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Twenty-five colored illustrations feature animals/insects that draw the reader into the story. Fall in love with Carly and easily identify with each character and discover your favorite among 6 that highlight this story.

I've become one with the shadows everyone is afraid of.During the day, I walk with the rest of the world, doing my part to put monsters behind bars where they belong.At night, I'm the worst of them.I live my life on a razor's edge, keeping the balance of the sanity I have left. Olivia is an innocent, caught in the middle of someone else's twisted deeds. I'm the only thing stopping her from meeting a painful and untimely end. Because someone wants her gone. The problem is, she is painfully unaware of my growing obsession from the shadows.Day and night I watch her every move, determined to keep her safe. When the darkness comes for her, she's going to find out she has her own shadow. One who is ready to kill anyone who gets close. This game of cat and mouse can only end one way....with her in my arms and in my bed.She's mine. *Dark Torment is a dark stalker/kidnap standalone romance. This book contains dub/con, forced imprisonment (even if it's in a cozy bedroom), and lots of blood and murder.It also contains BDSM, so if any of this offends you, please don't read.*

SOBRE O AUTORTido como precursor da literatura de ficção científica, Júlio Verne nasceu em Nantes, França, em 08 de fevereiro de 1828. Autor de obras que inspiraram gerações, era apaixonado por viagens que, na época, eram feitas em navios. Em 1850, formou-se em Direito, mas a insatisfação com o trabalho o fez seguir o conselho do editor Pierre-Jules Hetzel, que publicou seu primeiro livro, intitulado Cinco Semanas em um Balão (1863). A partir daí, sua carreira literária ganhou fôlego e o autor nunca mais parou de criar suas narrativas detalhadas de ficção, muitas das quais apresentaram invenções que se concretizaram séculos depois. Faleceu em 1905 em Amiens, na França.

AsherAfter my mother was diagnosed with cancer last year, she has been on my siblings and I to get married.Afraid that her time is running out, she just wants to be here for all of the milestones in our life.I'm the last one left, the one who doesn't even have a girlfriend.My family knows that my life is invested in hockey, yet they still continue to push.I can't show up at my brother's wedding alone and deal with their disappointment.Instead, I need to find someone who will pretend to be my girlfriend for the week.And Sydney Phillips is the perfect candidate...SydneyWith my family gone for Christmas, it looks like I'm spending the holidays alone.Until Asher Golding propositions me.We've been friends since freshman year and swore to keep it that way.Asher asks me to go to Maine with him, to be his fake date for his brother's wedding.He wants me to spend the holiday with his family afterwards, to make his mother happy.Who am I to say no?I don't have any plans, Asher is one of my closest friends, and we're just playing pretend.Nothing could possibly go wrong with our fake relationship, right?Even if we do end up having to share a bed...

Baby whale feels too shy to poo in front of other sea creatures, but loses his fear when a wise octopus explains that his poop is vital to the ocean ecosystem.

Never piss off a woman.A captain without a ship isn't a captain at all. Rescued from the island she and her crew were marooned on, Jerry wants nothing more than to exact her revenge on the Wench's Dream.Shipless, penniless, and stuck, Jerry scrambles to form a plan. With the virus taking a severe toll, her resources are thin. She has a crew to feed and responsibilities to live into. But she's consumed by her obsession with her ship-the only home she's ever known.Calling in all the favors she has, Jerry sets on a quest to rescue her ship from a band of pirates.

She was lovely, innocent, just fifteen - off on a church outing. And now she's gone!Her father must find her even if he travels into the pit of Hell itself - into the peep-shows, the massage parlors, into the depths of degradation where the pimps and porno-movie-makers create their sexual phantasmagoria. Afraid, terrified that he'll find her too late.

