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Some names should stay buried. Some stories refuse to die. Behind the concrete walls of Phillips State Correctional Facility, survival isn't about strength—it's about strategy. Dejuan Rivers has transformed his 6x8 cell into a criminal empire, orchestrating an intricate web of manipulation that reaches far beyond the prison gates. With nothing but letters, contraband cigarettes, and psychological warfare, Dejuan controls a network of desperate women on the outside—each believing she's the only one who truly understands him. Sandra sends money orders. Keisha wires cash. Patricia smuggles...

In my pack, I’m a cautionary tale, the female who made her mate wait too long and drove him into rut. After that terrible night, Trevor was exiled, and I became a lesson to others that Fate always wins. Fight, and you’ll lose. But maybe I don’t want my life to be a lesson to others. Or a tragedy. Some wounds can’t be healed, but what if I tried? Would Trevor try, too? Or would he run again from the female who turned him into a monster?

After her messy divorce, Sienna Blake is done with men. She’s trading her wreckage for a sun-drenched future in California until a violent Montana storm sends her car skidding off the road and straight into Blackwood. A town with more cows than people, a thriving fascination with its...

Hexennacht is the Night of Witches, Samhain's calendar twin. A night of revelry and dancing, of bonfires and sisterhood . . . but it had been on another Hexennacht when her fortunes changed. Cast from the ancient circle, dispossessed of belonging. A solitary witch, practicing her craft alone...

The Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching transformations of society. With the advent of revolutionary manufacturing technology productivity boomed. Machines were used to spin and...

Put a finger down if . . . You found the love of your life at fourteen You dated them through high school You had to deal with all the backlash that came with dating the town's golden boy when you were trailer trash girl And then one night, you just left. It's been seven years, and you've moved...

A perfectly timed book for the educational resistance—those of us who believe in public schools Culture wars have engulfed our schools. Extremist groups are seeking to ban books, limit what educators can teach, and threaten the very foundations of public education. What's behind these efforts?...

She breaks his network. He breaks every rule. Suddenly, they’re both in trouble. Tasha Greene moves into her new apartment and accidentally hacks her neighbor’s smart home. One keystroke later, his fridge is yelling in Korean, his lights are feral, and his basil is dead. Nolan Fairfax doesn’t do chaos. As a corporate attorney, he lives for order, discipline, and quiet. But the woman responsible for his apartment’s nervous breakdown? She’s gorgeous. Brilliant. And absolutely dangerous to his self-control. When Nolan realizes Tasha's a security expert, he should call building ...

By day, she's invisible. By night, she's his worst nightmare. Cecilia Markham has perfected the art of being overlooked at work. Buttoned-up blouses, silent meetings, and a boss who calls her "dead weight." But online? She's CurvySlayer, the gaming legend who's been destroying some arrogant player called McConqueror for months. Anders McCallan doesn't lose. Ever. As managing partner of the city's most ruthless law firm, he's unbeatable. Except every night, some trash-talking gamer hands him his ass online, driving him to obsession. When Anders discovers his quiet analyst and his nemesis are...

Elio Hampton: When I was seventeen, I lost everything. I lost my wings to a man no better than the devil, I lost the only family who'd ever truly loved me, and I lost my best friend. After almost a decade of pain at the hands of the man I thought loved me, I realized just how hopeless it all was...

An eerie middle grade mystery debut that follows a young girl who returns home to find the people of her little town, including her best friend, chillingly changed after the arrival of the prim and proper Gingham family. "A rip-roaring adventure, but more importantly, a kids’ power ballad to...

My boyfriend’s even more devious than I thought. He SOLD me to his father, who’s a gorgeous, brutal, scary crime lord who wants to punish me for my sins. Taylor: I was fired by Club Z after stealing silver candlesticks from the club. It’s wrong, I know, especially since I made off with the candlesticks by inserting them into my two secret spaces. (Oooh, that felt good!) But now, the Club’s going to banish me to some godforsaken gulag in the middle of nowhere, and I’m not going. Absolutely not. As a result, my boyfriend says I can hide-out in his dad’s mansion to stay low for a ...

Este libro narra la historia de Lily, una mujer que creció pensando que la felicidad llegaría al encontrar a la persona "ideal". Durante mucho tiempo creyó que su bienestar dependía de tener una pareja, construir una vida juntos y cumplir con las expectativas sociales. Sin embargo, tras varias desilusiones, promesas rotas y momentos de dudas, descubrió algo que transformó su visión: la felicidad no siempre se parece a lo que nos enseñaron. A veces, está en la paz de estar sola, en alejarse de lo que lastima y en reconectar con uno mismo. Esta es una historia de transformación.

A brilliant new whodunnit from fan favourite E C Bateman, perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton and Richard Osman! It may be the season of goodwill, but when auctioneer Felicia Grant finds herself in the frame for murder, suddenly life doesn’t feel so festive…. Cosy crime readers are loving E.C...

Perfect for fans of the Threadneedle series, lose yourself in this brand-new paranormal fantasy. Available to pre-order now! Pepper Montgomery is a mortal woman on a desperate quest to save her dying sister. When a trail of cryptic breadcrumbs leads her to the elusive Night Market – a hidden...

Three women. One unbreakable curse. One last chance for freedom… They call her the She-Wolf. France, 1312. Queen Isabella is a new mother. Her baby boy not only secures her ill-starred marriage but her own precarious future. And yet, she is terrified. A thirteen-generation curse hangs over her...

GRYPH WÜRDE SEIN LEBEN FÜR SEINE SCHWESTER GEBEN, ABER SIE ZU RETTEN, KÖNNTE IHN SEINE SEELE KOSTEN. Buch 4 von ›Die Reiche‹ Die Fortsetzung der epischen LitRPG-Bestseller-Serie, die mit ›Der König des Hügelgrabs‹ begann. Gryph betrat die Reiche mit einer einzigen Mission: Er wollte seine Schwester Brynn retten. Er wollte keine Freunde. Er wollte keine Verantwortung. Er wollte sich nicht um andere kümmern.

Dan Pallister is a survivalist and prepper. Much to the annoyance of the people around him, he has been surviving and prepping since childhood. He just didn’t know what for. When he wakes up one morning to find the world overrun with bloodthirsty zombies it all becomes clear, and despite the fall of civilisation, he can’t wait to get started. He just needs to stock up on supplies from the local supermarket first. But is everything what it seems? Bonus Content: Til death do us Part (short story) No Man’s Land: Horror in the Trenches (exclusive extract) WARNING: This book contains ...

Podcast del C.E.P.A. San Blas con entrevistas y contenidos sociales y educativos. Un espacio para aprender, reflexionar y dar voz a historias reales contadas por nuestra comunidad educativa.

This twenty-fifth anniversary edition completely updates the powerful insights and policy recommendations of Not What the Doctor Ordered, first published in 1993 by renowned healthcare futurist and medical economist the author. It presents specific solutions to serious problems of cost, quality...