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Out of the Wilderness: 31 Devotions to Walk with God Through Your Hardest Seasons: A Devotional
by Angela Halili Arielle ReitsmaThe creators of the wildly popular Girls Gone Bible podcast walk alongside you in your hardest seasons, with daily encouragement to reconnect with God and his Word to bolster your faith.When you find yourself in a wilderness season, it can feel as if God has abandoned you. Angela Halili and Arielle Reitsma, creators and hosts of the Girls Gone Bible podcast, learned through their own struggles that the hardest parts of your journey might just be where you draw closest to God—and where you discover your greatest sense of purpose and joy.In this encouraging devotional, Ang and Ari share stories from their spiritual journeys, enriched by Scripture, biblical insights, and guided prayers. With the same authenticity that makes Girls Gone Bible so popular, Out of the Wilderness explores• what it means to find our identities in Christ• why surrendering to God brings our greatest sense of security• how to let go of the mistakes made in the past• ways God uses wilderness seasons to draw us closer to him• how to find God&’s comfort in loneliness and lossOut of the Wilderness contains thirty-one devotions for all the moments you seek God but feel like he doesn&’t hear you. Join Ang and Ari in finding the peace, hope, and connection that only a relationship with God can bring.
Kente for Jojo
by Bernard MensahA joyful picturebook of a big brother weaving a Kente cloth for the new baby in his family, with lyrical text and textured artwork that sings.Kente is more than a cloth, it is a symbol of love. And the big brother in this story loves new baby Jojo so very much! Together, the family travels to pick out a special Kente for Jojo--it must be perfect. With some inspiration from a passing rainbow and a little help from a skilled weaver, they do just that! Come along as author Bernard Mensah shares the legend of how Kente came to be, and discover the many beautiful patterns of traditional Kente through Elizabeth Zunon's warm and textured art!
This Book Is Dangerous! (A Narwhal and Jelly Book)
by Ben ClantonTake the plunge into this interactive picture book spin-off of the bestselling Narwhal and Jelly series starring everyone&’s favorite anxious jellyfish. Help Jelly attempt to safely navigate through the dangerous ocean and this book — with hilarious results! Features a glow-in-the-dark cover!Did the title just say that this book is dangerous? Jelly doesn't do dangerous. Can you help Jelly find a way out? Just don't move a muscle or make any loud noises, okay? And definitely DON'T touch anything!While everything seems to come sunny-side up for Narwhal on their adventures, Jelly has more than a few worries about the many dangers out there in the ocean: sea serpents, pirate crabs, circus cannons, lost porcupines, and spiky things of any kind could be lurking around each turn of the page! In the tradition of interactive classics like The Monster at the End of This Book, Jelly has got to find a way out of this book, and it's up to the reader to help this little jellyfish . . . or not!WARNING: This book is dangerously fun!
The Day the Crayons Made Friends
by Drew DaywaltThe hilarious Crayons from the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day the Crayons Quit are back for another adventure—and this time they explore Duncan's room. Will they want to leave the crayon box for good after they make new friends?Duncan&’s crayons just can&’t seem to stay put!After convincing one group of crayons to go back to work after they wanted to quit and rescuing another group who got lost in the most inconvenient places, Duncan&’s crayons have disappeared once more.But this time they&’ve gone out into his room to make friends. From Red Crayon who fulfills his dream of driving a firetruck, to Blue Crayon, who meets a fashion doll desperately in need of a head, to fan favorite Esteban, who is off to tame a teddy bear (or as he would call it, a wild beast), each crayon has an exciting story to share about the new objects they&’ve met and the new adventures they&’ve had.The #1 New York Times bestselling team behind the international Crayons sensation have come together to create another clever and hilarious tale that will keep children—and grown-ups—laughing.
