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A 10-year-old's new home on an exotic Caribbean island proves so fascinating she quickly forgets she didn't want to leave Texas. After all, where better than a jungle world teeming with voodoo, mystery, and a really pesky zombie, to indulge her favorite pastime: snooping. In this humorous mystery, award-winning author Jinx Schwartz transports the listener to another time and place where rivers, and little girls, ran wild and free.

A Christmas Anthology of several of the best Christmas Novellas you have never heard from authors who were prolific in their time. Including the author of the Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms series, the Little Bear children's series, Charles Dickens & Howard Hughes' award winning novelist/playwright brother.

After Cordelia Channing endures the lethal winter alone in the Rocky Mountains, she is discovered by Thomas Nash, a solitary mountain man who wants only to hunt and be left alone to grieve the woman he could not save. Delia aches to go east, but over the days and miles, she finds her battered spirit yearning for this self-reliant trapper, who stirs her longing and wakes her heart.

Two and a half years have passed since Lex and Amanda Walters agreed to take care of Jeannie’s baby while she recuperated from her stroke. Just as they’ve gotten comfortable in their life, the happy couple are thrown for a loop when Jeannie returns, bearing some unsettling news and ideas of her own. While they struggle with the shock of Jeannie’s disclosure, a stranger claiming to be Lex’s half-brother lands on Lex and Amanda’s doorstep. Cleve Winters is resentful of Lex’s life and is determined to take what he thinks he deserves – including Amanda.

World-renowned product positioning and marketing expert April Dunford knows that standing out in a crowded market is the key to getting sales. In Sales Pitch, she shows entrepreneurs, salespeople, marketers, and business leaders how they can achieve success by building a narrative that clearly communicates how your product is different and better than anything else on the market.

“Hey, you! Yeah, you, da person reading dis. C’mere. I’ve got sometin' for ya. It’ll make ya feel good… real good. It’s da best stuff on da street! Check dis out. I’ve got everyting you could ever want: social media, streamin’ shows, movies, sports, music, theater, amusement parks, novels, board games, and a whole slew of other stuff. And da first sample is on me. Trust me, you’ll love it!” Yep, that’s how it starts (sort of). If you’re story is anything like ours, it started when you were young. Before you knew it, you were a card-carrying Entertainment Junkie! C’mon, don’t deny it.

Claire Melbourne is a steely newspaper editor who's just lost the biggest scoop of her career, thanks to her naïve intern's mistake. Firing the young Ellie Kirkland for the offense was a no-brainer. But when fate brings the two women together again, Claire finds herself questioning everything she thought she was—especially her cynical, take-no-prisoners approach to life. When she's not breaking stories or breaking in reporters, Claire's one outlet is to lose herself in Motown music and in the seat of a cheerful antique Mustang. But lose herself to the much younger, far-too-nice Ellie?

Lauren Berlant continues to explore our affective engagement with the world. Berlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced. Drawing on sources including Last Tango in Paris, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Claudia Rankine, Christopher Isherwood, Bhanu Kapil, the Occupy movement, and resistance to anti-Black state violence, Berlant poses inconvenience as an affective relation and considers how we might loosen our attachments in ways that allow us to build new forms of life.

When we harvest fruit seasonally, we're reminded that good things can't be rushed, and that life's offerings are best at their peak. In this sweet guide, learn the fundamentals of year-round fruit picking, including: where, when, and how to look for fruit; the etiquette of gathering on public land; how to put your haul to good use; and much more.

In the jubilant aftermath of Japan’s surrender in World War II, San Francisco erupts in celebration. But for Sandy Zimmer, the thirty-two-year-old widow publisher of the Prospect newspaper, the revelry masks a darker truth. In the chaos of the VJ-Day Peace Riot, eleven deaths and six rapes take place. Driven by journalistic integrity and battling her own instincts to maintain peace, Sandy directs her paper to investigate the riot.

April Raque nearly killed herself with the stress of corporate America's high-speed conveyor belt. When her own health bucked her off it mid-way through life, she landed with a thud. And then she did as any good Gen X-er would: she figured it out. Using her formal education in health, wellness, and design alongside the trademark independence of her generation, April crafted her own mid-life chapter into a place of joy. Now you can become the boss of your midlife, too. Ollie, ollie, oxen free! The water hose is flowing and the street lights are nowhere near turning on.

Volcanoes: What Everyone Needs to Know® guides the listener through one of nature's most fascinating and powerful forces, explaining essential geological concepts critical to understanding how and where volcanoes form before examining their physical structure and associated processes. Through real-world examples—from the explosive history of Mount Vesuvius to the colossal eruption of Yellowstone Supervolcano—Jovanelly uncovers mind-blowing facts about how volcanoes have shaped our planet, impacted the climate, and altered the course of civilizations.

By the Time You Read This is the story former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was about to publish before her tragic suicide. Her mother, April, wraps up the narrative by exploring the mental illness and depression that took her daughter’s life.

Idealism meets eroticism as an ambitious and independent young journalist finds herself writing a column about her first-hand experience with kink and sex in the big city. I always wanted to be a serious writer, but when my magazine is taken over by a hip media conglomerate, the only thing they want to publish is salacious stories about sex and sleaze. Well, if that’s what they want, that’s what I’ll give them! The best kind of writing comes from personal experience, so with my open-minded boyfriend Nick by my side I decide to throw myself into a series of new and exciting experiences.

When a hot older domme offers to show her the ropes Paisley and Nick quickly end up back at her apartment for an enlightening lesson in female domination, delivered by the voluptuous Val and her sexy submissive. Dipping her toes into the seedy underbelly of New York has brought Paisley professional success with her popular magazine column and has put a new spark into her sex life. She feels more confident, enjoying wielding her sexual power over her hot boyfriend Nick, but she still feels like something is missing.

Of all the reckless things single dad and billionaire Brodie Rogan has done in his life, giving the woman he loves a job falls very high on the list. Julie Corbin meant it when she said goodbye, and Brodie knows desperate times call for desperate measures. His false help wanted ad for a too-good-to-be-true job is the perfect bait, and he’s sure sweet Julie will fall for it, until the whole ruse blows up in his face.

A Hollywood producer. A perfectly curated life. A private collection of nightmares. RoomMate drags you inside the mind of Charlet, a stunning, successful woman who hides a predator’s heart beneath red carpets and camera lights. Her rituals keep her sane, until her own story turns against her.

He begged for the chance to serve her. Now, he’s in Room 214, a world of his own making, and she is the sole architect of his fate. For one intense night, he will be tested, challenged, and pushed to the very limits of his obedience. Blindfolded and bound, he must surrender his senses, his control, and his pride to prove he is worthy of her attention. Each task she gives him is a trial, each command a lesson in true submission. He is there for one purpose only: to be a vessel for her pleasure, a tool for her desire, and to accept that his own release is a privilege, not a guarantee.

Lena is a live wire, a chaotic force of nature who thrives on being pushed. Nate is a dominant man whose power is physical and direct, a perfect match for her wild energy. When they collide in a dim hotel suite, the result is a raw, intense struggle for control. But they are not alone. From the shadows, Tabby watches.

When Daniel, a first-time client, reaches out to Colossal Crushers, he doesn’t expect to be swept into the world of Madame Jess—a towering force of charisma, wit, and unrelenting power. As their correspondence grows more intimate, and the demolitions more daring, Jess and her colleague Paisley deliver crushing experiences both literal and emotional. From thigh-cradled perspectives to full-scale corporate takedowns, this story delivers erotic tension, dramatic destruction, and surprising tenderness in a uniquely voyeuristic format.