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In this book, Dr. Nina L. Shapiro embarks on an amazing journey through the body as it gets fed, protected, exercised, cleaned, energized, and rested.

A stunning debut memoir about addiction, self-discovery, and the relationships between mothers and daughters, from an exciting new literary talent.

Sheriff Naya Largusa has spent her entire life in the peaceful, tight-knit community of a small town in rural Colorado. Everything is on track for her to have a great career, until she receives a life-altering phone call one Sunday afternoon. Naya’s brother Vance has just been diagnosed with cancer, and not the kind that the doctor thinks will improve. In fact, he’s slated to get worse. Having no one else in the family to help, Naya immediately packs up her simple life and heads to Denver, exchanging her Sheriff’s badge for a job as a detective.

It is 1965 in this memoir when Patricia and her new husband set off on to Europe on their honeymoon. Little did she know that this trip would stretch into a two-year journey that would take them around the world on a bare-bones budget. While living rarely more than an arm’s distance apart in their VW van, they make their way from Europe and West Asia to South Asia, then continue across East Asia by train, bus, and hitchhiking.

Lavina Randall moves to Idaho to escape the prejudice of the new South after the Civil War, only to find a missing fiancé and the man next door. However, her desire to keep the promises she made to her betrothed keeps her from seeing the opportunity in front of her. Cliff Walters, a widower since the birth of his twin daughters, has only one desire: to give his girls a happy home. The last thing he needed was a wealthy debutant filling his girls' heads with dreams he could not afford.

It's 1984, and after an unexpected pregnancy, assistant professor Sophia Shulder learns that her newborn baby has Down syndrome and life-threatening anomalies that require immediate risky surgeries. Under pressure to give consent, Sophia is not sure whether that is best for her baby, or for herself. The hospital, threatened by the Reagan administration's new "Baby Doe" laws, launches legal proceedings to force surgery. Is a severely disabled baby's death ever preferable to life? Who decides?

Marni McDonough had known Bethany and Brad Ames all her life. Now young adults they were best friends forever. But could a man and woman be just friends, especially since the man has had the “hots” for her since they were kids? When his girlfriend dumps him and tells Marni she can have him, their relationship is destined to change. She sought counsel from Bethany. News flash - Bethany already had the two of them tying the marriage knot. It was inevitable. Everybody thought so. Everybody except Marni. What was she to do?

Anna Martelli had lived in fear for far too long. Staying in Cincinnati, living at home, and working in The Cincinnatian Hotel held no appeal. Why not get on the train and go to Laramie where Timothy Bailey, a rancher, was ready to marry her? Granted, nobody in Wyoming expected her to arrive in the heart of a bitter winter, but whatever situation she found herself in would be temporary.

Michael Malloy was desperate. His mother had died in a tragic accident nine months prior, and his father had become a drunkard. He ran their ranch but was stuck doing the work of all three. How could he get some help? How could he fashion a future? Were any of the girls he knew in Laramie, Wyoming, the answer to all his dreams? Hmm. He could advertise for a bride, specifying all the attributes he was seeking.

A contemporary woman finds herself immersed in the body of a ninth-century runaway, after accidentally engaging the cyclic properties of the fifth dimension. She must find a way to survive and bide her time until a rescue can be arranged, or else, be lost to the ages.

Following a cataclysmic event that no one on Earth saw coming, lawyer Amber Lee awakes in London to find that the city and seemingly the entire population of the UK has been literally vaporized over one night during the summer Bank Holiday weekend - a surprise alien invasion that the news stations call "The Event". She sets off across the city, now slowly being taken over by an unknown alien lifeform, to her now deserted family home in West Wales.

Young Ned Jones is enthralled by pirate stories, and when an opportunity arises for him to join a group of real pirates, he sets off with high anticipation. Follow along with Ned as he lives his dream. This story, along with 11 others, will interest young and old alike with a mixture of humor, tenderness, and suspense. Will Nana's spring house cleaning cause a neighbor to call the police? What surprise is Uncle Scott bringing, and who is stealing the flags from the police memorial?

For Amber Lee, a lawyer working in London, the thought of the approaching long bank holiday weekend fills her with joy - a chance to catch up with friends and generally relax. But as the weekend gets underway, news starts filtering through of unidentified objects entering Earth's atmosphere. As Saturday morning unfolds, Amber will soon wish that the long weekend never arrived....