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  The Adventure of Princess Sophia...

  Sophia Reutska

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  Step into a world where courage meets magic in The Adventures of Princess Sophia and Lucy the Magical Raccoon! 
  When Princess Sophia hears a mysterious squeak from the royal garden, she discovers Lucy—a raccoon with a sparkling secret. But Lucy is no ordinary raccoon; she’s magical and speaks! Together, they embark on an unforgettable quest through the enchanted Whispering Woods, filled with tricky riddles, shadows, and heart-pounding challenges. Their mission? To find Starwhirl, Sophia’s lost unicorn and dearest friend. 
  Will Sophia’s bravery and Lucy’s magical wit be enough to reunite them with Starwhirl? Or will the secrets of the woods keep them apart forever? 
  Join Princess Sophia and Lucy on this enchanting adventure full of friendship, courage, and just the right touch of magic. Perfect for young dreamers who believe in the impossible! 
  Get ready to soar on the wings of imagination—this is a story you’ll treasure forever! 
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  Avalanche - Stories

  Jessica Westhead

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  "Things used to be easier, but even in those carefree days, the rules were in place for a reason. And that reason is: so we can all agree. So we can all have the same standard applied across the board. So there is no special treatment, which no one should receive. This is why we need the rules." 
   
   
   
  The stories in Avalanche combine humor with an earnest examination and indictment of white entitlement, guilt, shame, and disorientation in the wake of waking up to the reality of racism. Focusing on the perspective of white, cis, straight, and mostly middle-aged and middle-class characters, this collection shines a light on the obliviousness of white privilege, the violence of polite, quiet racism hiding just under the surface of mundane, everyday situations, and the anguished flailing of "well-intentioned white ladies" desperate to confirm their essential goodness at all costs. Westhead writes with compassion and empathy for both her frustrating and frustrated white protagonists and the racialized characters who encounter them, and uses humor not to comfortably distance white readers from the harmful behavior of her self-absorbed protagonists, but to pull them in close to recognize—and reckon with—those familiar parts of themselves, and to become more aware of the insidious systems of white supremacy at work behind the scenes. 
   
   
   
  Bonus material: This audiobook includes the Acknowledgments as supplemental material in printable PDF format.

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  The Case for the Baptism of the...

  Mike DeFrench

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  A priest in the far future makes his case a Cardinal of the Catholic Church for the baptism of an alien species.

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  The Metamorphosis

  Franz Kafka

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  One morning, he wakes—and he is no longer himself.
  When traveling salesman Gregor Samsa opens his eyes to find he has transformed into a monstrous insect, his world collapses into fear, shame, and silence. As his family recoils and his life shrinks behind a bedroom door, Gregor confronts the cruelty of alienation and the fragile threads that tie us to one another.
  
  Praised as "one of the most influential works of modern literature," Kafka's unsettling masterpiece blends dark humor, emotional poignancy, and existential horror into a story that lingers long after the final page. Readers are drawn to its raw portrayal of identity, family, and the quiet tragedies hidden within ordinary lives.
  
  If you seek thought-provoking fiction that challenges, unsettles, and stays with you, this timeless novella is essential reading.
  
  Open the book—and step into a transformation you'll never forget.

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  Sis' Becky's Pickaninny

  Charles W. Chesnutt

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  The short story "Sis' Becky's Pickaninny" of "The Conjure Woman" now follows John as he reproaches McAdoo for all of his superstitious beliefs and how they lack foundation, commenting that these traditions are the reason why Southern Black people are destined for a life of continued acquiescence and little prosperity. This opinion stemmed from McAdoo's assertion that carrying a rabbit foot leads to good luck. John is concerned for Annie's health, since the main reason they moved to the countryside was to improve her health due to her current bouts of depression and anxiety. With this knowledge, McAdoo then relates the story of a young boy who was separated from his mother and orphaned due to a series of events, which could have all been avoided if the mother had simply carried a rabbit's foot. As the story goes, according to McAdoo, Sis' Becky's husband dies, upon which her master trades her in for a horse. Thus leaving her child, named Mose, orphaned and who grows sick, Aunt Peggy goes on to turn him into a mockingbird from time to time so that he can visit his mother. As part of her plan, Aunt Peggy lames the horse for which Sis Becky was traded, ultimately influencing Becky's master to trade her back, and reuniting her with her son once more. McAdoo claims that none of these events would have happened if Sis Becky would have had a rabbit foot with her, a moral that Annie once again understands. Over time, John notices that Annie grows to feel better, which he attributes to her simply surpassing her melancholy. One day, Annie asks John to grab her handkerchief from her blue dress, and as he goes to grab the handkerchief, John discovers a rabbit foot that McAdoo had placed in her room, which can be related to Annie's quick recovery from her ails.

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  We Aim to Live

  John Budden

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  We Aim to Live is a collection of fourteen powerful, dark and funny short stories, about ordinary people – mostly men – at moments of crisis, crossroads or revelation. The stories look unflinchingly at men's behaviour and the moments when masculinity is on the edge of turning dangerous.
  Some stories portray the toxic world of professional football drawing upon the writer's past in that world; while others are set in high end hotels, removals firms and sheds.
  Here, the issues of masculinity, class and the struggle with life's small (and large) humiliations are all told in an authentic and utterly distinctive voice.

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