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During an intimate dinner party, a cat burglar breaks into the home of A-list actor Marcus Dowling. When his wife walks in on the thief, the situation quickly teeters out of control, leaving an empty safe and a lifeless body.

Inspired by America's beloved national parks, Campfire Stories Volume II is a collection of modern prose, poetry, folklore, and more, featuring commissioned, new, and existing works from a diverse group of writers who share a deep appreciation of the natural world. While the original Campfire Stories captured many historic tales reflecting the first 100 years of the National Park Service, this completely new collection, focused on five different parks (plus two long-distance trails), depicts the parks as we know and experience them today.

Kate Chopin was an American novelist and short story writer. Scholars consider her to have been a forerunner of 20th-century feminist authors of Southern or Catholic background, such as Zelda Fitzgerald, and she is among the most recognized writers of Louisiana Creole heritage. She is best known today for her 1899 novel The Awakening.

We Write the Letters That Heal: In Spite Of is a powerful journey of ten women who have faced unimaginable challenges and emerged victorious. This book is a testament to their resilience and strength, showcasing their refusal to surrender to pain and adversity.

Are you struggling in your marriage or relationship? Do you feel like giving up when things get tough? Don't worry, you're not alone. Many couples face challenges and obstacles that can make it difficult to stay together. But with the right guidance and mindset, you can create a successful and fulfilling relationship that lasts a lifetime. In "15 Keys of a Successful Marriage," Carol Skipper shares her personal experiences and insights on what it takes to build a strong and happy marriage.

Elevate your journey to success with the "3-in-1 Bundle: Affirmations for Success" by Sophie Davis. This powerful collection is designed to help entrepreneurs, business professionals, and individuals seeking financial success harness the power of positive thinking and affirmations. Each book in this bundle provides a unique set of affirmations tailored to different aspects of success, ensuring a comprehensive approach to achieving your goals.

One cold January morning in New York City, a little boy named Daniel and his mom, Betty, are on their way to school, and as they turn the corner, the most beautiful tropical birdie appeared in front of them, singing and flying around him. It caused so much excitement Daniel felt he needed to save this little birdie. It was a tropical bird Daniel recognized from talking about different types of birds in class, and he knew the little birdie could not withstand the blistering cold for too long.

The Semper Fi Marines Collection includes three novellas of hot military love. TEASE ME: Bran Johnson finds true love with his best friend, Tess Keller. TEMPT ME: Jesse is the man who could be general, but he doesn’t want that if he can’t have Zoe Jones. TOUCH ME: Jack Johnson came back from a mission with memories he would rather forget, and he thinks Hannah Richmond can definitely help him with it.

Bran Johnson always knew he wanted to be a Marine. What makes it even better is longtime gal pal TK is now stationed at the same base. Unfortunately, Bran is having a hard time dealing with his feelings when he realizes that TK is considered a hot commodity on base. Worse, he finds himself taking a backseat to her admirers.

Life is a journey, and most people encounter experiences that change their lives. It can change for the better, or for the worst. These experiences can break them down, or build them up. What most people do not know is that it is not possible to build up until we have broken down. It takes a breaking point in life to either give up, or move forward with renowned strength.

Inside this debut collection, girlhood’s dangers echo, transmuted, in the poet’s fears for her son. A body just discovering the vastness of “want’s new acreage” is humbled by chronic illness. Epithalamion turns elegy. But this world that so often seems capricious in its cruelty also shelters apple orchards, glass museums, schoolchildren, century-old sharks; “there’s no accounting for / all we want to save, no names.” Oliver’s polyphonic gathering of speakers includes lovers and saints, painters and dead poets, a hawk and a mother.

Alien Gorgons, Federation enemies? No contest. Telepathic anti-terrorist agent David Adams can fight anything. Anything, that is, but his feelings for Genoa, the sassy, sexy spy he’s been charged with protecting. Genoa doesn’t need an intergalactic space ranger getting into her business. But, when things get out of control, she realizes there is a little more to the spy. As they race for their lives, trusting each other becomes a necessity.

Mathilda’s surprise birthday party for Kyra is thrown into chaos when Lily insists on helping and her magic causes some surprising transformations. In the Library, a dangerous magical creature gets loose and Apinya insists that the only way to stop it is for Kyra to use her Orb Magic. This brings Kyra a vision containing a clue to the location of the third Temple key.

When Jasmine Connolly's third engagement is broken off, she decides to make her man jealous by enlisting the help of her enemy, playboy Jake Ravensdale! Jasmine may never have forgiven him for his rejection years ago, but the heartless lothario is the perfect candidate for her plan. As tensions build, the line between love and hate increasingly blurs, teetering on the brink of explosion! Jasmine might be wearing Jake's ring, but she can't let go of the hurt he once caused her. Because if she does, what's to stop her from falling prey to the Ravensdale playboy's charms...?

All too often, women are asked to give away their power, to play by someone else's rules, and to turn away from their potential. That stops today! Epic! The Women's Power Play Book will help you unravel that conditioning and reclaim your destiny. Learn to create a life by design, not by default, through a unique framework of inspiring case "herstories" and provocative exercises you’ll play like a game, equipping you to craft the best next chapter of your life. Discover a wealth of power plays and tools that will help you uncover your purpose, recover your power, and discover your future.

Jonas Madigan is dying. He spent his life taming towns and upholding justice across the west with no regrets. Along the way, Madigan took the measure of good men like Smoke Jensen, who has traveled to Salt Lick, Texas to pay his respects to the lawman. But when bandits gun down the small town’s current marshal—and Smoke sends the killers to Boot Hill—Madigan asks his friend to wear the badge and keep the peace until a permanent replacement is sworn in. Turns out the bandits were members of Bishop’s Mauraders, a twenty-man gang of trigger-happy thieves led by the vicious Snake Bishop.

The summer semester class trip promises adventure as well as an escape from the confines of Larkspur's spells and secrets. But will Moon Lake lure me into a false sense of security, putting those I care about in unforeseeable danger?

A collection of 18 pieces of writing, "Shoes and Stockings" by Louisa May Alcott comes with stories about war, love and other important topics, making readers laugh at times, bringing them to tears at other times, and always getting them to contemplate. Louisa May Alcott was one of the most prolific American writers of the 19th century. She wrote novels and poems, and she published her letters written to her family while she was recovering from typhoid after she had started work as a nurse during the Civil War.

Onward, At Last provides a deep exploration into the virtues that define our lives…freedom, independence, self-interest and competition, and asks the foundational question: What if our own defining virtues are actually the root cause of all that afflicts our society and ourselves? Onward, At Last presents a series of social commentaries that utilizes our shared experiences to examine what has gone so terribly wrong and what each of us can do to make it right.

Rei attends an exclusive New York prep school, but unlike her classmates, she welcomes nightfall. That's when she can secretly hunt Deathlings, the deadly creatures that have prowled Manhattan's subway tunnels and blood-soaked streets since the Vanishing. After they brutally slaughtered her parents years ago, Rei is desperate for vengeance. To get it, Rei must qualify for—and win—the Tournament, a competition to join the ranks of the city’s legendary Deathling hunters