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This collection of fantasy short stories are from the three winners of Remastered Words 2020 audio anthology, including "Blighted", a tale from T. O. Munro, which was written for the anthology.

Was Lilly auf ihren Beutezügen überhaupt nicht gebrauchen kann, ist die Aufmerksamkeit von Vampiren und Dämonen. Trotzdem wagt sie sich immer wieder in die fast verlassene Vorstadt, denn sie braucht Geld, um für ihre Schwester lebenswichtige Medikamente zu bezahlen. Als sie von einem jungen Mann auf frischer Tat ertappt wird, ist sie sich sicher, dass es sich bei ihm nicht um einen Menschen handelt. Knapp gelingt ihr die Flucht, doch kaum zurück in der Stadt, wird sie mit neuen Problemen konfrontiert.

While taking baby Laurie to her very first Photo Shoot, sleuth and first-time mom Kate Connolly and her baby are the victims of a hit-and-run. Fortunately they escape unharmed, but when a witness identifies the car's French diplomatic license plates, Kate and her hubby try to get some answers. Soon they discover there's something going on at the French consulate that's dirtier—and far deadlier—than any diaper. It's up to Kate to keep Family Life on track while solving another puzzling whodunit!

Sixteen-year-old adopted Tara has questions – about who she is, where she belongs, why she dreams...When her nightmares darken, fears swarm like a flock of ravens and she traces her visions to the ancient Olumo Rock in Nigeria. It is a sacred place, full of magic, myth, and where whispers of the past linger. Travelling from England and enrolling in a boarding school at the foot of Olumo, Tara begins a journey to seek the truth of her roots and the spirits that pursue her.

With the rise of the Movement for Black Lives and the feverish calls for Medicare for All, the public spotlight on racial inequality and access to healthcare has never been brighter. Just Health examines how deep structural racism embedded leads to worse health outcomes and lower life expectancy for people of color. By presenting evidence of discrimination in housing, education, employment, and the criminal justice system, Dayna Bowen Matthew shows how racial inequality pervades American society and the ways that this undermines the health of minority populations.

¿Y si te dijéramos que los adorables bebés, tan inocentes en apariencia, son expertos manipuladores desde el vientre? ¿O que en tu cuerpo hay más bacterias y virus que células propias, y que estás mejor así? ¿Te gustaría asomarte al interior de una lágrima y entender por qué te sigue doliendo el desprecio de tu ex? ¿O prefieres que te expliquemos el mayor misterio de todos: por qué el alcohol hace que nos crezca la panza?

When Ellie’s boyfriend forbids her from going to France to attend her best friend’s wedding, she decides she’s had enough. She dumps him and goes to France by herself. But traveling alone is scary, and Ellie realizes how reliant she’d become on the men in her life. On holiday, she learns to trust her own judgement and grows in confidence. Just when she decides she doesn’t need a man to complete her, she meets Ash, who is everything her ex wasn’t. But is Ellie willing to give up her newfound independence and link herself to another man?

Something is coming. What is on the horizon for the people of Iran? Can America's friendship with Iran survive? From Jimmy Carter's optimistic visit to Tehran in December 1977 to the trial of the state's enemies in 1979, this nine-part drama tells the story of the Iranian Revolution, where protestors took to the streets in support of the exiled religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, and the Shah requested help from an America already torn apart by its own conflicts.

Throwaway Daughter tells the story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, whose biggest concern is how to distill her adoption from China into the neat blanks of her personal history assignment. Aside from the unwelcome reminders of difference, Grace loves passing for the typical Canadian teen—until the day she witnesses the Tiananmen massacre on the news.

En esta colección de textos concebidos en distintas partes del mundo, Michèle Petit analiza el lugar del arte y la literatura en el contexto de las crisis que se han venido multiplicando en los últimos años: guerras, cambio climático, pandemias, etcétera. Se trata aquí de la belleza que permite transfigurar lo peor después de una tragedia; de la transmisión cultural en el exilio, que es la suerte de tantos niños, mujeres y hombres en la actualidad; de la forma en que el lenguaje, cuando se acerca al canto, nos permite sintonizarnos con el espacio y con eso que llamamos naturaleza.

