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Step into a world of suspense with a gripping dark thriller, where Detective Kate Morgan and her team are on a relentless quest to solve a chilling series of murders. Young women, transformed by extensive plastic surgery, are being tortured and discarded in the depths of the ocean. As the investigation intensifies, Kates partner Simon uses his unique psychic ability to connect with the victims, providing crucial insights that could crack the case wide open.Amid escalating danger, a wealthy mans daughter goes missing, entangling him in a web of deceit. Parental neglect, the pursuit of wealth, and the dark side of vanity and manipulation weave through the investigation. Despite their efforts, Kates team struggles to prevent further murders, highlighting the challenges and frustrations of law enforcement.Kates courage and determination are truly tested as she uncovers the truth and faces a murderer looking for a way to escapeat all costs

Jack Summers arrives at a remote property in the Pacific Northwest with a camera and a grief he has not yet learned to carry. His wife is dead. He tells himself the isolation will help.The property comes with a garden.Beautiful. Silent. Patient. He begins to document it and finds he cannot stop returning to it. A previous owner left journals behind. What they contain should be enough to make any reasonable person leave.The Garden is a quiet, devastating story about grief, beauty, and the terrible things a person will surrender to when love is the price.

Blending medieval history with deadly secrets and sacred bloodlines, The Undying Lamb is a propulsive historical thriller in the vein of Robyn Youngs Brethren, where the truth behind a childs legacy could shatter kingdomsand the Church itself.In the Shadow of Empires, One Child Holds the Key to a Forgotten Legacy Year of Our Lord, 1230. Europe is ablaze. Kingdoms clash, faiths fracture, and the echoes of the Crusades still thunder through the land. Amidst the chaos, a child is brought to Rome under the veil of secrecyrumored to be the last living descendant of Godfrey de Bouillon, the First Crusader King of Jerusalem, and, some whisper, of Christ himself. But the Holy See refuses sanctuary. Robin, a disillusioned English crusader, and Sibilia, a fierce Cathar spy haunted by the horrors of the Albigensian Crusade, are unlikely allies. Forced to safeguard the Grail Child, they find themselves hunted across a war-torn land. Their path leads to Beziers, a city still stained with the blood of a massacre, where the Inquisitions grip tightens and a young noblewomans life hangs in the balance. As swords clash and faith is tested, Robin and Sibilia must confront not only the enemies who pursue thembut the secrets they keep from each other. A sweeping tale of faith, betrayal, and love, The Undying Lamb is a spellbinding Robin Hood adaptation that delves into a forgotten corner of history where the line between legend and truth blurs.

Lace up your boots and sample forty of the finest trails the San Francisco Bay Area has to offer. This guide covers every corner of this beautiful and diverse region, leading you to roaring waterfalls and wind-whipped mountaintops, verdant forests and wildflower-covered meadows. See majestic redwoods in the nature lovers cathedral in Muir woods, watch for whales along Lighthouse Trail at Point Reyes National Seashore, or wander through military history in The Presidio. Veteran hiker and Bay Area native Linda Hamilton will introduce you to these trails and many more.Inside youll find: up-to-date trail information; accurate directions to popular as well as less-traveled trails; difficulty ratings for each hike; detailed trail maps; zero-impact camping tips.Whether you are a day-tripper or long-distance hiker, old hand or novice, youll find trails suited to every ability and interest in the Bay Area.

The darkly addictive and New York Times bestselling author-praised Love in Hell series concludes in this sinfully romantic finale.Camille must face the darkest parts of herself and the demon she loves as they navigate the underworld to rescue her sister. Returning to the human world brings its own complications as Camille learns the underworld leaves its mark on all who survive it.With Xanders reign threatened by the ruthless demon Marrick, the king of hell and his inner circle are forced into an uneasy alliance with the very hunters sworn to destroy them.Everything Camille and Xander have fought for comes down to one final battle against Marricks army. Sacrifices must be made by demons and hunters alike as they face the stark reality that, in a war between hell and humanity, not everyone can be saved.Filled with fiery, swoon-worthy romance, and twists that will leave readers breathless, the Love in Hell series is a must-read for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout, Laura Thalassa, Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti.

Take a spin on the ice with Cow and Sow in this warm and witty picture book about the uplifting power of friendship from award-winning author Matthew Farina and Caldecott medalist Doug Salati.Its wintertime, and old friends Cow and Sow are bored of being cooped up inside. When the two take a walk and literally stumble onto a frozen pond, they discover the thrills of skating the gliding, the spinning, the jumping!But as their newfound fun takes a competitive turn, things heat up. Soon it isnt just the ice thats beginning to crack . . .The pair behind the Ezra Jack Keats Honor award-winning picture book Lawrence in the Fall team up again in this tongue-in-cheek homage to one of figure-skatings most essential jumps, the Salchow!

