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Rent-A-Fiancé is a sharp, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about fake engagements, real emotions, and the unexpected messiness of love. Natalie Quinn has everything under control—until her sister's wedding forces her to produce a plus-one... or face a week of family pity and meddling.

The Glaucoma Guidebook is an invaluable resource for anyone living with glaucoma and for those who are at high risk of developing the disease. Dr. Constance Okeke, an expert with over 20 years of experience helping thousands of patients see better, provides the critical advice and best practices needed to take control of your vision.

This collection includes both previously-published and all-new stories.

Times are tough in the economic downturn of the late 2040s. Angel, an ex-prostitute-turned-assassin, has just killed her ex-boyfriend without making a dime on it. Camaro, a courier, is wanted by the Feds for smuggling coffee and evading pursuit. And Haiwee, once the greatest hacker on the planet, has ruined her body with the drugs used to enhance her reflexes and is destitute with no reputation left to cash in upon. So when a billionaire offers them a big paycheck to retrieve one of three collectible bottles and destroy the other two, the three young mercenaries don't ask questions.

Once, John Irish was a legend in the porn industry, partying with the likes of John Holmes, Peter North, Nina Hartley, and Seka, but now he's on the far side of fifty, and Ron Jeremy won't even return his phone calls. Desperate for any kind of paying work, he's sunk to the level of bit roles in grade-Z porn and is even considering applying to work at Wal-Mart, when hot-blooded starlet Mindy Copperhead comes into his life.

El camino hacia la igualdad es fruto de luchas y rebeliones contra la injusticia, y resultado de un proceso de aprendizaje de medidas institucionales y sistemas legales, sociales, fiscales y educativos que nos permitan hacer de la igualdad una realidad duradera. Thomas Piketty, economista francés y especialista en desigualdad económica, se dirige a un amplio público y presenta una síntesis que trasciende las fronteras nacionales y disciplinarias.

Eine Sturmflut sucht das kleine Dorf Unterlingen heim, Wassermassen drängen die Anwohner aus ihren Häusern–nur eine bleibt, so wie sie es schon immer getan hat: Gudelia. Sie blieb 1984, als ihr Sohn ermordet wurde, 1998, als sie sich von ihrem Mann trennte, und auch jetzt, als ihr Haus in den Fluten einzustürzen droht. Nicht einmal die beiden gefesselten Leichen, die an ihrem Fenster vorbeitreiben, können sie umstimmen. Denn Gudelias Gedanken gelten nur ihrem Haus, in dem sich ihr dunkelstes Geheimnis verbirgt.

Start a Small Business is your ultimate step-by-step guide to launching and scaling a profitable business in today’s economy. Whether you're building an online business, starting a brick-and-mortar store, or offering services as a solopreneur, this book will empower you with actionable strategies, expert insights, and proven frameworks to succeed.

Abrazos del Cielo" es una obra profundamente reconfortante del renombrado teólogo puritano Thomas Watson, que ofrece consuelo celestial al pueblo de Dios en tiempos de aflicción. Con su característica sabiduría pastoral y profundidad espiritual, Watson revela cómo el amor divino abraza y sostiene a los creyentes en sus momentos más difíciles.

In this suspenseful novel, Tissidy, a former gangster, finds himself in a dangerous situation when he is confronted by men he owes money to. Just as he is about to meet his demise, a blinding light fills the room and a mysterious man appears, offering Tissidy a chance at redemption.

De una forma brillante y con detalles conmovedores, Hugh Thomas analiza este devastador conflicto en el que las esperanzas, los sueños y las creencias de este siglo estallaron en el campo de batalla. La Guerra Civil refleja, como si de un microcosmos se tratara, las tensiones que llevaron a Europa a la Guerra Mundial: de la puesta en juego de las maquinaciones de Franco y Hitler, a la tragedia de Guernica y la caída de aquellos que creían en la democracia.

In this provocative book, Thomas Chatterton Williams, one of the most revered and reviled social commentators of our time, paints a clear and detailed picture of the ideas and events that have paved the way for the dramatic paradigm shift in social justice that has taken place over the past few years. Williams also decries how liberalism - the very foundation of an open and vibrant society - is in existential crisis, under assault from both the right and the left, especially in our predominantly networked, Internet-driven monoculture.

A wide-ranging and up-to-date survey of the leading ideas and debates in political philosophy.

Piper Paulson's life is finally on the upswing. She has a new job, a BFF roommate, and a commitment to avoid dating after an ex cost her her peace—and her former career. She may not have two nickels to spare, but that's another day's problem. James Newhouse doesn't have time or energy to deal with . . . well, anything. A hotshot banker with a complicated family, he's determined to keep people at arm's length.

In The Einstein Vendetta, Thomas Harding recounts the story of an unthinkable crime, one that unspools to reveal Italy’s brutal wartime history—its fall to fascism, antisemitism, and bitter partisanship—and a family’s search for justice. Vividly told, Harding threads history and detective story to build an unquiet, haunting testimony.

This compelling combination of history and myth will suggest a radical alternative to evolution that explores a newfound reality and examines everything believed to be factual about our world. Science fiction meets thriller in this twisting tale of ancestral warfare.

By day, she's Tashina McCallister—a brilliant criminal attorney in Atlanta. By night, she's Lilin—a ghostlike assassin for a secretive underground Syndicate. In Lilin: The Art of the Kill, author Tandricus Thomas delivers a searing, high-octane thriller about a woman living two lives, each more dangerous than the other.

After watching Avery struggle through a series of toxic relationships, Paige has sworn off dating for good. Determined to protect herself from the heartache her best friend has endured, she throws herself into building her successful business, leaving no room for romance. However, Hannah and Avery begin to worry that Paige’s work obsession is keeping her from experiencing the love she deserves. In a bold attempt to push Paige out of her comfort zone, her friends challenge her to find a date for Hannah’s upcoming wedding.

Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation business shifting from labour-management relations to the more domestic kind. Hicks McTaggart, a one-time strikebreaker turned private eye, thinks he's found job security until he gets sent out on what should be a routine case, locating and bringing back the heiress of a Wisconsin cheese fortune who's taken a mind to go wandering.

First published in 1516, Utopia is a political and philosophical satire presented as a dialogue between More and the traveller Raphael Hythlodaeus. Raphael recounts his time visiting the island of Utopia, where private property ceases to exist, all citizens work, and the laws promote equality, education and religious tolerance. Through this imagined society, More indirectly challenges the injustices of European politics, and cleverly reflects on the meaning of justice, governance and what it takes to create a ‘perfect’ society.