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An American classic adapted for the stage, starring Kathleen Turner as Mrs. Robinson and Matthew Rhys as Benjamin Braddock. A fresh-faced college grad returns home, diploma in hand, to seek an answer to that age old question: “Now what?” Lacking any clear career path, he falls prey to the original “cougar”, the predatory Mrs. Robinson, wife of his father's business partner.

From subtle avoidance behaviors to the most nightmarish terrors, anticipatory anxiety is the engine that drives it all. Understanding how this hidden enemy tricks you, and, most importantly, how to overcome it, will liberate you to live a more flexible and joyful life. In Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety, two anxiety experts team up to teach you how to manage your overactive imagination, limit future-based thinking, face your fears, make decisions, and live with more freedom and joy.

As the manager of Vino y Vida Wine Bar in Colinas, Cecelia "Cece" Barton's first Alexander Valley harvest is a whirlwind of activity. Her twin sister, Allie Halstead, who owns a nearby Victorian bed & breakfast, is accustomed to the hustle and bustle of peak tourist season. Just when it seems things can't grow any more intense, Colinas is rocked by a murder within the wine community . . . and Cece is identified as a possible suspect! With her reputation and her livelihood on the line—and the deputy sheriff breathing down her neck—Cece has no choice but to open up her own murder investigation.

For over two decades the identity of Melissa Witt's murderer has been hidden among the dense trees and thorny undergrowth rooted deeply in the uneven ground of a remote mountaintop in the Ozark National Forest. Determined to find answers, LaDonna Humphrey has spent the past seven years hunting for Melissa's killer. Her investigation, both thrilling and unpredictable, has led her on a journey like no other.

When Dr. Charles Burke steals time-travel technology, he doesn’t just break the rules of science—he shatters the structure of reality itself. As history begins to warp and humanity edges toward extinction, four women from different eras are drawn into a battle for survival spanning centuries.

Comparative Law: A Very Short Introduction aims to offer a concise introduction to comparative law-its objectives, methods, concepts, and uses. After an overview of the fundamental definitions, key concepts, and basic lexicon of the discipline, the book proposes an analysis of the most successful techniques adopted in legal comparison for mapping the world's legal systems and for explaining legal change and diffusion of law, also giving a concise description of the legal traditions of the world.

Hilarious and colorful episodes in the lives of families, many depicted from a kid's-eye-view, are the theme for this compilation. Being part of a family is often trying, and stranger than any fiction, but never dull and always worth it in the end. Join these very different families as they face the shrinking of parents, the pre-emptive guilt of First Confession, the secret worlds of children, and more!

Since the internet's earliest days, people have died and mourned online. In quiet corners of past iterations of the web, the dead linger. But attempts at preserving the data of the dead are often ill-fated, for websites and devices decay and die, just as people do. Death disrupts technologists' plans for platforms. It reveals how digital production is always collaborative, undermining the entrepreneurial platform economy and highlighting the flaws of techno-solutionism.

'Take the incisive brilliance of Curtis Sittenfeld and add to it exquisite prose in the vein of Maggie O'Farrell and you have the novel Jackie. A truly astonishing achievement: to breathe new life into a woman everyone thinks they already know' NATASHA LESTER The intimate life story of...

The common perception of a CIA officer is someone who collects secret intelligence abroad-a spy. However, the critical link between secrets and policy is the intelligence analyst. The CIA Intelligence Analyst brings to light the vital, but often-unseen, work of these officers.

She lost everything for refusing to stop investigating. Now the conspiracy she exposed is hunting her across two continents. Kate Mercer was a senior investigator for the Arizona Attorney General—until she got too close to a financial fraud scheme that powerful people wanted buried. They didn't just fire her. They blacklisted her. Destroyed her career. Made sure no one in Phoenix would hire her. For a year, she had nothing. Then a suspicious job offer arrives: superintendent of a mixed-income apartment building with pay far too good for the role. Kate takes it because she has no choice.

Kate was thirty seconds from safety when they took her. Her team pulls her out at the last possible moment. Together, they follow the trail to its source. Switzerland. The man who's been orchestrating everything is waiting. And he wants to talk. He doesn't threaten her. He doesn't hide. He explains. Every answer she's been chasing—he offers it freely. It should feel like winning. It feels like drowning. Because nothing about this makes sense. Doors open before she touches them. People help who shouldn't. Evidence appears exactly where she needs it.

Learn how to value your own opinion over those of others. Codependency books are perfect for those of us who live as if what other people think matters more than what we think. This thinking leads to constantly trying to please or even to change others. Codependent behaviors can have negative effects on us and those around us, even leading to a dysfunctional family. It can be difficult to say no to those we love.

Kate Mercer survived the conspiracy that tried to bury her. Now she's following it to Amsterdam. Nine wealthy guests vanish from one of Europe's most exclusive hotels. Their money disappears with them.

Kate Mercer was a cop. A detective. A senior investigator for the Arizona Attorney General. Then she got too close to the wrong case. When Kate refused to stop investigating a financial fraud scheme, she didn't just lose her job—she was blacklisted. For a year, no one in Phoenix would hire her. Her career was over. Until The Ashford comes calling. A mixed-income apartment building needs a new superintendent. The pay is good—suspiciously good. Free lodging included. Yet for someone with Kate's background, it's not a good fit. Not even close.

Henry David Thoreau is known as a naturalist, a philosopher, and a leading Transcendentalist. But he was also an ardent abolitionist and political activist. He was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, helping fugitive slaves escape to freedom. He was the first to speak out, loudly and...

Written by a doctor with expertise in delivering relationships and sexuality education to teenagers, this comprehensive guide helps parents and carers support the wellbeing and mental health of children and teens. Covering essential topics from mood and relationships to body image and digital...

An anxious visitor, a missing sister . . . and a trail of clues no one can explain. When Sue and Alan Jaworski meet Clare Dolan on a connecting flight from Japan, they expect nothing more than polite small talk. But when Clare learns the couple is headed to Aspen Notch, she asks for a...

An offensive bookseller, a pair of priceless pigs . . . and a dead body just beyond the pen. Sue Jaworski is gearing up for a busy Thanksgiving season—her garden shop needs stocking, her daughter's visit is just days away, and her granddaughter Jessica is about to welcome a baby. So when Alan...

A senior retirement home, a few missing keepsakes . . . and a case that's anything but simple. When Isabel Steinway reports that beloved items have disappeared from her apartment at Shady Acres, Sue and Alan Jaworski expect a straightforward case—just a few misplaced mementos. But as more...