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With his disarmingly simple style and complex imagination, Ray Bradbury has seized the minds of American readers for decades.This collection showcases thirty-two of Bradbury's most famous tales in which he lays bare the depths of the human soul. The thrilling title story, A Sound of Thunder, tells of a hunter sent on safari -- sixty million years in the past. But all it takes is one wrong step in the prehistoric jungle to stamp out the life of a delicate and harmless butterfly -- and possibly something else much closer to home ...

One of 12 stories in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, first published in The Strand Magazine and Harper's Weekly in August 1893. Doyle ranked it 18th among his favorite Holmes stories. Dr. Percy Trevelyan, a young neurologist, seeks Holmes' help. Two years earlier, he agreed to a strange deal with Mr. Blessington, who furnished a house and paid all expenses so Trevelyan could start his practice. Blessington, who has heart trouble, lives there as a permanent patient and takes most of the doctor's earnings. Though Trevelyan has become successful, something about the arrangement worries him, prompting Holmes to investigate.

No one ever paid attention to the faces of missing children on milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the little girl who had been taken twelve years ago, she recognized that little girl--it was herself. The mystery of the kidnapping is unraveled, but the nightmare is not over. The Spring family wants justice, but who is to blame? It's difficult to figure out what's best for everyone. Janie Johnson or Jennie Spring? There's enough love for everyone, but how can the two separate families live happily ever after?

ONE MOMENT. TWO MASKS. THREE CHASES INTO THE NIGHT. They're supposed to be enemies. It takes one night with a masked man to change that all. They crave the next touch of the person they hate the most. Desperate for that next taste of the person they can't stand. Waiting for that anonymous text message to accelerate their heartbeats. The thrill of the chase with the forbidden fruit is enough to blur the lines and the world around them. The first problem? They both have girlfriends. The worst problem? They're stepbrothers.

"I need her in a way that won't take no for an answer." JUDE When Catalina walks in the door, my heart stops. She's my best friend's little sister, Etta's babysitter, and hot as hell. The timing is all wrong. She's too young, lost, and doesn't know what she wants. I have a baby and don't need another person to take care of. But then I take her against the wall and she finds her way into my motherf*cking heart. The truth is, I'm the lost cause, and Catalina might be the one person who can save me. CATALINA I came to LA needing to escape an a-hole who was using me. Six months later I end up at Jude's house. I'm a hot mess but Jude? He's hotter. And walking into his home, seeing that Etta's mother skipped town, I realize I'm not the only mess around. It starts as a one-afternoon stand - two people craving connection. But it quickly becomes more. Trouble is, my past is catching up with me. We might not have forever - but we have today. SAINT JUDE is a full-length novel with a HEAT! Treat yourself, love!

Can a romp in the woods with two sexy men turn into a lasting love with her best friend?Jessie has been in love with her bisexual best friend, Paul, since college. But he's never made a move on her, and they both value the friendship too much to take any risks with it – or so she believes.Then Paul and his stunning sometime lover Noah invite Jessie on a camping trip to Lake Tahoe. She ends up in a tent in the woods with the two gorgeous men, living out the ultimate female fantasy as their first night turns into a heated tangle of bodies that continues for days.Jessie knows the intensely erotic – and intensely emotional – experience must come to an end when the trip is over, but when it does, will she lose her best friend, or can friendship turn into something more?Lose yourself in this greatly expanded and rewritten version of Tempt Me Twice - one of New York Times Bestseller Eden Bradley's fan favourites. Available for the first time in audio.

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"[A] fantastically hopped-up thriller . . . a wrong-man plot worthy of Hitchcock."-Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice) It's three thousand miles from the green fields of glory, where Henry "call me Hank" Thompson once played California baseball, to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where the tenements are old, the rents are high, and the drunks are dirty. But now Hank is here, working as a bartender and taking care of a cat named Bud who is surely going to get him killed. It begins when Hank's neighbor, Russ, has to leave town in a rush and hands over Bud in a carrier. But it isn't until two Russians in tracksuits drag Hank over the bar at the joint where he works and beat him to a pulp that he starts to get the idea: Someone wants something from him. He just doesn't know what it is, where it is, or how to make them understand he doesn't have it. Within twenty-four hours Hank is running over rooftops, swinging his old aluminum bat for the sweet spot of a guy's head, playing hide and seek with the NYPD, riding the subway with a dead man at his side, and counting a whole lot of cash on a concrete floor. All because of two cowboys, two Russian mafia men, and some of the weirdest goons ever assembled in one place. All because of Bud. All because once, in another life, in another world, the only thing Hank wanted was to take third base-without getting caught.

