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Trouble is brewing once more for the Hoggetts and their friend Chief Inspector Macdonald in Lunesdale, deep in the Lancashire fell country. The treacherous slopes and still waters of a quarry pool have become the backdrop for strange happenings by night, and after an architect surveying the area is nearly hoisted into the cold waters by an unseen assailant, the suspicions of local farmers become a matter for the CID.

The God of Death says I’m his long-lost bride. His soul mate. An Omega who betrayed him two thousand years ago. He believes my memories are the key to our survival. Only, they’re memories I no longer possess. Because I’m not who he thinks I am. I’m Serapina, not Persephone. A human, not an Omega. And that knot he keeps talking about? Yeah, that’s not coming anywhere near me. Except Hades isn’t the only one threatening to claim me with his knot. Morpheus, the God of Dreams, says I belong to him, too.

Known affectionately as the Apostle of Love, evangelist and preacher R. C. Chapman was a good friend of missionary Hudson Taylor, the mentor of that famous man of faith George Müller, and the person Charles Spurgeon called “the saintliest man I ever knew.” Reminiscent of Samuel Rutherford’s The Loveliness of Christ, Chapman’s collection of brief meditations instructs and encourages listeners through the simple truths of Scripture.

Affectionately known as the Apostle of Love, preacher and evangelist R. C. Chapman, who lived to the age of 99, devoted his long life to living Christ and loving others. Those familiar with Chapman’s life and his expositions of the Scriptures will find in his letters a deeper insight into the heart of the man whose chief interests were always his Lord and his neighbor. Chapman’s first-person account of his missionary travels to Ireland and continental Europe reveals a world shrouded in the darkness of Roman Catholicism, a state which Chapman and his companions prayed and worked to change.

Ambessa Medarda : guerrière, générale, matriarche. Elle inspire la crainte, et les Medarda ne tolèrent aucune rivalité dans leur quête de gloire. Forte de ses conquêtes et de ses sacrifices, elle a pénétré le royaume des morts et entrevu son destin : siéger sur le trône du vaste empire de Noxus. Mais avant d'y parvenir, elle doit d'abord devenir la cheffe de son propre clan. Son cousin et ancien confident, Ta'Fik, conteste sa légitimité à assumer un tel rôle. Il connaît les actes sanguinaires qui jalonnent le passé d'Ambessa et sait qu'il doit empêcher son ascension.

Twenty years ago, a young girl was brutally murdered, her body left in an abandoned shed in the Scottish Highlands. Her killer was never caught. Now, another girl has vanished from the same remote village of Kinloch Rannoch, and DCI Ross Fraser and his team are sent to find her. A dogged, methodical investigator with no taste for theatrics, Fraser builds his cases piece by piece. But with no sightings, no suspects, and the clock relentlessly ticking, he begins to fear the same killer has struck again—and that it’s only a matter of time before another body is found.

In this thought-provoking new book, John C. Barnes examines the contemporary state of commercial college athletics as a guide for current and potential administrators, coaches, regents, and others involved in collegiate athletic operations and decision-making. Each chapter provides an overview of an industry shaped by such current realities as Title IX requirements, commercial investments, student testing, and television contracts.

James Everett was desperate. When his daughter had been kidnapped, and he couldn’t raise enough money for the ransom demand, no one; not the law, not the Pinkertons, and not even the army would intervene to try and free her. He had even had his offer of five thousand dollars turned down by a bounty hunter. But the bounty hunter suggested another man, one who had left the business almost two years ago but warned James that there was only a remote possibility that he would take the job. Yet no matter how slim it may be, James knew he had to try that last hope, his daughter’s only Chance.

Captain of his team, the privileged son of a hockey legend, Connor Kennedy is the league’s golden boy. And the one player who can always get under my skin. Our rivalry has been building for years, and when we’re forced to room together as Olympic teammates, I can feel the tension between us reach boiling point. The world might see me as hockey’s most feared enforcer, Alaska’s angriest export, but in our room each night after practice, I can’t maintain my facade.