An intense deep-dive into the cartel underworldand its temptationsas seen through the eyes of undercover police officer Javier Guzman.Tampa Bay, Florida, 1992. Javiera Spanish-speaking street-smart cop who had grown up in the South Bronxis a decorated cop who produces results. Recently awarded Officer of the Year, he is married to a beautiful and brilliant attorney, Elizabeth. Javier knows exactly what hes getting into when he goes undercover in Operation PROMO, infiltrating a savage Columbian drug cartel. He lives on the edge every day, with shotguns pressed against his forehead, threats of torture, and constant fear of being discovered and disappeared.Things are not as they appear in the wilderness of mirrors that is the reality of an undercover narc. Javier becomes mired in a living web of lies, deceit and betrayal, where surviving the day is a victory. As the strain increases, the cracks begin to appear yet Javiers calls for help are dismissed. The black-and-white lines that governed his life and made him a coveted undercover cop blur. Javier begins to sympathize with the people he is supposed to be targeting.While straddling the fence between good and evil, Javier makes a decision that will haunt him foreverRiptideis a raw, unflinchingly honest, and action-packed page-turner. Filled with drug cartels, undercover police work, heroism, death, romance, and the ultimate betrayal, Riptide begs the reader to answer the question: Does Javier Guzman deserve redemption?

Smart Guide: Using Your Lathe gives woodworkers the practical knowledge they need to move beyond basic setup and start turning with confidence. Covering essential safety, machine setup, tool selection, and sharpening, this hands-on reference helps you get the most performance and value from your lathe. Step-by-step guidance walks you through core turning techniques, including spindle work, faceplate turning, and bowl turning, along with tips for improving accuracy and control. Whether youre new to woodturning or looking to refine your skills, this compact, durable guide is designed for quick reference right where you need it mostat the lathe.

Smart Guide: Using Your Router provides the practical information woodworkers need to use this versatile tool safely, accurately, and efficiently. Covering essential safety, machine setup, bit selection, and basic project preparation, this hands-on reference helps you get the most performance and value from your router.Clear diagrams and step-by-step instruction demonstrate key techniques for edge treatments, grooves, dadoes, joinery, and decorative details. Compact, durable, and easy to use, this pocket-sized guide is designed for quick reference right where its needed mostin the workshop.

Smart Guide: Using Your Band Saw provides practical guidance for getting safe, accurate, and reliable results from this essential workshop tool. The book covers safety fundamentals, machine setup, blade selection, and key techniques for making straight cuts, smooth curves, and clean resawing. Clear diagrams and step-by-step instruction help woodworkers improve performance while getting the most from their equipment. Compact and durable, this pocket-sized guide is designed for quick reference right where its needed mostat the bench.

Do henna hands last forever? asked Ravi.After a while it fades then disappears, replied Madam-Mehndi. But special henna hands never really go. They stay right here she said pointing to Ravis heart. Theyre chosen out of love and no-one forgets the ones they love.Its the day before Ruhis mehndi party and there is so much to prepare. Her lengha has been tailored, the guests have been invited. All her little brother Ravi wants to do is help her get ready for the big day. But mehndi and henna hands are not for boys.Spend the day with Ravi as he helps make the henna paste, decorate the home and dreams of his very own henna hands.

Jack Sawyer, a beloved and enduring King protagonist, returns in the final book in the Talisman Trilogy, the #1 New York Times bestselling collaboration between master craftsmen (The Washington Post) Stephen King and Peter Straub. I wanted to go back to Mid-World, which was always the Territories by another name. Stephen KingThis is Stephen King and Peter Straubs epic and unforgettable finale to the Talisman Trilogy (including the novels Talisman and Black House) and a wrapping up of the fate of the worlds in Kings iconic, fiercely beloved Dark Tower epic. It is also a magnificent stand-alone novel, that will appeal to new readers, as well as to Kings Constant Readers.Other Worlds Than These is the story of Jack Sawyer, whom readers first met when he was twelve, crossing America and the territories to save his mothers life, and met again in Black House, where Jack faces a child killer and the Crimson King (among other evils). In Other Worlds Than These, Jack must stop a rampaging gang of infected teenagers from America-side, and the forces of the mysterious Gullet at the edge of Mid-World, before it destroys our world and all worlds. Jack is older now; his Ka-tet (echoing the world of Roland) is fraying; and his task, nearly impossible. Magnificent, riveting, full of heart, and humor, Other Worlds Than These is a spectacular, propulsive adventure, and features thirty-six exclusive black-and-white illustrations by artist Gabriel Rodriguez. The title instantly announces to readers who already know these other worlds that King has returned to them. Other Worlds Than These will appeal to new King readers and his Constant Readers.

