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Troy Duncan has just two worries on his mind: how he is going to give his two young children and fiancé a Christmas they deserve and whether his job at a struggling restaurant will last through the winter. As he leaves work early on another slow night, he runs into something that changes his life forever. Cleveland Police Officer Marc Baldwin has been on the job for more than two decades, risking his life every day to keep the city streets safe for others. One cold night in December, he gets a routine call to break up drug activity, but what happens there is anything but routine.

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.

With racial tension dividing a small Mississippi town, what happens when one by one, white residents awaken to find themselves with skin pigmentation as dark as those they despise? In the small town of St. Molasses, Mississippi, the town was so small, there was only one library, one school, one pharmacy, and only one major grocery store. If one wished to visit a museum, shopping mall, night club or movie theater, they’d have to travel a couple miles over to the city of Marmalade to do so. Like most small rural towns, everybody knew everybody.

Asher Wright has spent his career creating and concocting the perfect dishes and is about to open his very own restaurant. Life is good. His love life, however, is far from cooking! He hasn’t thought about Lucy Gray in years—not since they both graduated, reeling from the shocking loss of her then boyfriend and his best friend Kris, who tragically died at 18. So when he witnesses the breakdown of her wedding in all its humiliating glory—old wounds and long-buried emotions resurface.

Confident and determined, video vixen Koreen Wilson has it all: money, fame, supportive friends, a loving daughter, and an adoring fiancé. What happens when Koreen continues to risk it all to for her insatiable sexual appetite? Meet Koreen's closest friends: Ivonka Roux is the finest attorney money can buy. With her 38th birthday looming, Ivonka is desperate to find Mr. Right and start a family...even if it means ignoring red flags.

Before she was KoKo, she was "Koreen the Dream". This mini prequel flashes back to KoKo's earlier years as the hottest urban video vixen and reality star, as listeners witness the demise of Koreen Wilson's reality show. This book includes a preview of book one, KoKo: A Novel.

Float: A Guide to Letting Go seeks to encourage children to process their emotions gently and in a way that allows them purposeful ownership of what they think and how they feel. It will aid them in identifying the root of their feelings, help them to examine their reactions to emotions and decide for themselves what they may be ready to release.

I'm Kira Fairwood, rogue kitsune and couch-surfer extraordinaire. Three months after disowning my pack, I'm still trying to find a way home. Then a way home finds me. All I have to do is follow the advice of a murderer, trespass on an enemy alpha's territory, and nab a stranger who shares my fox heritage. Thom thinks it's a terrible idea, but he puts his not-quite-pack on the line to help anyway. Now, if I fail, I'll drag my new friends down with me. What could possibly go wrong?

I'm Kira Fairwood, fox shifter and reluctant heir to a cut-throat old werewolf. As this week's annoyance, he forces me to attend a series of contests that often turn bloody.

Eine mysteriöse Nachricht von "X" führt Simon Thorn und seine Freunde nach Australien. Dort müssen sie den verschwundenen Raubstein finden, der den Erben der Animox ihre Kräfte nimmt. Doch Simons Bruder Nolan, der sich in der Zwischenzeit dem Imperium angeschlossen hat, versucht mit allen Mitteln, sie aufzuhalten. Kann Simon Thorn die Welt der Animox auch dieses Mal retten und den abtrünnigen Nolan davon überzeugen, ihnen zu helfen?

Memphis Sullivan thought he was coming to Blissville to help his cousin out, but instead, he gained three meddlesome females, a tribe, and a permanent home. More than a year later, he owns a popular comic book and vinyl record store and doesn't think his life could get any better. That all changes when the star of his favorite television show and bad-boy fantasies rides into town and spices up his vanilla world.

Shark Alarm! Einfach abenteuerlich, was Simon und seine Freunde erleben. Diesmal führt es sie in die Tiefen des Pazifischen Ozeans, in die Stadt der Haie! Hier suchen sie unter großen Gefahren das zweite Stück der mächtigen Waffe des Bestienkönigs, und sie finden deren wahren Ursprung und den Grund für ihre Zerstörung. Simon bekommt Zweifel: Ist es wirklich richtig, die Teile wieder zusammenzufügen? Oder bringt er sich und die ganze Welt von Animox damit in allergrößte Gefahr?

Romeo Bradly and Julius Shepherd moved to Blissville for the same reason: a fresh start. Romeo was looking for a school district where he could make a real impact in the lives of students and faculty, and Julius was eager to teach one of his passions to the best and brightest. But the sleepy little town offered them much more than they'd bargained for - quirky people, unlikely friendships, and an all-consuming attraction that turns them inside out.

In 2010 Tony Hsieh was introduced to many as a visionary modern business leader. Under Hsieh's leadership, Zappos became the world's largest online shoe company by championing satisfied customers and a valued workforce. After his company was purchased by Amazon, Hsieh turned his energies and considerable fortune toward a much larger goal: building a new and more socially conscious Silicon Valley in the heart of downtown Las Vegas, all within his five-year plan.

Every morning, I wake up with no knowledge of who I am, except for a few strange quirks: I prefer old-fashioned dresses that button to my chin. I can shift into the form of a fox at will. And a werewolf who's equal parts magnetic and terrifying keeps following me around. Then the human coworker who helps me gloss over my amnesia goes missing just as a werewolf power struggle erupts around us. To rescue Rosa and protect myself, I must team up with the very alpha whose existence represents my greatest fears and desires.

At some point in life, every woman struggles with feelings of insecurity and inadequacy. Whether fueled by a culture of makeover shows, by the lingering memories of mean girls, or by events and regrets much more wounding to the soul, our thoughts can become so conditioned by self-doubt that it's often the primary lens through which we view ourselves or expect to be viewed by others. But what if we could rewrite the narrative? What if we could exchange our uncertainty for an abiding confidence? And what if in unearthing our worth, we uncovered our purpose as well?

Empathy-squashing drugs have sent shifter society into a tailspin. Only one person is innocuous enough to infiltrate the culprit's pack: Ember Wilder-Young, packless wolf and expert baker. Unfortunately, cupcakes alone aren't sufficient to soften her new employer's heart. Instead, Ember is faced with an impossible dilemma. Will she risk the lives of shifters everywhere by rejecting her boss's offer of pharmaceutical initiation into the pack? Or will she imbibe the very drugs she's been sent to wipe out and lose her own humanity? Find out in this conclusion to the Wolf Legacy quartet.

When Cady Davenport's husband-to-be hits the road for the upcoming presidential election, Cady realizes she’s on her own - and that her dream life might not be all she’d imagined. Until she finds herself thrust straight into the heart of the most influential inner circle in Washington, DC: the campaign widows. As friends, they’re an unlikely group - a fabulous Georgetown doyenne; a speechwriter turned mommy blogger; an artsy website editor; and a First Lady hopeful who’s not convinced she wants the job. But they share one undeniable bond: their spouses are all out on the trail during a hotly contested election season.

We’re three girls with our own unique vibes, but somehow, we just get each other. Work struggles? We’ve lived them. Relationship drama? Oh, we have stories. Friendships, life’s chaos, and those “Did that really just happen?!” moments—we’re talking about it all, unfiltered and unbothered. Basically, we’re your new favorite group chat in podcast form. You’ll laugh, you’ll gasp, and at least once, you’ll think, “Wow, that is SO me.” So grab a drink, get comfy, and let’s talk—just Between Us Girls.

The Manage Her™ is a podcast that makes the invisible work of women visible—and redefines it as powerful, skilled leadership. Hosted by entrepreneur and mother of six Aimee Rickabus, each episode creates space for women to feel seen, supported, and inspired to lead with clarity and strength.