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Anne is a young, Southern professional with just the right connections and a privileged point of view. Confident in her innate value, she has complete faith in her power to control her own future. After all, even with the challenges that come with working at a high-profile interior design firm located in the heart of Atlanta, she knows exactly where she's headed. What she doesn't expect is Dr. Brad Young, Jr. Sparks immediately fly between the handsome young doctor and Anne when she's assigned to troubleshoot for his surgical practice, but chemistry can only get you so far. As their relationship develops, so too does a burgeoning conflict and confusion over the uncommon roles their mothers play in their lives. Over the course of an emotional weekend and the exposure of a secret lurking in his past, Brad is forced to make a life-changing adjustment as Anne discovers the devastating betrayal of a trusted plan. By Design is an emotional romance guaranteed to warm the hearts of anyone who has ever experienced the breathtaking intensity of new love.

On the ice, college hockey star Tyler is a god, but to me, he's a remorseless devil. After shattering my heart and scarring my soul, he thinks he can arrogantly skate back into my life. I'm not fooled. He doesn't love me; he doesn't want a second chance. He wants to control me. This is all just a twisted game to him. And I know he's keeping secrets. The more I resist him, the more determined he becomes to claim me. He's branded me as his own, scaring off any other man who dares approach. With whispered promises and charming lies, he implores me for another shot. The harder I push him away, the deeper his obsession grows. Soon, I won't be able to resist him. I'll fall prey to the mistakes of my past... and then I fear his secrets will destroy us both.

The must-read BL webtoon by DOYAK is now in print! In this mature-rated drama, three men collide in a tangled web of love, power, and crime. The English paperback edition includes a brand new translation and a fold-out poster featuring character art of Ian. “Among the best of recent web-to-print romance comics. Boys’ love fans will be sated.”—Publishers Weekly When a chance encounter brings earnest photographer Jo into the orbit of the aloof and gorgeous Ian, Jo falls hard. An undeniable attraction simmers between them, and Jo is determined to break through Ian’s indifferent façade. But Ian’s life isn’t made for romance. As he works to free himself from his past life as a high-profile member of a dangerous gang—and from TJ, his on-again, off-again lover—a power struggle threatens to erupt within the crime syndicate. If Ian isn’t careful, events might spiral out of control, dragging him back into a world of corruption and murder. Volume 1 collects episodes 1-13 of the webcomic Wet Sand.

In the exhilarating second romantasy novel in Rebecca Robinson's Dark Inheritance Trilogy, a fiery couple forced apart must navigate a deadly maze of politics and power to reunite across a continent at war. Torn from her husband Reid's arms and dragged back to her homeland in chains, Vaasa is no longer a ruler, but a political pawn. Now under the control of Ozik—a cunning Zetyr witch with a stranglehold on her magic—she faces annulment, forced betrothal, and a kingdom that no longer feels like her own. As Ozik's machinations aim to install himself as the true power behind the Asteryan throne, Vaasa is forced to take part in his game. Meanwhile, across the continent, Reid is done playing politics. But waging war is never simple, and a soldier's fury cannot stand up against Icruria's bureaucracy. With allies fading and time slipping away, Reid may have no choice but to infiltrate Asterya on his own to find the woman he loves and bring her home. As Vaasa's magic begins to flare, she desperately seeks control, even if Ozik is the only one who can offer it. She then finds a cryptic final message from her mother about a precious missing necklace that might just be the answer to finally freeing her magic from Ozik. Yet when a ghost from Vaasa's past reemerges among the suitors vying for her hand, escape might be within reach—but will it demand a betrayal that real love may not survive?

The introduction of challenge courses to the public and private education sectors ushered in a new focus on construction and safety standards. The Association for Challenge Course Technologies (ACCT) currently provides a series of standards related to challenge course construction techniques and appropriate materials, and is paving the way for national standardization of challenge course practices, and instructor training programs. While challenge course safety has improved significantly in the past forty years, there are some who have claimed these programs lack safety and quality control, resulting in a number of potential and actual accidents. The purpose of this book is to provide an initial accurate assessment of the relationship between challenge course incidents and: 1) type of belay system; 2) type of incident; 3) participant gender; and 4) participant age. The ultimate goal is to identify manageable factors that contribute to or increase participant exposure to actual risk and synthesize them in a useful, proactive way.

