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Lila Harrow rides west to claim the Dakota land left by her late aunt, determined to escape the unwanted betrothal waiting for her back home. But to her dismay, in Ashford Crossing she discovers that the claim can only be secured by a married woman. With no husband and no allies, she finds unexpected help in the form of a quiet, kindhearted doctor. Dr. Nathaniel Cole has built his life around duty and care, raising his silent niece Clara, while tending to the town’s needs. Marriage was never part of his plan, yet Lila’s predicament awakens his compassion, urging him to offer a practical...

Caroline Thornton has spent her life under the control of her ruthless uncle after her parents' death. When she learns he plans to marry her off to a man she despises, Caroline knows she must escape before it’s too late. But when she encounters a man who stirs something in her heart, she wonders if freedom is worth risking the connection she never expected to find. Jasper Hartley has always protected his sister, Sylvia. When she vanishes after starting a job at the Iron Summit Railroad, he sets out to find her, desperate for answers. Meeting the woman who helps him along the way makes him...

The novel that invented the modern conscience — complete, unabridged, in a new translation that restores Hugo's full voice. Victor Hugo spent seventeen years writing Les Misérables. When it appeared in 1862, readers across Europe and the Americas queued for copies before dawn. It was immediately recognized as something the novel had never been before: not a story about characters, but a judgment on a civilization — a vast, furious, compassionate reckoning with poverty, law, justice, and the question of whether a single human soul can be redeemed by a single act of grace. This is the ...

What if one land held the story of empire, faith, poetry, and power, all at once? From the first kings who ruled the ancient world to the modern struggles shaping global politics, Iran is not just a country—it is a civilization that has never stopped evolving. This gripping, fast-paced history takes you deep into the heart of Persia—where empires rose with breathtaking ambition, poets reshaped the soul of a nation, and revolutions changed the course of history. Walk through the gates of Persepolis. Stand beside Cyrus the Great as he builds the first global empire. Witness the rise of ...

Survival of the fittest in space just became a lot more dangerous. Eleven colonies have gone dark across Federation space. Senior cadets are being deployed to a frontier that devours ships and returns only silence. Constantine Ramsey returns to a Space Fleet Academy transformed by war. He and his fellow second-years are being thrust into leadership roles for which they're not ready. The new curriculum sets aside theory for brutal new training in surviving first contact with alien predators and making terrible decisions where every choice comes with a body count. But when their latest ...

Enoch: The Complete Modern Translation brings together the full collection of Enochian writings in one accessible volume—presented in clear, easy-to-read modern English. This complete edition includes: 1 Enoch – The Book of Enoch (Ethiopic) 2 Enoch – The Book of the Secrets of Enoch (Slavonic) 3 Enoch – The Hebrew Book of Enoch (Sefer Hekhalot) The Book of Giants – Fragmented texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls Historical commentary on the formation of the biblical canon 200+ pages of original essays providing deeper insights and context Comprehensive Book Summaries for each section ...

Alan Smith ordered the most expensive pour-over on the menu, tipped forty percent, and never stopped watching the door. By Sunday night, his rental car was at the bottom of Miller’s Creek. Hattie Calder knows when something feels off. She noticed Alan Smith’s shaking hands before he touched his cup. She noticed the sheriff closed the case too quickly. And when her cat, Beans, bats a crumpled receipt out from under the radiator, she notices the coded notes a frightened man left behind. With her sister Sam and their tech-savvy friend Liam, Hattie starts pulling on a thread that leads to ...

You thought he was your safe place. But somewhere along the way, he became the reason you stopped feeling safe inside yourself. This book is for the woman who gave everything to someone who slowly dimmed her light. You didn’t imagine it. The slow silences. The subtle digs. The confusion that made you question your own heart. You were loving him—but losing yourself. And now, you’re left holding the pieces, wondering when it all turned. In He Was My Safe Place. Then He Became My Trigger, Sienna Thorne guides you through the quiet unraveling of self that happens inside emotionally ...

Torture. Cannibalism. Cruelty. Execution. History is filled with tales so grotesque and chilling they sound like fiction, but every one of them is disturbingly real. From ancient empires to medieval kingdoms and beyond, rulers and regimes devised punishments that turned human suffering into spectacle. Victims were roasted alive, devoured by vermin, blinded with burning irons, flayed, impaled, drowned, or crushed under beasts—all carried out not in secret, but as deliberate displays of power meant to terrify entire populations. This book uncovers the most shocking execution methods and ...

The Alpha humiliated and rejected me. Years later, I’m forced to mate with him. He bullied me by day and took my virginity at night, unlocking my forbidden magical powers. He rejected me after, and as a bonus, got me banished for being a dirty witch. Years later, he’s an elite ops and Alpha, and he forces me back to our pack to marry him. It’s been years, but I still judge myself for letting someone so cruel take something so holy from me. I’ve gotten stronger, though, and I now work at a paranormal division studying demon activity. But when I get caught in a demon swarm, the Alpha ...

