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Society thrives when the family thrives. A family thrives in wholeness and completion. Take the king or queen off a chess board and the game doesn’t go as it should. You take the queen, and every other piece is exposed and vulnerable. You take the king, and the game is over. Sadly, we’ve watched incompleteness in the family increase dramatically in our lifetimes. There are certainly many factors at play in that reality, but the one I want to target here is a powerful one. It’s the Dad factor.

From his early days as a Baltimore cop to his time with the Department of Military Sciences and then more recently leading Rogue Team International, these stories cover the range of the Ledger timeline bringing back old favorites and introducing new ones. The stakes are as high as ever, and Joe Ledger is there to save the day!

Kayan has emerged from the Hoyon citadel repaired and refreshed, though she’s a bit cagey. Why would she share what kind of upgrades the healing process bestowed upon her? Noah Gantz is just glad to be back in the action, seeking Seer secrets, a way to save two galaxies, and finding Kilis Dane Ryger before Celia and Ryg destroy Kayan to get their answers. When Kayan’s crew learns Dane may have genetically modified Azok warships, they pursue the clues back to the Milky Way and Earth.

Da der attraktive und sinnliche Milliardär Grady Sinclair sich in seiner Villa auf einer privaten Halbinsel absondert, wird er von den Einwohnern von Amesport, Maine, ein exzentrisches Biest genannt. Doch diese Tatsache stört ihn kaum – bis eine bescheidene Frau an seiner Tür klingelt und mit ihrer Furchtlosigkeit seine schon lange ruhende Leidenschaft weckt. In ihm regt sich nur noch der Wunsch, diese feurige Blonde für immer zu besitzen.

Graysen Foxx is no stranger to the mysteries hidden in Ordinary Elementary—the bat-filled tunnels, the secret passageways, the underground chambers, and the sticky spiderwebs—and he’s on the hunt for a creepy old painting that will guarantee his victory in the school’s Halloween room contest. But finding and claiming the painting is only the beginning of a wild adventure filled with puzzles that will put Graysen’s treasure-hunting skills to the test. When Graysen finds a mysterious symbol on the back of a dusty spelling bee medal, the discovery spreads like creamy peanut butter.

With the greatest threat to galactic peace since the Big Bang locked away in a United Earth prison, Noah and his crew are headed back to the Reach for some much needed R & R. Unfortunately a distress call from the three missing United Earth Deep Space (UEDS) exploration vessels cancels their plans. Noah and his friends head for Destinia, the Hoyon seed world they left behind early in their adventures. Celia Kilis, the new captain of the Kayan hunter, the Kon, has found the developing planet and wants her brother back immediately.

Es ist bereits ein Jahr her, seitdem Brooke es geschafft hat, in die friedliebende Küstengemeinde von Amesport in Maine zu flüchten, wo niemand ihren richtigen Namen kennt und keiner weiß, was sie durchgemacht hat. Doch nun kehrt sie endlich ins heimische Kalifornien zurück. Das bedeutet allerdings, dass sie sich von Liam Sullivan verabschieden muss, ihrem millionenschweren, göttlichen, blonden Chef, der jede einzelne ihrer Fantasien erfüllt hat – wenn auch nur in ihren Träumen.

Der ehemalige Rockstar Xander Sinclair mag vielleicht die Reha hinter sich gebracht haben, aber über den Berg ist er noch lange nicht. Da er immer noch von den Morden seiner Eltern heimgesucht wird, hat er sich in sein großes Haus in Amesport zurückgezogen und verweigert jeglichen Kontakt mit seinen Brüdern. Es fällt ihm schwer, nicht rückfällig zu werden, da er glaubt, in seinem Kampf gegen seine Dämonen allein zu sein. Zumindest ist das der Fall, bis Samantha ihre Stelle als Haushälterin bei ihm antritt.

