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Rita Burch is a rising star. The founder of a huge clothing brand, she is on the brink of financial nirvana. Her company is set to go public with an astronomical valuation when her body is found broken and unconscious, a victim of an apparent accident. Comatose, and fighting for her life, determined to wake, she learns she can leave her body.

Pan-Terra is a world quite unlike our own: magic abounds, Gods and monsters walk the lands. Wizards and warriors strive to weave their names into the fabric of history, questing for treasure and artefacts of great power. In this realm of dragons and dungeons, rambunctious adventurers Halvar & Clarence, savage barbarian and gnome thief, strive for fortune and fame. However, their fledgling partnership is threatened with immediate extinction when a casual contract to confront marauding kobolds takes a sinister supernatural turn.

Hillbilly, una elegía rural es un relato apasionado y apasionante de una clase social en decadencia, la de la clase trabajadora blanca en Estados Unidos. Los hillbillies, término peyorativo que hace referencia a los habitantes de la cordillera de los Apalaches, forman parte de este grupo social cada vez más empobrecido y radicalizado del país. J.D. Vance cuenta la historia de unos habitantes que se han ido degradando lentamente durante más de cuarenta años y cuyo declive ejemplifica a la perfección su disfuncional familia.

Three scientists were sent to Virginia to investigate how a human settlement has managed to coexist with primals. Those three scientists have now gone missing. And apparently it’s Lee Harden’s job to find them, get them out, and–most importantly–retrieve their research. But if Lee has any hope of getting past the huge population of primals in the area, he’s going to have to enlist the help of someone he thought he’d seen the last of: a human-primal hybrid named Kat.

Il libro che ha rivelato al mondo l'anima profonda dell'America. I nonni di J.D. sono sporchi, poveri e innamorati quando emigrano giovanissimi dalle regioni dei monti Appalachi verso l’Ohio nella speranza di una vita migliore. Ma quel sogno di benessere e riscatto è solo sfiorato, perché prima di diventare uomo il loro nipote lotterà a lungo con la miseria e la violenza domestica: una madre tossicodipendente, patrigni nullafacenti che si susseguono uno dopo l’altro, vicini di casa alcolisti capaci solamente di sopravvivere con i sussidi e lamentarsi del governo.

A group of strangers, taken by force, is surrounded by most people's worst nightmare. They devise an escape plan, but will it work?

Driving for the major rideshare platforms is one of the most challenging AND profitable gigs available today. To get the most out of your time and energy on the road, though, you need to work smarter – with a strategy – to avoid the mistakes that too many drivers make. Now you don’t have to go through costly trial and error to put more money in your pocket and higher ratings on your profile. The strategy that you need is right here in one short, easy-to-listen book!

L'Empire brannique tire sa puissance de cendres alchimiques procurant l'énergie nécessaire aux machines et à l'armement. Des cendres obtenues en brûlant vif les gens doués de magie, que les Traqueurs débusquent dans la population, y compris les enfants. Mais cela ne suffit pas. Alors l'empire lance des croisades par-delà l'océan, vers un continent peuplé d'étranges humanoïdes, en qui l'Église de l'Alchimie ne voit que du combustible. " Les fourneaux brûlent à plein régime. L'empire s'étend. Et ils appellent cela le progrès. "

In the seeming calm in Maple Pelridge's life, lies an extraordinary story of transformation and rediscovery. Maple Pelridge, a woman scarred by a traumatic past, has kept her secrets and her most intense emotions hidden for years, until an unknown force bursts into her life, unearthing buried emotions and revealing a deeper purpose in her existence. Mister Universe, a mysterious being who defies human comprehension, enters the scene, bringing with him the very essence of life, a being named Haja.

What happens in Vegas can be deadly… After my parents passed away, I put my culinary dreams aside to be the lawyer they wanted. However, with my 30th birthday rapidly approaching, my bestie urges me to enter a cooking competition in Las Vegas. When a contestant is murdered, my time watching from the sidelines is over. I’m suddenly thrown into the event as a finalist.

Why do all cultures, distant and diverse, have similar tales of dragons? Universal wisdom confirms dragons have interacted with people since time immemorial—they call to us, pique our curiosity, and arouse our fears. These mystical beasts are real and their power, their influence, and especially their magick can be captured. Building upon rituals and drawing on their energy, learn to befriend these inspirational creatures and become partners with them on a spiritual journey. Move with them, learn from them, dance in perfect human/dragon syncopation.

