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Blink is a collection of poems exploring the relationship between time, language and emotion. In one breath, we describe aeons of complex existence; in another, we delve into the richness of our most private thoughts and feelings. In a life which seems limited by the constant ticking of time, is...

"When Rose Henderson steps off the train at the Harrisville Depot, she is confident that she can make a new start as a hatmaker and create a home for herself as far away from her father and his plans for her as possible. But when she meets the man who has promised to marry her, she suddenly finds her plans beginning to unravel. With barely any money to her name and an unstable future ahead of her, will Rose be able to find a place for herself in Harrisville, or will she have to succumb to her father’s will instead?

Step into enchanted forests, moonlit castles, hidden cottages, and kingdoms where courage and kindness can change everything. Fairy Tale Stories brings together twelve beloved classics: Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Snow White...

Daisy Gibson and Kevin Miller have been rivals since childhood, locked in years of pranks, arguments, wounded pride, and unfinished feelings neither of them knew how to name. When Daisy runs from a cold business engagement and her father’s control, Kevin appears at her Vancouver apartment with money, wine, and a question that changes everything: marry him instead. What begins as a contract marriage meant to protect Daisy from family pressure soon becomes harder to keep on paper only.

HIS WICKED HANDS MADE ME SINHe buried his past. Now it’s come back to claim him. A quiet morning at a café shatters when a silent girl delivers a mysterious envelope, inside, a serpent sigil tied to Ben Wells’ father… and coordinates leading back to Benin. The symbol isn’t just a memory, it’s a warning. One Ben and Kemi barely escaped once. Drawn back to the jungle’s forgotten heart, they follow a trail of ancient myths, hidden markers, and a lost Vessel guarding secrets the world tried to erase. But they’re not alone. Something is watching. Waiting. Testing.

Rowan has spent his whole life being overlooked. At twenty-two, he works the graveyard shift at a lonely gas station, goes home to an empty apartment, and keeps careful lists just to prove he existed through another day. Then something in the dark begins watching him. A shadow in the storage room. A voice that knows his name. Cold fingers against his skin when no one is there. Rowan should be terrified. Instead, for the first time in his life, he feels seen.

An ancient king's friendship, loss, and search for immortality unfold across the twelve tablets of one of the world's earliest surviving epics. This unabridged listener edition is based on the 1928 English translation by R. Campbell Thompson and excludes scholarly notes and apparatus...

本作は心温まる日常の小さな瞬間を描いた短編小説を通じて自然な英語表現を耳から身につけることができる語学学習向けオーディオブックです列車の遅延から生まれる音楽のひとときや屋上で育まれる住人同士の交流窓辺に現れる路地の猫との静かなふれあいなど魅力的なストーリーが多数収録されています主な特徴日英の交互ナレーション: すべての物語は英語の音声と日本語の翻訳が交互に流れる構成になっています生きた英語のリスニング: 実生活を舞台にした物語を音声で楽しむうちに日常英会話でそのまま使える自然なフレーズや発音が身につきます初級者にも安心: 比較的平易で理解しやすい単語や文法表現が選ばれており初心者向けリスニング教材として最適です文脈の中で単語や文法を音声から捉えるトレーニングになるため楽しみながら英語のリスニング力を飛躍的に高めることができます通勤や家事など日々のスキマ時間を活用したながら聴き学習にぴったりな一作であなたの語学体験をより豊かにします

He wanted power. He didn't expect to be owned. Kael lost everything the night his brother died. Now he wants revenge. And he'll do anything to get it. Even make a deal with something he doesn't understand.

He built his life on control. Then met the one man who could break it. Caleb Ward doesn’t bend. Not for temptation. Not for desire. Not for sin. Then he meets Julian Blackwood. Unapologetic. Unrestrained. The kind of man who doesn’t push—he waits. And Caleb starts to crack. What begins as tension becomes something darker. Something harder to fight. Because the more Caleb resists…the more he wants. And the more Julian watches…the less Caleb remembers why he ever tried to run.

He was never meant to be noticed. So why can’t he look away now? Eli built his life on staying invisible. Safe. Quiet. Untouched. Until one night changes everything. Because someone notices. And he doesn’t just look—he takes. What should have been a mistake becomes something else. Something addictive. Something Eli can’t stop wanting. Even when he knows he should. Because this isn’t about love. It’s about control. Surrender. And the moment you realize you don’t want your freedom back.

He knew what obsession looked like. He just didn’t expect to become it. Adrian has seen what happens when love turns into control. He promised himself he’d never fall into it. Then he meets Silas. Calm. Controlled. The kind of man who doesn’t chase—because he doesn’t have to. Adrian steps closer anyway. At first, it feels like attention. Then it feels like gravity. Because Silas doesn’t take. He pulls. Slowly. Carefully. Until leaving doesn’t feel like an option anymore. And by the time Adrian realizes what’s happening…He’s already too deep.

He was never supposed to survive. He definitely wasn’t supposed to be wanted. Kai learned early how to disappear. Stay quiet. Stay small. Stay safe. But someone sees him. Not the version the world tolerates—the real one. And once he’s seen…he isn’t allowed to leave. What starts as protection becomes something else. Something heavier. Something that tightens instead of loosens. Because this isn’t the kind of love that heals. It’s the kind that watches. Waits. And decides you belong to it. And Kai? He might not want to be saved anymore.

Angus Patterson has a problem. Actually, he has several problems. He's unemployed. His landlord is threatening eviction. His mother won't stop sending him motivational YouTube videos. And—this is the big one—when he gets nervous, he involuntarily secretes pheromones that make every woman in a five-foot radius want to climb him like a tree. Which makes job interviews... complicated.

They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer . . . but what are the rules for resisting your hot fake fiancé? Getting evicted right before the holidays wasn't on Leighton's Christmas list. Rather than inconvenience any of her friends or run home to her family in Ohio, she turns...

The nice list is overrated . . . naughty girls have more fun. It's been almost a year since Nellie traded in her sleepy Midwest town for Los Angeles. She and her sister are closer than ever, her vintage bungalow apartment by the beach is the stuff of HGTV dreams, and she's one kick-ass holiday...

From the no.1 bestseller Val McDermid: Introducing journalist Lindsay Gordon who finds herself solving a murder after a musician is killed at a concert Moments before she was due to appear on stage at school fundraising gala, star cellist Lorna Smith is found dead, garrotted with her own cello...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This written text was created using AI. Your mind will not switch off. You replay conversations, rehearse tomorrow's worries, and lie awake while your thoughts run in circles, exhausted before the day has even begun. Stop Overthinking Everything is a...

"Trust Deficit - A Public Policy Theory -Race & Government" is the first public policy book by Dr. Kimberli Roessing-Anderson, Ph.D. Dr. Roessing-Anderson writes about the relationship between communities of color and law enforcement. She makes the connection between law enforcement being the face of the government for underserved communities and how cases of police brutality shape the trust deficit.

Winter is the time to snuggle indoors without guilt; to curl up on the sofa with a good book or a box set, a hot drink or a wee whisky to hand. Val McDermid has always had a soft spot for winter: the bitter clarity of a crisp cold day, the vivid skies over the Firth of Forth, the crunch of frost...