Der erfolgreiche Filmstar und Milliardär Julian Sinclair hat aus dem Unglück der Vergangenheit gelernt, dass das Leben keine Wiederholungen bietet. Doch als er schließlich herausgefunden hat, was er will – in der Gestalt des üppigen Rotschopfes Kristin Moore – hat er nur eine Chance, sie sich zu Eigen zu machen. Da sie sowohl als medizinisch-technische Assistentin arbeitet und ebenfalls in der Kneipe ihrer Eltern aushilft, hat Kristin nur wenig Freizeit. Daher nimmt Julian sie mit zur Hochzeit seines Bruders nach Las Vegas, wo ihre gegenseitige Anziehung schließlich die Hauptrolle übernehmen kann.

Thanks to increases in life expectancy, we can now expect to live for a long time. Most of us would welcome an extra day in the week, so why do so many of us view the prospect of additional years with fear and skepticism? The reason is simple: society is not currently structured to support long lives. Rather than thinking in terms of the needs of a rising number of older people, we must instead support the young and middle-aged to prepare differently for the longer futures they can expect.

Ever wonder what the people who bring us our TV entertainment are thinking? Television and pop culture historian and author Herbie J Pilato has, and now takes listeners on a provocative and entertaining look into the agenda behind TV shows and the resulting trends. Even when it seemed television programming was primarily mindless, there was serious thought behind what audiences were presented. The networks, after all, believe in giving the people what they want, even when the people should have known better.

Jameson Havercamp, a psych from a conservative religious colony, has come to Oberon—unique among the Common Worlds—in search of a rare substance called pith. He’s guided through the wilds on his quest by Xander Kinnison, a handsome, cocky wing man with a troubled past.

Sensationalism about AI has reached new heights, and getting a useful understanding of it has never been more important. AI will extend and accelerate thinking, delivering unprecedented abundance. But it will also require us to navigate a path of challenges ranging from today’s issues of bias, privacy, and explainability, to job displacement through automation, and a future coexistence with superintelligent machines. This book is the roadmap to that path.

When you’re out in the black wilds of space you might encounter warring pirate factions, rogue planets, or even find yourself on the wrong side of the Royal Union, the ruling government of the Triumph galaxy. Unfortunately for Halstaan Cross, it's all three.

Noah Gantz and his crew are closing in on the final Seer artifact, the device that will keep the power they already have from destroying them, and change inter-galactic travel forever. His enemies remain as devious as they are ruthless, but he’s got things figured out.

Ten years after a fiery raid kills her family, former cult member Sybilla “Billie” Laure has a completely new identity. She’s settled in rural Colorado with her daughter, hoping for a quieter life. But the world has other plans. With wildfires raging and birds dropping from the sky, Billie wonders if her cult leader father’s apocalyptic predictions are finally coming true. When an intruder murders her husband and kidnaps her daughter, Billie has no choice but to confront the secrets of her past.

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Abandoned on a sabotaged ship amid the wreckage of an ancient space battle, Doctor Hank Murphy and his friends won’t last another day without a miracle. What they find instead is a frozen planet, a Prothean invasion, and a mysterious double agent named Axu. But hope is not lost. Murphy still holds the secret key to technology that will change the war. Everyone wants it, and everyone will kill to get it. Leveraging the unique talents of his closest friends, Murphy is determined to find a way out of this mess, race back to Tamondran, and save the rebellion from multiple enemies.

Murph and Jack are on the hunt for the biggest prize of them all: the Fifth Gate. But what exactly is it? And what will they do when they find it? Jack thinks he knows the answer, but what they find might not be what they expect. To make matters worse, someone else is on the hunt. And not just anyone, but another Orphan, and a powerful one at that. With his team by his side, Murph saddles up and prepares for a fight he won't soon forget.

When leading archeologist Dr. Hank Murphy discovers an alien artifact on the Moon, corporate interests are quick to get involved. Murphy just wants to understand what this thing is and how it works. After months of research, he finally manages to locate the power source. The gate is soon activated...and Murphy is pulled through. Moments later, he finds himself in a war-torn corner of the galaxy where strangers like him are called Orphans...and they are considered extremely dangerous. Somehow altered by the experience, the archeologist now has enhanced strength, speed, and agility.