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When Lily, a young girl from a troubled background becomes pregnant, she insists she is still a virgin. A host of professionals swing into action. Lily becomes increasingly isolated: her belief is diagnosed as delusion, there are suspicions of abuse, and the unborn baby is shown to be severely...

Set in 1640s Puritan Massachusetts, this "flawlessly crafted" ( Booklist) historical novel by Christy Award finalist Siri Mitchell delivers a heart-wrenching tale of true love and triumphant grace. While Susannah awaits an overdue marriage proposal, a powerful villager takes a fancy to her. But after a dashing military captain comes to town, she's unprepared for the sinister turn her life soon takes.

The Two Gentlemen of Valasna is an adaptation of William Shapkespeare's early romantic comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona. The setting for this adaptation is 19th-century India during the time of British rule - 1857 to be precise, during the weeks leading up to the Indian mutiny. This recording...

Judy Heumann, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong. “If I didn’t fight, who would?” Judy Heumann was only 5 years old when she was first denied her right to attend school. Paralyzed from polio and raised by her...

Ridley Larsen is everything you want in a friend. She's tough as nails, she's fiercely loyal and she's smart as a whip. But she can be a harsh critic, which has put her position with the Magic Misfits on the rocks, even as the threat of the group's longtime enemy Kalagan looms large. Ever since his recent appearance in Mineral Wells, the kids know that a showdown with the vicious magician is imminent. They must first deal with a series of odd instances and random attacks, though, all of which they use to bring themselves closer to discovering where Kalagan may be hiding.

A nostalgia-packed, star-studded anthology featuring contributors such as Kristen Arnett, Yumi Sakugawa, Myriam Gurba, and others exploring the lasting impact of Ann M. Martin’s beloved Baby-Sitters Club series In 1986, the first-ever meeting of the Baby-Sitters Club was called to order in a...

A heartfelt middle-grade novel about a theater-loving girl who uses a wheelchair for mobility and her quest to defy expectations--and gravity--from Tony award-winning actress Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz Thirteen-year-old Nat Beacon loves a lot of things: her dog Warbucks, her best friend...

From the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table, comes an anthology of gender-bent, race-bent, LGBTQIA+ inclusive retellings. Featuring stories by: Alexander Chee Preeti Chhibber Roshani Chokshi Sive Doyle Maria Dahvana Headley Ausma...

The inspiring story of how two female entrepreneurs turned a newsletter called Bulletin into a venture-backed, industry-disrupting brand Filled with heart and humor, How to Build a Goddamn Empire shares the real-world, hard-earned business wisdom of one female entrepreneur who transformed...

From the organization We Need Diverse Books and Dhonielle Clayton, the co-author of Blackout, comes a fantasy collection of short stories from a list of diverse, award-winning, and bestselling authors. This critically acclaimed young adult anthology welcomes every voice to lead, empower, and...

Salmo 91 Meditado en Familia (Refugio y Paz) es una producción devocional en formato de audio diseñada para llevar el descanso espiritual, el consuelo y el recogimiento al corazón de los hogares. Inspirada en uno de los textos sagrados más poderosos y reconfortantes de las Escrituras, esta...

Calma en la Tormenta: Meditación en Familia es una producción devocional en formato de audio diseñada para llevar la paz, el descanso espiritual y el alivio frente a la ansiedad cotidiana al corazón de todos los hogares. Inspirada en el icónico pasaje del Evangelio en el que Jesús camina...

From George Jreije, author of the acclaimed Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria series, comes the exhilarating conclusion to the Bashir Boutros duology in which Bashir and his friends find themselves and the fate of the realms threatened by an unexpected force: a vengeful jinn more...

Queue up these hilarious real-life stories from the video clerking trenches. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll wash your hands. No rewinding required!

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All She’s got it all figured out. Or does she? When it comes to relationships, Remy’s got a whole set of rules. Never get too serious. Never let him break your heart. And never, ever date a musician. But then Remy...

I've come to the conclusion that I must be dead. Change is afoot for Zak, an orc who lost his big acting break in the fallout from the Unravelling five years ago. Switching careers and downgrading his living arrangements as a 31-year-old wasn't in his life plan, but the room he rents is tidy...

Bir kâğıt parçası düşün: üstündeki rakamla değeri artıyor, ama dokunduğu her şeyin değeri azalıyor. Ama o kâğıt parçası elden ele geçtikçe, yalnız para değil vicdan da dolaşıma girer. Her yeni elde bir bahane doğar; bahaneler zincir olur, zincir büyür ve “küçük” görünen bir sahtekârlık, insanların hayatına dokunan büyük bir yıkıma dönüşür.

Petersburg’un sisli sabahında bir memur, yüzünde kocaman bir boşlukla kalakalır. İtiraz etmek ister; ama neye? Kime? Gogol, felaketin çıplak dehşetini değil, felaketin ardından gelen o tanıdık panik ritmini anlatır: “Bunu kim duyar?”, “Beni ne sanırlar?”, “Hangi kapıdan girip hangi unvana seslenirsem işim görülür?”

Toplumsal roller ve bireysel maskeler üzerine kurulu bu klasik eser, insan ilişkilerini sorgular.

'As profound as Katherine Mansfield, restrained as Jane Austen, sharp as Dorothy Parker' Independent INTRODUCED BY NICOLA BEAUMAN The lark rose in the brilliant air, higher, higher on its spun-glass spiral of song, knowing nothing of peace or war, accepting joyously the bounty of another day. A...