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Things take a turn for the worse when his closest friend, Darius, disappears. It's at that moment, he realizes that this is bigger than him. Something has to be done. Something has to change. Desperate to find a way to bring his friend back, he reluctantly teams up with his classmates, Noah, Lynn, and Kai. All of them share a bond with Darius, and all of them are just as concerned. But given the fact that none of them possess any clue about demons, devils, or this entire world of darkness, who's to say what lies ahead for them?

A stay in Paris should be just the tonic for a distracted and insular German student. But it is the beginning of the French Revolution and the blood-stained guillotine is doing its grisly work every day. So when the student encounters a beautiful, distraught woman in need of comfort on its steps in the dead of night, he doesn’t consider this meeting perhaps as strange as he should. "The Adventure of the German Student" is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural.

Winning it big. That's the name of the game at Las Vegas's Liege Hotel and Casino, where the hottest fantasies hinge on the roll of the dice and the tantalizing knowledge that anything could happen before sunrise.

Some locales seem to come with their own soundtrack. Don Ho and his tiny bubbles provide the background music for Hawaii, Edith Piaf for Paris. The reggae of Bob Marley evokes Jamaica. The soundtrack for Alabama is without question provided by our troubled troubadour Hank Williams. The 2016 biography Hank by Mark Ribowsky paints a dark picture of the musician's short, alcoholic, drug-filled life: a life of loneliness and pain. He goes so far as to call Hank's life story "noir-ish"....

A fashion designer burying her pain. A surgeon drowning in guilt. Can their relationship survive a fake engagement - and find a second chance at love? Jasmine needs a fake fiancé, and fast. After quitting college to pursue fashion, she’s finally working on a celebrity wedding. The bride’s even asked her to spend a week in Isla del Amor as part of the gig. But when the groom flirts with Jasmine, the bride declares no single women can attend the wedding - and Jasmine blurts out that she’s engaged, even though the only man she wants ghosted her two months ago.

Today’s students face a challenging paradox: the digital tools they need to complete their work are often the source of their biggest distractions. Students can quickly become overwhelmed trying to manage the daily confluence of online interactions with schoolwork, extracurricular activities, and family life. Written by noted author and educator Ana Homayoun, Social Media Wellness is the first book to successfully decode the new language of social media for parents and educators and provide pragmatic solutions to help students.

A course in Mexican Spanish, combining detail on Spanish with the nuances of Mexican usage. The course contains 10 learning sessions spanning multiple vocabulary areas, starting with new material and then reviewing the material using the technique of spaced repetition, grammar tips, and included music to help improve your pronunciation, along with games to help recall. Topics covered include numbers, greetings, foods, vehicles, places, simple verb usage, parts of the body, positions, colors, weather, time, and many other topics.

Author Brenda Knight, part of the team who made the world a better place with Random Acts of Kindness as well as a little more thankful with The Grateful Table, writes "At the end of life, I feel sure having lots of money, fancy cars, and real estate is not nearly as important as how much love you gave to the world." This realization was the inspiration for Be a Good in the World, a book of "good days" filled with ideas for making a difference.

Following Anne of Green Gables (1908), this book was written by Lucy Maud Montgomery in 1909. From the age of 16 to 18, Anne is about to start her first term teaching at the Avonlea school. The book soon introduces Anne's new and problematic neighbor, Mr. Harrison, and his foul-mouthed parrot, as well as the twins, Davy and Dora. Other characters introduced are some of Anne's new pupils and Miss Lavendar Lewis, a sweet but lonely lady.

It's a pretty common misconception that in order to cook amazing, bursting with flavour, meals you need to spend a lot. I mean sure, you can spend a lot if you want, but you don't have to and that's what this book is here to show you. The Budget Cookbook shows you how to cook over 50 amazing meals that will fit any budget. Every recipe in this book can be made for less than $2 per serving and most are less than $1.50.

50 Things to Know About Pets Rabbits by author Kateland Miller contains information and care tips about rabbits based on advice from rabbit experts as well as the author’s personal experience with her own rabbits. This book is for anyone considering getting a rabbit as a companion for the first time. In this book, you'll discover whether a rabbit is right for you and your family and what to do once you get a rabbit, including care tips for bonding, feeding, and grooming.

For more than a hundred years, hypnosis has been a well-known technique of relaxation and subconscious suggestion. The use of sleep hypnotism to quit smoking, control chronic pain, overcome insomnia, etc., has inspired the increasing popularity of this mysterious self-improvement method. Sleep is so important, but it’s often lost in our society because we all lead stressful lives. With Deep Sleep Hypnosis, you’ll be able to improve the state of your life, and you’ll be able to feel better and have a better sleep pattern as a result of what you do. Ready to get started?

Students of all backgrounds reach their full potential when they feel a sense of belonging and inclusion. When their social identities are valued as assets rather than barriers to learning, they flourish. This guide provides evidence-based strategies that support you as a leader in creating an environment that promotes identity-safe students, who experience a challenging curriculum that respects their diverse social identities.

Listen to what happens when a six-year-old girl meets an angel, and in doing so, discovers her own magical inner world. One night Alessandra asks her mother if she can stay up for “only five more minutes.” Then she gets a wonderful surprise: Her guardian angel, Angelisse, comes for a visit. The angel explains how very important every person is and teaches Alessandra many other magical things, such as the power of visualization, meditation, and cause and effect.

When Slade Donovan, strong willed and eager for vengeance, shows up on her front porch, Mariah is not ready to hear his truths: Her father's farm, the only home she's ever known, was bought with stolen gold. With Slade ready to collect his father's rightful claim and force Mariah and her family out on the streets, Mariah must turn to God for guidance. Though Mr. Frederick Cooper, a local landowner, promises to answer her financial woes if she agrees to be his bride, Mariah finds herself drawn instead to the angry young man demanding her home.

In Feral City poet and essayist Alison Luterman combines her talents to explore a topic near and dear to her heart: love partnerships. These five chapters explore her own experience going through an early and exciting marriage, divorcing, spending many years alone, and then opening up to a new partner and marrying again at age 50.

What is true happiness? Is it achievable? That is the subject of a new book titled Happiness Is a Choice, written by Julia Richard. The book is both a discourse on the nature of happiness and a practical guide for increasing happiness in your life. So many of us go through life feeling miserable and do not understand why. Even when we succeed at something, we still feel like a failure. Happiness Is a Choice will show you that happiness really is a possibility and there are practical steps for getting there.

Josie Prescott has begun hosting classes at her antiques and appraisals shop, nestled in the cozy little coastal town of Rocky Point, New Hampshire. The next class is on building a great vintage clothing collection. But when guest lecturer Riley Jordan is late, Josie begins class by reaching under a display table for a dazzling pair of Chanel heels. But instead of the heels, she finds Riley, dead.

After Madison Duncan is kidnapped, Navy SEAL Travis Cooper must bring her back home. He deftly recovers her from a dangerous force, but never expects such a strong attraction…and a love he never saw coming. Duke Carmichael, an Air Force combat controller, takes on an assignment to smoke out a terrorist. His cover is to be the husband of his new partner, gorgeous operative Anna Solov. When they receive conflicting orders, can they trust their own instincts-and each other?

NCIS Special Agent Maia Lamb has fallen in love with the island life on Kauai but when a Navy officer turns up mutilated on a beach, she’s plunged into the darker side of paradise. A serial killer lurks in the crystalline waters and Maia will need all the help she can get to catch a murderer. With his local connections, handsome surf instructor Kaiko Akoni could be exactly the help she needs… or he could be more dangerous than he appears. But as more bodies wash ashore, Maia must decide who to trust before she loses everything.