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Bear and Bird: The Secret and Other Stories
A secret is in the air as the unlikely friends return in four more stories threaded with Jarvis's signature warmth and subtle humor. Best friends Bear and Bird may not always understand each other, but they always want the other to be happy. So when Bird feels left out because Bear has given a cute nickname to everyone but her, she's relieved when her hasty list of names for Bear doesn't reach him (Stinky Sock Muffin, anyone?). And when the two of them learn they have zero dislikes in common--from lasagna to chess to the word armadillo--and wonder if they can still be friends, they soon realize there's one important dislike they can both agree on. Whether the challenge is being hopeless at keeping a secret (Bear), or getting befuddled about the rules for hide-and-seek (Bear again), this ever-endearing pair continue to charm in a sixth set of gentle stories.Sold out -
Crochet Soft Cuddle Companions Book: Discover 30 Fun Patterns for Making Lovable Creatures to Snuggle and Play With
Crocheting soft cuddle companions is such a rewarding and enjoyable hobby. I remember when I first started crocheting, I was amazed at how a simple ball of yarn could transform into a cute and cuddly creature. The Crochet Soft Cuddle Companions book is a fantastic resource for anyone looking to create their own lovable creatures to snuggle and play with. The book features 30 fun patterns that range from adorable animals like bears and bunnies to mythical creatures like unicorns and dragons. Each pattern is easy to follow and includes step-by-step instructions, making it good for crocheters of all skill levels. I love how each pattern allows for customization, so you can add your own personal touch to each cuddle companion. One of my favorite patterns from the book is the sleepy sloth. Sloths are such fascinating creatures, and crocheting one was a fun and relaxing experience. The end result was a super soft and huggable sloth that quickly became a favorite in my collection. I also appreciate the variety of patterns in the book, as it allows me to create a diverse range of cuddle companions for myself or to give as presents to friends and family. Crocheting these creatures brings me so much joy and satisfaction, knowing that I am creating something special and unique. Incorporating real-time information and using tools and software can enhance the crocheting experience. I often use online tutorials and crochet apps to help me learn new techniques and improve my skills. Collaborating with other crocheters is also a great way to share ideas and inspiration. Of course, no project is without its errors and imgoodions. Crocheting can be a challenging and sometimes frustrating process, but the end result is always worth it. Embracing mistakes and learning from them is all part of the creative journey. Overall, the Crochet Soft Cuddle Companions book is a must-have for any crochet enthusiast looking to expand their collection of lovable creatures. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced crocheter, this book offers something for everyone. So grab your yarn and hook, and start crocheting your own cuddle companions today! -
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In this hair-raising and hilarious novel by New York Times bestselling author Chuck Wendig, a boy must face his fears to save his town from a cursed videotape--before "The Scariest Movie Ever Made" devours his friends and family. Ethan Pitowski is afraid of everything. Luckily, his best friends don't mind, and when their entire class gets invited to watch a long-buried horror movie at the most popular boy in school's house, Ethan's friends encourage him to join in the fun. But when the "scariest movie ever made" reveals itself to be not just a movie about a monster, but a movie that is a monster, only a terrified Ethan escapes its clutches. Now he must find a way to stop the monster and save his friends (and also, um, get their heads back). With his signature balance of kid-friendly horror and humor, Chuck Wendig crafts a spookily heartfelt novel about anxiety, friendship, and finding your unique voice and inner strength.Sold out -
Fxck Them
FXCK THEM is for people who are tired of being nice and still miserable.
Tired of explaining themselves.
Tired of waiting for approval that never comes.
Tired of protecting other people's comfort while their own life stays small.
This book will call you out.
It will expose how much power you've handed away.
It will force you to admit that most of your stress is self-inflicted.
FXCK THEM is not about hate.
It is about survival.
Read this if you are ready to lose the excuses.
If not, close it and stay exactly where you are.
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Shiva
TWO LIVES, ONE FATE. After a tragic accident took the life of her brother Thomas, Eva is struggling to move on with her life, counting cracks in the ceiling and trying not to fall off the wagon. But when the deceased Thomas shows up one evening in Eva's apartment to tell her that she's the one who died, not him, reality begins to fracture. As the universe attempts to reconcile its cosmic mistake, the siblings must come to terms with a terrifying truth.
