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There's a theory about twins that says one is always good, and the other evil. And from the outside looking in, I'm sure it looks that way when it comes to my brother and me. After all, he's a priest, and I'm a hitman, our career paths both a product of our childhood in one way or another. But my twin is every bit as fucked up as I am, and I'm more determined than ever to prove that to the world now that she's in his life.

Ariana Webster ist die wohl tödlichste Schülerin in der Höhle, der Spionageschule für die Mitglieder des Insekten- und Arachnidenreichs. Das bedeutet jedoch nicht, dass jeder sie mag. Oder will, dass sie am Leben bleibt. Als der Schulleiter und Arianas enger Familienfreund während eines jahrgangsumfassenden Wettkampfs verschwindet, müssen sie und ihr bester Freund Dev mit Arianas Rivalen zusammenarbeiten, um herauszufinden, was es mit dem Verschwinden auf sich hat – und um die Wespen aufzuhalten, die es auf Ariana, ihre Schule und den Thron der Schwarzen Witwe abgesehen haben.

When ex-SRR operative Liam Harper rides into the city, he’s looking to stay hidden. His enemies are closing in—and one of them is Mason Carrick, the ruthless head of Aegis Security... who wants him gone.

Mercedes doesn't trust alphas. Growing up as an orphaned omega at Solus Academy, the only thing she's used to is keeping her head down and biding her time. Alphas are trouble—she learned this young, thanks to a certain alpha with a sour scent who put his claim on her when they were children. But now Mercedes is nearing her twenty-first birthday, and her first heat is on the horizon. She'll do anything to escape her fate, so she sneaks into an omega matching ceremony with the singular goal of finding a pack of alphas who can keep her safe while she figures everything out.

The riveting story of the most audacious diplomatic enterprise of the last century—creating and securing the Jewish state—as seen through the eyes of the foremost Israeli diplomat of our generation. Zionist Diplomacy tells the untold story of how the Jewish people used diplomacy to restore...

There, in the district of Lan-fang, separated from the vast Tartar steppes of Central Asia by only a boundary river, Judge Dee faces and solves one of the most frightening cases of his long career. Outside the east city gate, on a wooded hill, stood a centuries-old Buddhist temple. It was there that the phantom stalked; and there also a series of brutal murders were committed. Judge Dee's inquiry into them is complicated by a mysterious dying message from a young girl and by the theft of a large sum in gold from an imperial treasurer.

Step into the heart-wrenching world of "Sacred Duty," set on the eve of WWII in a quaint German village. A devoted anti-war activist Pastor faces an impossible choice: embrace pacifism or safeguard his family's well-being. His decision triggers a devastating chain of events, leading to his wife's torment and execution, and his son's transformation into a fervent Nazi.

‘Murder of an Honourable Man’ is a fast-paced, exhilarating thriller full of dramatic action as well as treacherous intrigue. Brendan Slack is callously murdered in Arundel Castle. Scotland Yard detective John Whiles, together with Sussex police, are unable to establish a motive. Rich individuals surreptitiously monitor the investigation. They have stolen artwork worth millions. Murders are committed to preserve their anonymity. No one is safe. False trails are laid. Whiles gradually unravels the lies and deceit as he closes in on the culprits.

This exposition is rooted first in a thorough analysis of the Hebrew text, employing helpful insights from archaeology and linguistics, and second in the major theological and literary themes discovered in each section. Finally the author brings the fragments together in an expository treatment ‘that is not ashamed to stoop to the level of application.’

A grieving detective on the edge. A missing woman. And a serial killer hunting in the shadows of Stockholm's cobbled alleys. Criminal investigator Thomas Ravnsholdt – known as Ravn – is adrift after the brutal murder of his wife. But when a friend pleads for help finding a missing young woman, Ravn is pulled back into a grim world he swore he'd abandoned. His search crosses the cold waters between Denmark and Sweden, leading him to the stark and forbidding scrapyards of Stockholm, where victims are preserved like grotesque trophies.

