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Elora isn’t a robot, but she isn’t human either. She’s an abominable combination of the two: a cyborg. For this offense, she must face judgment in a court of law. There, it will be decided if she’s a person, owed the same rights as any other, or an object, owed no rights at all. But when a last-ditch effort to demonstrate her humanity backfires, Elora is faced with an element of human nature she always hoped to avoid: love. An accidental download traps the consciousness of a dead man in her cybernetic brain, and she becomes infatuated with his still-living husband.

Kristin Mason has unlocked the code to recognizing accomplishments and realizing personal successes through the building of positive and transformative habits - and she wants to share those secrets with you! Through the words and guidance of someone who has been there and understands your frustrations, learn the key steps to a new mind frame and how to welcome positivity into your life.

I’m Nico “Chains” Trinidad, tail gunner for the Ankeny RBMC. I'm not a good man, but I’m loyal to the core. I won’t hesitate to protect my club. I wanted Jasmine more than my next breath. Just one night, and she was a fire in my blood I couldn’t extinguish. It didn’t matter that she was forbidden. Now I need to find a way to save her from one of our deadliest enemies or lose everything. I’m going to prove I’m the right man for her and unleash the hounds of hell on them - even if it kills me.

His best friend’s girlfriend. The man he can’t forget, even though he doesn’t know his name. Retired MMA fighter Trent Clayton knows he can never have the woman he loves, but after a horrifying incident, he is determined to protect Kinsey Michaels with everything he has. Every effort he makes to keep her safe seems to anger her and push her further away from him, and he has no way to bring her back. Until they both meet a wild, wonderful man from Trent’s past and everything changes.

Parade “Best Books of Summer” pick * Real Simple pick * She Reads “Best WWII Fiction of Summer 2021” pick The New York Times bestselling author of the “heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism” (People) The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative coming-of-age World War II...

From novels and short stories to television and film, popular media has made a cottage industry of predicting that the end of the world will be caused by particle accelerators. Rather than allay such fears, public pronouncements by particle scientists themselves often unwittingly fan the flames of hysteria. This audiobook surveys media depictions of particle accelerator physics and the perceived dangers these experiments pose.

After overhearing a plot to kill Mary Queen of Scots, Abby Gordon is sent from Paris to the Laird of Glenorchy’s home at Kilchurn Castle for safety. Disguised as a boy, she becomes a lute player among the household musicians where she encounters the laird’s hostage, the attractive Iain MacGregor, a pawn in the laird’s struggle for power in Scotland’s turbulent politics. But is Iain really a hostage to fortune or is he playing his own dangerous game?

Every night, 17-year-old Reeve Lennox finds herself under a noose. By day she is a lady of Acarsaid's royal house, daydreaming of adventure and love. But every night in sleep she wanders through a nightmarish city, an invisible witness to the screeches of monsters and the screams of their victims. Her only consolation is Bran, a battle-torn young man with a selfless heart and eyes that reflect the stars. Yet while Reeve falls deeper into her dreams, in truth she is engaged to Arden, a mercurial nobleman who has long been cured of his belief in love.

You’ve Got Personality! guides young listeners to explore how their own personalities shape their likes and dislikes, and discover the kinds of careers that best fit who they are. Parents, teachers, and caregivers can use the activities at the end of the audiobook to help children recognize and understand their personality and to explore careers they will enjoy.

I’m Decker “Venom” Pruitt - President for the Ankeny RBMC. I'm a fair man, but those who've crossed me know my retaliation is swift and lethal. Venom runs through my veins. After the army, all I needed was my club. Emotionally bankrupt, I had nothing to offer a woman. She wanted me to show her who I really was, but that was impossible. I was her worst nightmare. Two pink lines changed everything.

The award-winning author of A Dog Like Daisy returns with a moving middle grade novel from the point of view of Luna, a Labrador therapy dog who accompanies her group therapy kids when they set off on an adventure across Austin, Texas. Luna has always wanted to be a therapy dog at Therapy Dogs...

Design and construction industry practitioners collaborated to bring you Transforming Design and Construction: A Framework for Change, the first of LCI's Transforming Design and Construction series, to encourage discussion, learning, and experimentation around Lean processes. The short chapters focusses on various Lean topics. They are not designed as a "how-to" for Lean tools, but as a framework for learning and to guide you along your Lean journey.

