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Adrift in the divide between galaxies and surrounded by the vast emptiness of the intergalactic void, the Tantalus Cluster is the only home humanity has ever known. Desperate and facing starvation, humanity’s only hope is a strange nebula that has suddenly appeared beyond the edge of the cluster. Its shifting clouds may hide a source of salvation for the people of Tantalus, but time is running out.

Nature took on a new importance for thousands of people when the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Britain, providing solace in a time of great anxiety - not least because the crisis struck at the beginning of spring, the season of hope and renewal, and furthermore, in an extraordinary conjunction, the spring of 2020 turned out to be the loveliest spring ever recorded in Britain. Three nature writers, living like everyone else under lockdown, but walking out each day to exercise, resolved to record their experiences of the coronavirus spring, in widely contrasting parts of the country.

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia’s intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears.

He was a rockstar. A legend. And a single father. I should’ve stayed away. I just couldn’t resist him. We were happy until he texted. We need to talk. The last famous words. But I knew I needed to let him go. It was over. We were never meant to be together. Just like everyone else, he left. I couldn’t handle touring with his rock band and a relationship.

This collection includes the first four books of my series: Maybe Later, My One Regret, Wrong Text, Right Love, and Begin with Me.

Zack Weller is timely, orderly, and meticulous. Too bad his seven-year-old twin sons are hellions. With his divorce final, a two-week vacation beckons him to his best friend’s cottage. Unfortunately, he can’t help the magnetic pull of memories from the house next door - the one that was once his childhood home - or fight the force of nature in the naked woman sunbathing in that backyard.

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on the 2nd February 1882, in Dublin, into a middle-class family, and the eldest of ten surviving siblings. After publishing a poetry volume, ‘Chamber Music’, in 1907, his short story collection ‘The Dubliners’, in 1914, helped establish his talent in the rapidly changing world. Although far from home Joyce’s literary heart and works were set in his recollections of Dublin. Characters are close resemblances of family and friends and indeed enemies.

From silly chuckles to rueful ironic glee to deep cosmic laughter, this new volume of humorous tales samples the best of recent seasons of the popular public radio series Selected Shorts.

One of the oldest Eastern religions, Buddhism was established in India during the 6th century BCE. Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism and is known as the historical Buddha. Although particular convictions and practices change, Buddhism revolves around the possibility that suffering can be relieved by accomplishing enlightenment. It is the end of the interminable cycle of death and rebirth in which every single sentient being is soiled. This audiobook deals with the goals and the fundamentals of Buddhism and much more.

Through this audiobook, I will help you understand what Buddhism is, not only as a religion, but also as a spiritual path of life. As this audiobook is for beginners, it will guide and help you to understand all you need to know about the fundamentals of Buddhism. I have also shared a few Buddhism meditation techniques you can try while you practice the teachings of Buddhism.

Ce livre ne t’apprend pas seulement tout ce qu’il te faut savoir lors de la période des tentatives d’avoir un enfant, de la grossesse, de la naissance et de la première année avec ton bébé mais les sujets du travail, de l’autonomie, de la relation de couple, de la vie sexuelle pendant et après la grossesse sont tout aussi bien abordés en profondeur.

This is a double (two-in-one) Buddhism audiobook which includes Buddhism for Beginners and Buddhism: The Way to Enlightenment. Buddhism for Beginners includes: how to meditate and practice Buddhism; the Eightfold Path; the Buddhist lifestyle; focus on the now; and more. The Way to Enlightenment includes: the goals of Buddhism; fundamentals of Buddhism; Four Noble Truths; and much more.