Alicia's Bet is the eighth volume in the continuing series Taking Chances. In the stories of Taking Chances contemporary women make a wager for reasons sound or unsound, impulsive or considered that, win or lose, will have far reaching impacts on their life and their relationships. In Volume Eight Dani and her housemates - Alicia, Monica, and Gloria - (Taking Chances - Volume Three: Dani's Bet) have come to Chicago for the wedding of Dani's older sister Emily (Taking Chances - Volume Four:...

Fiercely courageous and exhilarating, Inventing BE depicts the life and time travel of Dutch designer, architect and Alinker walking bike founder, BE Alink. Growing up in the Netherlands, she had no language for what she felt about her body. How traditional society—including family members and teachers—viewed her did not align with how she identified from a very early age. In the stirring trenches of international humanitarian work across continents, BE discovered herself in places tor...

More from this beautiful collection of poems and musings. Enjoy the creative insights of Surely Be, an author with experience that spans decades of A Life of Beauty. Never easy, sometimes tragic, painful and heart wrenching, sometimes momentous, or hilarious, but with all its challenges, every life isA Life of Beauty.Slip into this collection and experience the raw beauty, the love of nature, and passion for life as only Surely Be can share it.

There's a moment right before you lose everything. A heartbeat where you think you might make it . . . Then you realize you were never meant to escape.I'm just a barista. I make coffee, crack bad jokes, and keep my head down. But when Dorian Craven—brother to Seattle's most powerful businessman—strolls into my café, my carefully crafted routine goes up in smoke. He's the kind of man who looks at me like he's already won . . . and I don't even know the rules of the ...

Haunted by his past and plagued by his addiction, Hotako Sato is a man desperate to break free from the chains of his porn habit. Despite his efforts, he finds himself unable to attain true satisfaction, whether through intimate encounters or solitary pursuits. In a strange twist of fate, Sato discovers that his porn addiction has become public knowledge, subjecting him to online harassment and ridicule.As if his struggles were not enough, Sato soon encounters a peculiar challenge....

Singer-songwriter and filmmaker Be Steadwell’s lyrical debut is Practical Magic meets Black Cake in this warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about three sisters, a vision of princes, true love, and revolution, and one very complicated year of self-realization, family dynamics, and learning to let go.The Jones sisters have powers.Jasmine is a queer, heartbroken baker who crafts beautiful pastries that no one in DC wants to buy. Her sister Ella is a fat and fine bo...

A middle school teacher and single mother finds herself in the middle of a classic whodunit murder mystery that takes place in a small Florida town in the early 1970s. In a world before cell phones, personal computers and the internet, she relies on intuition and the trust of others to sort out who might be motivated to take the life of another and figure it all out before they strike again.

Hotako Sato, once a slave to his porn addiction, has become a legend in the eyes of women everywhere—a challenge, a conquest, an untamed beast. His insatiable appetite and mysterious inability to climax have women lining up at his door, each hoping to be the one to tame the beast and claim the million-dollar prize.In a twist of fate, Hotako finds himself in possession of a robot designed for ultimate sexual pleasure. As he explores uncharted territories with his new companion, the ...

"On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me the reason your husband had to die."Anna Greenan finds the cryptic lyric shoved against her front door. Each day of Christmas brings Anna a new stanza with a new clue. Will this mysterious Christmas carol lead Anna to uncover her husband's murderer or will these notes lead to her demise?

Rewire Your Mindset And Get Fast Results With Hypnosis!The advantages of hypnosis therapy are widespread. A lot of individuals report positive changes with hypnosis and it's recognized as a valid type of holistic alternative medicine.Hypnosis is a popular technique utilized for weight loss, overcoming addiction, healing, achieving goals, relaxation and stress relief. It's utilized to get rid of undesired behaviors and beliefs and to manifest new desires and...

Fortnum & Mason Food Book of the Year 2020We never snacked like this and we never binged like this. We never had so many superfoods, or so many chips. We were never quite so confused about food, and what it actually is.A riveting exploration of the hidden forces behind what we eat, The Way We Eat Now explains how modern food has transformed our lives and our world. To re-establish eating as something that gives us both joy and heal...

A comprehensively updated edition of an identification guide that was named a Guardian Best Nature Book of the YearNow in a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, Britain’s Spiders is a guide to all 38 of the British families, focussing on spiders that can be identified in the field. Illustrated with a remarkable collection of photographs, it is designed to be accessible to a wide audience, including those new to spider identification. T...