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Turning sixteen in Wisty Air has been interesting, with the Sugula looming ever higher in the sky, threatening our world's very existence. Still, life goes on as I purify monsters, come up with new alchemy recipes, and enjoy seeing my family when I can. Unfortunately, those ordinary days come to a sudden halt when I'm abducted by Edesa Kura! What awaits me in the country of mechanized soldiers?!

On a bright day at the Epsom Derby, 4 June 1913, Emily Wilding Davison was hit by the king’s horse in one of the defining moments of the fight for women’s suffrage - what became known as feminism’s first wave. The second wave arose in the late-1960s, activists campaigning tirelessly for women’s liberation, organising around a wildly ambitious slate of issues - a struggle their daughters continued in the third wave that blossomed in the early 1990s. Now, 100 years on from the campaign for the vote, a new tide of feminist voices is rising.

Being a vampire boss's daughter was a lot of work. Being the only girl heir from the five families, I’d always had to work harder, fight dirtier, care less. It made me into the woman I was today, causing fear in my enemies and a bloody trail for those who betray us. Then my dad sprung on me that the other bosses and their sons were coming into town. They wanted us heirs to all meet, to bond with each other.

Avery, Ax, Falcon, Cosmo, and I had stumbled upon something suspicious; something that was going on in my city right under our noses. A new drug had popped up, affecting only the paranormal community. People were starting to go missing, and those that we caught started babbling about how he was going to take the Syndicate down for good.

After dumping her boyfriend, Nicole Franklin jumps on a plane and heads to Europe. Sure, money and a job would have been nice to line up first. Even a visa, for that matter. So now she has to play tour guide at an Outlander experience for the most obnoxious man on the planet. Until she stumbles into the wrong bed in the middle of the night and wakes up in Harrison’s arms. Now his family thinks they’re engaged, and the entire village is betting on how long before she’ll be running for the hills.

I'll admit it. I freaked out for a second. It wasn't my finest moment. As I pulled back the layers of the Ambros triplets' life, secrets became revealed, dark obsessions exposed, and a new sinister world has forced me to take center stage. The boys tried to shield me from it, but now they can't. It's been made very clear that if they want to keep me unharmed, they need to acclimate me into their world, and fast. Foedus was no joke and not to be messed with.

As Christmas comes to Land Far Away, all creatures make ready for the festivities. One young Linzer is not satisfied by the prospect of gifts - she wants to capture the big man, Father Christmas himself.

While all respectable fligaphluphs make a point to stay away from the enticing lair of the terrible and powerful Snafflewich, Ahkoo is determined to do the opposite and pay her a visit.

An inherited parking spot. That's all it took to make Natalie Moran's food truck dreams come true. But her dream space is attached to a bakery inherited by someone else - drop dead gorgeous Eric Schneider, a financial consultant who wouldn't know a cupcake from a cannoli. And he wants to buy Nat out, no matter what she has to say about it.

Sable wasn't planning to return to the small town she grew up in, but now that she's back, the men she thought she left in her past all want a second chance. Colter was her first kiss, and the only alpha to ever reject her. Rhian, the small town omega prince charming that she could never call hers. And Taron, the bad boy alpha that showed her how to feel alive and vowed to be better, just for a chance to be hers. But that was six years ago. Surely they haven't waited for her all this time?

An ancient South American cathedral extracts a heavy price from a visiting photojournalist. Ghost hunters stumble across a cursed field from which there is no escape. And a friendly neighbor discovers the new girl in town is more than she appears. Peer into the depths of Scare Street’s latest collection, a fun house mirror full of terror and nightmares.

The Syndicate reigns supreme. I showed our fathers who the real leader of this group was, who could weather any storm. I found Lex, the last of our lost faction, and brought him into the fold to make us whole. Secrets were exposed, lies shattered, and in the end, we defeated our enemies, together. Now, I get to live my life bloody happy with my newfound mates, right? I should’ve known it wasn’t going to be that easy.

See Critical Role’s Mighty Nein through the eyes of nine of their friends and foes in this new anthology, with a foreword by Taliesin Jaffe. In these nine stories, the legend of the mighty adventuring party grows with tales from some of the most memorable characters who fought with—and...

This guided mindfulness exercise featuring a sweet bear cub will help kids feel calm, wherever they are. Kids will learn to breathe deeply and soothe themselves slowly to sleep, just like a bear in hibernation! Written and read by Kira Willey, winner of three Parents' Choice Gold Awards, this...

I spend all day telling my clients to keep their mouth shut so I can get them off whatever charge they've managed themselves caught up into. I'm one of the meanest attorneys in NYC, and women can smell money and confidence from a mile away. I win cases, and I can get any girl. Except for one, and she's making my life a living hell.

Der Besuch bei Jane Austen ist bereits zwölf Monate her, als Lilly und Damien vor eine neue Herausforderung gestellt werden. Ein alter Bekannter offenbart sich ihnen als Zeitreisender und zwingt die beiden, mit ihm in die wilden Highlands ins Jahr 1745 zu reisen. Collin MacLeod sucht dort nach der legendären Perle von Tortuga, der besondere Heilkräfte nachgesagt werden. Auf Burg Dunvegan geben sich Lilly und Collin als frisch verheiratetes Paar aus. Damien hingegen fällt es zunehmend schwer, sich nicht in seiner Rolle als Diener zu verraten.

This mindful exercise featuring a colorful elephant helps kids feel focused, wherever they are. With Listen Like an Elephant, kids learn to slow down, listen to the world around them, and focus their attention—no matter how messy life becomes. Best of all, this simple mindfulness exercise...

Risk assessor Charley Claybourne has always known her luck pretty much...well, sucks. Getting soaked in lactose-free chocolate milk thanks to a hunkylicious, blue-eyed stranger is bad enough. But discovering that he's her new billionaire client and could make or break her career? Oh hi, it's me, the icing on top of the world's most craptastic cake. Now Charley has to decide if Chris Lachlan, Disney prince made flesh, is a good risk to be CEO of his family's billion-dollar corporation. 

Bingeable dark romance featuring a chilling cat-and-mouse suspense subplot from Italian bestseller and TikTok sensation Kira Shell. Neil Miller looks for the slightest inkling that could lead him to uncovering Player 2511, the violent masked stalker threatening his family and his girlfriend...

Acclaimed literary essayist T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut memoir is about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida, a place where she found cultlike privilege, shocking racial disparities, rampant white-collar crime, and powerfully destructive standards of beauty hiding in plain sight.