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They want her captured. Or dead. But Astraia was never meant to bow.

Astraia has spent her life running-from her past, from her bond to an ancient power, and from the choices that left her hollow. Marked by the constellations, she is feared as a weapon, hunted as a threat, and haunted by everything she could not save.

Now, as villages burn and shadows rise in the northern reaches of Virellia, Astraia is forced to confront more than just the monsters tearing through the realm-she must face the ones still buried inside her. When a mission leads her to cross paths with a hunter who sees through her walls, Astraia is torn between the steel she's built around her heart and the unraveling truth that vulnerability might be her greatest strength.

But some things are not so easily buried.

With slow-burn tension, morally gray choices, and a heroine who battles both blade and memory, Beneath the Silent Stars is a darkly poetic romantasy debut perfect for readers of Daughter of No Worlds, The Shadows Between Us, and Shadow and Bone.

Sometimes, survival isn't the victory. Choosing to rise anyway is.

The years spanning the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision of 1954 to the waning days of the Vietnam War, here taken as the "long decade," were a fraught and consequential time. They dwell in memory and, when recalled, they remain at once startling, frightening, dismaying, hopeful, joyful, and inspiring. The personal reflections collected here are rooted in those times and are from authors, then far less gray and still unknown to one another, now drawn close and familiar as retired academics, and members of the Clemson University Emeritus College. Long removed from those times, they share old memories, age-honed insights, and historical perspectives.

The Lie About Love is part memoir and part examination of the emotional patterns that keep many women tied to relationships marked by inconsistency, confusion, and hope that never quite settles.

Written from lived experience, Zen Prem challenges the quiet belief that chemistry must be chaotic and that longing must mean love.

Zen's writing has reached millions on Facebook, where readers recognised themselves in his reflections on emotional pain, psychological patterns, and the ways people lose themselves while trying to be chosen. This book continues that work in a deeper, more sustained form.

The book explores the dynamics that make certain relationships so hard to leave, including emotional neglect, subtle psychological pressure, and the kind of distortion often described as gaslighting. It speaks directly to the woman who has stayed too long, doubted her own perception, or taken responsibility for behaviours that were never hers to carry.

This is not a clinical text and does not offer professional analysis. It is a clear, honest account of how certain forms of emotional and psychological mistreatment feel from the inside, and why they can be mistaken for passion.

The book looks at:

- How early emotional imprints shape who feels familiar

- Why inconsistency creates a stronger pull than stability

- How adrenaline can masquerade as attraction

- How overgiving becomes a way of coping

- Why gaslighting and emotional neglect are so easily minimised

- How hope becomes part of the cycle

- What steady, mutual love actually feels like

The writing is plain, direct, and without embellishment. It acknowledges the shame, confusion, and self-doubt that arise in relationships where emotional or psychological abuse is present, even in subtle forms. It offers the reader recognition without judgement and restores a sense of steadiness where the relationship has taken it away.

The Lie About Love is for anyone who has doubted themselves more than they doubted the relationship. It gives language to experiences that are often hidden and points back towards steadiness and self-respect.

The Roads We Travel is a memoir told in the style of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, Stephen King's On Writing, and Ellen Gilchrist's The Writing Life. Instead of approaching the pedagogy of creative writing in the traditional academic, prescriptive manner, Armand uses his own life's journey to becoming a successful writer and teacher as a way to pass on what he's learned over the years about what makes good writing work (as well as what makes some writing unsuccessful).

Yet, the text is not prescriptive in nature; rather, it seeks to teach by inspiringreaders, even those who are not writers themselves, but who simply want to read a story of perseverance, hope, and determination.

In the midst of life's deepest wounds, it can feel impossible to believe in healing, peace, or purpose. Yet, through faith and perseverance, Dr. Tiffany M. Crayton discovered that brokenness can become the very soil in which resilience, empowerment, and renewal take root.

In this moving memoir, she shares her journey through seasons of pain, doubt, fear, loss, and the quiet miracles that shifted her forward. With honesty and grace, she reveals how faith became her anchor, peace her pursuit, and empowerment her testimony.

This is more than a story of survival- it is a declaration of God's ability to restore what was once shattered, to heal what felt beyond repair, and to awaken strength in places marked by weakness and shame.

For anyone longing for hope, courage, and a reminder that they are never walking alone, this book offers a gentle but powerful truth: wholeness is possible, and peace is within.

Dancing to the Heartbeat of God explores many aspects of discipleship.

