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AP Spanish Language and Culture Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 5 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice (Barron's AP Prep)
by Daniel Paolicchi M.A. Alice G. Springer Ph.D.Be prepared for exam day with Barron&’s. Trusted content from AP experts!Barron&’s AP Spanish Language and Culture Premium, 2025 includes in‑depth content review and online audio and practice. It&’s the only book you&’ll need to be prepared for exam day.Written by Experienced EducatorsLearn from Barron&’s‑‑all content is written and reviewed by AP expertsBuild your understanding with comprehensive review tailored to the most recent examGet a leg up with tips, strategies, and study advice for exam day‑‑it&’s like having a trusted tutor by your sideBe Confident on Exam DaySharpen your test‑taking skills with 5 full‑length practice tests‑‑2 in the book and 3 more online–plus detailed answer explanationsBoost your confidence by reviewing helpful strategies for answering all questions that involve print and/or audio textsReinforce your learning by tackling Reading Comprehension and Listening Comprehension practice exercises and reviewing the accompanying answers and explanationsStrengthen your ability to write and speak Spanish with advice for writing email replies, writing an argumentative essay, carrying on a conversation, and making cultural comparisonsReview and practice some of the most common features of Spanish language with a thorough grammar reviewOnline Audio and PracticeContinue your practice with 3 full‑length practice tests on Barron&’s Online Learning HubSimulate the exam experience with a timed test optionDeepen your understanding with detailed answer explanations and expert adviceGain confidence with scoring to check your learning progressFamiliarize yourself with spoken Spanish by listening to authentic Spanish audio passages and following along with audioscripts in the book
GMAT Foundations of Math (Manhattan Prep GMAT Prep)
by Manhattan PrepFully updated for the GMAT Focus! Developed for test-takers who need a math refresher, Manhattan Prep's GMAT Foundations of Math provides a user-friendly review of all of the fundamental math concepts crucial for success on the Quant and Data Insights sections of the GMAT. The ebook version is fully available for free, so check it out before you purchase!GMAT Foundations of Math provides: 500+ practice problems for realistic review Easy-to-follow explanations of fundamental math concepts Step-by-step application of concepts to example problems Full coverage of foundational quant topics tested on the GMAT, including arithmetic, algebra, story problems, number properties, fractions, percents, ratios, and more (for higher-level coverage of all GMAT topics, see the All the Quant and DI guide) Foundations of Math comes with access to the Atlas online learning platform. Your Atlas Foundations of Math syllabus includes: Hundreds of additional practice problems &“Mid-term&” and &“final&” exams to test your skills on the material you&’re learning All lessons and practice problems were created by expert instructors with 99th-percentile scores on the GMAT.Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entities included with the product.
GMAT All the Quant + DI: Effective Strategies & Practice for the New GMAT (Manhattan Prep GMAT Prep)
by Manhattan PrepFully updated for the GMAT Focus! Manhattan Prep&’s All the Quant + DI guide is an updated version of the All the Quant guide (7th Ed). This guide now includes all of the quant-based content and question types covered in both the Quantitative and Data Insights sections of the GMAT Focus. Online bonus materials include an exclusive ebook with harder content and additional practice problems.All the Quant + Data comes with access to the Atlas online learning platform. Your Atlas All the Quant + DI syllabus includes: An exclusive e-book covering harder quant content, for those aiming for an especially high GMAT score Additional practice problems, interactive video lessons, strategies for time management, and more Lessons and practice problems created by expert instructors with 99th-percentile scores on the GMAT The All the Quant + DI guide covers the following question types and content areas: Problem Solving Data Sufficiency Tables & Graphs Two-Part (quant or logic-based) Multi-Source Reasoning Fractions, Decimals, Percents, Ratios Statistics Algebra Word Problems Number Properties Manhattan Prep guides are the top-selling GMAT prep guides worldwide for a reason; we have the most in-depth, comprehensive, and effective materials available for GMAT studies. Looking for comprehensive GMAT preparation? Try Manhattan Prep&’s All the GMAT book set.Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd party sellers are not guaranteed for quality, authenticity, or access to any online resources included with the product.
