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Beloved award-winning author Greg Pizzoli is back with book two in the fan favorite early reader series of two unlikely friends, Earl and Worm, that is sure to make kids belly laugh!

A THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL AWARD HONOR BOOK

Earl and Worm couldn't be more different--but they also are also the best of friends. So when Earl's mess gets out of hand, Worm is sure she can help. And when a lucky penny turns rotten, rain-soaked Earl helps Worm see the sunny side. Through it all, the pair's funny hijinks turn tender . . . and the big mess ends up where they least expect it!

Geisel Award-winning creator Greg Pizzoli delivers three giggle-inducing stories that will delight fans of other iconic duos like Elephant and Piggie or Pizza and Taco.

A girl with psychic abilities and a boy with mysterious powers must unravel secrets and battle dark forces in order to save their world in the final Ravenfall adventure.

As whispers of winter beckon, Anna Ballinkay and Colin Pierce brace for change. The Ravenfall Inn, a magical nexus between worlds, is bustling with preparations for the Winter Solstice ball, which will bring together a mix of otherworldly guests and festive enchantments.

Amid the festivities, a young boy named Declan arrives and claims his new identity as a Raven, sparking a mission to rebuild the legendary Ravenguard.

While the inn buzzes with excitement, a sinister mystery unfolds: Supernatural beings are found lifeless, drained of their magic. As suspicion mounts, Anna, Colin, and their allies must uncover the cause before Ravenfall is destroyed.

Can the Ravenguard rise in time, or will the magic of Ravenfall be lost forever? Ancient legends stir and loyalties are tested in Kalyn Josephson's thrilling series conclusion.

"They say bad things come in threes. Turns out, yeah-we do."

I hightailed it the hell out of Felcove four years ago. Away from middle of nowhere Michigan. Away from the Midwest's supernatural epicenter and my future as a Garland witch.

Away from Emery, my werewolf bestie... and far, far away from Tyler fucking Hargraves.

Then Grams died. She wasn't supposed to. Maybe not ever. Garland witches don't just kick the bucket. Suddenly, I've got responsibilities I never prepared for and the family monarchy on my shoulders. And there was no way in hell I was going to dodge the two formerly most important people in my life while I was in town. Accidentally roping both Tyler and Emery into a full moon sex magic ritual didn't help matters, either. Now I'm never getting rid of them-and I don't think I want to.

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Follow our witch Hudson as he challenges the traditions of love and magic, our werewolf Emery as he holds fast to the boy that has long held his heart, and our headstrong mortal Tyler as he breaks free of a life unfulfilled and fights to right the wrongs of his past. Bad Things Come in 3s is an MMM paranormal romance full of spice, laugh out loud banter, and a supernatural happily ever after.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the runaway hit Mother-Daughter Murder Night, a Reese's Book Club pick, comes another fun, family-centered whodunnit about two sisters who work together to find a killer as they raft down the rapids of the Grand Canyon.

What's a family vacation without a little murder?

Liv and Mandy Chisholm's yearly sister trip is a sacred tradition, an attempt to bond as their lives increasingly diverge. Liv, the ever-practical older sister, packs the color-coded itineraries. Mandy, a bedazzled human tumbleweed, brings the spontaneity.

This year, the sisters take off for a rafting adventure through the breathtaking depths of the Grand Canyon with a group of strangers. But beyond the terrors of whitewater rapids, sibling squabbles, and rogue reptiles, the ferocious beauty of the river carries a darker undercurrent, and an unexpected guest: a murderer in their midst.

When a fellow traveler is found dead and another corpse hits the water, the rafting trip flips from idyllic sister vacation to high-stakes murder investigation. Every suspect has a secret, every clue is drenched in mystery, and Liv and Mandy can hardly trust each other, let alone their own instincts. With the river raging and danger around every bend, the Chisholm sisters must work together to catch a killer--and keep their relationship from capsizing--before it's too late.

A Practical Playbook Every HR Professional Needs on Their Desk

Workplace challenges are inevitable - but being unprepared doesn't have to be.

Written by a seasoned labor and employment law practitioner, this book delivers clear, practical, and immediately actionable guidance for today's Human Resources professionals. Drawing on real-world experience, it cuts through legal jargon to focus on what HR leaders actually need to know to manage risk, solve problems, and support their organizations effectively.

While every employment issue comes with its own facts and nuances, the reality is that many HR challenges are recurring, predictable, and solvable. This book identifies those common issues and provides proven strategies to address them with confidence - before they escalate into costly disputes.

Whether you're navigating employee relations, compliance concerns, or day-to-day workplace decision-making, this book empowers HR professionals to:

- Anticipate and manage recurring employment challenges

- Make informed, practical decisions

- Add measurable value to their organizations

- Grow professionally and lead with confidence

Concise, insightful, and grounded in experience, this is an essential guide for HR professionals who want to stay ahead in a constantly evolving workplace.