Humankind has been reduced to the height of a handspan—a transformation that is both potentially lethal and exasperatingly inconvenient. On a remote coastal path, Giles awakes in his new body to discover a world reshaped and magnified into a place of astounding abundance and deadly peril. Desperate to reconnect with his loved ones, he seeks the help of fellow survivors, and together they embark on a quest across the altered landscape.

Music is the language of the emotions. Leadership is about handling the emotional life of an enterprise and its people as much as it is about looking after the balance sheet. The highest performing leaders in the world understand that if you look after the people, the numbers look after themselves.

Gefragter Experte zu sein bedeutet nicht, dass du im Rampenlicht stehen musst oder zum Social-Media-Star oder Influencer werden sollst. Es bedeutet, dass die Kompetenz und damit die Stärke deines Unternehmens so unmissverständlich klar nach außen kommuniziert wird, dass Kunden von selbst zu dir kommen. In diesem Buch lernst du, wie du als Techniker genau das erreichen kannst …

Flavius Ferox, Briton turned Roman centurion, is charged with keeping Rome's empire safe. But from his base at the northern frontier of Britannia, he feels enemies closing in from all sides. And now more sinister threats are reaching Ferox's ears. Ambitious leaders await the chance to carve out empires of their own. While men nearer at hand speak in whispers of war and the destruction of Rome. Stories about the sea-dwelling men of the night, who have cursed the land and only come ashore to feast on men's flesh.

Discourses on Livy, written in 1531, is as essential to understanding Machiavelli as his famous treatise, The Prince. Equally controversial, it reveals his fundamental preference for a republican state. Comparing the practice of the ancient Romans with that of his contemporaries provided Machiavelli with a consistent point of view in all his works. Machiavelli's close analysis of Livy's history of Rome led him to advance his most original and outspoken view of politics--the belief that a healthy political body was characterized by social friction and conflict rather than by rigid stability.

In Self-Made Maverick, Dr. Reza Zahedi, a leading figure in international real estate, delivers a powerful manifesto for those who refuse to settle. Too many entrepreneurs believe that success requires a massive start-up budget, an ironclad business plan, and years of experience. But that’s a lie. Lasting self-made success comes from thinking differently, seizing opportunities, and embracing the unconventional path.

An abandoned baby. A missing sister. Together, can a biker and a lawyer dig deep enough to find the truth? Rosco Reynolds has a habit of going in and cleaning up after people. Wearing the Thunder Valley MC patch is about more than a brotherhood. It is about taking a ride of faith and putting yourself out there. Emma can’t ever seem to keep her sister out of trouble. Now, with her sister missing, an abandoned baby, and a biker on her doorstep, her independence feels threatened. Can Emma let down her guard and trust a bad boy biker?

DO NOT take on a leadership role until you have listened to this! Buy this for your new boss and put it on their desk. An essential listen, self-help what not-to-do leadership book like no other. Following on from his publication of “Throwing Fruit at Drug Dealers”, Ian Dandleroar has matured from the inane and profane to practical advice for future leaders drawn from over 30 years of military and civilian flying.

Im neuen Buch des renommierten Zukunftsforschers und Technologie-Visionärs Ray Kurzweil wird eine faszinierende Vision der kommenden Jahre und Jahrzehnte entworfen – eine Welt, die von KI durchdrungen sein wird. Kurzweil skizziert in diesem intensiven Leseerlebnis eine Zukunft, in der Mensch und Maschine untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind. Eine Zukunft, in der wir unser Bewusstsein auf eine höhere Ebene heben werden, in der wir uns aus virtuellen Neuronen neu erschaffen werden, in der wir länger leben, gesünder und freier sein werden als je zuvor.

In Japan's high-pressure exam world, truth is the hardest test of all Eighteen-year-old Mana pulls an all-nighter at her juku, a private Japanese cram school that specializes in helping students pass the once-a-year exams. She failed the year before but feels sure she’ll get it the second time—if she can stay awake. The Japanese saying, “Four pass, five fail,” presses her to sleep just four hours a day, and study the rest. When she wakes up in the middle of the night, head pillowed on her notes, she takes a break down the silent hallway.