"These tales tell the story of Tharassas before the Tharassas Cycle, including the origin of the hencha queens, the ce'faine, and the colonization of the Highlands, essential companions for the four novels that make up the cycle."--

With Coal Region Hoodoo, Maxim W. Furek continues his exploration of high strangeness inside the Pennsylvania wormhole that gave birth to The Night of the Living Dead, The Blob, and The Philadelphia Experiment.His journey takes us beyond the netherworlds of Centralia, Sheppton, Chestnut Ridge, and The Pennhurst Asylum. It looks into the eyes of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren and the twisted souls of serial killer Gary Heidnik and con artist Richard Sharpe Shaver while exploring the preternatural secrets of Bigfoot, cryptids, Kecksburg, The Smurl Haunting, Pennsylvania Dutch Powwowing, and Roman Catholic Mysticism.Miners claim that being trapped in the bottom of a coal mine is as close as one can ever get to being in Hell. Coal Region Hoodoo takes us even closer inside that forbidden, paranormal pit.

A matchmaking cat may be their only hope for a happily ever after. Jennifer is determined to make friends with her cranky, polar bear neighbor, especially since she's pretty certain he's her mate. Unfortunately, the bear doesn't seem to agree. Worse, he appears to be a tiny bit anti-Christmas. Well, that's no problem for Jennifer. She's an expert at dragging reluctant Scrooges into the true spirit of the holidays.Bryce thinks his neighbor is crazy. She's tried to poison him repeatedly and now she keeps dragging Christmas decorations onto his property, insisting that it's time for him to get into the holiday spirit. Well, he doesn't need any holiday spirit, thank you very much. He's perfectly happy being the bah humbug polar bear that he is.The cats of the goddesses specialize in pawsitively purrfect matches, but Shredder is a challenging case. Rejected seventeen times, he needs a home in time for Christmas and these two shifters are his last, best hope.

Tired of being misunderstood or overlooked after giving a pitch? Feeling like you're missing too many opportunities and don't know what you're doing wrong? Well author and entrepreneur Kelvin Johnson knows better than anyone, pitching ain't easy. Don't Fear the Sharks: Six Principles to Pitch Investors, will define the six principles, provide specific examples from successful entrepreneurs, and inspiration to keep going, even when you experience failure and hardship. Pitching doesn't have to be scary, don't fear the sharks!

You're ready to write your book and want it to really help people. But will it sell? Honorée Corder is the author of more than 50 books, a publishing consultant, a TEDx speaker, and the Founder of Indie Author University. Honorée passionately coaches business professionals, writers, and aspiring non-fiction authors to write their own bestselling books. Writing a great book can be daunting . . . unless you know the secrets. This is her method. This guide is easy to read, remember, do, share, and implement. The goal is to understand the mechanics of how best-selling authors write books that consistently rank at the top. You'll learn: - The Four-Part Best Seller Formula - Why some books never get read - How to write your book so it sells for more than a decade - Secrets that make readers want to share your book - And much more You'll love this concise plan for success because Honorée has put these ideas into practice for her books and her clients books. Get it now.

All games are won before they're ever played.Journalist Tierra Campos and FBI Special Agent Victoria Larsen find themselves in a desperate race against the clock to stop a dangerous cabal from rigging a presidential election in the fourth book in this high-octane political thriller series.The long march to Election Day is ending, and the stakes for Victoria and Tierra have never been higher. Old friends become unreliable, and enemies switch sides as a national horror in an otherwise proud state plays out in front of the nation. Can these two strong women stop this powerful cabal from usurping the election, or did their secrets get revealed too late?Revealed Secrets is the fourth novel in a five-book serial drama. Readers are encouraged to begin the journey with Justifiable Deceit and enjoy the Tierra Campos Thrillers in the order they were written.Election Day is now D-Day, and only two women can stop a political disaster that could destroy the country.Fall is in the air, and America has turned its attention to the November presidential election. Candidates crisscross the country, pressing hands and pleading for votes while the media covers their every move. Under the shadow of the attempt to hijack a primary election in New Hampshire, the nation is on guard for more turbulence at the polls - and with good reason.Ian Drucker has a new mission and a small army to help complete it. While the cabal makes moves to prepare for the endgame, he has the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania firmly in his crosshairs. As the election nears, he embarks on his daring plan to desecrate the only thing holding the country together - faith in its democratic process.Meanwhile, Special Agent Victoria Larsen has recovered from her injuries following the disaster in Loughborough to find herself demoted and sidelined by the FBI. Convinced that Drucker is behind an arson in Allentown, Victoria collaborates with a colleague to find and neutralize him while her peers search in the wrong place. Hunted by the Department of Justice, she must take matters into her own hands and face a bold choice that will haunt her forever.While Victoria tracks down Ian, Tierra is helping Front Burner rebuild while ignoring the story of the century - one she no longer has any leads to follow. The cabal applies more pressure when a cryptic new puzzle arrives for her from beyond the grave. As Tierra races to crack a code that she hopes will lead her to the roots of a conspiracy, she must throw a desperation hail mary to stop them from succeeding.Revealed Secrets is a fast-paced political suspense thriller with twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final chapter. Buy it now!The Tierra Campos Thrillers (in order): Justifiable DeceitDevious MeasuresVital TargetsRevealed SecretsDecisive Endgame

