This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Paris was supposed to stay a one-time sin I left in the sheets.Turns out she’s my best friend’s sister… and now her kid has my eyes.She was supposed to be just one reckless night.Red lips. Wild laugh. Nails raking down my back.A night that should’ve ended at sunrise.Instead, I find her six years later in Copper Creek.My best friend’s little sister. Messy b...

"Lays bare the . . . history of a ruthless Russian state with the story of an unlikely friendship between a young widower and a survivor of Stalin's gulag." — Publishers WeeklySasha Filipenko traces the arc of Russian history from Stalin's terror to the present day, in a novel full of heart and humanity.One struggles not to forget, while the other would like nothing better. Tatiana Alexeyevna is an old woman, over ninety, rich in lived experience, an...

Condition Your Dog to be a Top Canine CompetitorWhat are the four conditioning components of top athletes? Most physical therapists agree that they include balance, strength, endurance and flexibility. The same characteristics apply to canine athletes as well and form the basis of this new book by Sasha Foster, co-author of the award winning The Healthy Way to Stretch Your Dog. When the four conditioning components are executed in a systematic approach usin...

Crossing Borders: International Studies for the 21st Century provides a framework to help students understand world issues, built upon an understanding of the many borders that define the international system. In the Fifth Edition, renowned authors Harry I. Chernotsky and Heidi H. Hobbs are joined by new coauthors Brenda M. Kauffman and Sasha Allgayer to address many of the different fields that constitute international studies—geography, politics...

Love, lust, and deadly secrets permeate the lives of Venice's nobility in this thrilling sequel to the romantic and mysterious Cross My Heart.In a society of liars, who do you trust?It is 1585 in Venice, and three months have passed since Laura della Scala solved her sister's murder after joining the Segreta, a powerful society of women who trade protection for secrets. Now Laura is engaged to her true love, Roberto, and she has never been happier....

Laura della Scala knows nothing beyond the convent walls which have trapped and bound her since she was twelve years old.A single night will change her life.She will soon learn the difference between an arranged marriage and true, reckless love.Venice is a dangerous city. Intrigue, romance and power lie at its heart and secrets run through the blood of its rulers.They call Laura 'La Muta'. The Silent One. She is about to break her silence . . .but at what co...

The Long Devotion is a collection of poems, essays, and writing prompts that celebrates motherhood and creates a space, as poet Molly Spencer has written, to “tell an unlovely truth about family life and not have to take it back.”The poets in this book represent and describe a wide range of experiences. They write about encountering the world anew through their children; intersections of parenting and race; single parenting; adoptive, foster, and step-parenting; life with ...