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Dramatically improve your self-esteem by changing unhelpful thinking patterns. Rethink Yourself offers a fresh perspective on building self-esteem by speaking to the mind, not the heart. The cause of low self esteem isn’t personal deficiencies, even if it feels that way—low self-esteem is a direct result of unfair and unkind self-talk. To improve your self-esteem, you don’t need to change yourself; you just need to change the way you think about yourself.

Adam Potter returned to Cargo City wanting to start a new life after recovering from a nasty breakup with his cheating ex-boyfriend. Adam bought a three-story building, opening his own detective agency, hiring a flirtatious college student for an assistant. Adam’s first case fell from a tree. Patrick Valdez is a blue blood aristocrat who loves to Cosplay, but also has a stalker who hides behind masks. He wants to get away from his devious boyfriend who’s blackmailing him.

Welcome back to Bay West, the NYC lesbian condo community bursting with friendships, romance, heartache, and girls - everywhere. Meg and Lexi are back with new friends, new romances, and new problems. California girl Tracy Allen has just dropped in on old friend Meg McTiernan to nurse a bruised ego and a broken heart. Will the lure of life at this lesbian-only development entice her to make a permanent move? Local resident Jennifer Betsy certainly hopes so. A Bay West Social Romance: Where there’s always fun, drama, and more than enough love to go around.

Carter tries his best—he really does—but he's always getting in trouble at school. Still, he's determined to ace his history project, and luckily, he gets to partner with his BFF, Gianna. Carter and Gianna are in the library to start their research when the lights flicker and a stack of books falls off a shelf! Everywhere they go, spooky things continue to happen, going quickly from weird to downright dangerous, until a few days later, Carter's notebook bursts into flames in the middle of class!

On the eve of a major international AIDS Conference in London, the Conference chair is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Tracking down how he died reveals layers of deception, rivalry and danger for those close to him.

Back when the universe was young, Loki, the Trickster, and Thor, the Thunderer, journeyed to Jötunheimr to confront giants—and nothing was ever the same again. Clash of the Tricksters is a retelling of the myth of Útgarða-Loki, set in the Timelessness Universe, where truth lies in deception and reality is an illusion.

The monsters that haunted me as a kid are hungry - starving - but now that I’m grown up, they don’t want to eat me. They want to breed me. Fifteen years ago, I wanted nothing more than to escape them. But now a part of me wants to join them - submit to them. Will I ever vanquish my night terrors, or will I just become another notch on their bedpost?

Camp Cachibache has fallen. The Director has been disposed of by Nick Hudson and a team of Ukraine mercenaries known as the Asgarda. For the moment all is well, until a series of events half way around the world draw the team back into a desperate search for their interpreters kidnapped older sister Svetlana.

Silas Voss hears everything. Every frequency. Every vibration. Every flaw in the world around him. So he built a room to escape it—a space of absolute silence known as True Zero. Then Clementine moves in next door. She restores antique clocks. Hundreds of them. Each one ticking, pulsing, alive. To Silas, it’s unbearable noise. To Clementine, it’s the sound of time itself. What begins as conflict becomes something neither of them expects—a connection built not through words, but through sound. Through shared frequencies. Through rhythm. Through the fragile space between silence and meaning.

Brandon Fletcher has always loved Summer Blakely. The day she walked away and stopped returning his calls broke his heart. He tried to move on, but ten years later, when he learns she’s been injured in the line of duty, he knows he will do anything for her. Summer never thought she’d make the army her career, but it was easier than facing her personal trauma. When her convoy is ambushed, she needs the peace only Sugar Creek can offer. If she’s lucky, she can hide at home and avoid the man she never stopped loving.

"Hahahahahahahaha" —Jon Klassen, Caldecott medalist and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of THE SKULL "I laughed my head off!" —Ben Clanton, Eisner Award winner and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of NARWHAL AND JELLY THREE STARRED REVIEWS! HELLO, READER HEADS!...

"Hahahahahahahaha" —Jon Klassen, Caldecott medalist and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of THE SKULL HELLO AGAIN, READER HEADS! Cabin Head and Tree Head are BACK in this second volume of the lovable, laugh-out-loud graphic novel series about a best friend duo like no other! It's...

Dylan’s father has been missing for two long years, ever since Dylan was ten years old. After he has a dream that gives him clues about what happened to his dad, parts of the dream start coming true, proving that the clues might be worth investigating.

Embark on an eye-opening journey into the multifaceted world of one of the most vilified plant in the history of humanity. From its pre-historical roots to its groundbreaking future, this book explores the complexities and possibilities of the cannabis plant. Ever wondered about the significance...

Derrick “Dez” Allen wants nothing more than to be on the big stage busting rhymes like KRS-1, Slick Rick or EPMD. He seems to be on his way when he discovers girls. Raging hormones, peer pressure, and the allure of money and drugs impact Dez’s life in ways that no one sees until one terrible Flicted decision–one that could cost him everything.

This book is dedicated to you—the commuters, the wanderers, the dreamers, and the unsung heroes of the subway system. In the labyrinthine corridors of the New York City subway, where the daily grind meets the pulse of a bustling metropolis, may the echoes of fine music reach your ears and bring you peace, even if just for a moment. To the musicians who brave the depths of the underground, sharing their art with an ever-moving audience, your resilience and creativity light up the darkest tunnels.

Sidney Conners is totally obsessed with pizza. When his parents leave him home alone with his little sister Emily, they sweeten the deal—forty bucks for pizza and a sleepover with his best friend Marcus. It doesn’t get any better than this! Then the pizza arrives. It’s from Kreap’s Pizza, a new shop in town that seems to have appeared overnight. The pizza arrives piping hot, full of gooey cheese and crispy pepperonis. Sidney, Marcus, and Emily dig in and settle in for a night of fun and games. That’s until the pizza starts to bite back…

Hettie Rogan knows devastation; she’s seen it in men’s eyes as they lie on her table dying. Heard it in their screams as they were separated from their limbs. Felt it in her soul as her husband, a good man died in her arms. Nothing could prepare her for the twist in fate that was given to her after that awful day, when healing the broken became more than just a calling – it became a God-given gift.

Welcome back! We saved you a spot in line! At the heart of Zoe’s Expedition Park stands a decaying monument to stolen fire: the Prometheus statue: rusted, massive, and still burning. When a new threat begins to spread through the park, an ancient thing with deep hunger, the fragile balance between its residents unravels. As grief, guilt, and rage ignite, an uneasy alliance of ghosts, machines, and wanderers must confront what wanders their park and within themselves.

Most leaders don’t fail because they lack talent, intelligence, or effort. They fail because they fight the wrong battles. For over 2,500 years, The Art of War has been misunderstood as a book about conflict. In truth, it is a disciplined philosophy of leadership—one rooted in preparation, clarity, restraint, and responsibility. Sun Tzu didn’t teach leaders how to fight harder. He taught them how to think so clearly that fighting became unnecessary. In The Art of War for Leaders: Strategic Wisdom for Leading Without Conflict, Dr.