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Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life. She scrutinizes the importance he attributed to manners and language that came so unnaturally to him as he struggled to provide for his family with a grocery store and cafe in rural France.

Fresh off his first mission back with the CIA, Court Gentry secures what seems like a cut-and-dried contract job: A group of expats in Paris hires him to kidnap the mistress of Syrian dictator Ahmed Azzam to get intel that could destabilize Azzam's regime. Court delivers Bianca Medina to the rebels, but his job doesn't end there. She soon reveals that she has given birth to a son, the only heir to Azzam's rule - and a potent threat to the Syrian president's powerful wife. Now, to get Bianca's cooperation, Court must bring her son out of Syria alive.

At the hidden center of man's being is the dwelling place of the triune God. It is such a private, intimate place that no one can intrude but Christ, and even he will enter only through an invitation of faith. Once the Spirit enters the core of the believer's heart and establishes residence there, man becomes a true child of God. But baptism, confirmation, receiving the sacraments, church membership, etc., mean nothing unless God has truly inhabited the soul.

A trio of vicious World War One veterans descend on the farm in the Adirondack mountains where one of them grew up and his father now lives alone. They embark on, happily wreaking drunken havoc at the old man's place and in the nearby town. But when a naïve, mail-order bride arrives, she ignites a tinderbox of resentment, lust, and betrayal among the men that explodes in brutal depravity, bloody violence, and shocking death. This hard-boiled, literary masterpiece includes a new introduction by Jack Mearns, author of John Sanford: An Annotated Bibliography.

Dating back to slavery, Edgefield County, South Carolina - a place "easy to pass by on the way somewhere else" - has been home to generations of Lanhams. In The Home Place, listeners meet these extraordinary people, including Drew himself, who over the course of the 1970s falls in love with the natural world around him. As his passion takes flight, however, he begins to ask what it means to be "the rare bird, the oddity".

Billionaire CEO Grayson Archer has everything money can buy, but his heart remains guarded after past betrayals. As the driving force behind his media empire, he's content with casual flings and one-night stands, until a chance encounter with the captivating Shanice Williams turns his world upside down. Shanice, a hardworking customer service rep struggling to make ends meet, never imagined she'd catch the eye of Detroit's most eligible bachelor. Their passionate night together leaves her yearning for more, but she knows their worlds are too different to ever truly align. When fate brings ...

They shouldn't have tear gassed best-selling (bald) author Adam Fletcher. It ruined his supposedly normal holiday in Istanbul, made him curious, and began a quest to visit places everyone else is trying to escape from, and tourists don't normally go to. In this hilarious travel memoir, he'll enter a blizzard in China armed with only biscuits; pose as a scientist to sneak into Chernobyl; be chased by Croatian police boats en route to Liberland (the world's newest country); become a reluctant diving board star in a North Korean water park, and much more.

The Closet is a collection of stories of gay men who have struggled with discovery of their true nature. Some refuse to admit it to themselves; others freely acknowledge their nature to a select few. But all these men felt the need, the burning need to tell someone and Mr. Treiman as the someone they told. He presents you their stories with their names changed, details obscured, but with absolute honesty nonetheless. This is the honesty for which many of them yearn. Some have even achieved it. Some died with the lie clutched to their bosom. But these are flesh and blood men who yearn for ...

This book offers a fresh perspective on ADHD, featuring 280 real-life stories from adults who spent years undiagnosed. Their experiences provide validation, insights, and strategies—showing that your brain isn’t broken, just wired differently.

At once a pop culture icon, cult figure, and film industry outsider, master filmmaker David Lynch and his work defy easy definition. Dredged from his subconscious mind, Lynch's work is primed to act on our own subconscious, combining heightened, contradictory emotions into something familiar but inscrutable. No less than his art, Lynch's life also evades simple categorization, encompassing pursuits as a musician, painter, photographer, carpenter, entrepreneur, and vocal proponent of Transcendental Meditation.

To understand your spouse, you've got to walk in his or her shoes. Ever feel like you're stepping on each other's toes? Then maybe it's time you put yourselves in each other's shoes. Of course that may sound uncomfortable. But it's easier than you think - and it will revolutionize your relationship. In fact, best-selling authors Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott reveal the little-known secrets of putting the time-tested strategy of trading places to work in your own marriage.