A Shamanic Herbal: Plant Teachers and Animal Medicines
by Matthew Wood• Explores the alphabet of Nature personified in animals and the spiritual lessons of animal medicines—animals personified in plants—including Turtle, Bear, Deer, Wolf, Alligator, and Horse Medicine teachings• Shares profound experiences from the author&’s long career as an herbalist and his first years growing up on a remote Seminole reservation in the Everglades• Offers shamanic adventures interwoven with comparisons to the psychology of Freud and Jung, the visions of Castaneda, and the occult teachings of Steiner and GurdjieffSharing profound experiences from his long career as well as his first years growing up on a remote Seminole reservation in the Everglades, renowned herbalist Matthew Wood interweaves practical herbalism and the spiritual potency of Nature to deeply explore the plant teachers, animal medicines, and foundational principles of shamanism as a spiritual path.Wood describes a universal &“language of the shamans,&” based on direct, sometimes supernatural experiences as well as case studies from his practice. He examines the alphabet of Nature and spiritual lessons personified in animals and plants, especially &“animal medicines&”—when the plant looks like an animal. He shares accounts of Turtle Medicine plants for self-examination, Bear Medicine plants to open the imagination, and Wolf Medicine plants for wholeness and magic. He explores the plants of Alligator Medicine for healthful prosperity, Horse Medicine plants to bring the conscious self in harmony with the animal self, Badger Medicine plants to strengthen gut instincts, and many other herb and animal teachers. He also looks at plants associated with journeying to the spirit world through the medicine of Crane, Dragon, and Bat.Revealing the shamanic roots of his herbal teachings, Matthew Wood provides not only an inside view of his lifelong spiritual path but also an immersive and experiential guide to the shamanic wisdom of countless plant and animal teachers.
Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy)
by Lauren RobertsPaedyn and Kai battle with duty and desire in this highly anticipated second installment in the sizzling and epic romantic fantasy trilogy that&’s packed with spicy tension and edge-of-your-seat betrayal.The kingdom of Ilya is in turmoil… After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King and kickstarted a Resistance throughout the land. Now she&’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to. Kai Azer is now Ilya&’s Enforcer, loyal to his brother Kitt, the new King. He has vowed to find Paedyn and bring her to justice. Across the deadly Scorches, and deep into the hostile city of Dor, Kai pursues the one person he wishes he didn&’t have to. But in a city without Elites, the balance between the hunter and hunted shifts—and the battle between duty and desire is deadly.
Cultural Adaptation in Chinese Mental Health Translation (New Frontiers in Translation Studies)
by Meng Ji Yi ShanThis open access book demonstrates the necessity, feasibility, and effectiveness of cultural adaptation in the translation of mental health scales into Chinese. It illustrates the key principles of culturally effective mental health translation, through offering in-depth discussions of the methods and techniques used to translate mental health materials into Chinese. This SpringerBrief title provides an essential reading for academics, researchers, students from language studies, public health and health communication who are interested to develop more advanced skills of translating and adapting mental health instruments for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Arbeitsgesundheit und Beziehungsqualität durch Mediation: Leitfaden zu Mediation als Soziale Heilkunde für Organisationen mit Praxisanleitung (essentials)
by Thomas SteinManchmal verstehen wir am Arbeitsplatz die Welt nicht mehr. Je besser wir es meinen, desto schwieriger scheint sich oft paradoxerweise das menschliche Miteinander zu entwickeln: Stress und lähmende Blockaden (Konflikte) im Miteinander saugen Energie, die dringend anderweitig gebraucht wird. Dem wirkt Mediation als professionell bewährtes und kulturübergreifend praktiziertes Konfliktlösungsverfahren gezielt entgegen. Denn: Mediation ist zukunftsgerichtet und kann kreative Lösungsansätze zeigen, die bislang kaum vorstellbar waren. Was das mit Arbeitsgesundheit und Beziehungsqualität zu tun hat, lernen Sie in diesem essential.
HCI International 2024 Posters: 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29 – July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part VII (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2120)
by Gavriel Salvendy Margherita Antona Constantine Stephanidis Stavroula NtoaThe seven-volume set CCIS 2114-2120 contains the extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2024, held in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29–July 4, 2024. The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 5108 submissions. The posters presented in these seven volumes are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: HCI Design Theories, Methods, Tools and Case Studies; User Experience Evaluation Methods and Case Studies; Emotions in HCI; Human Robot Interaction. Part II: Inclusive Designs and Applications; Aging and Technology. Part III: eXtended Reality and the Metaverse; Interacting with Cultural Heritage, Art and Creativity. Part IV: HCI in Learning and Education; HCI in Games. Part V: HCI in Business and Marketing; HCI in Mobility and Automated Driving; HCI in Psychotherapy and Mental Health. Part VI: Interacting with the Web, Social Media and Digital Services; Interaction in the Museum; HCI in Healthcare. Part VII: AI Algorithms and Tools in HCI; Interacting with Large Language Models and Generative AI; Interacting in Intelligent Environments; HCI in Complex Industrial Environments.