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Long-Lived King: An Original the Owl House Graphic Novel
In an all-new adventure set in the world of Disney's The Owl House, Luz, Eda, King, and the gang return in The Long-Lived King, an original graphic novel cowritten by series creator Dana Terrace. Set after the events of the series finale, dive deeper into the Boiling Isles than ever before. King has never fully considered what it means to be a Titan--until now. Burdened by the knowledge that he will outlive his beloved Owl House family, he's still determined to enjoy every moment he can with them. Even if that means using one of the Collector's devices to wipe away his sad memories. But when King accidentally erases Luz's memories, he must enlist the Collector and Eda to help him recover Luz's memories and confront their deepest fears along the way. Packed with humor, action, and stunning black-and-white illustrations in a fresh, manga-inspired style, this graphic novel welcomes readers back to The Owl House with an unforgettable adventure. -
Sweet Surrender
From #1 Amazon and USA Today Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes an enemies to lovers, surprise pregnancy, sports romance.
Hating Jameson Murphy is easy.
Wanting him is where everything gets complicated.
He's my best friend's older brother.
My father's star player.
A charmingly infuriating football god I've spent a lifetime avoiding and failing to ignore.
He should be the last man tempting me into bad decisions. But when a snowstorm grounds our flight, and champagne blurs our judgment, one reckless night shatters every rule I've put in place . . . leaving me with two little pink lines and one very big problem.
Now, thanks to an unreliable mother, a surprise baby sister, and a new living arrangement I never saw coming, my carefully crafted life is unraveling faster than the worn satin ribbon on my favorite old pointe shoes.
And Jameson?
He's everywhere.
In my space.
In my secrets.
Looking at me like he already knows how this ends and how it doesn't.
Forcing me to face a truth I'm not ready to accept . . .
What if surrender doesn't mean losing yourself?
What if it's about trusting someone else?
And maybe . . . just maybe, what if it means finally finding home?
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How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
Your brain is the most remarkable thing in the known universe. 'Fun, but still deeply, rigorously researched.' - Professor Neil Shyminsky 'A true masterpiece. Rachel Barr has done a phenomenal job breaking down the complexities of the human mind.' - Jeffrey Meltzer, LMHC 'Insightful and relatable psychoeducation that demystifies the brain . . . it's a resource I'll proudly keep on my shelf as a therapist.' - Joshua Fletcher, anxiety therapist
Always trying to mend itself, and always trying to protect you, it's in a constant state of flux -- adapting, reconfiguring, finding new pathways . . . And it has an astonishing capacity for recovery. Only it doesn't always get it right. Rachel Barr struggled through years of devastating loss, heartache, and uncertainty until neuroscience gave her the first spark of self-belief she had felt in her adult life -- and proof that, because of the brain's near-infinite potential for neuroplastic change, it's never too late to carve out neural pathways to form new habits, new skills, and new ways of thinking. Whether you want to nerd-out on Neuroscientific acronyms, finally understand what's going on in your head, or take refuge in a book that's like a warm hug for your mind, How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend is a delight-filled, evidence-based guide to taking better care of your brain -- so it, in turn, will take better care of you.Sold out -
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
Named a Best Book of 2025 by the Guardian, Scientific American, and the Washington Independent Review of Books
Acclaimed journalist Laura Spinney set out to answer that question, retracing the Indo-European odyssey across continents and millennia. With her we retrace the epic journeys of nomads and monks, warriors and kings - the ancient peoples who carried these languages far and wide. In the present, Spinney meets the scientists on a thrilling mission to retrieve the lost languages and their speakers: the linguists, archaeologists and geneticists who have reconstructed that ancient diaspora. What they have learned has profound implications for our modern world as people and their languages are on the move again.
Proto is a revelatory portrait of world history in its own words.
Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history's most unlikely journeys. All four languages-along with hundreds of others, from French and Gaelic, to Persian and Polish-trace their origins to an ancient tongue spoken as the last ice age receded. This language, which we call Proto-Indo-European, was born between Europe and Asia and exploded out of its cradle, fragmenting as it spread east and west. Its last speaker died thousands of years ago, yet Proto-Indo-European lives on in its myriad linguistic offspring and in some of our best loved works of literature, including Dante's Inferno and the Rig Veda, The Lord of the Rings and the love poetry of Rumi. How did this happen? -
Dean's List
A sharp, satirical romp through the absurdities of academia, where ambition knows no bounds and rankings rule all.
When Charles Ogden Dean III-better known (to his chagrin) as "Dean Dean"-takes charge of a once-floundering law school now rebranded under the prestigious Brown University banner, he's thrust into a world of high-stakes academic one-upmanship. Faculty demand lobster lunches, donors expect endless groveling, and animal rights activists are wreaking havoc. But none of that compares to the provost's ultimatum: catapult the school into the top five of national rankings within a year.
