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"Anna Williams-Bonner has taken care of business. That is to say, she's taken care of her husband, bestselling novelist Jacob Finch Bonner, and solved the mystery of the anonymous plagiarism accusations that tormented him. Now she is living her life, content to enjoy her husband's royalty checks in perpetuity, but literary celebrity continues to beckon, and this time the book in question is her own debut novel, The Afterword. After all, how hard can it really be to write and publish a universally lauded best seller? Then, in the wake of The Afterword's great success, Anna begins to receive anonymous accusations of her very own. Surely there is no one out there who still knows the truth about her colorful life, so who is sending her these excerpts of a justly lost manuscript by a justly unpublished author? Who knows her true name and origins? Who understands the exact nature of her many, many transgressions? Anna has come too far, and worked too hard, to lose this life. She cannot rest until she has eradicated the threat and reclaimed, definitively and permanently, her sole and uncontested right to her own story" -- Provided by publisher.

A newcomer to Noel, North Carolina, horse breeder Jordyn Banks decides to take on the reigning Christmas-tree-decorating champ, who happens to be the handsome single dad who lives next door with his adorable little girl.

℗1999.

Reacher wakes up, alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a bed in a makeshift hospital room. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there. The last thing he can recall is the car he had hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed. The people who staged the attack assume Reacher was the driver's accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk.

"An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties;successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women; his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke. Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined. For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude, a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking"-- Provided by publisher.

Christmas is filled with beloved and long-kept traditions, but sometimes, there's nothing better than creating brand-new ones. That's why Francesca and her high school friends Amy, Rachael, and Nina are traveling to Italy to spend the holidays with Frankie's boyfriend, Giovanni, and his family. Giovanni and his brother, Marco, run a small Italian restaurant in Manhattan, where cherished family recipes delight tourists and locals alike. But there's one recipe that eludes the brothers. Their mama refuses to divulge the special ingredient in her coveted panettone, claiming it is "Santa's secret." While Frankie joins Giovanni and Marco in the kitchen, hoping to uncover the mystery of Mrs. Lombardi's mouthwatering panettone, Amy, Nina, and Rachael are on their own quests. Amy wants to see the statue of David in Florence, Nina needs career inspiration, and Rachael longs to meet some eligible Italian men. Can one trip provide the answers everyone seeks?

"A sleeping baby rolls out of the house and across the nation on a series of larger-than-life adventures"-- Provided by publisher.

On his very first day of school, Rocky the unicorn, when he makes a mistake with his assignment, fears he won't be allowed to stay until he makes a new friend and together, they inspire each other to be brave.

"An immigration story that gently conveys that curiosity, open-mindedness, and acceptance have the power to overcome fear, close-mindedness, and rejection. It's Okay, Just Ask is the story of a child who immigrates with her family (older sister and parents) to a new place and faces the uncertainties, fears, and wonder that come with a big change in the middle of childhood. The story is loosely based on the author's own move to Canada from the Philippines with her family seven years ago and the ways her own two children experienced and coped with the transition. The narrative follows the family's move through snapshot glimpses into the child's experiences as she tries to find her place in this new home and community. Each time she faces a new uncertainty--on the plane when she notices that her mother is quieter than usual, or when she has questions about an unfamiliar monument in her new country, or when she wonders about the differences between herself and her new classmates--she listens to (or remembers) her mother's words: It's okay, just ask. This repeated refrain guides her to meet these new hurdles with open-mindedness, curiosity, and courage. And every time she chooses to just ask, she learns something new and her understanding of this transitional phase of her life and her new home, peers, and neighbors grows deeper and more nuanced. This story aims to teach children that it's okay to ask questions when they are unsure of something, especially when it comes to being confident in, open to, and respectful of the differences you notice in others' lives, cultures, and looks compared to your own!"-- Provided by publisher.

"Come celebrate the Festival of Lights with Hannah as she receives eight magical presents--one for each night. There's a playful dragon, a gleaming treasure chest, some rowdy unicorns--and more. But are the gifts what they seem to be? When Hannah gathers with family and friends to light the menorah, she'll discover the true magic of Hanukkah"--Amazon.

Sonic can't catch a break! Every time he tries to relax, some other danger shows up! A relaxing day at the beach? Not if the Babylon Rogues have anything to say about it! Chilling with his best buddy, Tails? Whether it's a Chaos Emerald trapped in a mysterious cave or the return of the Warp Topaz, something's going to get in his way! Good thing Sonic has lots of friends to help when he needs it: Amy, Jewel, the Diamond Cutters, and of course, the Restoration's newest heroes, Surge and Kit!

The story of a nameless father and son trying to survive with their humanity intact in a postapocalyptic wasteland where Earth's natural resources have been diminished, and some survivors are left to raise others for meat.

After her partner suddenly leaves her, Li finds herself alone, with the baby. She's a single mother, and it seems like nobody will ever see her as anything else, and her eyebags are now permanent features of her face. As her daughter gets older, she finds herself passing through the different stages of single motherhood: wondering if she'll ever meet anyone on a dating app who isn't also a sad, single parent just wanting to be friends; wondering if she can start socializing again without people asking her why she's not home with the baby; wondering if she can sit and watch TV without falling straight to sleep. Can Li get over the hurdles of being a single mother without losing herself in the process?