Celeste and Zane are childhood rivals, inheriting their rivalry from their grandparents before them. Except, the line between love and hate is thinner than either expected. When Celeste returns from college overseas, Zane asks for a chance to show her he's no longer the childish boy she grew up with. The two date, despite the odds, and despite their grandparents' disapproval. Just as they've decided to forge ahead and get married, tragedy strikes, forcing them apart, and leading Celeste to believe Zane cheated on her with her best friend, who takes her own life after confessing. As a result, she attempts to sabotage our (innocent) hero, who in turn brings her family's company to the brink of ruin, only for both grandparents to intervene and enforce a merger, and an arranged marriage between the two. The two learn to be together again, and the longer they're married, the clearer it becomes that the truth the is subjective. The two must learn to overcome their past, and build a future from the ruins.

Getting her back will be the toughest deal they've ever negotiated. On the night of her fifth anniversary, Catherine Cullen-Wellesley intends to break the news to the two men in her life. She's pregnant with their child. It'll be the perfect preamble to the vacation they've promised her: Two weeks on a Jamaican beach. No cell phones, no emails, no business. But when Logan and Rhys blow off the trip for yet another "business emergency", Catherine faces some difficult truths. She hasn't come first in her busy husbands' lives in a long time. Defiantly, she packs her bags for her long-awaited vacation-alone. It'll give her a chance to figure out what the hell she's going to do with the rest of her life. When Logan and Rhys come home to an empty house, they realize two things: One, it was a mistake to take Catherine for granted. Two, they're not willing to just let her walk out of their lives. Winning her back will be the most difficult battle of their lives-more important than any business deal they've ever negotiated.

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-Second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a community of the famous and infamous, the influential artists of the day and the colorful fringe. It was a time of heightened awareness, when the worlds of poetry, rock and roll, art, and sexual politics were colliding and exploding. In this milieu, two kids made a pact to take care of each other. Scrappy, romantic, committed to create, and fueled by their mutual dreams and drives, they would prod and provide for one another during the hungry years. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame.

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-Second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a community of the famous and infamous, the influential artists of the day and the colorful fringe. It was a time of heightened awareness, when the worlds of poetry, rock and roll, art, and sexual politics were colliding and exploding. In this milieu, two kids made a pact to take care of each other. Scrappy, romantic, committed to create, and fueled by their mutual dreams and drives, they would prod and provide for one another during the hungry years. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame.

Reference to the astral plane, or Kâmaloka as it is called in Sanskrit, has frequently been made by Theosophical writers, and a good deal of information on the subject of this realm of nature is to be found scattered here and there in our books; but there is not, so far as I am aware, any single volume to which one can turn for a complete summary of the facts at present known to us about this interesting region. The object of this manual is to collect and make some attempt to arrange this scattered information, and also to supplement it slightly in cases where new facts have come to our knowledge. It must be understood that any such additions are only the result of the investigations of a few explorers, and must not, therefore, be taken as in any way authoritative, but are given simply for what they are worth. On the other hand every precaution in our power has been taken to ensure accuracy, no fact, old or new, being admitted to this manual unless it has been confirmed by the testimony of at least two independent trained investigators among ourselves, and has also been passed as correct by older students whose knowledge on these points is necessarily much greater than ours. It is hoped, therefore, that this account of the astral plane, though it cannot be considered as quite complete, may yet be found reliable as far as it goes.

As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children--the Jedi twins--will come into their powers in a universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges. In this time of turmoil and discovery, an extraordinary new Star Wars saga begins.... While Luke Skywalker takes the first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine. But when Hans and Chewie break away, they flee desperately to a secret imperial research laboratory surrounded by a cluster of black holes--and go from one danger to a far greater one.... On Kessel, Luke picks up the trail of his two friends, only to come face to face with a weapon so awesome, it can wipe out an entire solar system. It is a death ship called the Sun Crusher, invented by a reclusive genius and piloted by none other than Han himself... Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