Widerstreitendes Erzählen: Ambivalenzen im Kontext (inklusions-) pädagogischer Ansprüche
by Anne Weidermann Stephanie Winter Jens Geldner-Belli Tanja Kinne Mirko MollSonder- und Inklusionspädagogiken legitimieren sich unter Verweis auf kontingente, ambivalente und mitunter widerstreitende Vorstellungen von (Nicht-)Behinderungen. Die Aufmerksamkeit hierfür stellt eine große Herausforderung für disziplinäre und professionelle Selbstverständigungen dar. Der Band eröffnet eine Perspektive auf unterschiedliche Vorstellungen von (Nicht-)Behinderungen in ihrer Bedeutung für das Pädagogische. Zugleich geht er der Frage nach, welchen Beitrag das Konzept der Erzählung zu einer Annäherung an die Ambivalenzen im Kontext des Pädagogischen leisten kann.
Transition with Dignity: School Leaving from the Perspectives of Young Adults with Significant Disabilities
by Sarah M. HartThis book analyzes the process of leaving school, commonly referred to as 'transition' for young adults with severe, complex, and multiple disabilities. It seeks to challenge prevailing assumptions and offer practical steps towards reversing customary accepted theories, methods, practices, and outcomes. Despite extensive research, policies, and procedures of transition, the reality is that post-school outcomes are worrying for those with significant special needs. Community inclusion depends as much upon in-school procedures and support systems as it does the inclusivity of society itself. This book directly addresses these concerns by examining the experiences of young adults living through their transitions in two countries, Aotearoa New Zealand and the USA. Engaging and highly readable case narratives bring fresh insights on the diversity of disability experiences, portraying the under-explored opportunities involved in a transition with dignity. Disability is an often overlooked aspect of one’s intersectional identity. Post-school transition is therefore positioned less as a procedural function of leaving school and more so an urgent matter of social justice. Readers will benefit from the transformative framing of post-school transition based on the capability approach. Genuine opportunities within the transition of young adults with significant disabilities and those who support them may promote a thriving life for all.
Agro-waste to Microbe Assisted Value Added Product: Recent Developments in Agro-waste Valorization Research (Environmental Science and Engineering)
by Swarnendu Roy Piyush Mathur Shyama Prasad Saha Deepika MazumdarThis book mainly focuses on the recent trends and sustainability challenges in the valorization of agro-wastes, emphasizing the role of microbial biotechnology. Processing of various kinds of agro-wastes such as lignocellulosic materials, food industry wastes, dairy wastes, etc., into several bioactive compounds, enzymes, biofuels, biogas, biofertilizers, nutraceuticals, nanoparticles, etc., will be discussed elaborately in more detail. This book investigates the theoretical and practical aspects of modern research regarding the valorization of agro-wastes through microbial technology. Moreover, the role of valorization research in circular bio-economy will also be addressed in this book.
Food Security in a Developing World: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities
by Pardeep Singh Bendangwapang Ao Nabajyoti Deka Chander Mohan Chhetan ChhoidubThe book tries to answer the most fundamental question of whether there is a link between abundant food supply and economic growth with respect to a higher degree of human development. In order to have flourishing economic growth within a country the need for a food security system is a must. The world as we know is faced with shortages of food supply which has been a major factor in the country's economic development. The book is an attempt to understand the problems and current situation of food systems in the developing world. It focuses on the pathways to understand the challenges that it faces and predict future scenarios. The motive is to create academic literature to understand the basis of sustainable food security. The social, economic, and political factors become the main theme of the book. It focuses on the interdisciplinary nature of food security. Many a time we only understand the idea of food security through the lens of scientific nature but in the meantime, it forgets the other important factors that are governing the issue of food security. The inclusion of the cases section in the book helps to outline the current scenarios of the developing world. It helps to formulate a pathway or a way forward to understand the causes of food security. Food has now become a political context in the international system. The need for analyzing the political angle is necessary. The context of innovations and technological developments forms an important part of food security. The critique of existing policy systems across the developing world is a must need discussion as it is the policies that will make the food systems sustainable. Last but not least is to look at how the global food systems work and how far it has been able to fix the problems of food insecurity in the developing world. Overall, the book is an excellent interdisciplinary food security literature.
