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Lucia Kay McBath knew deep down that a bullet could one day take her son. After all, she had watched the news of countless unarmed Black men unjustly gunned down. Standing Our Ground is McBath’s memoir of raising, loving, and losing her son to gun violence, and the story of how she transformed her pain into activism. Seventeen-year-old Jordan Davis was shot by a man who thought the music playing on his car stereo was too loud. McBath presents an emotional account of her fervent fight for justice, and her awakening to a cause that will drive the rest of her days.

Princess Kalei of Marama is moon-blessed, allowing her to resurrect her kingdom's loyal subjects. But when she's attacked in her safe lighthouse by a fiery pirate, her worldview is shattered once she learns what her power is really being used for. Determined to prove her innocence and willingness to stop her father, she has no choice but to trust her would-be killer to safely deliver her to the Vodaeardean princess. But who can she trust in when it seems Captain Evhen is not the only one who wants her dead?

Following the success of her breakout poem, "B", Sarah Kay releases the LIVE recording of her debut collection of poetry featuring work from the first decade of her career. This live recording of Sarah Kay's reading of No Matter the Wreckage, at The Wild Project in NYC, presents listeners with the new and beloved poetry that showcases Kay's talent for celebrating family, love, travel, and the unlikely romance between inanimate objects ("The Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire").

AMBW Press is excited to present - Dirty Divorce. All is fair in love and divorce. Divorce Attorney, McKenzie Gray, is at the height of her career and living her best life when the ex-spouse of one her clients tracks her down to set the record straight. Khoi has dedicated his life to helping others overseas at the expense of his marriage. Upon his return to the states, he is quite surprised to find that his conniving wife, now ex-wife, has divorced him and taken everything. Without his knowledge. Now he has no money, no house, and no car and he is determined to make the attorney, who helped...

When Stacey Lane writes a feminist take on Frankenstein, she never imagines it will catch the eye of unbelievably sexy Hollywood star Tommy DeMarco. Tommy’s passion for her book - and for her, a recently widowed poet, mom, and certified mess - threatens to turn her life upside down, or maybe right-side up.

If you end an evening by slapping your thighs and saying, “Welp, I’ll go ahead and get outta your hair,” then you don’t need this guide, but you sure as heck might like it. Full of common Midwestern phrases (and what they really mean behind the friendly facade), A Guide to Midwestern Conversation is an affectionate, self-deprecating look at the language of a people long defined by their kindness and reduced to their voting patterns.

“May God forgive me for the order”, Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge remarked as he ordered young cadets from Virginia military institute into the battle lines at New Market, just days after calling them from their academic studies to assist in a crucial defense. Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley had seen years of fighting. In the spring of 1864, Union Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel prepared to lead a new invasion force into the Valley, operating on the far right flank of Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign. Breckinridge scrambled to organize the confederate defense.

My Confession: “I get paid to please your husband, so you don’t have to.” When the blonde-haired and blue-eyed adonis approached me in a swanky Beverly Hills restaurant, I didn't expect him to be a big-shot lawyer ready to offer me a job. He had to be mistaken because I was just a pretty unknown actress with no major skills who was thirty days from being evicted from my apartment. Once he described the job and the compensation package, I knew it was too good of an offer to turn down. I was instructed to help the married men at his law firm relieve their stress and in the process find ...

In the summer of 1955, Madison Lee "Bobo" Murphy was a waiter at the Catskills' Pine hill inn, where the eccentric Avrum Feldman became his unlikely friend. A rural Southerner on his exciting first journey north, Bobo learned from Avrum that each life is marked by one grand, undeniable moment of change that never stops mattering. It came for Bobo in his first meeting with Amy Lourie, the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

Inside The Art of Education, The Routines Edition, you'll discover: The key objectives and immense benefits of implementing structured routines that support self-directed learning, creativity, critical thinking skills, self-management abilities, and a sense of community. How establishing simple routines like greetings and centering activities throughout your instruction sets students up for success. Step-by-step guidance on preparing students before, during, and after classroom activities to provide clear expectations that foster effective time management skills and more!

