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When a visit from the elusive Everest Sinclair brings more treachery than they could have predicted, Blue knows she must protect both her Vemreaux family and her Wayward family, no matter the cost.

Join the author on a journey to explore the fascinating and colorful dimensions of wisdom and examine the creation of a legacy of wisdom across generations. Practical scientific research and entertaining multigenerational family stories come together to offer a complex look at what the word wisdom truly represents, how individuals develop it, and how we pass it on. The world's greatest thinkers and the world's greatest grandmas are on the same page when it comes to the impact of applied wisdom in our lives.

Living in the free world is a lot more work than Blue Anders bargained for. While Sam is patient, Baird is not demanding the utmost perfection from his sister before she travels to the O-blood island to destroy the predator. With the crowned prince of Europe declared among the missing, the emperor teams up with Blue to bring his son home.

When Kyri Vantage, Phoenix Justiciar of Myrionar - with the help of her companions, Tobimar Silverun of Skysand and the unexpectedly dangerous little Toad, Poplock Duckweed - defeated monstrous killer Thornfalcon and unmasked a conspiracy of treacherous False Justiciars, she knew the job was only partly done.

Approximately four years ago (in 2010), I saw the most unbelievable happening. My adorable Yorkshire Terrier, named Wizzie, saved a drowning kitten from my family's pool in San Diego. It was an astonishing act of bravery for this 6 and a half lb. bundle of fur.

A new breakout fantasy epic filled with strong world building, engaging characters, and wondrous adventure. Kyri: a highborn young woman whose life is shattered by the murder of her kin. But even as Kyri flees her beloved land Evanwyl, she knows that she is her family's only hope for justice, and Evanwyl's only chance to escape a growing shadow of corruption and destruction. Now Kyri must venture across Zarathan, a world on the brink of a long foretold Chaos War. It is a struggle that may usher in a long age of darkness.

Lily just can't get it together. In her 30's, single and lonely, she dreads going to a bachelorette dinner party with her girlfriends from college. While they are leading fulfilling lives, Lily is still stuck on her college sweetheart, Devon, "the boy who got away". Things change when - through mystical events - Lily travels back in time to the week before college graduation. Guided by her best friend, Rose, Lily has that one week to get Devon to declare his love for her so she can have a second chance at happiness.

The Newbery Honor recipient best known for The Baby-Sitter's Club talks about inventing the life of a small town for her new series, Main Street. Three books and growing, the series follows two sisters who move to Camden Falls, Massachusetts, where their grandmother owns a sewing store. Martin wasn't sure she wanted to start another series until her editor told her it could be at least in part about sewing, one of her great passions in life.

The two-time National Book Award finalist discusses his historical novel about the New York City Draft Riots in 1863 with middle graders and teens ages 12 and up. The event includes a discussion with the audience.

Grace, a young nurse from the Midwest, has the perfect life - a great boyfriend, amazing friends, and a loyal dog. Yet when her boyfriend proposes, instead of feeling happy, her world is thrown into turmoil. She begins to question the overpowering, pre-scripted expectations of young women from the Midwest: attend college, meet a guy, marry after graduation, and start a family by the age of 25. Grace has to decide what she really wants from life. Does she have the courage to pave her own path?

New York Times best-selling author Cornelia Funke makes a rare appearance to talk about the stunning conclusion to the beloved Inkheart trilogy, a thrilling adventure series. Co-presented with Bank Street Bookstore, Thalia Kids' Book Club events are lively talks between children's book authors and their fans (ages 9-12) plus one event for teens.

Deciding on a point of view is one of the hardest tasks a writer faces. Here is expert advice on discovering whose story you are telling, and on point of view as seen by the characters, the audience, the writer, the camera, and more. And you'll hear DiMaggio's own point of view on what it means to be a writer - passion for the process, learning about yourself, scaling the wall of rejection and growing with your characters.

The best-selling creator of the wildly popular award-winning series that travels back in time and to distant lands talks about her books with kids ages 6 and up. The event includes a discussion with the audience.

Women struggle to say no, and even when they do say no, they feel guilty. Through an unexpected story about a hamster, the author, “Aunt Mary,” empowers women to embrace their “no.” This conversational style memoir is based on the gritty, down-to-earth wisdom Aunt Mary shared with her niece Sarie over the years.

Every decade, an ancient pirate ship appears on Bewitcher's Beach's shore, and residents celebrate a reunion holiday with the ghosts of long-dead pirates. But where there are ghosts, there is also danger, and with the spell that once protected the town gone, Noema's found family is exposed. When the town votes for Noema's plan to restore the protection spell, she finds the grimoire with the answers is missing and the last warlock to attempt the magic is dead.

A treasury of timeless stories for kids....

Are you caught in a relentless storm of overthinking, constantly replaying past events and worrying about the future? Break free from this cycle with "Stop Overthinking: A Step-by-Step Guide to Letting Go of Mental Spin." This comprehensive manual helps you achieve inner peace, build stronger relationships, and develop unshakeable resilience.

A decade ago, the challenge was accepted: to send a man to the Moon and to return him safely to the Earth, and now a giant rocket ship designed by Wernher von Braun stands ready on the pad and the clock is counting down. Ten years ago, nobody thought it was possible. But that was then, and this is now. Mankind has chosen to sail the new sea of space, to quest after the knowledge and the dreams of the star-filled abyss, to climb the infinite ladder to the stars.

Convention doesn’t carry much weight in Alder Creek. It doesn’t in Amoris Westmore’s family either. Daughter of a massage therapist and a pothead artist, inheritor of her grandmother’s vinyl collection, and blissfully entering her senior year in high school, Amoris never wants to leave her progressive hometown. Everything changes when Jamison Rush moves in next door. Jamison was Amoris’s first crush, and their last goodbye still stings. One of the few Black students in Alder Creek, Jamison sees Amoris’s idyllic town through different eyes.

This, my friends, is a book about AI written by a human for humans. Specifically, this book is written for the reader that wants to apply AI to their life as quickly as possible, without being bothered to take time to figure out how what you're doing is actually working or the consequences.