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D. Albert ("Bert") Brannen is a former Managing Partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher Phillips and a nationally recognized labor and employment law advisor to employers. With decades of hands-on experience, Bert works closely with HR professionals to help them navigate compliance challenges, prevent workplace disputes, and confidently manage employee relations issues before they escalate. Known for his practical, business-minded approach, he focuses on clear guidance that HR leaders can apply in real-world situations.

A frequent speaker and author on workplace law, Bert has written extensively on labor and employment topics and regularly presents to HR and business audiences. He is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and has been widely recognized for his leadership and mentorship in the field. His work is grounded in one goal: equipping HR professionals with the tools, insight, and confidence they need to support their organizations and succeed in an ever-changing workplace.

Five days. Twenty strangers. No way out.

The rafting trip was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime. But Kaia's starting to think she made a mistake.

Because ever since the whispers about Camas Creek began, all she feels is dread.

Seven years earlier, a guide murdered a group of rafters on this same isolated stretch of water. The killer's body was recovered downstream--but the true-crime community has never stopped asking questions.

And for good reason.

The incidents start small--a flipped raft, missing supplies, and screams in the night--but the pattern is sickeningly familiar. And with eighty-four miles of whitewater until any sign of civilization, safety has never felt so far away.

Kaia suspects that one of the guides is lying. One of the guests knows more than she's saying. And somewhere on this river, someone is planning to finish what started at Camas Creek.

Oliver is a construction crane, and he's been hired to help build a condo tower where hundreds of people will live. It's his job to lift big, heavy things way up into the air. Oliver and his friends hoist rebar, lift fly forms, and unload concrete as the building comes together floor by floor. He loves working with his friends onsite, but when the job is done, what will happen to him?

Every kid loves to know how things are made, especially the role of big trucks and heavy machines. Oliver the Crane embraces that curiosity and teaches kids how a tower crane works, what goes into building a high-rise condo, and what happens to machinery when it's not on the job. Kids will learn all about the construction industry, and even parents might learn a new fact or two!

"Alluring . . . powerful . . . an indelible depiction of a community on the brink of disaster."--Publishers Weekly

In this kaleidoscopic novel set in a favela of Rio de Janeiro--"in the city of stray bullets, in the land of lost opportunities"--a gang member runs wildly through the streets not knowing he has only seven minutes left to live. Barflies, prostitutes, immigrants, a gay couple, a taxi driver, cops, a mobster, and more populate Francisco Maciel's first book to appear in English. Leaping back and forth across time and spiraling into the surreal, the novel coalesces around a brutal massacre. Maciel's multiracial characters write poetry and discourse on soccer, insects, samba, and climate change. Gritty, unpredictable, and percussive, There's No Point in Dying is translated by National Book Award winner Bruna Dantas Lobato.

The Noise War: How to Find the Truth When Everything Is Lying to You is a field manual for a world where facts are under siege and lies travel faster than light. Written by veteran national security correspondent J.J. Green, it distills two decades of frontline reporting from Kabul to Kyiv, from the Pentagon to the digital frontiers of influence warfare, into a clear, practical guide for journalists, policymakers, educators, and citizens determined to defend truth in an era of synthetic media and algorithmic manipulation.

In 2025, when AI-generated deepfakes can spark wars, SIM farms can hijack national communications in minutes, and disinformation campaigns can fracture democracies, this book is both a warning and a weapon. It exposes how "flood the zone" tactics, once perfected by autocrats, now undermine elections, institutions, and public trust in the United States. Through vivid real-world cases, strategic analysis, and ready-to-use toolkits, The Noise War shows how to identify, contain, and neutralize disinformation before it takes root.

From pre-bunking to collective journalistic defense, from narrowing the firehose to demanding algorithmic accountability, this handbook transforms complex threats into actionable strategies. Its message is urgent and empowering: truth can still win, but only if we learn to fight for it. The Noise War equips readers to recognize manipulation, resist exhaustion, and rebuild the shared reality that democracy depends on. In a century defined by information warfare, it is not just a guidebook. It is a survival manual for the truth.

Though it's challenging to set policies for a technology that is so young and still in flux, the need is urgent. Because usage of AI presents both opportunities and risks, libraries must be proactive. The WEF (World Economic Forum) predicts that while there may be a loss of 92 million jobs to various AI tools, they see 170 million new jobs and roles emerging from the use of this new technology. Whether or not this proves correct, there are already digital literacy skills, including a basic understanding of the technology around AI, that libraries can help their patrons master; and because of data privacy, security, and ethics issues, library workers require clear AI policies too. Technology expert Hastings highlights the first attempts of libraries across the country to set up policies for the use of AI in their organizations, as well as policies created by cities and other similar institutions, to guide stakeholders in creating their own smart, forward-thinking course of action. Succinct and pragmatic, this timely resource

• provides a short overview of Generative AI history, basic technical knowledge, and the key arguments put forth by those in favor and those opposed to this technology;
• offers advice on discovering how library staff encounter AI in their day-to-day work, both in their own usage and by patrons, to inform what policies the library needs and which policies to consider adjusting for particular use cases;
• includes separate chapters focusing on staff-side policy and patron/public-facing policy, delving into essential considerations like staff training, privacy and data protection, security, AI usage for reference, patron education and AI literacy, and setting limits and boundaries on patron AI use;
• suggests useful approaches to ensure that AI policies are easy to follow and understand by library workers, patrons, and the wider community;
• discusses how to craft flexible procedures that can be updated as AI continues to change, drawing on technology management best practices; and
• offers links to additional resources like sample policy documents and a curated reading list for understanding the environment around AI.

