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Lincoln Malone has loved Savannah Hawkins since they were kids. The feelings come as naturally as breathing to him . . . And he's not ashamed to show her, or let the whole world know it. But Linc is forbidden to her. According to her mother, whose big dreams for Savvy don't include him, he's...

Experience music history with this memoir by one of the last of the genuine old school Blues and R&B legends, the Grammy-winning dynamic showman Bobby Rush. This memoir charts the extraordinary rise to fame of living blues legend, Bobby Rush. Born Emmett Ellis, Jr. in Homer, Louisiana, he...

In this powerful essay, the mother of Trayvon Martin shares her grief, reflections, anger, and hope in the wake of a single unforgivable moment that catalyzed the Black Lives Matter movement.

See, I've been told I'm the "good time girl", not the one you take home to Mom. And while that label stung at first, I've since embraced it - living the wild and free life and sticking to a three-date max. That's just enough time to have some fun and snuff out the possibility of catching feelings. And it's been working for me for years...until Makoa Kumaka. Sadly, he also has a three-date rule - and it's the exact opposite of mine.

When reporter Jasmine Carmody began sniffing around Savannah's most respected family looking for a story, watchdog Wesley Brooks warned her off. Day and night, she sensed him shadowing her every move, felt his every breath, wanted his most intimate touch.... Wesley would do anything to stop...

Nach einem brutalen Verrat findet sich Hayden Parrish in den Händen des gefährlichsten Mannes der Drachenwelt gefangen wieder. Die Bindung zu ihren Gefährten reißt mit jedem Tag mehr und so beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Doch ihr Entführer hat andere Pläne und enthüllt Wahrheiten, die nicht nur Hayden alles kosten könnten – sondern auch die gesamten Drachenvölker. Während ihr uraltes Erbe sie zu verschlingen droht, muss sie eine Entscheidung treffen, die über das Schicksal der gesamten Welt bestimmen könnte.

Da'vi, the relentless. Da'vi, the cold and harsh. The alien who keeps his distance, yet never fails to bicker with me over the smallest details. Tension between us is coiled so tight it's bound to snap . . . and I'm bound to do what I always do-leave. There are a hundred different reasons I should go, yet I'm drawn in by the only thing that matters to me anymore-and it's certainly NOT Da'vi's friendship. I'm talking about saving humans.

Clive January is a driven, self-made Black man, a ruthless, wildly successful investment banker who had it all—until he is shot and killed from behind by an unknown assailant. As Clive lies in a pool of blood, his life slowly ebbing away, he hears voices, unearthly beings tormenting him, telling him that he will burn in hell, unless he finds out who killed him. Now before it's too late, his ghost must solve the crime of his own murder and his only choice is to work with the white racist cop assigned to his case, Detective Bob Greene.

This entertaining guide to some of the best short novels of all time, from a bestselling historian, is the “perfect gift for busy bibliophiles” (BookPage). Experience the joys of literature with this this “exciting guide to all that the world of fiction has to offer” (The New York Times...

Hiding isn’t what I’d call living. For the last four years, I’ve felt trapped between the life I want to live and the one I should’ve lived. My past has broken me, creating a shell of the woman I once was. Until Jackson. My fated mate who’s willing to save me from the truth that can destroy this town. Despite every belief, I hold of never being loved again. I can’t deny the natural pull that binds me to him. Giving him the power of destruction over my heart will be something I’ll never recover from.

The story of two pioneering Black NFL football players that changed the face of America’s game for generations to come. There is no position in pro sports more important than an NFL quarterback. But quarterbacking was the exclusive domain of white players for many years, and when Doug Williams...