The government gave her telepathic Gifts. As the first and most successful Minder, Naidine would like nothing more than to quietly help people. But the government demands she repay the debt.

Callum keeps hearing rumours: impossible tales about a mysterious trans woman. Guys are saying that if you touch her private area and make a wish, that wish will come true. Absurd. But those rumours keep circulating, and some guys insist that it’s real. Then, one night, Callum sees her. And by chance, he finds himself alone in a bathroom with her—so he decides to take the risk. He touches it and makes a small wish, and then the wish comes true…

The medical profession’s faith in electric shock therapies for treating female nervous conditions is shaken after a patient dies while connected to one such device. Harry Armitage is hired by the doctor arrested for her murder, and he invites Cleo to help him uncover the truth. After all, the doctor is the same one who tried—and failed—to treat Cleo’s aunt. As they dig deeper, it becomes apparent the doctor has failed other patients too, and those patients’ loved ones want revenge.

When the badly beaten body of Henry Donaldson is found locked in the old jail at the Telford Bridge in Dunkeld, Forensic Psychologist Dr Chrissy Ferguson is relieved. Now he’s been found, she can continue her downward spiral in peace. Determined to walk away from the case and put some distance between herself and lead investigator, DCI Ross Fraser, Chrissy battles to suppress the gnawing suspicion that Henry's assault conceals darker truths. When the forensic team uncover long buried remains in the old jail, Chrissy can’t ignore her instincts.

Exhausted from putting everyone else first? This audiobook guides you through building tiny habits that actually stick—even when life is chaos. In Micro-Habits, Big Self-Care for Women, C. J. Kindren shows how two-minute actions transform depleted days into energized ones. No guilt. No perfection. Just real strategies that make atomic habits principles work for real women.

Welcome to the underground world of Dirty Poker Tactics—where winning isn’t just about the cards in your hand, it’s about the psychological warfare you unleash at the table. This isn’t your average poker audiobook. Inside, you'll unlock the unfiltered strategies that pros use to crush cash games and tournaments—from the low-stakes grind to the high-stakes killers. Whether you're a rising grinder or a street-smart veteran, this book flips your mindset and turns you into a table assassin.

What if everything you believed about your childhood was a lie? Jamie Carr has spent twenty-five years building a carefully anonymous life in London, managing the psychological scars of a childhood he can barely remember. But when a detective calls with news about a DNA match to a decades-old murder case, his carefully constructed world begins to crumble. The DNA links him to a family massacre that shocked Yorkshire in 1991. A case where an entire family was killed—and their infant son simply disappeared.

Train Hard. Grow Strong. Win Fast. This is the strength training guide built specifically for teen athletes who want real results without injury. Whether you’re playing football, basketball, baseball, soccer, or track—this guide delivers performance that shows.

Es gibt eine Bande, mit der man sich an der Prescott High nicht anlegen sollte, es sei denn, man will, dass sie einen vernichtet. Die HAVOC-Jungen. Meine Feinde wurden zu Freunden und Liebhabern. Diese Jungen waren nie Heilige gewesen. Der Krieg, der sich zusammenbraut, sorgt aber dafür, dass ihre inneren Dämonen wieder auferstehen. Vor langer Zeit war ich ihr Opfer. Dieses Mal habe ich das Sagen.
Das letzte Jahr an der Schule ist mein Jahr.

I’m a broken Omega. A hybrid wolf shifter An abomination to dragonkind. If these Alpha dragons find out, they’re going to send me back to the nomad lands… to die. They already suspect that I’m something “other.” Hence the evaluations and trials laid out before me. So when my Alpha guard offers me a set of magical gold coins, I try to use them to buy favor with the Royal Court. Except they want more. To survive, I strike a deal with my handsome guard—I’ll give him whatever he wants in exchange for more of his golden enchantments. There’s just one problem.

When Avery Taylor stumbles across an unconscious classmate in the river, he fears a life is at stake. Although his quick actions are enough to save Tristan, Avery’s left with more questions than answers about that fateful night: What was Tristan doing in the river in the first place? Could all the rumors about him be true? And why should Avery care so much, anyway?