“My Fated Life” is a collection of 108 short stories in 215 pages. Most of the events in this book are real, but the final results in a few of stories they remain unknown. The events were told exactly as they happened. Most of the stories actually happened to me, and I suspect it is because I really love life.

* "Villanueva's debut is a beautiful #ownvoices middle-grade novel. Tough topics are addressed, but warmth and humor... bring lightness to Sab's story. This immersive novel bursts with life." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review When superstitious Sab sees a giant black butterfly, an omen of death, she knows that she's doomed! According to legend, she has one week before her fate catches up with her -- on her 11th birthday. With her time running out, all she wants is to celebrate her birthday with her entire family. But her sister, Ate Nadine, stopped speaking to their father one year ago, and Sab doesn't even know why.If Sab's going to get Ate Nadine and their father to reconcile, she'll have to overcome her fears -- of her sister's anger, of leaving the bubble of her sheltered community, of her upcoming doom -- and figure out the cause of their rift.So Sab and her best friend Pepper start spying on Nadine and digging into their family's past to determine why, exactly, Nadine won't speak to their father. But Sab's adventures across Manila reveal truths about her family more difficult -- and dangerous -- than she ever anticipated.Was the Butterfly right? Perhaps Sab is doomed after all!

LA-based poet returns with humor, irreverence, and sincere longing to sever the distinction between dream and reality, person and animal.

Experience how it feels to be the subject of a blasphemy prosecution! Find out why 'wool' is a funny word! See how jokes work, their inner mechanisms revealed, before your astonished face! In 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera. Nine years later, How I Escaped My Certain Fate details his return to live performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement to his position as the most critically acclaimed stand-up in Britain, the winner of BAFTAs and British Comedy Awards, and the affirmation of being rated the 41st best stand up ever. Here is Stewart Lee's own account of his remarkable comeback, told through transcripts of the three legendary full-length shows that sealed his reputation. Astonishingly frank and detailed in-depth notes reveal the inspiration and inner workings of his act. With unprecedented access to a leading comedian's creative process, this book tells us just what it was like to write these shows, develop the performance and take them on tour. How I Escaped My Certain Fate is everything we have come to expect from Stewart Lee: fiercely intelligent, unsparingly honest and very, very funny.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the first book in a stunning new historical saga. Victorian England is a country of sharp divides between rich and poor, but James Lionel Falconer, who spends his days working at his father’s market stall, is determined to become a merchant prince. Even as a child, he is everything a self-made man should be: handsome, ambitious, charming, and brimming with self-confidence. James quickly rises through the ranks, proving himself both hardworking and trustworthy, and catching the eye of Henry Malvern, head of the most prestigious shipping company in London. But when threats against his reputation – and his life - begin to emerge, James will have to prove that he truly is the master of his fate. Through scandal and romance, tragedy and triumph, the Falconer and Malvern family’s lives intertwine in unexpected ways in this expansive and intricately detailed new novel filled with drama, intrigue, and Bradford's trademark cast of compelling characters.

SHE'S HALF FAE AND ALL TROUBLE WHAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW MIGHT KILL HER Hedi looks normal. Yet that's taken effort. Her fellow Starbucks baristas don't see her pointed ears, fae amulet or her dark past, and normal is hard for a half-fae, half-werewolf on the run. Hedi's life changed ten years ago, when her parents were murdered by unknown assassins. She's been in hiding with her loopy aunt Lou since, as whatever they wanted she's determined they won't get it. Things change when wolves capture Lou, forcing Hedi to steal to free her - for if she can offer up a fae amulet like her own they may trade. But it belongs to a rogue werewolf named Robson Trowbridge, who betrayed Hedi on the night of her greatest need. Over forty-eight hours, Hedi will face the weres of Creemore, discover the extent of her fae powers and possibly break her own heart in the process.

In a castle where charm masks danger, a young woman discovers that the life of her dreams comes at an impossible price. Evangeline, the daughter of a drunkard merchant, is sold to a mysterious vampiric Count to settle her familys debts. At first, she is captivated by the palace's grandeur and the Counts unsettling yet alluring charm. But when a desperate letter from her sister arrives, Evangeline attempts to leave, only to find herself trapped by an ancient magic that binds her to the castle. The more she struggles to break free, the more the Palace dark grasp takes ahold of her. Evangeline realizes that the Count has no intention to ever let her leave again. Determined to save her sister and escape the Count's grip, Evangeline must find a way to escape.

Being able to see is a gift most people have, but nobody is really watching. People guess how their lives are going to turn out, but nobody really knows what they are destined to do or who they are destined to be with. For Indigo Preston, being a seer is more blinding than helpful. She can see people's soulmates, their partners, their best friends, and most reviled of all, their murderers. That ability used to mean nothing to her until she met Celeste and Saxon. While Celeste's life is thrown into danger and Saxon's world comes to a grinding halt, Indigo must navigate a sticky web of future in which the three Fates have entwined her in. Fate can't be rewritten, but it can be destroyed.

This inspirational book is about a young girl who finds herself faced with some of life’s most difficult challenges and decisions that will significantly determine her future. Throughout this unfortunate time in her life, as she endures these whirlwind of events, she remains humble and never loses her faith. Over the course of time, she became a positive role model and an inspiration for others by her strong determination and willpower. A guardian angel appears into her life, and she soon discovers that her life purposes are to change the unimaginable. At last, her journey through life allows her fate to become the beginning of another’s destiny.