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Born a daughter into the kingdom of Jinu, Xiuying knows nothing but rejection and betrayal, even as a young child. She is left forgotten and raised by maids while her parents, disgraced by her gender, tell the rest of the kingdom that she’s dead, when the only thing she wants is love. And eventually, her father and king, Qianfan, sends her away to an abandoned island… to die. But all hope is not lost. She meets Hua who, along with the rest of the island villagers, welcome her into their home with open arms, and twelve years later, Xiuying falls in love with a handsome prince, Zhang Wei.

Feeling like college is an impossible dream because of its steep price tag? I've been there.In high school, I wasn’t near the top of my class. Yet, I managed to secure over $50,000 in scholarships annually. How did I do it? By targeting colleges that actively support students from families like ours, those earning under $70,000. You can do the same thing too. This book is my step-by-step system, tailored for high schoolers and college first-years. It’s not too late to turn your college dream into reality.

Gaia, a new student at her school, stands up against bullying and discrimination. Despite facing murmurs and being different from most of her classmates, she befriends Amelia, a dark-skinned girl who is being bullied. Gaia encourages Amelia to embrace her uniqueness and reject the notion that being different is wrong.

Through excellent parenting tactics, study skills, diet, exercise, sleep, and more, Dr. Churchill will guide you on a highly practical journey to capitalize on the particular characteristics of ADHD. Boys can have an optimistic outlook on their ADHD with the help of the appropriate resources. This ADHD guide for boys is packed with simple activities to help your child with the many aspects of ADHD, such as self-control and organization, getting jobs done, and making friends, so that they can thrive in all aspects of their life.

Claire and Hugo are two attractive medical professionals working in a hospital surgical unit. Claire's infatuation with her handsome boss is complicated by his marriage and his mistress, not to mention Claire's boyfriend. Her pursuit results in a mixture of love, lust and lies and eventually to a dramatic encounter in a hotel bedroom, where 'room service' takes on a whole new meaning until the final shocking denouement.

An inspirational amazing book for a child or children to learn how to take a financial disappointment and turn it into an achievement.

For a millennia, they sat waiting, traveling through the dark, empty, cold vacuum of space, plotting our demise. Every continuity was planned in detail. They were ready to wipe out our armies, crush any resistance, and sweep aside any warriors. Mankind’s fate was sealed. It was only ever just a matter of time. What they had not planned for - what they are not ready for - is Karen! Any likeness between Karen and any real persons alive or dead is purely inevitable.

Katie thought she had more time… until one letter threatened to take away everything. At forty-three, Katie Hayes has poured her heart into her beachside bookstore, with her rescue dog, Benny, by her side. As Katie prepares for the annual Wishing Tree Festival, a mysterious letter from the city threatens to shut down the Breezy Tails Bookshop forever. When widower Sam Everett arrives in Hadley Cove, a chance encounter ignites a chain of events that could change everything. Can Katie and Sam save the bookstore and their second chance at love, or will they have to say goodbye to both?

Based on the history and stories of Bakersfield California, Cookesville is a fictional western town whose story, location and peoples have been ripped from the pages of history. Listeners learn the intense backstory of those who initially settled the wild west town of Cookesville in the 1850’s and follow the founders of Cookesville—Frank Cooke, his Native American wife Lily, and their entourage of Native Americans, Mestizos and Chinese—and their offspring, into the 21st century.

Kala may have a talent for killing, but it won’t help her escape what she fears most. As the only contact between the isolated communities of her world, mysterious airships demand a youth in exchange for the goods that each community so desperately needs to survive. If you have to send someone away, you choose a misfit, and Kala has always been at the top of the list.

Kala’s world is set aflame by Soren, a self-declared child of the winds, who was ripped from his family and sent in an airship to the harsh northern steppes. To assuage his anger, Soren has raised an army to destroy the world and every airship in it.

In the bitter cold of New Year's Eve, a young mother named Elise must choose between love and country when she is enlisted by United States Army Intelligence operatives to track down and apprehend her childhood love, who has fallen into a dark path of contract murder. Elise risks all as she embarks on a journey across oceans and continents, in hopes that the ruins of their love might stop an ever-growing string of murders.

Everyone has demons, but fifteen-year-old Eleanor can actually talk to hers. When her family moves to a new neighborhood, gender-questioning artist Eleanor thinks she can escape her past—and the secret she’s been carrying since she was little—but Creep won’t be left behind. He’s her childhood bestie and her only confidant. Always there: fish-bone teeth and gravel-voiced. The monster under her bed. The top-tier fan of all her nightmares who keeps her from what she wants most: a new start.

Follow kind and confident Orion through his first day of school as he befriends all the kids who might be different from him. Young listeners will learn about different ways to be kind, to make new friends, and that it is safe to be themselves.This is the story of Orion—a happy and loving young boy.

Third year of medical school is the greatest test in a doctor’s life, a year of rotating throughout specialties, teams, hospitals, and lives. It leaves an indelible mark on every physician, but the story is often untold…until now. Told through gonzo-style, bare-it-all journaling, Love, Sanity, or Medical School takes you on a tour of third year with Dr. Stephanie Benjamin, a 9/11 and Katrina-surviving, former Junior Olympic fencer with a tenacious spirit and keen humor.

As a middle school English teacher, Courtney Black was very familiar with all of the love stories, thank you very much. She preferred the love poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Shakespeare, but when it came to love in her own life, well, that was another matter. It was the most cliché story of them all, but after having her heartbroken by a cheating boyfriend, Courtney had sworn off love. Shakespeare did know a little about scorned women, and Courtney was determined to live her life on her own terms. Until a man came along that seemed just fine.

For 7,000 years, supernatural beings have existed in the shadows, alongside humanity. Even for Vampire Talon, 7,000 years is a long time. She plays errand girl for the Supernatural Queen, if just to pass the time. But when one of those "errands" reveals the resurrection of a long dead, genocidal cult responsible for the death of thousands, supernatural and human alike, Talon's boredom is replaced by gut wrenching terror.

Sharp Investigations is open for business! Too bad the citizens of Sweet Pea, OH don’t know what business is. Tasked with haunted homes, lost bananas, and mysteriously disappearing dead people, Cynthia “Cyn” Sharp is chasing the empty caskets. With her sidekick, Sgt. Winnifred Pupperson, K-9, and a helpful homeless man, Cyn is going to solve the mystery, get the man, and hopefully keep a pair of shoes.

Ever notice that the clock always seems to strike 12:34 or 11:11 just as you glance at it? Keep seeing 111, 444, or 888 pop up in the most unexpected places? Stop dismissing these as mere coincidences! What if these are personal messages from the divine, custom-made just for you? This book is your VIP pass to the secret language of the universe. It is not just another spiritual guide.

Even your most deeply buried secrets can find their way back to you. Agatha and Joseph are raising a family in the quiet suburbs south of Birmingham. But the secrets of Agatha's past threaten to expose themselves after Joseph investigates a noise he hears in the middle of the night and stumbles upon a world that he did not even know existed. When their son Thomas is kidnapped, Joseph and Agatha have to rely on each other to figure out why he was taken and how to get him back, whatever the cost.