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I still can't get over the fact that he kidnapped me...and I'm still freaking here! I have four mates, and NONE of them have saved me yet?! I'm sure they're trying their best, but our small mental conversations aren't enough. I'm slowly losing my mind in this basement, and I can't tell whether it's from not being with my mates for so long or the torture that I'm forced to endure from this overgrown manchild. The pain from being separated from them is excruciating, but I can't let that take me out. I have to get back to them. Wouldn't you be desperate for a rescue?

As Black women, it is no secret that we all want to have fulfilling, happy, and successful lives. You do not want the everyday struggles of being a Black woman to keep you from being unsuccessful in all aspects of your life. If you do, you will never be happy. The unhappiness will lead to speaking negatively, which leads to feeling negative, which leads to actions that are damaging, which leads to being unsuccessful in life. Do not be that Black woman who constantly views her life in a negative manner.

Men. Relationships. Love. Marriage. Camilla Donahue has sworn off all of these. If you were married to someone like Callum Anderson for seven years, you would understand why. Instead, she finds Jackson Williams, her parents' landscaper and the local heartthrob. She pretends she isn't attracted to him. But a dinner, a hike, and a kiss distract her from every rule she's created to protect her heart. She tells herself it's nothing. Casual. Just fun. That's what they agreed to. But soon, they find themselves on the cusp of something more.

In the early 18th century, 80 years prior to revolution, France went wild for stocks and bonds. Mechanics dropped their tools and tradesmen closed their shops. There was but one profession, one employment, one occupation for persons of all ranks, from peasant to prince. And that profession was speculating in stocks. This is the story of John Law, the adventurous Scotsman played chance against an entire nation.

Want to teach your children about Japan and the Japanese culture? Whether going on holiday trip to Japan, moving there to live, or just for education's sake, this little book is here to help explain it all to your youngsters. Think of it as a mini Japanese culture class with plenty of fun en route.

After ruining the best relationship he thought he'd ever had, Elliot's life takes a turn for the worst, and he isn't happy with who he's become. Deciding to spend three months in the UK on a working visa in a bid to find himself again, he boards a plane to London. During the flight he meets Paige, a fellow Aussie with a closed heart and a lot to hide. The closer he gets to Paige, the more he's sure she's hiding something. Will it be enough to send him running? Or does he love her enough to fight this time?

On the surface, material objects are just that. Inanimate things that can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, tasted, and sometimes all five. However, us humans have a way of associating meaning to even the most ordinary seeming of items, from allergy-inducing grass blades to delectable candy and everything in between. Some objects bring us all-encompassing comfort, while others bring us undeniable distress. The saying one person’s trash is another person’s treasure certainly rings true here.

Rebecca Skloot and her best seller, The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, has created a lot of interest in the immortal HeLa cells that were taken from a 31-year-old black woman called Henrietta Lacks without her family's consent at the Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore in 1951. She describes the story of how Henrietta Lacks died and how her cells were sent around the world for medical research.

Are your kids curious about difficult concepts such as "Why does it snow?" or "Where does snow come from?" This book will help give your child an easy to understand answer and avoid the dreaded barrage of "Why?" with a fun, exciting, and easy to follow adventure. We call them science-based fairy tales, or more affectionately, 21st century fairy tales. Follow along with the story and pick up some unconventional tips and secret methods on how to explain difficult concepts to young children.

Her prince never came. Aurora woke up after sleeping for 100 years. Left alone and forgotten in her tower, she is determined to find out why. What happened in the past? How could a 16-year-old princess reclaim her lost kingdom from the wicked witch and her demon army? Aurora meets Devon, a handsome thief, who had been using her tower as his hideout. Devon and his gang of thieves, known as the Circle, promise to help defeat the witch who put Aurora under the curse. The prince’s betrayal broke her heart, but can she trust anyone else?

It was 1954 in a construction camp for a hydroelectric dam in the remote Tasmanian highlands, where Bojan Buloh had brought his family to start a new life away from Slovenia, the privations of war, and refugee settlements. One night Bojan's wife walked off into a blizzard, never to return - leaving Bojan to drink too much to quiet his ghosts and to care for his three-year-old daughter, Sonja, alone.

Jake O’Connell causes quite a stir by showing up in Port Townsend for his brother David’s wedding. The twin of country heartthrob Joe Bob Blade has upended his enviable life by resigning as CEO of the family business. In North Bend, he dressed to the nines, dazzled associates, and resided in an architect’s showplace. But he bore a grudge against the brothers who left him to hold down the fort while they gallivanted off to follow their bliss.

The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by American author H.P. Lovecraft, written in November-December 1931. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization, and references several shared elements of the mythos, including place names, mythical creatures, and invocations.

The musical adventure series by Storytime Soundtracks brings the magic of the orchestra into your living room. Let your child's imagination fly with this exciting retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Musical magic that will stay long in the memory.

Writing About Animals in the Age of Revolution shows how an appreciation of human-animal similarity and a literature of compassion for animals developed in the same years during which radical thinkers were first basing political demands on the concept of natural and universal human rights.

We are so freaking lost right now. Without our mate, our wolves are on the verge of going feral. We're not even acting like ourselves, and it's only been a few hours! Mavrin is spazzing out, and snapping on everyone. Cash is stable, but it's throwing everyone off because that's Mavrin's role. Krix is still trying to lead us, but you can tell he's overwhelmed. And I'm...numb. Jahla has been taken by a psychotic spoiled brat, and we have to venture into enemy territory to get her back.

Spring, 1945. The war in Europe is ending, but in New Orleans' French Quarter, the sultry nights conceal a danger even greater to the future of humanity. Standing alone against this ancient, bloodthirsty evil is scientist Philippe Dumont, who races against time to cure a disease that resembles yellow fever...but is not. Budding researcher Daphne Delaney joins Philippe, hoping to prevent an undead despot from launching his own quest for global dominance.

When her father auctions her off to pay his gambling debts, Melissa Seacourt vows that she will be no man's bought bride. Desperate to escape her fate shackled to someone she could never love, Melissa instead is forced to honor and obey the seductive stranger who comes to her rescue.

One thing we know for certain is that sex is personal - perhaps, the most intimate thing of all. But sex is also shaped by a complicated web of cultural, social, and political forces outside of ourselves. Fear-mongering, moral panic, and outdated attitudes prevail, but if #MeToo has taught us anything, it's how dangerous it is to keep conversations about sex hidden from view.

City girl Luce May's first year out of high school has been the worst. When she escapes her turbulent life in Sydney to start over at a university in the middle of nowhere, the last thing she wants is anyone in her new life to know of her past. Especially that to escape her chaotic, alcoholic mother, Luce also had to abandon her teenage sister. As Luce slowly starts to find another version of herself in this place, she also finds a new family in her eclectic group of friends.