Belzebubs is a "trve kvlt mockumentary" focusing on the everyday challenges of family life: raising kids, running a small business, and making time for worship. Except the kids are named Lilith and Leviathan, the business is a black-metal band, and the worship... isn't exactly aimed upstairs.

"It's about to get very dark. Bram Stoker Award-winning author Laird Barron returns to the dark and dreadful with his fifth horror collection, which weaves sixteen weird tales into a mosaic of the bloody and the macabre. Bring a flashlight and a book of matches. Where we're going, there's not a speck of light."--Amazon

"For fans of Less comes a wry, moving novel about love, loss, and new beginnings found on an unlikely road trip. Most days, Magda is fine. She has her anxious therapy patients, who depend on her to cure their bad habits, and her longtime colleagues Boomer and Theo, whose playful bickering she mediates. She successfully avoids all discussion of her upcoming 70th birthday and has even brokered a tentative truce with her late best friend Sara's widower, Fred. Magda has her routines. She has other people's lives to fix. She's fine. But when Fred gifts her Sara's journal, she discovers plans for the road trip they always meant to take scribbled inside. And when Fred foists Sara's urn on Magda for the summer, there seems no choice but to go, lugging Sara along for the ride. Magda just wants closure, but the trip has the potential to shake up her careful routines, and the longing she locked away years ago. Because sometimes getting away from it all makes us confront the things we refuse to face. A hilarious and touching meditation on loss, aging, and the boundless power of female friendship, HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL, MAGDA EKLUND? shows how love endures past death, and how it's never too late to start your next journey"-- Provided by publisher.

In this debut story collection, Gianni Washington opens portals bridging the strange and the lonely to the gruesome and the intimate.Thirteen dark tales are told through the lenses of Black, female, and queer narrators, among others, which burrow deep into the heart of the gothic to challenge the conventional nightmare. Flowers from the Void unburies a haunted labyrinth of chilling alternate realities eerily similar to our own.A high school freshman is lured into a sinister pact with a classmate that will cost him more than he could ever imagine. A grieving African witch prepares for initiation into a 17th century Salem coven of white women. A girl with no shadow befriends one. Empathy and horrors collide to create a grimy discomfort that will never quite wash off. Otherworldly creatures, malevolent acts, and devastation consume these pages as Gianni Washington resurrects the skeletons in our closets and commands them to run amuck with a new zest for the macabre.

"BECKY CLOONAN and TULA LOTAY - both writing and drawing a graphic novel together for the FIRST TIME! Set amidst the terrifying backdrop of the witch hunts in a quiet 1600s English village, SOMNA follows one woman's descent into an erotic escape from the confines of her puritanical world. Ingrid is unhappily married to Roland, the town's bailiff and chief witch hunter, who is on a single-minded quest to purge the 'heretics' in their midst. After a prominent town leader is found murdered, accusations fly and no one is above reproach from Roland's deadly crusade. Ingrid has her suspicions about who the real murderer is, but even as she pursues the truth, she's pursued herself by a shadowy figure. Ingrid finds that she's drawn to the foreboding phantom in ways she can't resist- does this dark and tempting stranger hold the key to the mystery...or will he damn Ingrid's soul to the blackest circle of Hell? From the masterful minds of Becky Cloonan (BY CHANCE OR PROVIDENCE, Wonder Woman) and Tula Lotay (BARNSTORMERS) comes an intoxicating blend of history, eroticism, and the supernatural in SOMNA-an evocative masterpiece that draws inspiration from cinematic folk-horror gems like Midsommar and The Witch- and will transport readers to a world where passion and spirits intertwine, enrapturing your senses and leave you craving more. For fans of The Witch and Midsommar" -- Back cover.

"Arlo is lost. He thought he had everything figured out. Go to university. Fall in love. Get a job. But life doesn't always work like that, and before he has a chance to figure it out, he dies. In the space of a night, Arlo is plunged into a world of blood and immortality and finds a group of people who swear to always have his back. Dying is never easy, and they promise him eternal safety. But something is after him. Something no one could have ever predicted. He craves to figure out his purpose before he falls into something he can never come back from"--Back cover.

Tonight, the sheep can't sleep. The pasture is floodlit by a strange new star and their shepherds have disappeared. They must have been kidnapped by a UFO. Or perhaps they've gone to see the child lying in a manger that everyone's talking about. The sheep decide to go too. What a surprise the shepherds will get, seeing their sheep turn up after such a long hike! But many pitfalls await an unruly flock in search of good tidings on their first night hike.

Seven autobiographical essays on people and things that deeply influenced twentieth-century American playwright Lillian Hellman's youth.

