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The United States Hispanic segment represents the most prominent demographic growth in the country, and a huge and untapped business opportunity for companies willing to move away from preconceived notions and market effectively to Hispanic customers. This book shows you how.

Rachael Reed is a married theatrical dresser and makeup artist who dreams of a life backstage on Broadway. Hugh Davidson is, quite seriously, a British knight and also a famously gorgeous classical actor. When Rachael takes a chance and leaves her life in Philadelphia to become Hugh's personal assistant, he promises that he'll help to fulfill her career dreams.

True crime social media sensations and citizen sleuths Mercy St. Claire and Chizzy Williams are working themselves sick trying to solve DC's numerous cold cases. Meanwhile, retired criminalist Mark Thoreau is nursing a broken heart and a bottle of bourbon, and local reporter Tohru Iwasaki is serving as the inspiration for a mystery novel.

Most historians attribute the shortcomings of the civil rights era to a conservative backlash or to the fracturing of the liberal establishment in the late 1960s, but the civil rights movement also faced resistance from a liberal "frontlash," from antiredistributive allies who, before it ever took off, constrained what the movement could demand and how it could demand it. Telling the stories of Ruth Benedict, Kenneth Clark, W. E. B. Du Bois, Richard Wright, and others, Darda reveals how Americans learned to wait on time for racial change and the enduring harm of trust in the clock.

1929, Heroldsberg, Germany. Rolf might only be twelve years old, but he’s old enough to know that things have not been good in his country since the end of the Great War. Half of Germany is out of work, and a new political movement is taking hold that scares him. Every night, Rolf’s father and older brother, Romer, have increasingly heated arguments about politics at the dinner table. And when two members of the new Nazi Party, Hans and Nils, move to town as part of the Hitler Youth, Rolf is uneasy to see how enamored Romer is by their promises of bringing Germany to glory.

Sunday Styles is a passionate romance novelist with a pretty comfortable career and a size fourteen swimsuit. Archie Macleod is a Scottish-American Broadway actor who has no trouble making friends, but who has a hard time finding love. When the two of them agree to join the ten-contestant cast of "Artisan's Isle," the hottest new thing in reality television, they quickly find that they're in for way more than they bargained for.

Magical break-ins abound...The two nearby stores owned by supernaturals are broken into. The Fix ‘n’ Find, my store, is not. What I have instead are suspicious magical handprints on the front windows. Combine that with a weird set of glasses that let the wearer see every type of magic and we have a serious conundrum. Luckily, my ex-fiancé Violetta, is a powerful witch and willing to help me figure out what could possibly be going on. Find out what some magical items and good old-fashioned spell work can uncover in the Spectacle Stealing Supernatural.

Fashion design graduate student Cindie O'Carroll tries to survive the messy but exhilarating reality dating show Two Princes, in which 11 young bachelorettes vie for the attention of two gorgeous single guys. She finds herself with a choice to make; either she can play the game in earnest and attempt to win the hearts of the two princes, or she can give in to the passionate, devoted advances of her professor, Robin Paul, and become his fashion muse.

On the second episode of the hot new reality TV show Artisan's Isle, things get hot, steamy, and slightly manic when two teams of six compete in a challenge to create a one-act play themed around "What Happened Last Night". Archie does a romantic scene with the bashful new British guy. Sunday gets deep with her partners, and that may or may not be sexual innuendo. Margot and Candy make some very public mistakes, and the great Charles Gamble gets a much-needed cup of coffee. Werewolves and sharks feature prominently.

The semiannual supernatural auction is a great way to get rid of valuable items, fast. I'm grateful I can use this opportunity to get rid of not only the Geysers: Volume 8, but the weird vortex compact I still haven't been able to open. My luck runs out when, before the auction starts, someone sets fire to the building. In fact, someone uses that fire as a cover to steal some of the more expensive antiques being sold at the auction. By the time Blake and several other officers arrive, it becomes clear that our thief might not be the only one stealing artifacts from the auction.

When a volume eight of Geysers Journals falls into my lap, I'm left with a conundrum. Do I hold onto it and try to get the most money out of it I possibly can, shoring up my finances for at least a year? Or do I get rid of it as quickly as possible in an effort to avoid any more attempts on my life?

Gus Van Sant’s film and the ’90s cult of the alternative Gus Van Sant’s 1991 indie darling My Own Private Idaho perplexed and provoked, inspiring a new ethos for a new decade: being different was better than being good. Gentlemen of the Shade examines how the film was a coming-of-age for a generation of young people who would embrace the alternative and bring their outsider perspectives to sustainability, technology, gender constructs, and social responsibility.

What would you do if you needed to take something from a classmate's bag in the middle of class without anyone noticing? How would you do it? Could you do it? This is the test that Aidan Fox finds himself facing one day after receiving a mysterious text message. But at Ridge Hill Junior High, nothing is as it seems, and this simple challenge leads Aiden into a world he could never have dreamed of.

War is hell, and the conflict tearing the world apart may be humankind's last. Set adrift on a makeshift raft in the middle of the South Pacific, the sole survivor of a sabotaged space-shuttle flight, undersecretary of state Calvert Roberts is certain his life is coming to an end. But fate intervenes, depositing him dehydrated and half starved on the beach of an uncharted island with a giant M etched into a cliff wall. At first it appears to be paradise, but Eden has a dark side: Here, Dr. Mortimer Dart is playing God.

When Iggy Morales's stylish cat, Tuba, becomes famous on social media, he scores an invite to a star-studded pet fashion show at Spooky World. The family-friendly, Halloween-themed indoor carnival is the place to be on the last weekend in October, so of course Iggy brings all of his friends, including Clip and Sadie. The kids expect to ride thrilling rollercoasters, play games in the midway, and eat fried dough and candy apples, but they encounter a different kind of excitement instead: a ghost called the Weeping Lady, who has haunted Spooky World for decades, appears and asks for their help.

A driven young grad student begins using her true crime podcast to help save her missing best friend, and she soon finds herself leading a small team of crime solvers to uncover local truths that are eluding the police.

As Mercy, Mark, and Tohru cope with the devastating aftermath of a drunken car crash, it becomes clearer and clearer that things can't continue as they are. Before they have a chance to set the world right again, however, women begin dropping dead around them in rapid succession, and the only connection between those women seems to be their involvement in Mercy's recent investigations.

Renowned, middle-aged British stage star Hugh Davidson has had a rough couple of years, first falling desperately in love with a young American stage manager and then discovering that he has coronary heart disease. When he gets tapped to be the new Artistic Director at his favorite American theater company, he decides to make a new name for himself in the business, partly to soothe his injured ego and partly to convince Rachael Nightingale, his workaholic paramour, that she wants to spend the rest of her life with him. The problem is, Hugh doesn't really knows what he's doing.

A changing climate brings heavy rains to West Texas and gives river guide Robbie Ducharme the opportunity to take his clients down a never-before-run arroyo. The landscape they enter, the people they encounter, and the relics they find give these modern-day explorers the thrill of a lifetime. They also threaten Robbie’s relationship with the woman he loves and the life of the assistant he admires. Solitario: The Lonely One asks if we are right to be bold with our lives and the lives of others when the potential rewards are great—or are we venturing where we should not?

Mrs. Willy Nilly finds herself quarantined, along with the entire student body, when some very talented lice decide to invade her school. When the principal locks himself in his office, she realizes it is up to her to find help.