In this sapphic romance, a superstar women's college basketball player and a commitment-phobe college student navigate complicated feelings-and busy schedules-after a photo of the two of them goes viral and fans theorize that they're a couple. Maya's goals are simple: keep her grades up so she can go to graduate school, prove to her hometown that she can handle the Colorado cold, and avoid the mess of romantic relationships by keeping things casual with everyone. Theo is on the fast track to becoming the future of women's basketball, and she's been preparing her entire career for it. She just didn't realize that she'd become a celebrity in the process-or that people would care so much about her personal life. When a photo taken of the two of them after a game sparks dating rumors, Maya proposes they lean into it and see how far they can take their inside joke. The arrangement is meant to be easy and no strings attached but secretly, Maya hopes that getting close to Theo means she can get over her crush on her. And Theo hopes that by getting close to Maya, she can win Maya over and make her consider turning their fake fling into something real. 2026 IngramSpark® Editorial Selection - Romance

Delve into this exclusive Alien Covenant collection, containing two books, to gain an insight into David's descent into madness. Packed over two hundred illustrations and an interview with Dane Hallett and Matt Hatton, the artists from the set. Before Alien Covenant, David was stranded alone on the Engineers' planet and--left to his own dark devices--he began to push the boundaries of creation. Delve into this exclusive collection, containing two books, to gain an insight into the android's descent into madness. The in-universe sketchbook contains over two hundred illustrations from the set and will take you inside the mind of David. It features the complete arc of his journey from the studies of flora and fauna, to his more sinister experiments on creatures, and the disturbing demise of Dr. Elizabeth Shaw. The companion book, Developing the Art of an Android, holds an interview with Dane Hallett and Matt Hatton--the artists behind all of the beautifully grotesque sketches. Alien Covenant: David's Drawings will satisfy every serious fan's hunger for details of the most intriguing character from the Alien prequels.

A fresh, irresistible rom-com from Emma Lord, Tweet Cute is about the chances we take, the paths life can lead us on, and how love can be found in the opposite place you expected.Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist and secretly running Big League Burger's massive social media account.Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper's side. When he isn't trying to duck out of his obscenely popular twin's shadow, he's busy working in his family's deli and when Big League Burger steals his grandma's iconic grilled cheese recipe, he'll do whatever it takes to take them down, one tweet at a time.All's fair in love and cheese – that is, until Pepper and Jack's spat turns into a viral war. Little do they know, while they're publicly duelling it out, they're also falling for each other on an anonymous chat app. As their relationship deepens and their online shenanigans escalate, even these two rivals can't ignore they were destined for the most unexpected, awkward, all-the-feels romance . . .'Gossip Girl meets Mean Girls mixed with To All The Boys I've Loved Before with a touch of You've Got Mail. It's basically impossible not to like.' — Hypable

Typical product of the Po Valley, Grana Padano DOP is a fine cheese and delicious, a symbol of gastronomic excellence Made in Italy all over the world. Made from semi-skimmed cow's milk, it is a semi-fat cheese and has a hard cheese, finely grained, white or straw color enclosed by a hard crust, smooth and thick, dark yellow. It is produced in thirty-two provinces of Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. It is an Italian cheese with Protected Designation of Origin (DOP). This means that all three key stages of the production chain (farming and milking cows, harvesting and processing of milk into cheese, seasoning, scraping any) must necessarily take place in the area of ??origin. It has a fragrant aroma and a characteristic and persistent flavor. It is aged on average 12-18 months. Zutaten: MILCH, Salz, Lab, EGG-Lysozym. Durchschnittliche Nährwerte für 100 g Produkt: Energiewert (KJ / Kcal) 1654/398, Fette 29 davon gesättigt 18, Kohlenhydrate 0 davon Zucker 0, Proteine ​​33, Salz 1,5.

MOTHER New York, 1965. One hot July morning, Ruth Malone wakes to discover her two young children are missing. After a desperate search, the police make a horrifying discovery. MISTRESS It's every mother's worst nightmare - but Ruth Malone is not like other mothers. Her perfect make-up, provocative clothing, empty liquor bottles and string of affairs rouse everyone's suspicions. MURDERER? Tabloid reporter Pete Wonicke is at first taken in by the neighbourhood gossip. But as his fascination with Ruth blooms into obsession, he learns there are two sides to every story . . . 'Twisty and enthralling . . . an absorbing, seductive read; I absolutely loved it' Irish Times 'Inspired by true events, this thrilling suspense story will make you question your loyalties at every turn' Harpers Bazaar

