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During the last 100 years, Susan B. Anthony has been one of the most venerated women in American history. In the process of becoming one of the most famous Americans of her era, Anthony’s legacy has overshadowed many of her contemporaries who were also active in the fight for civil rights. Among them, few led as interesting or progressive a life as Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, who grew up in a family that encouraged every kind of pursuit for girls and provided an educational foundation that would propel Walker in many fields. 

It’s 1968, and Cathryn Vogeley is 18, unmarried, and pregnant. With a wedding no longer an option, she decides to put her baby girl up for adoption and never think about it again. Her decision shapes the rest of her life. For decades, Cathryn allows this choice to define her value as a woman, a wife, and a mother. In every relationship, in every hobby, she searches for something or someone to soothe the constant ache in her chest created by the loss of her infant daughter. 

Exhibitionism and narcissism coupled with talent are not the sole property of modern entertainment, as some might suppose. From the beginnings of American theater and film, various personality types prone to self-intoxication by the status of their own careers have acted-out at will in their public lives. For them, there is no barrier between the professional and the private.

"C'est folie de croire que les périodes vides d'amour sont les 'blancs' d'une existence de femme", écrivait Colette, en 1937. Car c'est le temps où peut fleurir sa vie propre, saison de poèmes comme l'atteste La Naissance du jour, composée l'été de ses cinquante-quatre ans. "L'âge où s'offre, en coupe d'oubli, le dernier amour n'est-il pas plutôt celui d'inventer, hors des dépendances, sa maturité au pays du soleil ?"

A Madame de La Fayette, on ne doit pas seulement le premier roman d'analyse, mais une révolution des lettres françaises : pour la première fois, le cœur du roman, c'est la vie d'une femme, "La Princesse de Clèves" ; pour la première fois, dans la société aristocratique du XVIIe siècle, qui la réduit au silence, elle fait entendre sa voix intérieure. Au temps de Henri I, Catherine de Médicis, Diane de Poitiers miroir historique sans doute nécessaire pour risquer l'analyse qu'elle fait des mœurs de son temps - "il parut alors une beauté à la cour".

The small town of Harmony’s number-one Internet sensation is crime reporter turned blogger, Sheila Sammartino. Everything is going great for Sheila until she witnesses a newcomer to the neighborhood, Arthur Jones, murdered in the alley next to Harry’s Bagel Shop. The police are quick to call it a mugging gone wrong, but Sheila saw what she saw. With the help of her outspoken former college roommate and her handsome new next-door neighbor, she takes it upon herself to get all the answers the police refuse to look for. Who was Arthur Jones, after all? And who would want to kill him?

Many consider Ricky Yamamoto to be the island’s most competent diver, but the police think she has a few screws loose. When her morning dive is interrupted by a spinning tangle of chains, bodies, and what appears to be a truck axle, she is dragged into an international free-for-all. As authorities bicker and rumors fly, the crime crew fights to eliminate loose ends, following Ricky through WWII tunnels, on a high speed chase through the lush islands of Palau, and back to where it all began - the edge of her favorite cliff.

Paid to be taken away by her greed-ridden aunt, Charlie planned to use the situation of her forced marriage to the pirate captain's son to her advantage. Unfortunately, some plans go the way of the wind and waves, with greed and lust walking hand-in-hand.

If time heals all wounds, would five years be enough? It has been five long years since the day Lana left Blake in the dead of night with their baby growing in her belly. For five years, she has been keeping their child a secret from him. In Lana's mind, not telling Blake about the baby was for the better. Blake broke her heart, and she was sure he would break their daughter's, too. But a series of unfortunate hurdles has knocked Lana off-balance. She has no other choice but to go back to Nebraska and move back in with her aunt. Surely, Blake has left by now. 