If your grip shifts with every conversation, you were never holding the ladder-just brushing against it.

Every great climber needs a steady ladder-and someone strong enough to hold it. A pastor can have vision, calling, and anointing, but without support, they're limited in how far they can go. The strength of the church lies not only in the leader who climbs but in those who steady the base.How to Hold Your Pastor's Ladder by Sam Chand is a practical and heartfelt guide for anyone who wants to understand their pastor, strengthen their church, and step into the high calling of spiritual support. Chand challenges readers to embrace the sacred responsibility of holding the ladder with excellence, integrity, and intentionality. You will: - Discover why your pastor can't climb alone- Learn the five traits of strong ladder holders- Understand the hidden pressures your pastor faces- Identify common missteps that destabilize ministry- Embrace your calling as a vital support to your church's futureThe height of your church's impact depends on the strength of those holding the ladder.

For the people on the rugged Irish island of Winding Gale, life has always been hard. Now in the wake of the second World War, the island is dying, the young taken away by death or the appeal of better lives elsewhere, leaving behind only a handful of adults.

But on the night the men of the island disappear while fishing in uncharted waters, the women of Winding Gale are forced into a conflict with something both new and unfathomably old.

A strange greenish mist rolls in, cutting the island off from the mainland. Spiral symbols appear in the sand, fashioned from dead fish and stones. Seductive voices lure people from their homes to walk into the sea. Ancient ships materialize in the fog. And specters of the past will rise to take their vengeance in blood.

Because this is Samhain, a time when the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest, and there is something rising from the deep that will thrust the women of Winding Gale into a war against an unspeakable evil few of them may survive.

From Kealan Patrick Burke, the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Kin and Sour Candy, The Widows of Winding Gale is a nightmarish homage to the seminal work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hope Hodgson, Arthur Machen, and John Carpenter.

Madness can follow you anywhere...

The only happiness for the Dyer household during the brittle Devon winter of 1634 is the birth of Mary Margaret "Moll" Dyer.

Adored by her dada, mama, and granda, love is the only thing in abundance in Moll's life. Her bright tresses and sparkling green eyes are a reminder of warmth but a promise of trouble, even while her Catholic heritage makes Moll an endless target for the religious persecution sweeping England.

With her life pierced with taunts, accusations, and grinding poverty, Moll escapes by accepting an indentured servitude contract on a Caribbean sugar plantation. But her fellow servants are suspicious of the red-haired "witch" who seems to curry favor with the plantation's mistress.

When a rebellion forces Moll off the island plantation and to the burgeoning Maryland colony, she believes she has finally found peace and security. But she struggles to establish herself as a respectable innkeeper, and when someone close to her is accused of witchcraft, madness threatens to engulf Moll.

Facing betrayal by personal enemies and mounting accusations by authorities of wrongdoing, Moll fights to maintain her independence...and her life. But the new colony might just be Moll's undoing.

The highly anticipated sequel to the hit fantasy novel and comic Solo Leveling! In a world of gates, monsters, and hunters galore, Sooho Sung is...well, he's just an ordinary college student. Sure, his parents went missing right before the gates started appearing three years ago, and he occasionally had a weird dream where he could beat up monsters and level up like a video game, but other than that? There's absolutely nothing special about him. So when a sudden monster outbreak occurs on his campus, he must fight back every instinct screaming at him to run away as he takes a page out of his dad's book and rushes to save his classmate. The chances of making it alive are looking bleak, until--PING! [Congratulations on becoming a Player.]

Bellamy Carrington has no mate.

Rogue-born wolves don't have fated mates like pack-born wolves do. She has to find love on her own, an impossible task when nearly every male she meets sees her power as a Rogue Queen as something to claim. But she refuses to give up hope.

While patrolling her borders, she overhears two vampires discussing the powerful Alpha they captured. Bellamy throws herself in their path, determined to save him from whatever fate they have planned. She never expects that this single act will change everything.

Lucien Deveraux has spent years protecting his pack, but now someone wants him dead. Weakened and trapped, he has little reason to believe the small rogue who comes to his aid can save him. But Bellamy is not what she seems, and the bond forming between them is something neither of them can ignore.

With enemies lurking in the shadows and a vengeful Rogue King determined to take what he believes is his, she will risk everything to protect what is hers. Bellamy must fight to keep the man she loves and the family she has always longed for.