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Do you hate your body? Are you deeply dissatisfied with your appearance, shape, or weight—so much so that you avoid looking at yourself in the mirror, avoid certain social situations, or dread having your photo taken? If so, you are not alone. Body dissatisfaction and even body hatred have reached epidemic levels in our culture—particularly for women and girls. But you don't have to live your life consumed by feelings of shame and self-hatred. This workbook offers a way out of the darkness.

Coinage - it is one of the most successful and consistent technologies ever invented. Nothing else we still use in everyday life has a history quite like it. Look around at all the things that would bewilder a Greek, Roman, or Renaissance ancestor; then, dig into your purse or pocket for that one artifact that they would immediately recognize. Historian Frank L. Holt takes us on a journey through the history of numismatics, the study of coins - one of the oldest and most important contributions to the arts and humanities.

The last thing Ash Forester needs is to be in a relationship. For the past seven years, taking care of his eight siblings has been his top priority. With a life full of signing school agendas, diffusing tantrums, and attending parent-teacher conferences, Ash has almost forgotten what real love feels like and he's determined to keep it that way.

He wants his bloodthirsty rival for a wife. She only wants the queen's head on a pike. Scarlett Bloodletter narrowly escaped her own assassination at the tender age of fourteen. Why had her mother, the queen, tried to kill her? Beats Scarlett, but she assumed it was because she was a nomaj.

This is a bi-racial pastor's struggle with acceptance, opioid addiction, mental health disorder, and road to recovery.

Lyra, a scrappy half-human, half-fae outcast, claws her way from the slums after killing a fae noble in self-defense, awakening a wild, untamed power. Dragged into the treacherous Ember Courts, she’s forced into an alliance with Prince Torin, the ruthless heir of the Iron Court. Their sharp-edged banter and undeniable chemistry mask a deeper tension as they navigate a world of masquerades, assassinations, and glittering deceit. But beneath the courts’ fragile truce, a conspiracy brews—one that could reignite the ancient Court Wars.

Ella has grown up at The Last Page, a charming local bookstore in New York City where she now works. Her first kiss was in the women’s health section. A boyfriend dumped her in comedy. The owner is like a second father to her and has begun training her to take over the store. So when he unexpectedly dies and his estranged grandson is left everything in the will, Ella is devastated.

Part memoir, part cultural critique, In Our Shoes uses pop culture and author Brianna Holt’s own lived experience to dissect the stereotypes and preconceived notions that young Black women must overcome in America today. In this fresh exploration of cultural appropriation, wokeness, tone...

Safety, love, peace—all those words Charae Royster craves in her life. After being bounced around from one foster care to the next, she considers herself unlovable. When a series of events leads her into the arms and heart of a street-savvy star player, she questions if it's safe to let her guard down.

Authors Tina Tirrell and Liam Holt take you to the edge in this taboo erotica collection. Two intense stories and one complete erotic novelette are tucked inside this unforgettable erotic anthology.

James Calder has spent fifteen years performing a version of himself so convincing he almost believes it. He's twenty-nine, a Premier League captain, and has never told anyone the truth about himself. Noah Achebe is twenty-seven, British-Nigerian, the best physiotherapist at the club, and out in his personal life and precise in his professional one. He has one firm rule: no involvement with players. His Tuesday-Thursday treatment sessions with the captain are entirely professional. Until they're not. Meanwhile, a Herald journalist has noticed that the Premier League's most private captain ...

He’s my enemy on the ice. He’s my obsession off it. And now I’m carrying his child. Viktor Danev is the league’s most feared captain—thirty-six, brutal, and ice-cold. I grew up watching him destroy men with a single hit. Now I’m the rookie forward dumb enough to crash into him during my first game. He should hate me. Instead, he claims me. One rough kiss in a shadowed hallway, one night that was supposed to burn itself out. But Viktor doesn’t let go, not when he decides something is his. And when two pink lines turn my world upside down, I learn just how possessive a man like ...

Basándose en estrategias probadas, Eric Holt te guiará en tu viaje de autodescubrimiento que te empoderará para desbloquear tu carisma interior. Aprenderás a generar autoconfianza, abrazar la autenticidad y desarrollar una mentalidad positiva que irradie encanto y magnetismo.

Welcome to Dawson, Ahriman & Dawson! The team of commercial sorcerers at Dawson, Ahriman & Dawson can help with any metaphysical engineering project, large or small. (Though by definition, they all tend to be pretty large.) They can also create massive great puddles of chaos that might one day swallow up the entire universe. Take, for example, the decision to recruit a certain bearded fellow whose previous work experience mainly involves reindeer and jingle bells. It might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but is he really the best person to save the world from Tiamat the Destroyer?

If you’re feeling clueless, confused, and concerned about your upcoming retirement, you’re not alone. According to Northwestern Mutual’s Planning and Progress Study, 56 percent of Americans don’t know how much they need to retire, and as a result, many are vastly unprepared for it. Fortunately, there’s still time for you to prepare for a fruitful and comfortable retirement…and all it takes is a bit of planning. This guide will give you detailed steps and strategies to plan for your retirement. And don’t worry, it’s not complicated at all.

When all the humans in his world disappear, Max, a yellow Labrador Retriever, begins the search for his family. He knows that if he can just find Madame Curie, a wise, old black Lab, she'll be able to help. Madame had a premonition of astonishing events to come -- she must know where Max's...

A science experiment gone horribly awry has granted Max, Rocky, and Gizmo the unique ability to read and understand human words. Armed with this know-how, they continue to journey south, on the lookout for beacons planted by a trusted friend's owner -- beacons that promise to lead the trio to...

Women hold just 11 percent of the most senior-level leadership positions in US corporations - a number that hasn't changed in over 30 years. How can more women break through? Break Your Own Rules distills the six faulty assumptions (or "rules") most women follow that get in the way, then delivers the correlating new rules that promise to clear a path.

It is only the beginning of May, but in Oslo a brutal heat wave has coincided with an alarming increase in violent crime. In the latest instance, police investigator Hanne Wilhelmsen is sent to a macabre crime scene on the outskirts of town. An abandoned shed is covered in blood. On one wall an eight-digit number is written in blood. There is no body - nor any sign of a victim. Is it a kid’s prank or foul play? Is it even human blood? As more bloody numbers are found in isolated locations throughout Oslo, Hanne’s colleague Håkon Sand makes a startling discovery: The digits correspond to the filing numbers of foreign immigrants.

Mateo Silva reads space for a living — the gaps between defenders, the angle before the pass. Liam Gallagher is the first player he can't place. Mateo is twenty-four, Brazilian, and the most naturally gifted attacking midfielder Castleford City have signed in a decade. Liam is thirty, English, and has spent twelve years building a system so complete it has become invisible. No girlfriend, no stories, no answers to questions nobody asks because Liam's silence has made the questions unnecessary. On the pitch, he reads the game before it happens. Off it, he has built a life defined by what ...