Apache Kafka in Action: From basics to production (In Action)
by Anatoly Zelenin Alexander KroppApache Kafka, start to finish.Apache Kafka in Action: From basics to production guides you through the concepts and skills you&’ll need to deploy and administer Kafka for data pipelines, event-driven applications, and other systems that process data streams from multiple sources. Authors Anatoly Zelenin and Alexander Kropp have spent years using Kafka in real-world production environments. In this guide, they reveal their hard-won expert insights to help you avoid common Kafka pitfalls and challenges. Inside Apache Kafka in Action you&’ll discover: • Apache Kafka from the ground up • Achieving reliability and performance • Troubleshooting Kafka systems • Operations, governance, and monitoring • Kafka use cases, patterns, and anti-patterns Clear, concise, and practical, Apache Kafka in Action is written for IT operators, software engineers, and IT architects working with Kafka every day. Chapter by chapter, it guides you through the skills you need to deliver and maintain reliable and fault-tolerant data-driven applications. Foreword by Adam Bellemare. About the technology Apache Kafka is the gold standard streaming data platform for real-time analytics, event sourcing, and stream processing. Acting as a central hub for distributed data, it enables seamless flow between producers and consumers via a publish-subscribe model. Kafka easily handles millions of events per second, and its rock-solid design ensures high fault tolerance and smooth scalability. About the book Apache Kafka in Action is a practical guide for IT professionals who are integrating Kafka into data-intensive applications and infrastructures. The book covers everything from Kafka fundamentals to advanced operations, with interesting visuals and real-world examples. Readers will learn to set up Kafka clusters, produce and consume messages, handle real-time streaming, and integrate Kafka into enterprise systems. This easy-to-follow book emphasizes building reliable Kafka applications and taking advantage of its distributed architecture for scalability and resilience. What's inside • Master Kafka&’s distributed streaming capabilities • Implement real-time data solutions • Integrate Kafka into enterprise environments • Build and manage Kafka applications • Achieve fault tolerance and scalability About the reader For IT operators, software architects and developers. No experience with Kafka required. About the author Anatoly Zelenin is a Kafka expert known for workshops across Europe, especially in banking and manufacturing. Alexander Kropp specializes in Kafka and Kubernetes, contributing to cloud platform design and monitoring. Table of Contents Part 1 1 Introduction to Apache Kafka 2 First steps with Kafka Part 2 3 Exploring Kafka topics and messages 4 Kafka as a distributed log 5 Reliability 6 Performance Part 3 7 Cluster management 8 Producing and persisting messages 9 Consuming messages 10 Cleaning up messages Part 4 11 Integrating external systems with Kafka Connect 12 Stream processing 13 Governance 14 Kafka reference architecture 15 Kafka monitoring and alerting16 Disaster management 17 Comparison with other technologies 18 Kafka&’s role in modern enterprise architectures Appendixes A Setting up a Kafka test environment B Monitoring setup
The Playing Lesson: A Duffer's Year Among the Pros
by Michael BambergerYou are cordially invited to join Michael Bamberger on a year-long golfing adventure—playing alongside the pros of the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, LIV Golf, and more—as he seeks to unlock golf&’s most stubborn secrets in various and surprising ways, all in the name of…improvement!Nearly fifty years after taking up the game, Michael Bamberger made a pair of startling discoveries: golf had never meant more to him, and he knew almost nothing about it. He decided to cover himself in green in a whole new way. He spent a year inside the ropes of professional golf—playing, caddying, competing, volunteering, and interviewing—looking for a door into the sport&’s sanctum sanctorum. In The Playing Lesson: A Duffer&’s Year Among the Pros, Bamberger goes on the ultimate golfing bender. You&’ve read about St. Andrews before, but here you will experience the home of golf in a whole new way. You&’ll join the author as he volunteers in one tournament, caddies in others, plays in men&’s and women&’s pro-ams, and conducts intimate interviews with elite figures in the game. You&’ll mooch off the lessons Bamberger takes from instructors, famous and obscure, who teach golf in novel ways. You&’ll learn how to buy a better golf game. Maybe you&’ve had club fittings, but not like the one Bamberger experiences in various tour trailers. In a pro-am, Bamberger gets driving tips from one of the tour&’s longest hitters, Jake Knapp. He receives a putting lesson from Brad Faxon. He learns how to hit hook wedges from Gary Player. He lives through the intense pain of Rory McIlroy&’s misses and rejoices at Lydia Ko&’s triumphs. He plays Pebble Beach and Royal Oak, a down-home nine-hole public course in Detroit with perfect greens. He receives an unexpected hug from Greg Norman at a LIV Golf event in Miami, along with the words, &“Come on in here, you asshole.&” He spends a lot of time at driving ranges, some of it productive. What Bamberger has done here, when you get right down to it, is create his own tour. The Playing Lesson is a report on a real-life golfing safari, with stops inside the heads of the game&’s high priests, his own—and yours.