This is not a murder story. It is the story of those left behind. Parasite meets The Good Son in this piercing psychological portrait of three women haunted by a brutal, unsolved crime. In the summer of 2002, Kim Hae-on was killed in what became known as the High School Beauty Murder. There were two suspects: Shin Jeongjun, who had a rock-solid alibi, and Han Manu, to whom no evidence could be pinned. The case went cold. Seventeen years pass without justice, and the grief and uncertainty take a cruel toll on her younger sister, Da-on, in particular. Unable to move on with her life, Da-on tries in her own twisted way to recover some of what she's lost, ultimately setting out to find the truth of what happened. Shifting between the perspectives of Da-on and two of Hae-on's classmates, Lemon ostensibly takes the shape of a crime novel. But identifying the perpetrator is not the main objective here: Kwon Yeo-sun uses this well-worn form to craft a searing, timely exploration of privilege, jealousy, trauma, and how we live with the wrongs we have endured and inflicted in turn. Praise for Lemon: 'Discovering whodunnit isn't really the point here; Lemon is a subtle, often intense meditation on the after-effects of violence' Guardian 'Chilling, suspenseful and disconcerting... I couldn't put it down and read deep into the night until I finished it, with my heart hammering' Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face

This is not a murder story. It is the story of those left behind. Parasite meets The Good Son in this piercing psychological portrait of three women haunted by a brutal, unsolved crime. In the summer of 2002, Kim Hae-on was killed in what became known as the High School Beauty Murder. There were two suspects: Shin Jeongjun, who had a rock-solid alibi, and Han Manu, to whom no evidence could be pinned. The case went cold. Seventeen years pass without justice, and the grief and uncertainty take a cruel toll on her younger sister, Da-on, in particular. Unable to move on with her life, Da-on tries in her own twisted way to recover some of what she's lost, ultimately setting out to find the truth of what happened. Shifting between the perspectives of Da-on and two of Hae-on's classmates, Lemon ostensibly takes the shape of a crime novel. But identifying the perpetrator is not the main objective here: Kwon Yeo-sun uses this well-worn form to craft a searing, timely exploration of privilege, jealousy, trauma, and how we live with the wrongs we have endured and inflicted in turn. Praise for Lemon: 'Discovering whodunnit isn't really the point here; Lemon is a subtle, often intense meditation on the after-effects of violence' Guardian 'Chilling, suspenseful and disconcerting... I couldn't put it down and read deep into the night until I finished it, with my heart hammering' Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face

Get ready, aim, and throw beanbags into the holes of the Toadstool Toss Wooden Cornhole Game from Petit Collage! A cheerful toadstool and cheeky frog are the center of attention in this fun take on the classic game of cornhole. Simply pop up the wooden stands-no tools required-and toss a beanbag! Earn points each time a bag makes it through the spot on the toadstool or the center of the frog's flower. Perfect for ages 3+, this game includes two shaped wooden boards with attached collapsible metal stands, eight colorful beanbags, and instructions. It can be played indoors or outdoors, in teams or as individuals, and it's ideal for birthday parties and family gatherings alike.

Get ready, aim, and throw beanbags into the holes of the Toadstool Toss Wooden Cornhole Game from Petit Collage! A cheerful toadstool and cheeky frog are the center of attention in this fun take on the classic game of cornhole. Simply pop up the wooden stands-no tools required-and toss a beanbag! Earn points each time a bag makes it through the spot on the toadstool or the center of the frog's flower. Perfect for ages 3+, this game includes two shaped wooden boards with attached collapsible metal stands, eight colorful beanbags, and instructions. It can be played indoors or outdoors, in teams or as individuals, and it's ideal for birthday parties and family gatherings alike.

It would be hard to imagine today’s concert repertoire without the harpsichord concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach. It is not known whether the A-major Concerto BWV 1055, like some of the other harpsichord concertos, was originally conceived for a different instrument. In its musical exuberance, the solo part certainly sounds tailor-made for the keyboard instrument. In the original parts, the concerto displays a distinctive feature: one can discern that Bach added a part for violone (a bowed bass instrument) in the tutti sections for later performances and provided the continuo part with thorough-bass figuring. The Henle Urtext edition takes into account both performance possibilities: the conducting score and the individual parts are presented with the two addenda.

It would be hard to imagine today’s concert repertoire without the harpsichord concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach. It is not known whether the A-major Concerto BWV 1055, like some of the other harpsichord concertos, was originally conceived for a different instrument. In its musical exuberance, the solo part certainly sounds tailor-made for the keyboard instrument. In the original parts, the concerto displays a distinctive feature: one can discern that Bach added a part for violone (a bowed bass instrument) in the tutti sections for later performances and provided the continuo part with thorough-bass figuring. The Henle Urtext edition takes into account both performance possibilities: the conducting score and the individual parts are presented with the two addenda.