Discover The Apothecary Diaries from Xiaolans perspective in novelist Natsu Hyuugas official spin-off story!Though born into poverty, Xiaolan was content with her simple life caring for her siblings. But out of desperation, her family was forced to make a terrible decision... Sent to the imperial palace as a servant, Xiaolan now spends her days washing laundry and tending to the consorts needs. She doesnt mind her new lot in lifeafter all, theres food!and soon makes friends with another servant, a strange girl named Maomao. Can the two help each other as they find their way in the scheming, status-seeking society of the rear palace?

Outlines the nature and hierarchy of intraterrestrial, angelic, and galactic light beings and explains their function and organization Offers channelings, meditations, and exercises to connect and co-create with the frequencies of these subtle beings Illustrates the energetic vibrations you will encounter and details their interactions, messages, and role on the planet and in our daily lives In our current time of ascension, humans and light beings co-create and evolve together in a relationship of love, sharing, and mutual respect, where each is on an equal level with the other. Since childhood, psychic Philippe Gilbert has been connecting and collaborating with a multitude of light beings to shape his work as a spiritual healer and earth harmonizer. In this guide, he and his wife, shaman and psychic Martine Isadora, provide a comprehensive overview of the hierarchy, roles, and appearance of these subtle beings. The Gilberts introduce you to angels, saints, Elohim, Melchizedek, and ascended masters. Open yourself to the 24 Elders, the 12 Marian stars, the Sephiroth, the Buddhas, and the divinities for higher states of consciousness. Encounter intraterrestrials and cosmotelluric beings of light along with Sirians, Arcturians, Pleiadeans, and Andromedans. You will discover their nature and learn about their function, organization, and messages as they reveal their role on the planet and in our daily lives. As you engage with these otherworldly energies through channelings, meditations, and exercises, you will experience the healing and alchemical transformations that can emerge when we co-create with such souls. You will also realize that you, too, are a being of light, incarnated on Earth at this particular time to support humanity in its ascension journey toward the higher dimensions.

The Irish Famine forced a million Irish to flee to America, where they faced discrimination and hatred as unwanted immigrants. They sailed on coffin ships, destitute and desperate. However, the new immigrants and their offspring soon began changing America . The impact of men like Henry Ford, Billy the Kid, JFK, Eugene ONeill and women like Mother Jones on the new country was profound. The new Irish fought Lincolns war and helped defeat slavery, created the model for machine politics, the Catholic Church, police and fire departments labor unions, and leading literary figures like Nobel winner ONeill impacted millions of lives. Author Niall ODowd takes a hidden part of American history and reveals just what the children of the Irish Famine achieved and how different America would look were it not for their exodus to the US during the famine. Billy the Kid, JFK, Henry Ford and Mother Jones are among Americas greatest icons. Whether the Model T car, which changed transportation and industry, to politicians, union organizers, or feminists who helped shape this country, none of them would have had such an impact if not for the Irish Famine of 1845-1852.

In this wickedly dark and festive reimagining of The Nutcracker, serial killer The Mouse King terrorizes the people of Montreal during the Christmas season.As a winter storm rages, a serial killer called The Mouse King emerges, haunting the dark streets of Montreal. His signature? He always places a live mouse in his victims sealed mouths... As he stalks the city, a sex worker tries to escape both her past and a horrifying new threat. A corrupt police officer, whose niece fits the Mouse Kings victim profile all too well, races to solve the series of increasingly gruesome murders and protect his family. For both of them, a tragedy that saw a little boy lost in icy waters years ago holds answersones they may not be ready to find. This reimagining of the classic tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, originally conceived by E.T.A. Hoffmann and later adapted into the beloved ballet, is an edge-of-your-seat, gore-soaked twist on the holiday classic, filled with a deranged cast based on timeless characters. Bringing together horror and revenge, its a bloody, funhouse mirror reflection of the talewith endless Easter eggs for readers to discover. Translated from the French for the first time, Seasons Reapings rings in the holidays with a new kind of terror.

