Melissa Kellogg was your average teenager from sunny California until that fateful day when her dad was transferred to Alabama. Thomas Jefferson High School will never be the same when this junior comes to town. Melissa learns to make new friends while keeping the old ones. She must learn to juggle family, high school crushes, and broken hearts. Can Melissa make a new life in a new place or will she run to her comfortable life back in Cali?

This book develops a timely analysis of the complex trends and transformations emerging in EU competition law in the current turbulent times.Repeated economic crises, the climate emergency, digitalisation, and geopolitical and democratic threats are all having profound societal and economic effects on the EU. In light of its fundamental role in the Treaties, EU competition law has been called upon to play an important role in responding to this state of 'turbulence...

Prepare to have your mind blown! As you explore ten of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries, you'll witness a UFO encounter, search for the lost city of Atlantis, tour a haunted house, and discover the kraken's true form.Learn how sightings of flying saucers and stories of alien abductions can be explained by sleep paralysis, false memories, and hypnosis. Find out what pareidolia is and how this psychological phenomenon may expl...

Although Religious Education (RE) is a legal requirement in UK schools, it is an oft-neglected and misunderstood subject. It is important to seriously re-think this key subject at this time of low religious literacy and rising extremism, to protect communities from the consequences of hatred and misunderstanding. This book promotes a public discussion of what exactly is needed from a new model of RE within our education system to benefit wider society.In this edited collection, the...

Thirty-six-year-old Lulu Jones has a talent for choosing the wrong men...After losing her husband and enduring a string of disappointing relationships, Lulu Jones is ready for a change. Armed with a laptop, an online dating profile on the app Woo, and encouragement from her best friends, she creates a Deal-Breaker List-a collection of non-negotiable traits she will no longer tolerate in love.Each new dating misadventure teaches Lulu something about...

Embark on an extraordinary journey into the depths of the ocean.Oceanographer Dawn Wright made history in 2022 when she became the first Black person to visit Challenger Deep, the deepest and most unexplored place on Earth—a trip that took her over 10,000 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface. We know less about the ocean floor than we do about the surface of the moon. To date, barely one-fifth of the seabed has been mapped in high resolution. As an ocean scie...

Explores the Skidegate model village carved by Haida artists for the 1893 Chicago World’s FairIn 1892 seventeen Haida artists were commissioned to carve a model of HlGaagilda Llnagaay (the village of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia) for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The Skidegate model, featuring twenty-nine large houses and forty-two poles, is the only known model village in North America carved by nineteenth-century Indigenous residents of the vill...

A backcountry hiking guide and a travel nurse become reluctant roommates and fight their growing connection before his contract—and their time together—comes to an end in this cozy, slow-burn, small-town romance.Stevie Lynch has never wanted to leave Fontana Ridge. The Smoky Mountains are her home, her livelihood, and the one place she's always felt steady. Guiding backcountry tours is the only thing she's completely sure of, even if the rest of her life feels a li...

Prepare to have your mind blown! As you explore ten of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries, you'll witness a UFO encounter, search for the lost city of Atlantis, tour a haunted house and discover the kraken's true form.Learn how sightings of flying saucers and stories of alien abductions can be explained by sleep paralysis, false memories and hypnosis. Find out what pareidolia is and how this psychological phenomenon may explai...

Embark on an extraordinary journey into the depths of the ocean.Oceanographer Dawn Wright made history in 2022 when she became the first Black person to visit Challenger Deep, the deepest and most unexplored place on Earth—a trip that took her over 10,000 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface. We know less about the ocean floor than we do about the surface of the moon. To date, barely one-fifth of the seabed has been mapped in high resolution. As an ocean scie...

To save the innocent, they must face an insidious evil.Wren Blythe has long enjoyed living in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, helping her father with ministry at a youth camp. But when a little girl in the area goes missing, an all-out search ensues, reviving the decades-old campfire story of AvaCoons, the murderess who is believed to still roam the forest. Joining the search, Wren stumbles upon the Coonses’ cabin ruins and a sinister mystery she is determined to unearth.

Prepare to be captivated by a literary journey into the thrilling world of sports! "Short Works on Sports Collection 01" presents a captivating anthology of classic and contemporary tales that celebrate the passion, drama, and human spirit that define athletic endeavors. From the iconic "Casey at the Bat" to thought-provoking essays and poignant short stories, this collection offers a diverse and immersive experience for sports enthusiasts and literary lovers alike. Immerse yourself in the...