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Letters to You

To read when you are feeling anxious.

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The Fish

The slow gulps of my sister’s Fish turn our thoughts back to the sea.

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POWER

Women today have more opportunities than our mothers and grandmothers ever had, and yet the societal structures we must navigate to claim and own some of these opportunities can still lead us to question our abilities and our power.

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Finding Calm

ecades of research overwhelmingly shows that the number one factor that helps us adapt to challenging circumstances is social support.

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The Frog Prince

It was strange climbing the hill again above the town.

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Your Money, Your Future

Earning extra money on the side can be an incredible way to reach your financial goals or launch your own business.

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Again, Rachel

The touch of his hand, lightly circling my belly button, woke me. Still half-asleep, I enjoyed the feel of his fingers tracing lower.

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Dark Horse

Some men speak of angels and devils.

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Steal

CARTER VON OEHSON MIXED himself a tall gin and tonic from behind the polished mahogany bar of his father’s billiard room, topping it off with a squeeze of lime.

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The Book of Sand

Here he is in the furthest corner of an antique desert, just one of a string of people who move silently across the sand.

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Rachel’s Holiday

They said I was a drug addict.

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The Power of Fun

When is the last time you had fun? I’m serious. Think about it.

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One Step Too Far

The first three men came stumbling into town shortly after ten a.m., babbling of dark shapes and eerie screams and their missing buddy Scott and their other buddy Tim, who set out from their campsite before dawn to get help.

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The Horsewoman

THE VIDEO SHOWS a little girl alone in her bedroom.

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Baby It's Cold Outside

There aren’t many rules of singlehood, but I have made a few for myself in the two (if anyone asks, but really it’s four) years in which I’ve been single.

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Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone

There was a stone under my right buttock, but I didn’t want to move.

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Fear No Evil

Matthew Butler cocked his head to one side, considering the big-boned blonde in front of him.

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Living the Dream

There’s a craving for escape within all New Zealanders. It thrives in that gap between our work lives and where we indulge our passions, relax and play.

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Who Lived There?

On 15 October 1888, Wellington’s Evening Post newspaper published a succinct birth notice: ‘Beauchamp — On 14th October, the wife of Mr Harold Beauchamp, of a daughter.’

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Truthmaker

Fliss sat next to Minnie and the little one, letting the soft yet clear notes of song fall into her ears.

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Big Shot: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (16)

When I got to the gym for basketball tryouts tonight, I counted twenty-eight kids. That meant twenty kids would make one of the two teams, and everyone else would get cut. So I liked my odds.

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Kensy and Max 8: High Voltage

Max looked at his watch for the umpteenth time since they’d left home. ‘Do you really think this is a good idea?’...

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The Ice Whisperers

The cold woke Bela up.

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The Every

This story takes place in the near future.

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