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My life hasn't turned out the way I wanted it to. Because of one stupid stunt by a kid I used to care about, I'm now slinging cocktails in a Miami club instead of getting my degree. In a split second, Everest Hill ruined my future, and I'm too jaded to ever move past it. Only Elton—my best friend and his brother—connects us, but thankfully, Everest has made himself irrelevant in the last four years. Until now. When Elton heads off on a summer European adventure, I'm forced to babysit his little brother through his first semester in college, but I'd rather eat shattered glass.

A stunning adaptation of a First World War masterpiece showing man's inhumanity to man German playwright Karl Kraus's early twentieth-century satirical play about the First World War was originally 15 hours long, but his classic satire The Last Days of Mankind, has been deftly distilled into a...

Three of the most popular and sought after apocryphal books are now presented in a single volume. The Book of Enoch is quoted by Jude, cited by Peter, and read by the apostles, Enoch (1 Enoch) informs our ideas of angels and demons. The book describes the fall of a group of angels called the Watchers, who took the daughters of men as wives and fathered the Nephilim (Genesis 6: 1-2). Enoch goes on to record amazing visions of heaven and the workings thereof. Enoch is an ancient Jewish religious work, traditionally ascribed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah.

Cruel. Insane. Furious. Lachlan O’Rourke crashed my wedding, saw the bruises under my veil, and now… he’s my new husband. He’s untamed and reclusive and says I’m way too young and innocent for a monster like him. He keeps reminding me this is just a marriage of convenience to keep me safe until the ballet conservatory accepts me.

Mara’s island is one of stories and magic, but every story ends in the same way. She will finish her days on the cliff, turned to stone and gazing out at the horizon like all the islanders before her. Mara’s parents - a boxer and a ballerina - chose this enchanted place as a refuge from the turbulence of their previous lives: they wanted to bring up their children somewhere special and safe. But the island and the sea don’t care what people want, and when they claim a price from her family, Mara’s world unravels.

With this solemn warning, The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage opens not as a simple grimoire, but as a profound covenantal text. Composed in the 15th century and later translated by S. L. MacGregor Mathers, this work stands among the most revered writings of Western ceremonial magic. It is a manual not of vanity or sorcery, but of purification, discipline, and spiritual ascent.

The rich life Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is featured here: His work as a doctor, his novels and journalistic writings, his support of Spiritualism and his defense of fairies. This is a unique set for the 150th anniversary of his birth. After his early years in medicine, the writing talents of Arthur Conan Doyle took over. Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger were among his successes.

Gunner has spent half his life running from his past, and the other half trying to protect himself from ever being vulnerable again. He’s escaped his old club and worked hard to earn the VP patch on his cut after joining the Broken Chains. But his entire life is turned upside down when Gunner’s past comes back to haunt him, and the club’s Deaf delivery guy ends up at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Thought-Forms is one of the most influential works ever written on the hidden power of the mind. First published in 1901 as part of the Theosophical teachings of Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater, this groundbreaking text proposes a bold idea: thoughts are not abstractions—they are real, structured, energetic entities that shape both our inner life and the world around us.

Early Christians quoted them. The Dead Sea Scrolls preserved them. The Ethiopian Church canonized them. Yet most modern readers have never opened their pages. This compendium gathers four of the most influential extrabiblical texts—1 Enoch, Jubilees, Jasher, and the fragmentary Book of Giants—complete with scholarly introductions and line-by-line annotations from acclaimed author-editor Joseph Lumpkin.

This isn’t a typical love story. This is a story of what happens when love is so powerful and all-consuming that it has the ability to destroy everyone involved. It’s definitely not pretty and it’s certainly not a fairytale, but it’s their story and it couldn’t be told any other way.

My steps to a happily ever after: 1. Go to Vegas and accept the perfect proposal. 2. Move to NYC with the love of my life. 3. Enjoy impending motherhood. Everything was supposed to be perfect. Instead, a weekend in Sin City blew up in my face when I discovered my supposed boyfriend is married with kids—leaving me single, pregnant, and homeless.

Hunter, Ash, Ledger, and Samson. The Kings of Ravenwood Academy. Their names still send shivers down my spine, for more than one reason. Back then, they didn’t expect me to fight back. But I did. And now I’m theirs. After making a pact with them, they help me get revenge on the one man who wronged me. Now, I have four ruthless guys willing to risk everything for me. The only problem is, I promised them everything I had in return. So while I may be the new Queen of Ravenwood, the Kings still own me, body and soul. And I’m not quite sure I’m ready to hand over my crown.

What could be better than going to Northern England to visit the places where famous authors such as Bram Stoker, Beatrix Potter, and Catherine Cookson lived and worked? It was something Kat had always wanted to do. Her dream became a reality when her friend, Marion, decided such a trip should be a payback to her friends for helping her discover the truth about her husband. But having the popular pub employee, Sam, murdered the night they arrived at the pub/hotel where Kat and her friends were staying, was not a preferred way to start a vacation.

When Irene is kidnapped by a gang of monsters, she is shoved straight into a world of magic and murder. A mothman. An Unseelie. A demonic plague doctor. The Freaks are a terrifying group ready to wreak havoc on the world that destroyed their humanity. As these creatures drag Irene into the dark, they crave her soul, mind—and body. The longer these four are together, the faster they fall into a terrifying type of love. Will the demons take the wings from their caged dove, or will they set her free before their world devours her?

Ethan Matthews always felt he was second best. His brother received all the praise, never him. Ethan took a dark, lonely road, turning to alcohol and women to avoid the jealousy that ate away at him. But the demons of his past continued to resurface. He decided to turn his life around with the help of the person he treated the worst -- his brother.

Philip Hartley owns an elite finishing school; a hidden gem that focuses on the sexual submission and complete discipline of young ladies. Behavior, expectations, and beliefs are quite different there. It's a finishing school to help a woman find that inner little girl which once was lost. A private school that requires its pupils to surrender their bodies, their minds, and their souls to their betrothed.

Layla, raised as the king’s precious jewel, is a princess trapped in a golden cage. She knows little of freedom but much of sacrifice. When betrayal strips her of her title and chains her to a life of servitude, she discovers the unlikeliest ally—a dragon’s egg pulsing with ancient power. Avery, the shadow of a man once broken by a cruel world, has spent years trying to earn his freedom from the king’s service.

My forties should have been when I thrived. Instead, I'm facing them as a divorced single mother in an unfamiliar city. Trying to reclaim my life led me to a new man's bed… then another… and another. It doesn't mean anything that they're my scent matches. I already lost two decades to the wrong man, and I'm not going to fall in line with someone else just because fate says so. It doesn't matter that when I'm in their arms, I feel alive for the first time in years. I can't gamble with my children's happiness after everything that happened with their father. Taking the risk isn't an option.

Discover how to put the system of Reiki into practical use for healing yourself, and consequently your communities, and the wider world around you. Beginning Reiki, Beginning Healing focuses on filtering the Reiki teachings through the Reiki precepts. It takes the line "For Today Only" and uses methods of storytelling, teachings, contemplation, and down-to-earth practice to find out why these three words give the system of Reiki such a powerful base to work from.