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When 18-year-old Regan accidentally kills her father, she discovers some startling truths. First, she has the power of mind control. Second, she must use it for evil or else suffer one of two fates: insanity or death. Her solution is vigilante justice. To atone for her sins, she vows to protect her classmates from The Three Musketcheers, a vicious gang of cheerleaders who use lies, brute force, and blackmail as weapons in their quest to dominate the school.

In the 1990s a small midwestern American town approved the construction of a massive pork complex, where almost 7 million hogs are birthed, raised, and killed every year. In Porkopolis Alex Blanchette explores how this rural community has been reorganized around the life and death cycles of corporate pigs. Drawing on over two years of ethnographic fieldwork, Blanchette immerses listeners into the workplaces that underlie modern meat, from slaughterhouses and corporate offices to artificial insemination barns and bone-rendering facilities.

A comedic look at the experience, pitfalls, and road blocks of online dating on various apps, and an exploration and eventual acceptance of the fact that we all have nonnegotiable deal breakers. Your deal breakers may bear no resemblance to the ones included in this collection, but you will still recognize and relate to the dizzying variety of ways in which one can be put off. If you learn nothing from this book, and you likely will not as it is a silly, joyful observation, take this with you: choose your words carefully. And check your punctuation.

Wenn du ihr hilfst, muss jemand sterben. Sara findet ihre traumatisierte Babysitterin bei sich zu Hause und zieht den Täter zur Rechenschaft – mit tödlichen Folgen. Dabei torpediert sie unfreiwillig eine Mission ihres eigenen Auftraggebers und gerät ins Visier eines mächtigen Schmugglerrings. Für die heißt es jetzt Auge um Auge.

Influenciar tem a ver com fazer as pessoas mudarem de direção. Para isso, é preciso possibilitar que criem as melhores versões de si mesmas durante suas trajetórias, para que sejam autênticas, responsáveis, verdadeiras e estejam alinhadas com os seus propósitos. Em Manual da influência, Alex Monteiro, o empreendedor desconhecido mais famoso do Brasil, reúne uma série de princípios que, se aplicados corretamente, vão te garantir um grande poder de persuasão.

Is Your Family Ready for a Catastrophe, Lockdown or Societal Collapse? Everything changes instantly. If you're unprepared, if the grid goes down, life could become far worse than you ever imagined. Have you ever wondered how effective your survival plan would be without power or clean water? Preparing your home now will best ensure your family’s safety. This guide is filled with tips from an off-grid expert to help you prepare. Most are concerned about serious incidents, natural disasters, long-range grid outages, and even terror attacks impacting their communities, yet many remain unprepared.

When the ark began emergency jettisoning the colonists, I got unlucky three times. The first occurred when the runic defenses of the Kel shot down my capsule above a forbidden Circle. The second was when it crashed next to the White Devil's tomb. And the third time, when I climbed into a wounded noxwolf's lair and discovered Starblood. Other Ascendants would call it good fortune, but I'll put it this way: had I left it alone, I might have remained a normal person.

Hope might not be enough this time. The fae king continues to claim victories and Nyx is awake. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the gods are after us and we’re running out of time. The Fae King has power he shouldn’t from a sorceress who holds the key. To defeat him, we have to go through her. But the gods are hunting us, and Nyx asked for me personally. I’ll have to face her alone while my friends work to save everyone I love. I’m afraid we aren’t going to make it out alive this time but I will do whatever it takes to give Athos a chance.

Julian returns home as a Baron, basking in glory, riches, and the company of the women he's always dreamed of. Just as news of his long-lost father reaches him, Julian's strongest ally falls gravely ill, and only he can save her. To complicate matters further, an impending war threatens to tear apart everything he holds dear.

When Dan accidentally grabs the wrong luggage at the airport, he stumbles upon a shocking discovery - a stolen masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh. Suddenly thrust into the dangerous world of international art theft, Dan must outwit a ruthless criminal who will stop at nothing to reclaim the priceless painting. This gripping thriller explores the dark underbelly of the art world and the high-stakes risks one man must take to do the right thing.

Introducing Setting Healthy Boundaries, a thought-provoking guide designed to help you reclaim your sense of self-worth. With practical guides, you’ll be guided through the process of establishing and maintaining boundaries with grace and confidence while also fostering self-respect and healthy relationships.

