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Pop Song is a book about love and about falling in love - with a place, or a painting, or a person - and the joy and terror inherent in the experience of that love. Plumbing the well of culture for clues and patterns about love and loss - from Agnes Martin's abstract paintings to James Turrell's transcendent light works, and Anne Carson's Eros the Bittersweet to Frank Ocean's Blonde - Larissa Pham writes of her youthful attempts to find meaning in travel, sex, drugs, and art, before sensing that she might need to turn her gaze upon herself.

West Vanderhall is more than content living his life on a strict schedule. He thrives on plans and going to bed early. So when his upstairs neighbor, Halle Parker, has a habit of being loud at night, he’s determined to figure out a way to get back at her. Trying to get her evicted hasn’t worked, so his only option is to give her a taste of her own medicine.

A group of politically correct teachers are tasked with creating a Thanksgiving play for their students. They hire a Native American actor to lend authenticity to the proceedings. When it turns out she’s ethnically ambiguous the teachers are left to navigate the resulting pitfalls in this rich satire. Includes a conversation with playwright Larissa FastHorse.

As a Seminus demon, Raze's life literally depends on having sex with females. The problem is that he doesn't desire females, and it's physically impossible for him to be with males. Thankfully, he and his best friend, Fayle, have an arrangement that keeps him alive...if lonely. He finds some solace in his work as a medic at Thirst, a vampire club known for its rough clientele. But his carefully structured world turns upside down when he meets a mysterious male who makes him want what he can never have.

Dominated by her father’s rigid ways since a twist of fate stole her sight, Isabella uses the magic of Christmas to steal away for an adventure of her own when invited to join friends for the holidays. Oh, how she adores Christmastime!

He is the Keeper of Souls. Judge, jury, and executioner. He is death personified. He is the Grim Reaper. A fallen angel who commands the respect of both Heaven and Hell, Azagoth has presided over his own underworld realm for thousands of years. As the overlord of evil souls, he maintains balance crucial to the existence of life on Earth and beyond. But as all the realms gear up for the prophesied End of Days, the ties that bind him to Sheoul-gra have begun to chafe. Now, with his beloved mate and unborn child the target of an ancient enemy, Azagoth will stop at nothing to save them.

Hosted by Larissa and Rachel, two wives with sharp minds and sharper tongues, She’s the Problem is a weekly dive into love, drama, identity, and all things unfiltered. With humor, heart, and a hint of chaos, they tackle real-life messes, relationship red flags, and the beauty of being just a little too much. If there’s trouble, chances are… she’s the problem.

Pulled into a galaxy on the brink of war, Alexia Harmon finds herself trapped in an impossible decision: save herself and forget about saving the galaxy that is hell-bent on destroying her, dooming all those who call Gatlin home to a brutal death, or pick up her weapons and fight. Easy right? For Alex, the nightmare started before her feet left Earth. Trapped in her life, Alex struggles to find peace within herself to the point where life really doesn't seem worth living.

A year ago, a tragic accident almost ended Marie's athletic career - and her life. Yet, a flatline in one world jump-started her mind into another. An entire lifetime that saw her through triumph and tragedy, growth and loss, love and heartbreak, until the very end as a feeble old woman with a lifetime of memories and satisfaction. Only to die again. And wake up in a hospital bed, once more 22 years old, tubes bristling from her mouth and arms, head and heart full with memories of people who may have never existed.

Poppy Reed is ecstatic about her new job. She is in charge of rehabilitating the image of White Blossom. A once-bustling hospital, the medical institution has suffered a terrible blow to its reputation by a serial-killer nurse that targeted the most vulnerable of patients. She’s ready for this career-making opportunity to lead into the rest of her life. What she doesn’t expect is to run into Dr. Jude Price.

A distant London relative to the Ellinghams, vampiress crossbreed Veronica Hadleigh hates black, loves pink, and drives a sexy car. She’s come to Nocturne Falls for a fresh start and maybe even to find Mr. Right - whom she reluctantly discovers could be human fire inspector Lance Grims. But humans and vampires are a tricky combination. When he realizes Veronica’s true nature, will he stick around or run for the Georgia hills where he was raised?

