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Two stories about a United States Founding Father; two stories about courageous missionaries (to South America and Southeast Asia); a story about the Black doctor who performed the first successful heart surgery; and a story about two abolitionist and feminist sisters in the 1800s.

Ruby Spencer is spending one year living in a small cottage in a tiny town in the Scottish Highlands for three reasons: to write a bestselling cookbook, to drink a barrelful of whisky, and to figure out what comes next. It’s hard to know what to expect after an impulse decision based on a map of Scotland in her Manhattan apartment—but she knows it’s high time she had an adventure. The moment she sets foot in Thistlecross, the verdant scenery, cozy cottages, and struggling local pub steal her heart. It doesn’t hurt that Brochan, the handyman, keeps coming around to repair things at her cottage.

Through nine emotionally vivid stories, all narrated from animal perspectives portraying the complexity of their lives and relationships, WHAT WE FED TO THE MANTICORE explores themes of environmentalism, conservation, identity, belonging, loss, and family with resounding heart and deep tenderness, and ultimately places the listener under the rich canopy of the tree of life.

Riley Shu is a Time Cop, traveling to amazing periods in the past to stop criminals from altering the timeline, while having sex with some of the hottest men and women in history! In this first book of the series, she's off to the Caribbean, and the Golden Age of Piracy, for some submissive shenanigans with the most famous female pirate of all time: Anne Bonny! Will Riley let Doc unload his sexy, six-shooter in her? Will she let Anne practice her amazing rope-tying skills on her naked body? Find out in the first book of this sexy, sci-fi journey through time!

Danielle has a safe, happy childhood growing up in West London, but her bright future fades as she turns her back on school for gang life and crime. Betrayed by the police after a brutal gang rape, she finds protection under the wing of organised criminals and falls in love with the local ‘top boy’. However, her allegiances bring terror to her doorstep when gun-toting rivals target her flat – and the authorities answer by taking away her baby. Heartbroken, Danielle spirals deeper into gang life and becomes a key player in a sprawling county lines operation.

File clerk turned British agent, Fiona Figg, is more comfortable wearing a fake mustache than a ballgown. When a royal ball ends with a royal body in the middle of the dance floor, Fiona trades her dancing slippers for practical Oxfords and sets out to investigate. As she tracks her nemesis, the Black Panther, from Vienna to the Austrian countryside, a hunting accident makes her rethink her loyalties. Can Fiona prevent the Black Panther from striking again, save her own skin, and find a decent cup of tea, all before the emperor realizes she’s a spy?

When a top-ranking European Union official is brutally murdered, world-renowned geneticist Lydia del Biondo finds herself thrust into a bitter geopolitical and ideological war, one that has been raging covertly for millennia. Her journey will take you around the world in an immersive unseen race against incredible enemies. Be prepared to be shocked by biblical revelations that will linger in your mind long after finishing her adventure.

When my boyfriend Josh and I break up, I decide I’m going to get over him as soon as possible. Then I learn that our break-up wasn’t what I thought...and I set out to give him a piece of my mind. But instead of telling off Josh, I find myself being comforted by his dad. And this time, I can no longer ignore the attraction I’ve always felt for this hot older man.... But will Josh’s dad give me what I desire?

The world's first kitesurfing audiobook helps you to learn this incredible sport in the shortest possible time with the least amount of effort. It has been written with the help of 10 world kitesurfing champions, 17 professional instructors as well as other kitesurfing legends such as billionaire kitesurfer Sir Richard Branson and the author Tom Fuller has over 10 years' experience of teaching kitesurfing. The Learn Kitesurfing Faster audiobook helps you to learn even faster by making kitesurfing as simple, clear, and concise as possible.

Although the constant brat, he adores her to no end. Knowing that he should teach her a valuable life lesson in respect, he decides to sexually dominate his willing beauty to bring her inflated ego back down to reality. She has recently grown a great attraction for the handsome man of the house. The hot young woman is just about to find out how much the man of the house really loves and cares for her!

Rodraprex es el imperio textil más importante de España. Arturo Rodríguez lo levantó de la nada y ahora es uno de los empresarios más fuertes del país. La directora ejecutiva es su hija Mónica, una mujer emprendedora que se encuentra en la cima. Sin embargo, en una mañana, todo se viene abajo. Una serie de graves irregularidades que traspasan las fronteras ponen en marcha una de las mayores crisis de la empresa y todo parece señalarla a ella como última responsable.

Princess Leia Orgasma is a captive of the vile gangster Jabba the Butt, who has made the beautiful princess his sexy concubine. Leia is much to proper to accept such a role but discovers she loves Jabba's huge tongue and really loves how he disciplines her in front of his horny minions. Plus, it doesn't hurt that two gorgeous alien girls want to make love to Leia every chance they get.

This collection of stories will captivate your child's imagination and teach them valuable life lessons about faith, love, and forgiveness.

When I met him, I didn't realize who he was. I still didn't when I let him take me back to his hotel for the night. I never expected to see him again. Until I found him on my father's couch, revealing he and I are connected in more ways than simply a one-night stand. To make it worse, he was a Saint, part of the ruling mafia family that owned the city of Redhill. I should have stayed away at that point. I had a lot at risk and my own mess to deal with, but it wasn't that easy. Not when he kept showing up, and that one night turned to two, and then three.

God of the Dead. King of the Underworld. The Unseen. The Renowned. A King without his Queen. They were at odds for what felt like months living together, and just when he finally felt they were on stable footing, she's again wrenched from his grasp. Is this their true destiny? To be torn from each other over and over again? Yet, Demeter could never count on their mental connection, one as tied to the Underworld as they are. Too powerful and too old for even Demeter to touch. Goddess of Spring: The Maiden. The Mistress. The Venerable One. The Queen without her King.

In recent years what it means to be a single woman has evolved. We’re no longer sitting at home, waiting for the phone to ring. Today, we want to do it all, without necessarily saying ‘I do’: love affairs, casual flings, booty calls, internet dating, holiday romances, finding Mr Right, Mr Right Now and even Mr Wrong. We are open to the idea of marriage and true love, but are making the most of the #singlebutdating life while we have it.

While all of my friends are starting college, I've decided to travel to Europe and see more of the world. I have a flexible itinerary and enough money to last me for three months. Then I find out that my dad's best friend, Alex, lives in Paris now...and I've been invited to see him while I'm there. I'm not sure it's a good idea, considering I used to have a big crush on him. But maybe this is meant to be.

When Addison Lockhart inherits Grayson Manor after her mother's untimely death, she unlocks a secret that's been kept hidden for over 50 years. For Addison, it seems like she's finally found the house of her dreams...until the spirit of Roxanne "Roxy" Rafferty comes to call. Who is Roxanne, why is she haunting Grayson Manor, and how will Addison's connection reveal a key to her own past that she thought no longer existed?

From the organization We Need Diverse Books and Dhonielle Clayton, the co-author of Blackout, comes a fantasy collection of short stories from a list of diverse, award-winning, and best-selling authors. This critically acclaimed young adult anthology welcomes every voice to lead, empower, and take command of their universe.

The Creative Self delves into the hegemony of neoliberal self-optimization and turns to psychoanalysis in search of an alternative. In paired chapters, Mari Ruti and Gail M. Newman examine the works of the psychoanalysts Marion Milner and Donald W. Winnicott.