Bad luck can take many forms, but in Madeline's case it always seems to go for the jugular. One or two close calls might be shrugged off but they happen so often that she has grown used to the spiking adrenaline rush of a near death experience. Being repeatedly on the brink of losing her life, Madeline starts to wonder. Who is the mysterious boy that always saves her at the last second? And does he have anything to do with the reason Death seeks her out? Staying alive is no longer her only priority and while Madeline unveils the mystery surrounding her bad luck, she steadily grows closer with her secretive saviour - but not everything is as it appears.

It would be hard to imagine today’s concert repertoire without the harpsichord concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach. It is not known whether the A-major Concerto BWV 1055, like some of the other harpsichord concertos, was originally conceived for a different instrument. In its musical exuberance, the solo part certainly sounds tailor-made for the keyboard instrument. In the original parts, the concerto displays a distinctive feature: one can discern that Bach added a part for violone (a bowed bass instrument) in the tutti sections for later performances and provided the continuo part with thorough-bass figuring. The Henle Urtext edition takes into account both performance possibilities: the conducting score and the individual parts are presented with the two addenda.

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From the million-copy-selling author of FIRST LIE WINS YOU GAVE HER AN ALIBI. NOW YOU'RE LEFT WITHOUT ONE. Everyone at Chantilly's Bar noticed out-of-towner Camille Bayliss. Red lips, designer heels, sipping a Negroni. But that woman wasn't Camille Bayliss. It was Aubrey Price. Camille Bayliss appears to have the picture-perfect life; she's married to hotshot lawyer Ben and is the daughter of a wealthy Louisiana family. Only nothing is as it seems: Camille believes Ben has been hiding dirty secrets for years, but she can't find proof because he tracks her every move. Aubrey Price has been haunted by the terrible night that changed her life a decade ago, and she's convinced Benjamin Bayliss knows something about it. Living in a house full of criminals, Aubrey understands there's more than one way to get to the truth - and she may have found the best way in. Aubrey and Camille hatch a plan. It sounds simple: For twelve hours, Aubrey will take Camille's place. Camille will spy on Ben, and the two women will get the answers they desperately seek. Except the next morning, Ben is found murdered. Both women need an airtight alibi, but only one of them has it. And one false step is all it takes for everything to come undone. 'Ashley Elston expertly unravels a web of secrets and lies in a small southern town. You won't know who to trust, and you won't be able to put this down until the final shocking page' MEGAN MIRANDA 'A taut and addictive puzzle about two women who need the same alibi after a husband turns up dead. This expertly-crafted thriller marks Ashley Elston as one of the best' AUDREY AUDRAIN (Cover of FIRST LIE WINS hb)

From the million-copy-selling author of FIRST LIE WINS YOU GAVE HER AN ALIBI. NOW YOU'RE LEFT WITHOUT ONE. Everyone at Chantilly's Bar noticed out-of-towner Camille Bayliss. Red lips, designer heels, sipping a Negroni. But that woman wasn't Camille Bayliss. It was Aubrey Price. Camille Bayliss appears to have the picture-perfect life; she's married to hotshot lawyer Ben and is the daughter of a wealthy Louisiana family. Only nothing is as it seems: Camille believes Ben has been hiding dirty secrets for years, but she can't find proof because he tracks her every move. Aubrey Price has been haunted by the terrible night that changed her life a decade ago, and she's convinced Benjamin Bayliss knows something about it. Living in a house full of criminals, Aubrey understands there's more than one way to get to the truth - and she may have found the best way in. Aubrey and Camille hatch a plan. It sounds simple: For twelve hours, Aubrey will take Camille's place. Camille will spy on Ben, and the two women will get the answers they desperately seek. Except the next morning, Ben is found murdered. Both women need an airtight alibi, but only one of them has it. And one false step is all it takes for everything to come undone. 'Ashley Elston expertly unravels a web of secrets and lies in a small southern town. You won't know who to trust, and you won't be able to put this down until the final shocking page' MEGAN MIRANDA 'A taut and addictive puzzle about two women who need the same alibi after a husband turns up dead. This expertly-crafted thriller marks Ashley Elston as one of the best' AUDREY AUDRAIN (Cover of FIRST LIE WINS hb)