On a sunny summer day, the forest was alive with the gentle hum of bees and the soft rustle of leaves. The air was warm, and the forest stream sparkled like liquid crystal as it wound its way through the lush greenery. Along its banks, vibrant flowers danced in the breeze, and the scent of pine filled the air. Nestled high on a cliff, was a grand dragon’s nest. It was a massive structure of intertwining branches, covered in soft moss. It was here, high above the forest floor, that Ember, t...

**"A sweetly charming love story that leaves the reader with a lasting sense of hope.” —Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star"The perfect novel to snuggle up with.” —Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read**A heartwarming and thoughtful enemies-to-lovers rom-com about two teens—one trying to save his family's failing pinball arcade, the ...

Welcome Home collects a number of adoption-themed fictional short stories, and brings them together in one anthology from a diverse range of celebrated Young Adult authors. The all-star roster includes Edgar-award winner Mindy McGinnis, New York Times best-selling authors C.J. Redwine (The Shadow Queen) and William Ritter (Jackaby), and acclaimed YA authors across all genres. The full list of contributors includes: Adi Alsaid, Karen Akins, Erica M. Chapman, Caela Carter, Libby Cudmore, Dav...

Teenager Leila’s life is full of challenges. From bouncing around the foster care system to living with seasonal affective disorder, she’s never had an easy road. Leila keeps herself busy with her passion for environmental advocacy, monitoring the Urban Ecovists message board and joining a local environmental club with her best friend, Sarika. And now that Leila has finally been adopted, she dares to hope her life will improve. But the voices in Leila's head are growing louder by the day. ...

"Wonderfully geeky and deeply compassionate." —Marieke Nijkamp, #1 New York Times bestselling authorIn this charming novel by Eric Smith, two teen gamers find their virtual worlds—and blossoming romance—invaded by the real-world issues of trolling and doxing in the gaming community.We all need a place to escape the real world. For Divya and Aaron, it’s the world of online gaming. While Divya trades her rising-star status for sponso...

INSTANT BESTSELLERWe the Raptors: Thirty Players, Thirty Stories, Thirty Years is about the grinders, glue guys, bench heroes, and more. Alvin Williams, José Calderón, T. J. Ford, Jonas Valanciunas**, Danny Green—whether** regular or part-time starters, role players, key cogs, or even short-term stars—all of them felt blessed to call Canada home.

This is the comprehensive guide for programmers who want to go from good to great. It covers the four pillars of a successful software career: the daily habits of highly effective developers, mastery of essential tools and workflows, timeless design patterns, and navigating the technical career ladder.You will learn the architecture of habit and the daily rituals that separate productive developers from the rest. Master your development environment, version control workflows, and t...

Eric Smith takes you on a fast-paced fantasy adventure, perfect for anyone who has dreamed of being different . . . only to discover that destiny is more than skin deep.Sometimes your only chance to survive, and what you most fear . . . is to be INKED.Tattoos once were an act of rebellion.Now they decide your destiny the moment the magical Ink settles under your skin.And in a world where Ink controls your fate, Caenu...

Figuring the Contemporary in US Popular Cinema, 1967-2022: Genre, History, Event explores how popular film offers us frameworks through which to historicize the present and to imagine alternative futures in the opacity of the contemporary moment.This book offers an original way to interpret the contemporary as form, presenting the idea of contemporaneity as historical concept and not simply as "period" in the temporal sense. It explores how we might histor...

This is the comprehensive blueprint for building, deploying, testing, and scaling production-grade AI agents. Covering the complete lifecycle of AI agent development, this book takes you from fundamentals to advanced techniques.Master the core architecture of agentic systems. Learn to engineer prompts for agent behavior and build your first agent. Understand multi-agent workflows and how to create and integrate tools. Tackle the crucial topics of memory and state management. This b...

If you are the one everyone leans on, the one who always knows what to do, and the one who holds everything together while quietly falling apart yourself, this book is for you. You have spent years being the fixer, the rescuer, and the responsible one. But the exhaustion is real, the resentment is building, and the life you are living feels like it belongs to everyone else. It is time to stop.Let It All Burn is not about managing your codependency more effectively. It is about givi...

The concept of dragons has captivated human imagination formillennia. From the serpentine beasts of ancient mythologiesto the fearsome fire-breathing creatures of medieval legends,dragons have played a profound role in the cultural fabric ofmany societies. Yet, what if these mythical beings were morethan mere f...