Tercera temporada de la versión única, emocionante y muy divertida de Sherlock Holmes, su infatigable Watson y la misteriosa voz interna que les acompaña. Todo muy de Sherlock Holmes. Creada y dirigida por Mona León Siminiani, la lista completa de narradores incluye además a Pepe Viyuela, Enrique Martínez, Nacho Fresneda, José Gómez, Mabel del Pozo, Francisca Gonzalez, Rodrigo Poisón, Goizalde Nuñez, Samuel Viyuela, Erika Bleda, Héctor Checa, Carmen Mayordomo, Nacho Marraco, Jose Ángel Fuentes, Iñigo Álvarez, Antonio Muñoz, Elisa Chía, Edu Rejón, Iván Ugalde, Alvaro Ramos.

Com sugestões válidas para qualquer fase do relacionamento, desde o namoro até as bodas de ouro, Casais inteligentes enriquecem juntos aponta diferentes estratégias para formar uma parceria inteligente na administração das finanças da família. Ele traz também testes que avaliam a capacidade do casal de construir riqueza.

It was the season that brought families together for trick-or-treating and Thanksgiving dinners. But for Octavia Davenport, this season symbolized an era in her life when she lost everything. For years, Octavia was alone living a moderately single life, but then she met the owner of Rose Security Group, and suddenly things began to change. A blossoming friendship evolved, and with it came an unrestrained indulgence to connect with him on every level. Desire had never stirred her until him, and Octavia didn't want to deny herself what she so hungrily craved.

À vingt-cinq ans, Ryke Meadows n’a rien d’un prince charmant. Avec un héritage d’un milliard de dollars, un CV hors du commun et un tempérament de mâle alpha, il est aussi insupportable qu’attachant. Mais il n’est pas là pour se faire des amis. Ni des ennemis, d’ailleurs. Tout ce qu’il veut, c’est escalader en solo les parois les plus périlleuses du Yosemite. Jusqu'à cet appel de détresse lancé depuis Paris. Celui d’une fille qu’il n’a jamais eu le droit d’aimer.

Los Angeles, 1963: African American Korean War veteran Harry Ingram earns a living as a news photographer and occasional process server: chasing police radio calls and dodging baseball bats. With racial tensions running high on the eve of Martin Luther King’s Freedom Rally, Ingram risks ending up one of the victims at every crime scene he photographs. When Ingram hears a call over the police scanner to the scene of a deadly automobile accident, he recognizes the vehicle described as belonging to his good friend and old army buddy, the white jazz trumpeter Ben Kinslow.

Mein Schicksal ist vorherbestimmt. Als Tochter eines der mächtigsten Männer der Mafia wird von mir erwartet, dass ich den Mann heirate, der für mich ausgesucht wird. Doch dann ist da er. Creighton King. Geheimnisvoll, verschlossen und gefährlich – und meine Chance einer Ehe ohne Liebe zu entgehen. Und er stimmt zu. Der mürrische Typ mit den verschiedenfarbigen Augen geht eine Fake-Beziehung mit mir ein. Doch plötzlich ist es gar nicht mehr so fake.

From Homer to Helen Keller, from Dune to Stevie Wonder, from the invention of braille to the science of echolocation, M. Leona Godin explores the fascinating history of blindness, interweaving it with her own story of gradually losing her sight. There Plant Eyes probes the ways in which...

For years he haunted my dreams. I never knew he was my shadow Fae guardian . . . Or that I'm the future Queen of Nightmares. Until he arrives, very much flesh and blood, to spirit me away to the Realm of Nightmares, and my awaiting throne. But I'm not about to marry someone I've never met. If my guardian thinks I'll go quietly, he's about to have a fight on his hands. What I'm not expecting is the powerful magic my guardian awakens in me . . . or the deep, dark secret he's hiding.

For music executive Mathew Knowles, the sensation that became Destiny’s Child began with his own - Beyoncé. From a unique vantage point, he not only watched but encouraged her dream alongside the ever-evolving phenomenon of the world’s most acclaimed girls group. Listeners get his insights from the mechanics of managing, motivating, and maneuvering talented children through a resistant industry; to parenting and attending to them in all other aspects. His accounts reveal a journey that let to both challenges and controversy underneath an unparalleled success.