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Her Heart`s Desire

What happens when we allow our pasts to define our futures?Mary Margaret Miller needs an escape from her small Amish community. She boards a bus, all alone, for a vacation in Pinecraft, Florida. Meeting Betsy and Lilly on the way, she''s amazed to find two kindred spirits. They become fast friends and ...

To Save and to Destroy

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer (now an HBO series) comes a moving and unflinchingly personal meditation on the literary forms of otherness and a bold call for expansive political solidarity.Born in war-ravaged Vietnam, Viet Nguyen arrived in the United States as a child refugee ...

The Deserters

Fleeing a nameless war, a soldier emerges from the Mediterranean scrubland, filthy, exhausted and seeking refuge. A chance meeting forces him to rethink his journey, and the price he puts on a life. On 11 September 2001, aboard a small cruise ship near Berlin, a scientific conference pays tribute to ...

I'll Bring Dessert

I'll Bring Dessert showcases 70 sweet recipes to cater for any occasion. Being the designated 'dessert person' is often met with panic, but Benji is here to show you that not only is it fun, but it's simple to create desserts with wow-factor all year round no matter the day, season or occasion. From ...

American Desi

For fans of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, this poetic story filled with expressive art empowers South Asian children living in the United States and celebrates being bicultural.Pavadais in bright gold colorsJersey shirts and faded jeansSwapping, changing, feeling seen...Which is the color of me?A young ...

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The Desert Talon

The exciting sequel to the gunslinging, dragon-riding world of The Mountain CrownSephihalé ele Janan sits in a prison cell in the southern island of Mazemoor, dreaming of escape. After months in a provisional prison for fighting for the imperial Kattakans, Janan is sponsored by another refugee who was ...

Roads of Destiny

Roads of Destiny (1909) is a collection of short stories by American writer O. Henry. Inspired by his experiences as a fugitive and in prison, these stories address themes of crime, poverty, and fate. “A Retrieved Reformation,” perhaps the most notable of the collection’s twenty-two stories, is semi-autobiographical ...

The World's Desire

The World’s Desire begins with Odysseus utterly alone. His kingdom of Ithaca is an empty, abandoned wasteland. His beloved wife Penelope is dead. His patron goddess Athena has forsaken him. But then Aphrodite visits Odysseus and sends him on a quest to find the world’s desire, the face that launched ...

The World's Desire

Originally published in 1890, The World’s Desire follows a wandering man’s odyssey as he discovers the traumatic fate of his loved ones and native land. He is forced to embark on a new adventure led by the old gods. The story centers the fabled hero of Ithaca, Odysseus, as he returns from his latest ...

Roads of Destiny

Roads of Destiny (1909) is a collection of short stories by American writer O. Henry. Inspired by his experiences as a fugitive and in prison, these stories address themes of crime, poverty, and fate. “A Retrieved Reformation,” perhaps the most notable of the collection’s twenty-two stories, is semi-autobiographical ...

The Long Descent

The visionary classic that traces out the twilight of the petroleum ageIn 2008, as the price of crude oil spiked to record levels, John Michael Greer''s The Long Descent pushed past the stereotyped debates of the time to offer a harrowing but hopeful vision of the future of industrial society.As believers ...

The World's Desire

Originally published in 1890, The World’s Desire follows a wandering man’s odyssey as he discovers the traumatic fate of his loved ones and native land. He is forced to embark on a new adventure led by the old gods. The story centers the fabled hero of Ithaca, Odysseus, as he returns from his latest ...

The Art of Game Design

Presents over 100 sets of questions, or different lenses, for viewing a game's design. Written by one of the world's top game designers, this book describes the deepest and most fundamental principles of game design, demonstrating how tactics used in board, card, and athletic games also work in video ...

Cheri, My Destiny!

“My chocolate’s so good it’ll make you grovel on your knees!”Kaoru is brimming with confidence. After all, he opened a patisserie after studying in France, and is the head chef of his own store. But there’s one small problem: his customers are enamored with a local Japanese sweet shop and Soujirou, the ...

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Destined for You

Can she withstand the storms of life that blow her way?Gloriana Womack''s family is much smaller since scarlet fever killed her mother and two of her siblings. She''s dedicated her modest life in Duluth, Minnesota, to holding the remains of her fractured family together, caring for her father and younger ...

Destino Dele B1 + CD-ROM

A series focusing on developing all four language skills through vocabulary and communication. Features: • clear and effective thematic units, based topics of everyday life • complete practice exams (five exams in A1 level, and four in levels A2, B1 and B2) • practice activities for the examination, ...