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A late-night attack at her home convinces Cora Walsh that starting over in witness protection is her only choice. What Cora doesn’t know is that the tough, no-nonsense FBI agent who swoops in to protect her is not who he says he is. In fact, he’s the last man she should trust.

David fell off a stepladder and broke a coffee cup. It was not just a coffee cup that experienced change that day. The fall somehow linked David to a telepathic alien race, far across the Universe. From that day on, not only was David’s life changed, but so were the aliens.

Unlike his friends in the Savage Kings MC, Abel Giovanni has no plans to get hitched. He enjoys his bachelor lifestyle, even if the string of one-night stands doesn’t fill the void inside of him. What he wants he knows he can’t have, so why waste time thinking about it, right? Cory Collins isn’t trustworthy. He’s the reason an innocent man spent two years in prison. And if Cory doesn’t learn how to stop running his mouth soon, Abel’s going to send him back to college black and blue - before he has a chance to try and make amends for the past.

It’s 1923, and at Thistlecrook House, a forbidding home on the Scottish border, the roaring '20s seem not to have arrived. But Simon Christie has - a young man who can’t believe his luck when he gets a job cataloguing the infamous art collection of the Mordrake family. Yet from the moment he gets off the train at the deserted village station he can’t shift a headache and a sense that there’s more to the house and its gruesome selection of pictures.

My name is El, and I live in a quiet southern town where the most exciting thing that happens is Friday night football and the Harvest Moon Festival. That is…until I learn that the three women who raised me have been lying to me all my life. I thought I was an orphan. I thought my aunts loved and respected me enough to always tell me the truth.

Although I did not live through the Second World War, I think I gained an idea of what life was like for my parents during that time. This book is an attempt to pass on my understanding of their experiences. Details of the stories have been recreated to the best of my memory, but are often creatively enhanced, and fictitious characters have been included to support the telling of my parents’ stories.

After mom's death, it's just me and my dad running the family pub - and I've got big plans for it once dad retires. But everything changes when he shows up in the middle of the night. Daniel Kelly. When he tells me he's back for good, I have half a mind to throw his arrogantly handsome arse out and send him back to Dublin. But his visit isn't just a coincidence. No, it's very much intentional. Because our parents have been conspiring, and it seems that Daniel is back...for me.

As Aiden and Caylin prepare for their Valentine’s Day wedding, Aiden is given some sage advice. Before he can truly give Caylin the beautiful future she deserves, he must willingly let go of his personal demons and allow them to remain buried where they belong, in the past. If he doesn’t, he will continue to second-guess himself and never fully believe he is worthy of the happiness they share. With pencil in hand and a blank journal in front of him, Aiden begins to write the story of his life spanning from the moment he was created up to his present.

Lucian must do what no mage has ever done before: Escape the Mad Moon. But between frayed mages, violent monsters, and the hostile environment, that may prove impossible. Wandering the brutal surface, every breath is a fight for survival. And things only get worse when Lucian receives visions from the so-called Sorceress-Queen of Psyche, whose Psionic Magic is second to none. Teaming up with a dedicated captain, a frayed mage, and a former Mage-Knight of Dara, Lucian sets off on a quest across Psyche. He needs a way off the moon for good.

Featuring popular tales such as Cinderella, Snow White, Belle, Tom Thumb, and Thumbelina - this audiobook contains versions of popular fairy tales by the famed Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, who gathered the oral traditions and set the juggernaut that is the modern fairy tale in motion, or so some argue. Along with some interesting Hans Christian Andersen stories - and some from the American tradition by the likes of Baum - we have here the children’s poetry of Stevenson, Lear, and Howitt, among others, plus a few gems cherry-picked to delight and entertain!

Want to get those difficult colleagues off your back and restore your sanity? NYU psychology professor Tessa West shows you how. Tessa West has helped thousands of people resolve their most pressing workplace issues. And now she draws on a decade of original research to profile classic workplace archetypes. She digs deep into the inner workings of each bad apple, exploring their motivations and insecurities and offers clever strategies for stopping each type of jerk in their tracks.

Norah Simons’s summer road trip is going to be absolutely perfect. She’s leaving California for the first time in her life. She’s interviewing at her dream college (the place for future video game animators). And she’s reconnecting with her childhood friend, Skyler Hutton—the boy who taught her to draw, the boy she’s never forgotten about after all these years. What could go wrong? Cue the RV filled with three siblings, two moms, one bathroom, and years of memories, and suddenly this trip isn’t quite the vacation Norah was hoping for.

Die Kleine Weihnachtsschmökerei entführt ins Winterweihnachtswunderland. Sie enthält ein Best-of bekannter und neuer Geschichten und Gedichte der Weihnachtsautorin Sally West - zum Schmunzeln, zum Nachdenken, zum Träumen und Erinnern. Geschichten über turbulente Weihnachtseinkäufe mit unerwartetem Ausgang gehören ebenso dazu wie Erzählungen von magischen Christbäumen, Feen oder wunderlichen Eichhörnchen.

Helena is struggling to deal with a shocking twist in her unconventional personal life when someone kills her friend and employee. To catch the witches or warlocks responsible, Helena and the police will need to seek the help of an expert in magic - her old flame. It’s been 19 years since Helena has seen Emery’s father Aiden. She thought it would be a happy reunion for her and Aiden as they work together to solve the murder, but she is sadly mistaken. Aiden turns out to be yet another complication in her life.

You Don’t Know Us Negroes is the quintessential gathering of provocative essays from one of the world’s most celebrated writers, Zora Neale Hurston. Spanning more than three decades and penned during the backdrop of the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, Montgomery bus boycott, desegregation of the military, and school integration, Hurston’s writing articulates the beauty and authenticity of Black life as only she could.

I don’t know how I got roped into going on a double blind date with my best friend, but here I am, reluctantly surrounded by candlelight and the scent of garlic, when I’d rather be at home studying for my MCAT. I’m seconds away from bailing when my “half” of the date walks in, and my stomach drops. Because my blind date is none other than him - Nathan Phillips, the “golden boy” of our former high school. Quarterback, MVP, and everyone’s secret - and not so secret - crush. But to me, he was just one of the merciless jocks who teased me relentlessly.

Spooky, scary, otherworldly, magical. You can find all kinds of stories in this collection of haunting cat stories for children. And if you think the perfect solution to a frightening dilemma or phantom is a kitty or two, well, you might just be right.

Being a modern witch is as natural as breathing. You are born magical - but are you using your magic? This is not your ordinary audiobook! Have you ever wanted to learn how to be more physic or manifest things you want at will? Do you wonder what chakras, astrology, crystal balls, and candle magic is all about? People all over the world are learning the joy of intention and working with nature to create a life they love filled with magick! I'll show you easy ways to weave the art and the science of witchcraft into your life every day to make you happier, healthier, and ultra-powerful.

When you grow up, bullies are supposed to be a thing of the past. A part of your childhood that you never fully recover from as you escape into the "so-called" real world. And after college graduation, I thought I’d escaped them. But I was wrong. Because the company I've committed to, the company that can ignite my career and change my life, belongs to him. Joseph Ryker. The bully from high school who punished me for my older sister’s sins. Because at one point, he loved her. Adored her. Worshipped her. And when she got bored, she didn’t just break his heart. No. She broke him.

Adrian West, a.k.a. the internet sensation VirtualAstro, will take you through the seasons, showing you exactly what you can spot in the sky throughout the year, whether you're in your back garden or sitting on an exotic beach somewhere! While you're learning how to spot constellations, meteors and comets, you will be switching off your busy mind, sitting still in nature and paying attention to the small details that make up the big picture of life.