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Learn the ins and outs of paying taxes with this engaging, informative, and easy-to-navigate guide to the US tax system. If you want to understand your finances, you need to understand your taxes. Learn everything you need to know about the US tax system and become more financially independent...

In this gripping work of historical fiction, Endore's werewolf, an outcast named Bertrand Caillet, travels across pre-Revolutionary France seeking to calm the beast within. Stunning in its sexual frankness and eerie, fog-enshrouded visions, this audiobook was decidedly influential for the generations of horror and science fiction authors who came afterward.

In the storm-swept Western Archipelago where Sea Dragons rule the skies, Lila is destined to inherit her father's plundering ships. But Lila envisions a new path: transforming the Raiders into Dragon Riders who defend the seas instead of ravaging them. When Danu, a young monk on a mysterious quest, arrives with a prophecy, he reveals that Lila is the lost heir of the Sea Crown—a born Dragon Rider. Guided by Danu, she seeks out her destined dragon, an untamed creature as stubborn as she. Together, they must learn to trust each other.

""A spectacular debut filled with great characters and heart.” —Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan FINALIST FOR THE 2022 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE · FINALIST FOR THE BALCONES FICTION PRIZE · LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN AWARD An epic story of love, war, and...

Wrongfully accused of treason, veteran Kingsman Elohl seeks the truth of a betrayal that caused the Kingsmen to vanish a decade ago. Inked with the Blackmark and despised for it, Elohl uncovers the truth and exposes ancient enemies. Now, he must give everything to shatter the hidden sect that usurps power from the throne. A bloody war will be reaped in the shadows that will burn nations and bring kings to their knees.

Billy Boustany uncovers a mystery that transforms his sleepy midwestern city into a vibrant metropolis of iridescent skyscrapers, wild parties, and eccentric characters. He has the adventure of a lifetime, but it comes with a perilous secret. When Billy shares his discovery with his college student daughter, they explore together until they reach a magnificent city of Native Americans at an ancient site. However, they also encounter a formidable foe—the Knights, a secret society bent on keeping outsiders away.

A riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania “Powerful and provocative . . . a novel about...

Le chef-d'oeuvre de la spiritualité qui a inspiré des millions de personnes Pour la première fois, un véritable yogi indien raconte sa propre quête, révélant la puissance méconnue des miracles et la maîtrise de soi selon des lois aussi subtiles que précises. Dans ce classique spirituel, Paramhansa Yogananda partage ses années de formation auprès du maître christique Sri Yukteswar, ses rencontres avec des figures légendaires comme Gandhi et son arrivée en Occident pour diffuser un yoga authentique.

When Anne-Lise Briard books a room at the Beau Rivage Hotel for her vacation on the Brittany coast, she has no idea this trip will start her on the path to unearthing a mystery. In search of something to read, she opens up her bedside table drawer in her hotel room, and inside she finds an abandoned manuscript. Halfway through the pages, an address is written. She sends pages to the address, in hopes of potentially hearing a response from the unknown author. But not before she reads the story and falls in love with it. The response, which she receives a few days later, astonishes her.

Hi friends, my name is Glenda, and teaching foreign languages is my passion! There are a lot of different ways to learn a language—studying books, taking a class, or even watching foreign movies. But I’m an auditory learner. I have to hear and repeat the language to make it stick. In fact, when I was a teenager taking Spanish classes, I would often make my own (cassette) recordings and study for my tests by listening to them. All learning methods are valid! But there is only one you can so anytime and anywhere, and that’s what you’ll experience with this audiobook.

ONE OF NPR'S 2024 "BOOKS WE LOVE" From the author of Sea Change comes a short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival. "The stories hit, each one, and land with such seeming perfection. Chung’s book sits next to my...

The world is not what we think it is. The individuals whose experiences you are about to hear know that only too well, since nothing in their lives had prepared them for their encounters with things that are not supposed to happen - but did! Events like these remain hidden because those they happen to are afraid to speak out of a natural reluctance to have their sincerity or sanity questioned. Societies define their own realities and those who challenge them do so at their own peril. The moral seems to be that where these kinds of events are concerned, ignorance is the best policy.

Basé dans la ville ensoleillée de Rancho Bonita en Californie, Cordell Logan est instructeur de vol et aspirant bouddhiste au passé trouble. Sa tentative de mener une vie plus tranquille vole en éclats lorsque son ex-femme Savannah arrive à l’improviste sur le pas de sa porte. Son nouveau mari, Arlo Echevarria—l’homme pour lequel elle a quitté Logan—a été assassiné à Los Angeles.

Valancy Stirling is twenty-nine years old and has never truly lived. Trapped beneath the suffocating expectations of her family and a rigid social order that values obedience over truth, she moves through life silently—until a shocking medical diagnosis forces her to confront the possibility that time has been wasted beyond recovery. What follows is not a dramatic rebellion, but a series of deliberate choices.

"Vous êtes-vous déjà demandé combien de fois dans votre vie vous aviez réellement dit merci ? Un vrai merci. L'expression de votre gratitude, de votre reconnaissance, de votre dette. À qui ? On croit toujours qu'on a le temps de dire les choses, et puis soudain c'est trop tard." Après "Les Loyautés", Delphine de Vigan poursuit dans "Les Gratitudes" son exploration des lois intimes qui nous gouvernent. Une lecture dialoguée réalisée par quatre comédiens, qui donne toute leur épaisseur et leur sensibilité aux personnages.

ATTENTION : les vraies sorcières sont habillées de façon ordinaire et ressemblent à n'importe qui. Mais elles ne sont pas ordinaires. Elles passent leur temps à dresser les plans les plus démoniaques et elles détestent les enfants. La Grandissime Sorcière les déteste plus que tout et compte bien les faire tous disparaître. Seuls un garçon et sa grand-mère peuvent l'en empêcher, mais si leur plan échoue, la Grandissime Sorcière va les faire frrire comme des frrites.

Mon cœur a déménagé est à la fois un récit initiatique, un roman d'amour et d'amitié, une vaste enquête s'étirant sur plus d'une décennie, et bien entendu une intrigue à twist, nul ne sachant, jusqu'à la dernière page, qui connaît la vérité, et qui la manipule. " Papa a tué maman. " Ophélie a tout vu, du haut de ses sept ans. Son père n'est pas le seul coupable. Un homme aurait pu sauver sa mère. Dès lors, Ophélie n'aura plus qu'un but : retrouver les témoins, rassembler les pièces du puzzle qui la mèneront jusqu'à la vérité. Et se venger.

This heartwarming fictionalized autobiography tells the story of what it is like for a little girl to be growing up in an unfamiliar place. While other girls her age were enjoying childhood in America, Jean Fritz was in China in the midst of political unrest. During this time, foreigners were becoming more and more unpopular, and evacuation at a moment’s notice was imminent. Although Jean appreciated the beauty of China - the mountains, the countryside, the sea - she knew she belonged in America and longed to make her home there.

WINNER OF THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE The breathtaking debut of an important new voice—centered on a constellation of Korean American families “To encounter these achingly truthful, beautiful stories of newcomer Americans is like gazing up at the...

Have you ever entered a room and it just didn't feel right, yet you couldn't explain why? Do you sense a natural comfort with some people but are immediately stressed by others? The truth is that we're all influenced far more than we realize by the invisible energy of the people and places...