Abby en Brendan Hollander kampen met relatieproblemen en proberen hun huwelijk te redden door met een relatietherapeut te praten. Die adviseert hun de app Sugar & Spice uit te proberen, een seksueel getinte versie van het spel Doen, durven of de waarheid. Het spel begint onschuldig en lijkt wonderen te doen voor hun relatie, maar de opdrachten worden steeds grimmiger. Het stel valt voor de geldprijzen die de app belooft en raken zo compleet in de ban van het spel. En dan begint het spel zich tegen hen te keren.

In this volume, the girls are braving strange new waters as they are off on vacation in the paradise that is the Svanire Archipelago. Only for them to come across an ages old myth for which only their curiosity must seek out. Field Trips, such a wonderful and insightful time for the young middle school age girls. After countless time raising funds for them to spend the weekend away along with the rest of their sixth-grade classmates, but what may happen should three get left behind?

Tony Wolf, a troubled man and the FBI’s most esteemed undercover agent, is back after mysteriously vanishing without a trace. A specialist at infiltrating criminal organizations and taking them down from the inside, he lives his life in the shadows. But when he’s forced into the open during the rescue of two kidnapped children, Wolf becomes caught up in a massive federal manhunt. Faced with a traitorous agent and a ruthless, renegade biker gang he has crossed paths with before, Wolf finds himself in danger.

When Denise Morrow is discovered standing over the body of her husband, a bloody knife between them, Detective Declan Shaw thinks it’s an open-and-shut case. But Denise is no ordinary murder suspect. She’s a famous true crime author, who knows how killers operate. And how they get away with it. Then, Declan discovers the subject of Denise’s next book – the violent murder of a girl called Maggie Marshall. A case that Declan worked on. A case that has haunted him for years.

I’m a second-rate artist living a solitary existence in my late parents’ rundown house. So why would a team of killers want to murder me and frame it as a suicide? Seems a fact worth knowing. I survive the ordeal only to discover my would-be executioners left behind a suicide note written in words that sound uncannily like mine. But that’s not the most disturbing part. The note reveals a secret from my past nobody could possibly know about—one that’s been haunting my life for eighteen years.

If you told me I'd be on a reality dating show with a man I can't stand while the guy I haven't been able to forget films it all, I'd tell you to kick rocks. Alas, here I am, pretending to fall in love with a man who'd marry himself if he could all while my TV producer best friend has front seats to it all. It'd be a lot easier if the self-centered bachelor wasn't hot as hell and charming beyond reason when the cameras are rolling. Or if I didn't get heart palpitations every time my best friend looked at me.

On a crisp January morning in 2000, Héctor E. Quiroga bid farewell to his native Colombia, with nothing but a suitcase and a dream of building a life in America. He embarked on a journey filled with challenges and victories, often grappling with a language he barely spoke, dream deferred, and jobs far removed from his aspirations. Prove Them Wrong: One Immigrant’s 10-Year Journey from Bankrupt to Millionaire is the inspirational story of an immigrant's pursuit of the American Dream – a trajectory fraught with unparalleled obstacles and exceptional triumphs.

All I wanted was one more hot night with the woman of my dreams. Instead, all I got was both of us drunk and accidently married at my resort. Maybe this isn’t such a bad deal, since we must stay together for my inheritance, but how do I explain that to the new Mrs. Cartwright? If we could stop flirting, kissing, and taking this too far one too many times... Don’t get me wrong, Lowri is gorgeous, smart, and spunky, but I don’t want a wife forever. Marriage isn’t for me. I’ve seen the pain it can cause, no matter what sparks fly between us.

Returning to her homeland from beyond the mountains, the ranger Leiyn goes to defend Baltesia during its war of secession. But the Ilberian Union refuses to relinquish its old colony. With the greatest fleet in the world and a host of odiosas at its disposal, a shadowy accomplice further augments the Union's power. The dangers to Leiyn and her comrades are greater than ever before. To survive, Leiyn will have to rely on more than her magic. She must find allies who possess secret knowledge beyond anything she's imagined. Allies even lyshans fear.