Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare was an Auntie, #1)
Dating Dr. Dil features a love-phobic TV doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are destined to be together.?Kareena Mann dreams of having a love story like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car to swiping right on dating apps. When her father announces he?s selling her mother?s home, Kareena makes a deal with him: he?ll gift her the house if she can get engaged in four months. Her search for her soulmate becomes impossible when her argument with Dr. Prem Verma, host of The Dr. Dil Show, goes viral. Now the only man in her life is the one she doesn?t want.Dr. Prem Verma is dedicated to building a local community health center, but he needs to get donors with deep pockets. The Dr. Dil Show was doing just that, until his argument with Kareena went viral, and he?s left short changed. That?s when Kareena?s meddling aunties presented him with a solution: convince Kareena he?s her soulmate and they?ll fund his clinic.??Even though they have conflicting
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Ain't Burned All the Bright
Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now. Written by #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds.Jason Reynolds and his best bud, Jason Griffin had a mind-meld. And they decided to tackle it, in one fell swoop, in about ten sentences, and 300 pages of art, this piece, this contemplation-manifesto-fierce-vulnerable-gorgeous-terrifying-WhatIsWrongWithHumans-hope-filled-hopeful-searing-Eye-Poppingly-Illustrated-tender-heartbreaking-how-The-HECK-did-They-Come-UP-with-This project about oxygen. And all of the symbolism attached to that word, especially NOW.And so for anyone who didn?t really know what it means to not be able to breathe, REALLY breathe, for generations, now you know. And those who already do, you?ll be nodding yep yep, that is exactly how it is.
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Small World
Jonathan Evison's Small World is an epic novel for now. Set against such iconic backdrops as the California gold rush, the development of the transcontinental railroad, and a speeding train of modern-day strangers forced together by fate, it is a grand entertainment that asks big questions.The characters of Small World connect in the most intriguing and meaningful ways, winning, breaking, and winning our hearts again. In exploring the passengers' lives and those of their ancestors more than a century before, Small World chronicles 170 years of American nation-building from numerous points of view across place and time. And it does it with a fullhearted, full-throttle pace that asks on the most human, intimate scale whether it is truly possible to meet, and survive, the choices posed--and forced--by the age.The result is a historical epic with a Dickensian flair, a grand entertainment that asks whether our nation has made good on its promises. It dazzles as its characters come to
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Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble (Winner Bakes All, #2)
From the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material comes a sweet and scrumptious romantic comedy about facing your insecurities, finding love, and baking it off, no matter what people say.? Paris Daillencourt is a recipe for disaster. Despite his passion for baking, his cat, and his classics degree, constant self-doubt and second-guessing have left him a curdled, directionless mess. So when his roommate enters him in Bake Expectations, the nation?s favourite baking show, Paris is sure he?ll be the first one sent home. ? But not only does he win week one?s challenge?he meets fellow contestant Tariq Hassan. Sure, he?s the competition, but he?s also cute and kind, with more confidence than Paris could ever hope to have. Still, neither his growing romance with Tariq nor his own impressive bakes can keep Paris?s fear of failure from spoiling his happiness. And when the show?s vicious fanbase confirms his worst anxieties, Paris?s confidence is torn apart quicker than tear-and-share bread. ?