In den Wirren des Nazi-Regimes kämpft eine deutsche Jüdin darum, ihre Tochter aus den Klauen des Bösen zu retten. Paris 1941. Die deutsche Jüdin Sarah sitzt mit ihrer fünfjährigen Tochter Rebekka in Paris fest, während der zweite Weltkrieg tobt. In ihrer Verzweiflung versuchen sie, dem immer enger werdenden Korsett der Nazis zu entkommen und ins neutrale Spanien zu fliehen. I

Professor Adler, distinguished historian and Athos's former owner, had died in a tragic accident. At least, that has been the official story until now. But a former employee of the professor's is very insistently interested in his estate-and suddenly dies himself under suspicious circumstances. Does the gardener of the neighboring property, seemingly a very friendly two-legged, have both men on his conscience? Athos's and Pearl's sleuthing instincts are called for, because the police may be on the wrong trail . . .

Équilibrez Votre Vie Numérique et Reconnectez-Vous avec des Valeurs Authentiques. Êtes-vous submergé par les notifications incessantes, les réseaux sociaux omniprésents et l’angoisse numérique ? Vous n’êtes pas seul. Plongez dans un ouvrage révolutionnaire qui explore les impacts psychologiques, sociaux et émotionnels de notre ère hyperconnectée.

With Boyd convalescing at home after his operation, and DS Minter preparing for his Inspector’s exam, CID Hastings is woefully under-manned. So, when the body of a young man is found hanging from a tree – an apparent suicide, and a house is burned down killing a wheelchair-bound old woman, it’s down to DC Okeke to handle the two cases. However, as she digs into both it soon becomes apparent that they are connected to a third death, the eldest resident of an old people’s home.

DCI Kett is back, heading Norfolk Constabulary’s brand-new Extreme Crime Task Force. And it’s just in time. The body of a woman bound in thorns has been discovered in Norwich’s historic Cow Tower. In her mouth is a severed finger wrapped in a scrap of red cloth, and the first few lines of a fairy tale. “Once upon a time, a young maiden waited to be saved from a hideous monster.” The finger belongs to another missing woman, and if Kett, Porter and Savage want to find her alive they must follow a chain of blood-drenched riddles, each victim leading to the next.

Una nueva colección de Álex Rovira y Francesc Miralles para fomentar la autoestima y la felicidad de los más pequeños. Carla ha tenido un día malísimo y no puede dormir. Su mejor amigo no le habla, una profesora le ha regañado por entregar tarde un ejercicio y, durante la cena, sus padres no han parado de discutir... No podría haber tenido un día peor. Ya en la cama, se le aparece un gato fosforescente y le invita a emprender un viaje por el espacio para conocer seis planetas que le enseñarán mucho más de lo que ella cree.

One winter’s night, Alex James received an unexpected call. Blur had been invited to play their biggest gig ever: Wembley Stadium. The only trouble was, he and his bandmates hadn’t spoken to – or even shouted at – each other for years. And he now had five children, an out-of-control menagerie of cats, and a sprawling farm to run. This is the story of what happened next.

Încercarea disperată a lui Țup de a-i salva pe cei dragi este o excelentă lecție despre ce înseamnă prietenia adevărată și o invitație de a crede până la capăt nu numai în tine, ci și în ceilalți. Iar victoria neașteptată în confruntarea cu Bosu’ Lăcustă este ilustrativă pentru faptul că iertarea, nu răzbunarea, este singura cale prin care binele poate învinge cu adevărat răul. Alex Donovici (n. 30 iulie 1975) a absolvit în 1994 Liceul de Matematică-Fizică „Traian” din Deva.

Alexis Okeowo grew up in Montgomery—the former seat of the Confederacy—as the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Here, she weaves her family’s story with Alabama’s, defying stereotypes about her endlessly complex, often-pigeonholed home state. She immerses us in a landscape dominated today not by cotton fields but by Amazon warehouses, encountering high-powered Christian business leaders lobbying for tribal sovereignty and small-town women coming out against conservative politics. Okeowo shows how people can love their home while still acknowledging its sins.