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This middle-grade biography explores the life and works of Madeleine L'Engle --written by her granddaughters--coming just in time for the all-new A Wrinkle in Time film, directed by Ava DuVernay and featuring a multi-racial cast (release date: March 9, 2018). Madeleine L'Engle (1918--2007) is...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: The History of ISIS/ISIL chronicles the birth and growth of the group, including the key figures and events that impacted its formation, as well as the ideology of the group and the historical context and environment that strengthened it. This book also looks at the various tactics and strategies the group has employed to achieve its goals and further its ideology, especially its notorious terrorist attacks

Bing Crosby hosts The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers visits with Bergen & McCarthy, and Red Skelton heads to Dead Eye's dude ranch. Come kick up your heels with Bob Hope, "Buck Benny," Fred Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly, and more!

René Descartes is one of the formative figures in Western philosophy, logic and mathematics. His famous statement: "I think, therefore I am," has become perhaps the most famous phrase in all of philosophy. Descartes’s ground-breaking writings attempted to establish unshakeable foundations of knowledge, and set a trend for subsequent Western philosophy, which has endlessly critiqued and expanded upon his ideas.

When Sam Feary meets his old high school buddy Abner in Manhattan, he knows something is wrong. But he doesn't know how wrong. Abner has stepped over the boundary, into the world of unseen spirits - a world that has suddenly become a terrifying reality. It will take Abner's life unless Sam can rescue him.... But now it wasnt Sam's life as well!

Human traffickers earn up to 35 billion dollars a year. They are ruthless and give no thought whatsoever to the victims and what happens to them. They take them, buy them, then sell them to anybody. Eighty percent of the trafficked are sold into the sex trade and the biggest demand is for the children. Taken away from their families, these children are drugged, tortured, then repeatedly raped. They have nowhere to run to, are unable to fight back, and their average age is 11. Their life expectancy once they are taken, is seven years.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A gripping blend of travelogue and frontline reporting that reveals how climate change, military ambition, and economic opportunity are transforming the Arctic into the epicenter of a new cold war, where a struggle for dominance between the planet’s great powers...

Sparks fly when they meet on a Mumbai Local and Sheila introduces Harry to a pleasure he had previously dismissed. Audiobooks! Unfortunately they are parted before they can even exchange names and it looks like their romance will end before it even began... Or will it? PS: The rich fragrance...

A hilarious debut novel about an eclectic group of merchants at a Kansas antique mall who become implicated in the kidnapping of a local beauty pageant star. The city of Wichita, Kansas, is wracked with panic over the abduction of toddler pageant princess Lindy Bobo. However, the dealers at The...

Roy Wood Jr. tackles freeway protests, examines the origin of the blues, and explains why the Confederate flag is sometimes helpful.

The follow-up to her critically acclaimed Lie to Me, J.T. Ellison’s Tear Me Apart is the powerful story of a mother willing to do anything to protect her daughter even as their carefully constructed world unravels around them. One moment will change their lives forever… Competitive skier...

From a New York Times media correspondent, a dishy history of the Condé Nast magazine empire, home of Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and more, focusing on its glitzy heyday from the 1980s through the 2000s. For decades, Condé Nast and its glittering magazines defined how to live the good...

Do you feel like work is constantly piling up on you? Do you work at a breakneck pace all day, only to find that you haven't accomplished the most important things on your agenda when you leave the office? Are you sick of procrastinating, losing focus, poor memory, and leaving projects unfinished? Do you get distracted easily? Are you overwhelmed by an ever-growing to-do list? Do you want to save hours a day and do more in less time? If you answered yes to any of those questions then you need to listen to this book.

The War of Spanish Succession is over, many sailors are out of work, and the thriving American colonies are quickly becoming the place of opportunity. For Sam Bellamy it is the opportunity to become the captain of his own ship.

Red Hummingbird kicks off the explosive Michael Alvarez series with a blend of gritty realism, emotional stakes, and a plot ripped from today's headlines. When DEA agent Michael Alvarez's girlfriend collapses after eating a cookie from a beloved L.A. bakery, he uncovers a chilling truth - the pastries are laced with a new designer drug called Red Hummingbird. The bakery is a cartel front, and its product is killing people quietly, one bite at a time.

A groundbreaking, women-centered guide to addiction and recovery that reveals how addiction uniquely affects women—often hidden behind high-functioning lives—and offers a clear, compassionate path forward. Addiction in women often hides in plain sight. As women, we’re expected to keep it...

For millions of people, AI systems have become a consistent presence—available at any moment, capable of engaging in conversation, offering guidance, and providing support without interruption. This shift is not just technical—it is emotional. And it is happening now.

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The creator of Dracula, Bram Stoker, wrote many other novels and works of short fiction. Here are four of his short stories which have some of the same weird, unsettling, and entertaining qualities as his gothic masterpiece. They are "The Judge's House", "The Secret of the Growing Gold", "The Squaw", and "A Dream of Red Hands."

Tyler comes from an ordinary world, but this changes after he's rescued from an attack and taken to a mysterious village. He meets Andrew, a ruggedly handsome young man whom he has an immediate connection with. Andrew gives Tyler a chance at a new life in his community, but there are sacrifices he must make in order to join. Andrew's culture only allows compatibility to be determined through physical means. Andrew helps Tyler to drop his preconceived notions of dating and unleash his primal self.