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Deerheart
Best-selling author Eoin Colfer and award-winning illustrator P.J. Lynch deliver a beautifully rendered, original myth about a shapeshifting witch who must save the love of her life and defend her magical woodland home from a cunning enemy. In the heart of an ancient forest, three fairy witches guard the Creedon Stone, the source of all magic. Crow-like Scrawb leads the birds, and sharp-toothed Hackle the wolves. The youngest witch, Deerheart, who can shapeshift into a speckled red deer, has been charged with killing dangerous humans. She has never seen a human--until she sets eyes on young Halvar and can't look away. Love sparks between the two, interfering with Deerheart's duty to eliminate humans to protect the forest. When Lord Vollug's shadowy plans come to light, their love is imperiled, along with the entire Creedon Wood. Now Deerheart must discover fierce inner strength if she is to save her love and her home. Eoin Colfer's narrative, shimmering with witch power and a reverence for the forest and its inhabitants, together with P.J. Lynch's inviting illustrations, bring to life this brand-new story that is as mythical and spellbinding as a centuries-old legend. -
National Geographic Photo Ark Wonders: Celebrating Diversity in the Animal Kingdom
A glorious new volume of Sartore's signature animal portraits, this time highlighting the fascinating shapes, patterns, and expressions of animals both familiar and little known.
Joel Sartore, on a mission to photograph all the animal species in human care, now delights us with more photographs, this time selected to represent the amazing diversity of the world's animals.
The book's four chapters -- Pattern, Shape, Extra, and Personality -- invite us to revel in these photographs, many cleverly paired into amusing and often surprising comparisons, like the catfish and the mouse with the same stripes down their backs, the tarantula and the poison dart frog both cobalt blue, or the tiny lizard and the weighty ox both sporting pointed horns.- Each photograph gets its own page or two-page spread.
- Scientifically accurate captions highlight distinctive features.
- Throughout, Sartore recalls telling moments from his photographic adventures.
Animal lovers young and old will get lost in the pages of this book, delighted by the spectacular diversity among these creatures and the wit of the photographer chronicling them. -
Power of Positive Habits
Transform your life with proven habits that exponentially grow and unleash the best version of you
In The Power of Positive Habits, 18x bestselling author and leadership coach Jon Gordon - who has spent over two decades transforming lives and teams through his work - delivers a game-changing collection of practical habits that demolish distractions, beat burnout, neutralize negativity and conquer complacency. Drawing on his own remarkable transformation and work with the top leaders, coaches and athletes in the world, Gordon shows you how to implement simple, concrete habits that exponentially elevate the way you think, feel, perform, live, lead and impact others.
Rather than simply explaining the science of habit, The Power of Positive Habits arms you with specific, battle-tested strategies and mindsets you can start using today. Gordon shares revolutionary new practices validated by research and readers who've experienced amazing results, giving you a practical toolkit that makes it easy to supercharge your life.
You'll find:
- The hands-on "Habit before the Habit" technique that removes resistance and creates unstoppable momentum
- The life-changing "Thank You Walk" that transforms stress and anxiety into peace and positive energy
- A "Success Journal" method that programs your mind for achievement and builds unshakeable confidence
- The "Talk to Yourself" strategy for winning the battle of your mind and silencing negative thoughts
- "Connect Before you Correct" to elevate your influence and impact
- How to "Master your Morning" to create an amazing and productive day
- A curated collection of mental, physical, leadership, communication, and relationship habits you can customize to take your life and impact to the next level
Perfect for leaders, professionals, and anyone ready to discover what they're truly capable of, The Power of Positive Habits shows you how to become someone who exponentially grows themselves and everything and everyone connected to you.
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Salads for All Seasons: French-Inspired Recipes to Enjoy
"Alex makes salads to REALLY get excited about! Cozy, comforting, and always seasonal, this book is a game changer!" - Amy Sheppard, author of Easy 10 Celebrate the seasons with flavorful, nourishing, French-inspired salads At a time when we all know we need to eat more plants, what better way to incorporate a wide variety of wholefoods into your diet than with a thoughtfully composed salad? Growing up just outside Paris with a French father and English mother, Alexandra Stacey became accustomed to a classically French tradition of eating beautifully dressed, seasonal salads on an almost daily basis all year round, and in her first book Salads for all Seasons she encourages you to do the same. Divided into seasonal chapters and making the very most of the ingredients on offer, Alex demonstrates how through creating the right balance between texture, acidity, and flavor you can build vibrant bowls of goodness using a wide variety of fiber, protein, herbs, vegetables, vinaigrettes, and toppings. From the Perfect Salade Verte to a Fig, Walnut, and Brie Salad and a Classic Celeriac Remoulade with Smoked Salmon, Chives, and Capers, Salads for all Seasons bursts with timeless inspiration for all year round.Sold out -
Valuable and Visible: Redefining Personal Branding by Leading with Impact Over Image
You're tired. You've done everything right--and everyone else keeps getting chosen but you.
If you feel overlooked and don't know where to begin, Valuable & Visible gives you a clear, simple way to change that.
