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Determined not to live her parents’ fate as a mated vampire, Isabelle locks herself away from society. Despite her resolve to avoid anyone outside her family, her world is rocked when Stefan arrives. The powerful, stunning vampire is everything she never wanted. Stefan isn't expecting to walk into a nest full of vampires, but he’s immediately drawn to the vibrant, defiant, and willful Isabelle who goes out of her way to avoid him. No matter how hard she tries to fight it, Isabelle can’t deny the pull she feels toward Stefan.

AI and other high-tech tools embed and reinforce America’s history of prejudice and exclusion — even when they are used with the best intentions. Patrick K. Lin’s Machine See, Machine Do: How Technology Mirrors Bias in Our Criminal Justice System takes a deep and thorough look into the use of technology in the criminal justice system, and investigates the instances of coded bias present at every level.

Was wäre, wenn Geld nicht das eigentliche Problem ist? Was wäre, wenn deine finanzielle Realität nur ein Spiegel dessen ist, was du glaubst, verdient zu haben? Geld ohne Angst ist kein klassisches Finanzbuch. Es zeigt dir nicht, wie du ein Budget erstellst, investierst oder sparst. Es zeigt dir etwas viel Mächtigeres: wie du die emotionale Wurzel deiner Beziehung zu Geld heilst.

Written by a nurse who understands your mobility challenges and your body!2 Books in 1! Achieve your weight loss goals and improve your well-being at home with Chair Yoga and Wall Pilates, even if you've never tried either! These books combine two gentle, effective, and accessible programs designed to help you shed excess pounds, build lean muscle, and improve overall wellness without sacrificing comfort or time. Here you will find a one-two punch of progressing difficulty.

Tenar è solo una bambina quando viene scelta come alta sacerdotessa per gli Antichi Poteri della Terra e tutto le viene portato via, anche il nome. Ora è conosciuta come Arha, custode delle oscure Tombe di Atuan, e il suo compito è proteggere l'Anello di Erreth-Akbe. Così, quando il mago Ged tenta di rubarlo, lei farà di tutto per impedirglielo. O almeno finché Ged non le mostra la luce della magia e la promessa di un mondo che lei non ha mai conosciuto.

Miss Emma Tilbury is notorious, and that's just the way she likes it. As mistress to the rich and famous, she's never short of cash or invitations—but after reaching thirty, a shock rejection makes her think again. Perhaps it's time to look for another protector. Abraham Fitzclarence—Fitz to his friends—believes in love and has had his eye for years on Miss Emma Tilbury. Forbidden fruit, delectable and sweet, he’s astonished when she takes a shine to him—and his heart is quickly lost despite all his attempts to remain aloof.

Are you tired of being overlooked despite having real value to offer? This is not just another book on personal branding. It’s a bold roadmap to becoming unforgettable, irreplaceable, and profitable—without selling your soul. You won’t find generic formulas here. You’ll find truth, power, and a system that works. Whether you’re just starting out or scaling your influence, this book is a mirror and a strategy. Position yourself with courage, or disappear into the noise.

The impact to a family with the birth of a child with a serious disability is shared. Perhaps, our experience may help another family if they ever have to face a similar situation.

TODO O NADA – El Código Final del Éxito es el cierre brutalmente poderoso de la serie Maestría Emprendedora. Este audiolibro no está hecho para motivarte. Está hecho para empujarte. A lo largo de 25 capítulos intensos y accionables, KOHELET lleva al oyente a confrontar su propia tibieza, su falta de decisión, y lo obliga —con claridad quirúrgica— a elegir: ¿vas a darlo todo o vas a seguir jugando a emprender? Cada palabra de este libro está diseñada para sacudir, enfocar y transformar. No hay relleno. No hay teoría que adorne. Hay dirección. Hay verdad. Hay fuerza.

Best known for his poetry and historic novels in the style of Sir Walter Scott, Alexender Bestuzhev-Marlinsky takes a turn down a different path with A Terrible Prophecy and delivers classic spooky tale on the dangers of having one's wishes fulfilled to the letter.

When Ingram is forced by overwhelming poverty and spiritual exhaustion to walk away from his home, he leaves behind a neglectful childhood on a dirt farm on a dead-end road. With no family, no resources, and no practical understanding of the world, Ingram’s only compass is the daily fight to survive and the narrow dream of one day owning a truck.

Vince prepares to pull off his largest job yet, a heist to steal an artifact containing an ancient evil. Yet another ancient evil stirs much closer to home. Vince's soul egg awakens, and he finds himself face to face with the being residing within it as she makes him an offer he knows he should refuse.

Have you ever fallen in love with a man as he was pointing his gun at you? Well, I have. Tiny problem? I'm in the middle of my murderous Christmas tradition, and he's a witness. But it's not his fault I got too excited and didn't check if I was alone. I can't just kill him because of my own blunder. Not when he has such dreamy green eyes filled with fear and pent-up rage. What I can do is take him with me for safekeeping while I work out how to make him understand that while my methods are cruel, my intentions are pure. Or how to make him fall for me. Whichever is first.

Die Zwillinge Calla und Briar leben im Verborgenen – versteckt vor der Zauberin, die einst ihre Eltern tötete und deren Thron bestieg. Während Briar sich auf eine politische Heirat vorbereitet – ausgerechnet mit Grae, Callas Freund aus Kindertagen –, bleibt Calla als ihre Leibwache weiterhin im Schatten. Auf einer gefährlichen Reise zurück in ihr gestohlenes Reich muss sie sich nicht nur der Feindin stellen, sondern auch ihren Gefühlen für Grae. Und der vielleicht wichtigsten Frage von allen: Wer will ich wirklich sein?

What if you had the chance to revisit every choice that mattered? Sabrina Sorensen is 37, single, and recently let go as general manager of a posh Parisian restaurant. She heads home to California for her younger sister’s engagement party, and it's an open door for her mother and siblings to...

Randy seems to delight in making Harry’s life difficult. Sometimes it feels like he’s in a war at his own house. When Randy locks him and his art project in the pitch-black dark basement with the fire-breathing furnace, Harry vows to get even. But revenge may not be as sweet as he hoped when Randy blackmails him into a perilous canoe ride down the river. Has Harry followed his brother one step too far?

Pachinko meets Beasts of a Little Land in this stunning, evocative tale, set in 1920s Korea, of one seemingly ordinary woman—an uneducated villager living under Japanese occupation—who takes control of her own destiny and rises to become an advocate for women’s literacy as a force for...

Three masked men. One night. One room. One goal. Falling in love is out of the question. Watching my mother die for love only made me want it that much less. When things become too serious with my boyfriend in college, I know it’s time to step back. The only problem is, he doesn’t feel the same. His brand of love is possessive. Fierce. Terrifying. And he’s not afraid to enlist my best friend and my former stepbrother to help him get me back. The plan?

Most people have spiritual and paranormal abilities and these cause experiences which can overwhelm some people to make them fit the diagnosis of them having mental illnesses. Certainly there are a lot of legitimate mental illnesses which cause the need for treatments by mental health professionals. But what happens when persons having these experiences may be normal and stable in their other behaviors but these experiences are so far beyond the norms of society that others think they are “crazy” and therefore treat them as such?

Opening my eyes, I see a nurse standing over my bed. She wipes away my tears as she tells me I was in a car crash and it was my fault. Confused, I only remember snapshots of my life, but I’m not convinced the crash was an accident. My marriage had been perfect, until my husband, John, met Rebecca. He said they were just friends and that I was imagining things when I saw them cosied up like they were on a date.