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There are some things in this world that can't be stopped. Like progress, a moving train, and the American Dream. When the bigwigs in Washington decide to build a transcontinental railroad to the West Coast, they need a man who's just as unstoppable to clear a path through Mexican territory. That man is Jamie MacCallister. Jamie knows it's a tough job. The territory is overrun with Apaches. The Apaches are gunning for a fight. And the first patrol sent in by the president has already been ambushed, kidnapped, and most likely killed.

Junior year has come for the remaining students of Melbrook Hall, and it promises to be the most difficult one yet. With one of their own gone and another under serious investigation, none of the former Powereds knows how many days remain for them in the Hero Certification Program.

Four years ago, Jackson Allen’s life got turned upside down. Now, to even have a fighting chance at a future, he has to graduate from Excalibur University, one of the two colleges in the nation that accepts mutants. To make matters worse, Jackson doesn’t have any mutant powers, making him the neon-green sheep among a flock of society’s black sheep. Follow Jackson’s journey as he struggles with his mental health, fitting in, and solving New Landing’s latest mystery.

On a cold, lonely Christmas Eve, 15-year-old Dovie Ellis gives birth to a baby girl she names Christmas. Lost and afraid in the world, Dovie flees, abandoning her child that very same night.

After Samantha and Raza took care of the Kruul scout, we thought we’d be safe on this new planet. But we were wrong. And when the Kruul who have been hunting us show up en masse and take the Zivonians and the human women captive—only Tyrek and I manage to escape.

Set against the alluring Cotswolds countryside, the Hamptons series offers an intoxicating blend of intrigue and romance.

Cass lives an enviable life: a successful career, two great kids, and a handsome husband. Then an email from her husband’s mistress, Emma, brings the façade of perfection crumbling around her, setting off a chain of events where buried secrets come back to haunt her.

As a prank, five young men, encouraged by her brother, proposed to Kate Montgomery. No harm done, except that it reminded some in the country neighborhood that Kate had also refused the suit of the Earl of Winterton’s brother—but then surprisingly accepted a legacy from him when he died in the Peninsula.

Dr. Hannah Bryers, anthropology professor and forensics expert at the prestigious Mad River University, takes pleasure in examining corpses, but small talk and living people fill her with dread. When she’s not teaching, she analyzes the decomposing flesh of murder victims around the globe.

From Florida Gothic horror author Wendy Dalrymple comes a collection of 13 terrifying tales centering the female experience. From doting mothers to twisted girl scouts, unsuspecting lovers and vengeful young women, Strange Little Ghouls explores the darkest parts of our hearts and minds.

The Corin Valley massacre took everything from Star, and she hoped to never return to that place. Life, it seems, has other ideas. Six months after leaving Farlane, the unlikely alliance with the spellbinder Djihira finds Star in Corinda, Another of the Five Kingdoms. Even if her mere existence there is illegal, she’s determined to help Shade expose a blood mage. There’s just one small wrinkle, in order to get to the capitol, Star must pass through Corin Valley. The place she’s tried so hard to forget.

The Next Big Idea Club, August 2023 Must-Read Book In 2016, scientists proved that humans could see light at the level of a single photon. We are living in historic times when humans may look at the very fabric of the universe in a laboratory setting. Around the world, other recent discoveries...

The games are over. The war is here. Does humanity have a chance against the gods? Five men and women venture to another universe to find beings whose power gives them abilities they can’t imagine. Their leader? The greatest warrior produced since Prometheus: Achilles. Young, untested, but with unbridled potential, will his raw talent be enough? Can Achilles fight gods and turn back the tide of fate for the entire universe? Or will he be crushed like an ant beneath the feet of beings who can walk the stars? Humanity comes face-to-face with their creators.

Become body literate with Breasts: An Owner's Guide, the first volume in an enlightening series that democratises health for new generations of readers. Breasts is an informative, practical, and engaging introduction to understanding, enjoying and caring for one of our most mythologised and objectified body parts. This conversation-starting audiobook focuses on breasts through the lived experience, revealing essential things to know right now and tomorrow.

It’s a matter of time before the enemy attacks. One brother has vowed his protection. The other reaffirmed his hatred of me. Yet they both want me. But things are changing between us. And something is unraveling inside me. An event too terrible clawing its way into my consciousness. And those memories may be the thing to undo us all.

I never imagined my first trip to Italy would be to bury my father. But there I was in the beautiful cathedral, alone, with my father’s casket and a handful of soldiers to keep me safe. It didn’t occur to me that anyone would disrupt the sanctity of the church. Would march in, weapons in hand, and turn my world upside down. But the Caballero brothers have no regard for the church and even less for my family.

Your Bones contains everything you need to know for healthy bones in one book, providing scientifically based advice which highlights natural prevention and treatment strategies. This updated and expanded edition includes many new studies on the dangers of the bisphosphonate drugs and an in depth discussion of two new drugs with potential adverse effects. Also new: more information on bone-busting patent medicines, calcium supplementation options, strontium, vitamin K2, and zinc as well as a section on bone-building exercise.

If you are considering buying this book, let me be honest with you: It has taken me 26 years to write it. This book began when my father died. I had a nudging in my heart and spirit to tell my story. Like most of us, we start and stop so many things in life. I started and stopped so many times because I was questioning myself. My first thoughts were who would want to listen to it and would anyone buy it. It started with the loss of my dad on January 11, 1995, and that all changed when my mother passed on January 18, 2021.

Willow Bernard has taken a lot of hits in her 22 years but always manages to come back swinging. Hoping to fly under the radar for a change, she relocates to Green Valley. Her strategy works until one fateful phone call initiates a series of events that shakes up her quiet existence.

Long-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure. Truckers have long valued the independence of their work, sharing a strong occupational identity rooted in a tradition of autonomy. Yet these workers increasingly find themselves under many watchful eyes. Data Driven examines how digital surveillance is upending life and work on the open road, and raises crucial questions about the role of data collection in broader systems of social control.