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In The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey, the award-winning poet - and Paris Review sports columnist - Rowan Ricardo Phillips chronicles 2017 as seen through the unique prism of its pivotal, revelatory, and historic tennis season. The annual tennis schedule is a rarity in professional sports in that it encapsulates the calendar year. And like the year, it's divided into four seasons, each marked by a final tournament: the Grand Slams.

Kenzie's 12 marks have caused her nothing but trouble since she was blessed with them. From getting her treated differently at school to getting her kidnapped by rebels, her marks have caused chaos in her life. When a familiar face shows up in the warehouse she is being kept in, Kenzie doesn't know who to trust or what to believe anymore. With time running out to escape and the threat of the rebel's plans looming over her, can Kenzie overcome these challenges?

Menace and Speedy are two local dope slingers with much in common, but two things in particular. They're both young and hungry. Business is booming, and while most people in their position would be satisfied, Menace and Speedy aren't "most people". They want to be among the drug game elite, and the only way to do that is get hooked up with a "connect". A major supplier who can provide enough product to help the duo graduate from "dealers" to "kingpins". One day, the pair finally acquire the long sought-after connect.

In 2012, nineteen-year-old Leon Ford was shot five times by a Pittsburgh police officer as he was racially profiled during a case of mistaken identity. When he woke up in the hospital, he was faced with two life-changing realities: he was a new father, and he was paralyzed from the waist down. Now, in this memoir and manifesto, Leon illustrates how this harrowing experience has inspired a deep reckoning with the issues his community is facing.

A. C. Arthur presents Book 3 in the Legion series. Contains mature themes.

Sometimes you meet people in life that draw you in like a magnet. The two of you align so perfectly there isn't anything you can do to stop the attraction. That's what it was like for me and Tennir. Only, this is an attraction that isn't meant to be and now I must do everything in my power to fight those feelings, because unfortunately, he's the one alien I can't fall in love with.

In the middle of a raging storm in Alaska, Bess stops to tie her shoes. And just like that, the boy is lost, gone in a flash, swallowed up by the snow. Bess is a California girl, while Benedict, with whom she and the boy live, is the last in his family’s long line of rugged Alaskans. Benedict knows better than to venture out in such weather. But he has no choice. He must find Bess and the boy before it’s too late.

Spirits and secrets spin out of control during a séance at the turn of the century.

Sie will die Wahrheit – und er will sie. Die prickelnde Dark Romance von USA Today und SPIEGEL Bestseller-Autorin Rina Kent endlich auch als Hörbuch! Er ist ein erbarmungsloses Monster.Und ohne es zu wollen, habe ich seine Aufmerksamkeit auf mich gezogen. Ich wollte Antworten auf Fragen, die mich so sehr quälen. Antworten darauf, was wirklich mit meinem besten Freund geschehen ist. Dabei tun sich neue Fragen auf: Was hat es mit den Geheimbünden auf sich? Welche finsteren Machenschaften laufen im Hintergrund an meiner Universität? Und welche grausamen Leidenschaften verfolgt er?

Carly Castillo has only ever known Fish Village. Her grandmother claims that they descend from the Karankawas, an indigenous Texas people once believed to be extinct, thereby tethering them to Galveston. But as Carly ages, she begins to imagine a life elsewhere, undefined by her family’s history. Meanwhile, her boyfriend and all-star shortstop turned seaman, Jess, treasures the salty, familiar air. He’s gotten chances to leave Galveston for bigger cities with more possibilities. But he didn’t take them then, and he sure as hell won’t now.

La capacidad de promover los cambios y adaptarse a ellos es uno de los factores más importantes para alcanzar el éxito tanto en la vida privada como en el trabajo. A menudo pensamos que cuando un método funciona, lo hará para siempre; sin embargo, esta consigna a veces no es cierta: lo que hoy tiene validez puede no ser el mejor enfoque para el futuro. Si queremos progresar, debemos estardispuestos a hacer cambios, incluso de gran envergadura.

From burning crosses set on the Robinsons’s lawn to a Pennsylvania small town on fire with praise and parades when the athletes return from Berlin, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is full of emotion, grit, political upheaval, and the American dream. Capturing a powerful and untold chapter of history, the narrative is also a celebration of the courage, commitment, and accomplishments of these talented athletes and their impact on race, sports and inclusion around the world.

In this thought-provoking and heartbreaking memoir, an award-winning writer tells the story of his father, John Stanley Ford, the first Black software engineer at IBM, revealing how racism insidiously affected his father’s view of himself and their relationship.

Kin is a story and a celebration of Black womanhood, of resistance, and of perseverance—while simultaneously an indictment of American history. Kin is a tree—alive in places, broken in others—that offers shelter for women seeking respite in the midst of family-making. This tree depicts family grafted together by blood, law, or choice; its stories are voiced through blues-infused poetry, one-act plays, oral history, and reportage that are combined to form an orchestra of Black history and re-memory.

Segunda temporada de la versión única, emocionante y muy divertida de Sherlock Holmes, su infatigable Watson y la misteriosa voz interna que les acompaña. Todo muy de Sherlock Holmes.

La niñez de Jesse fue destrozada de forma violenta. Nació en San Diego, en los años setenta, hijo de inmigrantes mexicanos e indígenas de la clase obrera. Cuando tenía once años, un encuentro en una tienda de regalos lo dejó con un secreto aterrador entre manos. Herido, con el apoyo de nadie y temiendo por su vida, Jesse se perdió en el mundo híper masculino de las calles de San Diego, donde silenció su dolor con lo que fuera que encontrara: alcohol, drogas y prostitución.

TL Swan, auteure best-seller aux classements du Wall Street Journal et USA Today, revient avec cette romance consacrée à Christopher Miles ! Christopher Miles a tout pour lui : argent, pouvoir et femmes à ses pieds. Pourtant, un vide le ronge. Piqué au vif par les moqueries de ses frères sur son incapacité à s’engager, il décide de tout plaquer pour une année sabbatique incognito en Europe. Adieu vie de luxe, bonjour auberges de jeunesse ! C’est là qu’il croise le chemin de Hayden Whitmore. Belle, intelligente et... totalement indifférente à son charme !

Building Tiff’s Treats has been a love story unlike any other for these husband-and-wife entrepreneurs who began a two-person operation from their college apartment and grew it into a business that employs thousands and is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Their highly anticipated debut book, It’s Not Just Cookies: Stories & Recipes from the Tiff’s Treats Kitchen, invites listeners to experience just how Tiffany standing Leon up on a date led to the pair creating an on-demand, baked-to-order, warm cookie delivery brand - the first of its kind.

In Enslavement: Past and Present, historical sociologist Orlando Patterson casts a wide net to examine the social, political, and economic complexities of slavery across different eras and societies. Patterson examines slavery at several levels of abstraction, from micro-level relations of domination to the macro-structures of entire societies.

Addict, thief, pimp, pusher, player—and most notably, groundbreaking writer. Donald Goines was all of these. As a kid, Donald Goines was the product of a middle-class family. After high school, he joined the Air Force—and discovered the heroin that would rule the remainder of his life. On the streets, he turned to writing when he was straight enough to keep at it. He used the language of the streets and he wrote of its people. Goines's success was immediate and exciting. But eventually those same streets claimed him.