Congrats! You've Been Promoted: An Essential Guide for Helping New Leaders and Their Teams Succeed
by Noel MassieNoel Massie&’s Congrats! You&’ve Been Promoted! is an essential guide for equipping new managers with the tools and strategies to lead their teams successfully.Getting promoted is one of the most exciting events in a career. Yet many are placed in the role without any knowledge of what it takes to be a leader, let alone a great leader. You&’re expected to sink or swim, and most companies don&’t provide any support or leadership training either before or after the promotion. You want to be an excellent leader for your team, but where can you find the basic tools and strategies you need? Author Noel Massie, former vice president of operations for UPS, has walked in your shoes. And he knows what it takes to lead with both wisdom and confidence. Congrats! You&’ve Been Promoted is the trusty, must-have guide for every new leader. It&’s a mentor on your bookshelf! With professional and personal anecdotes, pertinent research, and exercises that help reinforce the concepts, Massie uses his signature straightforward style to impart the leadership lessons he learned during his six-decade career, such as: Understanding your team&’s terms and conditions, and your own Establishing trust with your team Providing regular, actionable feedback Leveraging the B.E.S.T. Principle to keep discussions with employees focused and positive Applying the 4x5 Method to capture multiple perspectives on any situation . . . and many more. Give yourself the gift of starting off your leadership journey on the right foot. Your success—and that of your team—depend on it! For more information on Noel Massie&’s Webinar and Masterclass content, visit NoelMassie.com.
I'll Tell You When I'm Home: A Memoir
by Hala AlyanThe rich and deeply personal debut memoir by award-winning Palestinian American poet and novelist Hala Alyan, whose experience of motherhood via surrogacy forces her to reckon with her own past, and the legacy of her family&’s exile and displacement, all in the name of a new future.After a decade of yearning for parenthood, years marked by miscarriage after miscarriage, Hala Alyan makes the decision to use a surrogate. In this charged time, she turns to the archetype of the waiting woman—the Scheherazade who tells stories to ensure another dawn—to confront her own narratives of motherhood, love, and inheritance. As her baby grows in the body of another woman, in another country, Hala finds her own life unraveling—a husband who wants to leave; the cost of past traumas and addictions threatening to resurface; the city of her youth, Beirut, on the brink of crisis. She turns to family stories and communal myths: of grandmothers mapping their lives through Palestine, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon; of eradicated villages and invading armies; of places of refuge that proved only temporary; of men that left and women that stayed; of the contradictions of her own Midwestern childhood, and adolescence in various Arab cities. Meanwhile, as the baby grows from the size of a poppyseed to a grain of rice, then a lime, and beyond, Hala gathers the stories that are her legacy, setting down the ones that confine, holding close those that liberate. It is emotionally charged, painstaking work, but now the stakes are higher: how to honor ancestors and future generations alike in the midst of displacement? How to impart love for those who are no longer here, for places one can no longer touch? A stunningly lyrical and brutally honest quest for motherhood, selfhood, and peoplehood, I&’ll Tell You When I&’m Home is a powerful story of unraveling and becoming, of destruction and redemption, and of homelands lost and recreated.
The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich
by Evan OsnosFrom New York Times bestselling and National Book Award–winning author Evan Osnos comes a timely and provocative collection of essays exploring American oligarchy and the culture of excess, providing a wry, unfiltered look at how the ultrarich shape—and sometimes warp—our social and political landscape.The ultrarich hold more of America&’s wealth than they did in the heyday of the Carnegies and Rockefellers. Here, Evan Osnos&’s incisive reportage yields an unforgettable portrait of the tactics and obsessions driving this new Gilded Age, in which superyachts, luxury bunkers, elite tax dodges, and a torrent of political donations bespeak staggering disparities of wealth and power. With deft storytelling and meticulous reporting, this is a book about the indulgences, incentives, and psychological distortions that define our economic age. In each essay, Osnos delves into a world that is rarely visible, from the outrageous to the fabulous to the ridiculous: a private wealth manager who broke with members of an American dynasty and spilled their secrets; the pop stars who perform at lavish parties for thirteen-year-olds; the status anxieties that spill out of marinas in Monaco and Palm Beach like real-world episodes of Succession and The White Lotus; the ethos behind the largest Ponzi scheme in Hollywood history; the confessions of disgraced titans in a &“white-collar support group.&” A celebrated political reporter, Osnos delves into the unprecedented Washington influence of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, drawing on in-depth interviews with Mark Zuckerberg and other billionaires, about their power and the explosive backlash it stirs. Originally published in The New Yorker, these essays have been revised and expanded to deliver an unflinching portrait of raw ambition, unimaginable fortune, and the rise of America&’s modern oligarchy. Osnos&’s essays are a wake-up call—a case against complacency in the face of unchecked excess, as the choices of the ultrarich ripple through our lives. Entertaining, unsettling, and eye-opening, The Haves and the Have-Yachts couldn&’t be more relevant to today&’s world.
