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Sheila Harrison Grant is the first African American woman ever nominated to the federal bench in Cleveland. But when her 13-year-old daughter Olivia shares a family secret with a well-meaning guidance counselor, she sets the wheels in motion to feed partisan opposition, threatening her mother’s position…and both of their lives. Casey Cort made the mistake of crossing a classmate from a prominent and influential family. Now she works as a faceless cog. When fate gives Casey a second chance, she has to find the strength to fight for those with nowhere else to turn.

Die Neuerzählung einer chinesischen Legende: Shelley Parker-Chan zeichnet den Aufstieg Zhu Yuanzhangs nach, jenes armen Bauern, der einst die Mongolenherrschaft stürzte und die Ming-Dynastie gründete. Ein Dorf im staubigen Flachland, geplagt von einer Hungersnot. Ein Seher offenbart zwei Kindern ihre Zukunft: Den Jungen erwartet ein bedeutendes Schicksal, das Mädchen dagegen – nichts. Im Jahr 1345 steht China unter der brutalen Herrschaft der Mongolen. Plünderer ziehen durch das Land und überfallen die armen Bauern. Auch ins Dorf der Kinder kommen sie und machen die beiden zu Waisen.

Der Klassiker des Antikolonialismus in einer kommentierten Neuausgabe. "Im Discours sur le colonialisme, erstmals 1950 veröffentlicht, prangert Césaire leidenschaftlich die Verbrechen und Gräuel an, die jahrhundertelang von Weißen an Schwarzen verübt worden waren und selbst nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in Indochina, auf Madagaskar und andernorts weiterhin verübt wurden. Mit unerbittlicher Logik hält Césaire der weißen Zivilisation den Spiegel ihrer Barbarei vor und zeigt, dass der Faschismus schon immer in ihr vorhanden war.

When an 83-year-old woman dies, she is not transported straight to heaven. She is taken on an unexpected detour back to her life shortly before she died. Only this time, she is seeing the world from a different point of view. This is the first time she has ever experienced a detour being the best part of a journey.

For the past two months, Kitty Doe's life has been a lie. Forced to impersonate Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's niece, in a hostile meritocracy on the verge of revolution, Kitty sees her frustration grow as her trust in her fake fiancé cracks, her real boyfriend is forbidden and the Blackcoat rebels she is secretly supporting keep her in the dark more than ever.

In this powerful guide, a clinical psychologist and trauma expert synthesizes proven-effective therapies to bring immediate, trauma-informed relief to couples who share the collective weight of suffering. Working together, you'll develop emotion regulation skills for cultivating a relationship built on mutual safety, trust, and togetherness.

Secrets are my specialty. I’m Mai Fairchild - fox shifter, sister’s keeper, and bane of the local werewolf pack. In a world where different is dangerous, my sister and I must pretend to be human at all costs. Too bad I just lost the job that lets me live under the radar while putting food on my sister's plate. Enter an enticing werewolf who offers enough cash to upgrade our diets from ramen noodles to salami if I join him on a magical hunt. But can I afford to accept the opportunity when the risk of working closely with every fox shifter's sworn enemy is so great?

Kitty Doe is a Blackcoat rebel and a former captive with a deadly connection to the most powerful and dangerous man in the country, Prime Minister Daxton Hart. Forced to masquerade as Daxton's niece, Lila Hart, Kitty has helped the Blackcoats take back the prison known as Elsewhere. But Daxton has no intention of ceding his position of privilege - or letting Kitty expose his own masquerade.

Due to a chance of fate, Wolfie doesn't walk two-legged until his teenage years. Then he finds that the world looks very different after growing up as a canine. Unfortunately, Wolfie's sibling Justin is less than thrilled to be upstaged by a bigger and stronger kid brother. When Justin resorts to bullying weaker pack members to prove his own power, Wolfie is faced with a dilemma. Can the bloodling protect his pack mates from Justin's malice? And can he ever really find acceptance in a pack despite his differences?

Electric Literature Aloud! is a compendium of 10 short stories from the anthology series. The editors select stories with a strong voice that capture readers and listeners and lead them somewhere exciting, unexpected, and meaningful.

