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An elderly inventor, burning with manic creativity, tries to reconcile with his estranged gay son. A bereaved boy draws a thuggish classmate into a relationship of escalating guilt and violence. A genteel middle-aged woman, a longtime resident of a psychiatric hospital, becomes the confidante of a lovelorn teenaged volunteer. Told with Chekhovian restraint and compassion, and conveying both the sorrow of life and the courage with which people rise to meet it, You Are Not a Stranger Here is a triumph of storytelling.

Ghost, the spectral protector of Chicago, defends the world against extradimensional demons and all-too-human monsters. After a painful encounter with a familiar face, Elisa Cameron finds herself torn between protecting her city and uncovering the mystery of her past life!

Caprock, Texas is a sleepy cow town until oil is discovered in the 1920s. Suddenly thousands of people stream in to find their fortune. Some are honest folk like Elise and Victor Underwood, who pray for a little luck with their daily bread. But too many are two-bit swindlers. And then there’s frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty. Sheriff Dave Buckalew faces a whole different set of circumstances as his town springs to life — in good and not-so-good ways.

Dark Lands tells the story of two people from different sides of the nation that struggle to survive after a devastating attack breaks the back of the United States. It is a journey in which the whole world is sent spiraling towards a dark future where humans are an endangered species. Jonathan Fisher is an average man living in Minnesota whose very sanity is tested when everything about his normal life is ripped away in an instant. He is left to survive in a new world full of victims, brigands, and a man-made plague that turns its victims into violent, mindless cannibals.

Grief is overwhelming, isolating, and deeply personal. But what if there was a way to approach it with curiosity rather than fear? In MDMA and Grief, G. Scott Graham shares his groundbreaking personal experiment with MDMA as a tool for exploring and integrating grief. With the heart of a seeker and the precision of a seasoned coach, Graham takes listeners on an intimate, deeply emotional journey—one that begins with the raw weight of loss and unfolds into profound healing, self-discovery, and acceptance. This book isn’t about quick fixes or escapism.

Are you satisfied with your life? Is work weighing you down? Are you constantly broke? Do your relationships always seem to fail? Perhaps you haven’t realized your true calling, passion, purposes, and talents. This book didn’t cross your path accidentally. After listening, you’ll better understand how to find and master your true calling. You’ll easily uncover your talents, cultivate your passion, embrace your purpose, and live the life of your dreams! Inside this self-help book, you’ll transform with simple, empowering, and mindful steps.

In And It Was All Your Fault, the author and humanistic psychologist Roman Gelperin will teach you all about the little-known causes, cures, and unseen inner psychology of depression. Having personally experienced depression, consumed all the best literature and research on the subject, and for a year-and-a-half even dated a girl with a long history of depression while writing this book, the author weaves introspection, interpersonal observation, and cutting-edge research into a masterful and eye-opening narrative explaining depression.

For archaeologist and TV host Annja Creed, a late-night phone call from the NYPD means one thing: there's been a murder and the police need her expertise. The only link between a dead body and the killer is a small elephant of white jade. An artifact that's gone missing. Once belonging to Catherine the Great of Russia, the elephant was key in a risky political gambit all those years ago. But there is another story attached to the artifact - a rumor of an ancient hidden treasure. 

In an era where misinformation is rampant and critical thinking is more crucial than ever, this book emerges as an essential tool for individuals seeking to navigate the complexities of the modern world with a scientifically-informed perspective. It is tailored to resonate with a broad audience, including students, professionals, educators, and anyone with a thirst for knowledge and understanding.

Charley Sunday, a sensible, sober-minded Texas grandfather, imparts the American Cowboy legacy to his only grandchild as he and several of his grizzled cronies concoct a 1,000-mile longhorn cattle drive across 21st Century America. Four leathery cowboys, one insightful Indian, two strong-willed women, a two-gun oddball, a dog, and a little boy make an unlikely team as they trek from Colorado to Texas, continually running up against the forces of corruption.

Do you have a narcissist in your life that is draining all your time and emotional energy? Whether you choose to keep this person in your life or disconnect forever, you can be free of the power the narcissist has over you. Compiled from personal experiences over decades, Dr. Sharon Kelly will share essential insights that will help you reclaim your self-respect, empowerment, and dignity forever.

A modern-day shape-shifting sheriff. He’s the sheriff of a sparsely populated county in Montana. His blood brother and childhood best friend is chief of police on the Blackfoot Reservation, but they no longer speak. His deputy is a Southern transplant with the body of a high-priced call girl, a voice of honey and mouth of a trucker. And if that’s not enough, he’s got a secret that would stun those that know him best. Other than that, it’s business as usual for Sheriff Mateo Grey.

The Wizard's journey to Wonderland has exposed a shared history between that faery land and Oz—but the meaning behind the connection is still largely a mystery. Dorothy and Alice have come together to save Wonderland, but can they do anything before the Wicked Witches succeed in taking over Oz? With the looming conflict already threatening two worlds, the path ahead leads Dorothy to a third: a mysterious unnamed world that exists on the other side of a mirror in the university at Oxford. Meanwhile, Alice must come to grips with what Wonderland did to her all those years ago.

Dorothy Gale has been to some strange lands, but none as unexpected as 19th-century Oxford, England. Yet this is exactly where Dorothy meets Alice Liddell, a young woman with her own fanciful stories of a place called Wonderland. Alice finds herself pulled into Oz to face a new Wicked Witch, while Dorothy must follow the Wizard into a Wonderland civil war. Unknown to either girl, though, plots have arisen against both faery lands, and they must uncover the hidden history shared between these lands if they are ever to set things right again.

Three Wicked Witches vie for control of the Magical Land of Oz, while the Wizard appears no closer to solving the mystery of how to return the former Wyrds to Wonderland. But Glinda's secret may shift the balance in an entirely unforeseen direction!

In a world of constant noise and distraction, Daily Words of Wisdom offers a sanctuary of inspiration. This collection of quotes invites you to embark on a year-long reflection and personal growth journey. Each one delivers a powerful insight from history’s greatest minds, philosophers, writers, and leaders, accompanied by thought-provoking commentary to help you apply these timeless lessons to your modern life.

The Valve That Never Closes is a deep-dive into the company that rewired PC gaming from the inside out. It’s the story of how Valve went from a scrappy dev studio to the de facto operating system of the entire gaming ecosystem—and how we let it happen.

In a faraway land, a slave named Valxika of Demir is sold to a cruel merchant who uses her otherworldly beauty for his own purposes. However, Valxika is more than just a slave; she is a sorceress, and slowly, she learns to regain her power in a way that will make the merchant and everyone else suffer for hurting her. In time, Valxika will become a nightmare to all who harm others.

Peter Pan has returned to Neverland - but it is not the faery world as he remembers it. Gone are the tribesmen and beasts, and in their place are goblins, ghosts, a dragon - and a second Peter Pan! Nothing is as it was, and the Peter most recently of Oz must find a way to make a difference in this entirely new world before two warring witches can destroy Neverland!

Wonderland and the Looking Glass World have been joined to Oz, saving three faery lands from destruction - but nothing is as simple as this when the Cheshire Cat is involved. Meanwhile, the March Hare leads a renegade army from Wonderland and Mombi plots to bring even more chaos in an effort to escape Oz. Glinda must delve into her own past - but will what she discovers require the greatest sacrifice of all? And as three magical realms seek to find balance, an eternally young boy makes his way to Oz with secrets of yet another faery world - Neverland.