In the Absence of Men: A Novel
by Philippe BessonFrom the author of the international bestseller Lie with Me comes the tale of an affair between an aristocratic teenager and a soldier, as they discover the possibilities and perils of first love.Summer, 1916. With German Zeppelins on the skyline, the men of Paris are off at war. For Vincent, sixteen and still too young to fight, this moment of dread is also a moment of possibility. An electrifying encounter with Marcel, an enigmatic middle-aged writer, draws Vincent&’s desires out into the light. As he&’s taken under Marcel&’s wing, Vincent begins a dangerous affair with Arthur, the son of his governess and a young soldier on leave. Together, they share a secret that everyone seems to know and yet everyone remains silent about. In this stunning portrait of young love, Philippe Besson depicts a young man who plays by his own rules and is not afraid of who he is. In the afternoons, Vincent is mentored by Marcel, the great novelist, in the city&’s opulent cafés as they draw the judgment of society. And at night, he hides Arthur in his bedroom as the two risk everything to be together. Their affair initiates them into a world of pleasure and shields them from the encroaching war. During this magical week away from the trenches, Vincent shelters Arthur with happiness, reassuring him, &“Nothing will happen to you.&” Tender and harrowing, In the Absence of Men captures how exhilarating and heart-crushing it is to fall in love for the first time. Besson&’s award-winning novel &“beautifully captures the romance and amorality of gilded youth&” (The Independent).
A Place for Us: A Novel
by Patricia GrayhallFor fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid and Harper Bliss, a thrilling tale of two women who find each other irresistible but struggle for a second chance for love, redemption, and sanctuary when the world is against them.Jo, a driven environmental attorney based in Washington, DC, and Lauren, a spirited young woman from Britain on a journey of self-discovery, find themselves in a serendipitous encounter at a lively London pub in 1981. Their brief yet profound connection generates a whirlwind of emotions, but the vast ocean, Jo's career aspirations, and immigration hurdles thwart their burgeoning romance. Fast forward twenty-two years, and both Jo and Lauren are unhappy in their current relationships. Fate intervenes when Lauren and her partner travel from Europe to visit Jo in her San Francisco home. The reunion is electric, rekindling a storm of emotions that neither can suppress, despite their efforts to honor their existing commitments. Amid the majestic backdrops of Yosemite National Park and the Pacific Northwest, old passions can&’t be denied, leading to dramatic confrontations and painful revelations. Jo and Lauren finally realize they must admit the truth: they are irresistibly drawn to each other. But there is no country in which they can legally live together. A Place for Us is a poignant narrative of profound emotional depth. Will this second chance lead to happiness, or will the same forces that once drove them apart prevail again?
Behold the Bird in Flight: A Novel of an Abducted Queen
by Terri LewisFor fans of Maggie O&’Farrell, a coming-of-age story and a royal love triangle marked by danger and longing, based on real events in medieval France and England.Romantic and stubborn, eleven-year-old Isi plans to marry for love and be mistress of her own castle. But life in 1198 is full of threat and a series of tragic events teaches her growing up is hard. When Isi falls for Hugh, a French nobleman, he consents to marry her, but only for her dowry. She longs for more. Hoping a jealous man will fall in love, she flirts with a king. The flirtation backfires: King John abducts and marries her. Now trapped in cold, warring England with a malicious husband, Isi must hide her yearning for Hugh and find her own power. If she fails, she won&’t live to return to her beloved. Inspired by real historical figures—Isabelle d&’Angoulême, Hugh de Lusignan, and King John of Magna Carta fame—Behold the Bird in Flight is set in a period that valued women only for their dowries and childbearing. Isabelle&’s story has been mainly erased by men, but the medieval chronicles suggest a woman who developed her own power and wielded it—in court and in bed. And as the woman behind the throne, who&’s to say she didn&’t influence history?
