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Jayna, Bumsie, and Pep are goats. And, like most goats, their greatest fear is being eaten for dinner by the legendary Chupacabra, as it is common knowledge that goats are a chupacabra's favorite food! One night, tired of living in fear, the impetuous goats whip out their trusty candelabra and head off to find the beast and scare it away before it can find them.

Twelve-year-old Bonnie MacDonald - the beloved step dancing, fiddling youngest member of Cape Breton's famed Clan Donnie band - vanishes after a family party. There was no stranger spotted lurking around, but no one thinks for one minute that Bonnie ran away. Maura MacNeil, cousin to Clan Donnie, offers her husband's legal services to the family as the police search for the missing girl. But fame attracts some strange characters, and Clan Donnie has groupies. So, it turns out, does lawyer and bluesman Monty Collins.

Sydney Wells’ perfect, golden life vanishes when her devoted husband dies suddenly in an accident. Widowed at 49, she discovers that he has failed to include her in his will. Sydney is removed from the beautiful house that has been her home for 16 years. Despite warnings from her own daughters, Sydney returns to the world of fashion she’d enjoyed as a talented young designer. Her girls only want the best for their mother, but they are concerned she’s back in a world she is no longer familiar with.

Border Bandits is an account of the many, many stories of back-and-forth skirmishes between the Mexicans and Texans during the late 1800s and early 1900s. There practically wasn't a border, which caused a lot of problems and thievery between the two countries. These 17 tales in this book re-create border raids that originated from both sides of the fluid and much contested line and tells the stories of colorful characters - Mexican and American - that have since secured their place in history.

A great collection of stories from the author of Fight Club. In 'Zombies', the best and brightest of a high school become tragically addicted to the latest drug craze: electric shocks from cardiac defibrillators. While in 'Tunnel of Love', a massage therapist runs the curious practice of providing 'relief' to dying clients. And in 'Excursion', Fight Club fans will be thrilled to find a side of Tyler Durden never seen before.

An inspiring tribute to Hispanic Americans who have made a positive impact on the world. This stunning book showcases 20 Hispanic and Latino American men and women who have made outstanding contributions to the arts, politics, science, humanitarianism, and athletics. Featured are sparkling biographies of Cesar Chavez, Sonia Sotomayor, Ellen Ochoa, Roberto Clemente, and many more.

Elena creía que no volvería a verla, pero se equivocaba: Tricia ha regresado. Creía que ese pasado lo había podido dejar atrás pero se equivocaba. Las apariciones son mucho más que un mensaje de advertencia. Elena debe hacer algo para resolver lo ocurrido con Tricia.

In a series of brief and personal essays, Why We Revolt describes what is wrong with industrial healthcare, how it has corrupted its mission, and how it has stopped caring. Montori rescues the language of patient care to propose a revolution of compassion and solidarity, of unhurried conversations, and of careful and kind care.

Pandemics have killed at least a half billion people over the past two millennia. Today a new plague, COVID-19, is stalking humanity. But in the age of biotechnology, humanity is no longer defenseless. Biotechnology in the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of stories about the biotechnology industry - its purpose, its people and how it has risen to battle the COVID-19 virus - told by 47 leaders of that industry in their own words.

Elena creía que no volvería a verla, pero se equivocaba: Tricia ha regresado.Creía que ese pasado lo había podido dejar atrás pero se equivocaba. Las apariciones son mucho más que un mensaje de advertencia. Elena debe hacer algo para resolver lo ocurrido con Tricia.

Elena creía que no volvería a verla, pero se equivocaba: Tricia ha regresado.Creía que ese pasado lo había podido dejar atrás pero se equivocaba. Las apariciones son mucho más que un mensaje de advertencia. Elena debe hacer algo para resolver lo ocurrido con Tricia.

The rise of digital communications has led to three emergent, often problematic, forces: automation, the speed and volume of information transfer, and an unmet need for people to feel more than satisfied in their interpersonal transactions, particularly between seller and consumer. Following in the footsteps of their popular website and podcast, educators and entrepreneurs Dr. Reshan Richards and Stephen Valentine created this audiobook to address the challenges brought on by these rising trends.

Actor Matthew McConaughey descends into a surreal desert of the soul, an admirer of Miley Cyrus performs a 3,000-word sentence in defense of his passion, an aging porn star dons a dinosaur costume to film the sex scene of a lifetime, and Leonard Cohen shills for Subway: these mercurial and wildly varied stories explode the conventions of short fiction.

As anyone with a chronic illness knows, hope can sometimes be hard to come by. For parents and caregivers of children with serious illness, there can be a real struggle to move beyond one's own grief, fear, and suffering to see what hope means for these kids.

In this allegorical picture book, a young rabbit named Pancho eagerly awaits his papa's return. Papa Rabbit traveled north two years ago to find work in the great carrot and lettuce fields to earn money for his family. When Papa does not return, Pancho sets out to find him. He packs Papa's favorite meal- mole, rice and beans, a heap of warm tortillas, and a jug of aguamiel-and heads north. He meets a coyote, who offers to help Pancho in exchange for some of Papa's food.

After graduating from Stanford, Camille Lammenais returns to Napa Valley to help manage Chateau Joy, her parents' renowned winery. Then, their fairytale suddenly ends with her mother's death. Six months after losing his wife, the devastated Christophe is easy prey, and Camille is shocked by the news that her father intends to remarry. Quickly, she begins to see past the mysterious Countess, while her innocent father is trapped in her web.

Elena creía que no volvería a verla, pero se equivocaba: Tricia ha regresado.Creía que ese pasado lo había podido dejar atrás pero se equivocaba. Las apariciones son mucho más que un mensaje de advertencia. Elena debe hacer algo para resolver lo ocurrido con Tricia.

Adam Wallace es abogado. No le gustan los químicos. Ariadna Cabana es química. No le gustan los abogados. Ella tiene cuatro hermanos y unos padres con los que mantiene una gran relación. Él... sobrevive, pero arrastra los fantasmas de aquello que sucedió tantos años atrás. Adam y Ariadna se encuentran. Ella no ve que él tiene el pelo ondulado y alborotado, unos ojos marrones muy expresivos y una bonita sonrisa; solo ve una diana para su desahogo. Él no entiende una palabra de lo que ella dice; solo ve a una española rubia con demasiado carácter.

In the first 20 years of the 21st century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, social injustice and pandemic. New Yorkers weaves the voices of some of the city's best talkers into an indelible portrait of New York in our time - and a powerful hymn to the vitality and resilience of its people.

Elena creía que no volvería a verla, pero se equivocaba: Tricia ha regresado.Creía que ese pasado lo había podido dejar atrás pero se equivocaba. Las apariciones son mucho más que un mensaje de advertencia. Elena debe hacer algo para resolver lo ocurrido con Tricia. Un thriller con tintes paranormales ambientado en Izcay, un pequeño pueblo ficticio de la costa vasca.