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Five mentally ill teenagers in an inpatient wilderness program during the apocalypse face not only the end of the world, but also the end of their prescriptions.

Since winning the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, Crush has become a modern classic. This twentieth-anniversary edition includes a new introduction by award-winning poet Dana Levin and a new afterword by the author.

Do you feel her call? That silent, electrifying whisper pulling you toward the crossroads of transformation? Hekate, the Queen of Witchcraft, beckons you to uncover the mysteries of your soul and ignite the divine power within.

No matter how direct Loretta is, Granville doesn't get it. He was fine when it came to burning up the sheets, but that's where their connection ends - or so she thinks. When he begins stalking her, Loretta's gorgeous girlfriend, Madison, claims she can tame any man...so Loretta dares Madison to prove she can tame Granville. But sexing Granville while she's engaged to the most eligible bachelor in Houston may cost Madison more than Loretta's bet is worth....

Slinging hotdogs may not be the most glorious side gig, but hey, if it paid for college, that’s all Emma could ask for. And let’s be real, of all the crowds in the world, what were the odds that Comic-Con would get Portalled next? Emma really should’ve known better. Once again, the universe conspires against her, and now she’s stuck in a world where the laws of physics don’t seem to apply, and even the grass is trying to kill her. She better pay close heed to the Artificial Intelligence guiding her and make some new friends fast, because out here, it’s thrive or die.

The Nameless is a short narrative that explores the modern individual's crisis of meaning, alienation, and inner transformation within a timeless narrative universe. Set in the present tense, the story follows three young characters—Hazal, Yusuf, and Mert—as they break away from their ordinary urban lives and find themselves in an unfamiliar world, where they undergo a personal transformation alongside a nameless man.

C. J. Cannatelli returns with this disturbing collection of tales to keep you up at night. In this collection, a college student is traumatized by a family heirloom, a sleepwalking man wakes up in a living hell, and many more new stories.

In the Grip of Fear is a chilling descent into the shadowy depths of love turned toxic and hope strangled by despair. It’s a story of survival, where every decision teeters on the edge of danger, and freedom feels just out of reach. As she struggles to untangle herself from the suffocating grip of her past, the haunting echoes of betrayal and violence threaten to pull her under. With every minute, the tension tightens, and the twists strike like a knife in the dark, leaving listeners breathless, questioning if escape is ever truly possible.

Law professor Myles Eaton knows a lot can happen in 10 years. A decade ago, Philadelphia’s finest bachelor was a hotshot attorney engaged to a woman he swore he’d love forever - until she left him to marry a powerful politician. The only thing more difficult than forgiving her has been forgetting the searing heat they shared. And just when Myles is sure he’s over her, Zabrina Cooper arrives back in his life. Nothing could stop Zabrina from loving Myles, not even when she was blackmailed into becoming wife - in name only - to another man....

When the unthinkable happens, and Claire Thompson's husband dies suddenly, she's left wondering how to go on. Being a wife and mother is all she's ever known. Grieving and lost, she decides to take her family for one last trip to their beach house before she's forced to put it up for sale. The house is filled with happy memories, and it seems like a great way to remember Bryan.

A fashion magazine features editor, Leah McDevitt is haunted by the memory of her cherished younger sister, Melissa, who vanished years ago. Missy, whose extraordinary eyes - one blue, one brown - may have lured her abductor to her. When Leah receives a letter from death-row inmate Raymond Lambert, she eagerly agrees to pay him the long-standing reward for information about Melissa - even if it means coming face-to-face with a notorious serial killer. But before Lambert can impart his secrets, he himself is killed.

Shaunie had beauty. Shaunie had brains. Shaunie had a successful career as a real estate agent. But Shaunie felt empty, missing out on the one thing that would make her life complete—a child. After her ex betrayed her in the worst way, she embraced life as a single woman and moved forward with making her dream of motherhood a reality.

Evenie Lewis knows this all too well. A case of mistaken identity has stolen ten years of her life. When the opportunity arises, Evenie jumps at the chance to escape once and for all. Clueless to her surroundings, she sets out to find her way back home with dreams of reuniting with her family being her motivation. Unbeknownst to her, life as she knew it has changed.

In June 1925, 23-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, retreated to a small, treeless island in the North Sea called Helgoland. It was there that he came up with one of the most transformative scientific concepts: quantum theory. Almost a century later, quantum physics has given us many startling ideas: ghost waves, distant objects that seem magically connected to each other, cats that are both dead and alive. Today our understanding of the world around us is based on this theory. And yet it is still profoundly mysterious.

With this collection of classic tales from India, you will learn about the playful, loyal, strong, loving, and wise gods, goddesses, and heroes of India. You will discover how the deity Ganesh, the remover of obstacles, got his elephant head; how the goddess Parvati won the heart of the great god Shiva; and how the goddess Ganga came to Earth from Heaven in the form of the holy Ganges River. You will discover how Krishna’s childhood as superhero and mischievous boy prepared him to fulfill his destiny as an avatar of the god Vishnu.

Meant for This is for anyone with a dream inside their heart they can’t ignore. The kind of dream that feels too big or too impossible to ever become a reality. Whether you’ve put it on the back burner for years or you’ve been working toward it your whole life, this book will breathe new life into it and create a whole new world of possibility.

Claire Fontaine is convinced that her ex-husband killed their teenage daughter all those years back and believes he’s capable of killing again. When she sees him move in with another woman, to play stepfather for a girl the same age as the one she lost, Claire tries desperately to warn the new bride of the danger her family is in. But when the woman dismisses her admonishments, she feels she must take matters into her own hands and stop the crime she failed to stop before.

In a time when many women feel lonely and isolated, Girls' Club calls us to embrace the delight and comfort that can be found in life-giving friendships with women - and to cultivate relationships that not only offer emotional affirmation and acceptance, but also inspire, educate, and stretch us to live out our God-given potential.

The way you think can have a profound effect on the way that you interact with the world around you, and this audiobook guide will show you how to think and feel your way to a better life. Having a positive mindset doesn't mean that life will always be perfect, but it does mean that you will have the skills, knowledge, and tools to cope with any situation by having a more optimistic thinking mindset in every situation. This step-by-step audiobook guide will teach you how to have a positive mindset and how to think positively all the time, no matter what life throws at you.

Author Vitale Buford spent nearly three decades of her life in the web of perfection. She was praised for being an "easy child", "pretty", and "self-motivated", so that's what she tried to be. Her need for perfection and outside success was coupled with her body-image obsession. It was also a distraction from the pain of abandonment and loneliness she experienced in her childhood. When she tied her self-worth to her external success and her appearance, her addiction to perfection was born.