Monster Relationships

Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me: Monster.

At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting - he’s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he’s had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It’s ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth.

Highly topical, morally wise, honest to the core, Monsters is certain to incite a conversation about whether and how we can separate artists from their art.

Conflict is a natural part of any intimate relationship. Yet most couples either avoid it or try to smooth over their differences. This often results in at least one partner compromising their integrity—and stunting their own growth. Monsters in Love challenges the idea that conflict between partners is unhealthy or something to avoid. Instead, it encourages both people to stand by what they need and who they are—but to do so with compassion rather than competitiveness or vengefulness.

Kacey is the new girl in Broken Falls. When she moved in with her father, she stepped into a brand-new life. A life with a stepbrother, a stepmother, and, strangest of all, an adoring younger half sister. Kacey's new life is eerily charming compared with the wild highs and lows of the old one she lived with her volatile mother. And everyone is so nice in Broken Falls - she's even been welcomed into a tight new circle of friends. Bailey and Jade invite her to do everything with them.

Caleb Carr has had special relationships with cats since he was a young boy in a turbulent household, famously peopled by the founding members of the Beat Generation, where his steadiest companions were the adopted cats that lived with him both in the city and the country. As an adult, he has had many close feline companions, with relationships that have outlasted most of his human ones. But only after building a three-story home in rural, upstate New York did he enter into the most extraordinary of all of his cat pairings: Masha, a Siberian Forest cat who had been abandoned as a kitten.

Part of Mary Fern's best-selling Bedtime Series, these audiobooks are specially designed to help calm worried and anxious children. Many children do not like the dark. Irrational fears can take hold of them at bedtime and being left alone can become an anxious time for them. No one really knows what sparks off these feelings of insecurity at night time. They can be triggered by so many different things. Mary Fern’s Monster Under The Bed series is aimed at calming down and reassuring children that they are safe and secure when they are tucked up in their beds.

A cursed bakery, a secret witch, and a dragon shifter who just might be her fated mate. After inheriting her grandmother’s bakery, Tessa has poured everything into restoring it to its former glory. But a sudden curse threatens to close her doors for good. Every morning, her delicious pastries turn to stone by midday, and her fledgling witch powers aren’t enough to stop it. Worse, the only way to lift the curse comes with a price tag she can’t afford. Enter Darius Flintwing—a powerful, dangerously handsome dragon shifter with a problem of his own. He’s determined to build a haven ...

When Schuyler Rummel-Hudson was 18 months old, a question about her lack of speech by her pediatrician set in motion a journey that continues today. When she was diagnosed with bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria (an extremely rare neurological disorder), her parents were given a name for the monster that had been stalking them from doctor to doctor, and from despair to hope, and back again.

Suzanne suffered five heart attacks and made it through open heart surgery. But even that pales in comparison to the horrors she faced as a young girl. Her childhood became the ‘stuff of nightmares’ after her father passed away and her mother, unable to get a job in Ireland, had to seek work in London. So ‘Mammy’ was forced into the heart-breaking decision to put Suzanne and her five siblings into church-run orphanages in Dublin while she worked away. It was just meant to be temporary.

I never imagined my passion for marine biology would lead me to this—a creature out of legend, half-man, half-monster, trapped in a cove no one else has ever seen. He's more than a discovery. He’s a mystery, an enigma that calls to me. But saving him might come with a cost I’m not prepared to pay. Am I ready to face the unknown for him? For centuries, I’ve been trapped, cursed to live in this form, cut off from the world. But then she came—a woman who stirs something in me that’s been dormant for far too long. She’s my chance at freedom, but she doesn’t know the price of ...

I’ve always been drawn to the mysterious and the forgotten—old books, ancient stories, the stuff of myths. But I never imagined those tales could come to life. One moment, I was flipping through a dusty tome, and the next, I was pulled into a world of darkness. Malak, a demon bound by shadows, is now bound to me. He’s dangerous, powerful, and I can’t escape. Every moment with him pulls me deeper into his world, and the line between fear and desire blurs with every heartbeat. I need to get away… but part of me wonders if I even want to. Lily’s curiosity was her undoing. By ...

Nora never imagined that agreeing to save her village would lead her into the clutches of an ancient ice dragon. Draxus, a powerful and feared creature, has claimed her as his mate, binding her to a destiny she never wanted. Trapped in his icy lair, Nora must navigate a world of cold power and unyielding strength, all while resisting the growing bond between them. Draxus has lived for centuries, ruling his frozen kingdom with a heart as cold as the ice he commands. But Nora’s arrival changes everything. She is more than just a sacrifice—she is his fated mate, and she awakens a warmth in...

Narcissists are everywhere. There are millions of them in the United States alone: entertainers, politicians, business people, your neighbors. Recognizing and understanding them is crucial to your not being overtaken by them, says Jeffrey Kluger, in his provocative new book about this insidious disorder. With insight and wit, Kluger frames the surprising new research on narcissism and explains the complex, exasperating personality disorder.

Siete minutos después de la medianoche, Conor despierta y se encuentra un monstruo en la ventana. Pero no es el monstruo que él esperaba, el de la pesadilla que tiene casi todas las noches desde que su madre empezó el arduo e incansable tratamiento. No, este monstruo es algo diferente, antiguo... Y quiere lo más peligroso de todo: la verdad.

For decades, osteopathic physician Larry Nassar built a sterling reputation as the go-to doctor for America's Olympians while treating countless others at his office on Michigan State University's campus. It was largely within the high-pressure world of competitive gymnastics that Nassar exploited young girls, sexually assaulting hundreds of them under the guise of medical treatment. In Start by Believing, John Barr and Dan Murphy confront Nassar's acts, which represent the largest sex abuse scandal to impact the sporting world.

Vic Howard never wanted to go to the party. He's the Invisible Guy at school, a special kind of hell for quiet, nice guys. But because his best friend is as popular as Vic is ignored, he went . . . And wished he hadn't. Because something happened to a girl that night. Something terrible, unimaginable, and Callie Wheeler's life will never be the same. Plus, now Callie has told the police that Vic is responsible.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can only be transferred from one object to another. After listening to this book, you will have the energy to be that bright light in a room full of darkness. It's not about who's in your circle; it's about who's in your corner. That person in your corner needs to be you. So many times, we look for someone to rescue and save us from the monster in our life. The Conqueror Mindset teaches us that the hero you have been waiting for needs to be you.

This book is about jealousy and the devastating consequences it can lead to. Jealousy is a destroyer and is sometimes referred to as a green-eyed monster. Jealousy usually stems from insecurity. Jealousy is a seductive trap that can destroy you. Jealousy if carried to the extreme leads to death. Jealousy leads to bickering, fighting, hatred, and sometimes murder. Jealousy in sports is often thought of as harmless, but is it really? There are incidents of players and even their families sabotaging other players. Even the parents of grade-school children playing football, baseball, soccer, ...

In tears as he sat on the witness stand at 16 testifying against his father, one of his many abusers that stole his childhood, Walt McKinley found the strength to fight for himself for the first time. In that life-changing moment, he made a promise to himself he would do whatever it took to take his power back, become a warrior of his abuse, and break the generational cycle. Monsters in My House is a true story of extremely shocking abuse and a child’s fight to stay alive. Walt’s grit and compassion shine through as he shows us the unbreakable nature of the human spirit.