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On August 25, 1944, Rose Valland, a woman of quiet daring, found herself in a desperate position. From the windows of her beloved Jeu de Paume museum, where she had worked and ultimately spied, she could see the battle to liberate Paris thundering around her. The Jeu de Paume, co-opted by Nazi leadership, was now the Germans’ final line of defense. Would the museum curator be killed before she could tell the truth—a story that would mean nothing less than saving humanity’s cultural inheritance?

Best Seat in the House is enchanting, inspiring, and dazzling in its simplicity and wisdom. The story describes the journey of a used chair, passed on to new owners after its original owner moves to a retirement facility. Living in the new house comes with benefits and challenges, and the chair is about to learn many of them. The owners' busy lifestyle leaves the chair's mind spinning but it quickly finds its place within the family, learning how to survive among them.

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.

Seventeen authors reimagine the biblical apocalypse and all the hell that follows in 16 horrifying tales. What if the prophecies of Revelation hit today? What sort of craziness and evil would ensue? With this list of excellent authors contributing, it’s sure to be a hell of a listen!

Claire Martel learned long ago that even people close to you can’t be trusted. She’s built a comfortable life for herself while keeping everyone at a distance. When she comes home one day and realizes that someone has been in her apartment, she knows that she is no longer safe and that her deepest secret has been discovered. Nothing is missing, but the message is clear. Who would believe her? Who can she trust? Feeling the walls closing in, Claire finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation as a person of interest. Her best option is to disappear - again.

Laurel wakes up to her roommate knocking frantically on her bedroom door, insisting she be allowed inside. Standing in the middle of her bed, Laurel takes in a scene of destruction; shredded sheets, unhinged curtains, and feathers floating aimlessly all around her. She had done this, and yet, she had no memory of it. The Salter Square sleep clinic comes highly recommended to help people suffering from sleep disorder, but instead of helping, Laurel can’t help but feel trapped. The group of patients booked for a sleep study are about to discover just how terrifying this place truly is.

Forty years ago, the plague wiped out England’s working class. Using a time portal, bi-dimensional creatures are imported from another dimension, to be used as labor for 19th century enterprises. Now, in 1886, Aspen and Lori Wolfe are determined to end the slave trade. But, their schemes are soon exposed to their new guardian and playboy, Keagan Myrack.

The Wobizzle Podcast is an extension of Wobizzle.com, and intended to serve as a source of information, insight and community for women who own or aspire to own their own businesses.Hosts Michelle (West) and Melissa (Miller Young) recognize that female entrepreneurship is on a rapid rise, and together, they want to help fuel that growth. To do that, they have created an online resource customized to the needs of the female entrepreneur. Wobizzle.com is a place where women can learn from one another, where they aren’t afraid to show enthusiasm and are comfortable asking questions. Michelle ...

An new historical anthology from transatlantic slavery to the Reconstruction curated by the Schomburg Center, that makes the case for focusing on the histories of Black people as agents and architects of their own lives and ultimate liberation, with a foreword by Kevin Young.

Christmas carols capture the spirit of Christmas like nothing else, and Sing We Now of Christmas brings beloved carols to life like never before. Walk in the footsteps of good King Wenceslas. Experience anew the bells on Christmas Day. Witness the journey of a soldier who lost his voice as he participates in the miracle of Silent Night. Experience all this and more in these heartfelt, entertaining tales donated by a team of authors from across the country, teaming together for a good cause.

We all have secrets—little white lies we tell ourselves. Everyone has them, but no matter how hard we try to keep them hidden, even our deepest secrets can come up to the surface. When the Millers move across the province to pursue William’s lifelong dream of becoming a helicopter pilot, Quinn, a new mother, feels isolated from everything she’s ever known, only Quinn has been there before.

Join seven Gestaltists as they share their work, perspective, and stories about this transformational modality.

In Navigating Social Justice, Martin Scanlan introduces a comprehensive social justice schema that melds organizational learning with leading for equity. Scanlan distills wisdom gleaned from the experiences of a variety of educational professionals as well as from his own more than three decades of work in equity-focused partnership with elementary schools.