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The story of Jet Black continues, and more of the mystery unfolds as Jet and his friends prepare to rescue the remaining children held at Miracle Manor by the sinister Dr. Drexler.

The body is central to our sense of identity. Bodily awareness, says scientist-writer Moheb Costandi, is key to self-consciousness. In Body Am I, Costandi examines how the brain perceives the body, how that perception translates into our conscious experience of the body, and how that experience contributes to our sense of self. Along the way, he explores what can happen when the mechanisms of bodily awareness are disturbed, leading to such phenomena as phantom limbs, alien hands, and amputee fetishes.

A thousand years ago, the sea began to change, and the change spread. Now the boiling, toxic, lightning-wreathed Atomic Sea has encompassed every ocean on the planet, and the creatures that live in it have become mutated and unnatural. The sea's taint can infect any human who comes in contact with it or with unprocessed seafood, killing them...or altering them. No one knows why the sea has become this way or what it portends, only that it has irrevocably changed the world.

Happiness never came easy to Tucker. After years of competing with Caden for love and friendships, fate intervened, and he found happiness with the woman of his dreams. But in a house where the seven deadly sins rule their lives, it’s only a matter of time before he falls into the traps of his own sin. Tucker may be happy with Rebecca, but his jealousy of Caden resurfaces as hidden secrets come to light and he learns that Caden’s life has become everything he wishes he had, including Rebecca’s heart.

In Leadership Wise, Chief Product Officer at Podium, John Foreman, delivers a different and refreshingly practical take on business leadership. The author moves beyond what a leader should look like, to discuss how you can make better decisions over time to help your organization accomplish its goals.

Twice declared extinct, North America's most endangered mammal species, the black-footed ferret (BFF), is making a comeback thanks to an evolving conservation regimen at more than thirty reintroduction sites across the continent. Lawrence Lenhart lingers at one such site in his proverbial backyard, the Aubrey Valley in northern Arizona.

Life in the coastal Maine town of Seaview Rock seems idyllic until the death of a local mechanic leaves police with more questions than answers. Pet shop owner Will Sullivan is determined to stay out of their way and not get involved, but his best friend Sammy begs him to investigate. Convinced that the mechanic's unfortunate demise was no accident, Sammy believes that he might be the killer's next target, but he claims that he can't say why. It's up to Will to discover the true circumstances surrounding the mechanic's death, while also figuring out the degree of his friend's involvement.

A freak winter storm hits the cozy coastal town of Seaview Rock, leaving a small yacht wrecked on the shore. Taking part in the rescue effort, pet shop owner and amateur sleuth Will Sullivan is shocked to discover the body of a famous actress in the wreckage. At first it seems like the starlet's death was just an accident, but as Will uncovers mysterious coincidences surrounding the odd event, he becomes convinced that the tragic event was actually a well-concealed murder.

In the small town of Seaview Rock, Maine, local pet shop owner Will Sullivan brings a shelter dog to the gracious home of one of the town's wealthiest families, for what should just be a routine meet-and-greet. Things get more than a bit awkward when he discovers that his ex-wife Karen is there, and the tense situation goes from bad to worse when a body is found in the shed. With five possible suspects, Will is desperate to figure out who among them was the killer. Time is ticking as he puts himself in grave danger to clear not only his own name, but that of his girlfriend as well

Will Sullivan couldn't be happier. The newly divorced animal lover and amateur sleuth, Will Sullivan, owns a pet shop in an idyllic seaside town. Business is good, and he's dating again for the first time since his divorce, but it turns out that this brief period of peace, in the stormy sea of his life . . . is merely the eye of the storm. In the course of a single day, Will's whole life is turned upside-down.

AI is nothing without somewhere to run it. Now that mobile devices have become the primary computing device for most people, it's essential that mobile developers add AI to their toolbox. This insightful book is your guide to creating and running models on popular mobile platforms such as iOS and Android.

In any time of disruption or grief, many of us seek guidance in the work of great writers who endured similar circumstances. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, historian and biographer Robert Zaretsky did the same while also working as a volunteer in a nursing home in south Texas. In Victories Never Last, Zaretsky weaves his reflections on the pandemic siege of his nursing home with the testimony of six writers on their own times of plague: Thucydides, Marcus Aurelius, Michel de Montaigne, Daniel Defoe, Mary Shelley, and Albert Camus.

In the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the American government confiscated the homes, animals, businesses, and personal possessions of Japanese Americans, citizens all. At the Tule Lake Internment Camp, a Japanese American girl sought solace by retreating to the furthest edge of the camp’s barbed-wire enclosure. Outside the barbed-wire-crowned metal fence, with its frightening armed guard towers, a curious American boy one day cautiously approached on his bike to say a nervous hello to the girl who so intrigued him from a distance. This visit started four years of meetings.

Magic Teacher's Son is a story of betrayal, forgiveness, trust, and treason in a magical world at war. While armies clash in distant battles pitting Magicians against Sorcerers, the actions of an ordinary boy, his classmates, and his friends threaten the loss of their kingdom, but are also its only true hope for survival.

Every day, our actions are structured by our relationships. Whether it be through family ties, a shared workspace, a favorite hobby, or some other repeated interaction, we are constantly building relationships. But do we ever stop to consider why we are in a relationship with a particular person? How can we make important relationships stronger? And how can we avoid unhealthy relationships?

Jeremy Michael Myers was my friend. We walked home from school together. Then one day, everything changed, and I had to decide if Jeremy was still my friend.

Months after the apocalypse came to the former United States, the McKinney family began their trek up the eastern seaboard to a refuge in the mountains of WV. 19-year-old JC tells the story of their adventurous journey battling Raiders and zombies to reach their new home, his former Marine mother leading the way. Their small group includes JC, his best friend Annabelle, his younger sister Jules, and his mom.

Interest in applying analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to sales and marketing has grown dramatically, with no signs of slowing down. This book provides essential guidance to apply advanced analytics and data mining techniques to real-world business applications.

In the newly revised second edition of Encouraging the Heart, renowned leadership experts and bestselling authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner deliver an incisive and practical playbook for leaders who want to inspire their followers to achieve extraordinary things. They've packed the book with real-world examples, practical ideas, and eye-opening advice drawn from over four decades of work with countless business leaders.

Step into a world of ambition, folly, and unexpected twists in Pride, Power, and Peculiar Predicaments, a carefully curated anthology of classic American short stories. This collection brings together tales of overconfidence and consequence, where pride clashes with fate, power shifts in unforeseen ways, and characters find themselves in the grip of the strange and the ironic.