Dahlia Dixon is finally getting a grip on her once-crippling PTSD, the result of a college incident that nearly left her dead in a university pool. After marrying her wealthy boss, she’s whisked away to his isolated home on Bristol Lake. Her new husband’s first wife drowned in Bristol Lake only months before and is still hauntingly present in every corner of the modern retreat. When Dahlia is run off the road, lies begin to surface. She learns that another woman recently died in Bristol Lake. Dahlia is sure she is in someone’s crosshair. No one can be trusted.

Nights out are hard to come by for new parents. So when Kate’s new mommy club, Roo & You, holds a dinner cruise, she and her husband leave baby Laurie with Kate’s mom and join the grown-ups for some fine dining on the San Francisco Bay. But when one of the cofounders of Roo & You takes a fatal spill down a staircase, the police department crashes the party. Suddenly, every mom and her man has a motive. Kate’s on deck to solve the mystery—but a killer’s determined to make her rue the day she joined the first-time-mom’s club....

I thought dealing with monsters was the worst I’d have to face, but now I’m not so sure. My life has never been boring. From following breadcrumbs to tracking monsters, my brother Hans and I were forced to grow up fast. We’ve spent countless hours training to hunt the underbelly of evil, and now we’ve made a name for ourselves. Some may call us legends, but Hans and I aren’t fighting monsters for fame.

Matilde tiene quince años y se enamora por primera vez. Lo que parece ser el romance ideal, se convierte poco a poco en una relación de poder, que somete a la muchacha, alejándola de sus amigas, haciéndole perder su autoestima y llevándola a mentir para ocultar la situación. Los acontecimientos se desarrollan con rapidez y todo parece indicar que Matilde no será capaz de reaccionar.

In How to Lose the Hounds, Celeste Winston explores marronage—the practice of flight from and placemaking beyond slavery—as a guide to police abolition. She examines historically Black maroon communities in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, that have been subjected to violent excesses of police power from slavery until the present day.

Rage through the centuries has shown that anger can be a catalyst for change; it can also be a tool employed in fear by those resisting reform or trying to quell protests or advancements by other people. Perhaps you too have experienced the rise of rage within yourself. You might be fed up with feeling angry and not having any way to express it. But counselor and psychotherapist Julie Christiansen says that if we take time to examine the belief systems that fuel our anger, we can free ourselves from the bondage that anger puts us in, learning how to make it work for us.

Valencia, invierno de 2017. A tan solo un mes de la jubilación del inspector Trull, la desaparición de una joven en extrañas circunstancias desencadena una investigación turbia y peligrosa.

Cada minuto es crucial para resolver el caso. Debido a la presión mediática, la jefatura de policía decide adelantar la incorporación de la inspectora Castro, mujer joven y competente que sustituirá a Trull tras su jubilación.

La llegada de Castro incomoda a Trull. Entre los dos inspectores surgen desencuentros, malentendidos y recelos, pero la perspicacia...

The Big Lie About Race in America's Schools delivers a collective response to the challenge of racially charged misinformation, disinformation, and censorship that increasingly permeates and weakens not only US education but also our democracy. Royel Johnson and Shaun Harper bring together leading education scholars and educators to confront the weaponized distortions that are undermining both public education and racial justice. The experts gathered in this work offer strategies to counter these dangerous trends.

Hot on the success of her first case, British female sleuth Daisy Dunlop can count the offers of work on one finger. An empty bank account and the need to prove to her business partner, private investigator Solomon Liffey, that she is an asset, not a liability, calls for drastic measures. Terror has to be overcome as she answers a plea to find the one thing that gives her night sweats and flashbacks. An animal. A missing stud poodle, to be exact.

Pivot for Success tells business leader and entrepreneur Amy Hilliard's stories of success, struggle, and sustainability to inspire you to become resilient. Hilliard offers her hard-won perspective on what it takes to "make it" in American business and in life. She talks about the tough stuff, the stuff that most people who rise to her level of accomplishment aren't eager for others to know.