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This novel begins with an allegorical tale depicting the origin of humanlike animals that evolve from purely instinctual and reactive creatures toward becoming individuals who receive the gift of sentience. These animals also absorb an inherent consciousness of individuality that includes using free will when making everyday decisions. This evolutionary advancement is instigated by superior spiritual beings call Zenithians, who are responsible for the creation and evolution of all aspects of living beings within the Earthly realm.

Sixteen-year-old Summer doesn’t expect her new boarding school to be any different than the rest: a temporary stay, until her uncontrollable magic gets her thrown out again. In her mind, there’s no point in getting too friendly with anyone. That is, until she notices Decker, the boy who will become the Master of Night and Fire on his 18th birthday.

This book features the collected speeches of President Ford during his time in office as the president of the United States (1974-77). The speeches include his taking the oath of office and then pardoning Richard Nixon and draft evaders. Further speeches include his various State of the Union addresses and speeches on foreign, economic, and energy policy, among others. This collection enables you to understand the actions of President Ford from his numerous speeches. The book includes 14 key speeches in total.

When socialite party girl Mia Abbott-Renou wakes up in a garden, she has little recall of the previous night - except that she is naked...hurt...terrified. Not only has she been raped, but she knows one of her assailants: the son of a wealthy politician, who happens to be her own father’s political ally. Mia wants and needs justice. Except, this privileged boy has an alibi, and her father forbids her from going to the police.

A different place - another time - and where the city’s streets keep secrets and shadowy mysteries, SFPD Inspector Spencer Ricci needs to dig through after he finds himself on a case involving a dismembered, mummified man in a restaurant’s locked storage room. Spencer drags around a lot of baggage, including an ongoing battle with the bottle and a long career as an LAPD detective he’d set fire to in a blaze of booze-soaked mistakes.

The secret to their past lies in a tale written by the author as a 10-year-old girl. Fan fiction, 80s nostalgia, and the imagination of a child combine to form a story that’s equal parts baffling and brilliant – and dangerous for anyone living through it firsthand. But as the world evolves and the story matures, author and villain grow closer to solving the mystery of how their lives have always been connected. The lines between fantasy and reality, past and future, villain and heroine, blur in a spectacular journey through a fantasy world.

It begins as innocent fun. Tempting, enchanting...even, at times, sweet. It doesn’t take long, however, before things change. You feel yourself being lured. A haunting - or haunted - voice whispers your name in the darkest of hours. Seduces you. Entices you. Beckons you. You’re addicted...and there’s no turning back. In this collection of 20 stories, Brandon Ford takes the listener on an extended journey, one that begins in a sun-kissed meadow and ends in a shadowed wood, where razor-clawed creatures prey.

When twenty-four-year-old journalist Annie meets the world-famous Jon Davies, she agrees to become his muse. Little does she know that in helping the reclusive artist deal with his issues, she is stirring up a hornet’s nest that threatens to destroy them both. Can two broken souls be stronger than one?

Veteran Detective DCI Jonah Porter is frustrated at being sent home from work to sit out the COVID-19 lockdown at home. To occupy his mind - and give him some peace from his complaints - his friend, Bernie, suggests that he writes his memoirs. So Jonah delves deep into the past to revisit his very first murder investigation: a case from 1982, when Margaret Thatcher was still fighting the unions and the Greenham Common women were campaigning to stop cruise missiles being based on UK soil.

The Deeper Magic summons you below the surface of life into a passionate vision for family, a heavenly family, both at home and within the church. It calls you to lead, parent, and disciple differently, uniquely, with every fiber touched by gospel freedom.

Ana Derel was never meant to be a knight protector. She was never meant to be a squire. She was supposed to marry well and raise sons who would become knight protectors. Ana had other plans. After years of hard work, Squire Ana Derel has earned the respect of her peers. She's a crack shot and lethal with a blade. She's weeks away from earning her own knighthood.

Their plans to survive the end of humanity were meticulous. Thorough. Flawed. They landed back on Earth hundreds of years after their expected return, and now the planet they once called home is unrecognisable. Warring tribes threaten their very survival, and members of Sierra team and Dr. David Anderson must work with their now-sentient AI to find a way to live peacefully with the survivors of the African facility.

Their plans to survive the end of humanity were meticulous. Thorough. Flawed. They landed back on Earth hundreds of years past their expected return, and now the planet they once called home is unrecognisable. Warring tribes threaten their survival, and members of Sierra team and Dr David Anderson must work with their now sentient AI to find a way to live peacefully with survivors of the African facility. But a greater threat than the power struggle between humans presses in, and they must choose sides to protect themselves from the terrifying plague sweeping over the continent.

Falling in love with someone is truly a beautiful experience. Especially during the magical holiday season. Warm your heart with a tranquil horseback ride through the wintry countryside, where the starry sky is filled with brilliant lights and the landscape is covered in a layer of snow. Inside, it is covered in twinkling lights, decked with stockings and holiday spreads dreamed up by the town folk of Crystal Creek. Love had filled the air during the harvest festivities. Has the winter chill cooled those feelings? Did the ranch open, without a hitch, after a romantic issue surfaced?

A best friends to lover romance. Willow: I did it. I fell in love with my best friend. Should I mention he’s a player? So, I make a proposition - we be friends with benefits. Surely, it won’t backfire. Rider: I’m in a motorcycle club and my best friend is a girl. She wants to be friends with benefits. I want forever. Somehow, someway, I’m going to convince her how good love can be between friends.

The lazy-hazy days of summer give way to shorter days and endless views of vibrant colors during the town’s harvest festivities. Crystal Creek High kicks off the season’s opening game while seniors, Cassidy and Kaitlyn prepare for the horse show, a cheating boyfriend, and saddle up for a promposal to the homecoming dance. Love's in the air as the festivities begin. Equine therapist, Dr. Pam Whitfield, arrives at the ranch on the day of Raine and Luke’s engagement party and meets a local farmer in attendance.

Today, our Mother Earth is giving us a timeout to go to our corners and think about what we have done, and she is compelling us to wake up and to remember that we are all connected from the global markets and economies to the air we inhale and exhale. One day, we will realize that there is nothing more important in the world than knowing that each of us has a gift and that we are all here to support each other to fulfill that gift.

From the frozen prison planets to the glistening streets of Central, corruption and cruelty are tearing the Tribari Empire apart. Four unlikely heroes find themselves on a collision course as they work to save their worlds. If they can’t find a way to bridge their differences, there may be no empire left to protect.

Mike Majlak was a 17-year-old from a loving middle-class family in Milford, Connecticut, when he got caught up in the opioid epidemic that swept the nation. For close to a decade thereafter, his life was a wasteland of darkness and despair. While his peers were graduating from college, buying homes, getting married, having kids, and leading normal lives, Mike was snorting Oxycontin, climbing out of cars at gunpoint, and burying his childhood friends.

Saint: They call me Saint. But I'm not one. I've always lived life by my rules and my own moral code. What I did may have put me behind bars, but I don't regret it. At least not until I met her. She's the one. And my past is the one thing that may destroy our future. Cat: The MC found me. They gave me a job and I'm under their protection. But right when I start to feel safe again is when I find out there's nothing that can protect my heart.