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Emerson Whitney writes, "Really, I can't explain myself without making a mess." What follows is that mess—electrifying, gorgeous, defiant. At Heaven's center, Whitney seeks to understand their relationship to their mother and grandmother, those first windows into womanhood and all its consequences. Whitney retraces a roving youth in deeply observant, psychedelic prose—all the while folding in the work of thinkers like Judith Butler, Donna Haraway, and C. Riley Snorton—to engage transness and the breathing, morphing nature of selfhood.

What's it like to be a trail angel and can romance truly blossom from first meeting to marriage on the Pacific Crest Trail? How do trail names get bestowed and what does it mean when you find yourself roaring back at a mountain lion? How have climate change, technology, and the sheer number of hikers affected life on the PCT? Find the answers to all these questions, and so many more, in the diverse writings gathered in Crossing Paths, an anthology of stories and poems written by PCT hikers.

Ricki Wagner and her husband, Brock, are thrilled when they get an invite to her boss’s stunning lake house, never imagining the weekend of horror that awaits them. When a woman’s body washes up on the sandy shore, they soon find themselves tangled up in a dark crime with many threads.

Un billón, a Spanish phrase for "one billion", represents a movement inspired by the Spanish song written and sung by Enfermera Marysol, aka Marysol Uribe. Marysol, the author and music artist, is a bilingual Latina healthcare professional who has worked in the medical field for six years. Un Billón begins with the origin story of Enfermera Marysol, but the movement is about empowering you to strive to reach one billion, too.

It’s Lew Ferris’s first day as the newly-elected Sheriff of McBride County, and already things are heating up in the Wisconsin Northwoods. The tragic drowning of a teenage girl draws an eerie parallel to the unsolved murder of another teen thirty years earlier, but one of Lew’s new subordinates—Alan Stern, Chief of the Deer Haven Police Department—has ruled it an accidental death by drowning.

With time growing short, Ben Black and his newfound family must rush to find answers. This fourth volume of the Black Magick series finds them seeking the help of old friends, powerful allies, and dubious acquaintance, in order to not only rescue Carrie, but prevent Camille from unleashing evil into our world.

Those words spoken by Hud Haller are the first line of chapter one. Minutes later, a two-helicopter collision plummets him and everyone aboard to their deaths. Now there is only one member of Electra Kittner’s “Keepers Group” still alive: Su-Lin Song Chou, who is ninety-plus and in failing health. She hasn’t a clue what to do to keep the memory or hope alive for Electra. But one entity does: Indira, the Singularity Electra created.

Thus speaks the Irani-Electra duo at the start of chapter one. The duo is back in action and ready to reconstruct personal and professional worlds. But new challenges await.

Even though Mindy hasn't updated the house she inherited from her grandmother, her house is favorite to hold Rom Com Movie Club, where she and her best friends since college gather to swoon over cheesy, unrealistic rom coms.

Do you ever ask yourself what you can do to experience the richest, most amazing moment? I recommend this question because it leads inevitably to other questions that are exciting to ask and to answer. This is an audiobook to help you extract more potency, value, and juice from every day moments to create extraordinary moments.

Sure, I hate how everyone was over the moon about her TikTok fame. And I suppose I got a little bit carried away with vengeance when she tried to ruin my life. But seriously, when my friend gave me that leather journal, I’d never had so much power in my life. It was intoxicating. Who wouldn’t have done what I did to Eva? Now everyone thinks that just because she vanished in the forest after a party, that I killed her. That the blood on the jackets is proof. Or the text messages. The slightly weird thing I had with Eva's dad. The fire.

Jackrabbit is stuck in a time loop, living the same day over and over again, and his only hope to free himself is to recover a mystical artifact called the Nick of Time. But first, he's got to survive long enough to find it against obstacles like a demonically possessed water heater, a vicious cat in a tree, and a team of supervillains headed by the dastardly Cheddarman.

Two moons after the demon has been vanquished, we all go back to our normal routines with slight changes. Numerous travelers have come to visit our village, some have even decided to stay permanently. Father and Kita have been busy helping the village adjust to the new residents, as well as help the new residents settle into their new homes, and roles. Zeke and I have been great, we have decided on a baby name finally, but no one knows what it is just yet.

Lydia Morgan spent the better part of 15 years avoiding Phillip Smythe out of resentment. Through her therapy, after a brutal attack, she now realizes he’s the only person who can help her move on. Having Lydia's full attention was something Phillip wasn’t used to—and neither were the rest of of their friends—but never having given up on her, he wasn’t about to walk away when she said she needed his help. Could the years of resentment simply be shrugged off, or would the deep secrets that Lydia still carries force Phillip to finally step away?

Once a month, for as long as they’d been friends, Lisa, Mindy, Ruby, and Tina gathered for Rom Com Movie Club night. Facial masks, nail polish, and wine could settle the world around them as they dished on movies that made them want to love—even if the premise of happily ever after seemed far-fetched. Lisa didn’t have much of an idea of what happily ever after was supposed to look like, but life had always thrown obstacles at her. She never considered it might throw a man her way, which would cause a rift with her best friend before her wedding.

Within these pages, you will begin to untangle the mass web of legal processes. We’ll cover what you need to know before adjusting to your new life, cover topics to help guide you in settling in and getting to work, the rights you’ll have as a new citizen and the benefits that come with it, and so much more. It can all feel overwhelming, but I’m here to tell you that you’re not alone. Now that you’re here, you have the chance to experience everything that this country has to offer you.

Aja’s frustration boils over when a new child trafficking network is discovered. She feels like the team is fighting a losing battle. For each predator they get off the streets, 10 more take their place. But when Aja suggests what sounds like an outlandishly impossible solution, she is surprised when the powers that be agree to marshal the necessary resources to investigate its viability.

Gwen is back with the Twelve, but she must redeem herself to the others and, more importantly, Lucifer himself. In order to prove herself, she must capture Berlin and Moscow, but there is a problem—there are still two Gargoyles left to destroy and they still have Collin, a half-demon, half-human who has the same powers as the demons.

Todd Walker stepped in to help his friend Lydia Morgan run her businesses while she took time to recover from a traumatic event. As a ranch hand taking control of her venue at the Bridal Mecca, he's certainly out of his element. Jessie Hanson is not one for wedding details, and yet her mother and sister think she should accompany them while planning her sister's wedding. Jessie's a photographer, and her family encourages her to open a studio, and isn't it convenient that there is vacant space at the Bridal Mecca.

In this book, we will go in-depth through the four different attachment styles discovered by psychologists John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. You will learn about how your childhood laid a foundation that could determine the quality of your current relationships, how to fix them if they’re broken, and how to heal yourself from past trauma.