She built everything she has from the rubble he left behind. Then he walked back in.Maya has spent three years making herself impossible to derail. Her design studio in Vale City is scrappy, ambitious, and entirely hers. Her routines are sharp. Her apartment is curated. Her walls are thicker than she lets on.She is fine. She is functioning. She is, depending on who you ask, thriving.Then the biggest contract of her career puts her in the same room a...

She built her life on plans because love made her a fool. Then he walked in and made her want to throw every plan away.Imani Carter doesn't make mistakes twice.After being cheated on by the man she gave everything to, she rebuilt herself brick by brick. Her career is sharp. Her apartment is controlled. Her heart is locked behind a deadbolt she checks every single night. She doesn't lean on love anymore. She leans on schedules, timelines, and the cold comfor...

Some betrayals don't deserve a second chance.Amara Holloway has spent years perfecting the art of holding herself together. In the relentless city of Greybridge, she is the woman who always reads steady, always delivers, always keeps the counters clean and the emotions contained. Nobody sees the cracks.Then the cracks become canyons.When Amara discovers her husband Gideon's infidelity, it isn't the affair that destroys her. It's what comes after. Th...

In "Deficiency and Delinquency: An Interpretation of Mental Testing," James Burt Miner presents a meticulously crafted examination of the intersections between mental testing, social behavior, and criminality. This seminal work emerges from the early 20th century discourse on psychology and education, employing a scientific yet accessible literary style that invites both scholarly and public engagement. Miner challenges prevailing notions of intelligence and delinquency by scrutinizing the...

As an interpretation of the results which have been obtained with mental tests, this book lies between the topics of deficiency and delinquency. It is an attempt to discover the significance of objective measurements of ability in connection with both of these fields. The pressing practical problem was to find out what positions on a scale for testing mental development were symptomatic of social deficiency. After working out a percentage method for conservatively indicating these borderli...

The winter can be long, cold, and hard. Even the holidays can be terrible.Then, there comes a time of year when some places are no longer used.No longer needed.No longer wanted.It's the coldest part of the year, in nearly every sense.It is when a lot of the world is...Closed for the Season.Sometimes people go into those places anyway.Dare you follow them?Stories by:Lee F. Patrick, Rob Nisbet, Ross Baxter, D.H. ...

CHAPTER... In which Clarence Esmond places himself in the hands of the Bright-eyed Goddess of Adventure, and entrusted by that Deity to the care of a Butcher's Boy In which the Steamer St.

Burt Reynolds was the most popular movie star of the late 1970s and early 1980s, his success built on rugged good looks, easygoing charm, self-deprecating humor and more talent in front of the cameras, and sometimes behind them, than he was usually given credit.Known best for comedies featuring fast cars and Southern accents, he also delivered winning performances in action dramas, romantic comedies, neo-noir thrillers and dramedies. Yet by the mid-'80s, his Hollywood star faded af...

In World War II James Leasor was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment and posted to the 1st Lincolns in Burma and India, where he served for three and a half years. His experiences inspired him to write such books as Boarding Party (filmed as The Sea Wolves). He later became a feature writer and foreign correspondent at the Daily Express. Here he wrote The One that Got Away. As well as non-fiction, Leasor has written novels, including Passport to Oblivion, filmed as Where the Spi...

The first in an all-new series from USA Today bestselling author and queen of “why choose” heat and juicy cliffhangers, Tate James.I’m Noah Fearly,a former child star with a serious adrenaline addiction and a thorough disregard for my own mortality.But you might know me by my ClikByte name. Maybe you even follow me? You and ninety-seven million others.NoFear.It’s not just my name; it’s my wh...

This a poetic form (AA, BB) of the first portion of the Book of Jonah. Even though this is intended to be more of a book for children, I think "children" of all ages will enjoy this book. No matter how old we may be there's still that child-like nature that will always reside within us. Taken from God's Word, I attempted to look at it from the large fish's point of view. The artwork, that was hand-drawn, by Matt Rokahr is what makes this book so delightfully special. This is purposely done...

The Rollercoaster of Gambling: 12 Books is a compelling anthology that traverses the multifaceted world of gambling with narratives rich in tension, risk, and reward. Spanning diverse literary styles from the prose of Charles Dickens to the adventurous storytelling of Bret Harte, this collection captures the thrilling unpredictability of gambling activities and their impact on individuals and societies. These stories, written by some of the most remarkable authors of the past two centuries...