Angel is the second book in the Royal Bastards Ankeny Iowa series. I’m Jude “Angel” Bearheart - newly appointed Enforcer for the Ankeny RBMC. They didn’t call me the Angel of Death for nothing. I do the “disposal and cleaning” for the club. Ridding the world of evil, was my justification for my actions. I was the executioner when the judge and jury failed the victims. When I found myself at the wrong end of her gun, the hunter became the hunted. Angry brown eyes flashing fire, she had the nerve to demand an exchange I never saw coming.

In a country defined by scarcity and control, Enora Byrnes leaves the watchful eyes and secret agendas of the powerful and enters a society living on the fringes. Life beneath the surface brings her face-to-face with a world struggling to survive. Armed with knowledge and honed into a weapon for the resistance, she fights alongside those whom society deems rebels and uses her skills to steal a secret kept hidden from humanity.

Meredith e Nina Whitson sono due sorelle molto diverse: una si dedica ai figli e al meleto di famiglia; l'altra è una fotoreporter giramondo. A unirle è l'amore per il padre; così, quando lui si ammala, entrambe si ritrovano al suo capezzale, sotto lo sguardo gelido della madre Anya. È proprio lei a condurle verso un antico segreto di famiglia, raccontando la storia di una ragazza vissuta nella Leningrado dilaniata dalla guerra, sepolta dalla neve, dove le donne erano disposte a tutto pur di salvare i propri figli e se stesse.

Plötzlich sind alle Feminist*innen. Bloß kann von echter Gleichberechtigung keine Rede sein. Warum wirken überholte Strukturen fort? Zur Antwort betrachtet Ann-Kristin Tlusty wie durch ein Brennglas die Zwänge, die das Leben von Frauen auch heute prägen: Noch immer wird ihnen abverlangt, sanft die Sorgen und Bedürfnisse der Gesellschaft aufzufangen. Jederzeit sollen sie dabei auf süße Weise sexuell verfügbar erscheinen, gern auch unter feministischem Vorzeichen. Und bei alldem angenehm zart niemals zu viel Mündigkeit beanspruchen.

Texas, 1934. Milioni di persone sono rimaste senza lavoro e la siccità ha distrutto le Grandi Pianure. Gli agricoltori stanno combattendo per non perdere le loro terre e la loro fonte di sostentamento, dal momento che le coltivazioni avvizziscono irrimediabilmente, l'acqua si sta prosciugando e le tempeste di polvere e sabbia minacciano di seppellirli tutti. Uno dei periodi più bui della Grande Depressione, l'era del Dust Bowl, è arrivato come un'implacabile vendetta.

Dank neuester Entwicklungen im Bereich der KI sind hochentwickelte maschinelle Systeme durch das Scannen und Verändern bestehenden Fotomaterials in der Lage, Fotos oder Videos zu generieren und sie mit einem Kontext auszustatten, den es nie gegeben hat. Wird darauf zudem eine authentisch wirkende Tonspur gelegt, sind die Resultate absolut überzeugend - und verheerend in ihrer Wirkung. Diese so genannten "Deep Fakes" sind eine reale Gefahr für Demokratien, denn sie haben die Macht, Wahlmanipulation auf ein ganz neues Level zu heben und die Entscheidungen nichtsahnender Bürger massiv und grundlegend zu beeinflussen.

Sarah Dessen meets Adam Silvera in the debut YA romance everyone is talking about! “A breathtaking tour de force of angst and longing. Heartbreaking, painfully romantic, and deeply human.” —STEPHANIE GARBER, #1 bestselling author of Caraval “A novel you can make yourself at home in, with...

Adolescenti negli anni Settanta, Kate Mularkey e Tully Hart erano inseparabili. Lo sono state per decenni. Ma tutto finisce, e ora Tully si trova a gestire la perdita della sua migliore amica, a cui ha fatto una promessa. Poi c'è Marah, la figlia di Kate, distrutta dal dolore. E infine Dorothy, la madre di Tully, una donna instabile che nasconde un segreto. Tre generazioni, tre donne ferite che per iniziare una nuova vita hanno bisogno l'una dell'altra. E forse di un miracolo.