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A blizzard is coming to Nowhereland, land of endless winter.Nibs lives in the Snowy Wood like any other Lost Boy. The Pirates live over in the port town under rule of Governor Rackham. The Lost Boys used to be free before the Governor's men started in on them. Swords have been outlawed for the Lost Boys but after being hassled by Pirates and assaulted by Curly, Nibs wants one anyways. To afford a sword, Nibs works for Tootles in selling Pixie dust for the Lost Boy's parties.

RITES OF THE STARLING is the epic, heart-pounding sequel to Devney Perry’s #1 New York Times bestselling SHIELD OF SPARROWS**. A princess journeys across a cursed realm to find the truth about her family, only to discover her quest intertwines with the fate of a lost warrior. Love, danger, and magic collide in a captivating romantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros.**Calandra’s five kingdoms a...

Today's leadership may not be dead, but it is definitely dormant, as extensive focus on behavior change has rendered it powerless. To generate impact, a leader must dig beneath the surface and deal with the real issues."The Story of Conscious Leadership" awakens the story of great leadership and restores it to a conscious level. In this pocket guide, leadership experts Caines and Caradonna:- Introduce a new leadership model, "Belief > Behavior > Outcome"- Explore the...

From the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times–bestselling author of H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald and first-time author Sin Blaché, Prophet is their electric debut, a tantalizing adventure fusing noir, sci-fi, and a slow burn romance—set in a universe just one perilous step from our own.Adam Rubenstein and Sunil Rao have been reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days. Adam is a seemingly unflappable American intelligence officer and Rao is an ex-MI6 agent, a...

Break through your "crypto curiosity" and uncover why blockchain innovation will revolutionize our economy, culture, and the future of investing—as well as how to navigate it safely.Between the booms, crashes, jargon, and flashy memes, blockchain technology and digital assets have not been easy for ordinary investors to understand. Hopeful investors in blockchain, digital assets, and crypto everywhere have a lengthy list of questions—and the list keeps getting long...

We've seen evidence that a new economic cycle has begun. Technological revolutions come by way of a cluster of new innovations. About a decade ago, you started to see AI, robotics, and IoT (sensors) delivering on automation. That's been powerful, but not transformational. It does not force businesses to fundamentally change how they do business. The last piece of the puzzle is cryptocurrency because it allows us to process and transfer economic value without human intervention. Soon, there...

THE CLUBHOUSE GOES TO FLORIDA, MANCOMPILED BY CRYSTAL COOKWITHIN THESE PAGES YOU WILL FIND TALES FROM THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA.THE PROMPT WAS SIMPLE; LOOK UP "FLORIDA MAN" AND THEN ADD YOUR BIRTHDAY. SEE WHAT THESE 13 AMAZING AUTHORS HAVE COME UP WITH.LUCAS MILLIRON – AARON LEBOLD – KEVIN SHAMEL – ROBERT WHITMORE – BRANDON WILLS – THOMAS STEWART – LOU WC JAKES – JACOB SALTON – TRISTAN SAPP – DANI BROWN – ISLA KILDA – ASH ERICMORE – RYAN C. THOMASTHI...

In this gripping literary horror, Case’s best friend goes missing, forcing her into a bizarre, cultlike—and possibly murderous—world. Perfect for fans of The Honeys and Mexican Gothic**.**Something bad happened here.When Case arrives at a run-down, ivy-covered house tucked deep in the West Texas woods, an ashy haze lingers in the air and the sky is tissue-paper pink. Her best friend Drea h...

In an authoritarian near-future America obsessed with digital consciousness and eternal life, two long-lost siblings risk everything to save their mother from oblivion.When Adéla discovers she has a terminal illness, she leaves behind her native Czech village for a chance at reuniting in America with Tereza, the daughter she gave up at birth, decades earlier. But the country Adéla experienced as a young woman, when she eloped with a filmmaker and starred in his cul...

War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's bold entry into the world of mecha fiction.WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH ITWHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHINDWHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACKWhen the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed everything it touched. It killed its priests, its city, and all its wondrous works. But in its final ...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe long-awaited sequel to No Gods, No Monsters from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull, We Are the Crisis sees humans and monsters clash as civil rights collide with preternatural forces.Three years after the Monster Massacre, members of Rebecca’s old wolf pack have begun to go missing without a trace.The world has undergone many changes in the years since monsters came ...

**In this fantastical sequel to The Other Merlin, Emry no longer has to hide her gender to study wizardry, but with her magic suddenly acting up and Prince Arthur still engaged to Princess Guinevere, can she truly find her happily ever after?“King Arthur, but make it feel like a classic CW teen pleaser.”—Kirkus Reviews“Schneider takes a familiar story and gives it the relevancy it deserves: with queerness, friendship, and, naturally, the woman-wizard we’ve...