After toeing the line around humans for most of my life, I thought mating with an alpha werewolf would mean I'd finally found my place. But when a pack mate falls deathly ill and a magical bracelet locks itself around my wrist, my newfound stability is shattered. To unleash the moonring's healing power and save my friend, I must mend bridges with two problematic father figures. One is the adopted parent who taught me that all werewolves are evil. The other is a shifter grandfather who offers his help—if I can survive a series of perilous trials.

Welcome to Hit The Wall. A weekly(ish) podcast about running, hosted by sort-of runner Stuart and his non-running sort-of-supporting wife Aimee. Each show will focus on trying to motivate Stuart to train for his first ever marathon in May 2024, while they also chew the fat on life as parents to two children. If you're looking to learn some new running tips from this podcast, then this is not for you. If you're looking for some light relief or something to listen to while you also try and run, then stick this in your ears and enjoy the nonsense.

The only thing worse than hiding from werewolves is living among them. No wonder I kept some secrets, broke a few rules...and implicated my werewolf protector in the process. Oops. To make matters worse, the stealer of my dead mother's magic has set his sights on my sister a second time. As the child's powers fade, so does her vitality until death looms on the horizon. Can I learn to harness the power of the pack - and squash my individuality - before my sister's life is entirely sucked away from her?

Alile Rubidari is denied asylum in Britain. To avoid being deported to Africa, she ventures into the shady world of illegal au pairs. But when she comes to care for little Charlotte Rose, small clues reveal the child may be her own. Without family, money, or legal status, Alile has no means to fight for her daughter.... Desperate to create a family, Fiona Rose goes on a journey to single motherhood. But when she learns her adopted daughter may be stolen, she must learn the true meaning of family before she has to account for her role in international child abduction.

Set in India's remote Andaman Islands before and during WWII, the story revolves around a mysteriously mute four-year-old who vanishes on the eve of Japanese Occupation. Little Ty's parents, Shep and Claire, will go to any lengths to rescue him, but neither is prepared for the brutal and soul-changing odyssey that awaits them. 

Honoring Indigenous cultures and values as we collectively dream and co-create a future of mutual flourishing because Ancestral Intelligence embodies the antidote to Artificial Intelligence and the extractive ideologies destroying our planet.A new podcast co-hosted by Dr. Lyla June Johnston (Diné/Tsétsêhéstâhese), Cultural Survival Board Member, and Aimee Roberson (Choctaw and Chickasaw), Cultural Survival Executive Director.Tune in starting on Earth Day, April 22, 2026!

When my father's company goes bankrupt, my perfect country club princess life goes with it. Goodbye, grad school. Goodbye, health insurance. Enter Brayden Forsyth, the black sheep of baseball's royal family, whose team is threatening to cut him from the roster unless he cleans up his act. When he offers me a better life in exchange for help rehabbing his image, I say yes—even after he gets down on one knee. I know we can fake the perfect marriage. After all, I've been faking being the perfect daughter—and faking certain other things—for most of my life.

Es ist Jahre her, dass die drei Ryan-Schwestern alle zusammen in ihrem geliebten Elternhaus auf Long Island waren. Vor zwei Jahrzehnten wurde ihr Leben durch einen tödlichen Unfall auf dem Boot ihres Bruders Topher aus den Angeln gehoben. Jetzt kehren sie für ein gemeinsames Thanksgiving zurück zu ihren alternden Eltern, und jede von ihnen hat ihre jeweils eigenen Sorgen und Geheimnisse im Schlepptau. Als Cait jemanden aus ihrer gemeinsamen Vergangenheit zum Thanksgiving-Essen einlädt, kochen alte Konflikte hoch und neue Wahrheiten kommen ans Licht.

Crónica de una sensibilidad estética y una reflexión lírica acerca de la belleza de todo lo que nos rodea. La poeta Aimee Nezhukumatathil nos sorprende con una colección de ensayos sobre el mundo natural donde nos revela cómo los animales y las plantas pueden enseñarnos e inspirarnos. De...

Half-shifter Fen Young enjoys the perfect life - an adoring mate, a supportive pack, and acres of wild land to roam across. But, can she keep it? Fen's reality shatters when her inner beast rebels and threatens werewolves and humans alike. A sheep is killed, a child is terrified, and a serial killer stalks unnoticed through the night.