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When a decades-old corpse is discovered in the attic of Cambria's current building, the police reach out to the media to help ID the dead woman. Cambria is desperate to keep the corpse scandal hush-hush, and even more desperate to keep her name out of the news. The only solution is for her to identify the victim herself. A task that seems simple enough until Cambria uncovers a dark secret that puts the lives of her residents and loved ones in jeopardy.

Most of us find ourselves trapped in the belief that work solely exists to pay the bills, inadvertently forgetting the essential question: What about our happiness? Vicki Robin's words beautifully encapsulate this scenario—if the daily grind truly brought us joy and a sense of fulfillment, the trials and inconveniences would be a minor price to pay. But increasingly, it's evident that money doesn't guarantee the happiness we seek beyond a certain level of comfort.

No one is exempt from life's hardships. Today, more than ever before, professional women of color have more to worry about, balance, maintain, and anticipate. But no one should face hardships, struggle to climb through corporate America, or find themselves at a plateau because of past trauma on their own. By taking the right actions, both professionally and spiritually, anyone—from emerging leaders who are single parents to executives who are empty nesters—can find the greatness they desire and peace of mind."

A debut novel sparkling with wit and insight about a young woman whose reluctant return to her Jersey Shore hometown gives her the second chance she didn’t know she needed. Caroline Kline isn't ready to strike out. In New York City, newly single Caroline is stumbling her way through the recent...

Imagine being able to unmask and neutralize those who try to manipulate you, to use their own tactics to defend yourself, making your life simpler and more self-directed.

This novel opens up the lives of the first family of a Black-based church. It touches everything you could ever imagine about the good, the bad and the ugly slap in the face truth about church folks. The church folks that think they are perfect because they call themselves Christians will face reality that they aren’t perfect, but judgmental reminders why sinners exist. They also realize they are no better than the sinner that stares them in the face.

When young, beautiful Cordelia Lawson left her civilized hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, to join her soldier husband in the wild frontier of Indian Territory, she couldn’t have imagined how her life would change. Caught between the love and respect for her husband and her newly found appreciation and concern for the Southern Cheyenne, her heart and mind are torn. Cordelia’s impulsiveness throws her into wild adventures she couldn’t have dreamed of as a girl in Baltimore. And her rescuer turns out to be the one person on earth she couldn’t stand.

In Wilderness and Mountain Lore explores the stories and adventures of visiting a mountain wilderness retreat over a 50-year period with a group of friends. We nearly always were able to reserve the only two cabins for the second week of June. Domke Lake is located in the North Cascades wilderness area of North Central Washington State. There is no electricity or phone service of any kind along with little change other than what nature has wrought.

In 2010, Andrew Hening threw everything he owned in the trunk of his car and drove across the country to the San Francisco Bay Area to join the movement to end homelessness. What started out as a year of national service with AmeriCorps VISTA has turned into more than a decade of working to end one of our nation’s most pressing moral crises.

Brooklyn-based aspiring writer Lucy Minninger has no trouble putting the comedy in her rom-coms. It's the romance part of the equation that's the problem. Former child star Rudy Riziero made his mark on some of the most popular kids' shows of the '90s. But that early success has pigeonholed him into a stand-up routine riffing on his past work, while the slick single life he envisioned was clearly a fantasy. He's actually ready for a relationship, if he could just find someone uninterested in who he used to be.

Small Cures is at once a compelling reminder to anyone struggling with heartbreak, mental health, or trauma, that they are not alone; an inspirational manual on how to survive; and a stirring call to arms for self-love. This unique volume brings together 150 poems into one seamless narrative based on the different stages of an “illness”—diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. Through words that are as breathtakingly sparse and raw as they are honest and memorable, Hicks-Wilson’s soothing and soulful voice serves as the gentle guide to self-healing we all need.

It’s been nine years since the government banned all technology. So when Joel Lodowick, a young transgender father struggling to support his five-year-old daughter, has an old bionic upload itself into his head, he is faced with a decision: Go to the cops and risk prosecution? Or use the robot’s skills to turn his life around? Scared of losing his daughter, Joel chooses the latter. Heightened intelligence and physical enhancements quickly land him a better job and a brighter future.

You already know the pain of being caught up in an unhealthy relationship. What you may not know is that such relationships come bearing unexpected gifts. What if they could show you all the places within yourself where you’re not owning your full potential, claiming your personal power, and standing in all of your light?

Long before Scarlet became a Bonander of the New York Bon-Bon Chocolate Bonanders, she grew up on the wild side of the Appalachians. Now this country girl turned debutante needs to head to the wilds of Ecuador to find her cousin’s missing groom in time for the wedding. All she’s got is her toothless Uncle Cletus, a beat-up motorcycle with a sidecar, and the sexy best man, Mike Romero to conquer rough terrain, territorial spiders, and one nasty drug lord who bears a striking resemblance to Mike.

What else is possible when it comes to your mental health? This book is a powerful collaboration and collection of experts who will answer that question. Get ready to understand your mental and emotional world at another level, and have access to effective, holistic strategies, tools, and practices that will change your health for the better.

Everything we see around us—all the great inventions, the cities, buildings, whatever you care to name, started as a thought in someone's mind. So to think something is to begin the creation of it! This applies to anything in life. It is the concept of this book. Get your mind right, and think of what you want to achieve—success, happiness, wealth, and follow it up with the right action, and you can do it!

Chinese takeaway restaurants may be located all over the world. Every major city has a Chinatown, and more and more stores are stocking Asian ingredients, making it simpler to prepare authentic Chinese recipes.

Fairy Tales and Shadows introduces a world of magic and splendor through a diverse set of characters who each star in their own fairy tale-style stories. As the book progresses, the stories and characters begin to overlap and come together, transforming the book from a collection of fairy tales to a plot-driven novel.

Since taking the job of an on-site apartment manager, single-mom Cambria Clyne's life has been one wild ride. Streaking residents, a corpse in the dumpster, rogue parrots—she has seen it all. Or so she thinks.

In Secure the Bag, you'll learn how to develop a powerful money mindset, along with time tested strategies that will help you take full control of your financial life.