Budding fairy godmother Erika Tschanz flees her parents' overbearing rule in Rhoswynn, Arkansas, in search of the freedom Nocturne Falls has to offer. But as soon as she steps foot on Georgia soil, mishaps abound. Her very first fairy godmother client’s warlock father is determined to stop her from helping his daughter find her “true love” at all cost.

After an eight-hundred-year slumber, the volcanoes in Iceland’s most populated region are showing signs of life. Earthquakes dominate the headlines. Echoes of the devastating eruptions in the past stir unease in the people. Volcanologist Anna Arnardóttir has spent her entire life studying the volcanic powers under the earth’s crust, but even she cannot fathom the catastrophe at hand.

Leopard shifter Sasha Weisberg arrives in Nocturne Falls hoping someone in the town of supernaturals might be able to undo the spell an angry ex-friend put on her. Otherwise, she’s doomed to live most of every day as a bird, with only three precious hours each day to enjoy her human form and her snow leopard not at all. An archangel friend convinces Kianso Kane to travel to Nocturne Falls for a weekend of rest and relaxation. From the onset of the trip, his shaman calling challenged him to return to his Hawaiian roots and acknowledge his shaman birthright.

Inspired by a true story, Kafka and the Doll recounts a remarkable gesture of kindness from one of the world's most bewildering and iconic writers. In the fall of 1923, Franz Kafka encountered a distraught little girl on a walk in the park. She'd lost her doll and was inconsolable. Kafka told her the doll wasn't lost, but instead, traveling the world and having grand adventures! And to reassure her, Kafka began delivering letters from the doll to the girl for weeks.

Scotland, daughter of the Horseman of the Apocalypse known as War and a formidable warrior in her own right, has dedicated her life to fighting evil with her two demon best friends, Mace and Blade. Their extraordinary bond and uncanny ability to operate in perfect unison has made them legends as special operators with the Demonic Activity Response Team.

Eðna Jonsdottir is on a mission. Touch down in 10th-century Iceland, gather what she needs regardless of the consequences, and return to the 22nd century, becoming the world's first time machine test pilot. Falling in love isn't on the checklist. Brosa Ulfsson is handsome, capable, easygoing - or he was, until tragedy and grief swallowed him. Eðna coaxes him from the grave and wakens his forgotten dreams. But she has no intention of staying in his Viking world.

FÜR IHRE KARRIEREN SPIELEN SIE DAS PERFEKTE PAAR. ABER IHRE HERZEN KENNEN KEINE REGELN ... Ballerina Sage Beaumont bringt alles mit, was sie zur Hauptrolle in Schwanensee und für einen Platz am Nova Ballet Theater braucht - nur nicht die nötige Social-Media-Reichweite. Etwas, woran es Eishockeyspieler Eli Westbrook so gar nicht mangelt. Vor Kurzem völlig überraschend in die NHL gedraftet tut sich der skandalumwitterte Playboy schwer im Rampenlicht.

When a wave of violence that hits too close to home forces shape-shifter and underworld nurse Vladlena Paskelkov to go undercover, her first stop is a haven of vice - with a dangerously sexy vamp in charge. Legendary, and jaded, Nathan Sabine is the manager of Thirst, a wildly popular vampire club - and secret underground blood arena. But Nathan, a rare daywalker, possesses other even more explosive secrets, as does his beautiful new medic, Vladlena. The one thing they can't conceal is the lust that simmers between them.

No turbilhão do mundo corporativo, é fundamental que a figura do líder transcenda a mera posição de chefe e seja uma verdadeira fonte de inspiração. Esta obra é um guia fundamental para quem busca aprimorar as habilidades de liderança, seja você um gestor experiente, um futuro líder ou alguém que deseja investir em desenvolvimento pessoal. Com explicações claras, exemplos do dia a dia e reflexões preciosas, o livro ensina o ouvinte como abandonar conceitos ultrapassados, adotar novas ideias e liderar de forma mais humana, flexível e adaptada às demandas do mundo contemporâneo.