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Merciless drought withers Kira's ranch, leaving her family hungry and desperate enough to cross the border into the forbidden forest to trap wild game. But the forest is infested with tree scorpions and giant cats that wield elemental invisibility, and they're hungry, too. When Kira mistakes one elemental creature for another, she ends up with the last thing she wants in her trap: an enemy soldier.

What happens when the definitions of said friendship are tested? When one feels something more for the other? What if the feelings aren't reciprocated? Girl Crush is the story of that one time.

After the Morrigan revealed themselves and her true nature became known, Adeline Colton is on the run. Seeking revenge for their fallen sister, they will hunt her to the end of the world. But there is another who pursues Adeline—the man with golden eyes and dangerous power, the one who betrayed her with the parallel bond and has the means to be her ruin—Jack Warren. But the past holds secrets of its own, revealed to her through Jack’s memories.

Watching your child grow is one of life’s most profound experiences. From that first smile to the tentative first steps, early development is filled with joy, wonder, and discovery. But sometimes, amidst the milestones and magical moments, a parent’s instinct whispers a quiet question: “Is this normal?” This book is for every parent who has ever had that thought. Developmental Red Flags: 10 Things to Discuss with Your Paediatrician is a compassionate, clear-eyed guide to recognising early signs that may suggest a child needs additional developmental support.

Almost three thousand years after an extinction level event on Earth, mankind seeks to regain its former glory in a new world where magic and technology collide.

When James witnesses a brutal killing outside his home, he must choose between seeking help or waiting for rescue in a city overrun by the infected. Trapped in his lab as the city descends into chaos, scientist Daniel waits for the infected surrounding the building to disperse. When they refuse to budge even days later, he realizes he's going to be stuck there for a long time.

Discover the "language of love" of your partner. These languages include love that expresses itself through words, love that expresses itself through the time they spend together, love that shows through gifts, love that expresses itself through physical contact, and love that manifests itself through acts of service. One way to know what your main love languages are is to think about the way you show your love to others.

Greater Than a Tourist: Cyprus offers the inside scoop on Cyprus. Most travel books tell you how to sightsee. As part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this book will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination.

In an era before the advent of electric lights, telephones or motor vehicles, there exists a small cluster of aristocratic "old revolutionary stock" families that rule New York's social life. Under the rules of this society, "being things" is better than "doing things" and reputation and outward appearances come at the exclusion of everything else. In this Gilded Age, when America’s expansion and increased industrialism produce a group of newly wealthy robber barons and financiers.

Medicine is based upon the notion of battle. We battle germs and fight for life. Psychology searches for causes of unhappiness and tries to ease the pain we’re feeling. Healing from Within looks at suffering differently, goes to the root of the dis-ease and brings inner peace. We learn to take charge of our own condition and are introduced to a vital resource that is often overlooked.

Years ago, Tega’s brother was torn from her life by a godlike alien far beyond human understanding. Only a bounty hunter armed with unmatched skills, cutting-edge weapons and advanced technology might stand a chance of finding him. But bounty hunters are forbidden from hunting aliens under penalty of losing their licence. If Tega wants her brother back, there’s only one option. Become a bounty hunter herself.

It’s too easy to race around, to not even pause to catch our breath, in this increasingly faster world we live in. The speed gives us a feeling of being alive, of not missing a thing. But sooner or later, the pressure builds and burns us out. Although we’re busy all the time, we may not be seeing clearly, and not enjoying our life.

This audiobook offers the inside scoop on Kitty Hawk. Most travel guides tell you how to travel like a tourist. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

If you are an executive who has worked long hours, risen to every challenge, and built a strong reputation for yourself, then why haven't you reached the highest levels of leadership? Here's a reality check: Your business achievements and functional skills alone aren't enough to help you get where you want to go. What's likely missing is a skill that the world's best corporate leaders have developed - mastery of the people side of the equation.You must become a leader that others want to work for. How do you do that? Let go of being an expert. Become a leader of experts.

Growing up with an overbearing father and then her brother inherits everything she's worked her whole life to build. Now she's living in her grandmother's dilapidated house in the middle of nowhere Canada, jobless, and dealing with the most annoyingly sexy contractor on the planet. Exactly when did her life become an anti-Hallmark movie?

In these will-they-or-won’t-they insta-love romances, you’ll be taken on a wild journey as these two strong personalities are drawn to one another.

¿Quién no se ha preguntado por la existencia de otros mundos y ha imaginado cómo descubrirlos? Escritos en la primera mitad del siglo XX, los cuentos de Judith Merril, Zenna Henderson, Joanna Russ, Doris Pitkin Buck, Wilmar H. Shiras, C. L. Moore y Mildred Clingerman muestran posibles vías para llegar a ellos.

Mancella has defeated her tyrannous father and ascended the throne, but she faces a mammoth task to unite the fractured and fighting realms he left behind. By her side is Silver, whose fierce loyalty is the only thing keeping Mance together as her new magic threatens to tear her apart. She is...

Coming out to Mom is a lesbian rite of passage. In the third edition of this landmark anthology, 34 remarkable women face their fears and confusion, prejudice and misunderstandings, and speak honestly and bravely about the difficulties and joys of life with their "different daughters". Among the topics of discussion are family, community, religion, grandchildren, bisexuality, transgenderism, and coming out.

Ice wanted only one thing in her life, and that was Levi - and maybe someone who was a blend of both of them. When he asked her to marry him, she was thrilled, but now she’s struggling to pin down a wedding date for fear he’d been caught up in the moment and didn’t really want to go through with it. When the compound is attacked, and they are forced to go on the offense, she realizes what’s truly important. Levi is infuriated that Ice refuses to set a wedding date. He’s always loved her, and there will never be anyone else for him.