A dangerous love story about power, perception, and the price of being truly seen.Maya Chen is a perceptive but vulnerable researcher. Elara Vance is a brilliant strategist who exerts control with quiet, formidable intelligence. When their paths cross, the connection is instant and magnetic.Elara sees in Maya a mind worth shaping. Maya sees in Elara a force she is irresistibly drawn to, even when she recognizes the manipulation. What begins as a mentorship evolves into a co...

Winner of the British Fantasy Award!Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award!Find out if five Dereks are better than one in Nino Cipri's Defekt, the sequel to Finna, the surrealist world-hopping adventure.Derek is LitenVärld's most loyal employee. He lives and breathes the job, from the moment he wakes up in a converted shipping container at the edge of the parking lot to the second he clocks out of work 18 hours later. But after taking...

The battle for the fate of Tortus has begun, and Hajime has made his way into the Sanctuary. Apostles, traps, and strange dimensional bubbles bar his path, but this time Hajime’s ready, so he blasts through them all with ease. Eventually, the group finds itself in an abandoned city where Shizuku, Suzu, and Ryutarou cross blades, and words, with their old friends. Meanwhile, Hajime, Shea, and Tio have to deal with a powered-up Freid, as well as a new silver apostle. Will the three of them s...

Now with new Content by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller!Theo Waitley has lived all her young life on Delgado, a Safe World that is home to one of the galaxy's premier institutions of higher learning. Both Theo's mother, Kamele, and Kamele's onagrata Jen Sar Kiladi, are professors at the university, and they all live comfortably together, just like they have for all of Theo's life, in Jen Sar's house at the outskirts of town.Suddenly, though, Theo's life changes...

Jonas lives in a supposedly utopian society, but he discovers that it is really a dystopia and plans to escape when he learns the dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection of his world. This instructional guide for literature will encourage early readers to explore the text in this story of hard work and ambition. The challenging activities and lessons in this guide work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in complex literatur...

What is the key piece of advice that most books and experts fail to tell you about relationships? In RELATIONSHIPS: Would You Want To Date You? you’ll learn that your relationship to everything in your life – your family, your co-workers, and even your pets! - sets the stage for successful romantic relationships. This latest offering in the GET A GRIP series takes innovative and fascinating look at what may be holding you back from a truly fulfilling partnership. It all be...

Real Facts is back with another gripping biography, this time unraveling the enigmatic life of Mary L. Trump. Prepare to be captivated by the riveting journey of a woman whose story will inspire and intrigue you.In this revolutionary book, you'll:* Discover the Family Secrets: Delve into the intricate family dynamics of the Trumps and unearth the truths that have remained hidden for generations.* Uncover Mary's Resilience: Follow the extraordinary path of a woman wh...

Marcus Martin, Hansen and Fairs Advertising Inc.’s newest junior copywriter, is finally getting his life going in the right direction after he gets rejected by the NBA. But amidst his recent success and his high hopes for a grand future, he struggles with self-doubt and disagreements with his family, who are very spiritual.How can he be as successful as he wants to be if the people who love him most keep holding him back? And how can he keep praying to God when he believes that God...

What does it look like to work in game development when you're not a high profile director? Starting work in games in 2013, our protagonist explores and navigates a slowly maturing and rapidly growing industry. Technically Nobody goes through the trials and triumphs of an individual contributor's first 10 years in games, learning to self advocate, unlearning insecurities, and relearning how to keep moving forward.

Jamie knows how to navigate power and how to safeguard sensitive financial information.As shifting alliances draw him into a world of clandestine banking agendas and high-stakes investment decisions, he discovers that survival requires more than just strategic thinking.It demands resilience, trust and the courage to confront the hidden aspects of his past. These interconnected, personal narratives delve into themes of connection, love, deception - the trans...

Oleanna (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by David MametMaking the reading experience fun!Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster.Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides:*Chapter-by-chapter analysis*Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols*A review quiz and essay topicsLively and accessible, these guides are perfec...

We all remember the internet sensation where a photograph of a dress was posted, and across the country we found that some people saw a white dress with gold trim and others saw a blue dress with black trim. Gazing on the same object we clearly saw what we saw and were baffled that someone else saw it differently. What made the blue gold dress an especially interesting optical illusion was that our biological makeup prevented us from seeing the object through the lens of the other group no...