World War II continues to fascinate usthe 80th anniversary of D-Day on the beaches of Normandy showed that the war is still considered a watershed event for Western society. The lessons of WWII must be recounted for current and future generations, or we all may be doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past, with potentially more devastating results this time. April, 1945. While German soldiers know they are defeatedGermanys borders breached, concentration camps horrors discovered, cities bombed into rubblehard-core Nazis wont give up. Soviet troops enter Berlin. Hitler commits suicide. Yet his fanatical followers vow to fight a guerilla war until the military leadership agrees to unconditional surrender. Fear of the Russians lead German troops into the arms of the Americans, until millions are literally penned up behind barbed wire waiting for the war to end. When its over, some German units dont believe it and have to check with their superiors before laying down armscreating incredibly tense standoffs. Suddenly, masses are on the movePOWs returning to their militaries; interned and enslaved people returning to their homes in France, Poland, Russia; concentration camp survivors trying to return home only to find their houses occupied and their belongings taken; American troops vacationing on the French Riviera before demobilizing and returning to the States. A massive cleanup begins. New people come in to handle the overwhelming logistical problems of feeding and housing and transporting millions. Opportunists and businessmen arrive looking to do deals and snap up German technology at bargain basement prices. The Last Days of World War II draws from over 140,000 hours of oral histories from Steven Spielbergs Shoah Foundation and the National World War II Museum. Wars may be fought by armies, but they are made up of people who wrote touching letters, took candid photos, and recorded their impressions and memories that bring those days back to life. The Last Days of WWII is a page-turning read.

The companies that win arent the ones with the best product, but the ones that make every buyer move nownot later.Stop losing to buyer indecision and stalled conversations, and instead learn how to create urgency, transforming hesitation into momentum that drives faster deals and bigger wins. In Creating Urgency, Steven Mark Kahan draws on decades of experience helping startups scale to billions in value to show sales and marketing leaders how to replace buyer hesitation with decisive action. With lessons forged in the trenches and proven at high-growth companies, Kahan reveals how to make inaction feel costly, decisions feel necessary, and movement feel inevitable.Discover how to stop competing against other vendors and start competing against the true enemy: inaction. Through frameworks, tools, and vivid real-world examples, Kahan teaches you to reframe buyer hesitation, uncover invisible risks, and create momentum that gets deals moving. Creating Urgency doesnt offer theoryits a tried-and-true playbook for turning passive interest into urgent commitment. Inside, youll learn how to: Expose the hidden costs of waiting and make delay feel riskier than change Use storytelling, contrast, and data to spark aha moments that buyers cant unsee Create deadlines and time-bound triggers that force clarity and accelerate decisions Equip champions to win internal budget battles and overcome organizational inertia Keep urgency alive after the close, turning renewals and expansions into growth engines With urgency embedded into your sales and marketing strategy, youll stop losing to inertia and start winning with speed. Creating Urgency is the definitive guide to moving buyers off the fenceand moving your business ahead.

In this wickedly dark and festive reimagining of The Nutcracker, serial killer The Mouse King terrorizes the people of Montreal during the Christmas season.As a winter storm rages, a serial killer called The Mouse King emerges, haunting the dark streets of Montreal. His signature? He always places a live mouse in his victims sealed mouths... As he stalks the city, a sex worker tries to escape both her past and a horrifying new threat. A corrupt police officer, whose niece fits the Mouse Kings victim profile all too well, races to solve the series of increasingly gruesome murders and protect his family. For both of them, a tragedy that saw a little boy lost in icy waters years ago holds answersones they may not be ready to find. This reimagining of the classic tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, originally conceived by E.T.A. Hoffmann and later adapted into the beloved ballet, is an edge-of-your-seat, gore-soaked twist on the holiday classic, filled with a deranged cast based on timeless characters. Bringing together horror and revenge, its a bloody, funhouse mirror reflection of the talewith endless Easter eggs for readers to discover. Translated from the French for the first time, Seasons Reapings rings in the holidays with a new kind of terror.

A warm, intergenerational picture book introducing the Lakota tradition of winter counts and celebrating resilience, remembrance, and connection across distance.A moving story of love and traditionperfect for kids discovering their role in their family and the power of remembering.Gabriels parents are leaving to serve, and he will stay with his grandmother, his unci. When Gabriel forgets to give his parents a parting gift, an important tradition in their Lakota family, he is bereft.But then he learns about winter counts from Unci, and slowly but surely he both waits for his parents to return and becomes the keeper of the winter count in their family.