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Autobiografie van de grootste sportschoenenmaker ter wereld. Phil Knight richtte in 1964 samen met hardloopcoach Bill Bowerman Blue Ribbon Sports op, in het begin als distributeur voor de Japanse schoenmaker Onitsuka Tiger. Ze begonnen met een startkapitaal van slechts $1200. In 1971 ging het bedrijf verder als Nike Inc. Knight wilde het oorspronkelijk Dimension 6 noemen. Jeff Johnson, Knights eerste werknemer, verzon de naam Nike – uitgesproken als naikie.

The Renewal has begun, and Wax’s journey across the seven isles with it. First up comes Foti, a lava-blasted rock known for its ale and iron. Crossing from its coasts to the Grand Forge is an adventure filled with watchful eyes, glittering creatures, and unseen knives. Deep beneath the surface, Svarde continues his quest to find where the fiends emerge, a dive into depths unknown and deadly in ways the old warrior cannot foresee.

The ridiculous music. The excessive presents. The stupid Christmas sweaters. Felicity wants nothing more than to escape it all, and she pounces on the chance to work shifts over the holiday season at an animal rescue center. After all, it’s the only place that brings her true happiness. But one day, her evening is disturbed by a stranger named James—dressed as a penguin and cradling a weak kitten. As Felicity and James work together to nurse the sick feline back to health, it gives them the perfect excuse to bond over their mutual dislike of all things festive. And soon, sparks fly.

Ray Maloney arrives in Shale City with no memory and few clues as to his identity. Guided by a mysterious figure, he sets up business and begins work as a private detective. But there are many shadows in the streets. Ray will find himself up against shady businessmen, corrupt cops, and other predators waiting for a chance to strike.

Arriving at the University of Edinburgh for her first term, Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something from her. She believes she’ll find the answer here in Scotland, where an old friend of her father’s—now a famous writer known as Lord Lennox—lives. When she is invited to spend the weekend at Lord Lennox’s centuries-old estate with his enveloping, fascinating family, Pen begins to unravel her parents’ secret, just as she’s falling in love for the first time . . .

Du kannst ihn nicht heiraten, wenn du schon mit mir verheiratet bist.So machte mir Silas Cruz einen Heiratsantrag–wobei es eigentlich mehr eine Forderung war. Er ließ mir nicht wirklich eine Wahl. Er ist dunkel, eifersüchtig und unglaublich besitzergreifend.Und er ist nur einer der Bösewichte in meiner Geschichte. Und ich dachte immer, er wäre mein Held. Doch eines weiß ich ganz genau–wann immer ich ihn brauche, wann immer ich in Gefahr bin, kommt er, um mich zu retten. Das bewies er wieder und wieder.

Ich habe keinen Anspruch auf sie. Ich bin der uneheliche Sohn, unerwünscht und verachtet. Ophelia Hart ist das Mädchen von nebenan. Ich habe sie aufwachsen sehen–und sie unzählige Male vor meinem Halbbruder gerettet. Zwei Jahre lang war ich aus ihrem Leben verschwunden und als ich ihr wieder begegne, ist sie kein Mädchen mehr. Das einzige Problem ist, dass sie seinen Ring am Finger trägt. Aber zwischen uns war schon immer etwas. Ich war immer ihr Beschützer, vor allem, wenn es um ihn ging. Und dieser Sog ist stärker als je zuvor.

Fifteen-year-old Asha Olinger has abided by her sister’s rules her entire life. Every day, she works relentlessly as a cleaner to put food on the table, scrambling in the dredges of Althuria. Every day, she wonders about a life where she no longer struggles for a few measly coins. But after discovering she wields a rare and destructive power, her quiet life is turned upside down. Her older sister gives her a mysterious warning.

Across the Seven Isles, whispers sound of strange creatures haunting steps, of disappearances and deaths. Those rumors don’t reach the jungles of Vis, where Wax and his friends journey far from home seeking a rare treasure. What waits for them beneath the dark canopy is beyond anything they could expect, or believe.

