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Amy Poeppel brings her signature “big-hearted, charming” (The Washington Post) style to this wise and joyful novel that celebrates love, hate, and all of the glorious absurdity in between. In the heart of Greenwich Village, three women form an accidental sorority when a baby—belonging to...

“Sink your teeth in” (People) to the scariest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire tales ever assembled—with stories from Stephen King, Dan Simmons, Bram Stoker, and many more.

Harper Vale isn’t running—but she sure as hell isn’t staying still. The graveyard shift at a rundown fast-food joint seems like the perfect place to disappear. Until she meets Luka Volkov—the grill cook with criminal tattoos, a dead stare, and secrets buried deeper than grease traps. Something in him sees her. Something in her wants to be seen. But the longer she stays, the hotter things burn—between them, and all around them. When danger comes knocking from the past, Harper has a choice: keep hiding… or burn it all down.

Draden, a 15-year-old boy trapped in a brutal island orphanage, finds solace in nurturing Maggie, a motherless lamb. When Draden is caught rescuing Maggie from the feast for the start of whaling season, the matron sentences him to 10 lashes. A visiting captain cuts him a deal to escape the lash and the matron forever, on one cruel condition: He helps the captain hunt whales.

During the Revolutionary War, 14-year-old Nathan Wade joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare.

What makes a great leader? Often, it's our worst leaders and toxic leadership behaviors that teach us the most about creating better leadership experiences for others. In this enlightening book, Loren Sanders reveals the seven key practices essential for gaining empathy and motivating others. Companies in which people feel seen, heard, and supported tend to be far more successful than those whose employees are disengaged and constantly under stress.

The key to saving the world could be the one thing out of Duff’s reach...It’s an impossible situation. Time itself is coming apart at the seams, and Duff and the Z-Crew suspect the key rests with one girl: Horizon. The problem? Horizon is the long-sought-after daughter of their nemesis, Ravenne. She stopped at nothing to retrieve her daughter from the past. Now it’s clear sending Horizon back is the only way to repair the rift, but her mother won’t let her go. The underground artifact where they accidentally created the rift is crumbling.

Duff Roman might have managed to save the orphanage where he grew up, but his trials are far from over. A familiar enemy returns with a new threat, and the very ground on which they battle is becoming increasingly unstable. The time particles, Relics, and Seers that fuel the economy of Kalecca are disappearing at an alarming rate. As if trying to save the world isn’t hard enough, Duff’s efforts are complicated by the arrival of Willow, a Seer who only increases the tension—both with those who stand against him and within Duff himself.

Betti awakens to the smell of smoke. She looks out over the mountain where she lives and saw smoke. Betti must devise a plan to alert the firefighters who have a camp at the base of the mountain. Once Betti comes up with a plan, she takes action and down the mountain she runs. Yetis can run fast, and she is at the fire camp quickly.

Leonardo Cantrell is a painfully shy 16-year-old who cannot look people in the eye. One night while he’s volunteering at a homeless shelter, an old man forces eye contact and gives Leo the power to see Death. His best, and only, friend - J.C. Rivera - thinks this new power is cool until Leo accidentally looks into J.C.’s eyes and “sees” his murder, a murder that will occur in less than two weeks. Stunned and shaken, the two boys sift through clues in Leo’s “vision” in a desperate effort to find the killer and stop him before he can strike.

The world is falling apart, and only Max Neilman knows why. Max lives two lives. In one, he's an unassuming climatologist for NOAA. In the other, he runs a secret government project that only a handful of people know exist. He's been burning the candle at both ends for years, but now his paper life is about to come crumbling down with the rest of the world. After a rough week of work, Max and his girlfriend Cindy, decide to burn off some steam and head out for a night in the city with two friends. Their little party turns into a cyclone of chaos when Max's worst nightmares become reality.

Time is coming apart at the seams, and a tech-savvy teenage orphan is the only one who can save the past and the future. Turning 18 in the orphanage on Kalecca means starvation for those who aren't hired into a family, so no one is celebrating Duff Roman's big day. Outside the family compounds lies the jungle. And in the jungle lies death. And relics—the only real currency on Planet Kalecca.

In the shadow of FrostBite Foods, flavor is power — and submission is only a bite away. Dr. Alessia Lombardi, a disgraced food chemist, uncovers the ultimate betrayal: Giovanni Vitale’s frozen pizza empire is built on human-derived umami and addictive compounds. Her father’s death. Her destroyed reputation. All roads lead back to Giovanni — the Ice King who worships flavor like a dark god. Obsessed, Alessia infiltrates his empire to destroy it from within. But seduction seeps deeper than any sauce.

The main character is sleeping when he hears a noise downstairs. Followed by his faithful companions—two majestic dogs—his best friends follow him closely. Kaiser (German shepherd) and a scrappy Jack Russell terrier named Pip help investigate the noise.

Freestyle will change the way you think about evangelism. Whether you want to exercise spiritual gifts, find different ways to express faith, or simply discover the manifold impact Jesus makes, this book gives you a perspective to release your creative potential.

Primarily triolets, a rather mechanical form but one which allows for a human touch, the poems in "Songs for a Mechanical Age" were written specifically to celebrate the world of Steampunk. Here you will find visions of history, alternate history, fantasy and science fiction.