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The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationing leaves little opportunity for pomp or celebration?even at weddings?in this heartwarming novel based on true events, from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir.After renowned fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house in the London Blitz, she has nowhere to go but the family manor house she fled decades ago. Praying that her niece and nephew will be more hospitable than her brother had been, she arrives with nothing but the clothes she stands in, at a loss as to how to rebuild her business while staying in a quaint country village.Her niece, Violet Westcott, is thrilled that her famous aunt is coming to stay?the village has been interminably dull with all the men off fighting. But just as Cressida arrives, so does Violet's conscription letter. It couldn't have come at a worse time; how will she ever find a suitably aristocratic husband if
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Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves
A lone girl determined to survive. The feral wolf she must learn to trust. Only one chance to escape their icy planet: a race across the deadly tundra.Seventeen-year-old Sena Korhosen hates the sled race, especially after it claimed both her mothers' lives five years ago. Alone on her frozen planet, she makes money any other way she can?until she double-crosses a local gangster.Desperate to escape, Sena flees with his prized fighting wolf, Iska, and takes an offer from a team of scientists. They'll pay her way off-world, on one condition--that she uses the survival skills her mothers taught her to get them to the end of the race. But the tundra is a treacherous place. When the race threatens their lives at every turn, Sena must discover whether her abilities are enough to help them survive the wild, and whether she and Iska together are strong enough to get them all out alive.As the girl and the wolf forge a tenuous bond and fight to escape ice goblins, giant bears, and the ruthless
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The Other Side of Night
The Other Side of Night begins with a man named David Asha writing about his biggest regret: his sudden separation from his son, Elliot. In his grief, David tells a story.Next, we step into the life of Harriet Kealty, a police officer trying to clear her name after a lapse of judgment. She discovers a curious inscription in a secondhand book?a plea: Help me, he?s trying to kill me. Who wrote this note? Who is ?he??This note leads Harri to David Asha, who was last seen stepping off a cliff. Police suspect he couldn?t cope after his wife?s sudden death. Still, why would this man jump and leave behind his young son? Quickly, Harri?s attention zeroes in on a person she knows all too well.Ben Elmys: once the love of her life. A surrogate father to Elliot Asha and trusted friend to the Ashas.Ben may also be a murderer.?
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Bloodmarked (Legendborn, #2)
The shadows have risen, and the line is law.All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind her mother?s death. So she infiltrated the Legendborn Order, a secret society descended from King Arthur?s knights?only to discover her own ancestral power. Now, Bree has become someone new:A Medium. A Bloodcrafter. A Scion.But the ancient war between demons and the Order is rising to a deadly peak. And Nick, the Legendborn boy Bree fell in love with, has been kidnapped.Bree wants to fight, but the Regents who rule the Order won?t let her. To them, she is an unknown girl with unheard-of power, and as the living anchor for the spell that preserves the Legendborn cycle, she must be protected.When the Regents reveal they will do whatever it takes to hide the war, Bree and her friends must go on the run to rescue Nick themselves. But enemies are everywhere, Bree?s powers are unpredictable and dangerous, and she can?t escape her growing attraction to Selwyn, the mage sworn to protect Nick until
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How to Excavate a Heart
Kelly Quindlen meets Casey McQuiston in this sapphic Jewish twist on the classic Christmas enemies-to-lovers rom-com, as college freshman Shani?s internship is interrupted by a whirlwind winter fling. It all starts when Shani runs into May. Like, literally. With her mom?s Subaru.Attempted vehicular manslaughter was not part of Shani?s plan. She was supposed to be focusing on her monthlong paleoichthyology internship. She was going to spend all her time thinking about dead fish and not at all about how she was unceremoniously dumped days before winter break.It could be going better.But when a dog-walking gig puts her back in May?s path, the fossils she?s meant to be diligently studying are pushed to the side?along with the breakup.Then they?re snowed in together on Christmas Eve. As things start to feel more serious, though, Shani?s hurt over her ex-girlfriend?s rejection comes rushing back. Is she ready to try a committed relationship again, or is she okay with this just being a
