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A collection of gripping prequels unveiling the raw passion, peril, and enigmatic world of vampires, lycans in the Dark Reunion series. These tales set the stage for Danielle and Camden's darkly entwined destinies. Discover the untold tales of their friends, family, and some of their enemies before their paths converged—a tale teetering on the brink of destruction.

Few of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published in her lifetime. Her posthumous fame is largely due to the efforts of her editors and supporters Thomas W. Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd.

Vous êtes sur le point de faire le grand saut vers un poste de dirigeant et vous voulez vous assurer que tout se déroule parfaitement comme prévu dès la première seconde ? Ou vous occupez déjà un poste de dirigeant et souhaitez perfectionner votre style de management ? Vous cherchez un moyen de garder une vue d'ensemble dans la jungle des stratégies de leadership et de trouver ce qui correspond le mieux à votre personnalité ? Alors, saisissez ce guide et mettez tout simplement la boussole de votre carrière sur succès.

Mathias of the (formerly) Great House Kaldor just wanted to read and spend his days holed up in his dusty library. Alas, Fate decreed otherwise and what follows is an epic tale of love, bravery, blind luck, and the vital importance of personal hygiene when fighting the forces of chaos.

Ronan Carver has done everything he wanted to do. He served in the Navy SEALs. He fell in love with a beautiful woman. And he successfully avenged her death. Now he’s wandering the country, searching for a new purpose. It doesn’t take long. Carver discovers a woman named Naomi Downes hiding in the trunk of his car. She works for a US senator. And she claims to have evidence of murderous corruption.

There's a multitude of Lenten meditation books but only one that's packed with the wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas. Journey through Lent with the Church's greatest philosopher-theologian. This unrivaled spiritual master will guide you in encountering Our Lord and experiencing the type of fruitful Lent that he often experienced. You will relish this magnificent treasury of sixty-three of Aquinas's Scripture-based sermons specially selected for the holy season.

The essentials of the Catholic Faith — clearly, comprehensively, and beautifully explained by one of the Church’s greatest thinkers! Although St. Thomas Aquinas was one of the Church’s most intellectually powerful theologians, few know that he also wrote a great deal that’s well within the reach of ordinary believers. In fact, as you’ll find in these pages, St. Thomas had a remarkable ability to communicate the Faith — including both its most complex and its simplest elements — in plain language.

Unleashing Abundant Energy offers a timely and in-depth exploration of our complex energy landscape. With his extensive experience in the field, Thomas provides a thought leader's perspective on the challenges and opportunities in rapidly doubling the global energy production. He delves into crucial technologies and strategies, such as AI-driven waste management and bioenergy with carbon capture, as well as the evolving roles of nuclear, wind, and solar energy.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. This decade is resplendent with literature and its many prodigiously talented authors who write on as varied a range of subjects as might be thought possible. Yet each is studded with careful literary precision and narrative verve. It is a remarkable decade.

Nach dem Klimakollaps der Erde lebt die Menschheit teilweise auf einem Planeten namens Xalypso. Weil die meisten Arbeitsprozesse von Androiden erledigt werden, bekommt die Bevölkerung ein monatliches Budget für den Konsum. Ihr Herrscher, ein machthungriger Mutant, will mit seinem Militär weitere Planeten kolonisieren. Doch ein politischer Gegner beauftragt die sympathische Kopfgeldjägerin Nova, die nach mehreren OPs zu 50 Prozent ein Cyborg ist ...

In 1947, the Cold War came to Hollywood. Over nine tumultuous days in October, the House Un-American Activities Committee held a notorious round of hearings into alleged Communist subversion in the movie industry. The blowback was profound: the major studios pledged to never again employ a known Communist or unrepentant fellow traveler. The declaration marked the onset of the blacklist era, a time when political allegiances, real or suspected, determined employment opportunities in the entertainment industry. Hundreds of artists were shown the dooror had it shut in their faces.

With the defeat of the Germans and Italians on Sicily in mid-July 1943, the focus of the war in the air shifted toward the battle for the Italian mainland itself. This campaign took place in the context of the coming invasion of northwest Europe, with many of the best units from the North African and Sicilian campaigns withdrawn to prepare for the new front, while those units that remained had a lower priority for replacements of men and material.

Sylt, im Winter: Als sich Hannah Lamberts Abi-Jahrgang nach über dreißig Jahren trifft, endet die feuchtfröhliche Zusammenkunft für eine der Frauen mit traurigen Nachrichten. Zum ersten Mal persönlich involviert, treibt Hannah ihre Kollegen der Mordkommission zu Höchstleistungen an. Doch auch das hilft nicht, denn schon bald gibt es bereits das nächste Opfer. Spätestens jetzt ist klar, dass jemand alte Rechnungen begleichen will und dabei skrupellos über Leichen geht ….

Gerry is caught in a net and drowns in the Forty Foot sea swimming spot. Detective Madeline Curtis suspects murder. She is assigned to investigate. Marty is found hung and dead in his shop under strange circumstances.

THE AUTHOR is a dark absurdist take on the artist as a young man in a world damaged by social media, designer drugs, and the dark underbelly of Hollywood. The anonymous author of the saga peels back the curtain to reveal the inner life of a one-day superstar (or sociopath) desperate to become famous by any means necessary, who one day does, and pulls off one of the greatest public relations stunts in entertainment history.

Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan is not just one of the greatest philosophical texts in the English language; it is one of the most important works in the history of Western political thought. Almost every major tradition in the centuries after Hobbes—from radical democracy to authoritarianism—has been influenced by its arguments. Written in exile in a period of dramatic developments—civil war and regicide—Leviathan is in some ways the product of its own special circumstances. And yet, at the same time, it deals with fundamental issues that matter to all of us today.

The importance of the Beatitudes for believers. What it means to be the salt of the earth The consequences of salt losing its taste. Why we must actively demonstrate the characteristics of the Beatitudes. How plucking our eye out prevents us from sinning. The difference between the Law and the higher standard How we might be perfect even as our Heavenly Father is perfect. Whether or not it is necessary for all Christians to fast The part of the 'Lord's Prayer' upon which Jesus placed a great emphasis, and why He did. How we might know if we are seeking the kingdom of God above all else.

Deep in the heart of Texas, five generations of Kirklands built the sprawling Double K Ranch, battling fire and frost, outlaws and disease. It’s said the dirt flows through their veins as sure as Silverleaf Rapids flows through Ransom Canyon. But the canyon also had a way of becoming part of just about anyone who landed there.

Thomas Mann's vivid, dramatic, and thought-provoking The Magic Mountain is firmly established as one of the classic epic novels of the twentieth century. Part surreal comedy, part grim tragedy, Mann's story depicts a decaying European society on the eve of the First World War.

Francis Grimké's life left a significant mark on American Christianity at the turn of the 20th century. Born enslaved in South Carolina, Grimké dedicated his life to teaching and preaching the gospel and confronting the racism and injustice of his time. For 50 years, he served as a Presbyterian pastor in Washington, DC, emerging as a prominent leader in the early civil rights movement. This audiobook explores Grimké's vision of the Christian life, emphasizing his beliefs on personal piety, family, the mission of the church, and the relationship between faith and politics.