Staying home for the Holidays...Laura Holton had big plans for her winter break. None of which involved her staying home. But when her uncle gets laid up for a while, she's stuck running his veterinary clinic. Staying home for the holidays wasn't all bad, after all her uncle had just hired the sexiest veterinarian alive.Clay was a newcomer to Fairplay, Texas. Taking the new position in a small-town vet clinic hadn't been his parent's idea of utilizing his expensive educatio...

Selene never asked for the darkness that followed her all her life. It wasn't until her sixteenth birthday that something clicked, and she began to understand how to control it. She spent years jumping between foster homes, and the only steady person in her life was Scott, her foster-family brother. Finding out that she has an actual sister has been some of the only good news in her life. But when she finds out that she has a brother as well, things take a darker turn.Scott was a l...

The topic of "Kafka after Kafka" is a fascinating one: the engagement of artists, philosophers, and critics in dialogical exchange with Kafka's works. The present collection of new essays highlights the engagement of lesser knownartists and commentators with Kafka, and represents those who are well known, such as Arendt, Blanchot, Nabokov, and Coetzee, from new perspectives. The eleven essays contained here represent the most recent scholarly engagements with this topic. An essay ...

The criminal mind is a thing of question, many questions. For no one knows what is in the mind of a criminal. What makes a person commit a crime? Could anyone commit a crime? What are ways to counsel the criminal mind? These questions and more will be explored to better understand criminality.

He bought the tickets. She broke his heart. Now he's looking for a new Sarah Miller to sail the world with him.When Bryce's viral TikTok exposes the ultimate betrayal—his girlfriend cheating the same day he surprises her with a round-the-world cruise—he's left with two nonrefundable tickets, a shattered heart, and a wild idea: Find any Sarah Miller willing to take the trip instead.Enter the Sera Miller—curvy, charming, and cautiou...

A collection of more than fifty hard-to-crack medical quandaries, featuring the best of The New York Times Magazine's popular Diagnosis column—now a Netflix original series“Lisa Sanders is a paragon of the modern medical detective storyteller.”—Atul Gawande, author of Being MortalAs a Yale School of Medicine physician, the New York Times bestselling author of Every Patient Tells a Story, and an inspiratio...

Horace F. Andrews and his friend Chloe are Keepers of magical objects of extraordinary power. But as the presence of a new Keeper is made known, they are drawn into a struggle to find out who she is and where her loyalties lie. A gripping sequel to The Box and the Dragonfly, the first book in Ted Sanders's Keepers series, hailed by the New York Times Book Review as a "satisfying and original quest tale."As Horace and Chloe adjust to their newfound talents—Horace c...

A young woman hoping to gain entry to a prestigious sorority has to undergo a rigorous hazing procedure, which gets a little out of hand when her house sisters-to-be see’s she is enjoying the initiation more than they expected.This story is a work of fiction and contains sex scenes and is suitable for adults only. All characters are fictional and are over 18 years old.

THE WORLD ISN'T WHAT IT SEEMSEmily Smyth has never quite fit in. Shadows shift at the edges of her vision. Objects fall without explanation. And sometimes she knows what's about to happen before it does. Her family calls it nonsense, her friends brush it off, but Emma feels something deeper at work: the unmistakable sense that reality is layered, connected, and quietly responding to her presence.She sees patterns hidden beneath chaos, moments lining up with...

Learn the Godot 4 game engine and GDScript 2.0 as you build your own game and transform into a proficient programmer with this illustrated guideKey FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of programming as you write GDScript 2.0Explore the world of GDScript 2.0 with this comprehensive introduction to the languageWork with Godot 4’s robust features and built-in tools to create captivating 2D and 3D games, simulations, and interactive applications

If you want to make your first knife without breaking the bank with expensive machinery, then keep reading...Are you a beginner bladesmith looking to make his first knife?Are you looking for an inexpensive way to get started?Are you worried that you will need a lot of tools to get started?Are you afraid of mistakes you might make with your first project?Have you ever felt like making a knife, and realized that reliable sourc...

Say goodbye to junk food and embrace a healthier you!Imagine preparing dishes that are both delicious and nutritious in mere minutes. With "Five Minutes Cooking: Tasty and Healthy Meals" by Sahara Sanders, it's now easier than ever.Discover how simple it can be to create meals that not only taste amazing but also nourish your body and support your health goals. Healthy eating has never been so quick, effortless, or enjoyable!Transfo...