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Jenny is the story of Jenny Winge, a talented Norwegian painter who lives a free and independent life in Rome. Betraying her own ideals, she has an affair, resulting in a child out of wedlock, and decides to raise the child on her own. Undset gives a gripping portrayal of a woman struggling towards fulfillment and independence, who at the same time wrestles with mental problems. It is written with unflinching honesty, which makes her story as compelling today as it was nearly a century ago.

Inspired to extend a helping hand to ambitious women working in corporate America, a veteran executive offers honest, practical, slightly irreverent advice about navigating companies that are run and populated predominately by men: how to interpret their sometimes surprising behavior, avoid common mistakes, flourish with the good guys, deal with the bad guys, and nurture a wonderful, satisfying career in a non-traditional role.

Ashley Dunne is a bad boy, a notorious member of Dublin’s most ruthless gang. But when privileged daddy’s girl Ryan Mahony finds herself living on an urban estate they control, she can’t help feeling he’s not that bad at all. Ryan and Ash were never meant to cross paths: she’s always been sheltered by her successful barrister father. But when he’s unexpectedly sent to prison, she’s forced to move in with estranged relatives in the city, where a chance encounter with Ash sends sparks flying.

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are unabridged and have been rewritten for younger audiences. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and...

More than 2,000 years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of history's most iconic figures. Why does his story fascinate us? Is the version we know and are taught entirely truthful? Was he simply a ruthless general who became a hated tyrant? Or an unlikely savior of a decaying Rome? Would Western Civilization be the same without him? Is his greatness an exaggeration? This book explores all those questions through the telling of his life and accomplishments, along with discussions of the views of historians and others through the centuries following his life.

Edie. My boyfriend is in a coma. And all we know is that there’s dark magic behind it. If we don’t figure out how to break him out, he could be comatose forever. Could the cursed Ancient Egyptian mummy who just woke up be the key to his freedom? Niamh. I need to break the curse, but I also need to pay the bills. I’m pretty sure they won't accept ‘my best friend has been cursed’ as an excuse to default on the mortgage. Working on a building site isn’t my favourite thing to do, but it’s easy money. Or at least, I thought it was. Until I walked head-first into a poltergeist.

Social Media Marketing for Beginners provides a clear, practical roadmap for building your presence across today's most important social platforms.

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The Complete AI & ChatGPT Marketing System shows you how to integrate artificial intelligence into digital and social media marketing to work smarter, reach more people, and build sustainable online income streams.

The annual human sacrifices are all that is stopping the Astral Spirits from killing mortals without limit.Selected by the Honored Saint, Lesadia Eiderstone will be among the many to appease the Astral Spirits this year. However, when her father offers himself in her stead, he charges her to not...

Highly acclaimed by critics, The Foreign Student is the story of a young Korean man, scarred by war, and the deeply troubled daughter of a wealthy Southern American family. In 1955, a new student arrives at a small college in the Tennessee mountains. Chuck is shy, speaks English haltingly, and...

We're living in a new era of storytelling, where AI tools like ChatGPT are revolutionizing the writing process. Now, any writer—including YOU—can harness this technology to produce high-quality fiction without the same creative drain. Most authors haven't yet tapped into this potential—which is where you can gain a massive advantage in today's competitive market.

After a series of relationships where I've been made to feel inadequate because of my asexuality, I've made the sole focus of my life my coaching career. I love hockey—the chill of the ice, the fast-paced, high-stress game. I love the fans and the atmosphere. The energy. Now that I'm coaching in the NHL, I feel a sense of serenity and comfort with life. All that's left is to get my team to the Stanley Cup. The frustration that my boys feel echoes through me, and after one of the most horrible plays I've ever witnessed, I turn my back on the ice—only to catch his eyes.

What can the Grateful Dead teach us about impermanence, interconnection, and the quest for meaning? Dead Dharma: The Grateful Dead and the American Quest for Transcendence explores how the Grateful Dead and their cultural orbit became unlikely guides for America's spiritual journey. Blending...

Strider is content to die...After 50 years, his revenge is complete and his purpose fulfilled. When a teenager steals the Hunter's sword, his wolf companion Greer sees a way to help them both: in convincing Strider to escort the girl home safely, there's hope his friend might find the will to keep on living —to keep on fighting. But this is no ordinary job. His young employer is deeply entangled in a dark plot that threatens her and her fiefdom. Strider must employ his magic and battle training to ensure their survival against soldiers and mercenaries out to claim their bounty.

At the center of Willowcross Forest stands the Peace Market, a circle of wooden stalls where animals have traded nuts, herbs, cloth-grass, honey, tools, and stories for generations. No creature owns the market, and every species depends on it. But after a season of shortages, missing baskets, false accusations, and secret bargains, the old trust begins to collapse. Sellers refuse customers from rival neighborhoods, guards favor their friends, and the market that once joined the forest becomes the place most likely to divide it.

What if you could walk into any room, read the situation instantly, and respond in a way that earns respect, trust, and influence? Social Power is your practical guide to mastering the invisible rules that shape every interaction. Whether you're dealing with clients, colleagues, friends, or strangers, your ability to navigate social dynamics determines your outcomes more than talent alone. Most people struggle not because they lack intelligence, but because they don't fully understand how people think, react, and make decisions in social settings.

Still, Maine is the raw, restless record of a solo journey to Portland, Maine—cobblestones and all—written by a woman who knows this city holds something no other place on earth can give her. In poems that move between wry humor and aching grief, every step of the trip is measured not in miles, but in tears, laughter, and the kind of longing that doesn’t have a clean ending.

Roastwood Hollow’s annual Brew Festival is supposed to be all craft beer, fresh coffee, and small-town fun. For coffee roaster Clementine Matthews, it’s the perfect chance to debut her new cold brew recipe. Then a body is found on a nearby park trail. With the festival in full swing and the short-staffed local police stretched thin, Clementine can’t help but wonder if the victim came from the crowd, and if the killer did too.

His name is Morris. He’s a son and a father, a mentor, a protector and a leader. He’s there—past, present and future. But what did the story look like from his viewpoint? Ride the winding loop of time again through the events you know and see them from the unique perspective of the direct descendant of Roxy and Levi.