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Get engaged with a breathtaking psychological thriller filled with crime, suspense, and unexpected twist that will stimulate your mind, ease your brain, and relief you of your daily stressful activities. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have no empathy for others? What if your brain was rewired from birth to make you a psychopath? Would that change the way you think about yourself and how society views people with this disorder Compassion for a Psychopath will take you on a journey of the life of a psychopath.

An adrenaline junkie, a homebody, and the camping trip that ignites their love at first sight. When Leila’s students challenge her to go camping, she sets out armed with a bucket list designed to force her out of her comfort zone - the indoors. Her trip starts with a broken car, a twisted ankle, and several forces of nature. She expected a few bumps along the way, but not the handsome stranger who comes to her rescue. Ezra has no time for romance, preferring to spend his rare time off from work as a firefighter enjoying nature.

For four years, from January 2017 to January 2021, writer and publisher Martin Rowe documented the state of the United States and the world - using the verse form of ottava rima. In June 2019, he dedicated 30 of those verses to two extraordinarily compelling and distressing photographs of animals in extremis taken by Canadian photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur. Now expanded to include more verses and more of McArthur’s stunning images.

Oscar Wilde's only novel is half gothic horror, half morality tale, and is as timeless as his plays and poems. First published in 1889, this unabridged audiobook edition narrated by Jake Urry captures the wit, the charm, and the horror of Wilde's most controversial work. Perhaps the most well-known outing for Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles has all the ingredients of the coziest of mysteries. Jake Urry brings this head-scratching tale to life in this unabridged telling of a timeless classic.

The War for Independence rages across the colonies. The war has barely touched 18-year-old Daria until Gideon, a young man she fancies, declares himself a loyalist and leaves for battle. Even though their families are on opposite sides, Daria still has feelings for him. A neighbor, rumored to be a witch, tells Daria about Midnight Lullabies. If she gives one to someone she loves, it will ensure they return to her. That isn't black magic, right?

Welcome, or rather benvenuti, to this journey into Italian cuisine. In Italy, food is the main topic of conversation (after football, for men). In my experience, I’ve seen very few people in the world discussing food during dinner. This passion for eating well is widespread in the bel Paese. It’s also the source of heated disputes between villages, which causes a lot of variety in some of the world’s most renowned recipes. Italian restaurants and Italian food have conquered the whole planet.

In Edgar Allan Poe's short and turbulent life, he laid the groundwork for the genre of modern horror and, almost as an aside, invented the modern detective story.

Are you newly diagnosed with ADHD? Have you been struggling with your ADHD your entire life? Are you fed up with your anxiety, your overwhelm, and your self-made crises? In this book, Faigy Liebermann brings you up-to-date knowledge and hands-on tools so that you can easily use to start to live successfully with your ADHD.

Secret Warrior is a compelling memoir following elite Division 1 university head women's basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie's mental health journey through the realities and challenges within the sports world. With 28 years as head coach for University of Maine, Michigan State, and Duke University, and while winning repeated conference championships and advancing to the Finals of the National Championship, she hid her bipolar diagnosis for 25 of those years.

Piles of snow have taken over Little Bird’s town, and while it is chilly, he doesn’t let it get him down. Instead during this holiday season, Little Bird and his friends have taken it upon themselves to make the most of it. Building a snow castle, having snow fights, and even making new friends are the adventures Little Bird will have in this fairytale-like holiday special.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Erie. Greater Than A Tourist-Erie Pennsylvania, USA offers the inside scoop on Erie county, and all of its hidden gems of recreation and vacation possibilities. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the ‘Greater Than a Tourist’ series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Christmas Tree is a modern short story about festive spirit, set in an urban environment.

Single mom Chrissy Eve is struggling to make ends meet selling pretzels at the Yule Heights Shopping Mall. All this mama wants is a silent night, but when her seven-year-old asks the mall Santa to teach his mom to drive a sleigh, she finds herself in knots over the man in red. Dash Winters is the last person she needs pulling her reins. She has a son to think about, and a “seasonal romance” with someone who gets paid to lie to kids once a year is not going to jolly her holly.

Gilly is heel tevreden met haar leven: ze runt een succesvolle bed and breakfast in haar eigen huis en geen haar op haar hoofd die eraan denkt die prachtige plek op te geven. Maar dan ontmoet ze makelaar Leo, die niet alleen vriendelijk en behulpzaam is, maar ook nog eens verwarrend aantrekkelijk. Langzaam begint ze zich af te vragen of het wel zo erg zou zijn het roer van haar leven radicaal om te gooien. Gilly's volwassen dochter Helena heeft haar eigen beslommeringen. Haar bedrijfje als weefster komt goed van de grond nu haar prachtige stoffen steeds populairder worden.

Nearly 40 million people in the United States live below the poverty line - about $26,200 for a family of four. Low-income families and individuals are everywhere, from cities to rural communities. While poverty is commonly seen as a personal failure, or a deficiency of character or knowledge, it's actually the result of bad policy. Public policy has purposefully erected barriers that deny access to basic needs, creating a society where people can easily become trapped - not because we lack the resources to lift them out, but because we are actively choosing not to.

An easy-to-digest, inspiring, and transformational resource for the most crucial project of your life, this blueprint is designed to meet the needs of all relationships, from those that are cruising, complacent, or merely dissatisfied through to those that are highly conflicted.

For Katherine Kale, who has recently returned to the United States after teaching overseas for years, Maple Creek, Michigan, is the perfect American town and the elegant blue Victorian on Walnut Street is the house of her dreams. When she is nearly poisoned at the annual Apple Fair, as another woman dies, Katherine suspects that Maple Creek may not be the paradise it seemed at first acquaintance and determines to find out who would lace a caramel apple with deadly poison. Her first clue, unearthed while planting chrysanthemums in her back yard, is an antique cameo.

Every property trader and investor in the UK dreams of generating chunky money in the shortest time possible. Flip It gives you the confidence, knowledge, and resources to make that a reality. This book not only gives you an insight into the lives of property traders, it also explains, in plain English, how to source with confidence, assess market influences, understand the options for reinvesting your profits into cash flowing assets, and project manage like a pro

Deals require negotiations, but for Cole Stevens, this could be the riskiest deal of his lifetime. Holland Jenkins has been disappointed so often that she questions her purpose and her talent as an artist. The cabins she helps lease for her family is the one constant in her life. Birch Falls' small-town peppermint festival is quickly approaching. As Holland is preparing ornaments for her booth, she's in search of inspiration, even if she won't admit it.

International best-selling author Joanne Harris first appeared on the scene with "Chocolat", which was made into an Oscar-nominated film with Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. Born in Yorkshire, of an English father and French mother, she spent fifteen years as a teacher before somewhat reluctantly becoming a full-time writer. Hear Joanne in conversation with Maggie Lee talking about her portfolio of work, the disastrous writing advice she bravely rejected and what it was like to grow up in Yorkshire alongside diving boldly into new genres.