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Out of The Cocoon, which has earned 5 stars on Amazon, is a heart-wrenching, yet inspirational tale about the author's escape from a religious cult after enduring decades of dysfunction. Take the incredible journey with her as she survives stifling oppression as a child, physical and emotional abuse as a teenager, and the ultimate tragedy: the loss of her family once she becomes an adult. See how, like a butterfly, she changes the world within her, as her external world becomes increasingly unyielding.

From an outspoken feminist, a leader of the Women's Movement in the 1960s and '70s—a candid, wide-ranging and deeply personal memoir that is, as well, an illuminating historical document of a time and a fight for profound societal change. Brenda Feigen has lived many lifetimes within one—lawyer, wife and mother, civil rights activist, politician, Hollywood movie producer—and in each she has faced down the specter of discrimination against women.

Ryder Brooks is living the dream—he's famous, loved by millions of girls, and miserable. All he really wants is to write his own music, not Seconds to Juliet's sugary sweet pop. In order to do that, though, the "bad boy" of the band will have to play by the rules. And that includes behaving with his new—and super cute—tutor. Tutoring her favorite member of her favorite band? Mia Reyes is in fangirl heaven. Then it turns out Ryder is crude, arrogant, and a total jerk. And the worst part? She's roped into pretending to be his girlfriend so that no one finds out he's being tutored.

Almost 3,000 years after an extinction level event on Earth, mankind seeks to regain its former glory, in a new world where magic and technology collide. There are few people in the history who have contributed more to the technological rise of Sparo toward parity with the Great Wizards of the Before, than the founder of House Bexington and his twins, Bryony and Bowyn. In this new age of heroes, they have reawakened many of the wonders from before the Great Impact.

Laura and her family, the most skilled blacksmiths in Flatlash, have had a better life than some of the other commoners in the Keep, seeing few winters where food and heat were scarce. But she dreams of more, thinking to reach beyond her station. Daring to change her stars and write her own destiny, she petitions the Crown to grant her, a mere serf, lands in which to start a mine that would raise her to the rank of nobility, and start a revolution in mining in all the lands of Sparo, taking her place in this new age of heroes.

La calle aborda las andanzas de un grupo de jóvenes periodistas mexicanos de finales de los años noventa que trabajan en los dos diarios con mayor prestigio (y rivalidad) en su ciudad, a la vez que enfrentan los primeros desafíos de la vida adulta: sobrevivir, relacionarse, madurar. Cuando un sonado caso de corrupción se vuelve la nota del año, los personajes descubren que su investigación choca con los intereses empresariales de sus medios, obligándolos a tomar decisiones personales y profesionales que los cambiarán para siempre.

Almost 3000 years after an extinction level event on Earth, mankind seeks to regain its former glory in a new world where magic and technology collide.

I first became aware of my leather fetish when I was a young teen. My parents owned a bar, and I would sneak around and spy through bullet holes to see what the hot biker guys were doing. I want nothing more than take a tall, hot biker type guy with a leather jacket under my control. This is a fantasy story about just that: I bust a leather hottie for doing something naughty and have him take me back to his place and some fun ensues.

Delight in a collection of songs and stories which are perfect for your little one's bedtimes, voiced by Brenda and Robin Markwell....

After her husband's devastating betrayal and divorce, Lilah is trying to put her life back together. A good job, a charming cottage, and a darling dog help, but they don’t fill the hole in her heart. Crashing into a mysterious stranger on a dark rainy night awakens a spark that will turn her life upside down, but is she ready to trust again?

Just As I Am, picks up where Invisible Life left off, introducing Harris's appealing and authentic characters to a new set of joys, conflicts, and choices. In this vivid portrait of contemporary black life, with all its pressures and the complications of bisexuality, AIDS, and racism, Harris confirms a faith in the power of love - love of all kinds - to thrill and to heal.

Over the years, Jenny Craig has helped thousands of people lose the weight they never thought they could, while guiding them toward a healthier, more enjoyable, and more productive life. Now, for the first time, Jenny is sharing her remarkably successful philosophy for taking those extra pounds off—and loving it! Jenny Craig's weight-management program is a highly effective combination of nutritionally sound, calorie-controlled menus, behavioral guidance, and moderate exercise, personalized for each individual lifestyle.

Gage Hawkins was tracking his uncle’s last movements before his disappearance hunting a special set of tarot cards which led to Skylar’s shop, Talking Bones. After a bad head injury that brought weird sights into his view, Gage could see this Talking Bones place and Skylar were special. He could only hope she had answers because he had a lot of questions. Skylar preferred the dead to the living most times, but Gage had her reconsidering. Until she realizes something is wrong in his world, and it’s quickly overtaking hers.

The Forgotten Choice: Shift Your Inner Mindset, Shape Your Outer World is a step-by-step outline for dismantling self-limiting beliefs and behaviors. Packed with powerful case studies and unique perspectives, Bence demystifies the true culprits keeping your accomplishments at bay. And by embracing one crucial moment-by-moment decision, you’ll learn to shift out of negative attitudes and thoughts, leaving you feeling more confident and assured.

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.

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.

As if it wasn't bad enough to be deemed the "most single person" at her magazine's office, budding reporter Penny has now been tapped to write a series of features called "The Dating Itinerary." From speed dating to Tinder, old-fashioned matchmakers to up-and-coming "dark dating," Penny has to go on a lot of dates. Silver lining: meeting new people should be fun, right? But running into her old rival, George, at her first dating event is decidedly not. Not only does the arrogant know-it-all have zero trouble attracting women, wherever Penny goes, somehow he just. Keeps. Showing. Up.

After escaping a horrible foster home 13 years ago, Sawyer Murphy has made a new life for himself, working as a cop in Chattanooga, Tennessee. But the truth of the night he and his foster siblings escaped the fire haunts him. He's never told anyone his secret, one he is determined to take to his grave. When he rescues Naomi Palmer from the men who'd kidnapped her, he risks his career and his life to help her find the men responsible.

When your secret identity is revealed.... When the monster is unleashed.... When the superhero’s child has no power.... When Death himself is caught unawares.... Pull back the mask to reveal 21 tales from seasoned and award-winning authors, of magical masks, gas masks, death masks, superheroes, secret identities, disguised robots, alien symbionts, a Napoleonic thief, a swindling demon - even a hidden clown.

St. Augustine begins with a statement of what is to be investigated concerning nature and grace; he shows that nature, as propagated from the flesh of the sinful Adam, being no longer what God made it at first - faultless and sound - requires the aid of grace in order that it may be redeemed from the wrath of God and regulated for the perfection of righteousness.