The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)

by Suzanne Collins

Author	: Suzanne Collins
Publisher	: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages	: 747
Release	: 2020-05-19
Genre	: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN	: 1338635182

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Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

Bird Brother

by Rodney Stotts

Author	: Rodney Stotts
Publisher	: Island Press
Total Pages	: 226
Release	: 2022-02-03
Genre	: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN	: 1642831743

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In Bird Brother, Rodney Stotts shares his unlikely journey to becoming a conservationist and one of America's few Black master falconers. Rodney grew up in Washington, D.C. during the crack epidemic, with guns, drugs, and the threat of incarceration affecting the lives of everyone he knew. He was no exception, but he was also employed by the newly founded Earth Conservation Corps, helping to restore and conserve the polluted Anacostia River. This work eventually sent his life in a different direction, as he began to train to become a master falconer and to develop his own raptor education program and sanctuary. Eye-opening, witty, and moving, Bird Brother is a testament to the healing power of nature, and a reminder that no matter how much heartbreak we've endured, we still have the capacity to give back to our communities and follow our dreams.

Second Chance

by Jane Suen

Author	: Jane Suen
Publisher	: Jane Suen
Total Pages	: 139
Release	: 2020-09-26
Genre	: Fiction
ISBN	: 1951002040

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Connor thinks he's lost Mary Ann. Now they meet again. Can he win her back? Mary Ann owns a flourishing small town flower shop and has little time for anything else. She wasn't looking for love when a grieving Connor Norton, in town to attend his mother's funeral, walks into her shop and into her life. Four months later, Connor leaves his corporate job and the city life for good, returning to his hometown with Tom, his cat. Connor knows he never should've left Mary Ann. But he doesn't know things have changed. Can they get over past hurts and a misunderstanding? Will an unexpected snowstorm bring them back together? Second Chance is a clean and wholesome, small-town sweet romance. It may be read as a standalone, although it's best enjoyed as a series. Audiobook available. Narrated by Rich Miller and 2018 Audies Winner Nancy Peterson. FLOWERS IN DECEMBER Trilogy Flowers in December Coming Home Second Chance

Stolen Songbird

by Danielle L. Jensen

Author	: Danielle L. Jensen
Publisher	: Watkins Media Limited
Total Pages	: 463
Release	: 2014-04-01
Genre	: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN	: 1908844973

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USA Today bestseller For five centuries, a witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the ruins of Forsaken Mountain—time enough for their nefarious magic to fade from human memory and into myth. But a prophecy has spoken of a union that will set the trolls free, and when Cécile de Troyes is taken beneath the mountain, she learns there is far more to the myth than she could have imagined. Cécile has only one thing on her mind after she is brought to Trollus: escape. But if she is to succeed, she must bide her time and find a way to outsmart the clever, fast, and inhumanly strong trolls that hold her captive. But while awaiting the perfect opportunity, Cécile unexpectedly falls for the enigmatic troll prince to whom she has been bonded and married. Their love gradually changes her perspective, opening her heart to new friends and opening her eyes to the hardships of the enslaved half-troll, half-human creatures of Trollus. As rebellion brews and the political games of Trollus escalate, Cécile becomes more than a trapped father’s daughter. She becomes a princess, a witch, and the hope of a people—someone who has the power to change Trollus forever.

Second Chances

by Robert Stirling

Author	: Robert Stirling
Publisher	: AuthorHouse
Total Pages	: 295
Release	: 2015-06-20
Genre	: Fiction
ISBN	: 1504914821

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Rebecca Abbott is a caregiver at a retirement village who is still haunted by the trauma of her past, one that has left her unwilling to trust men and hesitant to engage with the world. Living in a small cottage in Nova Scotia, she struggles to be happy. But now her world is about to change. A chance encounter brings Rebecca into contact with David Webster, a man she knew in college. Now a widower, David is living with his parents and his twin daughters on the family farm. David and Rebecca meet again at the retirement village, where Davids grandmother is one of Rebeccas patients. Although they are drawn to one another, Davids grief and Rebeccas reticence with men prevents them from acting on their attraction. But faith and fate may work to bring them together in spite of their pain. Meanwhile, a runaway teenage boy named Jeremy searches for a way to survive and finds refuge in an unexpected placeon the Websters family farm, an event the local embittered gossip must investigate, no matter the consequences. Set in the villages of Nova Scotia, this novel tells the story of four wounded souls who are thrown together as they deal with fear and bitterness in an attempt to find love.

Second Chance Romances 5-Book Box Set

by Mona Ingram

Author	: Mona Ingram
Publisher	: Mona Ingram
Total Pages	: 948
Release	: 2021-02-25
Genre	: Fiction
ISBN	: 1927745640