With a foreword and an afterword by the Archbishop of Canterbury designate, an introduction by the Archbishop of York, and chapters by around thirty authors drawn from across the globe, the volume creates a sense of excitement, dynamism and faithful witness in its gloriously diverse writers and readers alike.

Its testimonies and stories aim to encourage people in the Church of England and across the Anglican Communion to share their faith with others.

Una historia para descubrir la magia de creer en uno mismo.

Mia vuelve con una nueva aventura: un viaje lleno de emociones, errores, valentía y amistad.

Esta vez, descubrirá que la verdadera confianza no consiste en hacerlo todo bien... sino en atreverse a intentarlo, incluso cuando algo sale mal.

Acompañada por su inseparable osito Mimosín y por la sabia lechuza Bella, Mia aprenderá que los errores también pueden esconder belleza, que pedir ayuda es un acto de valor, y que confiar en uno mismo es el primer paso para hacer brillar los sueños.

Este libro es una guía emocional disfrazada de cuento.

Pensado para niños y niñas de entre 7 y 12 años, invita a explorar la confianza desde la curiosidad, la empatía y la creatividad, con historias que tocan el corazón.

¿Qué encontrarán los niños y niñas en estas páginas?

• Una historia inspiradora que enseña el poder de la confianza y la resiliencia.
• Reflexiones al final de cada capítulo para aprender a hablar sobre los miedos y la autoestima.
• Afirmaciones positivas para reforzar la seguridad interior.
• Actividades suaves para fomentar la calma, la autoexpresión y la conexión con uno mismo.
• Ejercicios de imaginación que despiertan la creatividad y la autocompasión.

¿Por qué este libro es diferente?

• Porque no juzga: muestra que equivocarse también forma parte del aprendizaje.
• Porque no enseña desde la perfección: enseña desde el cariño.
• Porque no impone: acompaña a los niños y niñas a descubrir su propio valor.

Es un recurso emocional para padres, madres, docentes y profesionales que desean sembrar confianza, resiliencia y amor propio desde la infancia de una forma natural y bonita.

Ideal para leer en voz alta, reflexionar en familia o acompañar procesos terapéuticos.

Una lectura que invita a mirar los errores con ternura y a descubrir que la verdadera fuerza nace de dentro.

Una historia para niños y niñas... pero con un mensaje que también transforma a los adultos.

This calendar is part of an ongoing initiative by the Chimalli Institute of Mesoamerican Arts to make traditional Mesoamerican timekeeping accessible to the public. Readers who want a more detailed explanation of the calendar system, the monthly ceremonial practices of our ancestors, and the methods used to determine our correlation are encouraged to visit our website at mexikanewyear.com.

The central Mexican calendar functions as a living system designed to track the movement of the sun (Tonatiw). Just as importantly, it represents a core component of Indigenous spiritual life. Preserving traditional calendar knowledge is essential for maintaining our ceremonial practices, which depend on accurate timing and an understanding of the solar cycle. In an era when Indigenous religious freedoms still require active defense, keeping our timekeeping traditions alive is part of protecting our rights as Native people.

By providing users with the knowledge and tools needed not only to use but also to understand this system, we aim to support its continued preservation for future generations. The count used in this calendar is based on the research of Ruben Ochoa.

"Incisive, concise, and eminently useful-read it and get to work!" - Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun

This book is for people who are worried, sad, angry, or overwhelmed about climate and ecological breakdown - and want to do something about it.

Whether you're not sure what to do, or you're looking for ways to increase your positive impact, this book will meet you where you are - and help you leverage your skills and resources to make a big impact.

Written by Ryan Hagen, whose climate newsletter has empowered over 200,000 people from 150+ countries to take action, this isn't just another list of green living tips - it's a blueprint for moving beyond your footprint to help fix our broken systems.

This guide will show you:

• How to navigate eco-emotions and transform anxiety into action
• The power you have to change the systems you're a part of
• The top 10 most effective actions you can take to help make the places you live and work truly sustainable
• How to move forward wisely in the challenging years ahead

You are far more powerful than you think. And this book will show you how to use that power to help build a world where all of life thrives.

Wildflowers Praying at Midnight is Jaiya John's newest collection of poetic verses, rich with stories, prayers, devotions, affirmations, incantations, soul summoning, and mystic dreaming. For longtime and new readers of Jaiya John, Wildflowers provides fresh medicine for a humanity moving through profound collective harm, reckoning, revelation, and revival. In a voice both ancestral and prophetic, each page offers a lush garden of spiritual and social blooming. Nourishing salve and balm for this moment and beyond. Pollinated and nectar-rich in John's customary Love-soaked language, this soul-stirring collection confronts all forms of oppression at their often-avoided root. Wildflowers Praying at Midnight soothes and guides your tender heart and our kindred way forward. Dr. Jaiya John is a poet, author, ancestral Baba, and freedom worker whose wisdom will resonate for the ages: When we pray wild together in the midnight of our despair, we fashion the sunrise of our glorious new world. Come join this dreaming.