Sunflower Hour (The Adventures of Sophie Mouse #22)
by Poppy GreenSophie Mouse visits a sunflower field in the summer in this twenty-second sweet book in The Adventures of Sophie Mouse!All summer long, Sophie Mouse has been looking forward to the one golden hour when the sunflowers are in their best bloom. She has even planned a whole picnic to celebrate! But no one seems as interested in the sunflowers as Sophie is. How can she convince everyone to stop and smell the flowers? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Sophie Mouse chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!
The New Conservatives: Restoring America's Commitment to Family, Community, and Industry
by Oren Cass American CompassFor the fifth anniversary of American Compass, the conservative think tank hailed by the Wall Street Journal as "the forefront of rethinking traditional conservative economic ideas," comes a collection of its best, most influential writingAmerican Compass is the nerve center of the New American Right, the political strategists and policy experts navigating a new Republican path through the economic issues shaping today&’s political landscape—trade and immigration, technology and finance, industrial policy, education, welfare, labor, family, and more. The New Conservatives is the organization&’s ur-text, a collection of its most influential writing on why and how true conservative government fosters markets that serve society—not the other way around. As The Economist put it, American Compass is &“a slaughterhouse for Republican sacred cows.&” With essays and manifestos by American Compass founder Oren Cass, New America co-founder Michael Lind, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Affairs founding editor Yuval Levin, American Affairs founding editor Julius Krein, author and former American Conservative senior editor Helen Andrews, and Comment senior editor Brian Dijkema, The New Conservatives breaks down America&’s economic and political failures before drawing upon a re-assessed American conservative tradition to prove how an innovative conservative movement, breaking from the GOPs free-market dogmatism, is defined by three pillars—productive markets, supportive communities, and responsive politics. The book explores American Compass&’ groundbreaking projects, like the Cost-of-Thriving Index, which explains how the typical American worker could once provide a family with middle-class security on 40 weeks of work but now requires more than 60—a problem, there being 52 weeks in a year. It refines the American conservative tradition, which most people today wrongly assume emphasized free markets and limited government, reminding readers that the early American republic pursued a robust national economic policy with high protective tariffs and intensive public investment. It offers new conservative critiques of modern markets that have failed to deliver on capitalism&’s promise that globalization, cheap labor, and financial markets will deliver widespread prosperity. And it sets capitalism&’s sights on community: re-calibrating a right-of-center attitude toward families, worker power and solidarity, and higher education. The New Conservatives, published in celebration of American Compass&’ fifth anniversary, is a conservative manifest, a ship&’s log, and an updated nautical chart to an economy in which free markets are not an end unto themselves, but are rather a means to an end—national liberty and prosperity—steered by public policy.
Transforming Anthropology, volume 33 number 1 (April 2025)
by Transforming AnthropologyThis is volume 33 issue 1 of Transforming Anthropology. Transforming Anthropology is the flagship journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists. We seek to advance scholarship across the four fields of anthropology and beyond. Transforming Anthropology seeks contributions that reflect the dynamic, transnational, and contested conditions of social worlds — work that pushes the boundaries of discipline and genre. Transforming Anthropology interrogates the contemporary and historical construction of social inequities based on race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, nationality and other invidious distinctions. We remain committed to publishing material that generates dialogues among communities of scholars, activists, artists, and the people with whom they work.
Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics, volume 3 number 2 (June 2025)
by Journal of Political Economy MacroeconomicsThis is volume 3 issue 2 of Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics. Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics (JPE Macro) strives to publish high-quality theoretical and empirical research papers that address issues of relevance to macroeconomics. Macroeconomics is interpreted in a broad sense and includes issues related to the traditional macroeconomic topics of growth, fluctuations, and distribution, as well as issues that connect and interact with topics from monetary economics, labor economics, finance, trade, international economics, industrial organization, political economy, public finance, and development economics.
