Molly Moon is no ordinary orphan. When she finds a mysterious old book on hypnotism, she discovers she can make people do whatever she wants. But a sinister stranger is watching her every move and he'll do anything to steal her hypnotic secret...

This book contains seven stories about family. On its pages, you will meet a teenage girl in a yellow cap. She will tell you about street sweepers, golden leaf-fish, and how her father decided to remarry. Her story will be picked up by a boy living with his mother and jealous of her ‘side job.’ Then a character will enter, whose heart is stirred by a past love. Love for a girl who already has...

This textbook offers material to help students prepare for and successfully pass the OGE and EGE exams. The content, format, and sequence of the material correspond to the criteria required of graduates in the exam. Each section provides theory followed by practical exercises. The practice exercises are given with an indication of the rule that needs to be known to complete a specific task in...

They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn’t exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire had a son. But what became of him she never knew. What was his name? Was he even alive? She was supposed to...

Stefan Zweig’s Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman, first published in 1927, is a powerful psychological novella that explores obsession, fate, and the intensity of human emotions. Known for his keen insight into the human psyche, Zweig crafts a gripping story about an elderly woman who, for the first time in her life, confesses a passionate and reckless episode from her past. This brief...

World renowned psychologist and internationally bestselling author Edith Eger’s powerful New York Times bestselling book The Choice told the story of her survival in the concentration camps, her escape, healing, and her journey to freedom. Readers around the world wrote to tell her how The Choice moved them and inspired them to confront their own past and try to heal their pain. They asked her...

Edie and Violet Bond know the truth about death. The seventeen-year-old twins are powerful mediums, just like their mother—Violet can open the veil between life and death, and Edie can cross into the spirit world. But their abilities couldn’t save them when their mother died and their father threatened to commit them to a notorious asylum.

A group of college friends find themselves marooned at a luxurious hotel on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. While their boat is being repaired, they can't help but observe the daily routine of a fellow hotel guest - a mysterious, white-bearded stranger who sits on the veranda each night and smokes one cigarette, sometimes two.