Roxy Horne is a process server—not that tracking down people and giving them paperwork is her life dream—but it feeds her cake obsession. Oh, and it pays the bills. Her dream of being a Private Investigator is far out of reach. But never once, even when serving to a slime ball who wouldn’t pay child support, did she expect to find a dead body. Now her life is crazier than the cacti being launched at her car.

In the Shattered Spectrum, a cluster of dimensions, Dark King has been on a centuries long mission to sow chaos until he was sealed away. Now that he has a vessel that can contain his power, he has awakened and battles Desmond for control. Desmond and his friends are still locked in a war with Czar over the secret to becoming limitless, Together, with the powerful entity Berengia, Desmond learns to hone his powers to stand a chance against Czar, but doing so strengthens Dark King even further.

Aria's chronic illness has robbed her of freedom, friends, and romance. However, an incredible act of magic transforms her and she's swept into a mysterious and perilous new world of fae, sorcerers, and vampires. In the once-sleepy town of Colville, the sky cracks open and magic rains down, enchanting everything it touches. Aria and her classmates Claire, Sorin, and Michael start to manifest strange supernatural abilities.

When I walked into the art gallery, I never expected to fall in love with a naked, blonde, spitfire. But she wants nothing to do with me, so I leave feeling bereft, until I walk into the office and meet the woman who's going to help me save my company. Eden Sager might not want to like me, but with every secret smile, I'm wearing down her walls. Then I find out her biggest secret, and I'm thrust into a position where the only outcome is one where I lose the woman who has come to mean everything to me. But losing isn't an option.

I've been told all my life that love is a weakness in our world. That couldn't be further from the truth, but that's only half of what I need to finish the job. Power—it's the only thing some people understand besides money. I'm not worried; power is one thing I'm not lacking in this fight. That's what comes with being the sole heir to two criminal empires and making friends in all the right places. Now that all the pieces are set, it's finally time to shake things up in this criminal world and bring an end to the era of the Five Families.

Her life was supposed to be mapped out by now, but at 29, Lily's plans have gone completely awry. Freshly out of a suffocating and toxic relationship, she's determined to start anew. But on her first night out with friends, she meets James—a man who seems to check off all the boxes on her list.

When Jamie summons a demon in a Hail Mary attempt to survive a ghoul attack, he quickly realizes that he’s bitten off more than he can chew. With a soul-debt to pay and an angry warlock on his heels, Jamie must steal back the coveted amulet before time runs out. Unfortunately, his life isn’t the only thing hanging in the balance, and in the fight to save his soul, Jamie just might lose his heart.

War came to the Wastelands and blood and death followed. The Cities will stop at nothing to take what is ours, even if it brings us to the brink of extinction once again. With many dead or dying, it is my duty to make the ultimate sacrifice to save us all. My name is Worth, The Champion, Berserker Queen. This is my ending.

Married to my college sweetheart, I thought I knew my path. We were forging our perfect future, everything falling into place. Until the man I promised my life to changed into a cruel, cold shadow of the man I loved. With everything I thought I knew in tatters, I find myself in a bar, face to face with a sexy stranger who unlocks things about myself I'd long forgotten. Just one night. Wild and passionate. A balm for my bruised and lonely heart. Now I can't stop thinking about him, wishing I knew the name of the man who has set me free and stolen my heart.

Governments provide many things, such as security, schools, intelligence gathering, and poverty assistance programs, but none of these are defining characteristics of governments. They can be provided by many non-government actors in society, and historically, they have been. I became a Progressive when I thought that Progressivism meant being compassionate. I stopped being a Progressive when I realized that putting massive obligations on strangers through government coercion was not compassion.

Ceana Montgomery had notions of marrying for love after her first disastrous marriage ended in widowhood. But now Robert the Bruce has ordered her to marry a stranger, securing a strong alliance and ending a decades-old feud. Already used as a pawn once in marriage, she is devastated that she will once more have to give up her happiness in order to please the edicts of men. And while the braw warrior standing before her might incite feelings inside her she thought long since buried, desire is a far cry from love.