Becoming a Woman of Substance finds Miriam Levine Butler at age 38, having had an epiphany. The Great Depression rages on and on in 1938. Her beloved son Aaron is in California, trying to be a screenwriter. She ventures out of her purgatory and goes back to her old haunt, Romany Marie’s café, where she hears about the Federal Theatre Project and its daunting director, Hallie Flanagan. This launches her new life as she returns to her early love of theater, but this time as a field investigator of drought victims in the growing fields of California.

The race against time is now in full effect as Timothy, a servant of God, finds himself in a dark place after losing nearly all of his family due to COVID-19; each of them becomes his guardian angel and begins to show him signs and wonders that the end is near. Timothy locks in on the anti-Christ, and those in power around him fight to keep the truth covered. Will the truth be revealed? Find out in the riveting novel that will keep you on your feet and leave you wanting more and more!

Between 1896 and 1922, in addition to a series of full-length novels Lucy Maud Montgomery published over 140 short stories. In general, these tales are reflective of the coming of age themes and the sylvan settings which are explored in greater detail in the novels. 

From a young age, evil pursued Alezea. Isolated with her son, who is raised to be a killer of little girls, she finds no way out. Until an old employer guides her to a holy place. There, Alezea will either fight for her own redemption or sink into total ruin. While Alezea's battle rages on, her son Thomas seeks a young woman to continue his father’s lineage. He encounters and beguiles Rachel, who soon learns of Thomas’ atrocious history. From the teachings of a young prophet, Rachel believes she can transform Thomas.

As humankind moves deeper into the Anthropocene, a period marked by climate disruption, species extinction, and profound challenges to human and animal welfare, what and how we teach our children has never been of greater importance. In this passionate, incisive, and diverse collection of 13 interconnected essays, educators at every level of education and from four continents call for a re-imagined pedagogy that embeds respect for the other-than-human world, encourages imagination and resilience, and fosters open inquiry based on principles of justice, fairness, and equity.

Attribution is a fictional novella series that brings awareness to social injustice, cybersecurity, family breakdown, and autism. The first publication of this novella series detailed 40 weeks in the life of a 14-year-old ninth grader from Atlanta who went from being a straight-A student, winning a hackathon, experiencing parental separation, and expulsion from school, to ending up as a national security threat and surviving a drone attack in a remote location in Montana.

Lazy Mazy is a fun rhyming book about a little girl who doesn’t want to go to school. She wants to play and not do any schoolwork or house chores. She is scared and doesn’t know how to deal with change or responsibilities. She is stuck in her thoughts. Lucky for her, she has someone in her life that encourages her to do the right thing. Mama Pajama is there to catch her when she messes up or is stuck.            

Scientists send a message into space seeking intelligent life. What arrives is not what they expected. As civilization is slowly destroyed, it is up to a ragtag group of friends to pull the remnants of the human race together in order to defeat the parasitic aliens....

She's running from the most embarrassing moment of her life when she finds herself smack dab in the middle of an island full of misfit old people. Danielle Wright has had an illustrious career as a nurse, but when the unthinkable happens, she has nowhere to run to get out of the gaze of prying eyes and judgmental people. When she takes a job as the nurse for Wisteria Island, she has no clue what she's agreeing to.

Enduring Childhood Abuse is a heart-wrenching and awe-inspiring story of Connie F. Webster's early life. Through this audiobook, you see her childhood and young adult life full of trials: sexual abuse at a young age, kidnapping, an unexpected teen pregnancy that ends due to an accident-induced miscarriage, a long-term relationship with a substance and alcohol abuser. Unflinchingly, she tells us her stories and what she's learned from each, helping us look for the grace to overcome our own challenges.

Here, presented in one volume, are the four stories that comprise the Filthy series, a seriously hot and provocative romance by Lucia Jordan, written in her signature style of high passion and emotion. Gabriel remembered how good she’d felt in his arms when they’d been lovers. The feel of her wildly beating pulse, her scent, her warmth. He’d left his mark on her slender throat more than once. Though he smiled and made small talk, his attention remained with the woman he’d never expected to see again. Angie is now a cop, and the bad boy is back to change her life forever.