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Monsters and Creatures - Jim Zub & Stacy King & Andrew Wheeler

This introductory guide to DUNGEONS & DRAGONS provides a fun and immersive primer to its beasts and monsters.In this illustrated guide, you're transported to the legendary and magical worlds of Dungeons & Dragons and presented with one-of-a-kind entries for some of its most sinister, foul and memorable monsters. Featuring amazing illustrations and expert insights on some of D&D's most dangerous monsters, the guide shines a spotlight on the beasts that scare and excite and cause trouble for adventurers, from creatures that live underground, to those that dwell in the wilderness and boneyards, to those that soar in the sky. In these profiles you will find information on the size of each monster, its danger level, and tips for how to survive an encounter. The perfect entry point for young fans of fantasy eager to become D&D adventurers, this book also features introductory "Encounter" stories so readers can practice the problem-solving skills they'll need...
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As You Are

I never expected to fall for someone like Sergeant First Class Jake Harrison—someone who knocks me off balance and forces me to be honest with myself. I've finally admitted I want to abandon my life as a professor and write fiction, even if it means disappointing my parents and throwing away years of work.I would've loved for Jake to be a part of my new life. Too bad he doesn't date and definitely isn't interested in me.But I know things about Jake I'm certain he hasn't shared with anyone else. Despite our rocky start, we've become friends.But now, something has shifted.He seems to want me, but that can't be right. He was always on the unavailable shelf, and I can't quite wrap my mind around that changing.I know once Jake embraces the idea of committing, he'll be all in—but right now everything in my life is falling apart.Could Jake want me as much as I want him? And if he does, can I let myself have him?
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Nimita's Place

It is 1944 in India and Nimita Khosla yearns to attend university to become an engineer, but her parents want a different life for her. As she accepts her fate and marries, religious upheaval is splitting the country and forcing her family to find a new home.In 2014, her granddaughter, molecular biologist Nimita Sachdev, escapes India to run away from the prospect of an arranged marriage. Staking out a future in Singapore, she faces rising anger against immigrants and uncertainty about her new home.Two generations apart, these two women walk divergent paths but face the same quandaries: who are we, and what is home?
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Black & White

When Michael follows his dying father to North Carolina, a lifetime of lies begins to unravel. His pursuit of his father's past – haunted by voodoo, adultery and murder – takes him to a place called Hayti, once the most prosperous black community in the South. Now the mysteries of Michael's own heritage become a matter of life and death, as racial conflicts barely restrained since the 1960s erupt again. Rooted in the true story of the US government's urban renewal policy and its disastrous aftermath, Black & White is a literary thriller, a family saga, and a searing portrait of institutionalized hatred.
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One Small Step

It's murder on the moon—in an out-of-this-world mystery featuring "the best detective duo on the scene" (Daily Telegraph). Reginald Hill "raised the classical British mystery to new heights" when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det. Inspector Andrew Dalziel and his partner, the callow Sgt. Peter Pascoe (The New York Times Book Review). Their chafing differences in education, manners, technique, and temperament made them "the most remarkable duo in the annals of crime fiction" (Toronto Star). Adapted into a long-running hit show for the BBC, the Gold Dagger Award–winning series is now available as ebooks. When astronaut Emile Lemarque takes an accidental—and televised—fatal fall from his lunar module, he stirs up more than moon dust. It's the far-flung future, and Peter Pascoe, now UK Commissioner in the Eurofed, believes Emile has made history—as the first man to be murdered on the moon. How can...
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Daughter of Chaos

Sabrina Spellman has just made the hardest decision of her life: She's leaving behind her beloved friends at Baxter High. Now it's time for her to find her way among the witches and warlocks at the Academy of Unseen Arts.Sabrina has always been good at the school thing, but now she has a whole new world to navigate. Her power is growing daily, but it comes with a high price... she must always remember her new allegiances and the cost they have on her friends... and on herself.And then there's her new classmates. Prudence, Dorcas, and Agatha are friends, kind of, but can Sabrina trust them? And what about Nick Scratch? He's as charming as ever, but will his feelings for Sabrina last?Based on the hit Netflix show, this original YA novel tells an all-new, original story about Sabrina.
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