What follows is a madcap journey of moral compromise and professional peril. From a secret slush fund bankrolled by a rogue nation to a bizarre run-in with North Atlantic pirates, Dean Dean's quest for academic glory caroms between absurdity and chaos.. Along the way, his personal life teeters on the brink as his marine-biologist girlfriend grows weary of his obsession with the rat race.
Blending biting cultural critique with laugh-out-loud storytelling, DEAN'S LIST skewers the vanity, pettiness, and relentless competition of higher education. With its cast of egotistical faculty, desperate administrators, and the absurdity of rankings-driven madness, this comic novel is a hilarious and thought-provoking exploration of the lengths to which people will go to chase success-and the cost of losing sight of what truly matters.
For fans of academic satire and anyone who's ever questioned the sanity of the ivory tower, DEAN'S LIST is a must-read.
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Science of Racism: Everything You Need to Know But Probably Don't--Yet
In this frank, funny, and meticulous book, now in paperback, a leading social scientist lays out the striking facts we know about racism, how we have uncovered them, and how we can start to fix them
In this frank, funny, and meticulous book, a leading social scientist lays out the striking facts we know about racism, how we have uncovered them, and how we can start to fix them.
Studies and surveys show, time and again, that about 50 percent of people believe that racism is no longer an issue today. The other half would disagree--vehemently. And much of the writing on the subject of race and racism is equally divisive, in large part because so much of it is based on opinion and personal experience. It's not grounded in empiricism. It's not science.
In The Science of Racism, social psychologist Keon West corrects that, moving this urgent conversation beyond anecdote and polemic in search of conclusive answers and solutions. Starting with a fascinating look at experiments around race in hiring, Dr. West brilliantly and methodically walks readers through our comprehensive understanding of this controversial topic. He looks at how racism impacts every stage and all facets of life, from birth to death, in education, work and business, friendships and relationships, police and the justice system, and healthcare. He also looks at the challenges around studying these questions and the ways we can uncover the truth, and then where we go from here: why unconscious bias training can actually make things worse, and what systems and techniques can lead us to a more equitable future.
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Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali
The intensely gripping, prize-winning, and inspiring story of a group of female adventurers and their treacherous, pioneering ascent of Denali in 1970, winner of the Banff Mountain Book Award Grand Prize
Grace Hoeman dreamed of standing on top of Denali. The tallest peak in North America, the fierce polar mountain loomed large in many climbers' imaginations, and Hoeman, a doctor in Alaska, had come close to the top, only to be turned back by altitude sickness and a storm that took the lives of seven fellow climbers in one remorseless blow. Other expeditions denied her a place because of her gender, and when a letter arrived from a climber in California named Arlene Blum, who'd also been barred from expeditions--unless she stayed in base camp and cooked for the men--Hoeman got a defiant idea: she would organize and lead the first-ever all-female ascent of the frozen Alaskan peak.
Everyone told the "Denali Damsels," as the team called themselves, that it couldn't be done: Women were incapable of climbing mountains on their own. Men had walked on the moon; women still had not stood on the highest points on Earth. But these six women were unwilling to be limited by sexists and misogynists. They pushed past barriers in society at large, the climbing world, and their own bodies. And then, when disaster struck at the worst time on their expedition, they could either keep their wits and prove their mettle or die and confirm the worst opinions of men.
Author Cassidy Randall draws on extensive archival research and original interviews to tell an engrossing, edge-of-the-seat adventure story about this forgotten group of climbers who had the audacity to believe that women could walk alone in such extraordinary and treacherous heights.
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Sold outMarvelous Monee Goes to the Zoo
Meet Monee - 10 years old, and the only kid in fourth grade in a wheelchair. She's determined to not let cerebral palsy stand in the way of her enjoying life. This is the first of the Marvelous Monee series.
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Look Twice: Your Guide on Staying Safe with Tech, Travel, and Natural Disasters, Volume II
Tim Beard-a career security professional who honed his expert skills in the US Marines and CIA's Clandestine Service-shows you the very secrets he has used to stay alive in risky situations in the most dangerous places on earth-secrets you can use to avoid becoming the next victim of a terrible crime.
You may think you have no control over the bad things that could happen, but you do. You can control your own actions-and the right actions could save your life and those of the people you love. Tim takes you through a variety of scenarios and reveals what you should do step-by-step. Starting with: LOOK TWICE.
In Volume II, Tim shows you how to apply the Look Twice Mindset to Safe Tech, protecting your data and online activities. He also offers techniques that will help you avoid becoming a victim of Fraud. Tim teaches you how to be Safe in a New City and what to do during Business and Vacation Travel. He completes this volume by exploring how to deal effectively with Natural Disasters.