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Such a Pretty Girl
Award-winning author T. Greenwood explores the often-flickering line between woman and girl in this vividly lyrical drama alternating between an West Village artists community in 1970s New York and present day, as a former child actress is forced to confront the darkest secrets of her youth when a controversial photo taken of her as a preteen on the night of the 1977 blackout ignites a media firestorm.Living peacefully in Vermont, Ryan Flannigan is shocked when a text from her oldest friend alerts her to a devastating news item. A controversial photo of her as a pre-teen has been found in the possession of a wealthy investor recently revealed as a pedophile and a sex trafficker?with an inscription to him from Ryan?s mother on the back. Memories crowd in, providing their own distinctive pictures of her mother Fiona, an aspiring actress, and their move to the West Village in 1976. Amid the city?s gritty kaleidoscope of wealth and poverty, high art, and sleazy strip clubs, Ryan is
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Misfit (Prep, 1)
Finding out your mom is marrying some rich dude you?ve never met is enough to make any eighteen-year-old guy?s head spin. But for RJ SHAW, it only gets worse: he?s being sent to Sandover Prep for senior year. If there?s one place a misfit hacker like RJ doesn?t belong, it?s an ivy-covered all-boys boarding school for rich delinquents.RJ knows his stay at Sandover will be temporary. Which means there?s no point making friends or trying to fit in. But the plan to remain antisocial goes awry when he meets a gorgeous girl in the woods on campus. SLOANE TRESSCOTT is pure temptation, with a sharp tongue and an ice princess attitude RJ?s determined to crack. Except there?s a catch. Sloane is the one girl he is forbidden from touching.The headmaster?s daughter.Good thing RJ doesn?t believe in rules. Sure, Sloane insists she?s swearing off guys this year, but their connection is impossible to deny. He wants her bad, and he?s going to win her over if it kills him.Unless her ex-boyfriend kills
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In Knots
One omega, four alphas, one wild ride?I have the perfect life. The one everyone wants.Riches, glamour, beauty. Parents determined to find the perfect alpha mate for their perfect omega daughter.And that's the problem, isn't it? I don't want those alphas - any of them - and my parents are becoming impatient.But everything changes when a blown out tyre throws me into the path of an untamed pack of alphas.Members of a motorcycle club with dirty hands and dirtier ways. Not the kind of alphas a girl like me should want.They awaken something dormant inside me and for the first time I feel alive.Now I have a choice to make. A gilded life with the alpha my parents want me to marry. Or a shot at love with a pack from the wrong side of town.***If you love the sauciness and steam of omegaverse with the sweetness of contemporary romance, heroes with hard shells and soft interiors, and heroines who fight for what they want, you?ll love Hannah Haze?s soft and steamy books - omegaverse set in our
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Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
A concise, elegant, and thought-provoking exploration of the mystery of consciousness and the functioning of the brain.Despite decades of research, remarkable imagery, and insights from a range of scientific and medical disciplines, the human brain remains largely unexplored. Consciousness has eluded explanation.Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness offers a brilliant overview of the state of modern consciousness research in twenty brief, revealing chapters. Neuroscientist and author Patrick House describes complex concepts in accessible terms, weaving brain science, technology, gaming, analogy, and philosophy into a tapestry that illuminates how the brain works and what enables consciousness. This remarkable book fosters a sense of mystery and wonder about the strangeness of the relationship between our inner selves and our environment.
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The New Girl
Lia Setiawan has never really fit in. When she wins a full ride to the prestigious Draycott Academy on a track scholarship, she's determined to make it work even though she's never felt more out of place. But on her first day there she witnesses a girl being forcefully carried away by campus security. Her new schoolmates and teachers seem unfazed, but it leaves her unsure of what she's gotten herself into. As she uncovers the secrets of Draycott, complete with a corrupt teacher, a golden boy who isn't what he seems, and a blackmailer determined to get her thrown out, she's not sure if she can trust anyone--especially when the threats against her take a deadly turn.