Vanessa Errecarte, award-winning UC Davis MBA instructor and creator of one of the nation's first MBA-level personal branding courses, teaches a different approach: A service-first personal brand, where your ideas make you memorable, your clarity builds credibility, and your ideas get you noticed and chosen before you ever have to chase them.
This is where most advice gets it wrong: The real problem isn't a lack of talent or ability, it's that you aren't memorable yet.
In today's AI-driven, digital world, where everything sounds polished and the same, distinction is what drives memorability. No algorithm hacking. No performance. No self-promotion required.
Everyone says personal branding is about you. Everyone is wrong.
The best brands don't talk about themselves.
They help people think more clearly.
They simplify problems.
They share what they know.Valuable & Visible helps you do the same.
Inside, you'll learn how to:
- Turn your expertise into ideas people remember and repeat.
- Share your thinking in a way that builds trust and credibility.
- Create visibility by helping others, not performing for them.
- Become known for a clear point of view that opens real doors.
- Create a pull effect to gain opportunities, clients, business and organizational growth, and more.
This is a redefined personal branding method--one built on contribution, clarity, and original insight. Because when people trust you, they remember you, and when they remember you, they choose you.
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Turncloak
Three rival mages race for power, vengeance, and the fate of Atherin in the epic second installment of the Silvercloak Saga, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates. The stunning first edition hardcover features red sprayed edges, a designed case stamp, and full-color endpaper maps--while supplies last! Revenge drove Saffron Killoran to go undercover in the Bloodmoon gang. But now, with any chance of retribution gone, she sees only one path forward: harnessing a long-dormant power to fix her ruinous mistakes. Meanwhile, the new kingpin of the Bloodmoons has discovered Saffron's true identity as a Silvercloak--and her ultimate goal of bringing his empire down. As old wounds resurface and fresh enemies close in, he finds himself torn between the cause to which he has devoted his life and the fate of the traitorous mage he loves. Hot on their heels is an ambitious rookie detective sent to stake out the Bloodmoons' growing rivals. She will stop at nothing to destroy both gangs--and anything or anyone who dares to stand in her way. Caught in a cat-and-mouse game of trust and betrayal spanning continents, Saffron must choose where her loyalties lie--and determine if her quest to unmake time itself is worth becoming a villain to the whole world. -
Sold outMetamorphosis: A Grove Hollow Novel
Stranger Things meets Twilight in this haunting gothic romance! A teen girl is swept into an opulent world of love, lies, and ghosts after she moves in with the wealthy, mysterious family she never knew she had. Book One in the Grove Hollow series, this is an 80s dark academia-tinged tale full of fated love, a cursed amulet, and twisted family secrets. The year is 1985, and seventeen-year-old Jade Whitney is about to discover that her family holds a dark secret that will change her life forever. Sent to live with her great-aunt Ruth, Jade moves into Blythe House, her family's sprawling, gilded mansion--but picturesque Grove Hollow, New York, is anything but welcoming. At Jade's new private school she's shunned by everyone except the Misfits, the school's outcasts, who spend their weekends exploring abandoned haunted mansions and listening to The Cure. But Jade's eye keeps wandering back to Brad, the charming, handsome rugby captain--and the only other kid at school to welcome her. Everything changes when Jade finds a cursed locket in a derelict estate. The locket is connected to a Victorian ghost named William, who desperately needs Jade's help, and who Jade feels an undeniable attraction to. The closer they grow, the more urgent it becomes for Jade to decide where her heart truly lies--and if she's willing to let Will go.Sold out -
Sconed to Death (Main)
A brand-new series from the queen of culinary cozies. Full to the brim with crochet, crumpets, and crime!
The perfect ingredients for murder . . . Annie Hart has transformed the yarn shop she inherited into a thriving business and tea shop. Now she needs to sell it so she can move back to LA. She just has to ensure that young Toby Swanson is kept on as the supplier of their famous scones. Annie decides to secretly enter Toby in a new reality TV cooking show. But his application video takes a deadly twist when Annie and her business partner, Gray, discover a body on the beach while filming. Even worse, it looks like the young woman had been enjoying Toby's cherry scones and the shop's rose tea before her death. With the help of her misfit group of local yarn artists, can Annie find a killer and save her reputation? Readers who love super cozy culinary mysteries will eat up this new charming cozy mystery series. -
Lie in the Bay (Main)
Experience the dark side of the white picket fence in Holly Danvers' latest Little White Lies thriller. Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Lucy Foley.
A neighborly smile hides a multitude of sins . . . The residents of Bayshore Lane excel at three things: throwing unforgettable waterfront parties, spreading the juiciest gossip, and taking their darkest secrets straight to the grave. Take Jenna, Gabrielle, and Dublin. Each harbor something they'd rather die than confess--a forbidden desire, a dangerous scheme, a hidden agenda. In their postcard-perfect neighborhood, these are truths that can never see the light. But when whispering over cocktails turns sinister, long-buried secrets begin clawing their way to the surface. Jenna's perfect life starts to fracture, Dublin's world is reduced to ashes, and Gabrielle risks losing everything she loves. Someone on Bayshore Lane knows more than they're saying. And one of them is determined to make this carefully curated circle pay for the sins they thought were long forgotten. Lie in the Bay is a page-turning suspense thriller that digs deep into those little white lies that have the potential to turn deadly. It's Desperate Housewives meets Revenge and Little Fires Everywhere. -
5 Greatest Moments: Being Gratefully Present in a Chaotic World
Discover the extraordinary in the everyday.
