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Salt is bad for you. It’s impossible to drink too much water. Right? Wrong. Very wrong. These are a couple of the many intricacies of sports nutrition that are less commonly known but can be life altering. Duke All - American track and field athlete Emily Cole learned this the hard way. In The Players’ Plate, Emily helps fellow athletes realize just how different their nutritional needs are from the general public and equips them with tools to find their optimal fueling plan.

Twenty-five years ago, a young girl left home to walk to school. Her younger sister soon followed. But one of them arrived, and one of them didn’t. Her sister’s disappearance has defined Willa’s life. Everyone thinks her sister is dead, but Willa knows she isn’t. Because there are some things that only sisters know about each other—and some bonds only sisters can break. When Willa is invited to a party thrown by her first love, she has no reason to expect it will be anything other than an ordinary evening But nothing about Willa’s life has been ordinary since the day her sister disappeared.

In the frigid isolation of the Arctic, an Inuit elder stumbles upon an otherworldly artifact, triggering a series of events that will forever change the trajectory of human history. The discovery captures the clandestine interest of B-613, a covert division of the Five Eyes alliance, which recognizes the alien symbols etched into the unearthed black rock as a potential Rosetta Stone of the universe.

Centuries ago, beautiful young Ilsbeth Clark was accused of witchcraft after several children disappeared. Her acquittal did nothing to stop her fellow townsfolk from drowning her in the well where the missing children were last seen. When author and social media influencer Elena returns to the summer paradise of her youth to get her family's manor house ready to sell, the last thing she expected was connecting with—and feeling inspired to write about—Ilsbeth’s infamous spirit. The very historical figure that her ex-childhood friend, Cathy, has been diligently researching.

By Appointment Only marks the thrilling return of Grace, Sam, Maria-Teresa, and Margot—the fearless, wacky sleuths we’ve come to love. Thanks to Grace, the ladies can now proudly call themselves professional investigators. While three of them are content handling routine cases at the newly formed Liu Jones Group Investigations Agency, Grace Liu craves more to fuel her adrenaline. Grace’s ambition leads her to pursue a high-profile murder case, one she hopes will cement the agency’s reputation as one of the best in Mesa, Arizona.

This story continues Sarah’s life after she goes to live with her uncle, the cop, and his heavy-handed wife. Mixing in an action-packed crime story about a sadistic gang of killers, Sarah struggles with nightmares from the past while her uncle struggles to keep his own secrets hidden.

It is the summer of 1990 and Billie Carver, Bobbie Lamont’s best friend, has just accomplished her dream of graduating from Tulane University with honors. She is ready to start the next phase of her life. She believes that she knows who she is and what she wants to do with her life. But then a series of events will change everything for her and she will spend the next few months rediscovering the past she thought she knew and the future she thought she wanted.

At twelve, Li Hua is sold to a floating brothel, but destiny has other plans. Behind the walls of the Forbidden City, she evolves from concubine to spy. She navigates treachery, suppresses a rebellion, and engineers a bold escape with only a mastery of martial arts and a cinnabar dragon pendant imbued with the fatal poison known as GU.

For the first time in six years, the mysterious lake house calls. A grand, angelic mansion surrounded by an eerie, untouchable darkness. Stranded with no way to continue the journey, the decision is made to stay the night. But as night falls, the house’s secrets begin to unfold… What lies within the walls of this enigmatic place?

Every civilization in history has faced moments of overwhelming existential crises, and they all eventually collapsed. Was this failure inherent in the evolution of civilization, something within the human species, or a combination of both? More importantly, was it predictable and unavoidable? Most civilizations believed they had a special relationship with the divine and were beyond the laws of nature. Our current economic civilization is now global and interdependent.

In a world transformed by apocalypse, the familiar landscapes of life are forever altered. Power struggles dominate the scorched continent as the Theodolis and Razors clash for dominance, while the Settlers and Wanderers yearn for a lasting peace. Amidst the turmoil, Oda, a determined Settler, is captured by Kemp, the tyrannical leader of the Razor colonies. Held in his cruel grasp, she becomes a pawn in his games of power and possession.

Based on diary entries, news articles, published sources, interviews, and personal memories from the author and other family members, Crossing the Yellowstone: The Saga of a Montana Ranch Family is a classic American drama of challenges met and legacies left. In 1894, Andy Mercer journeyed on horseback from Missouri to the Great Plains, with plans to homestead in the West.

Vision’s infinite range of influence knows no boundaries. It flows from the youngest to the oldest, from the novice to the most experienced member of the team. It infiltrates the organization with freshness of purpose and clearness of direction. The leader clothed with the clarity of vision, exposes others to the knowledge, necessity and power of vision. Then becomes an instrument in helping them understand the work of vision. The energy and the contagiousness of vision develops a persistent personality within the leader and within the organization that recognizes it and seeks after it.

Emilia, an aspiring actress, works as a waitress at a Parisian restaurant called The Ship. There, she meets Heinrich, an architect who falls deeply in love with her. As Emilia’s acting career flourishes, she decides to return to Germany to work on her father’s farm. Undeterred by the distance, Heinrich follows her back to Germany and continues his work as an architect there. This heartwarming story emphasizes the significance of family bonds and romance in a contemporary context.

A man believing he has amnesia walks the streets in Haskell, Texas trying to remember who he is; where he came from. In reality, Stan Clark has blackouts, leaving him with no memories during this timeframe.

Little Ida is a spruce tree that grows up with a family in Appleton, Wisconsin. Planted next to the house, with a bench nearby, she watches and listens to the comings and goings of Mama Ida, Papa George, and their five daughters, all of whom are unconventional for their time, from the Depression into the early 1970s. Even though Little Ida can’t talk, she certainly has many thoughts and opinions as she observes and chronicles births, deaths, and other family milestones, bringing history to life.

“Opiate” – to induce sleep; to stupefy; to hijack the brain and change its normal function. Opelika, Alabama – where cars, men, and race collide to unhinge the life of a young woman. Piecing it back together will require figuring out the role she played, and who she really is – or wants to be.

Five years after the death of Stan “Cutter” Clark, the worst serial killer the town has ever known, residents in Munday, Texas are still trying to cope with nightmares of the morbid acts that occurred in Clark’s basement. When Elaine Miller, a dynamic new real estate agent moves to Munday, she ignites fury, ignoring the town’s pleas, and sells the house the town believes is evil.

The book offers new fairytales. Fairytales are a magical and ageless genre appealing to all ages. The tales open up a fascinating and wonderful world in which children and adults can be in touch with the endless beauty of being human and magical at the same time. They offer the listener experiences of witches and wizards and dragons and trolls and many more fairytale creatures in a new and enchanting light.

Dawn Cogger’s memoir, Womb to Tomb to Womb, provides fodder for life’s journey, a journey with unimaginable positive changes. Her story demonstrates how our life journey and its teachings are unique for each of us. Her life starts with sporadic Christian teachings, and contrary messages that belief in God is not acceptable, her behavior often unacceptable. Her love of nature brings her solace and inspiration. She shares her hunger for prayer and a relationship with God.