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A searing memoir that explores the institutions that defined a Puerto Rican woman and what she unlearned to rediscover herself "A lushly written, deeply felt investigation into the meanings of home, lineage and selfhood." —Melissa Febos, bestselling author of Body Work and Girlhood...

For Dominic, the annual fishing trips with his grandfather Earl were usually uneventful. Now at 18, he knows this will be the last trip they take together because Earl has recently been diagnosed with dementia and his lucid time is running out. Clearcutting has resumed in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska and, unbeknownst to Dominic, Earl has decided to sabotage the logging equipment nearby.

The GEMs play by their own rules. These global problem-solvers combine grace, firepower, smarts, and a healthy dose of audacious attitudes to get the job done—for a price, of course. After all, the M in GEMs stands for Mercenary. Jackson “Jax” Guillion, known as Diamond, leads this group of kick-a-s women behind the front of an elite travel agency. She wouldn’t trade what she has for anything. But when a client hires them to find and return a sick child’s father, all bets are off. She’ll do whatever it takes to bring him back. Too bad nobody warned her he was her type.

Are you a vegan who wants to incorporate new recipes? Do you want to follow a vegan diet but don’t have the time to cook? Are you a beginner and do you want to start learning more about the vegan diet? Well, you are in the right place! This audiobook gives you the opportunity to understand what veganism is, the benefits of a vegan diet and numerous easy and quick recipes to prepare. You will come to love this lifestyle and the energy it provides. This audiobook was written for beginners and advanced. The topic is treated with simplicity and it is easy to listen and understand.

Donald Bristo served his country for eight years and PTSD is all he has to show for his service. But, when a zombie outbreak occurs, Donald must go into survival mode and rescue Sister Mary Frances and her young nun in training, Christine. Taking them to his family hunting cabin in the woods, he prepares to teach them the skills they will need to survive while battling his own demons. As the women face an uncertain future, they must also come to terms with their pasts.

The plant-based diet is increasingly becoming popular, thanks to the many good things that come with following such a diet, such as better weight loss, heart health, remedies for hypertension, type 2 diabetes, inflammation, and high blood cholesterol, among other things. Whatever your reason is for following a plant-based diet, I know it can feel overwhelming to go all in.

Let me ask you two questions. Are you looking to find peace in your life? Had enough of the stress, anxiety, and frustration around you? Meditation is the answer you’re looking for. Although meditation is commonly known as a mainly spiritual practice, it additionally has many health benefits. A few of these are: enhancing the immune system, decreasing muscle tension and headaches, lowering blood pressure, and self-esteem by building self-confidence.

If you're lucky, you'll fall in love-truly, madly, and deeply in love. Maddy and Reid had that kind of love-the all-encompassing, Earth-shattering, once-in-a-lifetime kind of love. Then life happened. Old wounds that were thought to be long healed and scabbed over are ripped opened, and they are forced to face the possibility that maybe they are not strong enough to fight their demons and embrace the light.

Marshall Dyson wants one thing and one thing only: to raze his grandfather’s island to the ground. Everything is ready to go - except for the freakin’ bunnies! Hundreds of the furry critters hopping about and multiplying before his eyes. And then there’s the American Bunny League, along with one distractingly beautiful veterinarian, taking him to court to save them. Dr. Augusta “Gus” North can’t believe the grumpy - and annoyingly hot - builder she’s facing in court cares more about demo-ing some cabin than the lives of 200 bunnies. 

Joan, Tisha, and Lila are three single, ambitious party girls embarking on a journey where they attempt to give up sex and draw nearer to God. Giving up their boyfriends and club hopping for empty beds and Bible study is more challenging than they could have imagined. The Single Sister Experiment is a fast-paced, drama-filled ride that you don’t want to miss!

Learning with Spanish Novels is easy and straightforward. Forget about difficult long texts with English translations. This audiobook for Spanish learners is not like that. It will take you to the next level in less time...Karen is a journalist living in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in the year 2034. A terrible tsunami struck the shores of Miami and the whole city is now under water. Karen will be asked to travel there to cover the news and the aftermath of the tragedy.

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Moral Choices: Audio Lectures includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points...

Pain. Cold. Falling. Floating. And then, a set of emerald green eyes staring down at me. Death was supposed to be easy. It was what I’ve been longing for, what I’ve been working towards. The last thing I expected was for me to fight harder in death than I ever did in life. It’s been three months since I joined my mates in the Underworld. Three months of training my powers, my deadly affinity, with the blue-haired demon who likes to garden. But I still can’t defeat him. King Balthazar.

Simon has ADHD, he lives on a New Town in Northumberland, it's the summer of 1976, and it's hot, big cracks are starting to appear in the ground. A gang called The Seaburn Batlads capture Simon and his best friend Squeaky when they are out stealing plums. They tell the boys that ghosts from under the slag heap are going to come up through the cracks. Terrified, the boys form their own gang called The Conker Boys in an attempt to defend their camp in the gorse bushes.

Carolyn Summers was a well known author who wrote steamy, romantic books, even though her own love life was less than satisfactory. Perhaps that was why she was having these interactions with people while on her retreat to write. Her agent had rented a cabin near the Sequoia National Forest so she would have solitude and quiet to get the next book completed on time. The problem was all these interruptions! People knocking on the cabin door, pulling her from her computer, and throwing drama into her life. But these were not normal unknown people! And why were they showing up now of all times?

When snow falls, sparks fly in this irresistible queer romance from Schneider Family Book Award and Stonewall Honor winner Mariama J. Lockington—for fans of She Gets the Girl and Jennifer Dugan. High school senior Lyric has always found Christmas to be the hardest season. While other kids got...

Designed to Thrive: A Pathway to Building Resilient Systems is a compelling guide for leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers looking to future-proof their organizations in an era defined by complexity and disruption. Blending decades of hands-on experience in public sector governance, manufacturing, and consulting, Dr. Alison Foster explores the essential principles of systems and systems thinking, and their practical applications in the real world.

Lauren Rae thought she had it all sussed out. Leaving her awkward teenage years in the past, the future was hers for the taking. Why shouldn’t she have it all? Dream job, beautiful home, perfect man, great friends… Like Whitney said, ‘I’m Every Woman’―and that’s just who Lauren would be too. But growing up a young black woman in the early noughties wasn’t quite the dream Lauren had envisioned. Unpaid internships, disappointing men and lying friends challenged her mental strength and pushed her towards the wine bottle.

Two centuries ago, nearly half the North American diet was foraged, hunted, or caught in the wild. Today, so-called “wild foods” are becoming expensive luxuries, served to the wealthy in top restaurants. Meanwhile, people who depend on wild foods for survival and sustenance find their lives forever changed as new markets and roads invade the world’s last untamed landscapes. In Feasting Wild, geographer and anthropologist Gina Rae La Cerva embarks on a global culinary adventure to trace our relationship to wild foods.

Why do so many organizations struggle with leadership? It's not because employees lack intelligence or motivation. It's because the system is broken. Leaders are often chosen for the wrong reasons: they've been around the longest, they excelled as individual contributors, or someone simply had to fill the role. Rarely are they promoted because they were intentionally developed, taught to think critically, or given the chance to practice ownership before stepping into authority.