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Ryan Caldwell, an enterprising young journalist - conflict in Afghanistan still fresh in his mind - finds himself embroiled in controversy as he exposes hidden secrets that threaten to shake the ivy-covered walls and topple those who hunger for power. Lori DeMarco, the college chaplain, has her own secret.

A medieval swindler gets caught with his proverbial pants down; a foolproof plan is put into place to pick up some cash via AI, until things take an unexpected and deadly turn; a legendary bodyguard is hired to protect precious cargo, but who will protect the cargo from him? The 14 brand-new stories deal with the complex idea of morality and will make listeners wonder what side is the right side.

Matthew Herrington has just built a getaway for his friends...friends bonded together by a terrible secret. Lot 150 was supposed to be a place of relaxation, a place to forget about the strange past they all share, but it quickly turns into a place worse than hell itself. Billie Dean Shoemate III offers his greatest novel to date...with a story he cites as the most terrifying one he has ever written.

Tales of guardian spirits and divine powers by Seanan McGuire, Ken Liu, Alethea Kontis, Laura Anne Gilman, Scott Edelman and more. Guardian spirits. Divine presences. Demonic powers. Ghosts. The concept of "genius loci" is indeed an ancient one, found in nearly every human mythology. Genius Loci is a huge anthology of 31 all-new fantasy and science fiction stories drawing on the rich tradition of place-as-person. In it, the authors present stories of sentient deserts, beneficent forests, lonely shrubs, and protective planetary spirits.

L'histoire des hommes et des robots est un mélange de fascination et de crainte. Dépeints parfois sous un jour inquiétant, voire menaçant, les robots se révèlent bien souvent dans la réalité, les meilleurs amis des hommes. Les robots font aujourd'hui vraiment partie de notre vie. Ils nous ouvrent le chemin des étoiles, pénètrent dans nos domiciles, deviennent nos alliés en médecine, mais aussi dans des domaines aussi variés que les sciences, l'industrie, l'art, le cinéma, la littérature ou le divertissement.

Fearsome Gray Box operative Gideon Stone is devoted to his work and his team. He's never given reason to doubt his loyalty...until he's tasked with investigating Willow Harper, a beguiling cryptologist suspected of selling deadly bio-agents on the black market. He knows she's innocent. He knows she's being framed. And he knows that without him, Willow will be dead before sunrise. Thrust into the crossfire of an insidious international conspiracy, Gideon will do anything to keep Willow safe...even if that means waging war against his own.

Maddox Kinkade is an expert at managing the impossible. Tasked with neutralizing a lethal bioweapon, she turns to the one person capable of helping her stop the threat of pandemic in time: the love of her life, back from the dead and mad as hell at her supposed betrayal. Recruiting Cole to save millions of lives may be harder than resisting the attraction still burning between them, but Maddox will do whatever it takes...even if it destroys her.

Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being: human nature. Violence is not just a product of society; male and female minds are different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our parenting practices. To acknowledge our innate abilities, Pinker shows, is not to condone inequality but to understand the very foundations of humanity.

Have you been meaning to cash in with your own internet-based business, but wasn’t sure how to get started? Maybe you have already tried to make money online, but you didn’t achieve the success you were hoping for? Have you wondered why some people are able to make money online, while most others fail? Yes, you can achieve the same success too with the secrets inside this book!

Chris Rush was born into a prosperous, fiercely Roman Catholic New Jersey family. But underneath the gleaming mid-century house, the flawless hostess mom, and the thriving businessman dad ran an unspoken tension that, amid the upheaval of the late 1960s, was destined to fracture their precarious facade. His older sister, Donna, introduces him to the charismatic Valentine, who places a tab of acid on 12-year-old Rush’s tongue, proclaiming: “This is sacrament. You are one of us now.”

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by unveiling his candid correspondence with people across the globe who have sought him out in search of answers. In this hand-picked collection of 100 letters, Tyson draws upon cosmic perspectives to address a vast array of questions about science, faith, philosophy, life, and of course, Pluto.

