They tried to kill hope on a summer evening in Pennsylvania. Hope stood up with blood on its face and would not die.On July 13, 2024, a shot rang out across a quiet Pennsylvania field - and a nation held its breath. In the seconds that followed, an ordinary fire chief named Corey Comperatore threw his body over his family and gave his life as a shield. And a wounded man, against every instinct of survival, rose to his feet, raised his fist, and roared thre...

Why do some dogs naturally listen… while others constantly test boundaries?Commanding Confidence: The Psychology Behind Obedience by Patrick Vance dives deep into the mental and emotional drivers of dog behavior—revealing that true obedience isn’t trained… it’s understood. Narrated by Luna Brooks, this audiobook offers a powerful shift in how you see your role as a dog owner.This isn’t about teaching commands.It’s about mastering influence.Through a...

If you struggle with low self-esteem, or you’re seeking positive and effective ways of building a healthy sense of self-worth, this much-anticipated fourth edition of the best-selling classic by Matthew McKay is your go-to guide. This fully revised edition features an innovative application of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to self-esteem, and utilizes updated cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help you create positive change and thrive.Circumstances an...

THE HUDDLED MASSES — Audiobook · Narrated by Owen Vance. Listen time: 5 hours 4 minutes The definitive narrative history of American immigration — Ellis Island, the great wave, Chinese exclusion, the 1924 quota law, and the Hart-Celler Act that remade the nation, 1880-1965. On April 17, 1907, 11,747 immigrants passed through Ellis Island in a single day — one person every few seconds, doctors scanning for trachoma with a metal hook, inspectors asking fourteen questions before waving eac...

Welcome to The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts - a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of murder where earnest students study how best to "delete" their most deserving victim.Who hasn't wondered for a split second what the world would be like the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you've probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission...

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine, 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.Marking a century of uniquely peculiar storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre, from ...

From New York Times bestselling author, J.C. Cervantes, *The Enchanted Hacienda*is a captivating coming-of-age debut exploring identity, unconditional family love, and uncovering the magic within us all.After losing her dream job and realising that her boyfriend is a jerk, Harlow Estrada decides to flee New York City and head back to the one place she can always call home - the enchanted Hacienda Estrada.

'Absolutely not to be missed' - Kate Quinn on this sumptuous historical epic from the author of Mexican Gothic.Golden Age Hollywood - a city overflowing with gossip, scandal, and intrigue. Every actress wants to play Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary temptress.So when the film's mercurial director casts Vera Larios, an unknown Mexican ingenue, in the lead role, she quickly becomes the talk of the town. Vera also...

'What a cracking read! I had an absolute blast reading it ' - Amazon reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Jo Jakeman is something of a canny secret for those readers in the know. Join the club. Buy this book... join me in the queue for the next one.' - Amazon reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐----------Welcome to Aberfal Boys High School. Independent jewel of academic and sporting excellence in the South-west... until the headmaster is murdered in his stu...

I don't know who to trust anymore.Learning to use my power isn't all fun and games, especially with the annoying Professor X, but I have to buckle down. The monster situation in Nexus isn't getting any better.And neither is my love life.Baptiste is about to get married, and Huego, that sexy traitor, is missing. My lessons on using my ability aren't going very well, and when my teacher goes missing, I'm back to muddling around on my own—and failing miserably...

Since the publication of Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect, many thousands of people have learned that invisible Childhood Emotional Neglect, or CEN, has been weighing on them their entire lives, and are now in the process of recovery. Running on Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships will offer even more solutions for the effects of CEN on people's lives: how to talk about CEN, and heal it, in relationships with partners, parents, and child...

A follow-up to the original groundbreaking collection, Again, Dangerous Visions features forty-six short stories from giants of the science fiction genre.Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and winner of countless awards—including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker—Harlan Ellison proved once more that he was both unpredictable and irrepressible in this second collection of innovative science fiction. Again, Dangerous ...