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Pup doesn't want to live in a prairie dog hole anymore. It's deep and dark. Will a hungry, screeching hawk change his mind?

A sociologist and a guy that has heard that word before, think way too much about TV shows. Wes Shirley and Mike Lucas take deep dives into popular shows, one episode at a time. One loves the show and one has never seen it before.

Milly Astara fled Chicago to escape her violent ex-boyfriend, landing in the small town of Bedford, Wyoming. Thank God they’d never married. But, he’s somehow gotten her phone number, and he's sending her harassing texts. He’d be breaking parole to come after her, so she should be safe. The sheriff is unaware of this current campaign to torment her and, maybe, it’s time to clue him in.

We are motivated and guided by different ideals and preconceptions and to this extent, motivation is even touched on. What are the most primary motivations? What motivates you? Hacking the brain requires an approach that is made up of a parcel that includes proven ways of achieving individual success. These ways may be new to you. So you are encouraged to delve into everything that is offered in this book. Try new things, do things differently, and most importantly - be yourself!

Shows how to relate to and receive help from the elements, reconnect with nature to access abundance and joy, connect with plants, animals, water, air, and fire Explores don Alberto’s upbringing in a family of yachaks, his initiation, and his personal work to fulfill the Andean...

Pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong made more than 60 films, headlined theater and vaudeville productions, and even starred in her own television show. Her work helped shape racial modernity, as she embodied the dominant image of Chinese, and more generally, “Oriental” women between 1925 and 1940. In Anna May Wong, Shirley Jennifer Lim re-evaluates Wong’s life and work as a consummate artist, and positions the actress as a historical and cultural entrepreneur who rewrote categories of representation.

Bobby and Chrissy were inseparable as kids, running wild in the neighborhoods of the small town in Wyoming. It was a great place to grow up and they promised each other, they would always be best friends. Right up until the day his family moved far, far away, for a better job. Christina McMillan is working at a horse rescue ranch. She loves her job, and it gives her a lot of time to think about life and her past. For some reason, thoughts of her long-ago friendship with Bobby keep popping into her head.

Banished from her home, Sophora Manetti must make her own way in the world. But when she discovers that she is a neighbor to the shady newspaper man, Nelson Williams, can she trust him with successfully advertising her new business? Misunderstood by most of the media and the citizens of New York City, reporter Nelson Williams moves to Wyoming to start life over again, establishing his own newspaper business. When lovely Sophora moves in across the street as a direct business rival to the wife of the bank manager who carries his loan, will Nelson act in his own best interest?

Brenda Stratton is shocked and, in truth, a little appalled that she and her roommate have been invited by their mentors to spend winter break at a cattle ranch in the mountains of Colorado. Why would a family they don’t know invite them to spend Christmas with them? Thomas Blackhawk has been asked by his employer to escort and work with a bunch of engineers coming in for three weeks to see if they can discover what is causing the contamination of a stream in the northern pasture. Brenda and Thomas take one look at each other and the heat roars.

Conceived from unsavory circumstances and adopted into love and patience, Kennedy Davenport has become a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist. But under her designer clothes and distinguished, polished appearance lie the remnants of her biological parents, a brutal birthright damaged by desire, ego, and a series of wrong decisions. Will the blemishes of her family secrets and their sordid past keep Kennedy from the life she desires and destroy her chance of receiving the accolades she deserves? To Kennedy, her past is a debt that needs to be paid.

England, 1941: Life has always been cruel to Ethel. Raised in an orphanage by a merciless mistress, she never knew the meaning of love. And now she has fallen for the one man who is forbidden to her - Karl, a German held captive in the local prisoner-of-war camp. He might be the enemy, but he has her heart. When Ethel discovers she’s pregnant, she is labelled a traitor and shunned by all. The love of her life is torn away from her, but she vows to protect their precious daughter. But the unthinkable happens....

Sabotage on Maggie Ann’s horse rescue ranch has her reaching for her phone to call the sheriff, John Beaumont. Maggie Ann hasn’t had much interaction with her former high school sweetheart since she returned to the family ranch eight months ago, after her divorce. Her ex having traded her in for a younger woman.

Her son has brain cancer, but she has never been happier. Instead of going to war, she chose to redefine her narratives about cancer and forgive it in order to win the fight and heal the soul. The author’s and her family’s life turned upside down when they found out about her son’s diagnosis. The pandemic COVID-19 broke out at the same time when Max was undergoing brain surgeries. After Max’s three brain surgeries, doctors announced that his hands would be permanently disabled; instead of giving up, Max was trying to move his arms every day.

“Jackson at her best: plumbing the extraordinary from the depths of mid-twentieth-century common. [Just an Ordinary Day] is a gift to a new generation.”—San Francisco Chronicle Acclaimed in her own time for her short story “The Lottery” and her novel The Haunting of Hill...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR From the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House, a spectacular volume of previously unpublished and uncollected stories, essays, and other writings. Features “Family Treasures,” nominated for the Edgar Award for...

How hard is it to re-ignite an old flame? Steve Sampson has one week to convince his college sweetheart to give him the second chance he craves. He still loves her and knows he was a fool to let her go. Steve learned the hard way, that sometimes being a hero comes at a cost that's impossible to live with.

Celebrated English folksinger Shirley Collins offers an affecting account of her year-long stint as assistant to legendary musical historian and folklorist Alan Lomax. Collins describes a journey both emotional and musical, as she and Lomax work tirelessly to uncover the traditional music of the American South. Together, they traveled to Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Georgia, encountering Mississippi Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters and many others, their diligent work uncovering the traditional music of America's heartland.

Our Voices, Our Histories brings together 35 Asian American and Pacific Islander authors in a single volume to explore the historical experiences, perspectives, and actions of Asian American and Pacific Islander women in the United States and beyond.

Convinced they are the victims of a sick practical joke, Heidi and her three friends are resigned to spending the night at The Scarry Inn, even though the atmosphere is anything but welcoming. Surely the owners, Dick and Thelma Scarry, are simply trying to drum up business for their new motel by terrifying the guests.

Lori never lived in a house before, but she’s taken from the trading post she grew up in, a kind woman with a secret past teaches her about running water, underwear, and social conventions. What the woman, Brigitte, doesn't teach Lori is how to communicate with Brigitte's handsome son, Craig.