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Erin Mitchell didn’t just dislike Luke Carter—she loathed him with the kind of passion reserved for bad drivers and worse exes. He was cocky, but charming and entirely too good-looking for someone so insufferable. Nonetheless when a high-stakes project forces them to work together, the battle of wits they’ve waged for years takes an unexpected turn.

Get a deeper understanding of police shootings through interviews with officers involved in real-life cases. Today’s media is filled with discussions about officer-involved shootings. Too often missing from that discussion are the police officers’ voices and the reality of what happens in actual shooting incidents. Through actual interviews with involved officers, this book addresses common myths and misunderstandings about these shootings. Shots Fired is a journey “behind the shield” and the experiences of the real human beings behind the badge.

Una oda al disparate como antídoto a la incertidumbre y el desamor. Javiera es una joven chilena que ha llegado a Barcelona gracias a una beca de posgrado en Literatura. Estudiar es el pretexto más decente, y genuino, que ha encontrado para dejar su país y descubrir el hemisferio del bienestar. Pero la disponibilidad apabullante de libros en la biblioteca y de papel higiénico en los supermercados se ve contrarrestada por unas condiciones habitacionales tan desastrosas como las del Cono Sur, aunque el doble de caras.

Jacob Wright’s life has always been defined by struggle—until everything changes in an instant. After his girlfriend leaves him for someone wealthier, shattering his already fragile self-esteem, Jacob finds himself at his lowest point. Desperate and alone, he buys a lottery ticket on a whim, never imagining the life-changing outcome: a one-million-dollar win. Overnight, Jacob’s world is transformed. The sudden windfall brings freedom and opportunity, but it also draws people from his past—and new faces—vying for a piece of his success.

The year is 2038, and the formerly bustling town of Three Rivers, Texas, is a surreal wasteland. Under the authoritarian thumb of its tech industrialist mayor, Pablo Henry Crick, the town has outlawed reading and forced most of the town’s mothers to work as indentured laborers at the Big Tex Fish Cannery, which poisons the atmosphere and lines Crick’s pockets. Scraping by in this godforsaken landscape are best friends Prosperina and Neftalí—the latter of whom, one of the town’s last literate citizens, hides and reads the books of the mysterious renegade author Jazzmin Monelle Rivas.

Es otoño en Maine y Bob Burgess, el abogado del pueblo, está inmerso en la investigación de un asesinato, mientras entabla una profunda amistad con la aclamada escritora Lucy Barton, que vive calle abajo con su exmarido William. Juntos, Lucy y Bob salen a pasear y hablan de sus vidas, de sus miedos y remordimientos, y de lo que podría ser o haber sido. Lucy, por su parte, conoce por fin a la mítica Olive Kitteridge, que ahora vive en una urbanización de jubilados a las afueras de la ciudad.

Lucy Barton se está recuperando lentamente en el hospital de lo que debería haber sido una operación simple. Desde la ventana de su habitación, en pleno centro de Manhattan, el edificio Chrysler se ilumina cada noche marcando el paso del tiempo, que avanza lento. Su madre, con quien no ha hablado en muchos años, viene a verla. Las dos mujeres pasarán unos días juntas, entre silencios y pequeños chismes sobre las vidas de personas que Lucy dejó atrás hace tiempo al irse de casa para perseguir su sueño de ser escritora en la gran ciudad.

I stared into the innocent eyes of my newborn daughter, the miracle I prayed for through four heart-wrenching losses, and wondered if she was truly his. My husband beamed beside me, his love so blinding it nearly erased the guilt that had rooted itself in my chest. Nearly. Because behind his joy lies a truth I can’t bear to face—the kind of truth that unravels lives. If I confess, I could lose everything. If I don’t, I’ll spend the rest of my life wondering if my miracle baby is the ultimate blessing or my darkest betrayal.

In a world buzzing with screens and endless notifications, youth are navigating more noise than ever. The Common Rule Youth Edition provides clarity and purpose, tailored specifically for teens and tweens (grades 6-12). Adapted from Justin Whitmel Earley's bestselling book, The Common Rule Youth Edition empowers young listeners to break free from the stress and anxiety that modern life can impose.

Kissing my best friend was a stupid mistake. It earned me a few good hits to the face by his hulking boyfriend, Sebastian, and I can admit that I deserved that. Agreeing to let my stepbrother move in is another stupid mistake, and every single day since he moved in feels worse than Sebastian's beefy fists. Nicolas Aldana has always hated me. His dad marrying my mom ruined his life, and he never lets me forget it. And I hate him too. I don't care how big of a glow-up the guy has had, I. Hate. Him. But what I don't hate is the way his hands feel wrapped around my neck . . .

