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And They All Look Just the Same is a dark fantasy short story that delves into the sinister power of mob mentality. The magician and his apprentice have to eat, but stopping in small poverty-stricken villages is always a last resort. These audiences are hard to please and quick to temper. He'll give this place a try and hope it isn't just the same as all the others.

Drusilla Trumane has been a naughty girl. Flora LeBeau knows just what to do to tame the beast. When beauties Drusilla Trumane and Flora LeBeau meet, the only thing beastly is Dru’s behavior. But Domme Flora has just the cure for that Drusilla’s ghastly attitude may have alienated...

In The Wisdom of Crowds, New Yorker columnist, Surowiecki, explores the question of whether the many are better than an elite few – no matter their qualifications – at solving problems, promoting innovation and making wise decisions. Surowiecki’s text uses multiple case studies and touches on...

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on Divine Comedy: Inferno...

It only took one bullet. Austia's friend and student fell dead. And with a glimpse of a newspaper headline, the young and recently widowed Austia knows more about what happened than the police. From that fatal night, Austia’s secret outreach to the U.S. Muslim community—in the guise of English...

Is true love an endangered species? When city lawyer Grant McMurtie is forced to return to his coastal hometown, he discovers that conservationists plan to carve up the family farm! He furiously confronts the woman in charge-seal researcher Kate Dickson. Used to half-truths after years...

The first book in the critically acclaimed, bestselling Finding Lost series brings you an analysis of seasons 1 and 2 in one volume.If youre feeling as lost as the castaways on the show, Finding Lost is the crucial companion guide to help you unravel the mysteries of the island. This is the only book...

She buys a new dress every two years. The days are never the same, there's no pattern or plan, but every two years she buys herself a brand new dress and puts it on with a smile on her face. *This story is a bittersweet tale by Naya whose book Familiar Ties continues to warm hearts with its tale of forging a family.*

¡Calladito! Anda y Lavate la Boca. Lewd, rude, or crude! Bawdy, smutty, or snooty! Mischievous, hilarious, or downright provocative! Any way you cut it, this is the most exhaustive and the unprecedented collection of Palabritas Sucias dirty little words in Spanish, complete with English definition and...

This book considers indigenous-language translations of Romantic texts in the British colonies. It argues that these translations uncover a latent discourse around colonisation in the original English texts. Focusing on poems by William Wordsworth, John Keats, Felicia Hemans, and Robert Burns, and...

Anything can happen on a reality show, though finding a body on set—and live on air—is new. Melissa McBallister is young, rich, and beautiful but frustrated. She wants nothing more than to be a famous author like her mother. When the opportunity to be on a new reality TV show comes her way, she...

Being the star of a reality TV show means that all your secrets can come out. Melissa McBallister and her rescue dog, Bubbles, are stars of the hottest reality show on TV. Savvy Socialites of Fishcreek Falls is so popular that producers have arranged a crossover episode with another show, Texas Shore...

‘When I saw Lee cook up the paregoric, strap the tourniquet around her arm and put the needle into her vein, I was instantly captivated by a ritual that would eventually come to dominate my existence. But of course I didn’t know that then. I just wanted to try it.’ - Paul Bateman ‘I will never...

Tara’s sister died a year ago, on the day that Tara didn’t answer her phone when Hannah called. Hannah stepped in front of a bus. Now Tara lives with the guilt of wondering if things would be different if she had been there when Hannah needed her most. Competing in slam poetry competitions is...