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Twenty-four heart-warming, mind-boggling, and history-defining short stories of moments and players—go on a journey through the exciting and emotional world of baseball.

Repeat mothers are assumed to know what to expect during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Unexpected: A Postpartum Memoir is the moving, raw account of a second-time mother who finds herself struggling for the first time with postpartum depression, anxiety and motherhood itself. Only as a mother of two does Emily find herself unable to ignore the impossible tempo of motherhood. At eight-months postpartum, Emily finds motherhood to be punctuated with unexpected sensations of irritability and feelings of rage all lathered in immobilizing guilt and shame.

For generations, basketball has united people through the players' unwavering determination and the thrilling moments that define this sport. However, there exists a realm of untold stories and experiences beyond the scores displayed on the scoreboard and the excitement of winning or losing that have greatly influenced the sport and the individuals who participate in it. These tales are the pieces to the whole puzzle of what makes basketball one of the greatest sports there are today.

Stories for small children: The Foolish Lion.

A young New York couple, unable to have children and whose marriage seems to be sputtering, is advised to leave their tense urban lives and take a vacation in a more bucolic environment. Out west, they are suddenly confronted by violent rednecks and chased deep into the surrounding wilderness. Braving floods, avalanches, wild animals, and human predators, they come face-to-face with death.

The Sunset Gang is as lively, fun, and courageous a group as you'll find anywhere this side of the Last Reward. The fact that you'll find them at Sunset Village, a condominium retirement community in Florida - where an ambulance siren is the theme song and cycling at a stately pace is strenuous exercise - does not mean that they are ready to pack it all in. Not by a long shot.

Some jobs are just too good to be true. Captain Matt Spears learns this the hard way after a mysterious employer hires his ship to hunt down an ancient alien artifact but insists on providing his own pilot. Ryce Faine is handsome and smart, but Matt has rarely met anyone more obnoxious. With tensions running high, it isn’t until they are attacked by the hostile Alraki that Matt grudgingly begins to respect Ryce’s superior skills, respect that transforms into a tentative attraction.

San Francisco, 1944. Sophia Nirenska, a Polish resistance fighter who survived the Warsaw ghetto uprising, finds safety in California until someone tries to kill her. She insists political enemies want to silence her, but homicide detective Oliver Wright, on medical leave from the Marines, believes the motive is more personal. He and his German shepherd, Harley, try to protect Sophia, but she insists on doing things her own way - a dangerous decision.

Get comfortable, because you are about to be scared! Join us for 18 stories of monsters, killers, and holiday horrors! There's something to terrify everyone in this collection!

Little Red Perky Turkey is a heartwarming and humorous holiday story, written in playful rhymes—perfect for preschoolers and early readers! Inspired by The Little Red Hen, but with a fun Thanksgiving twist—Perky Turkey works hard to prepare a delicious feast, but his friends are too busy to help. Yet when trouble comes knocking, they’re the ones who save the day! This delightful tale celebrates the spirit of giving, teamwork, and true friendship—reminding us all that helping others makes the holidays even more special. With charming rhymes and a meaningful message, Little Red Perky ...

Solo necesitas 7 m2 para conocer al gran maestro de la novela negra.El desenlace de la serie, el mejor Jussi Adler-Olsen.El inspector Carl Mørck está en la cárcel. Después de quince años, un caso nunca resuelto del pasado lo ha alcanzado de lleno, y los cargos de tráfico de drogas y asesinato amenazan con destruir su vida y su carrera. Pero todo indica que lo están incriminando injustamente. Alguien ofrece una recompensa de un millón de dólares por su cabeza, y así lo pone en grave peligro entre los criminales y los funcionarios corruptos de la prisión, pero ¿por qué?

A murder with no witnesses. A ghost from Miles Kims’ past. Welcome to your first day as a Seraph marshal. We hope you survive the experience. While pursuing an escaped fugitive in the remote southern barrens, Miles Kim discovers a dead body next to a secluded spring. But solving the murder and keeping his fugitive alive becomes complicated when a communication blackout prevents him from calling for backup. Cut off, Miles finds himself in the sights of an enigmatic judge serving his own brand of outlaw justice. Run or fight, Miles will need every trick in his arsenal to avoid becoming the ...

Contrary to competing popular beliefs, police violence against African Americans has neither remained unchanged since the era of slavery nor is it a recent phenomenon disconnected from the past. In Bluecoated Terror, Jeffrey S. Adler draws on rich archival accounts to show how racialized police brutality is part of a larger system of state oppression with roots in the early twentieth-century South, particularly New Orleans.

Itzhak is a young teen in Hungary when the Nazis barge into his home one day and force him and his family to leave everything behind and get on a train to a concentration camp. When Itzhak is separated from his entire family, he is left feeling scared and alone. With no one to talk to and no one to look after him, Itzhak knows that he will have to be strong—and very brave—to survive the war and be reunited with his family. But can he manage to do it on his own?

Our guests include amazing people who have suffered loss and learned to not only survive but actually thrive after their loss. They will provide real life insight into loss, survival and redemption. This show will address recovering from a tragedy of a suicide of a loved one. The topics to be covered include grief, the family dynamics of recovering from loss and how to live a life of meaning after the tragedy of suicide.

After breaking the Glass Wall, Sydney finds herself on the run with Rafael. And as her feelings for him awaken, danger arrives in the form of Mesmers, agents of evil sent by the Brotherhood of the Snake. But when Jareth struts back onto the scene, it isn't long before Sydney finds herself immersed in sinister secrets, and the subsequent whirlwind of events leaves her wondering just who is right and who is wrong.

MY SPECIAL STAR Read it FREE as part of your Kindle Unlimited membership I couldn't sleep that night; I was wide awake, I heard a loud noise and I started to shake. Then I went out to the yard to look around, A very bright light was shining on the ground.

Josh Chester loves being a Hollywood bad boy, coasting on his good looks, his parties, his parents' wealth, and the occasional modeling gig. But his laid-back lifestyle is about to change. To help out his best friend, Liam, he joins his hit teen TV show, Daylight Falls…opposite Vanessa Park, the one actor immune to his charms. (Not that he's trying to charm her, of course.) Meanwhile, his drama-queen mother blackmails him into a new family reality TV show, with Josh in the starring role.

La investigación arrastrará a Carl, Assad, Rose y Gordon, el nuevo miembro del Departamento Q, a una ciénaga de corrupción y crímenes en el mundo de la política y la economía, cuyos tentáculos llegan hasta la selva africana.

Milton Gold is a fringe operating "hustling lawyer", barely making it in the cutthroat chaos of 1970s New York City. His world is suddenly turned inside out when he meets the mysterious and beautiful Karla Smith, a Polish-American woman, who approaches him with an assignment that will test his skills beyond anything he has ever experienced.