This book presents a PhD-thesis built around four original research papers that investigate the association between depression and neurocognitive function from different perspectives. Research during the past 30 years has shown that patients with unipolar depression often have lower neurocognitive function than healthy controls. However, there are still several questions with regard to the association between depressive symptoms and performance on neurocognitive tests that are unclear. Relevant questions to ask are: How strong is the association between depression and neurocognitive function? Does neurocognitive function improve upon remission of the depressive symptoms? Is neurocognitive function in depression relevant for patients' functioning? This book critically reviews the research literature in these fields, after giving a general introduction to the depressive syndrome and neuropsychiatric concepts and assessment. The book is easily accessible to scientists and clinicians without comprehensive knowledge of neuropsychiatry.

'Dark, strange, thick with mystery and twists Book of Night is everything delicious and frightening I've come to expect from Holly Black.' Leigh Bardugo, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House 'Black is a master at world-building.' The New York Times Book Review _______________________________________________________________________ #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies. Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but going straight isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not to mention that her sister Posey is desperate for magic, and that her shadowless and possibly soulless boyfriend has been keeping secrets from her. When a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie descends back into a maelstrom of murder and lies. Determined to survive, she's up against a cast of doppelgängers, mercurial billionaires, gloamists, and the people she loves best in the world - all trying to steal a secret that will allow them control of the shadow world and more. 'I will never forget my first time reading Holly Black . . . Such a beautiful writer.' Daisy Johnson, Man Booker Prize finalist and author of Sisters Book of Night, Sunday Times bestseller w/e 15th May 2022.

From the bestselling author of SET BOUNDARIES, FIND PEACE, a road map for understanding and moving past family struggles - and living your life, your way. Every family has a story. For some of us, our family of origin is a solid foundation that feeds our confidence and helps us navigate life's challenges. For others, it's a source of pain, hurt, and conflict that can feel like a lifelong burden. In this empowering guide, licensed therapist and bestselling relationship expert Nedra Glover Tawwab offers clear advice for identifying dysfunctional family patterns and choosing the best path to breaking the cycle and moving forward. Covering topics ranging from the trauma of emotional neglect, to the legacy of addicted or absent parents, to mental health struggles in siblings and other relatives, and more, this clear and compassionate guide will help you take control of your own life - and honour the person you truly are.

"In this lively, well-written book, Britt Frank adds her compelling voice to this movement toward listening to rather than avoiding or fighting with what is making you stuck." -Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, creator of Internal Family Systems and author of No Bad Parts "You might just replace that stack of self-help books on your bedside table with this one essential guide." -Arielle Schwartz, PhD, author of The Complex PTSD Workbook and The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook A research-based tool kit for moving past what's holding you back-in life, in love, and in work. We all experience stuckness in our lives. We feel stuck in our relationships, career paths, body struggles, addiction issues, and more. Many of us know what we need to do to move forward-but find ourselves unable to take the leap to make it happen. And then we blame and shame ourselves, and stay in a loop of self-doubt that goes nowhere. The good news is you're not lazy, crazy, or unmotivated. In this empowering and action-oriented guide, you'll discover why we can't think our way forward-and how to break through what's holding us back. Using an eclectic approach and a customizable plan that's as direct or as deep as you want, this life-changing guide empowers you to: break old habits and patterns gain perspective on pain and trauma from the past free yourself from the torturous "why" questions take control of your choices to create the life you want Bringing together research-backed solutions that range from shadow work to reparenting, embodied healing, and other clinical practices, along with empowering personal stories, this book is a hands-on road map for moving forward with purpose, confidence, and the freedom to become who you're truly meant to be.

A Hot Flight Attendant is an illustrated journey where intimacy takes flight, blending playful provocation with cinematic sensuality. Emily White crafts a world of confident desire, where erotic manga visuals elevate every gesture into a bold yet elegant fantasy. The central story begins long before takeoff, in packed suitcases filled with secrets and anticipation, and rises steadily as engines warm on a quiet runway. In the enclosed glow of the cockpit, teasing glances turn into daring performances, silk lifts from skin, and the hum of the plane becomes a pulse shared between three bodies. A lifted shirt, a slow smile, fingers lingering where they shouldn't, and pleasure unfolding thousands of feet above the ground. Clouds slide past the windows as control shifts, roles blur, and the thrill of exposure heightens every sensation. This collection captures the intoxicating mix of risk, trust, and heat, promising that some journeys are remembered not for their destination, but for what happens midair.