A memoir by author and native Arkansan, Lyn Baker, about growing up in and around his family's old country store in Caney Arkansas, the people, experiences, and stories of times from his past. Humorous in parts, heartfelt in all, The Store offers a tapestry of short stories which will transport the reader back to a time of close community and family that was once familiar to all. Most of all, The Store portrays the tenacity, resilience, quiet strength, and vulnerability of the remarkable people known as the greatest generation. So come on in and sit down with Lyn by the old stove and experience The Store.

My Imaginary Duck is the newest offering from I Can Read Comics, an early reader line that familiarizes children with the world of graphic novel storytelling and encourages visual literacy in emerging readers. Comics powerhouse Graham Annable introduces readers to Mavis and her best (imaginary) friend, Duck. The inseparable pair love nothing more than playing together, but soon discover that letting others into your world might just be even more fun.

My Imaginary Duck is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.

From bestselling novelist Nadia Hashimi--a gripping, occasionally terrifying, yet ultimately hopeful novel focusing on the women of Afghanistan in the years since the Taliban regained power.

In February 2020 the US began to withdraw troops from Afghanistan after nearly twenty years of occupation. A whole generation of Afghan women had been born during that time--women who had grown up in relative peace, gone to school, entered the professions, even served in the army and Parliament. The women of Afghanistan watched as the Taliban filled the streets again. They knew everything was about to change.

In the bustling, cosmopolitan city of Kabul, women are TV newscasters, shop owners, doctors, teachers, lawyers, even soldiers. They include Marjan, who fought with the Afghan army, and will risk everything to keep her daughter Hawa safe. In her earlier days Marjan was called Rahima and had lived the life of a bacha posh--a girl raised as a boy until she came of age. Forced into an early marriage, Rahima took the name Marjan when she fled her warlord husband. She's created a whole new life for herself, one she will not give up easily.

So has Soraya, who defiantly wore red lipstick as she led the army's all-female combat force over the objections of her upper-class family. Soraya's now a wanted woman whose brother may choose not to shelter her from the Taliban. What will become of her? Or Mina, a journalist and broadcaster whose beautiful face is known to everyone in Kabul--including the new regime?

Fight or flight? Or find a third way? One thing is for certain: none of these women will meekly accept her fate.

An epic saga of fear, resistance, change, and reinvention, City of Widows gives voices to the unforgettable Afghan women at a crossroads of history.

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of What Happened to Nina? comes a gripping high-stakes novel of suspense about three seemingly unconnected people, caught in a lethal web of deceit and unhealed wounds.

Someone's watching. Someone's waiting.

Alexis Turner walks into the police station to report an assault. By the end of the day, she is nowhere to be found.

Soon after she disappears, three identical packages arrive at three very different doors: a respected psychologist's home, a socialite's mansion, and a struggling single father's run-down apartment. Inside, each gift is perfectly tailored to its recipient -- and each will tear apart the life of its intended victim.

Detective Sergeant Judith Lee is smart and experienced, but this is no ordinary case. Someone with intimate knowledge of their targets is orchestrating these attacks. Someone who knows exactly how to hurt each victim where they're most vulnerable.

As she races to uncover the connection between three unrelated people, Judith discovers she's no longer just investigating the game--she's being forced to play.

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Travel writer Genie Clarke is finishing a project in her favorite European city - Rome. But what began as a creative project turns deadly when she overhears mafia operatives discussing a secret "Project." When they realize Genie overheard them she's attacked and left unconscious. Awakening in a hospital-alive but hunted-Genie finds the police unwilling to believe her. Only Detective Leo Angelini takes her seriously, uncovering ties between her assault, a murdered woman, and a powerful criminal network.

With the threat escalating, Leo moves Genie into hiding, where she becomes both key witness and prime target. Cut off from safety and unsure who to trust, Genie must outthink the conspirators determined to silence her.

From Rome's bright piazzas to its shadowed alleys, she faces a terrifying fight for survival-and an unexpected connection with the detective risking everything to protect her. She Knew Too Much is a lean, suspenseful psychological thriller about fear, courage, and the price of knowing too much.