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Alani Baum, a nonbinary photographer and teacher, hasn’t seen their mother since they ran away with their girlfriend when they were 17 - almost 30 years ago. But when Alani gets a call from a doctor at the assisted-living facility where their mother has been for the last five years, they learn that their mother’s dementia has worsened and appears to have taken away her ability to speak. As a result, Alani suddenly find themselves running away again - only this time, they’re running back to their mother.

Exiles is the only play written by James Joyce. It draws material from "The Dead", the final story in his famous short stories collection, Dubliners. It centers around four individuals - Richard, Robert, Bertha, and Beatrice - and the complex romantic entanglements between them as tensions rise and relationships are tested.

There's no kissing. No touching. No nothing. Jonathan is miles away from Monica - even when he's in the same room. Still making demands. Still breaking her will with just his voice. But now he's not trying to make her body or mind submit. He's after her heart, and she's no longer willing to give it to him. Not yet.

Monica's in free fall. The force of Jonathan Drazen's full attention is devastating, intense, all-encompassing. He's going to be the ruination of her self-control, until his past comes into the light, and she starts looking at him with new eyes.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat Like a Local - Rome will offer the inside scoop on the best places to eat in the area.

Delaney Irvine only stopped in Ash Mountain to grab something to eat and fill up her gas tank. She just spent the last 10 hours photographing a wedding nearby, and she's drained and anxious to get home to her best friend, Clementine. When she stops to take some nature shots, she's not prepared for how it will change her life. Finn Hunt is a shifter and the beta of the Ash Mountain Pack. He's been searching all his life for his mate, and he can barely control himself when he finally picks up her scent. Finn knows that Delaney can feel this connection between them, too.

This collection of devotions was taken from Girls Walking with Integrity Empowering for Destiny (GWWI) to inspire and encourage you in your daily walk with Christ. I hope that you will enjoy reading these devotions as much as I have enjoyed writing them. May they continue to bring you life and uplift your spirit, as God gives you His peace that passes all understanding.

Archer has had to be tough all of his life. He grew up the second son of an Alpha and set off on his own when his brother became leader of their pack. Now he’s a successful real estate developer with more money than he could ever dream of and a pack of his own. All that’s missing is his fated mate. Then he meets her. And she’s nothing that he wanted. Will these two shifters be able to see how lucky they are to have each other? Or will he have pushed her too far away.

A terrible accident that wasn’t even his fault has left Wren the outcast of the Black River Pack. He’s grown lonelier and lonelier over the years, but when he heads to town for supplies, he finally finds her. His mate. One look at the elk running toward her, and Luna promptly faints. When she wakes up, she’s introduced to the world of shifters and fated mates. The more she learns about Wren, the more she starts to believe, and the harder she falls for the gentle giant. Will Luna pick her old life back in New York, or will she find her happily ever after with the outcast shifter?

What happens when Caleb, the resident hapless hobo, abruptly exits the world and comes face-to-face with a divine essence whom he cannot claim or name? Welcome to The Expanse, where you'll join two socially stigmatized souls on a timely, yet timeless quest of self, as well as social and spiritual acceptance. It is a story that is sure to soften the religious rigidity and challenge the intrinsic biases of even the most accepting and enlightened of listeners. Open your mind to new perspectives and get ready to dance with the derelict on a not-so-fictional evolutionary journey of faith.

Are you and your little one on the brink of embarking on the thrilling journey of preschool? As a parent, the prospect of this milestone can be both exhilarating and nerve-wracking. Fear not! Allow me to introduce the ultimate guide to infuse the preschool experience with joy and growth. Presenting Ready, Set, Preschool: A Parent-Child Guide for the Big Step Ahead.

Radio 4's longest-running panel game returns for the first time since the death of much-missed maestro Nicholas Parsons, who chaired the show for more than 50 years. Following in his footsteps for series 86 are an array of special guest hosts, including Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Nish Kumar, Jenny Eclair, Gyles Brandreth, Lucy Porter, Stephen Fry, Julian Clary, Tom Allen and Jo Brand, while in series 87, Sue Perkins takes the chair and endeavours to keep the participants in check.

Elijah Banks thought he found his one true love—until she walked out their front door without even saying goodbye. For years he’s lived a hedonistic lifestyle and made sure he never got close to a woman again. Hannah Farsey wants the real deal with her new housemate and is willing to overlook the imperfect parts of his history to get it. When their pasts and presents collide in spectacular fashion, she’s not sure she can trust his declarations.

In this part memoir, part mental health resource and how-to guide, Jo Love throws opens the door of her therapist's office and shines a light on what exactly goes on in the therapy room. With the help of experts, including her very own therapist, Jo opens a rare window into the real world of therapy, unpicking the magical powers that enabled her to re-find her own voice, restored her resilience through the cloudiest days and ultimately saved her from her own mind.

It is your most valuable and yet probably your most vulnerable asset. Your heart determines how your life turns out. You may think that you know yourself, but your heart is deep and complex. Even God has to search to reveal what’s inside. My Whole Heart is an inner mirror. It is a handbook to wholeness.

Perhaps England's greatest literary family. To find one brilliant novelist in a family is extremely rare. But two? Three?

The Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily Jane and Anne, together with their brother Patrick, are famed throughout the world. And amongst their many talents was poetry. Of course, being Brontë's, they were rather good at that too.

Beautiful. Damaged. Destructive. Meet Alexa Wú, a brilliant yet darkly self-aware young woman whose chaotic life is manipulated and controlled by a series of alternate personalities. Only three people know about their existence: her shrink, Daniel; her stepmother, Anna; and her enigmatic best friend, Ella. The perfect trio of trust. When Ella gets a job at a high-end gentleman’s club, she catches the attention of its shark-like owner and is gradually drawn into his inner circle.

Despite modern technology and the ample ways we have to keep in touch, we risk neglecting our relationships with the people who have the most profound effect on our well-being: our friends. Weaving together personal stories, interviews with experts, and social research, Friendship First empowers you to nurture relationships with friends both new and old.

Welcome to The Golden Age of Hollywood, a celebration of motion pictures, and the people involved in those pictures, from the 1920s through to the 1960s.

The Crossing is a groundbreaking, unprecedented look inside the UK's newest and most chilling underworld. Wensley Clarkson's insider account reveals the emergence of numerous organised crime networks more powerful and violent than anything ever seen before in this country. These often foreign gangs run elaborate international systems dealing in drugs, people smuggling, prostitution and money laundering, and they have gained a huge foothold in the UK underworld thanks to The Crossing.