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I was happy in my small town. In my life as a single, thirty-two year old woman. I had a good job, wonderful friends, my independence. I also hadn't got laid in three years. Hadn't been on a date in two. Had stopped counting calories and wearing makeup... a while ago. Then Brett Jacobs waltzed in. Caressed my thigh, dug rough fingers into my hair, lowered his soft mouth to my skin, took sexual control of my mind and stirred it all around with what he packed in his pants. He flipped my quiet life upside down and crawled into a place in my heart I thought was dead. The issue is his secret. The issue is her. The issue is that I don't even know she exists, and he thinks she's dead. The issue is that shit is about to hit the fan and I can't hold on to him tight enough.

ANIMALS ARE EVERYWHERE IN OUR LIVES. We follow them into the wild, we invite them into our homes, they inhabit our dreams, mythologies, folklores, and popular cultures. What is this powerful bond? Why are we so fascinated with animals of every kind? And why has our relationship with them always been riddled with such complexity and contradiction? A Walk in the Animal Kingdom explores the world of animals with the inquisitiveness, depth, and gentle humor that readers across the globe have come to expect from the acclaimed author-artist team of Jerry Dennis and Glenn Wolff. The book is an inquiry into animals of the world, their astonishing diversity and abundance; their mating habits, defensive strategies, and other behaviors; their extraordinary senses of sight, hearing, and smell. It is also an exploration of our profound connection with them, from the joys they inspire and the fears they arouse, to their prominence in our lives as pets, team mascots, and embodiments of wild nature-and the paradox that allows us to battle to protect certain species while ignoring others that are disappearing at a rate perhaps unequaled in the history of our planet. Like the previous collaborations of Dennis and Wolff, A Walk in the Animal Kingdom is certain to become a classic among books about nature-its wonders, its complexities, and our place in it. PRAISE: "This writer-artist team shines a bright and lovely light on nature." -Los Angeles Times "Charming...informative...humorous...This wonderfully illustrated book will make heroes of parents and teachers, who will be able to explain nature's magic and the superstitions surrounding it." -El Paso Times "Vastly entertaining, valuable... Makes natural history so much fun the reader is sucked from paragraph to paragraph, page to page, chapter to chapter." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A perfect choice for adults and kids alike who want to discover more about how the world is put together... entertaining and fact-filled." -Houston Post "As leaves fall and the sky becomes more noticeable, you're likely to look towards the heavens and wonder at their mysteries...Author Jerry Dennis and illustrator Glenn Wolff address the questions with intelligence, wit and artistry." -Atlanta Constitution "A delightful book, both readable and informative-like the best of Hal Borland and Edwin Way Teale...You've many hours of pleasure waiting with It's Raining Frogs and Fishes." -Richmond Times-Dispatch "With text that mesmerizes, drawings that enchant...this book calls you to hold it open before you." -The Oakland Press

Eagle's Song is the final book in the Savage Destiny series, taking readers into the lives of Zeke and Abbie's children and grandchildren. This very moving story depicts the emotional end of an era for a once wild and free People, America's Native Americans, and the sometimes traumatic changes in the American West as civilization moves in to tame a lawless land. With this progress and the discovery of gold, the Monroe descendants find amazing success and happiness. But through it all Abigail Monroe lives with precious memories and a deep faith that carry her into old age and eventually back into the arms of her beloved Zeke as they walk into the past and leave the future to their grandchildren and great grandchildren. Their love will live on forever in the hearts of the family members ... and in the hearts of all those who read this series.PRAISE: "Power, passion, tragedy, and triumph are Rosanne Bittner's hallmarks. Again and again, she brings readers to tears." Romantic Times"Extraordinary...Bittner's characters spring to life." Publishers WeeklyABOUT THE AUTHOR: Named one of the "Pioneer Authors of Romance" by Romantic Times, Rosanne Bittner is the author of sixty historical romance novels, most set in the American West of the 1800s.

He thought I owned him. He thought he loved me, that I was enough. But this animal, this sex god who could drive me crazy and steal my heart in the same breath, he would never fully be mine. It was impossible. No one ever owned a God... One year. I have one year to find out more about this man I am marrying. More about his family. More about our sex, and all of the dirty, delicious places it will take me. I thought I'd spend this year making a decision. I never thought the decision would be taken from me, snatched right from my naive little hands.