Isobel's life is small: just her, her mum, and her pet chinchilla, Abigail, in their council flat on the Kentish coast. After mental health troubles in her teens, Issy, now twenty-eight, has kept things that way on purpose, only deviating from routine when her part-time job at a paint-your-own pottery studio demands it, or when she's inspired to create art of Abigail: knitted Abigails, sculptural Abigails, delicately rendered paintings of Abigail. When the Abigails earn the attention of famous artist and reality TV star Elizabeth Staggs, Issy is awestruck and a little alarmed.

Laura loves her daughter more than anything in the world. But nine-year-old Autumn is being bullied. Laura feels helpless. When Autumn fails to return home from school one day, Laura goes looking for her. She finds a crowd of older children taunting her little girl. In the heat of the moment, Laura makes a terrible choice. A choice that will have devastating consequences for her and her daughter....

Denmark is often called "the happiest country in the world", but what's it really like to live there? Can you find a job in Denmark only speaking English? How hard is it to deal with the long Danish winters - and is it true that people ride bicycles in the snow? What do modern Danes think about the Vikings? Is The Little Mermaid really worth a visit? What's it like to date a Danish man or a Danish woman? In this audiobook of humorous essays Kay Xander Mellish offers a fun guide to contemporary Danish culture and Danish manners.

He needed a nanny for his nephew...He didn't expect to find the woman of his dreams. Billionaire bachelor, Darius Peyton's in over his head. He's the sole guardian of his four-year-old nephew while dealing with the overwhelming demands of his company. Hiring a nanny to help him through the holidays seemed like a no-brainer. He didn't plan for the chemistry between them. Hope Martinez is single - and lonely - by choice. She'd rather hold out for a relationship with promise than settle for less. She accepts the job of temporary nanny to one of her favorite students because it gives her ...

The moment I laid eyes on her in that run-down diner, I had no idea who she was. All I knew was she was sexy as sin and the next star in my wet dreams. Turned out that rockin’ body and sly smile belonged to none other than Minx - Savage Menaces MC princess...and my club President’s daughter. The club has always come first for me, and settling down was never part of my plan. But this chick makes me want things I’ve never even dreamed of before. Too bad the club life might destroy everything I saw possible between us.

In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school, though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a ruling count - and soon learned why that man was known as The Beast. Danio's fate changed the moment he recognised Adria Ripoli as she entered the count's chambers one night - intending to kill. Born to power, Adria had chosen a life of danger - and freedom - instead.

Sarah Cavell is a beautiful, brilliant cryptographer with the uncanny ability to crack any code. But her most daunting challenge may be reading the true feelings of her new "husband," Rafferty Lewis, the secretive federal agent to whom she's just been assigned. Sent on a perilous mission to a Caribbean nation teetering on the brink of revolution, the two must go undercover as husband and wife to make contact with a shadowy informant passing on cryptic messages that could trap a terrorist.

Book 5 Alex and Amari are fated by the heavens - and a Chicago snowstorm - to meet. Find out what happens when two strangers are forced to ride out the storm together. Episode 5 of this AMBW KDRAMA SERIES won’t disappoint. Join us on this rollercoaster ride full of fated encounters, romance, unexpected plot twists, humor, surprise babies, exotic locations, and delicious food. THE COMPLETE AMBW KDRAMA SERIES: Episode 1 - Lengthy Layover: A Valentine's Day Quickie Episode 2 - Island Layover: Chocolate Covered Chopsticks Episode 3 - Seoul Layover: Quick Change of Heart Episode 4 - Missing ...

Evil lurks in Edinsville. Stella McIntyre, may have made some questionable choices, but she didn't deserve what happened to her. Pregnant, alone, and without a home, her challenges seem insurmountable. When she comes to the end of herself, there is only one place left to turn. She heads back to to the small town of Edinsville to the family and God from whom she ran. They welcome her home, but someone is watching from the shadows.

Santos Paola Santiago has recently returned from Oregon, where she defeated the Hitchhiker ghost and saved her father from the vengeful spirit that was possessing him. The poor girl deserves a rest! But first she has to rescue Dante from the void, where he's been imprisoned by some unknown force. Paola's prophetic dreams seem to have dried up, so she has to find other ways to locate a new rift where she can enter the void. Signs point to Texas—but how is she going to get there from Arizona?