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What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget. - Michel Thomas Experience significant results in a remarkably short period of time thanks to the unique Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by celebrated psycholinguist, Michel Thomas. The method works in tune with...

1859. The village of Nomaton, Michigan. After a reclusive childhood within the dank walls of Haggard House, Adam Bolton, at the age of eleven, is finally allowed to attend the village school, providing he obeys his mother, Sarai's, injunction. Against all outward influence, he must: “Keep to the straight and narrow.” An easy bidding, until Adam meets Penny, his bright-eyed, bright-spirited classmate. Frightened of the consequences their friendship threatens, Adam builds another Haggard House—only this one in his mind—and keeps Penny there, safe from his zealot mother; safe from himself.

How do you know when a coincidence stops being a coincidence? Elias lives an ordinary life until a series of seemingly insignificant events begins to capture his attention. A recurring phrase. A familiar face in an unfamiliar place. Patterns hidden within everyday interactions. What begins as curiosity slowly transforms into something much more difficult to ignore. As Elias follows the threads connecting these experiences, he encounters others who seem to notice the same things—and others who insist there is nothing to see.

Most money books are written by people who were never broke. This one isn't. Stanley A. Lewis, Jr. spent years working a full-time job, picking up part-time shifts, and still wondering where the money went, then built a repeatable system that turned a working salary into real, compounding wealth. Steps to Financial Freedom is that system, taught the way Stanley teaches at the kitchen table: plain-spoken, honest about the losses, and free of jargon.

With The Trusted, New York Times bestselling author Marisa de los Santos introduces readers to their new favorite detectives, Lina Cordova and Aaron Cash. What happens when the ones we trust the most betray us? In the charming, tight-knit community of Sheppley, Pennsylvania, Detective Lina...

I expected aging out of the foster care system to be hard. I wasn't expecting it to include finding out I was a Warlock, destined to be hunted by the most powerful Witch Families so they could bind me to a coven of thirteen witches and spend the rest of my life "harvesting mana". Add to that a set of magical resonants that made me an even bigger target to some of those Witch Families, some of which would rather kill me than let a rival get me.

Greed and Fear, two emotions that rule both individuals...and Countries. Now, China has decided that they will do whatever it takes to acquire TQB technology. There was a glaring flaw in their plan. When they kill an unborn little baby in a raid, the Queen Bitch is Released. Now, China has two options...Kill Bethany Anne, or Sue For Peace.

Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realize - and what Daniel Hillis' short book brilliantly demonstrates - is that computers' seemingly complex operations can be broken down into a few simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over again. Computer wizard Hillis offers an easy-to-follow explanation of how data is processed that makes the operations of a computer seem as straightforward as those of a bicycle. 

The fabulously rich Timon believes all his friends to be as open-hearted and generous as himself. When his wealth suddenly evaporates, however, he discovers the truth and his altruism turns to a bitter hatred of mankind. Stirred up by the cynical Apemantus, Timon retreats to the woods where he plots the destruction of Athens, the city that had formerly seemed to embody everything pleasurable and civilized. The cosmic scope of his hatred is communicated in a series of powerful and disturbing dramatic tableaux.

Helen Lewis argues that feminism’s success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern search for feel-good, inspirational heroines. It’s time to reclaim the history of feminism as a history of difficult women.

Sammy, the adventurous seal, leaves the zoo for the day and ventures into the big, busy city. Along the way he finds a school full of kids and new things to do—and he even learns to read! ""So funny and so original that it promises to be one of the most successful books in this best-selling...

I was the girl no one looked at twice. Until they saw me. My whole life, no one has had my back. My parents are dead, my adoptive mother is a drug addict, and the mean girls on campus mock me for my scars. So when I end up desperate for money and out of options, I agree to sell the one thing I have left: my innocence. On the night I’m meant to give my body to a brutal Russian mobster, three men storm into the room like dark shadows and kill him before he can claim me. When they drag me from the blood-soaked bed, I’m certain they’re going to kill me too.

Claire Whitmore knows how to solve problems. As lead planner for a major redevelopment project, she believes every challenge has a practical solution. But when an abandoned textile mill becomes the center of a heated preservation battle, she's forced into a partnership with Daniel Rourke, a historian determined to protect what remains. What begins as professional conflict slowly becomes something neither of them expected.

The thrilling life of aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler, dubbed 'the most daring man in the world' Grantlee Kieza tells the thrilling story of Bert's life and with it the bigger story of how the world was changed forever by men like Hinkler. Fast paced and revealing, this is an overdue, full blooded...

Ébahies et ravies, les Quatre sœurs atterrissent à Tokyo, la métropole la plus fascinante d’Asie ! Elles qui adorent les mangas, les peluches kawaï et le hanami - la fête des Cerisiers en fleurs -, vivent un rêve ! Dans une école de danse traditionnelle, Laure rencontre Sakura, une jeune Franco-Japonaise, qui la guide. Grâce à elle, les quatre sœurs apprennent à saluer à la nippone, à manger du poisson au petit-déjeuner, à s’orienter dans le quartier très animé de Shibuya et à maîtriser l’art des idéogrammes. Sakura les invite chez elle ...

Pendant son temps libre, Laure s’investit auprès des animaux d’un refuge. Avec son ami Driss, elle lave les box, nettoie les gamelles, distribue les croquettes. Quand elle apprend que le refuge risque de fermer, elle s’inquiète : que deviendront les chats, les chiens et les Nouveaux Animaux de Compagnie ? Après avoir organisé une collecte, elle fait avec Lisa, Luna et Ulysse des podcasts d’informations et de conseils sur le bien-être animal. Mais bientôt, Jimmy le persan de la voisine confié à ses petites sœurs se sauve. Puis les chats du quartier disparaissent tour à tour…

He wanted revenge. What he got was a war for the fate of his world. When a ruthless land baron murders his father, Gav Brigham sets out across a harsh frontier to settle the score the only way the Old West knows how. Then he saves the wrong girl. Britt isn’t from anywhere Gav has ever heard of—and the enemies hunting her don’t belong on his world at all. What starts as a simple manhunt spirals into a deadly clash of alien warriors, forbidden technology, and a secret so dangerous it could wipe out every human settlement on the planet.

Far From Now, In a Galaxy Really, Really Close… The last denizens of Earth, aka Planet Dirt, have a problem. Their protective force shield is breaking, which will mean annihilation. Now it’s up to a small group of intrepid dilettantes to procure a new one.

From the eastern steppes rides Loethar, a ruthless warlord who has united the barbarian tribes into an unstoppable tide. Kingdom after kingdom has fallen before him. Now only one realm stands unconquered: Penraven, the greatest kingdom of the Denova Set. Loethar seeks more than wealth or...

WINNER OF THE 2024 BMO WINTERSET AWARD WINNER OF THE 2025 NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR NON-FICTION BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR THE 2024 HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION The Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2024 CBC Books’ Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2024 Riveting...