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It's been six months since we took down the Tower, ending the violent rule of the Dark River Pack in New York. Life is better than I've ever known it, living on my father's estate in Boston with my fated pack. But the shadows of the past hang over us, and Arben, my dark prince and guardian of our pack, rarely makes it home. He's hunting down the last of our enemies, while we work on our bonds and provide shelter for the first group of omegas rescued by the Underground. Then, duty calls and we have to leave home to help my dad set up an alpha council.

Brought up in rural North Wales, David Lloyd George attended neither a grand school nor ancient university. He was very much an outsider. And yet he rose through the ranks with charisma, fierce intelligence and fighting spirit to become, as Churchill put it in his tribute, a man who ‘stood, when at his zenith, without a rival’. But his rise was not without its hardships.

Two junior naval officers, Cosway and Stone, have led too indulgent a lifestyle while awaiting the recall to their ship, whose sailing has been delayed by the severe illness of the captain. When the orders to board finally come, the two friends find they have insufficient money to pay their bills. Their landlady, Mrs Pounce, suggests a surprising way to settle their debt: one of them must marry her.

When Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin on Christmas Day 1974, it was the worst natural disaster Australians had ever experienced. Stationed in the city with the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service, Patricia Collins not only lived through Tracy but was part of the massive clean-up effort. This is her extraordinary story. Rock and Tempest contains astonishing first-person accounts of terror and uncertainty as well as courage and survival. It is fascinating and moving, and absolutely essential listening.

Every famous love song has been written by an alpha for an omega. As a beta, I've never expected to be anyone's muse. I'm happy to stick in the background—and with a past like mine, it's simply safer avoiding the spotlight. That changes the day I learn my long-lost brother is Stix Rain, the drummer for one of the biggest rock bands in the world. We lost touch when we went into foster care. He ran away, I stayed, and I still carry the scars from growing up alone. I have so many questions for him—until I discover he died three months ago.

Hier ist die Wahrheit: Komplexe Finanzanlagen existieren nur, damit diejenigen davon profitieren, die sie kreieren und verkaufen. Sie sind nicht nur teurer für den Anleger, sie sind auch weniger effektiv. J. L. Collins ist einer der erfolgreichsten Blogger zu Finanzthemen in den USA. Hier stellt er einen alternativen Weg des Investierens vor – leicht zu verstehen, leicht umzusetzen und effektiver als jeder andere. Die Leser erfahren hier alles über Schulden – wie man sie vermeidet und was man dagegen unternehmen kann – und das richtige Mindset – wie man richtig über Geld nachdenkt.

In late 1943, Helen Meeker’s team reunites to uncover the reason why a man refuses the Medal of Honor he deserves. Unraveling this mystery takes Meeker and her team on a life and death chase. Their original, seemingly simple case quickly explodes into a complex adventure where they must find a man called Horse, uncover why Hitler hired a mobster to contribute to the Nazi cause, face a legendary hit man who wants to add them to his list of victims, and perhaps uncover a treasure once sought by the Spanish Conquistadors.

The Pearl Sands Beach Resort is looking to expand, but not everyone is happy about that idea. When a local man turns up dead, the plans for expansion are in jeopardy of being put on ice, permanently. Can Charlie clear the resort of any wrongdoing and save not only the resort, but everyone that works there?

Throughout history and infinite dimensions, there exists a secret group of supernatural investigators operating on the fringes of society, lurking in the shadows, working strange cases with little reward. They are hardboiled zombies and ghosts, mythological creatures, ass-kicking vampires, tortured humans, and uncanny sleuths whose normal is the bizarre and weird.

Painfully insecure and media-shy heiress Pia is duty-bound to marry well. And illegitimate Angelo is completely unsuitable husband material. Yet this irresistible Spanish tech titan seduces Pia with a night of bliss…that leaves her pregnant! Pia can’t afford a scandal, but Angelo wants to publicly claim his heir. Now to control the headlines, Pia must step into the spotlight—with the wedding of the century!

From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love comes a wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joys and mysteries of daily life.

Probes can explore the depths of space in ways that would kill human beings. The information they provide can spur countless innovations here on Earth. Learn how probes work and the exciting possibilities that their discoveries may inspire.

Gordon's new job may be more than he can handle . . . After starting as an intern for a lab developing a shrink ray, he finds his boss is quite smitten with him. She takes him back to his place and shows him the power of her shrink ray! But now, her personality is only amplified. Will Gordon survive the clutches of Sandra?

I was a fool for letting my fake stepbrothers get inside my head. I believed their lies, the twisted history they fed me when I was weak and afraid. But that's all over. They might have traded me away like I was nothing, but it opened my eyes to the truth. I was never Bisha's baby, and now I get to choose who I am and who I want to claim as my own.

Hugh and Jaqui hadn’t seen their friend Kate in a long time. When she comes into town, it’s not only to have dinner and catch up . . . She offers a proposition: She’ll let them try the new, highly sought and quite expensive shrinking serum if only she can be present in the bedroom while they change.

One day, thirty-four year old Paisley began to grow. She didn't stop until she was a hundred feet tall. Her doctor, Reid, was immediately smitten with her. The two started dating, a challenge for someone so big. When the couple decide to take their relationship to the next level, he knows he must introduce her to his parents. Will they approve of their son dating a giantess?

Nancy Morris, a shopkeeper's daughter from Sandwich, becomes a governess with the help of a benefactor, Sir Gervase Damian. One day she helps a stranger whose advances she gently rebuffs, only to meet him again when she takes a new position in the North.

NASA's Orion spacecraft is pushing the limits of space travel and exploration like never before. The ultimate goal is a mission to Mars! Learn about the challenges that scientists, engineers, and astronauts must overcome to make this dream a reality.

Ein unvergesslicher Roman über die Kraft menschlicher Beziehungen und die Abgründe an dem Ort, den wir Zuhause nennen. Als Willa ein Teenager war, verschwand ihre Schwester Laika plötzlich spurlos. Auch zwanzig Jahre später gibt Willa die Hoffnung nicht auf, dass Laika noch lebt. Hartnäckig sucht sie weiter nach ihr und vernachlässigt darüber ihre Beziehungen zu den Menschen, die tatsächlich noch in ihrem Leben sind. Wann kommt Willa endlich im Hier und Jetzt an?

In this Chinese folktale, an old woman spends years weaving, day and night, until one day she reveals a magical cloth. But moments later, the cloth mysteriously disappears! Now, her three young sons must set out on a long, mystical journey to find it.