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Marianne Singleton has defeated both her horrible ex and the ghosts in her house. Her prospects for a job are promising, and her love life is back on track. Life is good. But she's still seeing ghosts. When she picks up a hitchhiking ghost who won't leave her alone, she has her hands full. To make matters worse, her new boyfriend starts missing dates, and that may be more than her bruised heart can stand.
Ruari Allen is at a crossroad in life....
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The Wolfensberger brothers barely escaped the Lost Isles. Now, back in Etria, they long to return to their normal lives. Unfortunately, fresh danger is closing in fast.
Trouble begins with Princess Ella's disappearance. As Jules and Borus hunt for her, they find themselves fighting against oddly familiar circumstances. While his brothers are gone, Kass suffers a crushing loss that forces him to turn to friends for support.
With the trio more vulnerable...
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"Honorable Mention for the Luebbert Book Award, Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association" "Winner of the Robert A. Dahl Award, American Political Science Association" Elizabeth R. Nugent is assistant professor of political science at Yale University. Twitter @ernugent
How differing forms of repression shape the outcomes of democratic transitions
In the wake of the Arab Spring, newly empowered factions in Tunisia...
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First mentioned in the Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible, the golem is a character in an astonishing number of post-Holocaust Jewish-American novels and has served as inspiration for such varied figures as Mary Shelley's monster in her novel Frankenstein, a frightening character in the television series The X-Files, and comic book figures such as Superman and the Hulk. In The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction, author Elizabeth R....
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We are all subjective-it's human nature. We overreact to situations; we judge people too quickly and unfairly; we take something personally when it was not really meant that way. As a result, we lose relationships, reputation, money, and peace of mind. And, in our ever-more-complex world, leaders must make decisions faster and with more conflicting information; widespread insecurity makes people territorial and risk-averse; and the consequences of...
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During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shifts and the war challenged Americans to rethink notions of race. At this extraordinary historical moment, Mexican American women found new means to exercise control over their lives in the home, workplace, and nation. In From Coveralls to Zoot Suits, Elizabeth R. Escobedo explores how, as war...
7) The Alewives
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Colmar, 1353 CE
Gritta, Appel, and Efi managed to survive the Black Death, only to find that they are in desperate need of money. With limited options and lots of obstacles, they band together to become alewives - brewing and selling ale in the free Alsatian town of Colmar. But when an elderly neighbor is discovered dead in her house, the alewives cannot convince the sheriff and the town council that her death wasn't an accident, it was murder. As...
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Three brothers...three destinies...three chances to fail.
One country hangs in the balance.
Peacetime in Etria is no time to become a knight. War lies in the past and the future is for growing new things. Swords become plows and soldiers become farmers, artists, shop owners, and poets. Everyone knows that training for a war that may never come is a waste of time, but for the three grandsons of the greatest war hero in history, knighthood isn't a...
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What if it were possible to bridge the gap between you and your teen so that you could communicate with honesty, compassion, and understanding?
What if you could transform your relationship with your teen so that you can guide them to be confident, capable adults who want to open up to you?
What if you could eliminate parental guilt and free yourself from the emotional burden of raising your teen?
What if you could transform your relationship with...
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Discover the benefits of neurohacking. In this audiobook summary, learn how 15 minutes of neurohacking a day can help you work better, think faster, and get more done.
Curious to know more about cognitive enhancement and neurohacking? Finding a creative, unconventional way to improve your thinking can boost your performance. In the 2021 book Smarter Tomorrow: How 15 Minutes of Neurohacking a Day Can Help You Work Better, Think Faster, and Get More...
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