It's Raining Frogs and Fishes is a generously illustrated inquiry into wonders of the sky: Why is the sky blue? Where do meteors originate? What causes rainbows, mirages, and the colors of the sunset? Why do some birds and insects migrate, and how do they navigate over hundreds or thousands of miles to do it? How have civilizations throughout history viewed the aurora borealis, tornadoes, eclipses, and the bizarre but well documented cases of fish, reptiles, snails, and even snakes that have rained to earth? Author Jerry Dennis and illustrator Glenn Wolff approach such questions with curiosity and wit, and suggest ways to observe first-hand extraordinary weather, astronomical anomalies, and odd and interesting wildlife of the skies. This updated edition of the national bestseller is a spellbinding look into the natural world's most fascinating and baffling phenomena, with illustrated explanations of rainbows, meteors, sunsets, hurricanes, the northern lights, bird and insect flight, and dozens of other curiosities. Subjects are arranged by season, and each is discussed in a concise and entertaining style that blends the most recent scientific findings with historical anecdotes, personal observations, and examples of the lore and superstitions that have always surrounded phenomena of the skies. PRAISE "Amusing and illuminating...This writer-artist team shines a bright and lovely light on nature." Los Angeles Times "Charming, informative, humorous, and scholarly... embraces wind and weather, the sun, the moon and stars, the seasons of the year and the effect of these things on the denizens of this planet. It is a delight." Nelson Bryant, The New York Times "Vastly entertaining, valuable... Makes natural history so much fun the reader is sucked from paragraph to paragraph, page to page, chapter to chapter." St. Louis Post-Dispatch "This delightful look at nature...is a cornucopia of fact and lore. Wit, humor, wonder, and reverence spice and season the vignettes herein. It's Raining Frogs and Fishes reminds adults -- especially in this hectic, fast-paced, just-do-it world -- that it is more than OK, it is desirable, to be child-like and to look up at the heavens and ask why." Toledo Blade "For anyone interested in natural history, there are few texts to rival this one." Booklist "As leaves fall and the sky becomes more noticeable, you're likely to look towards the heavens and wonder at their mysteries... Author Jerry Dennis and illustrator Glenn Wolff address the questions with intelligence, wit and artistry." Atlanta Constitution "A delightful book, both readable and informative -- like the best of Hal Borland and Edwin Way Teale...You've many hours of pleasure waiting with It's Raining Frogs and Fishes." Richmond Times-Dispatch "Parents take note: Here's how to explain comets (stars with horrid hair) and frost (flowers of ice)... surprisingly nontechnical." Detroit Free Press "With text that mesmerizes, drawings that enchant, and a dust jacket that simply feels good, this book calls you to hold it open before you." The Oakland Press "This wonderfully illustrated book will make heroes of parents and teachers, who will be able to explain nature's magic and the superstitions surrounding it." El Paso Times "This is a perfect choice for adults and kids alike who want to discover more about how the world is put together. Dennis has done a good job of entertaining and informing at the same time, and Glenn Wolff's black-and-white illustrations gracefully supplement the fact-filled text. It's enjoyable reading and a good reference for anyone's library." Sacramento Bee

With keen perception and wit, three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Leslie Savan reveals how advertising really works-and how it's changing your life. How do Nike or Pepsi ads convince you that you're a rebellious individual-even while they sell you the same sneakers or sugar water bought by millions? How does a company associated with a disaster, Exxon or DuPont, for example, restore its reputation? What gender and racial stereotypes lurk in TV commercials for beer, cars, cologne, and diamond rings? And what is the deeper meaning of living in an ad, ad, ad world? For more than a decade, journalist Leslie Savan exposed the techniques advertisers use to push products and pump up corporate images. In the lively essays in this collection, Savan penetrates beneath the slick surfaces of specific ads and marketing campaigns to show how they both reflect and shape our lives.Savan's pioneering use of advertising as a lens to examine society and politics made her a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. "With unerring perception," the 1992 Pulitzer jury in criticism wrote, Savan "has seen advertising, PR and political chicanery as a new field of socio-aesthetic criticism. Her merciless prose impales both the electronic and print media." Though technology and tastes have changed since Savan's essays first appeared in The Village Voice, her analysis is timeless. The fundamentals of exploiting desire remain the same: sex and fear, flattery and patriotism, humor and cool still sell. Savan's interviews with ad agencies and corporate clients-along with her often hilarious take-downs of Adland's "Big Lies"-reveal how successful advertising works.But ads do more than sell products. They are signposts to the evolving American psyche. Think of female athletes sweating hard while wearing Reeboks: think "empowerment." Hear solemn New Age music for Crystal Light drink mixes or KitchenAid appliances: think "spiritual." When virtually any product can be associated with a powerful self-image, we are subtly refashioned into the advertiser's concept of a good consumer. Like it or not, we lead "the sponsored life."PRAISE: "Smart, stingingly funny collection...Ms. Savan brings to bear a pithy style, a peppery wit and an unerring moral compass that enables her to score hits on the corporate fictions that increasingly structure our world view."-New York Times Book Review"Savan straps one ad campaign after another to her lab table and dissects each with humor, insight and a healthy dose of rage...This thoughtful collection will appeal to anyone concerned with how ads work, what they're hiding and why they have such a hold on us." -Publishers Weekly "Her delectably sarcastic analyses offer disturbing insights into the images that millions of citizens seek to adopt."-Los Angeles Times Book Review"Original. Provocative. Breathtakingly insightful." -Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dean, The Annenberg School for Communications, University of Pennsylvania"By paying attention to social issues, particularly women and race, she makes us notice the politics at work in the spaces between news and entertainment." -Patricia Mellencamp, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeABOUT THE AUTHOR: A three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for her Village Voice column about advertising, Savan is the author of Slam Dunks and No Brainers: Pop Language in Your Life, the Media, and, Like...Whatever and The Sponsored Life: Ads, TV, and American Culture. She blogs regularly for The Nation about media and politics and has been widely published, including in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, New York, Mother Jones, and Huffington Post. Savan appears in the documentaries Helvetica and Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press (Netflix). The Sponsored Life was the solution to the Sept. 18, 2016, New York Times Acrostic Puzzle.