Do you feel like a spectator in your own life, watching yourself scroll while your to-do list mocks you? Does your brain feel "fried" or "thin" by 2 PM, leaving you with zero mental bandwidth for the tasks that actually matter? Perhaps you know exactly what you need to do, but it feels like there is a physical wall between you and starting. You are not lazy, and you don't have a "weak" character. You are simply a modern professional living in a world designed to hijack your biology. The "just do it" mentality and traditional willpower are failing you because they treat the symptoms of ...

She didn't owe the debt. He took her anyway. Amara's ex-husband ran — straight into the arms of Stefano Moretti's enemies — and left her holding a $1.5 million tab she never signed for. Now she's in the back of a black SUV, no phone, no options, and a mafia Capo who doesn't care about "innocent." Stefano Moretti collects what he's owed. Always. He calls it repossession. She calls it kidnapping. By the time they reach his fortified estate on the edge of the city, the distinction doesn't matter anymore. She's wearing his name. She's sleeping in his house. The more he strips away her ...

The greatest revenge story ever written — now in a brilliant new translation. Edmond Dantès has everything: youth, love, a promising career. In a single day, jealousy and conspiracy destroy it all. Falsely accused of treason, he is cast into the dungeon of the Château d'If, where he will spend fourteen years in darkness and despair. But a chance encounter with a dying prisoner reveals an impossible secret — the location of a vast treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. When Dantès finally escapes, he emerges as a new man: wealthy beyond measure, coldly brilliant, and consumed ...

Every surgery patient receives instructions about physical preparation. Almost no one receives guidance on how to work with their nervous system to support recovery. This guide fills that gap. Preparing Your Body to Heal is written for anyone facing a medical procedure who wants to contribute to their own recovery in every way they can. Drawing on research in surgical psychology, neuroscience, and mind-body medicine, psychologists William Matulich, Ph.D. and Shirley Lanyi, Ph.D. explain how your nervous system responds to your internal language, and how that response shapes the biological ...

Have you ever wondered how the skills we often overlook can shape our success? How simple observations sparked groundbreaking scientific discoveries? How did world leaders master communication to achieve their goals? Or how global corporations harness the power of purpose to inspire both employees and customers? Power of Ignored Skills explores these questions and more. From why India lags behind in the global economic race to how fire transformed human wisdom, this book uses vivid examples and stories to reveal the hidden forces behind progress and achievement. Far from just highlighting ...

In 1896 Key West, sixteen-year-old Frank Gilbert is already drawn to the hidden engines of the modern world—signal masts, steam pumps, harbor machinery, and the hard discipline of men who keep ships moving. But when his Navy family is transferred to a raw, fast-growing Miami, Frank finds himself caught between old loyalties, new ambitions, and a city being built almost as quickly as he is becoming a man. As war with Spain gathers just ninety miles away, Frank is pulled toward the sea, toward service, and toward the questions that have always followed him: where does he belong, what kind ...

Hay momentos en la vida en los que todo parece estar bien… pero algo dentro de ti sabe que no lo está. Sigues con tu rutina, haces lo que se supone que debes hacer, pero en el fondo sientes que estás lejos de quien podrías ser. El viaje de quien se atrevió a cambiar no es solo un libro, es un reflejo de ese momento. Ese punto en el que dejas de ignorarte y empiezas a cuestionarlo todo. Aquí no encontrarás fórmulas mágicas ni cambios instantáneos. Encontrarás algo más real: el proceso. El miedo, las dudas, las caídas… y la decisión de seguir adelante a pesar de todo. Este ...

The definitive tale of how a Clinton hoax became an Obama coup, revealed through newly declassified documents. The Russia hoax was the culmination of corruption, deception, and manipulation that began long before 2016. It started with the Benghazi cover-up, in which Obama and Clinton pushed a false narrative to protect themselves in an election year. Scandal after scandal, campaign after campaign, and lie after lie eventually birthed the counter-narrative that became the Trump–Russia hoax. For nearly a decade, the truth was buried in classified files. The public could only trace the ...

They thought killing the dragon would end the story. It didn’t. Vaelorn survived Skaldrith, the Frost Tyrant. But survival came with a cost. The dragon left its mark on him. A scar that should have killed him. A name people whisper. And a past that refuses to stay buried. Now something in the hills is slaughtering without feeding. Livestock are left torn open. Villagers vanish. Blood-soaked carvings appear near ancient stone. And the closer Vaelorn gets, the clearer the truth becomes: This is no wild beast. This is a weapon. And someone is pulling the leash. As cultists defile old dwarven...

A grumpy black ops wolf kidnaps me and forces me to marry him. We were secretly together once, but he said it was just fun and rejected me as his mate. Now my family forces me into an arranged marriage, and suddenly he gets territorial. So he lifts me from my bed and makes me his forced bride… We used to work together, and I fell for him like a lovesick fool. After he shattered my heart, I was forced to act stoically for the sake of the team. I yearned for some distance from him so that I could heal the pain inside. But he won’t allow that. Because he’s decided that I’m his, after ...