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September 1940. Britain stands alone against an imminent Nazi invasion. Handpicked groups of men, drawn from the restricted occupations form the covert Auxiliary Units. Their role; saboteurs and guerrilla fighters. Their motto, Terror by Night. With a life expectancy of two weeks, their identities are a closely guarded secret from all but the local senior policeman but once activated, that policeman will become the cell’s first victim.

Beryl Jenkinson is a young dreamer determined to break free. Though bound to her family’s garage, her heart dreams of taking flight with Attagirls, the brave women piloting planes across the nation to play a vital role in the war effort. Odette de Lavigne embodies the allure of a World War Two pin-up girl: glamorous, seductive, and a masterful pilot. But beneath her carefree demeanor lies a poignant secret.

Her life is the dream that many desire. She's the wife of a famous Army Ranger and the daughter-in-law of the Queen of R&B. She even owns a castle on a rock surrounded by mountains and lakes. But looks can be deceiving. Being married to the Menders has been no bed of roses. Yet, none of that matters now that her son is cancer free thanks to the Menders' son magic hands.

Vern longs to be one of the kids who swoop until their toes touch the sky. He heads to the swings and desperately tries to pump his legs, but he just can't get it. A chance encounter with precocious (and hilarious) Gretchen gives him just what he needs to know, and he finally learns to soar.

Mary DeMure has escaped the lab who turned her into a monster with a touch that kills and is determined to find a cure. When she crashes a stolen car into a frigid lake, Mary is rescued from Death by a man with a gift of his own. Ex-Army Ranger, Ryan Mender, has recently learned he has healing hands when raises his son from the dead, but his encounter with Mary transforms his gift into something sinister.

CHARLOTTE Hubbard dreams about falling in love, but she’s long rejected the idea that someone would ever be interested in a girl like her; an opinion that is shared by her way more popular and attractive sister who seems to enjoy pointing out Charlotte's flaws as much as possible. Then there's MILES Fiester, who thinks that making the basketball team is as impossible as getting the girl he’s liked since grade school to notice him.

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The Prince of Bloodeaters has risen, but at what price will it cost? Will his soul and love be broken before mastering his drive for blood? In fear of Falco's back up plan, Dante and John will join Princess Sonja and Royal Knight Valiente back to Captiva City. They plan on proposing a peace treaty with King Regius and search for answers about the origin of Soul Weapons. Escorted by the Master Assassin Red Wine, Dante discovers family secrets he didn't expect to come forth.

Part-inventor, part-dentist, robot builder, and scientist, nine-year-old Matty Bratty just might be a misunderstood genius. Matty Bratty Robots is the hilarious, clever tale of a boy who flunked third grade but is confident enough to think that he can be a scientist. After all, Albert Einstein is his pen pal, although Albert never writes back to Matty. When Matty builds some robots in his bedroom closet science lab, chaos happens.

Magisch. Knisternd. Fantastisch. Auf Galiläas Geburtstag besteht der Ravhar der Schwärze auf seine Forderung mit ihr. Dreizehn Tage muss sich Läa in seinem Reich aufhalten, nachdem Schwärze sie in Kallistras Kerkern vom Silberfluch befreite. Doch noch bevor er die Ravhira der Dunkelheit in sein Reich bringen kann, werden sie auf der Reise dorthin getrennt. Schwärze wird von einer Lichtwaffe tödlich verletzt, während Läa auf einer unbekannten lybischen Insel landet. Zur selben Zeit sucht Zagan bei den Priesterinnen nach Antworten über die neuen Kreaturen seines Erschaffers, was ihn ins Reich der Unterwelt zum Totengott Gilgamesch führt.

Educational research has long documented the politics of punishment for boys and young men of color in schools-but what about the politics of empowerment and inclusion? In Good Boys, Bad Hombres, Michael V. Singh focuses on this aspect of youth control in schools, asking on whose terms a positive Latino manhood gets to be envisioned.

Entlang der trostlosen Kanäle Venedigs, wo die Kälte des Novembers die Atmosphäre durchdringt, verliert Francesco zunehmend den Halt. Seine Familie bleibt weiterhin im Dunkeln - keine Nachricht, keine Spur. Die Beziehung zu Damiano gerät unter Druck, und seine Verwirrung nimmt zu, als kleine Missgeschicke sich zu unheimlichen Stimmen und einem schwindenden Verstand verdichten. Während Damiano hin- und hergerissen ist zwischen Fürsorge um seinen Geliebten und den drohenden Schatten, die dessen Verstand zu umgarnen scheinen, tritt auch Edoardo mit finsteren Absichten auf die Bühne.

Righteous Andrews is troubled by her broken past, fed up with her present circumstances, and resolved to a hopeless future. On the first day of her senior year of high school she gets in trouble, landing in the principal's office. . . again. There she meets Colton Jackson, the new kid with a troubled past of his own. Despite her attempts to avoid him, Colt seems to show up everywhere she doesn't want him to be, and soon they strike up an unexpected friendship.

David Morrissey's life is near-perfect. A widower with a teenage daughter, he teaches at an ultraconservative Southern preparatory school, had been voted Teacher of the Year three times, and is engaged to the daughter of the chairman of the school's board. That life comes to a screeching halt when the fact of his previous employment is emblazoned across the headlines of the school newspaper that twenty years before, everyone's favorite teacher was a cover model famous for those hot historical romances called "bodice rippers."

Nine-year-old MATTY BRATTY may have flunked third grade, but America wants him to be President of the United Sates. And some rich, powerful people are begging him to be their candidate in the national U.S. presidential election. It does not matter if Matty has never worked before. Who cares if he got an F in government? Matty is a celebrity!

In the aftermath of loss and betrayal, they're left to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives, recovering in their separate corners of the world. That is until the long-lost kingdom invites them back to their shores for a festival of peace. Isolated to the spirit plane, Isla Vasileia has received a quest from the ancient gods. Ever since Isla took the magic from the elementals, the balance of nature has been greatly altered. To bring the world back into balance, what was taken must somehow be restored.

Aufwühlend. Dämonisch. Nervenaufreibend. Nachdem Ariella in die Fänge der Lichtwesen gerät, erwarten sie grausame Wochen in Elysee. Zur selben Zeit versucht Tarot alles, um ins Himmelreich zu gelangen und sie zu befreien. Dabei wird ihre Liebe immer wieder auf die Probe gestellt. Denn auch Prinz Jehuel verfolgt eigene Absichten, die kaum zu durchschauen sind.

SAMKIEL AND DIANNA WILL RETURN in the next sizzling, dark romantasy series from Amber V. Nicole.

A revolutionary work since its publication, Black Power exposed the depths of systemic racism in this country and provided a radical political framework for reform: true and lasting social change would only be accomplished through unity among African-Americans and their independence from the preexisting order.

Given the chance to at last snag the hot office assistant he's been after, Jake sets into motion a snowball of events that lead him to strange new worlds-some not of this realm-and to truths not meant to be discovered. With it, humanity dares to challenge the ancients. Now, Earth's Legions must fight for all.