Singularly Perturbed Jump Systems: Stability, Synchronization and Control (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #522)
by Jing Wang Feng Li Ju H. Park Hao ShenIn this book, various singularly perturbed jump system models in continuous-time or discrete-time domain, such as Markov jump singularly perturbed systems, semi-Markov jump singularly perturbed systems, hidden Markov jump singularly perturbed systems, and singularly perturbed jump complex network model, have been considered for some control synthesis problems. Also, some partial probability information cases are taken into account when addressing those control synthesis problems. To show the effectiveness and applicability of the obtained results, some numerical examples and practical industrial model examples are given.
Synchronization for Wave Equations with Locally Distributed Controls (Series in Contemporary Mathematics #5)
by Tatsien Li Bopeng RaoThis book aims to establish a systematic theory on the synchronization for wave equations with locally distributed controls. It is structured in two parts. Part I is devoted to internal controls, while Part II treats the case of mixed internal and boundary controls. The authors present necessary mathematical formulations and techniques for analyzing and solving problems in this area. They also give numerous examples and applications to illustrate the concepts and demonstrate their practical relevance. The book provides an overview of the field and offers an in-depth analysis of new results with elegant proofs. By reading this book, it can be found that due to the use of internal controls, more deep-going results on synchronization can be obtained, which makes the corresponding synchronization theory more precise and complete. Graduate students and researchers in control and synchronization for partial differential equations, functional analysis find this book useful. It is also an excellent reference in the field. Thanks to the explicit criteria given in this book for various notions of controllability and synchronization, researchers and practitioners can effectively use the control strategies described in this book and make corresponding decisions regarding system design and operation.
Microfluidics Diagnostics: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology #2804)
by Valérie Taly Stéphanie Descroix Karla Perez-TorallaThis detailed volume explores a wide range of microfluidic-based approaches that exploit the unique features of microfluidic devices, which hold significant potential in the field of diagnosis. Beginning with a section on microchips for sample preparation, including cell-free DNA, exosomes, and cells, the book continues by covering protein marker analysis and detection, single-cell analysis, analysis of bacteria and viruses, as well as human cell-based culture and analysis. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step and readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Microfluidics Diagnostics: Methods and Protocols serves as an ideal guide for researchers investigating how microfluidics can shape the future of diagnosis.
How to Catch a Queen: Runaway Royals (Runaway Royals #1)
by Alyssa ColeAn arranged marriage leads to unexpected desire, in the first book of Alyssa Cole’sRunaway Royals series…When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it’s nothing like she imagined. Shanti and her husband may share an immediate and powerful attraction, but her subjects see her as an outsider, and everything she was taught about being the perfect wife goes disastrously wrong.A king must rule with an iron fist, and newly crowned King Sanyu was born perfectly fitted for the gauntlet, even if he wishes he weren’t. He agrees to take a wife as is required of him, though he doesn’t expect to actually fall in love. Even more vexing? His beguiling new queen seems to have the answers to his country’s problems—except no one will listen to her.By day, they lead separate lives. By night, she wears the crown, and he bows to her demands in matters of politics and passion. When turmoil erupts in their kingdom and their marriage, Shanti goes on the run, and Sanyu must learn whether he has what it takes both to lead his people and to catch his queen.
Not About a Boy
by Myah Hollis"This debut is a gritty teen drama full of mature themes that unfurl in compassionate ways and will resonate with many readers...Heartbreaking and powerful." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Lucid and luminous." —ALA BooklistEuphoria meets Girl in Pieces in this coming-of-age story of a girl trying to put a grief-stricken past behind her, only to be startled by the discovery of a long-lost sister who puts into question everything she thought she knew.Amélie Cœur has never known what it truly means to be happy.She thought she’d found happiness once, in a love that ended in tragedy and nearly sent her over the edge. Now, at seventeen, Mel is beginning to piece her life back together. Under the supervision of Laurelle Child Services, the exclusive foster care agency that raised her, Mel is sober and living with a new family among Manhattan’s elite. It’s her last chance at adoption before she ages out of the system, and she promised, this time, she’ll try.But a casual relationship with a boy is turning into something she never intended for it to be, causing small cracks in her carefully constructed walls. Then the sister she has no memory of contacts Mel, unearthing complicated feelings about the past and what could have been.As the anniversary of the worst day of her life approaches, Mel must weather the rising tides of grief and depression before she loses herself, and those close to her, all over again.