Espiritualismo espacial en un combate mortal contra el amor. RENACIMIENTO, VIDA, MUERTE, DESINTEGRACIÓN ASTRAL. RENACIMIENTO, VIDA, MUERTE, DESINTEGRACIÓN ASTRAL. RENACIMIENTO, VIDA, MUERTE, DESINTEGRACIÓN ASTRAL. Todos los seres del firmamento viven encerrados en este ciclo infinito. O así era hasta el día en el que ellas bajaron desde los cielos. La humanidad dejó de ser humana. La muerte dejó de ser el final. La iluminación llegó para salvar a sus hijos y derrotar el sentimiento más poderoso que la conciencia había podido crear. _______ SpaceDrum nos muestra una sociedad que ha evolucionado hasta alcanzar un estado de bienestar pleno, liberada de guerras y conflictos, en busca del Nirvana, gracias a la guía espiritual de una raza alienígena. Los aryas son un grupo de élite encargado de la seguridad exterior del planeta y de la protección de la suma sacerdotisa. Son elegidos porque, gracias a su dominio sobre su Virya, son capaces de controlar unos misteriosos fragmentos, las shards. Reda es estudiante en una de las academias militares más prestigiosas, pero tiene dificultades para controlar su especial shard debido a las constantes visiones que tiene sobre una extraña joven. Y este no será el mayor de sus problemas...

"Mientras huye de la Federación Galáctica, la nave espacial de Stitch sufre una avería y realiza un aterrizaje de emergencia... ¡no en Hawái, sino en el Japón de la era Sengoku! Descubierto por el brutal señor de la guerra Lord Yamato y su clan, la incomparable ternura de Stitch no es rival para el samurái cansado de la batalla, que decide llevarse al tanuki azul a casa con él. ¿El amor de Stitch por el caos se convertirá en una formidable ventaja para la influencia del samurái? ¿O su forma tierna y esponjosa desarmará la severa fachada del noble señor?" -- Proporcionado por el editor.

Se busca al más malo, retorcido y abominable villano que jamás haya existido en este mundo o en cualquier otro. ¿Qué villano de Disney podría aspirar a este títuo? Descubre los pensamientos más oscuros de Maléfica, Úrsula y Yafar, entre otros, mientras recuerdan algunos de sus logros más cuestionables. ¿Quién es el más malvado de todos?

Desde automóviles hasta barcos, desde aviones hasta objetos espaciales, muchos capítulos dedicados a temas específicos ilustran las diferentes técnicas de construcción para realizar modelos originales y exclusivos ¡creados especialmente para ti! ¡Sigue los consejos del autor y descubre todos los secretos de verdaderos maestros constructores!

"Este primer volumen de la obra completa de Jim Davis compila los inicios del fenómeno de la tira cómica. Desde su debut en 1978, Garfield ha alcanzado un estatus histórico, convirtiéndose en el título más popular de su género. Con material nunca antes visto y una introducción del mismo Jim Davis, este volumen conquistará tanto a nuevos lectores como a fanáticos acérrimos del gato amante de la lasaña"--Back cover.

"Bailey Briggs adores her year-round Halloween-themed town of Elyan Hollow, Oregon, but when she takes over her grandfather's beloved bookshop, Lazy Bones Books, she accidentally discovers the town's secret dark side... Normally, spooky season is Bailey Briggs' favorite time of year, and her Halloween-themed small town's time to shine. But between managing Lazy Bones Books, working on her graphic novel-in-progress, and running the Spooky Season Literary Festival, Bailey hardly has a moment to enjoy Elyan Hollow's spot-on seasonal vibes. Not to mention, at every turn she seems to be tripping over the contentious crew of Gone Ghouls, a ghost-hunting reality TV show currently filming around town. Bailey tries to stay focused on the Lit Festival, which is supposed to kick off Elyan Hollow's annual Halloween Fair; instead, this year's festival begins with a murder... It's bad enough Bailey discovered the victim, but now, as a lead suspect with some (admittedly) damning evidence pointing her way, she's got to clear her name! With the help of her librarian friend, Colby, and Jack Skeleton, her world-class bookshop dog (and the absolute bestest boy ever), Bailey sets out to solve a murder... As her investigation weaves through family secrets, professional rivalries, and town feuds, the list of suspects is growing fast... and unfortunately, so is the list of victims. If Bailey doesn't find the killer soon, Elyan Hollow's haunted reputation will get a little too real..." -- Back cover.

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"From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting, beautifully illustrated short story set in the Strange universe. 'A church is a sort of wood. A wood is a sort of church. They're the same thing really.' Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scott is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees--and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods. One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters in their midst--and the path of her life is changed forever. Featuring an introduction by Susanna Clarke and gorgeous illustrations truly worthy of the magic of this story, this is a mesmerizing, must-have addition to any fantasy reader's bookshelf."

"Well, it happened. You peed your pants. You probably regret that second (okay, third) lemonade. We've all been there. This book has some tips to get you through it (including but not limited to traffic cone pants, extraterrestrial negotiations, food fights, and other very practical techniques). With her playful retro palette, debut author-illustrator Rachel Michelle Wilson offers a space to laugh with yourself through one of life's most embarrassing moments and remember that you're never as alone as you think"--Publisher's website.