The Sixteenth Century Journal, volume 56 number 2 (Summer 2025)
by The Sixteenth Century JournalThis is volume 56 issue 2 of The Sixteenth Century Journal. The Sixteenth Century Journal (SCJ) publishes research and inquiry related to the sixteenth century broadly defined (1450-1650) in all fields and all world regions. The international readership and authorship of the SCJ include leaders in their fields as well as early career scholars. As its subtitle, The Journal of Early Modern Studies, indicates, the SCJ is an interdisciplinary journal, with articles in history, art history, literature, religious studies, gender studies, the history of science, music, material culture, and many other fields.
Jacky Ha-Ha Gets the Last Laugh (Jacky Ha-Ha #3)
by James Patterson Chris GrabensteinJacky Ha-Ha is off to theater camp and funnier than ever in this hilarious illustrated novel from James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein's #1 New York Times bestselling series. Jacky Hart finally knows the thrill of having people laugh with her (not at her). She tries to put her comedy and theater skills to use in her summer job, but the boardwalk crowds aren&’t exactly adoring. So Jacky jumps at the opportunity of a lifetime: an all-expense paid trip to theater camp! When Jacky gets to Camp Footlights, she realizes she&’s way out of her depth. The highly trained campers all seem to know everything about performing, and exactly how to command the spotlight. All Jacky wants is to prove she fits in, but the more she tries, the more she stands out—and not in a good way. With help from her new friends, can Jacky Ha-Ha earn her place in the spotlight…or will she flop? Packed with illustrations, jokes, and hijinks, the latest book in the #1 bestselling Jacky Ha-Ha series delivers a hilarious and heartwarming dose of summer fun, perfect for reading all year round!
MK's Detective Club: The Poison Puzzle
by James Patterson Keir GraffJames Patterson has just created the most spine-tingling, creepy-crawling, giggle-producing kid&’s detective club ever. That&’s ever. Living in the luxurious Arcanum building—with its interior balconies perfect for playing tag, an elevator like an iron birdcage, and quirky neighbors behind every apartment door—has always been fun and games for twelve-year-old Minerva Keen … until her neighbors start getting poisoned. Anyone could be next, and everyone is a suspect, including Minerva herself. To clear her name and help the police crack the case, Minerva starts her own detective club. So what if it has only two other members, one being Minerva&’s accident-prone daredevil brother and the other being the biggest and quietest kid in school, who happens to be afraid of his own shadow? Minerva knows that with her brainpower, the club&’s sleuthing skills, and case files full of suspects, they can unmask the poisoner … hopefully before it&’s too late. This page-turning new mystery series is packed with chills, thrills, laughs, and unforgettable characters and will leave kids eager to join the best club around.
Pasta Rules: 100 Ways to Shape, Sauce, and Serve (Rules)
by Danilo CortelliniPasta is universally beloved, but if you want to elevate your game, you need to know the rules. In this book of 100 tips and tricks by Danilo Cortellini, chef and former head chef of the Italian embassy in London, you will learn how to make a variety of pasta doughs and shapes, what sauces and ingredients to pair them with, and how to serve and eat them authentically. Danilo, an Abruzzo native and pasta enthusiast himself, takes readers through each rule with thorough and straightforward guidance, so that anyone, no matter their culinary skill, can become a buona forchetta in their pasta-consuming circles. The book is organized into five sections, each dedicated to an essential component of pasta: pasta dough, pasta shaping, pasta cooking, pasta saucing, and tips for serving. Charming and instructive illustrations are featured throughout the book, making this a great gift for the novice (or more seasoned) chef in your life.
Mantra Meditation: The Life-Changing Secret of Connection, Joy, and Calm
by Radhika DasChanting is more than just words. In Mantra Meditation, renowned kirtan artist Radhika Das introduces us to the world of modern chanting and reveals its profound origins, showing us that we do not need to be a good singer, a yoga practitioner, or a follower of any religion or set of beliefs to experience the extraordinary power of mantra. This book will guide you through relevant and accessible Vedic chants that can be practiced in solitude or with community and explores how you can integrate these powerful tools in your everyday life. Through the repetition of these sacred syllables, you&’ll tap into a state of joy, clarity, and boundless love. Featuring practical exercises like simple postures, breathing techniques, and meditations, Mantra Meditation will empower you to begin your mantra journey so you can unlock a true sense of inner peace and cultivate authentic spiritual growth.