Break to You
by Neal Shusterman Michelle Knowlden Debra YoungBestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden, tells an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love—no matter the consequences. Adriana knows that if she can manage to keep her head down for the next seven months, she might be able to get through her sentence in the Compass juvenile detention center. Thankfully, she’s allowed to keep her journal, where she writes down her most private thoughts when her feelings get too big.Until the day she opens her journal and discovers that her thoughts are no longer so private. Someone has read her writings—and has written back. A boy who lives on the other side of the gender-divided detention center. A boy who sparks a fire in her to write back.Jon’s story is different than Adriana’s; he’s already been at Compass for years and will be in the system for years to come. Still, when he reads the words Adriana writes to him, it makes him feel like the walls that hold them in have melted away.This fast-paced, highly compelling tour de force novel exposes what life is like in detention—and reveals the hearts of two teens who are forced to live in desperate circumstances.
Suitehearts #2: Drama and Destiny (Suitehearts #2)
by Claire KannIn the second book of the Suitehearts series, magical Matchmakers and cousins Cora and Rose attend an elite summer training camp where rivals, romances, and troublesome Kindlings await. Perfect for fans of Whatever After by Sarah Mlynowski.You’re invited to Camp Hotel Coeur!It’s Hotel Coeur’s turn to host the annual training camp for Matchmakers-in-training, and they’re going all out: charm classes, enchantment exercises, matchmaking competitions, even a magically designed buddy system.After conquering their first matchmaking tests, Rose and Cora feel ready to face anything. After all, what could be harder than headstrong Kindlings, broken hearts, and brand-new magic?But this magical camp doesn’t play by the rules.Cora, who just wants to lie low, is suddenly thrust into the spotlight for her unique magical abilities and paired with newbie Matchmaker Hunter—who’s cool, charismatic…and her total opposite.Rose is paired with her nemesis, Julien Swift—her biggest competition for years. Rose is determined to outshine him, but lately, nothing seems to be going right for her…not even her magic.To succeed, Rose and Cora will have to take on new friends, magical mishaps, a dash of romance, and fiercer challenges than ever on their journey to become Hotel Coeur’s finest Matchmakers.Perfect for fans of Witchlings and the Friendship List series, this spectacular sequel will see readers charmed by the same thrills and magic that started Cora and Rose’s journey as these two Matchmakers soar to even greater heights.
My Little Pony: Misty's Tale (My First I Can Read)
by HasbroAn all-new adventure with your favorite ponies from Tell Your Tale! This adorable early reader is perfect for sharing with the pony fan in your life.Meet Misty, Opaline's henchpony with a mysterious past! Read along as her journey unfolds and she discovers her true self, reunites with her dad, and learns the power of empathy. Will she break free from Opaline's grasp and join the Mane 5? Find out in My Little Pony: Misty's Tale!My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale is an animated series of shorts that follow the pony besties as they embark on wild adventures across Maretime Bay! The fast-paced episodes offer hilarious stories that will have everypony in stitches. Be sure to catch My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale now available on YouTube and Netflix!My Little Pony: Misty’s Tale is a level 1 I Can Read, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
Evenings and Weekends: A Novel
by Oisín McKenna“This is such a love story to cities & people & heartbreaks, death & loss. It's not at all corny, it's smart. But I just finished it & it made me cry.” — Eileen Myles "Like the book version of a Richard Curtis film, but with more grit, more bathroom sex and a literal beached whale." —GQFor fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a stunning debut that follows a vibrant multi-generational cast of characters through a London heatwave as their simmering tensions and secrets come to a head over a feverish, life-changing weekend.Summer in London stops for no one. Not the half-naked drunks and stoners, the bachelorette parties glugging from bejewelled bottles, the drag queens puffing on hurried cigarettes. It’s June 2019, and everyone has converged on the city’s parks, beer gardens, and street corners to revel in the collective joys of being alive.Everyone but Maggie. She’s 30, pregnant, and broke. Faced with moving back to the town she fought to escape, she’s wondering if having a baby with boyfriend Ed will be the last spontaneous act of her life. Ed, meanwhile, is trying to run from his past with Maggie’s best friend Phil and harboring secret dreams of his own.Phil hates his office job and is living for the weekend, while falling for his housemate, Keith. But there’s a problem: Keith has a boyfriend and there might not be room for three people in the relationship. Then there’s Rosaleen, Phil’s mother, who’s tired of feeling like a side character in her own life. She’s just been diagnosed with cancer and is travelling to London to tell Phil, if she can ever get hold of him.As Saturday night approaches, all their lives are set to change forever. Temperatures are soaring and the weekend is about to begin…Strikingly heartfelt, sexually charged, and disarmingly comic, Oisín McKenna’s debut is a mesmerizing dive into the soul of a city and a searing look at what it takes to build a life there.
