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Now: Alone in a cottage, Lavinia writes to the woman she loved. Fifteen years ago: Middle-aged Lavinia Whateley escapes her hilly Massachusetts town when the townsfolk decide to sacrifice her on Halloween. After almost dying in the woods, she's saved and housed by the stoic and mysterious Asenath Waite, or Azzie. On the coastal outskirts of East Providence, they start to fall in love. However, things change when Azzie, with her secret past and the strange "scars" on the side of her neck, begins to transform into an eldritch creature of the deep.

Larson looks carefully into the challenges and opportunities that people and companies face today as work changes. Chapters address the issues that vital stakeholders experience in remote-work environments, including the remote worker, remote teams, managers of remote workers, and companies with remote workforces. Larson also incorporates real-world examples to illustrate key points and demonstrate best practices.

Lauren Berlant continues to explore our affective engagement with the world. Berlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced. Drawing on sources including Last Tango in Paris, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Claudia Rankine, Christopher Isherwood, Bhanu Kapil, the Occupy movement, and resistance to anti-Black state violence, Berlant poses inconvenience as an affective relation and considers how we might loosen our attachments in ways that allow us to build new forms of life.

Dr. Rachel Harris has always played by the book, until a mysterious woman arrives at the hospital after an accident, sending her world into a tailspin. As the patient lies in an induced coma, Dr. Harris finds solace in her daydreams, crafting an enchanting romance with this enigmatic woman. Her fantasies provide an escape from her otherwise regimented life, stirring feelings she's never experienced before. However, reality comes crashing down when the patient finally awakens, revealing herself to be a moody, self-absorbed woman who bears no resemblance to the person Rachel had come to love.

With echoes of Audre Lorde’s The Cancer Journals and Susan Sontag’s Illness as Metaphor, an extraordinary debut collection from a prize-winning poet that chronicles a Black woman’s journey through disability, the byzantine healthcare system, life-giving, taking, and sacrifice. With...

With hits such as “Stand By Your Man” and “Golden Ring,” Tammy Wynette was an icon of American domesticity and femininity. But there were other sides to the first lady of country. Steacy Easton places the complications of Wynette’s music and her biography in sharp-edged relief, exploring how she made her sometimes-tumultuous life into her work, a transformation that was itself art.

本书是一本专为中文学习者设计的德语学习教材全书收录了数十篇贴近日常生活的原创短篇故事主题涵盖日常生活家庭社交旅行等多个实用场景每篇故事均提供标准德语原文对应的中文译文并配有专业录制的纯正德语音频旨在帮助学习者同步提升阅读听力与口语能力

Wildfires threaten Phoenix Ridge and Lieutenant Zoey Knight—a seasoned firefighter—is at the heart of the fight against the fires. When she is forced to work with Chief Helicopter Pilot Lux Valentine to fight the fires, they clash immediately. They hate each other instantly . . . but also . . . well, they can't resist each other. Lux and Zoey's explosive chemistry ignites during a high-stakes rescue mission, where they become trapped together.

Author April Shenandoah takes you through real life experiences as she learned about the power of the spoken word. She teaches how we as believers are not practicing one of the most basic Biblical principles - ask, believe, and receive. She teaches that we are to say what we want and expect it. The trick is to know what we want and not be wishy-washy. April teaches that ignorance, rebellion, and lack of God's knowledge will hold us back from receiving and progressing in life.

Claire Melbourne is a steely newspaper editor who's just lost the biggest scoop of her career, thanks to her naïve intern's mistake. Firing the young Ellie Kirkland for the offense was a no-brainer. But when fate brings the two women together again, Claire finds herself questioning everything she thought she was—especially her cynical, take-no-prisoners approach to life. When she's not breaking stories or breaking in reporters, Claire's one outlet is to lose herself in Motown music and in the seat of a cheerful antique Mustang. But lose herself to the much younger, far-too-nice Ellie?

Fire Captain Cassidy Harris is as dedicated to her team as they come. Proud, stubborn, and fiercely protective, she's not about to let anyone waltz in and mess with Phoenix Ridge Fire Department. Of course she clashes immediately with Evelyn Ford—a stone cold Ice Queen tasked with modernizing the fire department. Cassidy is ready to fight tooth and nail against Evelyn's changes, but then there is the one thing she didn't expect . . . the heated chemistry between her and her sworn enemy Evelyn.

Vanessa Perry’s summer visit to her grandparents is even better than her dreams when she meets and falls in love with Makenna Markus. The teenagers quickly make college plans and can’t wait for Vanessa’s next visit at Christmas. But Vanessa’s mother has other ideas, and does a terrible thing. Their lives will never be the same.

Doreen is one of the university’s hottest girls. Well known to be a sex addict throughout the campus, the busty young blonde has the pick of the city’s men. Constantly bedding two men at the same time, the flirtatious nympho wants to stretch her limits and explore her love for multiple men. And so when her equally promiscuous girlfriends suggests she experiment with four men between the sheets, Doreen begins drooling with excitement at the thought of her first four-men gang bang!

Raya can't believe she has just bumped into her old college crush. The couple grab a coffee for a impromptu catch up. The innocent blonde is pleasantly shocked to learn her former crush unleashed his dark fetishes and now runs a underground dungeon specializing in BDSM. Her curiosity gets the better of her, and she requests a tour. The dark and eerie ambiance calls out to her, and it doesn't take long before the busty blonde is begging to be tied up and spanked.

Elizabeth is young, privileged, and bored. New to life as a flight attendant, she now faces the real world: juggling work-relationships, friends, and constant travel. And then there are men.... The Sky's the Limit is a book about friendship, love, and work in a world where the options seem limitless but the outcomes are unknowable. Jamie O'Neill is a writer from London. This is his first novel.

When we harvest fruit seasonally, we're reminded that good things can't be rushed, and that life's offerings are best at their peak. In this sweet guide, learn the fundamentals of year-round fruit picking, including: where, when, and how to look for fruit; the etiquette of gathering on public land; how to put your haul to good use; and much more.

Inviting listeners to explore a modern field of study with deep historical foundations, the book begins by considering the complexities of the term "information" and the information life cycle from classification to preservation. Each chapter examines a different area within IS, surveying its history, technologies, and practices with a critical eye.

In the jubilant aftermath of Japan’s surrender in World War II, San Francisco erupts in celebration. But for Sandy Zimmer, the thirty-two-year-old widow publisher of the Prospect newspaper, the revelry masks a darker truth. In the chaos of the VJ-Day Peace Riot, eleven deaths and six rapes take place. Driven by journalistic integrity and battling her own instincts to maintain peace, Sandy directs her paper to investigate the riot.

Amanda Cauble-Walters is thrilled as her sister, Jeannie, prepares for the birth of her first child. Amanda’s elation is offset by the compelling desire to have a child of her own, but she fears that her wife, Lex, doesn’t want children.

April Raque nearly killed herself with the stress of corporate America's high-speed conveyor belt. When her own health bucked her off it mid-way through life, she landed with a thud. And then she did as any good Gen X-er would: she figured it out. Using her formal education in health, wellness, and design alongside the trademark independence of her generation, April crafted her own mid-life chapter into a place of joy. Now you can become the boss of your midlife, too. Ollie, ollie, oxen free! The water hose is flowing and the street lights are nowhere near turning on.