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Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships draws on current research, a wide variety of clinical modalities, and 30 years of clinical work with stepfamily members to describe the special challenges stepfamilies face. The book presents the concept of "stepfamily architecture" and the five challenges it creates, and delineates three different levels of strategies - psychoeducation, building interpersonal skills, and intrapsychic work - for meeting those challenges in dozens of different settings. 

Not so long ago, Robbie Mason had it all. But then he went and broke his own teammate's jaw, and the best defenseman in the history of the NHL hit rock bottom, hard. Offered one last chance to play on the worst team in the league, the New York Thunder, Robbie knows he has to fix his reputation...

Many leaders consider "executive presence" a make-or-break factor in high-powered promotions. But what is this elusive quality, and how do you develop it? This book explains how to build the charisma, confidence, and decisiveness that top leaders project. Whether you're delivering a critical presentation or managing a hectic meeting, you'll be inspired to approach the situation with new strength.

It's the hidden epidemic of small moments of anxiety that infiltrate both our work and personal lives. Because each individual microstress is so small, it doesn't trigger the normal stress response in our brains to help us deal with it. Instead, the microstress just embeds in our minds, accumulating along with scores of other microstresses, day-to-day and week-to-week. The long-term effect is devastating: microstress invisibly weighs us down, damages our health, and contributes to a decline in our overall well-being. The good news is that once you learn about microstress, you can fight back.

Just like with anything else in life, if you want to get better at sex, you need to practice. And if you want to understand the female orgasm, you need to start by understanding the female body. In Coming Soon, sexologist and psychotherapist Dania Schiftan shares her 10-step program for women to increase sexual responsiveness and deepen their awareness of their body's sensations, leading to more satisfying orgasms through penetration, the ability to control when and how to orgasm, and more empowering sex with a partner. 

A poetic and fiercely moving Russian novel of tradition, change, and thwarted desire by an internationally celebrated writer from the Indigenous Nenets community of northern Siberia. Perfect for readers of Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, the work of Louise Erdrich, and other emotionally...

Data Science for Dummies is the perfect starting point for IT professionals and students who want a quick primer on all areas of the expansive data science space. With a focus on business cases, the book explores topics in big data, data science, and data engineering, and how these three areas are combined to produce tremendous value. If you want to pick-up the skills you need to begin a new career or initiate a new project, listening to this book will help you understand what technologies, programming languages, and mathematical methods on which to focus. 

Lee Johnson was a man with simple dreams. He never imagined that he would become the face of a David-and-Goliath showdown against one of the world's most powerful corporate giants. But a workplace accident left Lee doused in a toxic chemical and facing a deadly cancer that turned his life upside down. In 2018, the world watched as Lee was thrust to the forefront of one the most dramatic legal battles in recent history. The Monsanto Papers takes listeners behind the scenes of a grueling legal battle, pulling back the curtain on the frailties of the American court system.

Dallas Shaw is a "no strings" kind of guy. Voted NHL's sexiest goalie two years in a row, he's the league's biggest playboy. But when a pretty blonde crashes into his life, what was supposed to be a one night stand turns Dallas' whole world upside down. When he wakes up alone the morning after...

Brought to you by Penguin. Four old friends. One life-changing trip. It’s been three years since best friends Elin, Grace, Mariella and Jamie got together with their daughters for a book club night that would change their lives forever. Now, they travel to the breathtaking shores of Lake Como...

The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with her parents on the family meat farm, to a desk job in the city, to finally experiencing love, she grapples with her body, men, and society, all the while imagining a softer world than the one she is in. Twining the drama of the everyday - school-age crushes, paying bills, the sickness of parents - with the surreal-rivers of thighs, men for sale, and fields of throats - Cassie's realities alternate to create a blurred, fantastic world of haunting beauty.

Brought to you by Penguin. Maximum Ride lost her fight to save the world. But from the ashes of the old world, a phoenix has risen… she calls herself Hawk. Hawk doesn't know her real name. She doesn't know who her parents were, or where they went. The only thing she remembers is that they told...

Brought to you by Penguin. As seen on Discovery ID, these two true-crime thrillers follow a neighbours' quarrel that turns violent and cyber-bullying that explodes in a double murder. MURDER THY NEIGHBOUR (with Andrew Bourelle) Ann Hoover is a nice woman, but she's come to hate her neighbour...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'High-octane . . . nail-biting' Daily Mail Three women are on the run, wanted for the murder of a high-ranking mobster in this stunning new stand-alone from the world's bestselling thriller writer James Patterson. ______________________ Sarah, his personal chef Anna...

One seed changes everything. Merritt has finally found her place in Little Avalon. With her baking skills flourishing and a council seat secured, life couldn't be better for the last living Leshbolg. Until the ancient Fury Megaera resurfaces. With a vengeance born from millennia of grief, Megaera will stop at nothing to destroy Merritt and everything she loves. Her warped paranormal army grows stronger each day, leaving devastation in their wake.

After the death of his mother, twelve-year-old Ethan moves to his grandmother's house in a small town in Maine. He barely knows her, the house feels unsettling, and strange things begin to happen almost immediately. As Ethan struggles to adjust, terror strikes the town. An unknown, wolf-like predator claims the lives of two women, leaving the community in fear.

With dark secrets, small-town intrigue, and a chilling, relentless danger stalking them, Beretti faces one of her most harrowing cases yet in Savage Rogue, an electrifying start to a series listeners won't be able to put down.

Merritt Vale is the last of her kind—and the keeper of the only artifact capable of sealing the Rift between dimensions. If it falls into the wrong hands, a warped paranormal army will flood into Avalon and Earth, leaving nothing but ash in its wake. Tisiphone, the deadliest of the Furies, has vanished into the shadows of Tintagel. Tracking her means confronting ancient magic, fractured memories, and a Lunar Fae whose broken mind may hold the truth Merritt needs. Every step brings Merritt closer to a past she doesn't remember and a future she may not survive.

Merritt Vale is the last of her kind, a Leshbolg trying to carve out a new life in Little Avalon, the paranormal haven hidden in Brooklyn. Baking by day and embracing her magic by night, she longs to belong in a world teeming with fae, werewolves, and ancient mysteries. When an old legend resurfaces—a relic of King Arthur's time—Merritt is drawn into a tangled web of secrets and power. Friends stand by her side, yet shadows lurk in the alleys, and unseen forces plot in the dark.

Navalny. Lenin. Pugachev. The Russian rebel—in his epic battle against the Leviathan of the Russian state—has enthralled readers and writers for decades. The rebel's story is almost always a sad one that ends in exile, imprisonment, or martyrdom, leaving but a seed for the future reform of the Leviathan which he or she had taken on.