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Books of the Year- The Sunday TimesWinner, Catholic Media Association Book Award**, First Place, English Translation**Books We Enjoyed in 2025 - The Gospel CoalitionAfter four years of research in partnership with over twenty scientists and esteemed experts, this book explores one of the most significant questions ...

Melody Holton lived a life that didn't sit right in her spirit.Naïve to the outside world, small-town Montana was safe, until it wasn't. With no one to protect her or her cousin, Lyric, they fled, heading nowhere fast.Landing in South Carolina at the doorsteps of the Kings of Anarchy MC wasn't in their plan, but would it be their saving grace?Suddenly, in this world of controlled chaos, the cousins find themselves letting go of their past, and Melod...

The ice is my sanctuary, my happy place. It's also why I'm living a lie.As a kid, you don't think about the sacrifices you'll have to make for your dreams. I surrendered a carefree childhood to hours upon hours of grueling practices. Abandoned life with my family in favor of a boarding school that would hone my skills to perfection. But my biggest sacrifice, the one I couldn't predict I'd have to make as a little boy, is denying who I am.I thought I could d...

The essential guide to quantifying risk vs. return has been updated to reveal the newest, most effective innovations in financial risk managementWritten for risk professionals and non-risk professionals alike, this easy-to-understand guide helps readers meet the increasingly insistent demand to make sophisticated assessments of their company’s risk exposureProvides the latest methods for measuring and transferring credit risk, increase risk-manageme...

Men in all stages of transition have come and gone from my life, and each one has been entirely different. It's difficult to feel as if you fail at being a man when you know there isn't a singular 'right' way to be one.In this illuminating and radically honest book, Ezra Woodger interviews trans men and transmasculine people to interrogate what masculinity is and what it means to be a man. Covering a wide range of topics, from dealing with judgement and expectations - both...

Can the Stars determine our future?Millions of people believe so. And as a matter of scientific fact, it is more reasonable to assume astral influences on the human body than to believe that the human mind can control the activity of a single finger!Even people how pride themselves on their rationality will take an occasional look at their horoscope in the newspaper. but both doubters and believers will be startled by this book about man and the heavens, a book which one ad...

On the first day of winter, my deadbeat, criminal ex shows up on my front yard, and before I can call the cops, a horned, shirtless orc arrives on the scene and punches him to the ground.Three things happen at once:Garlen Irontree and I meet in person for the first time. Which, at first, is lovely. Then he stands much too close, inhales my scent, and morphs into a snarling, raging, green-muscled beast who repeatedly thunders "my bride."Uh oh.

Her new world full of monsters, Lera faces a choice:Stay with her family but under a new set of rules,risk getting by alone,or take on another, more terrifying adventure.Escaping Capelo and all its troubles, Lera and her family immediately discover even more lies and uncertainty. Here on the mainland, there are rules as well, and they aren't as clear as what the islanders are used to.Most importantly though, The Giver wasn't alone.Learning of...

First published in German in 1911, Robert Michels’ ‘Political Parties’ is a classic of political and social science; it analyses the evolution of oligarchical power structures within political parties and trade unions, particularly those, ostensibly, most committed to egalitarian and democratic ideals — socialist parties, organisations and trade unions — including anarcho-syndicalist labour unions. Clearly and succinctly the libertarian syndicalist (at the time) M...

“One of the most exciting developments from the world of ideas in decades, presented with panache by two frighteningly brilliant, endearingly unpretentious, and endlessly creative young scientists.” – Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of Our NatureOur society has gone from writing snippets of information by hand to generating a vast flood of 1s and 0s that record almost every aspect of our lives: who we know, what we do, where we go, what we buy, ...

DREAMS AND OMENSWith a temper fiery enough to warn off any soldier not to take what isn't offered, Lara's reputation as a wildcat is deadly. To add to her troubled life, which keeps most villagers at bay, she was born with the ability to foretell the death of her friends, enemies, and lovers.When Lara's arrested for assaulting a guard, she's cast into servitude under Talon, the king's captain. She's foreseen meeting Talon for most of her life, and is now living her own priv...

Mindy makes some big decisions in the sixth book of this heartwarming and hilarious series that is the Baby-Sitters Club for pets!PAWS is bigger and better than ever! With three new (boy) members and multiple new pups, it’s safe to say they are working like dogs.Nobody has more balls in the air than newly elected PAWS President, Mindy. Not only has she decided to take on training a classmate’s out-of-control puppy and help plan the perfect proposal...