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Father Brown: The Essential Stories brings together the finest tales of the beloved amateur detective, Father Brown - a small, unassuming priest with a remarkable knack for solving the most baffling crimes. With his quiet wisdom, sharp intuition, and deep understanding of human nature, Father Brown solves cases that baffle even the most seasoned detectives.

In The Unshakable Team, workplace culture expert Heather R. Younger offers a practical, human-centered roadmap for building teams that stay grounded, connected, aligned, and adaptive in the face of uncertainty. Drawing on original research, real-world leadership stories, and her experience facilitating more than 40,000 employee experiences, Younger shows leaders how to move beyond surface-level resilience and build true steadiness.

Enter a snowy Christmas world where classic Grimm fairy tales meet the timeless story of Christmas. A Very Merry Christmas: Grimm Tales for a Cold Winter’s Night brings together beloved stories from the Brothers Grimm with Clement Clarke Moore’s classic Christmas poem, The Night Before...

First contact was a bug. Saving humanity is going to ruin his nap schedule. For Fitzwilliam 'Fitz' Chen, the biggest bug in his life was a misplaced comma, not an intergalactic distress signal. His perfectly calibrated world of naps and minimal effort shatters when a clueless alien race, the Phlibb, mistake his smart-home glitch for a cry for help. Now, as Earth's accidental First Contact Liaison, Fitz faces the ultimate disruption: saving humanity from well-meaning cosmic chaos.

"The Young Women of Mystery Collection" brings together two of Agatha Christie's most entertaining mysteries, each led by a determined young woman whose courage and intelligence carry her into danger. In The Seven Dials Mystery, spirited Bundle Brent investigates a baffling death linked to a secretive society, fashionable parties, and a sinister conspiracy. In The Man in the Brown Suit, Anne Beddingfeld follows the trail of a mysterious stranger from London to South Africa, uncovering murder, romance, and international intrigue along the way.

When investigative journalist and Black Lives Matter activist Aurora Jenkins gets too close to the truth about sex trafficking and the unsolved disappearances of young Black, Latina, Asian American, and Indigenous women from the streets of Oakland, California, a powerful alliance of organized crime, corrupt police, and elites seek to suppress her story. Sonny Trueheart, a former Oakland Police Department homicide detective and whistleblower, burdened by alcoholism and the ghosts of his past, is called to investigate Aurora’s disappearance and the facts behind her story.

Two teenagers bound by loss find unexpected connection in this poignant coming-of-age story about healing, critical thinking, and the transformative power of friendship. Quinn Washington has learned to cope with her brother's tragic death through meditation, spirituality, and quiet solitude. Declan "Quick" Williams, haunted by his little brother's kidnapping, uses research and skepticism to avoid confronting his pain. Both are outsiders at their high school, content to remain invisible—until an innovative history project forces them to work together.

"The Whosis Kid" by Dashiell Hammett is a gritty detective story featuring the Continental Op, a hard-boiled private investigator navigating a world of crime, deceit, and shifting loyalties. The story follows the Op as he tracks down a notorious criminal known as the Whosis Kid, a slippery figure whose identity and motives remain elusive. Set against Hammett's trademark backdrop of corruption and moral ambiguity, the tale unfolds with sharp dialogue, terse prose, and a relentless pace.

"The Man in the Brown Suit" is an early, rollicking mystery by the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie. In this thriller, we follow Anne Beddingfeld, an adventurous young woman who leaves England after witnessing a mysterious death in a London Underground station. The incident draws her into a web of stolen diamonds, forged identities, political intrigue, and murder. Hoping to uncover the truth, Anne sails to South Africa, where she meets the charming Doctor Frank Chesney and the enigmatic "man in the brown suit," whose actions seem suspiciously linked to the case.

Shadows in Paradise: The Dark History of the CNMI Guest Worker Program explores one of the most overlooked chapters of modern American history. For decades, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a U.S. territory in the Western Pacific, operated a labor system that brought tens of thousands of foreign workers from countries such as the Philippines, China, Bangladesh, and others to build its economy.

The fifth and final collection of short stories featuring G.K. Chesterton's astute priest-turned-detective, Father Brown. Published in 1935, Father Brown returns once again to solve some seemingly inexplicable mysteries, each tale even more ruinous than the last. Although still modest and good humoured, Brown is forced to turn his attention to expose the scandals that lie beneath popular thought or well-to-do groups in society, prioritising moral truth above all else.

Step into three of the most beloved adventures in children’s literature in this special collection of classic fantasy. Follow Alice as she tumbles down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, where she encounters the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, and a...

In the gleaming vertical city of Eterra, beauty is not decoration—it is doctrine. White corridors curve beneath false heavens. Stars burn in mathematically perfect constellations. Every surface is polished, every voice measured, every truth sealed beneath layers of civic silence. For generations the ruling regime has hidden a living force beneath the living crust of their world: an ancient, breathing presence so vast that their ancestors chose to build an entire civilization as its cage.

Before the silence, there were whispers. Before the light, there was a scream. When paranormal investigators Brian and Rafael encounter Echo, a mysterious entity with broken wings, their fake ghost hunts become terrifyingly real. Echo's otherworldly song calls out for the missing, the forgotten, the lost—including children taken by a grieving man who has become something far more dangerous. When her arrival coincides with a string of abductions, Detective Zhou and psychic consultant Clementine join forces with Brian and Rafael to expose a monster who believes he's serving something divine.

"Zigzags of Treachery" is a hard-boiled story by Dashiell Hammett featuring his unnamed, legendary detective known as the Continental Op. The book is set in San Francisco, where the Op is hired to investigate the suspicious death of Dr. Estep, a respected surgeon with a secretive past. What begins as a murder inquiry quickly becomes a tangled case of false identities, blackmail, and shifting loyalties.

One jungle bunker. One stolen cure. One horny dino-girl to rescue. What could possibly go wrong? Raiden Stryker is half dinosaur, fully armed, and dangerously close to getting off this planet.

We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds. There is...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ella and Micha series comes a gripping story of passion, pain, and the courage to love . . . The Tempation of Lila and Ethan On the surface, Lila Summers is flawless: good looks, expensive clothes, and a big, beautiful smile. But a dark past...

Ed is having a hard time - at work, in his love life and, well, generally. Then he meets an unlikely Buddhist - who drinks and smokes and talks his kind of language. Bit by bit, things begin to change...Ed doesn't always take Geoff's advice. Or, when he does he lapses at the crucial moment. His path to understanding is not a straight one, especially as life keeps throwing more and more 'stuff' at him.

From a New York Times bestselling author comes a sexy, paranormal "rough-and-tumble adventure" (Library Journal) about a high-stakes romance between two shifters fighting for their lives. Cougar shifter Abby Carter always plays it safe. That's why she's an accountant--no excitement, no danger...