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When forty-nine-year-old archaeology professor Klara Lieberman goes to Warsaw in search of answers about her long-ago-disappeared father, she ultimately discovers forgotten parts of herself as well-and heals some deeply buried wounds.

Sylvie believes in being a team player at her AI company until her commitment to the technology is put to the test when she discovers her colleagues' illegal activities and she learns the personal trainer she's attracted to considers AI fraught with risk. But Sylvie doesn't know the extent of the trouble coming to eclipse everything else-a family dispute over a will that turns threatening and endangers Sylvie and everyone she cares about.

As a small New England town becomes embattled in the drug war, single mother Laura Everett finds herself on the brink of love and her teenage son on the brink of disaster. To save him and his friends from potentially deadly consequences, she is forced out of her comfort zone and into action . . .

When Henrietta and Clive return to England, they find themselves caught up in the death of an estate agent responsible for the proposed sale of the Howard's ancestral home, Castle Linley-an investigation that various ghostly hauntings threaten to disrupt altogether.

A bisexual young man grapples with questions of integrity and masculinity as he and his unconventional sister and enslaved brother struggle for respect and a future between dark secrets and unbridled passions of two plantation dynasties.

Fresh, insightful, and grounded in academic research, this cheeky, no-nonsense manifesto offers practical strategies and easy-to-follow exercises for flexing your happiness muscle and maximizing your potential-essentially laying out the blueprint for how to be happy AF and live your best life.

This finely crafted coming-of-age novel takes the reader on an unforgettable journey with a young woman whose life is shaken by world events. Set in the early twentieth-century Southwest, where water means everything, The Ways of Water is a poignant and heart-warming testament to the meaning of family and the strength of the human spirit.

A bartender. An environmentalist. A fishmonger. An orphan. A love letter to a Montauk under threat.

Do we want to be a people that denies humanity to others in need through deliberate cruelty, in violation of basic human rights? Sarah Towle doesn't think so. Join her journey to the borderlands to meet the unsung heroes flying the tattered flag of US-American values as they model a better way to respond to today's crisis in global migration-and attempt to tear down the walls that divide us.

Born during WWII, Deborah Kasdan's sister Rachel spent a transformative year in Israel-after which she was diagnosed with schizophrenia and sent to the first of many psychiatric hospitals. It was there she languished until a mental health worker gave her a chance at freedom. A searing look at the impact of severe mental illness on a Jewish family in mid-century America, this memoir will resonate with anyone who has struggled to help a loved one in crisis.

It started with Eve-countless tellings that perpetuated shame instead of celebrating a woman's desire, wisdom, and choice. In Rewriting Eve, Ronna Detrick boldly reimagines, redeems, even rewrites Eve's story and nine more-removing doctrine and dogma, inviting us to hear their powerful voices, and calling women of today to claim the sacred lineage that has always been ours.

Part memoir, part self-help, this loving, compassionate, and unfailingly audacious missive from force of nature Amy Ferris-a woman who has made all the mistakes and, as such, learned all the accompanying lessons-tackles the question, What would I tell my younger self if I could speak to her now? with gusto.

Catching the travel bug at age twenty, Terry Repak longed to live overseas someday. She didn't foresee spending fifteen years in countries like Ivory Coast, Tanzania, and Switzerland; nor did she guess that living abroad would transform her and her family into global citizens and gift them with resilience, perspective, and a profound sense of home.

This cross-cultural, Arab/American story-an optimistic tale of joy, renewal, and the power of love, music, and dance?explores how a young girl growing up in Tehran and Kuwait experiences the loss of her American mother and her brother, yet is lifted from grief through the love of her devoted Arab father and her strong women relatives.

Drawing on biographical and historical sources, Bessie reimagines the early life of Bess Myerson¿the talented daughter of poor Russian Jewish immigrants¿who, in the bigoted milieu of 1945, remarkably rises to become Miss America.

Written for parents, teachers, counselors, and any adult who might encounter a gender-questioning or transgender child, Kate Brookes's memoir uses humor, heart, and empathy to tell the story of her journey as her son and her family undergo a transition that challenges the norms of parenting and the essence of normalcy.

Perfect for readers inspired by Between Two Kingdoms, this inspirational memoir of a twenty-two-year-old woman's sudden autoimmune kidney failure details a resilient journey of chronic illness, unfailing love, and moving forward with joy.

Dayna's father committed a murder-suicide when she was just two years old, shrouding their family in grief, mystery, and trauma. What could cause him to take such drastic action, ending the course of his life? Twenty years later, Dayna is determined to find out.

The Marie Kondo Method for the mind, body, heart, and soul, this eight-step process is designed to clear out the clutter of your past and make space for joy, hope, and possibility-erasing heartbreak, trauma, and grief so you can find the courage to create the purpose-filled life that was meant for you.

Dennis Griffin will do whatever it takes to belong. The Handyman follows his obsession with Brenna Riley and the lengths he goes to insert himself into her life and her family-at any cost.

Nearing fifty and grieving the death of her husband, Judy Reeves sells everything, buys an around-the-world airline ticket, and sets off on a solo journey. Months of solitude and loneliness in foreign countries challenge her to examine her old ideas and explore her heart¿s deepest longings as she searches for who she might become in her new life.

This is the story of my search for truth—first, the truth of a childhood with a sexually abusive, alcoholic father and an emotionally absent mother; then, a search for truth as a journalist and a grown woman.

The Broken Hummingbird explores a woman¿s struggle to truly know her new country and her own heart. Jane—mother, lawyer, enthusiastic expat, and fatally unhappy wife—sets out to save two little girls but must also save herself and her own sons while navigating the parallel worlds of wealth and poverty in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

In this retelling of ancient Greek myth, Circe seeks a new lover, amphibian Glaucus, after Odysseus¿s departure from the island of Aeaea—but in a twist of fortune, mortal Skylla complicates her plans, leading to an adventure threaded with friendship, jealousy, revenge, and redemption . . . and filled with divine interventions, shape-shifting, and magic.

Jackie has known tumultuous times: she escaped war-torn China as a toddler with her medical missionary parents, grew up with emotional abuse, and came of age in the 1960s. But after returning to China at thirty-eight with her aging parents and being stunned by a revelation about their past, she begins an unexpected quest—for forgiveness, self-fulfillment, and the authentic life she craves.

In this series of interwoven stories, Glenda Goodrich chronicles her path toward healing through wilderness quests in the Pacific Northwest and Central California. Through her connection to nature, Goodrich rediscovers the importance of self-esteem, forgiveness, acceptance, and standing in her own truth.

Felise¿s debtor father has disappeared on a merchant journey; her guardian is plotting to marry her to a stranger; and the Hundred Years¿ War rages all around her. She fears that France will soon be held captive, just as she is¿but when Joan of Arc blazes into history and Felise¿s life, everything changes.

In 1660 Amsterdam, Anneke longs to create a new map, but cartography is the domain of men. Still, she persists, and eventually it seems her goal may actually be in sight—until family secrets, infidelity, and even murder threaten her dream.

At once a breathless narrative and toolbox of insights and resources, Tinderbox offers hope to desperate parents, their children, and the providers who seek to support them through its often harrowing, but ultimately uplifting, story of one adoptive mom¿s search for the cause—and means of addressing—her child¿s violence, chaos, and confusion.

The fallout from the pandemic has yet to be measured, but the way we work will never be the same again. In this accessible, interactive guide, longtime organizational coach and consultant Sharon Darmody reveals what a unique opportunity this has presented to rebuild our working lives from the ground up—to make work work again—and shows readers how to do just that.