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Morgan hates her job. She didn’t bust her hump to get an IT certification so she could spend her days reading employee emails. Unfortunately, what the boss says, goes, and he has her on email detail until they find out who's been embezzling. About the only redeeming feature of working for this company is getting to steal glances at the head of engineering and tech support, Courtney James. What Morgan wouldn’t do for the confidence just to strike up a conversation.

Lipomorph is a drug that lets you sculpt yourself. It's how so many female celebrities in the mid-2010s remained so thin while having such large butts. It loosens up the fat in your body, allowing you to choose your proportions. And it's just been legalized for sale in Chicago. Amber is a 24-year-old tech support worker by day, gay feminist blogger (and bad-sitcom aficionado) by night. She's been vocal about her disapproval of Lipomorph from the beginning, seeing it as another tool to reinforce patriarchal beauty standards.

Back in college, Alexa Johnson was a straight-A journalism student. Greg Hampton, her best friend, was the class clown. Now a year out of college, both Alexa and Greg are living the dream: working as entry-level writers for a fast-paced news website.

Everyday, the World Would End is a modern poetry collection that examines the darker parts of depression, the everyday struggles that come with anxiety, and how it really feels to deal with self-hatred on a regular basis. This collection is deeply personal to the author, but she hopes that by revealing her worst moments, someone else will find a way through theirs, that someone else will know that they are not alone in their darkest emotions, and that someone will realize life happens wherever you are, and there is always a way to survive it.

Repeating Moments is a collection of poems by a young woman who struggles everyday with depression, feeling insignificant, and finding reasons to smile at herself in the mirror. Through these poems, she continues her quest to find light in the darkest moments. As pitch black as the journey has been, she’s almost there. She can feel it. Listen if happiness is a commodity your country has to import, or if you, like the author, are looking for the recipe in a lost library.

After crushing disillusionment, a naive true believer takes a stand against a corrupt institution that claims to represent the Gods. As the young shepherd is broken by the overwhelming strength and resources of the establishment, she discovers her true worth, and how far Olympus has fallen.

The newborn kitten has lost her mother and does not know how to meow. She asks the farm animals to teach her how.

In 1897, I am born in the home of my grandfather. It is the custom in my family for the first newborn baby girl to be named after both grandmothers. My name is Amelia Mary Earhart. My nickname is Meeley. I am adventurous and curious about things. I can do anything that a boy can do.

Delight in these two tales of a magical land and a curious object. Sophie's choice Sophie finds a peculiar object at the bottom of her garden. Find out what happens when she inspects this strange device, who Sophie meets and how she changes the futures of the species she so much loves to read about in her books. What would you do if your wishes could come true? Connor stumbles upon a magical cube that grants his wishes, but can he learn how to use it properly before it is too late?

Huldah Hartz is a curious girl who loves to watch the butterflies and grasshoppers. The flowers around her new home are pretty, especially the ones that grow close to the dark woods, where Papa and Mama say she must not play. When Bessie the cow wanders away, Huldah is sent to find her and bring her home. But Bessie doesn't want to come and Huldah doesn't know which way to go when night falls. How will she find her way?

Billy Bear is a very cute, but somewhat naughty and lazy bear cub. With winter approaching, he decides he is not very interested in hanging around the cave with his family sleeping and - worst of all - behaving. When he runs away, he has some exciting adventures before eventually getting home safe and sound.