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This Psych 312 assignment just might send me off the deep end. Determining whether love at first sight really exists with Robbie Moravian as my project partner of all people? He’s the sappiest man alive, so upbeat I could scream, and clearly rooting for happy endings at every turn. How does he not learn from experience considering our own meet-cute last semester almost got us expelled? But we both need to pass this course to graduate. So we’re interviewing five random couples about their meet-cutes and relationships and spending all this time together. Which is certainly...educational.

Mae is a dark witch, and she hates it. Her world shattered when the duke's men slaughtered her family, and a vile curse transformed Mae into a monster who must kill humans to stay alive. On the island of Heillaður, where witchcraft is outlawed after a brutal Viking invasion, Mae pursues her vendetta from the shadows, driven by a relentless thirst for vengeance.

It's not the end of the world...only humanity! All five books in the haunting Humanity Series have been brought together in one digital collection. Follow Scott Beck in his quest to keep himself, those he loves, and humanity alive. Combining dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and cyberpunk fiction, The Humanity Series depicts a future in which humanity is on the brink of annihilation. Join the adventure before it's too late!

Whatever you're writing, you have to make it clear. You could be writing a website, a brochure, or a client presentation. You could be preparing a job application, an email, or a classified ad. Or you might be writing an article or a book. Whatever it is, the clearer you make it, the better your results will be. How to Write Clearly will help. It's an authoritative yet easy-to-digest guide that will make your nonfiction writing more colorful, expressive, and precise. Writing is more than just words on a page. It's a process of communication.

As parents, your number one goal is to prepare your children to leave the nest and flourish on their own. And let’s face it: you only have a few more years to teach your teen everything they need to know before they take on the world as young adults. Discover what you need to know about parenting now for your teen to have success later. This complete step-by-step guide will help you get through to your teen by discovering the inner workings of their minds and using this to inform your parenting.

How to Think Like David Bowie offers an entertaining guide to the habits, techniques, and personal qualities that Bowie nurtured to defy convention and stimulate his creativity. You will also find plenty of helpful tips and suggestions so that you can stretch your own potential, lead a more creative life, and nurture your mind.

In The Intelligent Fund Investor, experienced portfolio manager and behavioral finance expert Joe Wiggins brings simplicity and clarity to fund investing. Each chapter of this fascinating book focuses on a vital element of investing in funds—exploring how and why investors can get it badly wrong and providing direct, actionable steps for better results.

Fourteen-year-old Aiden Dyer just wants to call a place home. But his father’s engineering job keeps them moving around. When they relocate to England on short notice, Aiden knows it’s only a matter of time before they move again. But Aiden never anticipated how his life was going to change.

Gesthe is a world where the whims of gods and magic hold sway. Cruel and capricious gods force mortal champions to fight and die in their eternal game. Taken from his world and his memories stolen by the Divines, our hero takes up the name of the first and greatest of heroes, Gilgamesh. He is forced to adapt to the game-like world, assimilating skills and dark abilities that he can barely comprehend.

When Fitzwilliam Darcy is betrayed by love at the age of 23, he vows that never again will he allow a woman to own his heart. Never again will he be made a fool. Never again will he trust. His heart and pride will be spared from another crippling blow, no matter what.

In this book, we explore British Colonialism in India, a history of oppression and exploitation, whilst celebrating the contributions that the diaspora and its descendants have made to British society. We explore the origins of the British East India Company, navigating through the dark history of a struggle for independence. On the way we meet Mahatma Gandhi, and recognize his significance in the fight for independence, before we discuss the partition of India and creation of Pakistan. We conclude with Indian emigration to the UK, and the history of the modern-day British Indian.

Scott Beck knows the date and month he will die. What he doesn’t know is which year. Minutes away from surviving another April 22, someone knocks at his door…in a near-dystopian future, artificial intelligence has uncovered the clockwork nature of the universe. And now, because of the intervention of a religious organization of Watchers, soon everyone on the planet will discover the date, month, and year they will die.

Some call it the Rapture. Others call it global genocide. Whatever it was, only thousands of survivors remain on Earth. When Scott Beck finds himself alive, he retreats to the Lake District in the north of England. Soon after, he finds himself the reluctant guardian of a young woman, and on the run from Mathew, a religious megalomaniac, and his Watchers, who are as determined as ever to send every human soul to heaven.

You do great work, but hardly anyone pays attention to you. Sound familiar? If so, it’s time for you to go from unknown to unrivaled. And the one to help you do just that is Phil Pelucha, the Underdog Champion of the World. Phil started out with no competitive advantage—no family money, no recognizable name, no cadre of mentors. But he has built a global empire with his unconventional approach, and in this book he teaches you to do the same.

After his mother dies, Tim Daniels must graduate from veterinarian school, find a job, pay-off his loans, keep his girlfriend content, and try to keep his head…all while removing a designer purse from a dog’s stomach. Just another Tuesday morning….

Archangel: The Book of Mammon is the first book in a new urban fantasy thriller series that features ancient conspiracies, high-tech threats, action-packed combat sequences, and compelling characters in unique situations.

Life skills form the foundation of the future you’ve always dreamed of and admired. While learning and developing these skills is a continuous process that never ends, most of it occurs during your teen years. This guide is designed to help equip teenagers with the tools they need to maximize their potential and enjoy fulfilling lives.

A comprehensive, contemporary guide to sex education that answers the most pressing questions teens have. Have your parents had “the talk” with you, but you were too embarrassed to ask any questions? Do you ever leave Sex Ed class more confused than before you walked in? Are there things your friends have said and you are not sure if they are true or false? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you are not alone.

Politics can be complicated and filled with language that needs you to use a dictionary to decipher. Not with Brexit Briefly! This book has details on Brexit, the European Union, and all the nitty-gritty details in between. We begin by defining the European Union, which was not only an economic decision but also a political one. Additionally, this audiobook follows the path that facilitated trade with in the EU and what made the UK choose to exit such a system. Lastly, we discuss some potential ramifications of Britain’s exit from the European Union in detail.

The end is here. Scott Beck has fought tirelessly against what seems to be the inevitable demise of humanity. The final novel in the Humanity Series concludes Scott Beck’s fight against Mathew, a crazed megalomaniac intent on killing every last human. Desperate to keep his two sons alive, as well as what remains of humanity, Scott and his small following retreat to Land’s End in the UK for what promises to be his final stand against a relentless tyrannical force. Either Scott and humanity survive, or Mathew and his genetically modified New Humans get their way.