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Thirty-nine terrifying stories that will keep you up all night and make you want to call in sick to work. Enjoy stories of karma, fear, supernatural horror, deadly women, and retribution.The Better Off Dead Series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!

In The Stories We Tell Ourselves, author and therapist Scott Gornto shows us how to break the cycle of false assumptions that lead to unnecessary anxiety. By taking control of our reactions to the people around us, we can learn how to be truly present in our lives as we nurture the relationships that matter most.

When Connor finds River on the roof of the campus admin building, he doesn’t know what to do. His friend is drunk and shouting into a snowstorm, a bottle of vodka in his hand. The easy part is getting River down; the hard part is insisting River comes home with Connor for Christmas. River doesn’t have a family or any place outside of college that he calls home. Not that it matters to him; he’s happy being alone for Christmas in his budget motel, watching reruns of Elf.

Eigentlich hat Cole alles, was ein Mann sich nur wünschen kann: Tolles Aussehen, gute Freunde und überaus nette Geldbeträge auf seinen Bankkonten. Nach dem Verkauf seiner ersten Firma hat er sich sogar einen Traum erfüllt und seinen eigenen, exklusiven Golfclub ins Leben gerufen. Doch obwohl die Frauen ihm scharenweise hinterherlaufen, findet sich unter ihnen nicht "die Eine". Bis er Marielle begegnet! Sie verkörpert alles, was Cole anspricht. Dumm nur, dass sie Stammgast in seinem Golfclub ist. Denn er hat sich geschworen, niemals etwas mit einer Frau anzufangen, die regelmäßig seinen Club besucht.

In 1819, France is surrounded by armies. With Russia in the north, the Karlsruhe Confederacy in the east, and a pirate kingdom in the south, Napoleon cannot break out, nor can the English Navy seem to break in. Europe teeters on the edge of a sword. Celeste Blanchard, daughter of the Emperor’s disgraced Air Minister, is running out of time to develop an airship that can carry his armies to England and restore her mother to glory. But on a desperate test flight, she is blown off course…and washes up, half drowned, on the shores of Cornwall, in the heart of enemy territory.

Too long to be a short story, too short to be a novel - welcome to the surprisingly potent world of the novelette. The award-winning magazine Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show has been an online haven for this powerful form of storytelling since 2005. Now its editors have selected their all-time favorite science fiction novelettes from the magazine's eight-year history and reprinted them together in one big book of listening pleasure.

The Better Off Dead series delves into the furthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!

We’ve all had them, those special dates with someone brand new, someone who just might be the yin to our yang, that vital missing piece of our lonely heart… So goes the eternal gamble, the endless game of romance roulette, in which we earnestly wear our hearts upon our sleeves in the thin hope of discovering our soulmate and lay bare our inner selves to find all-elusive true love.

What's the secret to lasting happiness? How do you gain the resilience needed to weather life's inevitable storms? For ancient philosophers like Socrates, Marcus Aurelius, Zeno, and Epictetus, these questions were more than mere musings—they were key elements of a school of thought called Stoicism. In The Stoicism Workbook, you'll learn how thinking like Socrates can help you identify what truly matters in your life, and build the resilience needed to go and get it!

After their daring adventures behind enemy lines in France, Loveday Penhale and Celeste Blanchard cannot settle into everyday life at home. Has the Tinkering Prince forgotten them entirely? What of the prize he promised? Then, with the flourish of a royal messenger’s hand, their lives are changed. Not only have they won the prize, they are to join the Prince’s Own Engineers in London!

It is 1819, and Cornwall is agog at the daring of the two young lady aeronauts who, earlier in the summer, flew nearly to France and back in their homemade air ship. Much more is riding on Loveday Penhale and Celeste Blanchard’s new and improved vessel—they plan to win the Tinkering Prince’s prize, offered to anyone who can help England win the war against Napoleon.

Give your teenager the lifetime gift of financial literacy: Equip them with investing and money management skills that bring enduring financial freedom, even if they've never earned a single dollar yet. According to research, only 30% of adults feel fully financially literate. Furthermore, many wish they had learned about money and investing while in high school. The truth is, financial literacy is an essential life skill, and early education provides a significant advantage. It's time to reverse the trend, and it starts with your teenager.

When a Muslim cleric predicts planes will fall from the sky, America braces for a terrorist attack. But when the prediction proves true, the real cause is far more terrifying: a microbe that eats oil, effectively destroying all gas-operated mechanisms. Gillette, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control, understands the devastation that the microbe could wreak. But his far-more-chilling theory is that the microbe is synthetic and the work of terrorists.

Beware of the night, for it shows no mercy. Anxieties run rampant as the last sprinklings of light twinkle out on the inky horizon. The shadows dance their choreography in the damp, dusky air. Night is taking over, and it knows how to keep a dark and deadly secret, for it allows no witnesses. And that screaming you hear nearby? Watch out, because you might be next. The Sinister Supernatural Stories series brings you delicious horror that focuses on elements of the supernatural. Pull up a chair and dig in, but never after dark—everyone knows bad things always happen after dark.

You're in a bind, and the only person who can help you wants something in return—but he won't reveal what it is until later. Do you dare take the risk? Paige is at a loss. She can't find any other way to describe her situation when her dance partner gets injured. How is she going to pass her final exam at the dance academy? It's not as if a man who knows all the relevant dances and pairs perfectly with her can just be found walking down the street. But when she visits her brother, Paige unexpectedly finds such a man.

The Inquisitor has taken over Ea and executed innocent women for witchcraft. Now, Alaia's father is dying from lung disease. Alaia is a gifted healer and can cure him given enough time, but instead she must disappear, because the Inquisitor has accused her of practicing magic. Mateo has loved Alaia since childhood and vows to protect her from his uncle, the Inquisitor. Together, they attempt to flee in his boat in a forbidden romance, but the young healer must learn to use her herbal knowledge to fight back for those she loves. Herbs not only heal but kill.

Slowpoke takes care of baby three-toed sloths. When a leaf thief steals all their food, he goes on the mission to get back the leaves. Slowpoke must learn to believe in himself to catch the thief and save the baby sloths—even if he's the slowest sloth in the rainforest.

Lord Jesus Christ expounds the doctrine of Christ by focusing upon theological interpretation of Scripture regarding Jesus's identity. The book's structure traces a Christological arc from the eternal communion of the Triune God through creation, covenants, Incarnation, passion, and exaltation all the way to the consummation of redemptive history. This arc identifies Jesus as the divine Lord who assumed human flesh for our salvation.

Als Damon nach Cornwall zieht, weiß Beverly zunächst nicht, was sie von ihm halten soll: Er trägt Designerkleidung und fährt Luxusautos – was verschlägt so jemanden in ihr idyllisches Dorf, und das kurz vor Weihnachten? Ist Damon von Beruf CEO und hat sich überarbeitet? Unter oberflächlichen Snobs, die nur an die Karriere denken und nie genug bekommen, soll das ja vorkommen. Doch als Beverly Damon näher kennenlernt, merkt sie, dass sie sich geirrt hat: Er ist überaus einfühlsam und hat sich aus freien Stücken für ein entschleunigtes Leben am Meer entschieden.

This fun new humor book celebrates Seinfeld's 30th anniversary and takes love of the sitcom to a new level. Best-selling humor author R. Scott Murphy believes Seinfeld is far more than a TV show; it's a state of mind. In fact, he's watched all 180 episodes so many times that he often sees the world through Seinfeld's eyes. The place where his Seinfeld eyes see the craziest things is the grocery store.