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Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "An empathetic and wise book that will guide you on a journey toward a deeper understanding of self."--Nedra Glover Tawwab, LCSW, New York Times bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find PeaceA radically compassionate plan for turning inward and lifting the heaviness that prevents us from healing ourselves and the world, from the New York Times bestselling author of Clarity & Connection"During the years when I had abandoned myself, my mind felt undeniably heavy. I knew I needed to find a clear way to help me feel lighter."yung pueblo's path to deep healing began only after years of drug abuse had taken a toll on his mind and body. Searching for a way forward, he found that by honestly examining and addressing the anxieties and fears that he had been running away from, he no longer felt like a stranger inside of his heart and mind. And once he dedicated himself to meditation and trusting his intuition, he started to finally feel mentally lighter,
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The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the teahouse...Miss Charlotte Pettifer belongs to a secret league of women skilled in the subtle arts. That is to say?although it must never be said?witchcraft. The League of Gentlewomen Witches strives to improve the world in small ways. Using magic, they tidy, correct, and manipulate according to their notions of what is proper, entirely unlike those reprobates in the Wisteria Society.When the long lost amulet of Black Beryl is discovered, it is up to Charlotte, as the future leader of the League, to make sure the powerful talisman does not fall into the wrong hands. Therefore, it is most unfortunate when she crosses paths with Alex O'Riley, a pirate who is no Mr. Darcy. With all the world scrambling after the amulet, Alex and Charlotte join forces to steal it together. If only they could keep their pickpocketing hands to themselves! If Alex's not careful, he might just steal something else?such as Charlotte's heart.
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When the Emperor Was Divine
Julie Otsuka?s commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen. With crystalline intensity and precision, Otsuka uses a single family to evoke the deracination?both physical and emotional?of a generation of Japanese Americans. In five chapters, each flawlessly executed from a different point of view?the mother receiving the order to evacuate; the daughter on the long train ride to the camp; the son in the desert encampment; the family?s return to their home; and the bitter release of the father after more than four years in captivity?she has created a small tour de force, a novel of unrelenting economy and suppressed emotion. Spare, intimate, arrestingly understated, When the Emperor Was Divine is a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and an unmistakably resonant lesson for our times. It heralds the arrival of a singularly gifted new novelist.
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Deep Water
The dark side of paradise is exposed when a terrified couple reveals their daunting experience on a remote island to their rescuers?only to realize they?re still in the grips of the island?s secrets?in this intense and startling debut in the tradition of Into the Jungle and The Ruins. When a Navy vessel comes across a yacht in distress in the middle of the vast Indian Ocean, Captain Danial Tengku orders his ship to rush to its aid. On board the yacht is a British couple: a horribly injured man, Jake, and his traumatized wife, Virginie, who breathlessly confesses, ?It?s all my fault. I killed them.? Trembling with fear, she reveals their shocking story to Danial. Months earlier, the couple had spent all their savings on a yacht, full of excitement for exploring the high seas and exotic lands together. They start at the busy harbors of Malaysia and, through word of mouth, Jake and Virginie learn about a tiny, isolated island full of unspoiled beaches. When they arrive, they discover
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Pray First: The Transformative Power of a Life Built on Prayer
Prayer is the lifeblood of the Christian faith--but many followers of Jesus still struggle to make prayer part of their daily lives. In Pray First, bestselling author and pastor Chris Hodges shows readers how to make prayer a first response, rather than a last resort.?Why is it that so many Christians find it difficult to develop a vibrant and exciting prayer life? Even though prayer is foundational to the Christian life, many are intimidated or uncertain about how to talk to God. Prayer feels quaint and old-fashioned to some, sacred and uncomfortable to others. It's not a lack of inspiration--there's plenty of that. And it's not that Christians don't realize prayer is important--they know it is. So what's the issue??Pastor Chris Hodges has spent years studying the prayers of the Bible and the models of prayer that the scriptures provide for Christians. Now, he shares with readers the teachings and methods he's used to successfully help hundreds of thousands of people understand how
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A Little Too Late (Madigan Mountain #1)
New from twenty-time USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen!How to behave when the guy who broke your heart two thousand miles away turns up in your office:One: Don?t drop your lucky coffee cup in shock, even though it?s been ten years.Two: Don?t get defensive when he asks how you ended up working his family?s ski mountain? and why you kept it a secret.Three: Give him the worst room in the resort. He deserves it for suddenly waltzing back in like he owns the place. (Which he kind of does.)Four, five, six, seven, eight and nine: Do not kiss him in the hot tub.Ten: Try to keep your heart intact after you break all of your rules.Because Reed is leaving again. Hate can't turn back into love. And it?s a little too late?
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