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This series features the interwoven stories of five women. All stories are stand-alone. The Prequel is included with Lianne, and is a short introduction to each woman and her circumstances. Lianne: A holiday romance is the last thing on her mind. Haunted by her husband’s death, Lianne visits the spectacular Cornwall coast of England. She has no intention of falling in love again, until she meets a local man. Their attraction is mutual, but when he unexpectedly disappears she returns home, brokenhearted once more. However memories of those golden days linger, igniting her desire to love again. Madison: In Hollywood, people often aren’t who they seem… On the verge of breaking out in Hollywood, Maddie Lamont discovers the hard way that some people will do anything to save their career. Broken-hearted and disillusioned she returns to her hometown of Chance, where along with her friends she seizes the opportunity to revitalize the dying town. Can reclusive author Dylan Hawkins make her believe that he is worth a second chance at love? Emma: How do you survive the greatest tragedy of all? When Emma’s perfect life turns into a nightmare beyond her control she withdraws into herself, eventually quitting her high profile job in San Francisco and returning to Chance. But back in her home town, Emma discovers that she’s not the only one who has suffered loss. As she quietly helps those in need of her expertise, she finds that life is still worth living, and that love was right here all along. Jade: Jade knows better than to fall for a movie star… An accomplished hair and makeup technician, Jade meets Zach Crawford on a movie set in Chance, California. When a former girlfriend wrongly accuses Zach of misconduct, she agrees to pose as his new girlfriend, but nothing goes as planned. Jade and her broken heart return to Chance, where she finds solace in helping to save the town that welcomed her not that long ago. But Zach has other ideas and vows to regain her trust… and her love. Chloe: How did she arrive such a low point in her life? Being the wife of a wealthy man is no substitute for the fulfilment Chloe found as a nurse. When her husband dies, her life spirals out of control. Called to Chance to support her friend Madison, she meets a man who could make her believe again but she’s afraid that if he gets to know her secrets, he’ll see the darkness in her soul. Harboring secrets of his own, Lane sees past the barriers she puts up and shows her that love always finds a way.

Second Base Second Chance: A Brother’s Best Friend, Friends to Lovers, Second Chance Sports Romance

by Linda Fausnet

Author	: Linda Fausnet
Publisher	: Linda Fausnet
Total Pages	: 229
Release	: 2023-02-14
Genre	: Fiction
ISBN	: 1944043764

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I’ve been in love with my best friend’s twin sister since we were all sixteen years old. After Julia took my virginity in college as a favor to me, I should have asked her to be mine. I lost my nerve, and I will regret that day for the rest of my life. Because it was the same day she met her fiance, Kyle. As the second baseman for the Baltimore Bay Birds, I’m no longer that shy kid from college. I have no problem getting women into my bed, but none of them compared to Julia. It still crushes my heart to pieces every time I see her, but at least it’s only a few times a year. Not a day goes by when I don’t think of her, but I’ve learned to survive. That is, until the day she walked onto the field at the ballpark to surprise me with her exciting news. Guess who’s the new head groundskeeper for Old Bay Stadium? Topics: baseball romance, sports romance, steamy sports romance, good guy romance, contemporary romance, steamy contemporary romance, hot athletes, love stories, steamy romance, romantic novels, no cliffhangers, HEA, romance series, strong heroine, heartwarming romance, feel good romance, swoonworthy, hot romance, modern romance, low angst romance, protective hero, Brother’s best friend, brother’s best friend romance, friends to lovers, best friend’s sister, forced proximity, Fans of these terrific authors also enjoy Linda Fausnet’s books: Corinne Michaels, KB Winters, Klaire Kelly, Kimberly Readnour, Eva Haining, Karla sorenson, Kaylee Ryan Read the entire Boys of Baltimore series: First Pitch Swinging Second Base Second Chance Called Third Strike Batting Fourth

Losing Ground

by David M. Burley

Author	: David M. Burley
Publisher	: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages	: 191
Release	: 2010-04-26
Genre	: Nature
ISBN	: 1604734892

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What is it like to lose your front porch to the ocean? To watch saltwater destroy your favorite fishing holes? To see playgrounds and churches subside and succumb to brackish and rising water? The residents of coastal Louisiana know. For them hurricanes are but exclamation points in an incessant loss of coastal land now estimated to occur at a rate of at least twenty-four square miles per year. In Losing Ground, coastal Louisianans communicate the significance of place and environment. During interviews taken just before the 2005 hurricanes, they send out a plea to alleviate the damage. They speak with an urgency that exemplifies a fear of losing not just property and familiar surroundings, but their identity as well. People along Louisiana's southeastern coast hold a deep attachment to place, and this shows in the urgency of the narratives David M. Burley collects here. The meanings that residents attribute to coastal land loss reflect a tenuous and uprooted sense of self. The process of coastal land loss and all of its social components, from the familial to the political, impacts these residents' concepts of history and the future. Burley updates many of his subjects' narratives to reveal what has happened in the wake of the back-to-back disasters of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Silence of the Songbirds

by Bridget Stutchbury

Author	: Bridget Stutchbury
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages	: 276
Release	: 2009-05-26
Genre	: Nature
ISBN	: 0802718809

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Wood thrush, Kentucky warbler, the Eastern kingbird-migratory songbirds are disappearing at a frightening rate. By some estimates, we may already have lost almost half of the songbirds that filled the skies only forty years ago. Renowned biologist Bridget Stutchbury convincingly argues that songbirds truly are the "canaries in the coal mine"-except the coal mine looks a lot like Earth and we are the hapless excavators. Following the birds on their six-thousand-mile migratory journey, Stutchbury leads us on an ecological field trip to explore firsthand the major threats to songbirds: pesticides, still a major concern decades after Rachel Carson first raised the alarm; the destruction of vital habitat, from the boreal forests of Canada to the diminishing continuous forests of the United States to the grasslands of Argentina; coffee plantations, which push birds out of their forest refuges so we can have our morning fix; the bright lights and structures in our cities, which prove a minefield for migrating birds; and global warming. We could well wake up in the near future and hear no songbirds singing. But we won't just be missing their cheery calls, we'll be missing a vital part of our ecosystem. Without songbirds, our forests would face uncontrolled insect infestations, and our trees, flowers, and gardens would lose a crucial element in their reproductive cycle. As Stutchbury shows, saving songbirds means protecting our ecosystem and ultimately ourselves.