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Dr. Niskayuna Xivray—inventor, surgeon, explorer, computer programmer, and Olympic medaling archer—is the director of the Xivray Institute, a loose affiliation of quirky scientists and adventurers. The doctor also has a personal secret that would shock the world. Working with a new recruit with mysterious abilities of his own, the Institute takes on its toughest challenge yet, an unknown enemy who's psychically controlling the president of the United States.

Set against the glamorous backdrop of 1924 New York City, Patricia's marriage is a mirror of the era—fast-paced, boozy and free of restrictions that bound previous generations. But when her husband, Peter, fresh off his own one-night stand, demands a divorce due to her behavior, Patricia is left reeling. Ex-Wife is her story of reinvention—a journey into the wild, uncertain world of the "modern woman," rife with boozy nights, fleeting love affairs and fabulous fashion.

The Recall continues the story of discovery for space explorers led by Commodores Hank Casey, Mena, and Tony Garcia. With Plan R in production, hope for the future of humanity depends on human colonization.

After a fight over the family ranch, Dad's young fiancée is found dead. Bria risks her family's disapproval to sneak around and investigate as the tragedies pile up. Luckily, she has help from her childhood crush and from the handsome new deputy. When new love blooms in two directions and her main suspect dies, she must grow around her grief to discover the family's secrets before she loses everyone she loves.

Jaynie Floyd, a celebrated mystery writer, has a book on the New York Times best seller list. It’s wonderful news and her agent wants to send her on a book tour to promote it. However, Jaynie is newly widowed and doesn’t want to go.

When choosing a name for a baby it takes time and thought and it is one of the most important identifiers a child will carry with them for all of their years. As a parent getting the name right is important and it can shape whom they become. In this book, The Top 1000 Baby Girl Names in the US, you will find the top names given to baby girls in the United States and the meanings associated to them. We hope this will shed some light on the many popular names and hope this helps guide you on your journey to picking the correct name for your baby girl.

Fear not—you are not alone in this journey. Moreover, there are well-charted pathways to subdue this phantom. Welcome to your navigational guide, The Imposter Syndrome Workbook. This comprehensive workbook is your co-pilot, guiding you to identify and confront imposter syndrome head-on.

Nobody wakes up one day and decides they want to have an eating disorder. And eating disorders are certainly not about getting attention or vanity. It is not a “lifestyle” or “choice” you make. Depression and/or anxiety often coexist with an eating disorder, making it all the more problematic. Experts believe those who suffer with eating disorders have a chemical imbalance in their brain with a lack of serotonin.

Positive affirmations are defined as: statements that affirm something to be true, or positive phrases that a person repeats to themselves to describe how or who they want. Affirmations can help in so many different areas of life, it’s truly amazing. Affirmations can also be used to increase your awareness of your positive attributes and reinforce your confidence in yourself.

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Fairies share their lessons of self-acceptance, respect for others, chasing their dreams, and being a leader as well as seeing beauty in the hard times and cherishing the good. It's about understanding you are perfect the way you are. There are facts in each poem about the lifestyle and importance of each of these precious pollinators.

Mother to the child who will doom a kingdom...or save it. Adelaide didn’t mean to doom an entire kingdom. She only cut the queen’s lifeline to save the newborn prince. Now banished, she is determined to prove herself even if that means playing with fate. But all magic has a price, and the spell meant to bring her a human child instead brings her one sired by one of the darkest Fae. Can she raise the child to save the kingdom he is fated to destroy? Life was much easier when she was able to see ahead.

Near the small town his brother Grant has moved to, Kiel Helms finds what he thinks is the perfect investment. To fulfill his plans, he'll have to purchase a farm. But Berni Schumaker, the young widowed single mother who lives on the farm with her disabled father, refuses to consider selling the property that has been in her family for more than 50 years. The bank wants out from under the mortgage. Kiel wants to buy it. Will Kiel be able to change Berni's mind? Or will the feisty single mom put a stop to the billionaire's plans?

Take an average-looking 32-year-old woman, an internet typing blunder, a group of doting gay men, a social-climbing gorgeous Latin poser, and a humble British nobleman and you have Just Call Me Lady. With the help of her "Queer Eye" team, Connie Botello blossoms, and a web of assumptions and comic faux pas ensues when she buys an online noble title and assumes the persona of Lady Constance Widford of Exeter, England. Love, deception, exotic locations, arrests, and celebrity all complicate this once small-town girl's life with a lovely, redemptive conclusion.

Grant, a billionaire CEO and former Navy SEAL, is buying the only company that can make his newest tech possible. But his Christmas trip to Austin isn’t as simple as it seems and kidnapping is the last thing on his mind. Caught up in a plot that drags him into the heart of danger, he finds more than he’s looking for when he meets Maisy. And trouble isn’t far behind. Will this small-town spitfire Texas woman be the salvation he needs? Can he prevent her from becoming a casualty when death lurks in the shadows?

Adair Stanton grew up in the peaceful hamlet known as North Western. While she ran barefoot through wildflowers, her family ran a prosperous inn on the stagecoach route. As an adult with a child of her own, Adair is ready to take her place at the inn. One of the guests, a man named Robert Fawn, is convinced he’ll find gold in the Mohawk River that flows through North Western. Everyone believes him to be daft. Then one day, Robert Fawn vanishes. Adair is convinced someone has harmed him for the gold. But who in her hometown would be so sinister?

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) will forever be known as the author of one of the all-time great Gothic novels, Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818). In 1824, she published her essay "On Ghosts", which offers a personal glimpse into her own opinions and experiences. This edition includes a new preface with historical context and an excerpt from M.G. Lewis' 1796 work The Monk: A Romance that Shelley references in "On Ghosts".

Cutting carbs and replacing them with fat is gaining popularity. However, if you've had success losing weight with this common technique, known as the Ketogenic diet (or keto for short), you may be considering combining keto with intermittent fasting to break through a plateau or increase your performance. Is this something you should take a chance on?

My purpose was handed to me in the shape of an envelope, a simple paper container with a sealable flap that holds a little bit of hope for our everyday heroes. As it turned out, a life of stationery was my destiny, not a stationary life. And it all began on the heels of a broken heart. For the better part of my life, I dreamed of and even prayed for an epic love story, and this is a love story on so many levels. I just never expected it to come at such a great toll. But then again, if you look back through the course of history, the greatest love stories always do.

Parker’s poems continue to resonate today. She was trying to make sense of who she was in a world that was busy telling her who she could and should be, regardless of how she felt about it. Aren’t we all? Having Parker’s acerbic irreverence and wit reflect our own lives back to us, in which, as she says, “good and bad are woven in a crazy plaid”, gives us reassurance, perspective, courage, and a much needed laugh.