Five Greatest Moments invites you to pause, reflect, and uncover the powerful moments hiding in plain sight. Blending presence with gratitude, this simple yet transformative method helps you reconnect with what truly matters-one moment at a time. Whether you're navigating change, seeking clarity, or simply trying to stay grounded in a chaotic world, this gentle guide will meet you where you are and walk with you toward a more meaningful life.
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Dive Bar at the End of the Road
Final Destination meets The Cabin at the End of the World in this supernatural horror from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, in which a series of car accidents traps a group of strangers at a dive bar.
A forested road at night, slick from the pounding rain and eerily illuminated by flashes of lightning. Just before midnight, a car swerves to avoid something--or someone--mysteriously standing in the road, only to slam into a fallen tree instead. In the pitch black, four more cars follow in a pileup no one can seem to avoid. Stumbling out of the wreckage, soaked from the rain and nursing various injuries, five strangers find themselves in a backwoods dive bar, waiting for daybreak and hoping for cell service. But as tensions rise and the storm rages on outside, the occupants of the dive bar start to notice that not everything is as it seems. Time is moving differently, and they quickly learn that going outside--whether to assist another accident victim or to hike for help--is a very bad idea. There's something in the woods, something that isn't natural. Could the figure in the road have been a warning? Or something more sinister? None of this is normal, and they'll need to work together to figure out what's happening if they have any hope of surviving the night. -
Bad Company
International bestseller and groundbreaking icon Sara Paretsky returns with a brand new novel and character - proving once again that she's one of the pre-eminent authors in crime fiction and beyond.
All of this is long behind her when she receives an anonymous package containing a magazine with an article about Hayalistan - an article with a previously unknown photo showing Lily in the background. This was no mistake - someone out there is trying to expose Lily, after more than two decades, for reasons unknown. Lily, however, is no one's pawn even now. Determined to find out who is behind this, how they obtained these forbidden photos, and what their goal is before she is a casualty in someone else's scheme. Using hard won skills and personal connections from her former life, Lily is determined to unravel the machinations going on now and what really happened back in Hayalstan more than twenty years ago. In a powerful novel about love, power, corruption, aging, trust...and revenge, Bad Company reaffirms Sara Paretsky place as one of the pre-eminent crime writers of our time.
To all appearances, Lily Sedako is an unexceptional retiree - a seventy-something single woman living in Chicago, her days filled with the routine tasks of normal life. But underneath that exterior, lies a remarkable past. A former CIA field agent, she spent her career in various Central Asian countries, but most notably in Hayalistan, a former USSR territory. But everything went sideways when Lily's connections to the mountain tribes resulted in her being moved to a new post and Rani, the tribal leader and first democratically elected President was removed, presumed killed, in a coup back in 2002. -
Big Cats Dance Party: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (27)
In this latest and completely delightful installment of Alexander McCall Smith's bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the unflappable Mma Ramotswe and her steadfast colleague Mma Makutsi take on a sensitive new case and learn valuable lessons Life is never dull for Botswana's premier lady detective, Precious Ramotswe. As a particularly delicate situation is brought to her attention, she must, with the help of her loyal associate Grace Matsuki, set out to investigate the peculiar circumstances surrounding the case. Over the course of their inquiries, unexpected information continues coming to light, leaving the pair puzzled--eventually, Mma Ramotswe will realize that the truth, as ever, is more complicated than it first seems. With the generosity and good humor that guide all her endeavors, Mma Ramotswe will untangle these questions for herself and her loved ones, and prove that with a healthy dose of wisdom and a steaming cup of red bush tea, compassion will always win the day. -
Pudding the Christmas Puppy
A stray, lonely puppy finds himself on a life-changing adventure aboard Santa's sleigh, dreaming of the greatest gift of all: a loving home. All alone on a cold winter's night, an exhausted puppy shelters himself from the falling snow . . . only to awaken and find himself flying high above the clouds in Santa's sleigh! It's Christmas Eve, and around the world the puppy encounters families that are safe and warm at home. "If I had a home, how happy I'd be," the puppy says with a sigh. "Somewhere to belong, with love around me." It's only when Santa discovers the secret stowaway the puppy learns how transformative it can be to experience kindness, an open heart, and a real home--at last. -
Fires of December
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson--creator of The Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn saga, and countless bestselling works of science fiction and fantasy--comes a new standalone novel set in his Cosmere universe.
In the next Cosmere standalone novel, Hoid has an epic tale to share: In a forgotten land sustained by colorful rivers of demon blood, a young woman named December learns a devastating plague is on its way. But who will believe her? Against impossible odds, she sets sail up the River Violet to warn the king's court, determination--and wisdom beyond her years--burning in her eyes. With a chatty priestess and a fledgling fashion designer at her side, she must navigate incredulous royal officials, twisted court intrigue, and a roguish count who might hold the key to her quest--and her heart.