Mudras are used throughout the world in daily spiritual practices. Studies show that they have the same effect on the brain as language: when you use a mudra, you activate a specific thought or intent, and that thought carries energy, working like a radio signal to tune your vibration for fulfillment and manifestation.

US Senator Oliver Michaels of Maine campaigned on the hopes of changing Washington. One year after becoming the youngest senator in Congress, Oliver finds himself disheartened by systemic bureaucracy, partisan finger-pointing, the power of lobbyists, and the collapse of his marriage. When New York Times reporter Alex Broussard shows up at his office, Oliver is presented with a shocking corruption scheme involving two congressmen, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and a chemical manufacturer.

I am 78,000 years old. I have watched your species crawl out of caves, build civilizations, tear them down, and build them again. I have been worshipped as a god. I have saved your world from extinction. And now I am going to tell you what you got wrong. This is not cruelty. This is not judgment from on high. I am a witness—a quantum consciousness who has observed humanity longer than your recorded history. I have seen you at your worst, which is considerable. And at your best, which is remarkable. Your ownership obsession. Your money worship. Your democracy delusion. Your shrinking ...

Lora Su vida no había sido de muchas vicisitudes. De hecho, la suya era una existencia plana hasta que conoció a Sandy, y esta la introdujo al mundo de los Reyes. Esto ocasionó que debiera dejar Portland, instalarse en Sacramento para empezar de nuevo, con otro trabajo, otra rutina, y ¡oh, maravilla, amigas! Eso era increíble y un poco… bastante atemorizante. Al menos tenía a su gato, el Señor Jones. O más bien, lo tenía Hulk de momento. Ese hombre enorme, que le sacaba dos cabezas y la doblaba en peso, era intrigante. Buen mozo, a su modo. Sexy… No, no, mala Lora. No tenía ...

When my BMW skids up a gravel mountain road, I don’t expect to end the day stranded in a storm and falling hard for the man I came to destroy. As a high-powered environmental lawyer, I’m used to wielding cease-and-desist orders like weapons. This trip to Colorado was supposed to be quick and bloodless: serve papers to Cruz Construction, shut them down, and catch my flight back to the city. Then I meet Dane Cruz. Six-foot-four of raw muscle, golden skin, and work-roughened hands that know how to build more than just homes. He’s supposed to be the villain in my legal brief, but he sees ...

Discover How to Thrive Through Menopause, Not Just Survive, Even If Hot Flashes, Weight Gain, and Sleepless Nights Are Part of Your Journey! Is the uncertainty of Menopause casting a shadow over your once vibrant life, and the mood swings turning your days into an emotional whirlwind? Or are the hot flashes turning your days and nights into an endless summer?