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The Otis, an inconsequential river—not the Hudson—flows through Wattsville, a small city a few hours north, but a universe away from the real City, capital C. You might think the everyday people who live here, in this land of scarce opportunity, are also inconsequential. Until you meet them.

Jasmine Bucker is determined to save her father. But his rare form of deadly lung disease calls for cash she doesn’t have, so the devoted daughter turns to burglary and snatching the money from her shady boor of a boss. Though when her getaway is cut short by sirens, she vows to hunt down the bogus cops after they grab the greenbacks and vanish.

Learning disabilities (LD) are a root cause of major problems in our society. Vast numbers of youngsters are not receiving appropriate education. Nancy Lelewer’s story began when even less was known about learning disabilities than is known today. In a gripping and fast-moving narrative style, this audiobook brings home the fact that LD persons need to receive instruction via different routes and the earlier the better.

Buy the three books in the Millersville Series and step into a world full of lies and deceit, suspense and danger!

Are you longing for ways to heal and increase abundance naturally? Do you crave a deeper connection to the magic of Mother Earth? In this captivating book, Madeline Silvy, a passionate and dedicated witch, shares her extensive knowledge of herbs, plants, flowers, woods, crystals, and essential oils to help you tap into the powerful energies of the natural world.

Marni Rome lives a happy life with her husband and two beautiful children. Her heart is filled with love for them. It’s a life that excites her every morning when she gets out of bed. She is lucky to be living in a beautiful home overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and she loves her career as a crime fiction novelist.

Overtime offers a current, revelatory corrective to our understanding of the future of the American workforce and aging. Experts across economics, sociology, psychology, political science, and epidemiology examine how increasing economic and social inequalities, coupled with changes across generations or birth cohorts, call for a rethinking of the working-longer policy framework. Together, they argue that policies affecting work must be considered alongside policies affecting retirement and provide a path forward to achieve better retirement security for all Americans.

If you want to learn about honey bees, set up your own apiary, and manage beekeeping as a hobby, then check out HowExpert Guide to Honey Bees & Beekeeping.

Witches harness energy to influence the world—this is the science and art of magick. In this book you can discover the practices, knowledge, and tools that will help you become an amazing witch. You will discover everything you need to know to get started with your witchcraft practice.

Two women downsized by corporate America move to Maine to raise chickens and sell organic eggs, and discover more than they bargained for, including love! An up-lifting romance, Hens and Chickens is the first book in the five-volume Sovereign Series by Maine farmer and author Jennifer Wixson.

This must-have cookbook for dog owners features over 300 nutritionally balanced fresh dog food recipes. Written by a veterinarian, who is also a culinary school graduate, 300 Dog Food Recipes shows how fresh ingredients cooked and measured per each meal will produce the healthiest diet for any size dog. The book includes cooking instructions, snacks, and feeding guides, as well as information on feeding dogs with illnesses.

Giving Back: Memories, Reflections, and Lessons Learned includes 50 short human-interest articles by the author. The majority of the selections were previously published in senior newspapers, national magazines, or books. Some of the stories will inspire; some inform, some bring a tear, and some a smile. It is a feel-good listen.

If Amber/Jane/Kelan chooses your neighborhood, it is because there is work to do. She will rent a house and be the perfect neighbor for a year, where she will tell you all about an aunt who raised her and passed along a lot of fabulous recipes that she will use to make friends with the other neighbors. Of course, the aunt does not exist. In the community garden, your new neighbor will hide the Poison Hemlock among Queen Anne Lace. If she gives you orange marmalade for your abusive husband, ensure only he eats it. And later, if the police ask you if you want an autopsy, say no.

Retired Way Out There: My Evolving Life on Koh Lanta Thailand is the story about how I came to retire on Koh Lanta, a small island in southern Thailand. The book covers my discovery of Koh Lanta two decades ago, and how I made the decision that I wanted to retire there. It includes my many trips to Koh Lanta and my transition from a tourist to a local expat. It discusses getting a home on the island, life during the pandemic restrictions, and the discovery of so much more that changed the direction of my life. I

Sisters Samantha and Monte Waters are vacationing together in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, enjoying a festival and planning to meet with their brother, Cal—but the idyllic plans are short-lived. When terrorists’ attacks rock the city around them, Monte, a U.S. foreign service officer, and Samantha, an international television correspondent, are separated, and one of them is whisked away in the frenzy.

Following a horrific trauma in her life, Laura, along with her young son, escape to the small coastal town of Brooksville in Maine. Her quest for a peaceful life, removed of sorrow and loss, proves to be fruitful when she meets and falls in love with a local attorney.

After a year that turned her world upside down, Victoria Mancusio’s seemingly perfect life is back intact—except for one looming loose end. And Victoria doesn’t like loose ends. All Victoria wants is for her life to go back to normal. In the aftermath of her husband’s infidelity, his lover’s murder, and the harrowing moments when her life flashed before her eyes, she just wants to focus on her perfect baby daughter, Lila, and live a simple, peaceful life.

Gloria Morris is a scholarly, vehement, and hard-boiled private detective, a force of nature who doesn’t suffer fools. She’s also a lover, and her inamorata understands her swagger and quest for justice. Gloria must locate the runaway heiress to an industrial empire, a volatile young woman who is happy being on the lam in San Francisco, free of her family’s dark secrets and business responsibilities. She feels she can protect herself, and perhaps she can, but people connected to her are dying, and someone is pulling the strings.

A smalltown librarian finds himself trapped in a high-stakes game between eccentric, ultra-rich businessmen. A ghost from the past appears in the middle of a contented marriage. A Russian clockmaker crafts an illicit piece that travels over continents and centuries.

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