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Winning a national high-school geography competition should be the high point of Jomon's life. So why does he find himself running through the streets of Georgetown, Guyana, later that same night - so angry and desperate? Why does he heave his hard-won medal through the front window of a liquor store? Why does a teenaged boy decide life is not worth living? Arrested by police and detained in a jail cell, Jomon is jolted out of his suicidal thoughts by the sudden appearance of another teenaged boy - who claims to be his great-great-grandfather....

How did Little Women - the beloved literary classic and inspiration for Greta Gerwig's acclaimed feature film adaptation - come to be? This stunning biography explores the unique family and unusual circumstances of literary icon Louisa May Alcott.

Madison’s “insightful memoir” (The Wall Street Journal) is “a true delight to read as she uncovers her love for all real foods, peeling off layer by layer like an onion, recounting her own personal, culinary, and gardening experiences” (Lidia Bastianich). Thanks to her beloved cookbooks and groundbreaking work as the chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco, Deborah Madison, though not a vegetarian herself, has long been revered as this country's leading authority on vegetables.

Ninety-three-year-old Violet Swan has spent a lifetime translating tragedy and hardship into art, becoming famous for her abstract paintings, which evoke tranquility, innocence, and joy. For nearly a century Violet has lived a peaceful, private life of painting on the coast of Oregon. The “business of Violet” is run by her only child, Francisco, and his wife, Penny. But shortly before Violet's death, an earthquake sets a series of events in motion.

Following the international critical acclaim of The Cost of Living, this final volume of Deborah Levy's Living Autobiography is an exhilarating, thought-provoking and boldly intimate meditation on home and the spectres that haunt it.

When it opened a decade ago, the acclaimed Los Angeles speakeasy The Varnish - owned, designed, and managed by award-winning cocktail aficionado Eric Alperin - quickly became the stylish standard bearer for modern bars. Unvarnished is a candid, voice-driven, no-holds-barred look at the workings of a bar, and the foundation of The Varnish’s success: attention to hospitality and an abiding belief in the nobility of service.

Sexual misconduct accusations spark competing claims: Her word against his. How do we decide who is telling the truth? The answer comes down to credibility. But as this eye-opening book reveals, invisible forces warp the credibility judgments of even the well-intentioned among us. We are all shaped by a set of false assumptions and hidden biases embedded in our culture, our legal system, and our psyches. Deborah Tuerkheimer provides a much-needed framework to explain how we perceive credibility, why our perceptions are distorted, and why these distortions harm survivors.

June 1940. While her little sister, Rosie, is sent to the UK to keep her safe from the invading German army, Estelle Le Maistre is left behind on Jersey to help her grandmother run the family farm. When the Germans occupy the island, everything changes and Estelle and the islanders must face the reality of life under Nazi rule.

Formula for fairy-tale love: one adventurous heroine + one tortured but noble hero = happily ever after. Once upon a Princess Duet includes two paranormal romance fairy-tale novellas. For all the innate complications involved in finding the secret to blissful fairy-tale love with shape-shifters, two wise and discerning princesses trust their hearts instead of their eyes and fall in love with the unlikeliest of princes.

The author accidentally discovers she has PTSD, just before ruining a very nice life. With the help of her beloved dog Buster, she fights hard to overcome the disorder.

The Keating kids are shocked and intrigued when a tiny visitor suddenly appears during a lightning storm. Once they realize the visitor is friendly and needs their help to return to his dimension, they do everything in their power to help him. As time is running out, they enlist the help of others, but someone is working against them and not with them. Will they be able to help their traveler return to its own dimension? Or will it be stuck in this dimension forever?

This book is about the magical dog walks that Eveie and her dad Barney have had, with their owners - my Debby and her son Lewis. Eveie loves to daydream, and she can even talk to the other animals. At the end of each chapter, she asks you questions. Because, she loves to learn about this amazing world we all live in.

This book is about a dog called Barney who loved the game of football and the adventure he went on with his owner, my Debby, and his young master, Lewis. And it's about Barney's dream coming true by being in a team! A lovely little short story if you like dogs and football.

Romy Belkin - 28, unrepentant English major and a Michelangelo in the kitchen - is the culinary genius behind the viral YouTube channel A Dash of Paprika. Its star is the fabulous Pia Zimble, Romy's dearest friend. But one day, a fan of the show materializes - a man Romy has to admit is perfect for Pia - and sweeps her friend out of their kitchen and into a whole new life.

What We Take for Truth is the story of a young woman who finds her strength when the world around her crumbles. It is a timely tale about shifting loyalties and the painful choices we are forced to make in order to preserve what we value most. What We Take for Truth tells a story that both defends a way of life that is dying and celebrates a landscape that is being lost.

Are you interested in earning a sizable income through online work? Would you like to assemble a business that engages you to accomplish budgetary, time and area opportunity? Would you like to explore some unique things you can do to develop multiple passive income streams? By the end of this book, you will discover affiliate marketing, merch by Amazon, fulfillment by Amazon, online programs, network marketing, blogging, Shopify, and much more!

Can love triumph over tragedy and bring joy amid winter? When unexpected tragedy hits her family, Carol Mason struggles to forge a new life for herself and her sons. Though Vermont has been their home for 20 years, betrayal and misunderstanding force Carol to leave the mountains she loves and return to her hometown of Apache Pointe, Arizona. There she is welcomed by scorching heat, lizards, scorpions, and (gulp) Aunt Penny. Carol finds a sympathetic friend in her cousin Millie as she does her best to put the pieces of her shattered life back together.

In this audiobook, the cloistered world of the boardroom is demystified, brought into the sunlight and explained, with respect and compassion. Read by the author, this audiobook provides information, history, and context essential to anyone seeking to understand how corporations and their stewards - the board of directors - can and should function.

Fifteen stories from the '80s set in Los Angeles by LA punk queen Brenda Perlin and her friends who lived every moment of an electric era in the City of Angels. That unique and precious time when punk rock was more than just a rebellion. Inside, you’ll discover Billy Idol. Iggy Pop. X. U2. Bad religion. Tales of local punk rockers on the brink of glorious fame. Late nights at the Roxy. Wild times at the Whiskey with some of the best rock ever.

It's 1969. Molly is a girl who's not sure she can feel anything anymore, because life sometimes hurts way too much. Her brother Barry ran away after having a fight with their father over the war in Vietnam. Now Barry's been drafted into that war - and Molly's mother tells her she has to travel across the country in an old schoolbus to find Barry and bring him home.