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Meet Rebecca Contreras. Born into poverty to a drug-addicted mother, Rebecca has to fight for survival from her very first breath. When she is five years old, her mother leaves for the store and doesn't return. This abandonment is one of many betrayals, defining her youth with uncertainty, neglect, and every imaginable type of abuse, including an attempt on her life. A lost girl for almost two decades, formed from dysfunction and stuck in a generational cycle of destruction, the track of Rebecca's life suddenly changes in a transformative moment.

Little Luka Logan has woken up feeling snappy! Oh no! I hear you say. Well, my friend, do not fear! Luka meets a wonderfully dapper Monkey along the way. I'm talking suit-and-bow-tie wisdom. The best kind. Mr. Monkey doesn't hesitate to weave his magical words into the air, and with a fresh perspective, some kindness and love, Luka soon realizes that his happiness may not be as far away as he'd first believed.

Iris Maeve has always had a penchant for things from the past. It's why she studied art history in college and why she opened her own antiques store in Destiny Falls. She prefers the simpler things, the slower pace of life in her hometown. She has her shop, her friends, and her little cabin in the woods. Her life is going according to plan. Until one night, her store is broken into. The thieves got away with some of her antiques and left her with a big mess to clean up. Enter Arlo Michaels, bartender and everything that she wants in a man. And it looks like he wants her too.

Corporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both. In Chokepoint Capitalism, scholar Rebecca Giblin and writer and activist Cory Doctorow argue we’re in a new era of “chokepoint capitalism”, with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to competition that enable them to capture value that should rightfully go to others.

Jackson Pyle breathes by the rules. But everyone has their breaking point—and a pile of dead-end leads in a string of high-profile robberies is his. Isla Keyes should’ve looked the other way when the man towering over the bar caught her eye. But Jackson stands on the right side of the law. And with her family’s line of work, she should’ve steered clear.... When one clue leads Jackson to the local flower shop, Jackson demands answers, but the truth Isla gives him is something he never expected—she’s pregnant. With his baby.

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Spending summer vacation at his grandparents’ boring seaside town was not at the top of Bennet’s vacation list. Like a modern-day Little Red Riding Hood, he discovers that his grandparents have a certain terrifying, lupine quality at the full moon.

Just like negative self-talk can become a bad habit, positive affirmations will also “stick” in your brain when they are repeated. Listen to these affirmations daily and you will notice very soon that your habitual thoughts about yourself will change for the better. While listening to these powerful messages, feel free to repeat them out loud, write them down, or simply let the words and music wash over you and relax you.

A 300-year-old tree has plenty to do: repairing the damage to her bark from people who have carved their initials, drinking from her roots, and, lately, tolerating two lonely bookworms who visit separately. Playing matchmaker might solve everyone’s problems. Rebecca Sky is an award-winning writer best known for the Love Curse series with more than 20 million reads online; most recently her work can be found in the Every Body Shines body-positivity anthology with Bloomsbury.

From a business standpoint, the laundromat business model is ideal. Why, may you ask? Think about it; you can run one of these without any employee if you choose to do so. But whether you buy or build an attended or unattended washateria, they both have their unique advantages. The laundromat business has been around for decades and has proved to be one of the very few recession-proof businesses. They are here to stay.

Margaret Easton needs a husband, and she needs one now. Her parents are convinced that only a European will do, but Margaret wants nothing more than to stay in England. The trouble is that there is only one man Margaret can think of, or rather, one she cannot forget, and he wouldn’t do as a husband at all. Then she finds herself in his care unexpectedly, and her hunt becomes even more complicated than she could have ever imagined.

You have the right to enjoy a prosperous life. But how can you attract the abundance you know you deserve? Through their own tales, beliefs, values, experiences, and obstacles, the authors of Pardon Me, I'm Prospering examine the true meaning of abundance and prosperity. There is no one-size-fits-all formula for prosperity. Our team of experts want to share their life experience, history, upbringing, jobs, careers, values, and beliefs—to enable you to experience your own abundance, success, happiness, and wealth.

It should have been Rebecca Schiller's dream come true: moving her young family to the English countryside to raise goats and coax their own fruit and vegetables from the land. Instead, Rebecca's health begins to crumble, with bewildering symptoms: frequent falls, uncontrollable rages, and mysterious lapses in memory. Her diagnosis finally comes: severe ADHD. Written in unsparing, luminous prose, this is an all-absorbing memoir of one woman's newfound neurodivergence—and a clarion call to overturn the narrative that says minds are either normal and good or different and broken.

In dieser scharfen Kurzgeschichte von Marguerite Nousville geht es ordentlich zur Sache! Auf einem Kurztrip nach New York stößt die Protagonistin auf eine Anzeige für einen Selbstbefriedigungskurs. Anfangs fragt sie sich, ob dies wirklich das Richtige für sie ist – onanieren inmitten einer Gruppe Fremder? Doch bald fallen sämtliche Hemmungen und Hüllen, und sechs Frauen begeben sich zusammen auf eine Entdeckungsreise der Leidenschaft.

Strong and stoic Dragos yearns to build an honest life after the War of the Species ends. Due to his servitude to the Dark Lord Crimeous, he never had the opportunity to experience love or true emotion. Vampyre widow Raina promised she’d never love another. Yet, she’s taken with her handsome, enigmatic new neighbor and his kindness to her two sons. When Raina realizes Dragos has never had a lover, she gives in to their mutual passion, never realizing she might also lose her heart to the man who somehow invaded every crevice of her soul.

Samantha Kane is about to solidify her father's legacy by developing sleepy Gold Mountain into the most profitable ski resort in the country. There's one man standing in her way, though. One very sexy, rugged man. When she shows up to convince Austin Reede to sell, she has no intention of hiding her identity. But with a body like his, she'll take a few risks to get closer. Austin was the fastest skier on the US Olympic team until he shattered his knee. Gold Mountain became his refuge—and now Kane Enterprises is threatening that home.

Elijah Grove is the absolute worst. And he knows it, too. Mainly because I’ve told him so every day since I’ve met him. I wish that I could just avoid him for the rest of my life, but that’s hard to do when we live in this small town. I thought that we were on the same page about ignoring each other, but then one night, he shows up at my bakery and offers me a deal. One that I promptly reject, but when he jams his foot in my door and refuses to leave until I hear him out, I relent. He wants me to be his girlfriend.

Former people-pleaser, and author of the best-selling sobriety memoir A Happier Hour, Rebecca Weller is here to help you take your power back. In this book, Rebecca explores the many clumsy, humiliating—and ultimately liberating—lessons we might experience along the way, and how each of us can begin to build a deep and unshakeable confidence. Chameleon: Confessions of a Former People-Pleaser is a book about the danger of giving our power away to others, and the magic of finding our way back to ourselves.

Für ihre Tochter würde sie alles tun. Als die kleine Louisa nach einem Besuch beim Vater spurlos verschwindet, bricht für die alleinerziehende Nora eine Welt zusammen. Doch während die Polizei fieberhaft nach dem Mädchen sucht, gerät Nora in Bedrängnis. Sie würde alles dafür geben, ihre Tochter zu finden, hat jedoch Angst davor, dass bei der Suche nach Louisa ein wohlgehütetes Geheimnis ans Licht kommt: Niemand darf erfahren, dass das Mädchen gar nicht ihre eigene Tochter ist. Und plötzlich gerät Nora selbst ins Visier der Ermittler.