The American dream is alive and well in this memoir of a Muslim immigrant from India who arrived planning to start a business, working so hard toward his personal goals that he even pumped gas and sold vacuum cleaners door to door. Victor Begg successfully built a thriving, regional chain of furniture stores. Along the way, he discovered that America’s greatest promise lies in building healthy communities with our neighbors.

If you have always wanted to Learn the Portuguese language but have no time, keep listening! Portuguese is a beautiful language that is spoken by millions around the world! It is hard to find time to learn a new language however! Language courses at schools and colleges are routine and boring! Learn Portuguese For Beginners Easily & in Your Car is perfect for people who have no other time to learn a new language! It contains over 500 common Portuguese phrases and words, that will help you in everyday life and travel!

Two ancient tribes. Two precious children. One wicked foster mother who really is a witch. A desperate escape. An evil spell. Three transformations. A kind and generous warrior. A powerful medicine woman. an insightful course of action.... A timeless tale of injustice and redemption, spun together from the sentiments of an old German folk tale, an ancient indigenous legend, and some not so ancient misguided historical events.

Un hombre se dirige al novio de su hija para hablar claro sobre temas cruciales de la pareja: dinero, sexo, discusiones, trato cotidiano, hijos, calidad de vida.... La carta es fuerte, emotiva, inspiradora. Rompe todos los mitos respecto a lo que un suegro debería decir. Conmoverá y desafiará al oyente. Cada tema expone también retos para mujeres. Jamás se ha publicado algo igual: imprescindible para jóvenes enamorados, pero también para matrimonios con años de rutina.

H. G. Wells est un des grands maîtres de la nouvelle. Il excelle dans l'art de distiller l'angoisse. La preuve, ces quatre récits fantastiques qui dévoilent que ce qui nous est familier n'est pas toujours ce que l'on croit. "Le pays des aveugles" : Dans une vallée d'Équateur coupée du monde, un montagnard égaré se retrouve au sein d'une tribu d'aveugles... "L'œuf de cristal" : Attention aussi aux objets scintillants dans la vitrine d'un antiquaire... "L'étoile" : Une étoile menace de s'écraser sur le soleil, et de provoquer la destruction de la Terre.

Long, long ago, there lived an emperor Aragorn in the kingdom of Gondor. He had a beautiful daughter named Amelia. Amelia was in love with the powerful knight Viktor.

In Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut fictionalised his time as a prisoner of war in Dresden in 1945. Vonnegut was imprisoned in a cellar while the firestorm raged through the city, wiping out generations of innocent lives. Victor Gregg remained aboveground throughout the firebombing. This is his true eyewitness account of that week in February 1945. Already a seasoned soldier with the Rifle Brigade, Gregg joined the 10th Parachute Regiment in 1944. He was captured at Arnhem, where he volunteered to be sent to a work camp rather a POW camp.

Liebe, Erotik und Sexualität sind eng miteinander verknüpft. Ohne Erotik wird Liebe schnell zu bloßer Zuneigung und freundschaftlicher Beziehung. Es ist also notwendig, das Phänomen Erotik genauer zu untersuchen. Denn sie entfaltet sich nur in der Freiheit des Seelischen und unterliegt besonderen psychologischen Gesetzmäßigkeiten. Auch ihr Verschwinden aus Beziehungen ist psychologisch erklärbar. Was aber ist genau Erotik? Sind es die Schmetterlinge im Bauch? Wie sind Erotik und Sexualität miteinander vernetzt? Kann man Erotik mit der Ratio herbeidenken?

Still reeling from a former teammate's betrayal, Commonwealth operative Simon Kovalic and his band of misfit spies have no time to catch their breath before being sent on another impossible mission: to pull off the daring heist of a quasi-mythical alien artifact, right out from under the nose of the galaxy's most ruthless crime lord. But their cold war rivals, the Illyrican Empire, want the artifact for themselves. And Kovalic's newest recruit, Specialist Addy Sayers, is a volatile ex-con with a mean hair-trigger who might put the whole mission at risk.