Two strangers. Two broken hearts. One summer of healing. Sylvie feels trapped in a life shaped by her fathers control and her mothers silence. With her fathers remarriage, she feels more invisible than ever, struggling to find her place in a world that doesnt understand her. Noah carries the weight of his mothers death and a distant, alcoholic father. He's the one holding everything together for his little brother, but inside, hes quietly breaking. When Sylvie and Noahs paths cross, theres no instant spark just two people carrying their own burdens, too afraid to reach out. But slowly, through small moments of shared vulnerability and the quiet strength of being there for one another, they begin to heal. Neither of them can undo the pain of their pasts, but together, they learn that healing isnt about fixing what's broken it's about giving each other the space to breathe, to be seen, and to feel understood.

OVER 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD. THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION! "Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance" Lauren Kate, Fallen "Dangerous, sexy, romantic and intense!" Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures "My favourite series of all time" Goodreads review "Perfection" TikTok review The finale of Tahereh Mafi's New York Times bestselling YA fantasy series. Powerless meets A Court of Thorns and Roses in this stunningly romantic dystopian YA fantasy. Juliette Ferrars. Ella Sommers. Which is the truth and which is the lie? Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong - between Ella and Juliette - blur. And with old enemies looming, her destiny may not be her own to control. The day of reckoning for the Reestablishment is coming. But will the choice of which side to fight on be hers?

What if Nikola Tesla's most dangerous secret was never lost—only hidden? When a global blackout plunges the world into chaos, astrophysicist Antonio Hernández and his closest allies are drawn into a deadly search for a missing page torn from Tesla's final papers: Page Thirty-Three . But this is no ordinary scientific mystery. Hidden in forgotten archives, secret vaults, and the shadows of history lies a revelation powerful enough to reshape civilization itself: Tesla may have discovered how to unite energy and information into a single force—one capable of liberating humanity... or placing the entire world under absolute control. As the trail leads from Cheyenne Mountain to Wardenclyffe, from Marilyn Monroe's red diary to the darkest secrets of J. Edgar Hoover, the search becomes far more than a hunt for a lost document. It becomes a battle over power, truth, and the future of human freedom. Because if Page Thirty-Three is real, it does not merely explain the past. It can still change the future. Blending historical intrigue, speculative science, conspiracy, and high-stakes suspense, The Thirty-Third Page is an illustrated thriller about hidden knowledge, sacrifice, and the terrifying question at the heart of every age: Who should control the forces that shape the world? For readers who love Nikola Tesla mysteries, secret-history thrillers, intelligent conspiracy fiction, and cinematic suspense , this is a story that opens a door that cannot be closed. And once you step across the threshold, nothing will look the same again.

Senior purser Mia Donoghue is always on the go, leaving her little time for herself. She doesn't mind being busy; it provides distraction from painful memories and her daily struggle to stay sober. Captain Ava Alfarsi has just been promoted, carrying more responsibility than she's ever had before. As a single, young and attractive captain, Ava has no problem meeting women, but her control issues and fear of people finding out she's far from perfect stand in the way of connecting with others on a deeper level. When the two become aware of each other's deepest secrets, they find comfort in the knowledge that they're not alone. The attraction is undeniable as they embark on a healing journey together. Can Ava learn to let go, and can Mia somehow make peace with her past? Both searching for strength to fight their demons, they never expected to find strength in each other. But is passion enough to keep the fire burning?

¿ THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER ¿ 'An old-fashioned love story. A terrific book' Observer 'An elegy to love and loss' Independent 'One of those books that makes you want to eat it up from start to finish' Guardian Henry and Clare meet, fall in love, and build a life together. Just not in that order. Henry is a librarian who suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets, suddenly finding himself pulled through time into his past or future. Meanwhile, Clare is an artist waiting all her life for her great love Henry to appear. In the face of this force neither can prevent nor control, Henry and Clare's struggle to lead normal lives is both intensely moving and entirely unforgettable. The Time Traveler's Wife is the international bestselling novel of a time-altering love. **PRE-ORDER LIFE OUT OF ORDER, THE NEW SEQUEL TO THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE NOW** 'Moving but worth the heartbreak' Daily Express 'Truly original' Vogue 'Magical - memorable...poignant' Mail on Sunday

