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Have you ever seen a pregnant elf? Halfling quintuplets? A tiny, bearded dwarf infant or a six-foot-tall GIANT baby? In a land where Maternal Magic once protected every mother and child, birth has become deadly. Fresh out of midwizardry school, Izzie is determined to use her blood magic to save lives. Maternal Magic is waning each year. She’s lost friends and patients. And no one knows why. Haunted by an ancient ritual that went tragically wrong, Izzie has sworn to do no more harm.

Galen Hart presents a groundbreaking approach to fostering positive behavior change through the lens of neuroscience and sincere connection. Drawing on the latest research in cognitive psychology and educational neuroscience, this book offers practical strategies that empower educators to create an environment where every student thrives. From understanding the neural mechanisms of behavior to cultivating genuine connections with students, Galen Hart equips teachers with the tools to turn challenges into opportunities for growth.

Framed for the brutal attack on her manager, indie rock legend Red Nelson flees to the only family she doesn’t yet know: her estranged sister, Kate Fisher, a Search & Rescue pilot working the remote mountains of upper New York State. Kate, the daughter of her father's legitimate but unhappy marriage, has no wish to meet Red, the product of her father’s passionate love affair, but when Kate’s daughter, Molly, decides to hide Red on their property, concern over Molly’s safety forces Kate to stage a rescue and repair the broken but longed-for family she comes from.

In The Diligence Fix, professional sales enablement consultant Dayna Williams cuts right to the chase and summarizes the normal problems businesses have.

Start a business with this entrepreneur's step-by-step guide to business start-up success. This little book packs a big punch! Business Owner's Secret Sauce is your ultimate guide to turning your business idea into a thriving success story.

No matter your circumstance, you can learn to become happier by optimizing how you think, feel, and behave every day. Through the latest research, client success stories, and a bit of humor, this book will give you the formula for greater happiness and success in life!

The Old-World is dead. What remains is the Empty, a desert husk that hides lost technology. What's left of humanity now race to find and unearth those technologies. Emma Pryce longs for that lost age and its mystery, so much so she scours the Empty hunting for ruins thought lost to time.

Craft Your Practice: A Guide to Building a Personalized Private Practice is the essential roadmap for therapists, counselors, and mental health professionals who want to step confidently into private practice without sacrificing their values or burning out. Written by Lisa Reidsema, LMHC—an experienced clinician who grew a thriving group practice and later reshaped her work around sustainability and alignment—this guide blends practical business strategy with therapist-centered wisdom. Unlike generic business manuals, this book is written by a therapist for therapists.

As a child, Elly Sorensen's gambler father drafted his daughter to use her paranormal gift of second sight to help him win big at gambling tables. After nearly getting killed back then, Elly vowed never again. Now she secretly uses her visions to paint portraits with startling authenticity. Celebrities seek out Elly for her rare talent at capturing their essence. She's at the height of her artistic career. Then Elly's estranged husband suddenly dies, leaving her with massive debts that must be paid right away. To quickly make the amount of money she needs, Elly flees to the island of Bonaire.

Qualities of Light explores the budding of unexpected romance in the face of family tragedy, the forging of a new relationship between a daughter and her gifted, difficult parents, and an adolescent girl's confrontation with her own qualities of light and darkness.

Chase Campbell is the Minister of Power Production and Distribution and a member of the Protectors. When he learns a terrible secret about the government that he has served most of his adult life, I realizes he can no longer support the Protectors. He decides to try to escape to Mars and begin again. Success means survival. Failure means almost certain death for himself and all those who help him.

Join Pete the Platypus on a heartwarming journey as he swaps his devices and social media for a paddle and a community in "Pete the Platypus Discovers the Joys of Pickleball." In this story, Pete discovers an exciting new game called pickleball, experiencing the joy of playing and sharing laughs with friends and family.

This captivating children's book is not just a story, it's a life lesson in the incredible power of love, support, and the pursuit of human kindness. It all begins when Sydney, a precious little 7-year-old girl, finds herself called to a higher purpose after she learns of her mother’s battle with kidney disease and need for a transplant. After being told that neither she nor her father can donate one of their kidneys, and how long her mother would have to wait on the list, Sydney makes a big wish to find her mother a new kidney all on her own.

Death on a Martian Plain begins approximately two Earth years after the events in Escape to Mars. Supreme Leader Malachai orders Major Sierra Barnes of the Division of Ministerial Security of the Ministry of State Security to select a team to accompany her on a trip to Mars. She is to capture Chase Campbell, Jenna Garrett, Stephanie Park, and, if possible, Eryn Garrett. Once they are captured, they are to be returned to Earth for intense interrogations and show trial.

If someone you love was assaulted, abused, or was a victim of a crime—you are a secondary victim. If the perpetrator is also someone you love, there are no words. Madeline and Summer are more than best friends. They might as well be sisters; they've claimed the title, anyway—and sisters tell each other everything. But Summer has a secret she's been hiding for years. Someone's been hurting her, someone close, and when it comes out, it destroys everything around her with the force of dying stars.

Living at the edge of the Empty, Noah has always navigated the dangers lurking across the sand: wasters, sandstorms, and the constant struggle for survival in his small scrap town. But when a mysterious stranger arrives and rents a room in his familys run-down shack, Noahs curiosity is piqued. Drawn to dreams of armored suits and outlaw adventures, he becomes determined to uncover the strangers origins, even as whispers of danger and secrets swirl around them.