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While on a college-sponsored field trip to experience a real archaeology dig, Missouri University student Quinn Cameron is separated from the rest of her class by a heavy fog. A fog that transports her back in time, to 1592. Something that even her 3.8 GPA and sarcastic wit won't be enough to help her survive. Now she's in a primitive world she has only studied in books. History, she learns, is a far cry from the comfort and security of her former life. And her only safe harbor from politics and violence is Duncan MacGregor, a valiant, brooding, and mysterious Scottish warrior.

Women face a double bind, forced to choose whether to be liked or respected, while neither one alone is enough to secure a seat at the table. It is up to organizations to change, but until then, what's an aspiring female leader to do? You, the Leader tackles these obstacles and more as women chart their path to the top, from a lack of credit for their work to feeling invisible to unfair biases. This book will help you better understand how women can lead with authenticity and become valued leaders in their organizations.

Character is something intrinsic to us all; it forms and reveals who we are. Unbeknownst to many, character is foundational to our judgment, behavior, and leadership. As we tackle the grand challenges of our time, strength of character guides us to make better decisions, creates greater well-being, and contributes to human flourishing. For those who lead—whether in the public, private, not for profit, or education sectors—a greater understanding of character will challenge your thinking, inspire new ideas, and elevate your personal and professional performance.

Like Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson's brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tributes and critical essays, as well as several conversations with friends and idols, bring to life Nelson's passion for dialogue and dissent. Arranged chronologically, Like Love shows the writing, thinking, feeling, reading, looking and conversing that occupied Nelson while writing iconic books such as Bluets and The Argonauts.

A crime spree to steal aerospace technology. An intern with the brains to stop it. When Jess uncovers evidence that her boss is stealing technology to build his company, her coveted internship at Aries turns from dream job to catastrophe. Worse, her boss cons another young woman into becoming his accomplice, and the duo’s chemically enhanced skills and weapons help them become the most infamous supercriminals to sweep the tech world.

Michael Cave and his wife, Angelique, always wanted children - they just didn’t expect it to take so long. Then, after nearly eight years of fertility treatments, their dream came true; Michaela, Emma and Christopher, aka “The Cavelets”, were born. The journey was a long one, peppered with invasive procedures, miscarriages, and financial woes. In his book, Triple Blessing, Michael shares his deeply personal and sometimes painful story of infertility.

Vicky longs to join her best friends Rhea and Betty on bike rides, but she can’t shake the traumatic memory of her first time riding a two-wheeler. When Rhea and Betty notice Vicky missing out on all the fun, they offer to help her learn to ride. But Negative Ned seems to think she can’t do it. Will Vicky ignore the voice in her head and embrace the struggle of learning new things?

When enigmatic billionaire Burton Sykes walks into Re-Gene-eration, a bespoke reproduction assistance clinic run by Raina and Cedric, two disgraced genetic engineers struggling to get by, they know they have a very unusual client. When Sykes asks them to genetically engineer a way for humanity to survive the coming ecological apocalypse, Raina is tempted. Bees are dying, crops are failing, and she knows her research is partly to blame. Could she help in some way?

Out Front the Following Sea is a historical epic of one woman’s survival in a time when the wilderness is still wild, heresy is publicly punishable, and being independent is worse than scorned—it is a death sentence. At the onset of King William’s War between French and English settlers in 1689 New England, Ruth Miner is accused of witchcraft for the murder of her parents and must flee the brutality of her town.

Living in Andy's boyhood summer home, they discover the old house is haunted by its original owner, Basil Tannard, who decades earlier was saved by a seal from an accident at sea. Because no one in the village believed Basil and thought he'd gone mad, Basil drowned himself. Yet he remains a ghost in the house, a soothsayer prompting Kate to believe in the unimaginable.

Maddie Frye, the Checkerberry Inn's snarky, introverted chef, just wants to be left alone. But with the inn's upcoming gala, Maddie's boss has matchmaking on the brain. So when the gorgeous new guy in town helps her out for a night, she comes up with the perfect solution to her problem....

Stephanie Fitzpatrick wanted out of the spotlight after her pro-golfer husband was caught on camera cheating. But when she returns to Michigan for a job interview and some much-needed R&R, a fib told by her well-meaning sister has her looking for a temporary fiancé, or she can kiss her new start good-bye. Desperate to hide the truth, she goes to the one man who can help—her former best friend.

Kayla has the perfect strategy for a broken heart: work, work, and more work. Then a storm sends her car skidding off the road, stranding her in Mount Pleasant. Fortunately, rescue comes in the form of the incredibly handsome but gruff Brent Masterson. Brent Masterson swore he would never give into the fierce attraction that's been sizzling between him and Kayla since they first met. He has his own demons, and he won't risk his heart again. Not even for someone as gorgeous and amazing as Kayla. So...how exactly did he end up in Kayla's bed last night?

Sticky Icky Vicky is a fun-loving girl who can’t get enough of playing in the mud and dirt. That is, until she is teased for being dirty. Suddenly, Vicky finds herself withdrawing from friends and mud play altogether. When she learns about the upcoming International Mud Day, Vicky wants nothing more than to get in on the mud-tastic fun. But will Vicky find the courage to ignore the Negative Ned voice in her head and value herself over the opinions of others?

When Rachel turns 18, her alternate personality revolts in a wicked struggle for control over their shared body. Each time Rachel’s “other” get outs, bad things happen. In a desperate attempt to save her sanity, Rachel uncovers an ancient curse that could be a clue to her struggles. Caught in a violent turmoil of destiny, Rachel turns to all the wrong people for help and soon discovers a plot against her that dates back to 11th-century Scotland.

When Rachel turns 18, her alternate personality revolts in a wicked struggle for control over their shared body. Each time Rachel’s “other” get outs, bad things happen. In a desperate attempt to save her sanity, Rachel uncovers an ancient curse that could be a clue to her struggles. Caught in a violent turmoil of destiny, Rachel turns to all the wrong people for help and soon discovers a plot against her that dates back to 11th-century Scotland.

Zelia survived. They had won, but she didn't feel like she had won. The tortured souls of her past and of those lost haunt her more now than ever, as the threat of the elder wizards grows ever nearer. A dragon rules under the dwarves' mountain, but all is not as it seems. The dragon bares a warning, a gift, and a plea that leaves her more questions than answers.

August 1979. Twelve-year-old Michael disappears in the woods of Trembling River under the gaze of his friend Marnie Duchamp. He seems to have been swallowed by the forest. Despite an extensive search, only a muddy sneaker is found. Thirty years later, in a neighboring town, little Billie Richard, who is about to celebrate her ninth birthday, does not come home. Again, it is as if she has disappeared from the face of the earth.

Alice s'ennuie avec sa sœur qui lit un livre alors qu'elle ne fait rien. À quoi bon un livre sans images ni dialogues ? demande Alice. Mais alors un lapin blanc aux yeux roses vêtu d'une redingote avec une montre à gousset à mettre dedans passe devant elle.

hen Will invites her to De Morgan Atelier, an art school near Storm King Mountain, there's no rejecting the invitation. But the land is not without its spirits. And the school is not without its secrets. When academic life is interrupted by a body found on the premises, odd things begin to happen, and rumours start to fly.