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Tragedy strikes America’s darling three-year-old Thoroughbred, Hyperion, when he’s injured in a Kentucky Derby qualifying race. Doctors Mark Thurman and Claire Hodgson are asked to treat his broken limb using their revolutionary fracture-healing methods, but when former experimental subjects begin developing a life-threatening form of cancer, the rescue plan is halted. Then, a serendipitous discovery suggests a new drug made from a rare plant source might be a cure. A flicker of hope is kindled for Hyperion and the stricken patients.

Wild Monsters Dance About is a collection of 21 short stories that will take into author M.J. Sewall’s unruly mind. These finely tuned tales jump through genres, concepts and characters, predicaments, adventures, and conundrums. Whether about everyday-science going terribly wrong in "Unintended Science" to animal evolution suddenly speeding up in "It Finally happened" or the prickly family politics of road trips in "Sibling Warfare", these stories will thrill, delight, and discombobulate your imagination.

The summer of 1983 is over. After weeks of healing from their adventure and some specialized training from Mr. Rakow, Angie, Jenny, and David are feeling prepared for the horrors junior high will inevitably bring. Then a bizarre tornado tears through Lincoln, upending gravestones and depositing supernatural debris on the school grounds. The gang has their hands full with the demands of starting a new school year on top of trying to figure out the otherworldly mystery. But the malevolent ghost haunting the school is ramping up its attacks on students.

Skylar Haines has struggled with personal demons most of her life, going to dark extremes to subdue anxieties rooted in her tragic past. On a perpetual hunt for the next adrenaline hit, she discovers a passion for flying and becomes a hard-edged stunt pilot, verging on obsession. In the sky, following her most daring airshow, she encounters a mysterious storm and almost collides with another aircraft, sending her into a perilous dive. Guided by a mysterious voice, she manages a safe landing but finds herself transported to another time.

The tragedy of large-scale trauma has etched the names of cities on a national monument of heartbreak and senseless loss. First responders, caregivers, and civic leaders are often left with the daunting task of navigating the emotional and physical aftermath and stitching their communities back together, a trajectory of healing that can take months and years.

Could you use another life? This is the story of a woman who has the courage to reinvent herself. Heirs to the Jackson textile mill, designer Dani and her singer/songwriter twin Dylan feel free to follow the siren call of the music world - until they’re interrupted by a car accident. With Dani behind the wheel, her father ends up on a stretcher. Youthful free spirits cut short, Dani swaps her fringed jacket for a business suit, the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the Brandenburg concertos.

San Francisco 'sex workers' Becky and Jimilei are just a couple of young ladies trying to make a living on the high end, but when they get invited to a meeting of the Ashbury Heights Lactation Club, their careers really take off. Also published as "The Milk Maid Diaries".

Gregorio was back the next week with a load of grass fed organic island beef that was so good vegetarians had to reaffirm their faith in its presence. We had the kiawe wood fires going early and by late afternoon the coals were dancing. Kegs of Kona brewed beer were being offloaded and the Kihei Ice Truck had made it all the way in this time on our gravel road. The weather was doing its best to impress even hard core islanders with clear skies and warm breezes. Just another day in paradise.

Hilarious and colorful episodes in the lives of families, many depicted from a kid's-eye-view, are the theme for this compilation. Being part of a family is often trying, and stranger than any fiction, but never dull and always worth it in the end. Join these very different families as they face the shrinking of parents, the pre-emptive guilt of First Confession, the secret worlds of children, and more!

Wanting to do her part in the war effort, Clara McBride goes to work in the cartridge room at the Washington Arsenal, the city's main site for production and storing of munitions. All seems to be going well, especially when one of the supervisors shows interest in her. Lieutenant Joseph Brady is an injured army officer who, no longer able to lead troops into battle, has been assigned to a supervisory position at the Washington Arsenal. Suspicions rise after multiple shipments of Washington Arsenal cartridges fail to fire and everyone is suspect for sabotage.

Twenty-five years ago, during a celebratory weekend at historic Whitetail Lodge, Sarah McCaskill had a vision. When a young man was killed, her guilt over having ignored the warning devastated her. Her friendships fell apart as she worked to build a new life in a new city. But she never stopped loving Whitetail Lodge on the shores of Bitterroot Lake. Now that she's a young widow, her mother urges her to return to the lodge for healing. But when she arrives, she's greeted by an old friend - and by news of a murder that's clearly tied to that tragic day she'll never forget.

“In wildness is the preservation of the world.” Here are three of Thoreau’s most famous talks brought together in one volume. “Walking,” “Autumnal Tints,” and “Wild Apples” are all autumn essays—contemplative, deliberate, and insightful. They are profound reflections on nature, beauty, and our place in the world. In 1862, during Thoreau’s last weeks, he received a request from The Atlantic Monthly’s new editor, James Fields, to submit some of his work. These three were all published that year, after his death

Racial Emotion at Work is an invitation to understand our own emotions and associated behaviors around race—and much more. With this surprising and timely book, Tristin K. Green takes us beyond diversity trainings and other individualized solutions to discrimination and inequality in employment, calling for sweeping changes in how the law and work organizations treat and shape racial emotions.

Maddie Pace has a gift—an ability to glimpse a person’s past just by meeting their eyes. It’s a blessing that isolates her… and a curse that others would do anything to control. Her mother, Cynthia, will stop at nothing to keep Maddie safe. But when they’re torn apart, each is thrust into a world beyond comprehension—one imprisoned, one awakening in a realm between life and death. As years pass and powers grow, their bond becomes the only hope of reunion across worlds.

Venture into a hard-hitting world of spiking adrenaline, tempered fear, and life-or-death stakes. With stories from award-winning authors and former fighters, Fighting Words brings you the best in combat sports fiction.

Jane Ashcroft walks dogs under a false name, trying to stay quiet, unnoticed, untouchable. She's gotten good at knowing when to leave. In Old Saybrook, Connecticut, the Loomis family offers everything she needs: steady work, an incredible dog, and the anonymity of hired help. But wealth like theirs always hides something. And Jane has a habit of looking too closely.

Sue Jaworski and her husband, Alan, are looking forward to a festive winter getaway at the Alpine Holiday Lodge. With snow sports, patriotic performances, and a cozy atmosphere, it promises the perfect escape—until they arrive to discover Alan's estranged daughter, Judy, is running the event. As a blizzard bears down on the lodge, Sue is surprised that Judy doesn't cancel the show. But the real shock comes when Judy is found in a daze, covered in blood, beside her husband's body, claiming to remember nothing.

Sue and Alan Jaworski move to the peaceful mountain town of Aspen Notch to enjoy their retirement. She pictures tranquil walks and postcard-worthy views; he's dreaming of winter ski slopes. But their plans for a slower pace are quickly upended when Alan accepts the interim position of police chief—and Sue stumbles upon a dead body.

When a violent storm forces Ryan Hoffman and his young son to take shelter in the picturesque mountain town of Aspen Notch, Sue Jaworski and her husband, Alan—the local police chief—gladly offer their help. But when Sue learns Ryan has ties to a decades-old unsolved murder, her curiosity is immediately sparked. That intrigue deepens when Sue, along with her daughter and granddaughter, buys an antique cameo necklace from Trinkets and Treasures—one with a surprising connection to the long-forgotten crime.

When a high school band trip ends in tragedy, Sue Jaworski steps in to comfort her friend and fellow garden club member, Ruth, whose nephew was among the victims. But while visiting Ruth's home, something unusual catches Sue's attention: a set of oil paintings identical to ones she recently bought at Trinkets and Treasures. The artist? Ruth's fiancé, who vanished without a trace forty years ago.