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Chilco is the name of Pascale’s home island. It is also the Mapudungun word for fuchsia: a word that evokes tropical lushness, wetness, the deep greenness of the forest. Pascale's partner, Marina, grew up in the vertical slums of Capital City, a place scarred by centuries of colonialism and now the ravages of feckless developers. Every day the couple fear a sinkhole will open up and take with it another poor neighborhood, another raft of desperate refugees from the hinterlands.

Do you want to have real impact in your career? Do you want to make a lasting impression on your colleagues and clients? In today's fast-paced corporate world, it's not enough to be competent. You need to stand out. Influence Unleashed is your road map to becoming an influential, admired, and respected figure in your field. Crafted for all levels of leaders, this book demonstrates how to make a lasting impact in your career, organization, and industry.

A new generation of Americans has declared that another world is possible. And yet, the stubborn problems of inequality, climate change, and declining health seem as intractable as ever. Where might different answers lie? Intrepid journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata has traveled around the world, from Costa Rica to Uganda, and Estonia to Singapore, uncovering how different countries solve the problems that plague the United States.

Audited by a monster—sounds awful, right? I knew I shouldn't have opened my door, but when a seven-foot descendant of a death god comes calling, you answer. Especially if this Anubis is from the government, but I don't have anything to hide from the IRS. Right? Right?! Turns out, my mom—a.k.a. my business accountant—does.

Thea Rogers has dedicated her life to her career in corporate law. Apart from her colleague and long-time friend-with-benefits Alasdair, she’s forgone friendships and relationships, and now she’s on track to become her firm’s youngest ever female partner. She should be ecstatic. But when a senior partner dies unexpectedly, Thea realises the people at his funeral are only there out of duty. Suddenly, Thea can’t shake the question: if she disappeared tomorrow, would anyone care?

From cosmetics pioneer, medical trailblazer, and sexual assault survivor Victoria Jackson comes the seminal guide to rising from endless worry and rumination to a life of empowered action.

Todos tuvimos una primera vez. Antonia Scott, también. Reina Roja: Origen, precuela de la afamada trilogía de Juan Gómez Jurado, nos presenta el bautismo de fuego de Antonia Scott. Una Antonia muy distinta a la mujer rota que conocimos en la novela original. Una Antonia más joven, luminosa, pero no exenta de excentricidades que pondrán a prueba la paciencia de Raúl Covas, ex boina verde y antecesor de Jon Gutiérrez en su faceta de escudero, y de la policía. El primer caso que le encomienda Mentor a Antonia en Reina Roja comienza con la aparición de un millonario que ha sido brutalmente asesinado.

The master of the tease. The god of rock. Frontman of the world's most desired band, Youth Gone Wild. I'm Rhett Ryan, and I get what I want. Women? They were lining up. Money? I had enough. Accolades? My shelves were full. Love? I didn't have time for that. Not until I had no choice but to pay attention to the last woman I expected to fall for. My beautiful, sassy publicist, Julia goddamn Speed. She was a vital part of the band's success, and she was as off-limits as they came. I'd never wanted anything more in my life. But Julia wasn't like the rest....

Kayda Verdan and Harlow Fletcher have been ride-or-die best friends since they were teenagers. And yet, when Harlow’s life hits the skids after she steals a sentient dragon sword, she doesn’t seek Kayda’s help. Harlow ghosts her friend altogether, under the guise of keeping Kayda safe.

A women’s boxing class is the perfect place for betrayed wife Katherine to work out her aggressions. Ideal too for Geneva, a teacher disgraced and ruined by a vengeful ex, and Luz, a software engineer battling an unjust system. Maggie, their instructor and mentor, guarantees she can right the wrongs they’ve endured. And if Katherine, Geneva, and Luz really want to unleash their rage, they must do what Maggie says.

From an Ant Hill Springs a Mountain is a wonderful collection of fresh new poems that will bring about laughter and even wonderment. And to add more variety, this time the author has included some original limericks.

Bai Rouyun continues her journey as she tries to figure out her purpose of rebirth. Was she merely lucky by stumbling across the Primal Chaos Pagoda, or was there something unknown hidden in the darkness? Along the journey, Bai Rouyun is facing many difficult choices and tries to gain a deeper understanding of her purpose of living. Is revenge the most important, or is she willing to let go of the past and live for herself? As she stumbles towards an answer, new and unknown knowledge appears that changes her entire view on her life, and the world in which she lives.

Finding an ancient treasure was not as fortunate as one might expect. As soon as Bai Rouyun had left the grave, countless sects and hidden families set out to kill her for the sake of obtaining her treasure for themselves. After months of killing–and leaving a trail of corpses behind her–Bai Rouyun could not continue anymore. Unwilling to succumb, she gave up, throwing herself off the mountain top, taking the treasure with her to the eternal grave in the clouds. However, that treasure was anything but ordinary...

If you want to take your health to the next level from the inside out in a matter of days, this book is for you. Both inspiring and informative, this is the ultimate prescription for reducing toxins, natural weight loss, healing skin issues, eliminating sabotaging habits, and minimizing the effect of stress. This is a practical holistic guide, created to enable you to adopt a healthier lifestyle long-term in a way that's doable.

It’s been six months since Riley Thomas, reluctant medium extraordinaire, has had a ghost haunting her apartment, and she prefers it that way. Life is less complicated when the dead aren’t trying to get her attention. Her best friend is getting married and wants to DIY her way through wedding prep - Riley’s got no time for ghosts.

Emily and Tarkus are back again in one last adventure to save the Midnight Hour. Their old adversary, the Nocturne, is determined to destroy their beloved magical world and everyone in it. With the added peril of the villainous Hunt, whose mission it is to Make Britain Dark Again, the barrier between worlds begins to glitch and fade. Emily might just have a plan to save all worlds, but she's going to need everyone to help.

I'd dance on a razor's edge for my mates, but the Fae kings are no longer mine. They belong to the usurper queen, bound by her black magic. Rydstrom and Baron have forgotten what I once meant to them. The Winter King, however, remembers me, but he's embraced the dark side. The world isn't big enough for all of us - it's either me or the kings. So, I'll lure them to Hell's inferno to finish what they started in the Wild Hunt - to hunt down their mate to the bitter end. Love is a battle, and I'll allow no one to take my mates from me.

In 1939, lonely and without prospects, Evie Fraser accepts a marriage proposal by post from a man she barely knows. Evie leaves her quiet English village for a new life on the exotic tropical island of Penang. Soon she finds herself pitched against her new husband on the one hand and the shallow spiteful world of the expatriate British on the other. Has she made a terrible life-changing mistake?

A bold and emotionally gripping novel about a teenage Latinx girl finding freedom through dance and breaking expectations in 1980s Minnesota. When sixteen-year-old Rosa Dominguez pirouettes, she is poetry in pointe shoes. And as the daughter of a tyrant ballet Master, Rosa seems destined to...

The Dawn Queen thinks she can steal my mates. I thought the bond between us would never break, but then she bewitches them into forgetting who I am and what I mean to them. At the queen's command, they hunt me like a wild beast. To survive, I must become more merciless than any of them, no matter how much my heart bleeds when I hurt them or how badly my body craves theirs. When even my forbidden magic can't bring them back, I have to make a terrible choice.