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Here is a wonderful collection of classic children's tales told with humor and heartfelt charm. Featured are the beloved favorite "Little Red Riding Hood", Hans Christian Andersen's "The Pea Blossom" and "The Nightengale", and L. Frank Baum's hilarious tale of the mixed-up "Man in the Moon".

I’ve never wanted a guy before. Yet I can’t keep my mind off Dawson. The guy is bad news and headed for the bottom of a bottle as fast as he can. Too bad that’s a problem I can relate to. The only woman I ever loved led me down a dark path of addiction. I’ve been in recovery for years now. I won’t be someone’s fix.

Randy Kay has the perfect life with his beautiful wife and adorable son. But Randy's living a lie, untrue to himself and everyone who knows him. He's gay. Marriage and fatherhood, which he thought could change him, have failed. He doubts if anyone can love him for who he really is--especially himself.

Mark believes he’s meeting Jimmy for the first time in the diner where he works, but he’s wrong. Mark has no recollection of their original encounter because the wholesome Jimmy of today couldn’t be more different than he was two years ago. Back then, Jimmy sported multiple piercings and facial hair. He was painfully skinny—and a meth addict. The drug transformed him into a lying, conniving thief. Mark doesn’t associate the memory of a hookup gone wrong with this fresh-faced 20-something…but Jimmy knows. Can Mark see Jimmy for the man he is now?

MACRO DIET COOKBOOK is for anyone who struggles to balance his or her meals. Whether you’re a nutrition novice, someone without the macro-know-how or it can seem like a lot of math, the methods described in this book will help you get and stay in shape without ever feeling starved, deprived, or like you're "on a diet."

Kelly McCullough has always gotten every woman he’s wanted. Of all the McCullough men, his charm and magnetism is unmatched. However, there’s one woman he cannot have. Ashlynn Fisher is saving herself for marriage. Ashlynn is everything Kelly is not. She’s quiet, shy, and—above all—virginal. But after losing her heart to Kelly in grade school, no other man compares. When Ashlynn decides it’s time for her to find a husband, Kelly, a sucker for brown-eyed girls, offers to help but soon finds himself in a situation he never expected.

Some Dance to Remember has been reviewed as the gay Gone with the Wind. But such popular praise does not do literary justice to this eyewitness classic of that first golden decade after Stonewall. This best-selling epic of San Francisco's Castro seethes with sex, drugs, panic, and passionate characters: a gay writer, a drop-dead gorgeous bodybuilder, a cabaret singer, a Vietnam vet, a Hollywood bitch, and a rough-trade porn mogul.

Slave narratives are extremely rare. Of the 100 or so of these testimonies that survive, a mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives, and the biographies of the men who wrote them, join that exclusive group.

Scott Calloway, a missionary, wants nothing more than to stay in the Marshall Islands. Surrounded by warm sandy beaches, palm trees, and fellow believers—the islands are the only place he doesn’t feel alone. However, after a recent shipwreck, and Scott nearly dying in a shark-fishing accident, the always-political mission leaders force him to leave.

When he rescues a large number of people after an explosion at Ohio Stadium, lawyer Franklin Whitestone becomes a national hero. On a famous call-in show, he's asked if God helped him out but denies any such aid, identifying himself as an atheist who doesn't have an "imaginary friend". All hell breaks loose immediately. He fears losing the woman he loves as well as his job, his family is attacked, and a religious extremist vows to track Franklin Whitestone down and make him choose between conversion to a belief in God or a truly ugly death.

Everyone saw Sven Carlsen kissing Mrs. Claus underneath the mistletoe last night! Occupational therapist Christy Rime (43) left her hometown twenty-five years ago, but now she’s back for the holidays to cut the final ties. Selling her late father’s house and wrapping up a few loose ends will keep her too busy to focus on regrets—until a new acquaintance begs a favor. Then a chance meeting with her first love sparks doubts about her reasons for staying away.

In 1986, thirteen-year-old Jeb Kleber vanished during his small town’s Fourth of July fireworks. His mysterious disappearance left his first love, Sammy Blake, grieving for years. Flash forward to present day. A now middle-aged Sam Blake has a comfortable and predictable life with his husband Marc in Chicago. All that changes when a stranger arrives at Sam’s door, claiming to be the missing Jeb Kleber.

Getting Things Done for Teens will adapt its lessons by offering a fresh take on the GTD methodology, framing life as a game to play and GTD as the game pieces and strategies to play your most effective game. It presents GTD in a highly visual way and frames the methodology as not only as a system for being productive in school, but as a set of tools for everyday life. Getting Things Done for Teens is the how-to manual for the next generation - a strategic guidebook for creating the conditions for a fruitful and effective future.

Winslow Birkel is a sweet young man in his first relationship. But his boyfriend, the charming and fiery Chad Loveless, has become increasingly abusive to the point where Winslow fears for his life.

Scott Calloway has a lot going through his head. Family members, psychologists, and doctors see little value in him after he suffers a traumatic head injury. With the help of his aunt, a wise pastor, and a woman desperate for love, he learns how to thrive despite his condition.

When Getting Things Done was published in 2001, it was a game-changer. By revealing the principles of healthy high performance at an individual level, it transformed the experience of work and leisure for millions. Twenty years later, it has become clear that the best way to build on that success is at the team level, and one of the most frequently asked questions by dedicated GTD users is how to get an entire team onboard. By building on the effectiveness of what GTD does for individuals, Team will offer a better way of working in an organisation.

Are your relationships helping you or holding you back? As his own family turns on him, Scott Calloway has trouble answering this question. After saving his aunt from her abusive husband, Scott finds himself managing her construction company.

To make matters worse, its attack sends his once-unified community freefalling into a fractured landscape of suspicion and betrayal. With each grisly kill, the secrets of Kanatan's family unravel, and the burden falls upon him to rid his village and the surrounding Night Forest of the terror stalking its woods. When failure means a violent death and an end to his tribe’s way of life, he has no choice but to grow up early, face fear itself right in its glowing yellow eyes, and reconnect with an ancient source of wisdom and power that he had only known through vain praise and empty words.

A charming collection of fairy tale favorites read with warmth, tenderness, and enthusiasm. Included is the much-loved story of "Beauty and the Beast", wherein a young woman proves that a kind heart overcomes all obstacles; Also, the touching story of "Faithful John" and his unwavering loyalty to his king; "The Goose Girl", where a young princess is betrayed by her lady-in-waiting; and the sweet story of "Little Bun Rabbit", where a shy little bunny is whisked away on a magical journey to the North Pole.

The Die is a compelling collection of five suspense-filled short stories from author d. o. allen. You'll be drawn into life-like mysteries with twists and curves. You'll enter into the psyche of a young widow, Cyndi Roberts, stunned by the governor's pardon of her husband's murderer, Damon Osborne, and her ultimate obsession with the killer. In "Mall Train", you'll share in the terrifying tale of a distraught father lamenting the disappearance of his young daughter. You'll sense Karl's sorrow as a lonely widower in the award-winning title story, "The Die".