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Levi McCoy took me under his wing when we were kids. He was my protector. My best friend. My everything. And I was sidekick. We stayed close, even when relationships and life in general tried to tear us apart. Years later, he landed an internship at Montague Enterprises, competing with my childhood nemesis, Conner Daniels, for the final coveted position. That's when things got messy. The two bargained for the official job offer, using me as their pawn. And I fell for it.

Did you start a diet without visible results? Do you really want to lose weight and improve your lifestyle? Losing weight now seems more and more difficult, maybe you have tried several times through different diets but without any success! Don't worry, you're not alone! According to a report by the Center for National Statistics for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many people suffer from this. A high percentage of obesity is estimated in America.

Sasha can't believe her luck when she lands a job at Montgomery's, one of London's most prestigious companies. Working for 23-year-old Alastair Montgomery isn't easy, though, especially when he acts more like a friend than a boss. Regularly assuming the role of his right-hand woman, Sasha finds herself deeply involved in Alastair's life. But when the company is thrown into the spotlight, the lines between professional and personal relationships become blurred, and Sasha realizes she's close to being wrapped up in an office affair.

Georgie and Connor were once inseparable. Best friends from birth, they did everything together - until Connor's dad got a once-in-a-lifetime job offer and the family relocated to New York. Age 16, Georgie's life is totally different. Balancing school, work, and her dwindling social life is a challenge already, but it gets even more complicated when her conceited ex-best friend - who also happens to hold a major grudge against her for no apparent reason - moves back into town. One thing's for certain: friendship should come with an instruction booklet.

Challenged to extraordinary feats because of her temporary blindness, the last thing Marley expects is to have a hospital roommate for companionship. As she navigates her sudden new world, Marley finds herself growing in the presence of Blair's outgoing personality. Meanwhile, the mysterious Blair has forgotten what it was like to befriend someone 'normally', to have a chat or just take a walk together.

Twenty-four-year-old elementary school teacher Annie Harper is left behind in Tacoma, Washington, when her boyfriend David, an Army lieutenant, is deployed to Baghdad. Struggling with an overwhelming sense of loss, she begins writing a memoir, imagining it as a moving account of a military spouse and possibly a best seller the President himself will one day read. Instead, Annie's life goes on without David.

In a small spectrum of the world is a city full of vampires and a very rare serum. This serum allows a vampire to walk in the light of day. The formula has been guarded for thousands of years, and yet a young female vampire from the north claims to have lived on the serum as if it's common place...This cannot be...This must be dealt with. Mattie desires two things, getting daylight back and him.

Set against the rise and fall of the radical antiwar group the Weather Underground, The Company You Keep is a sweeping American saga about sacrifice, the ecstatic righteousness of youth, and the tension between political ideals and family loyalties. When Jason Sinai, one of the last Vietnam-era fugitives still wanted on murder charges for a robbery gone wrong in 1974, encounters a young newspaper reporter in search of a story, he must abandon years of safe underground life for the dangerous life of the road.

This book, edited by April Myung of Bergen County Academies in New Jersey, contains autobiographies of ten Korean teenagers, currently studying in American high schools.

Henry Donner had heard of people avoiding a flight because of premonitions of doom, but he never suspected that the opposite may also be true: some people are drawn to a doomed plane because deep down, they hunger for the end. Worse, it may be their collective, suicidal will that makes it happen. Now, only as redeye Flight 290 lifts off does Donner realize the truth: the airliner's final destination isn't New York, but oblivion, and he's the only one who can do anything about it - if, that is, he can get past the demonic forces.

>In the case of Savanna and Gracie, friendship isn’t based on reason, but on the notion that opposites attract. Savanna is a head-turning, attention-seeking, accessorized one of “Those Girls,” while Gracie’s love of old movies and commitment to protecting the environment put her into the “everyone else” category. It seems as if nothing could come between them until Savanna’s lies and dependence on Gracie as a false alibi start to take a toll on their relationship.

I thought I'd left Blackwater, Texas, behind for good. I didn't belong in the small town, but my dad wouldn't listen. He dragged me back home in his beat-up truck and dropped a bomb along the way: Chase Matthews was moving in with us. He was the golden boy of my high school, my former best friend, and the last person I wanted sleeping across the hall. His presence was too great a reminder of the ghosts I was trying to forget.

Mo lives on Fox Street with her dad and little sister, the Wild Child. Their house is in the middle of the block — right where a heart would be, if the street were a person. Fox Street has everything: a piano player, a fix-it man, the city’s best burrito makers, a woman who cuts Mo’s hair just right, not to mention a certain boy who wants to teach her how to skateboard. There’s even a mean, spooky old lady, if ringing doorbells and running away, or leaving dead mice in mailboxes, is your idea of fun.

Plagued by overpopulation, disease, and starvation, humanity was headed for extinction - until an alien race called the haan arrived. And then the real trouble began. It's been a rough day for Sam Shao. As part of a program that requires humans to act as surrogates to haan infants, Sam has been genetically enhanced to bond with them. So when three soldiers invade her apartment and arrest her guardian for smuggling a dangerous weapon into the country, Sam can sense that something isn't right.

Best friends Lani and Erin couldn’t be more different. Lani’s reserved and thoughtful; Erin’s bubbly and outgoing. Lani likes to do her own thing; Erin prefers an entourage. There’s no possible way they could be interested in the same guy. So when Erin starts dating Jason, Lani can’t believe she feels such a deep connection with him—and it may be mutual.

First published in Best New American Voices 2000, The View remains urgent and timely. The story, set during a severe California drought, spans a single romantic night as a young idealist and her older date head into the Berkeley hills. Along the way, they argue about the rights of drought-starved mountain lions. Should these predators be allowed to hunt in city streets? The argument quickly takes on sinister undertones. Who is hunting whom?

It isn't until the sheriff begins to question Ashley that the terror of her situation dawns: the body in the snow isn't a snowplow accident, but a murder victim, and by coming back to investigate, Ashley has placed herself directly in the serial killer's path. As the next 22 hours unfold, Ashley is confronted with a terrible choice: take advantage of her one chance for escape or attempt rescue of the killer's last remaining victim, possibly sacrificing herself in the process.

Quinn is surrounded by women with broken hearts. Between her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother, Quinn hears nothing but cautionary tales. Then she gets dumped and starts to wonder if there really are no good men. It doesn't help when Quinn discovers that her selfish, womanizing father has stolen more from the women in his life than their hearts. Quinn joins forces with the stepsisters she's never met and sets out to right her father's wrongs.

Destiny Faraday makes a point of keeping her distance from her classmates at Hedgebrook Academy. Her number one rule: Don't get attached. But one day, unexpectedly finding a car at their disposal, Destiny and three of her classmates embark on an unauthorized road trip. . Their destination: Langdon, a town that Destiny's unsuspecting companions simply hope will hold a day of fun. But, as Destiny says, Things are not always what they seem.

There are many people who believe that the vegan diet is the best choice for them. They feel like they are going to get the most health benefits, eat the healthiest foods, and even lose weight. Of course, health is only one of the reasons that people will decide to go on the vegan diet. You might just enjoy the fact that you are doing something that is good for the environment or for mankind.