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The survivor of a brutal academy must exhume her own past in the first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of the Library Trilogy and the Broken Empire series. Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters. The Academy of Kindness exists to create...

What is it about the cat that captivates the creative imagination? No other creature has inspired so many authors to take pen to page. Mystery, horror, science fiction, and fantasy stories have all been written about cats.

Feminist dystopian thrillers have been hitting eerily close to reality lately, and The Last Midwife brings that discomfort home. ‘I’m going to snuff out the old witches–every last one of them!’ Childbirth in England is a state-controlled procedure. Midwives have been outlawed for decades. Only a handful remain, risking everything to help mothers give birth in secret, but now their very existence is under threat.

¿Y si te dijera que la verdadera seducción no tiene nada que ver con trucos o manipulación, sino con ser dueña de tu yo más profundo y auténtico? ¿Te has preguntado alguna vez por qué algunas mujeres parecen tener un encanto sobrenatural que las hace inolvidables? Es hora de descubrir los misterios de la seducción oscura.

Are you ready to make potty training calm, connected, and stress-free? In Potty Training Can Flush Itself, parenting expert Hazel Lawrence shares a compassionate, evidence-based approach that transforms potty learning from a battle into a bonding experience. With a blend of research-backed insights and practical tools, this audiobook guides you through every stage of potty training, helping you nurture independence and confidence in your child while maintaining peace of mind for yourself.

Drawing upon his experience as a former chief of staff on the Senate Finance Committee and as an Emmy-winning executive producer and writer of ‘The West Wing,’ Lawrence O’Donnell examines the compelling and impactful political stories of the day. Join him every weeknight.

What happens when ambition becomes addiction, and success becomes a death sentence? Blind Greed explodes off the page like a classic Greek tragedy colliding with a Jason Bourne thriller —except every shocking twist and detail actually happened.

Constance Chatterley seeks to escape from the confines of a loveless marriage and the upper class surroundings that suffocate her. When she meets the gamekeeper of Chatterley mansion, Oliver Mellors, she is mesmerised and infatuated by his no-nonsense demeanour and passionate touch. The two soon forge a profound bond as a result of their sexual compatibility and sociopolitical views.

From a renowned computer scientist, this book seeks the distinctive human quality that will prevail against artificial intelligence. If artificial intelligence takes over decision-making what, then, is unique and irreplaceable about human intelligence? The Atomic Human is a journey of discovery...

The classic that has taught millions how to live in continual fellowship with God — now rebuilt for modern listeners, fully expanded, and enriched with modern vernacular, in-depth history, and context. Practicing the Presence of God is one of the most enduring Christian guides to spiritual intimacy. Brother Lawrence, a humble Carmelite lay brother in 17th-century Paris, learned to experience God not through visions or ecstatic prayer, but by remaining with God in the ordinary moments of daily life. His words became a guide for believers seeking peace, stillness, and confidence in God’s love.

When John Huston died at 81 on August 28, 1987, America lost a towering figure in movie history. The director of such classic films as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon, Prizzi's Honor, and The Dead, John Huston evoked passionate responses from everyone he encountered. He was at the center of a dynasty, with three generations of Oscar winners (Walter, John and Anjelica).

The odds are 75% in your favor that you will profit from an options trade. And it’s even less risky – and potentially more lucrative – for the smaller investor if you trade weekly. Do you want to have extra weekly spending cash to cover your day-to-day living expenses? Would you like to earn passive income while you sleep? Does the idea of a few minutes every other day adding up to consistent monetary returns sound good?

In death, she would become infamous, yet in life passed often unseen. Jane Parker, daughter of the scholar Lord Morley, leaves her home at a tender age, embarking on a career in the dangerous Tudor Court. From the halls of her father's house to the palaces of London, from England to Calais and the Field of the Cloth of Gold Jane will travel, seeing much of this world, and others.

In this first in a series of wickedly funny mysteries, best-selling author Lawrence Block introduces Bernie Rhodenbarr, sometimes burglar, sometimes sleuth. Pulling only an occasional, very discreet job, Bernie manages to maintain his comfortable New York City apartment and keep his unorthodox vocation a closely-guarded secret. Every burglar knows never to trust anonymous phone calls. But when the caller offers easy money for an hour's work, Bernie can't ignore the job.

Nuclear Fire is a series of related even connected short stories that leads the reader through some of the most horrendous nuclear events of the past 100 years. From the development of nuclear weapons under The Manhattan Project, through the creation of reactors, to nuclear fires and core meltdowns, it takes you through plausible reasons why they happened and the implications of human greed and errors in the design, construction, and operation of both weapons reactors and commercial power reactors. Yet through it all with only one exception, the Chernobyl disaster, fewer people have died ...

Real Talk: Men, Divorce & Rebuilding is a podcast for men navigating life after separation, heartbreak, and major life transitions. Through honest conversations and real stories, we explore divorce, co-parenting, rebuilding confidence, finding love again, and growing into better fathers, brothers, and husbands. This is a space where men are heard, supported, and reminded they’re not alone. Whether you’re newly divorced, years removed, or still healing, this show exists to help you move forward with clarity, strength, and purpose.

Social scientists debate whether it is genes or environment that make the man. Some argue that the criminal mind is rooted in the genetics of the individual. Others claim that a particularly difficult youth could explain the individual’s turn to the darker side of life. No one really knows for certain. But the signs are everywhere in the science facts portrayed in this dark novel. In this searing novel of Extreme Prejudice, the ferocity of the mean inner-city streets, the personal impact of inter-gang violence, the lasting traumatic impressions of the violent deaths of friends and loved ...

When the fae king of Naenden returns home to his palace only to find that his human queen has committed treason by conspiring to assassinate him, he has the queen executed and decrees that once every mooncycle, he’ll marry a human woman from the kingdom, only to execute her the following morning. Unless one woman offers herself as a sacrificial bride for the rest.

"My most usual method is this simple attention, an affectionate regard for God to whom I find myself often attached with greater sweetness and delight than that of an infant at the mother's breast. To choose an expression, I would call this state the bosom of God, for the inexpressible sweetness which I taste and experience there." This is how "Brother Lawrence" describes his constant practice of speaking with and reflecting upon God amidst the mundane tasks of life.