Turn your bedtime routine into a magical adventure with this collection of calming fairy tales that will have your children and whole family drifting off to the deepest, calming sleep they have ever have! With "Bedtime Fairy Tale Collection for Kids" you are not only just hitting play, you are unleashing 25 classic fairy tales which have been passed down for generations, unleashing adventures that will make dreams come alive.

The Trumbo View is a breathtaking vista that unfolds dramatically from the crest of Trumbo Road, offering an expansive panorama that captures the essence of nature’s beauty. As you stand at the lookout point, the horizon stretches out before you, revealing rolling hills dotted with wildflowers, lush green valleys, and the occasional glint of a distant river snaking through the landscape. The sky above seems to stretch infinitely, painted in hues of blue during the day, with cotton candy clouds that drift lazily by.

Will habite le pays de l’Armel, un monde peuplé non seulement d’Humains comme lui, mais aussi d’Elfes, de Nains, de Fées et de Trolls. Le jeune garçon n’a qu’une idée en tête : quitter son village pour devenir inventeur dans la grande ville de Stella et y faire reconnaître ses talents. Mais il est partagé, car ses parents n’éprouvent pas le même émerveillement pour la cité, ni pour le prince qui la dirige.

Cuanto más altas sean tus expectativas, aspiraciones, metas y sueños en la vida, más necesidad tendrás de aprender a conectar, cautivar e impactar de una manera poderosa y positiva con las personas. Esto es, en especial cierto si cuentas con pocos recursos y grandes competidores. Si necesitas cautivar a las personas significa que estás haciendo algo importante. Si estás haciendo algo importante, necesitarás conectar, cautivar e impactar positivamente con mucha gente.

Rhéane et Nao vivent dans deux mondes parallèles. Rhéane gère son équipe de pompiers d'une main de fer et s'autorise peu de loisirs ; Nao, lui, se produit en tant que strip-teaseur dans les maisons de retraite pour payer les dettes que son ex-petite amie a contractées en son nom.

Does a person need other people? Ziva doesn’t think so and doesn’t like being told what to do. All she wants is to feel safe, except she’s a magnet for trouble. Captured by Gadianton and forced into servitude Ziva is strapped with an unlikely companion, causing the danger to increase. When the robbers who captured her are killed off, she’s left alone and destitute in an unfamiliar forest continuously hunted by others. She fights for survival on her search for safety and acceptance.

From the first call to a Portland detective about a missing woman to the police’s growing certainty that she had been murdered, from the heroic efforts to locate the body to the flight from Maine of their chief suspect, and from the painstaking work of collecting evidence and building a case to the struggles over jurisdictional questions to the twists and turns of the eventual trial, Finding Amy is a dramatic story of brutal murder and exemplary police work with the human beings and emotion behind the shield.

Barry Lyndon narra el ascenso y caída de una ambición desmesurada: la de Redmond Barry, un joven irlandés decidido a convertirse en un hombre rico e importante. Hipócrita y vanidoso, usa todos sus ardides para escalar en el mundo social del siglo XVIII, hasta alcanzar la cúspide al casarse con lady Lyndon, la joven viuda de un acaudalado conde. Será entonces, sin embargo, cuando descubrirá que, tras subir la montaña, solo queda bajarla.

Die temperamentvolle Buchhändlerin Naira Calderon und der Journalist Ben Rodriguez werden auf die Insel Teneriffa gerufen und stoßen dort auf einen mysteriösen Fall. Ein Jugendlicher wurde am Hafen erschossen. Bei der Polizei ist der Junge unbekannt, aber Naira und Ben erfahren, dass er kurz vor seinem Tod versucht hat, etwas zu verkaufen – etwas so Wertvolles, dass es ihn das Leben gekostet hat. Steckt sein exzentrischer Onkel dahinter, der etwas in seinem Antiquariat zu verbergen scheint? Zwischen Palmen und leuchtend bunten Blumen entdecken Naira und Ben ein grausames Geheimnis.

In Flora Thompson's semi-autobiographical series Lark Rise to Candleford, she explores the Oxfordshire country life of her protagonist Laura in the 1880s and 1890s. This collection includes all three works in the trilogy, Lark Rise, Over to Candleford, and Candleford Green.