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel
by Satoshi YagisawaIn this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them.Set again in the beloved Japanese bookshop and nearby coffee shop in the Jimbochi neighborhood of Toyko, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop deepens the relationship between Takako, her uncle Satoru , and the people in their lives. A new cast of heartwarming regulars have appeared in the shop, including an old man who wears the same ragged mouse-colored sweater and another who collects books solely for the official stamps with the author’s personal seal.Satoshi Yagisawa illuminates the everyday relationships between people that are forged and grown through a shared love of books. Characters leave and return, fall in and out of love, and some eventually die. As time passes, Satoru, with Takako’s help, must choose whether to keep the bookshop open or shutter its doors forever. Making the decision will take uncle and niece on an emotional journey back to their family’s roots and remind them again what a bookstore can mean to an individual, a neighborhood, and a whole culture.
The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection, Book 18: Includes The Big Four & Cards on the Table
by Agatha ChristieThe Agatha Christie Mystery Collection, Book 18 has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
The Villain Edit: A Novel
by Laurie DevoreEmily Henry meets Fleabag...and The Bachelor! An irresistibly sharp and sexy dramedy about a cynical romance novelist who goes on a Bachelor-like reality show to revive her flagging career, only to discover that while she may have just met the love of her life, the producers have turned her into the show’s villain."This book is here for all the right reasons: drama, romance, and one of the most interesting looks at reality TV we've seen yet." —Cosmopolitan Good villains make good TV.Romance novelist Jacqueline Matthis’s big career has gone bust and she’s ditched the bright lights of New York City for her more affordable South Carolina hometown. Desperate, Jac dreams up a comeback plan—she is going to be a contestant on the 1, the most obsessively watched reality dating show in the world.After all Jac is a romance writer—she knows how to pull off a meet-cute and create a spicy plotline.On set, Jac quickly establishes herself as a front-runner for bachelor Marcus’s heart, but she’s shocked to discover who’s actually pulling the strings. How was she to know that Henry Foster, her last one-night stand before the show, was actually a longtime producer on the 1? Henry is just as horrified…but they can’t seem to keep their hands off each other.As Jac plays the game and the show unfurls, she slowly discovers that she’s getting the villain edit. They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity, but as Jac’s secret plan begins crumbling around her, she’s not so sure. What happens if Marcus chooses her? Worse, what happens if her affair with Henry comes to light? What if, in trying to save her career, Jac has ruined her life?Heartbreaking, smart, and sexy, this novel is for anyone who has ever secretly rooted for—or felt like—the villain.“THE VILLAIN EDIT is perfect for people who, like me, love mess. I devoured it in one sitting and was left with a total book hangover—it’s the ideal combination of propulsive psychological thrill and delicious romantic tension.”--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six
I've Been to the Mountaintop (The Essential Speeches of Dr. Martin Lut #2)
by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's last speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins.On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the pulpit of Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, and delivered what would be his final speech. Voiced in support of the Memphis Sanitation Worker’s Strike, Dr. King's words continue to be powerful and relevant as workers continue to organize, unionize, and strike across various industries today. Withstanding the test of time, this speech serves as a galvanizing call to create and maintain unity among all people.This beautifully designed hardcover edition presents Dr. King’s speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.