A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions from the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II - and how the world allowed them to get away with it. In 1946, Günther Quandt - patriarch of Germany's most iconic industrial empire, a dynasty that today controls BMW - was arrested for suspected Nazi collaboration. Quandt claimed that he had been forced to join the party by his arch-rival, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, and the courts acquitted him. But Quandt lied. And his heirs, and those of other Nazi billionaires, have only grown wealthier in the generations since, while their reckoning with this dark past remains incomplete at best. Many of them continue to control swaths of the world economy, owning iconic brands whose products blanket the globe. The brutal legacy of the dynasties that dominated Daimler-Benz, cofounded Allianz and still control Porsche, Volkswagen and BMW has remained hidden in plain sight - until now. In this landmark work, investigative journalist David de Jong reveals the true story of how Germany's wealthiest business dynasties amassed untold money and power by abetting the atrocities of the Third Reich. Using a wealth of untapped sources, de Jong shows how these tycoons seized Jewish businesses, procured slave labourers and ramped up weapons production to equip Hitler's army as Europe burnt around them. Most shocking of all, de Jong exposes how the wider world's political expediency enabled these billionaires to get away with their crimes, covering up a bloodstain that defiles the German and global economy to this day.

If you've ever felt drained, walked on eggshells, or started doubting your own reality-keep reading. You might be an empath-even if you've never called yourself one. That beautiful sensitivity can make you a target for narcissists-and even dark empaths who mirror your feelings to gain your trust. The result? Scars on your heart, fog in your mind, and the suffocating sense of being stuck. But you don¿t have to stay trapped. Empath vs Narcissist Decoded is your practical guide to breaking the toxic cycle, protecting your energy, and reclaiming your confidence, peace, and life. Whether you're currently entangled with a narcissist, healing from past wounds, or seeking to protect yourself in the future, this book offers compassionate strategies, tailored tools, and support to help you take back control. Inside, you'll discover:The Narcissist's Playbook-the subtle and overt tactics that keep you hooked (and how to shut them down fast). The truth about Dark Empaths-how they mirror your emotions to gain your trust, then use it to control you. The Gray Rock Method-a simple, effective way to go emotionally "uninteresting" so manipulation loses its power. 10 hidden narcissist traits that quietly drain your energy and erode your self-worth. The red flags of manipulation-gaslighting, love bombing, hoovering, future faking, and more. Why empaths attract toxic personalities-Empaths-Narcissists Dynamics and how to break the pattern for good. 7 proven strategies to stop attracting narcissists and reclaim your emotional sovereignty. 5 guilt-free steps to protect your energy without fear, shame, or self-judgment. Practical communication tools to set boundaries, speak your truth, and stay calm under pressure. Healing guide from past wounds-science-backed techniques to recover from manipulative trauma, rebuild self-esteem, and reclaim your own power. A complete Empath's TOOLBOX-22 self-care rituals, grounding exercises, and protective affirmations tailored for empaths. Unlike other books that tell you just "move on", this practical guide provides you with proven tools, actionable strategies, and compassionate insights to help you make meaningful, lasting changes. You are not broken. You are not "too sensitive." You can stop making excuses for them, become unshakably strong and kind in heart.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reminders of Him and It Ends with Us comes a hauntingly seductive tale of love, control, and the devastating secrets that can destroy it all. When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, it isn't love at first sight. They wouldn't even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn't want love, she doesn't have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her. Never ask about the past. Don't expect a future. They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can't handle it at all. Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly.

**From the bestselling author of The Last Letter from Your Lover, now a major motion picture** The charming multi-generational novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and the new bestseller Still Me. 'A charming and enchanting read.' - Company Athene Forster embraced the Sixties like few others. Nicknamed the Last Deb, she was spoiled, beautiful, and out of control. And within two years of her marriage, the rumours had begun again. Thirty-five years on, Suzanna Peacock finds refuge from her mother's shameful legacy in her shop, the Peacock Emporium. Within its magical walls she discovers not just friendship, and an escape from her troubled marriage, but the first real passion of her life. But the spectre of her mother still haunts Suzanna, setting in place a series of dramatic events. Only by confronting the past will she finally be able to face the future . . .