Pass her around. Everyone gets a turn... The innocent women in these stories need to learn their place, and their bosses and boyfriends know just how to do it. The only question is: Can they handle the pleasure of being humiliated and used by so many men? Click "Look Inside" to see the 12 stories included in this too-hot-to-handle erotic collection.

At the time of his murder trial, Jarvis Jay Masters was in solitary confinement and spent 22 years in a five-foot-by-11-foot cell. This is where The Buddhist on Death Row takes off. With uncanny clarity, David Sheff describes Masters’ path to enlightenment - from being sullen and violent to discovering how easy and how hard it is to just sit and breathe, how those minutes spawn heightened perception and deepened compassion, the right way to remember one’s pain, and much more.

He was only supposed to keep me safe. Not capture my heart and soul Mia: In the midst of dealing with my relentless stalker ex-boyfriend, I initially believed that involving others was unnecessary. That is until my irresistibly attractive stepbrother, Finn, insisted on playing a role in my safety. Despite my attempts to decline his assistance, he remains resolute, and now, unexpectedly, I find myself cohabitating with him. As we share living space, I can't deny the undeniable surge of emotions within me. Finn is undeniably the sexiest man I've ever encountered, and my longing for him ...

Working a temp job had never been so much fun. Or so satisfying. Amber: In my quest for a temporary job to bridge the financial gap while awaiting the blossoming of my career, I never anticipated that fate would lead me to the position of secretary for none other than my ex-stepbrother, Matt Hutchinson. Much to my surprise, Matt turns out to be not only competent but also remarkably attractive, reigniting the dormant flames of desire I harbored from our past. Matt: The pursuit of a capable assistant to help secure the deal of a lifetime took an unexpected turn when I found it in the last ...

Spending Labor Day weekend with my picture-perfect family sans date? Over my dead body. I'm Genevieve Thompson—call me Veve—and I'm determined to speed date my way through the the rest of summer to find Mr. Right. Even if it kills me. I'm begging friends for blind dates and meeting every disaster-in-the-making at the Iron Horse Bar. But between bad pickup lines and worse first kisses, my gaze keeps landing on bartender Blaze Morgan. With dreamy eyes, tattoos, and a t-shirt so tight it should be illegal, he's temptation personified. But I can't fall for Coeur d’Alene’s resident bad ...

A PLACE WHERE GOD AND MAN MEET What comes to mind when you think of worshipping God? Where do you meet with God? Where and how do you worship Him? Do you think you need a music team following you in order to worship God? These are questions that have been debated for hundreds of years. Every culture has had a place set apart to worship God. The Samaritan woman brought this subject up to our Lord Jesus Christ. It is important to remember that it is God who takes the initiative in providing a place and a way for man to meet with Him and to worship with Him. God placed Adam and Eve in the ...

When a hockey coach's flirty move meets a curvy girl's bold play, it's game on for a heartwarming Christmas romance that no one saw coming. Hockey Coach Mike Côte is used to game-winning plays, but when he locks eyes with Brandi, he’s completely unprepared for the wild, heart-racing rush that follows. One flirtatious smile, a few slick moves, and suddenly he’s caught up in a whirlwind he never saw coming. Brandi’s been crushing on Coach from the safety of her TV for as long as she can remember. She never imagined she'd actually get the chance to meet him, let alone flirt with him. ...

In My Place Among Men, outdoor journalist Kris Millgate explores not only the wildest backcountry of America but her own experiences growing up poor and Mormon in Utah—and, ultimately, what it took to create a different life for herself. Her memoir is a powerful tapestry of adventure, personal growth, and identity. In the lineage of Cheryl Strayed, Millgate may look to nature to find her place, but she's just as relentless as the wild itself.

“You can’t seduce me into giving you what you want.” Logan smiled slowly at her. “What if all I want is to seduce you?” he asked. Harper My entire life has been dedicated to a singular ambition—running my parents' company. When the unexpected demise of my mother shrouded my world in grief, I found solace and purpose in the very thing I hold dear: the family business. Yet, as I began navigating the delicate balance between professional responsibilities and personal loss, an unexpected challenge emerged in the form of my stepbrother, Logan. His contrasting vision and divergent ...