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Fifth grader Adam Hollinger looked forward to an ordinary summer: All-Star baseball practice, reading comic books, begging his parents for a dog, and avoiding his mischievous older sister. But things get crazy when the Hollingers adopt two corgi puppies and the team's star pitcher breaks his arm. Even worse, a serial burglar has been targeting the neighborhood, and the Hollingers' house is on the list. When the adults of the town become stumped, it's up to Adam and the puppies to set things straight.

Parker King is the number-one tennis player in the world with a real talent for getting women in her bed. To prepare herself for the one title she's never won - and avoid the press and her ex - she retreats to a secluded home in Press Cove, Alabama. There she'll also be safe from the Soldiers of God who've threatened to kill her for what they see as her depraved lifestyle.

Ashley Moore's life in San Francisco has hit a few snags, not the least of which involves sightings of a mystery man around every corner. Is she losing her mind or does he really exist? Her search for this grey-eyed stranger leads her to Scotland. There she meets a witch with a secret, a vindictive English knight who is bent on revenge, and she crosses a fog-shrouded bridge into the arms of a 16th century Highlander.

Penelope Hunt is well on her way to becoming a spinster. When Colin Worthing courted her secretly for an entire season before making off with her virginity, he ensured that she could never make a good match ...or put the pieces of her broken heart back together again. His duplicity has her convinced that men are not to be trusted, and that she would be foolish to bind herself in marriage to one for the rest of her life.

Cormac MacBayne wants a wife, and the witch, Edna Campbell, has the perfect woman in mind. The only problem is they're separated by 500 years and thousands of miles. Fresh from a bad marriage, Jenna Sinclair has sworn off men - that is until a handsome highlander comes out of the fog and into her life. He's a mystery and possibly part of an elaborate practical joke concocted by her cousin. Jenna's had enough deception in her life.

I never believed rumors of mobsters ruling the Miami underworld, until I came face to face with Diego Pérez - the ruthless head of a Colombian crime family. He says my father will die if he cannot pay back a loan he defaulted on. Our family is bankrupt, and Diego will accept nothing as collateral...except for me. My father has 30 days to pay up or I’m dead...unless I can convince Diego to spare me.

Now, more than ever, Communication Intelligence is essential for workers at all levels. The good news is that you can learn to develop and master this vital competency. If you're interested in being your best through effective communication, that's exactly what you will find in this book.

En la isla de Tenerife hace un tiempo que tienen lugar una serie de encuentros clandestinos que unen el poder, la vileza humana y la animalidad de las bestias más temibles. Pocos pueden asistir a ellos, pero menos todavía saber quién los organiza y por qué.

De vez en cuando, todo empieza de nuevo. Candela es una mujer de cuarenta y pocos años con una vida normal, acostumbrada a la soledad, enormemente observadora y con un ácido sentido del humor. Sus días transcurren sin grandes sobresaltos mientras trabaja de camarera en el bar que regenta junto a su abuela y a su madre tuerta. Un bar de barrio por el que, a través de sus clientes, pasa la vida entera. Candela deberá alumbrar cualquier penumbra, incluso esa que vuelve desde el pasado que creía olvidado.

Delparaíso es un lugar seguro, vigilado las 24 horas, lujoso e inexpugnable. Sin embargo, sus muros no protegen del miedo, del amor, de la tristeza, del deseo y de la muerte. ¿Acaso tiene sentido protegerse de la vida? Juan del Val dirige su mirada, lúcida e implacable, a este mundo tan hermético como inaccesible para construir una narración absorbente, a veces divertida y a menudo incómoda. Bajo su aparente sencillez, prácticamente en cada capítulo de este audiolibro el lector tendrá que enfrentarse a un dilema moral que le hará escuchar con el corazón en un puño.

The first time he catches her attention, he’s been assigned to hunt her down and throw away the key. All she did was steal someone else’s child. Well, embryo, that is. What Kobe doesn’t know is that the man who hired him is up to no good, and she has no other choice but to run without looking back.

Der erste Cold Case für DCI Karen Pirie. Eine eisige Winternacht im schottischen Universitätsstädtchen St. Andrews, 1978: Im dichten Schneetreiben wollen vier Studenten auf dem Heimweg von ihrer Stammkneipe eine Abkürzung nehmen - und stolpern auf dem alten keltischen Friedhof über die blutüberströmte Leiche der Kellnerin Rosie Duff. Obwohl ihnen die Polizei nichts nachweisen kann, geraten Alex Gilbey und seine Freunde unter Mordverdacht, der Fall bleibt ungelöst.

Nikolai doesn’t want much out of life: sex, immortality, and the power to disembowel anyone who crosses him. But with dark magic forbidden, his only option is Medea–a mage so deadly even the Enforcers give her a wide berth. Despite dire warnings that her apprentices don’t survive, Nikolai won’t stop until she agrees to train him. After all, he’s a killer himself.

Nikolai and Medea must work together to discover why magic is declining. Their research takes them to America, where Medea struggles to navigate the Mundane world and teach Nikolai telepathy–a school of magic she despises and fears he’ll use against her.

High school sweethearts Rita Chitniss and Milan Rao were the golden couple, until the day he broke her heart. Now, six years later, Rita has turned her passion for furniture restoration into a career and has an almost-perfect boyfriend, Neil. The last thing she needs is for Milan to re-enter her life, but that's exactly what happens when her mother, an unfailing believer in second chances, sets them up. Milan is just as charming, cocky, and confident as he was back in school.

He had a way of pulling everyone into his darkness. Then, to make matters worse, he convinced you that you liked it there. Kyle Davis—ex professional baseball player and current felon—loved Sara, his best friend. Strictly platonically, of course. He’d do absolutely anything for her, even put up with Greer, Sara’s other best friend

Asher Evans is living her dreams eight seconds at a time. She’s finally at the top of the rankings and headed for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, and she owes it all to the man who taught her everything, Silas Wilson.

Grief-stricken over his partner's death, Gavin Winters sets fire to every physical reminder in the couple's home. A neighbor captures the ordeal on video, turning this unsung TV actor into a household name. Now Gavin is fleeing the hysteria of Los Angeles for New Jersey, hoping to find peace with the family of an old friend. Instead, he finds Joan. Joan, the family's 10-year-old daughter, was born with the rare ability to recall every day of her life in cinematic detail.

Profiled on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, Iranian-born scholar Vali Nasr has become one of America's leading commentators on current events in the Middle East, admired and welcomed by both media and government for his "concise and coherent" analysis (Wall Street Journal). In this "smart, clear and timely" book (Washington Post), Nasr brilliantly dissects the political and theological antagonisms within Islam. He provides a unique and objective understanding of the 1,400-year bitter struggle between Shias and Sunnis, and sheds crucial light on its modern-day consequences—from the nuclear posturing of Iran's President Ahmadinejad to the recent U.S.-enabled shift toward Shia power in Iraq and Hezbollah's continued dominance in Lebanon.

4ème règle de la meute: Protéger son partenaire à tout prix. Réunis le temps d’une soirée au Cody’s bar. La jolie infirmière en avait envie, alors je le lui ai donné. Je l’ai fait crier avant de la raccompagner chez elle, repue. Elle a tu les conséquences. Elle a bien gardé son secret. Pendant des mois. Mais ce qu’elle ignore peut tout changer. Le bébé qu’elle porte n’est pas humain.