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING STEVE CARELL AND BAFTA AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED TIMOTHEE CHALAMET ‘It was like being in a car with the gas pedal slammed down to the floor and nothing to do but hold on and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something I'd lost a long time ago.’ Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age 11 . In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest , Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling true story of his relapse and the road to recovery . He paints an extraordinary picture for us of a person at odds with his past , with his family, with his substances, and with himself. Tweak is a raw, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful tale of the road from relapse to recovery and complements his father’s parallel memoir, Beautiful Boy. Praise for Nic Sheff:- ‘Difficult to read and impossible to put down.’ Chicago Tribune 'Nic Sheff's wrenching tale is told with electrifying honesty and insight.' Armistead Maupin

Security is one of the most important problems that have attracted a lot of research and development efforts in the past few years. In multi-hop wireless, ad-hoc network path error and malicious packet dropping are two major resources for packet losses. The packet losses are caused by connection errors and malicious drop are to be recognized by observing a sequence of packet losses in the network. The insider-attack case malicious nodes that are part of the route exploit their knowledge of the communication in the network. The malicious node drops a large amount of packet losses critical to the network performance. The research study observing the dynamic packet dropping rates in the wireless network. The rate is comparable to the control error rates that are based on distributed manner. The proposed research work presents a new approach to measure the dynamic privacy preserving in wireless networks using the methodologies namely, Network Model, Network Routing Model, Privacy Preserving Link State Routing Protocol and Dynamic Non-linear authentificator Protocol algorithm (DNAP). The Path Detection (PD) protocol used to find the alternate path to transfer a message to destination.

THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Luke Price's life has always been about order, control, and acting tough on the outside. He uses meaningless relationships as a distraction and a way to tune out the twisted memories of his childhood. He secretly wishes that one day he could find that one perfect person, but deep down he doesn't believe that perfection really exists. Violet Hayes has had a rough life, surrounded by drugs, neglect, and irresponsible parents. She thought she could escape that kind of life when she went to college, but her past catches up with her. To protect herself from getting hurt, she acts tough and keeps her distance from everyone. But then she meets Luke. The two of them clash, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. The more they get to know one another, the more they realise just how similar their lives are, and that maybe the perfection they've always been looking for lies in each other.

In the past decades, microelectronic technology has changed our life dramatically. Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is believed to bring us the same revolution in this century. Heat and mass transfer in micro systems is one of the foundations of MEMS, which is still not well understood and is being studied all over the world. Micro heat pump system is an important and interesting application of MEMS. It is expected to be used as portable cooling systems for workers in hazardous environments, distributed cooling systems in buildings for individual thermal comfort control and energy saving, cooling systems for micro electronic devices, etc. This book presents the experimental and theoretical studies on the key micro devices for the development of a micro heat pump system. Heat and mass transfer as well as the fabricating process of micro condensers, micro electroosmotic pumps and micro channels are studied. A micro heat pump system was finally developed. This book should be useful for the researchers and manufacturers to understand the heat and mass transfer in micro systems and to develop micro heat pump systems.

Reeling from the events of Royal Palace, Yuki comes face to face with another version of herself standing outside her apartment, a hallucination created from her extraordinary skills of perception. The encounter spurs memories of her first game, Maiden's Race, where her younger and more foolish past self sailed to victory. But the other Yuki isn't content with taking her on a trip down memory lane; she's dead set on seizing control of Yuki's body and relentlessly attacks her in pursuit of that end. Unable to strike back against her spectral foe, Yuki attempts to level the playing field by asking Rinrin to set up a mock game for her and her doppelganger to compete in: Snow Room. Yuki has overcome countless foes in her career as a death game player...but does she have any hope of defeating her very self?

2024 SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER Kate Burkholder investigates a young Amish man's brutal death in this gripping installment of Linda Castillo's bestselling series. On a crisp autumn day in Painters Mill, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder responds to a call to discover a victim violently killed with a crossbow. Aden Karn was just twenty years old, well liked, and from an upstanding Amish family. Who would commit such a heinous crime against a young man whose life was just beginning? As Kate delves into Karn's past, she begins to hear whispers about a darker side. What if Aden Karn wasn't the wholesome young man everyone admired? The case spirals out of control when an Amish woman comes forward with a horrific story that pits Kate against a dangerous and unexpected opponent. When the awful truth is finally uncovered, Kate must come face to face with the terrible consequences of a life lived in all the wrong places.