Meet Sela Blue! She is an inquisitive, playful, and lively six-year-old girl growing up in her musical village of Chateauguay with her beloved family. Mom and Dad, also known as Mr. and Mrs. Blue to all of Sela's friends and neighbours, are her heroes. Their warm loving guidance are a hallmark of the series. Sela's charming sisters, Susie and Sophie, are the other two prominent protagonists throughout this multicultural series. The Blue sisters, whose names all begin with "S" and whose dresses always match, live out spirited childhood adventures just as ordinary children their ages, in a town where community and acceptance are the bridge to both fulfilment and happiness. The series, written in perfect rhyme, highlights Sela Blue's sense of determination, style, grace, and desire to be all she can be. Coupled with her bright animated character and cheerful disposition, the series portrays the charismatic essence of this everyday modern fictional girl. Reminiscent of such iconic and classical fictional characters as Madeline, Charlotte, Anne of Green Gables, and Petit Nicholas, Sela Blue is a female child protagonist of colour whose curiosity, quirkiness, and whimsical joie de vivre, will capture your heart and make you fall in love with this likable and most of all relatable young girl. Like Dr. Seuss books, reading Sela Blue ticks all the boxes when it comes to phonological development and awareness for children and prepares them to learn to read easily and naturally as they get older. Reading and talking with children about stories helps boost their literacy development. The Sela Blue series is vividly illustrated with each page filled with hidden details to encourage children to notice differences in the images that match the words, ultimately building vocabulary. While the first book in the series, "Sela Blue and the First Day of School" introduces the reader to Sela Blue, her family, and the musical village, where all the streets are named after famous classical composers, the second book "Sela Blue and the Magic Ticket" recounts the story of her adventure around the world through the bay window on 174 Wagner Steet. Sela Blue...life in every hue.

Why should YOU listen to what I'm sharing in this book. Because it is not about ME.It's about how YOU can have a wonderful life, just like I've had, if you follow the thoughts, opinions, and advice about what I've learned and proven the hard way.

Murderer. Monster. Curse.Six months after fleeing Virian, Zylah Renfall is scraping by as a travelling apothecary, still reeling from the events that forced her to leave in the middle of the night and never look back. But freedom always comes with a price, and for Zylah, it's the sickness spreading through her body like wildfire and the crushing guilt of the life she left behind.When an old friend brings news of a growing army of monsters, and of Marcus-the Fae responsible for her life as a fugitive-Zylah will stop at nothing for the chance to seek retribution for those caught up in the new king's conflict, a vow that could very well cost her everything.Together they must find allies to stand against Marcus as Zylah battles with her declining health, her emotions, and the monsters and magic besieging them at every turn.

An animal-themed coloring book with positive affirmations for young children ages 4-8.

This book by Ablavi L. de Souza connects reading and counting with the everyday world for young readers. I Am Me. I Am One empowers the modern learner to use reading to solve a simple addition and subtraction problem. The book uses wordplay to teach counting forward and counting backwards. The beginning reader is forced to think through every page. The storyline put forward is that though you may find yourself alone in certain places, you are never really alone.