The Other Brother
by Tierney PageSometimes the right love comes from the wrong place. All I ever wanted was a love like my parents had—something deep, irrevocable, and all-consuming. The kind of love that&’s written about in stories. And I thought I found it with Lucas, my fiancé. We had it all: the house, the cat, and the promise of a future full of possibilities. Until everything fell apart. I discovered his secret. Heartbroken and betrayed, I convinced myself that I&’d never find anything like what Lucas and I shared. He was my everything. Then one night, I ran into his younger brother, James. He&’s a musician—complicated, intense, and nothing like Lucas. And yet, I can&’t deny the pull I feel toward him. I&’m drawn to him in ways I cannot explain. Opening my heart to someone so close to the man who shattered it feels ridiculous. But it&’s undeniable, and I can&’t resist. Trying to stay away only makes it worse. I want him. I&’m falling for the one person I shouldn&’t. I&’m falling for the other brother.
Galaxy Grifter: A Snarky, High-Stakes Space Opera (Blackjack Interstellar #1)
by A. ZaykovaOnly the wittiest, smarmiest, most sycophantic person in the galaxy can grift like Levi can. Levi is an interstellar con artist: all charm, no conscience. His only real love is his spaceship, Caerus—his symbol of status and freedom—which he is forced to surrender as loan collateral to the most dangerous gang in his current quadrant. Desperate to get his ship back by any means necessary, Levi swindles a valuable antimatter-tech blueprint from an alien diplomat, which he plans to sell for millions of credits to the highest bidder. To decode the document, Levi hires Vera, a programmer whose inherited debt keeps her trapped on an asteroid in the galactic backwaters. Certain that Levi is merely using her, she plans to steal the blueprint for her creditors and finally gain her freedom. Their alliance is plagued by fiery sexual tension, betrayals, and an impossible choice when they learn that an alien government intends to use the stolen technology to plan humanity&’s genocide and that they will stop at nothing to retrieve their plans.
Shroud
by Adrian TchaikovskyOn a planet shrouded in darkness, a stranded crew must fight for survival. But, the darkness may have plans of its own in this wildly original story from Adrian Tchaikovsky, Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author of Children of Time. They looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back . . . New planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary opportunists – and a commercial mission to a distant star system discovers a moon that is pitch black, but alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is anathema to human life, but ripe for exploitation. They named it Shroud. Under no circumstances should a human end up on Shroud&’s inhospitable surface. Except a catastrophic accident sees Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne doing just that. Forced to stage an emergency landing, in a small, barely adequate vehicle, they are unable to contact their ship and are running out of time. What follows is a gruelling journey across land, sea and air. During this time, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shroud&’s dominant species. It also begins to understand them . . .
Alice Chen's Reality Check
by Jennifer Young Kara Loo&“Fake dating + reality TV drama + murder mystery = an absolutely addictive read.&”—Mia P. Manansala, author of the award-winning Arsenic and AdoboIn this sizzling rom-com perfect for fans of Dial A for Aunties and One to Watch, a reality show contestant must fake date her rival . . . while solving a murder mystery on set.Alice Chen doesn&’t believe in true love, but she does believe in cold, hard cash. Buckling under the weight of student debt and her mother&’s medical bills, Alice will do anything to make bank–even star on Dawn Tay&’s Inferno, the hot new reality TV show designed to push couples to their breaking point. The show is Alice&’s chance to sip cocktails on the beach and win a cash prize of a million dollars. But when her fiancé cheats on her with another contestant, Alice is faced with a choice: go home in defeat or fake date the other newly single contestant—who just so happens to be her high school rival and sworn nemesis, Daniel Cho.But all&’s fair in love and reality TV, and Alice isn&’t the only one who will do whatever it takes to win. When a dead body turns up, Alice and Daniel are faced with uncovering the secrets of the cast and crew to catch the killer–all while playing the loving couple on camera. As the show spirals out of control, Alice must crack the case and confront her true feelings if she wants to make it out alive.Starring a murder mystery twist, plenty of reality show drama, and a thrilling romance, this debut by up-and-coming Asian American writer duo Kara Loo and Jennifer Young is the ultimate beach read.