Python's simplicity lets you become productive quickly, but often this means you aren't using everything it has to offer. With the updated edition of this hands-on guide, you'll learn how to write effective, modern Python 3 code by leveraging its best ideas. Don't waste time bending Python to fit patterns you learned in other languages. Discover and apply idiomatic Python 3 features beyond your past experience. Author Luciano Ramalho guides you through Python's core language features and libraries and teaches you how to make your code shorter, faster, and more readable. Featuring major updates throughout the book, Fluent Python, second edition, covers: Special methods: The key to the consistent behavior of Python objects Data structures: Sequences, dicts, sets, Unicode, and data classes Functions as objects: First-class functions, related design patterns, and type hints in function declarations Object-oriented idioms: Composition, inheritance, mixins, interfaces, operator overloading, static typing and protocols Control flow: Context managers, generators, coroutines, async/await, and thread/process pools Metaprogramming: Properties, attribute descriptors, class decorators, and new class metaprogramming hooks that are simpler than metaclasses

'Dark, strange, thick with mystery and twists Book of Night is everything delicious and frightening I've come to expect from Holly Black.' Leigh Bardugo, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House 'Black is a master at world-building.' The New York Times Book Review _______________________________________________________________________ #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies. Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but going straight isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not to mention that her sister Posey is desperate for magic, and that her shadowless and possibly soulless boyfriend has been keeping secrets from her. When a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie descends back into a maelstrom of murder and lies. Determined to survive, she's up against a cast of doppelgängers, mercurial billionaires, gloamists, and the people she loves best in the world - all trying to steal a secret that will allow them control of the shadow world and more. 'I will never forget my first time reading Holly Black . . . Such a beautiful writer.' Daisy Johnson, Man Booker Prize finalist and author of Sisters Book of Night, Sunday Times bestseller w/e 15th May 2022.

A memoir from singer-songwriter Madison Beer, chronicling the past decade of her life spent in the spotlight—the ups, the downs, and the in-betweens that you won’t see on social media. Discovered at twelve years old, Madison Beer was one of the first artists to have her entire life documented online. Over the past decade, she has navigated the spotlight as a child, through her teenage years, and now as a young woman in her twenties. In The Half of It, Madison pulls back the curtain to show the behind-the-scenes of her journey, from reckoning with mass hate online and cyberbullying to the time her private pictures were leaked, to battling suicidal thoughts while making her highly acclaimed debut album, Life Support, and her recovery since then. This mental health memoir is an honest and unflinching account of self-love, mental health, and advocacy from one of the fastest-rising musical voices of her generation. It hammers home the point, more striking and urgent than ever, that no matter how close the internet may make us feel to people, we truly don’t know the half of it. A Raw Mental Health Journey: Go beyond the headlines to Madison’s private battles with suicidal thoughts, self-harm, and learning to navigate her BPD diagnosis. The Dark Side of Fame: Discovered at twelve, Madison reveals the truth about growing up online, where every mistake is magnified and your entire life becomes public consumption. On Cyberbullying and Misogyny: An unflinching look at the trauma of having her private photos leaked at fifteen and facing a global wave of shame with no support. Finding Her Voice: Follow her path from a manufactured pop image to a powerful independent artist, fighting for the creative control to write and produce her own story through music.

As seen on CBS News Sunday Morning. Explainer-in-Chief David Macaulay updates his worldwide bestseller to capture the latest developments in the technology that most impacts our lives. What possible link could there be between parking meters and meat grinders, jumbo jets and jackhammers, remote control and rockets, electric guitars and egg beaters? Macaulay explains them all! Famously packed with information on the inner workings of everything from windmills to Wi-Fi, this extraordinary and humorous book both guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines and shows how the developments of the past are building blocks of the world of tomorrow. This sweepingly revised edition embraces recent technological developments, from touchscreens to 3D printers. Each scientific principle is brilliantly explained, with the help of a charming, if rather slow-witted, woolly mammoth. An illustrated survey of significant inventions closes the book, along with a glossary of technical terms and an index. A New York Times Bestseller

Entwined Dreams: Book Two An abusive Dom robbed Orion Gordon of his love of BDSM, destroying his confidence and leaving him unsure he'll ever find peace through submission to another. Still, deep inside, his longing continues. Marcus Sadir loves Hunter Dixon, yet he can't be the one thing Hunter truly desires: a sub to control. And Hunter can't find satisfaction in the sadistic aspects of the BDSM lifestyle, while Marcus thrives on inflicting and sharing pain. When Marcus convinces Hunter they should find a third on a permanent basis, they discover Orion might be the key to bridging their differences and joining them on a deeper level. But they must help Orion move past his trauma enough for him to enjoy new facets of BDSM and kink again. Their journey toward becoming whole-together-won't be without challenges. Can Orion trust enough to try again?