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As part of an elite IP Crime Strike Force, NYPD lieutenant Max Valentin is in a relentless pursuit to outwit a cunning Chinese spy who will stop at nothing to steal quantum research from a New York City university. Unraveling the threads of a global conspiracy, where confidences are currency and trust is a rare commodity. Max and his team embark in a high-stakes battle for quantum supremacy. As tensions mount it is a race against time to unmask spies and protect secrets that can change the course of nations.

How do you know when students understand? Can you design learning experiences that make it much more likely that students understand content and apply it in meaningful ways? Thousands of educators have used the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework to answer these questions and create more rigorous, engaging curriculums. Now, this expanded 2nd edition gives you even more tools and strategies for results-oriented teaching.

I am Mackenzie Country born and bred. Farming the high country runs in my blood, like my father, and his father, and my great grandfather before him. My future has been mapped out for me since the day I was born. Or at least it was, until Liam Skelton walks onto Lane Station, lights a fire in my heart, and turns my whole world upside down. Bossy, tatted, and out and proud, Liam is everything my father abhors. And I want him. Badly.

Which dino could eat leaves on trees as high as a four-story building? What animals are the only known dinosaurs living today? Listen to this exciting book for answers to questions you'll be glad we asked - plus "Did You Know?" fun facts!

I'm Wyatt Farely and that's what happened to me. My best friend Thomas accepted a scholarship to a fancy private academy several hours away. He was making new friends and flourishing. Then things started to take a dark turn. His new rich friends betrayed him and my confident, happy friend became paranoid and scared. He barely called or texted anymore. What's worse? Thomas thought someone was after him. I figured he was just stressed, but I should have known better.

My death day is sacred. I spend it the same way I wish I could spend every day: alone in my isolated cabin, with a glass of wine in one hand and a book in the other. But when the scent of human blood shatters my solitude, I find James—unflappable, undeniably gorgeous, and utterly unafraid of me. He makes my blood boil and he stirs desires dormant for over a century. I must protect him, even if it costs me everything.

In a gripping tale of international intrigue, we follow Matthew Black, an industrial saboteur working for ORB, as he flits between Hong Kong, Seattle, Denver, Peru and Canada. His mission is to facilitate the exchange of one of the world's richest gold mines located in the Andes, on behalf of the Tupac Amaru, with one in Northern Canada. The timing of the exchange is vital, and we follow Black as he manages the difficulties faced by the Canadian company to complete their project on time, while at the same time ensuring a smooth handover to the Peruvian rebels.

Following the rules is what allowed me to build a career taking on superheroes in scripted fights. It's what let me to build my own evil organization. Gather a bevy of beautiful supervillainess lovers, and even get a cute mad scientist living in my basement. So no way in hell am I just going to sit back as one of my villainess lovers gets framed for murdering a superhero!

My name is Jessa. I’m eighteen and hopelessly in love with my best friend Stacey’s older brother, Josh. I’ve had a crush on Josh since I was ten and he was twenty-two, but of course, he never noticed me. He’s always possessed a darkness about him that I was drawn to like a moth to the flame and all I wanted was to be in his light. Unfortunately for me, with twelve years between us, I’ve always been just his little sister’s best friend and nothing more. When I was fifteen, Josh moved across the country for a girl and my desperate heart split in two.

Bloodthirst doesn’t stop when the dead inhabit the earth. But it does mean adapting how it’s filled. With the dead roaming free and a band of armed humans out to put an end to his eternal life, the vampire Dorian creates a sanctuary far from town. With human captives, fresh blood is always available. But his problems don’t stop there and reconnecting with his brood consumes him. He sets his sights on a neighboring town with the promise of finding answers.

Hamilton McWhorter III's service to family and country make him a standout among America's Greatest Generation. A Georgia native whose family roots date from that region's settlement during the 1700s, McWhorter was a naval aviation cadet undergoing training when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941. After earning his Wings of Gold in early 1942, Ensign McWhorter was trained as a fighter pilot in the robust but technologically outmoded F4F Wildcat. Initially assigned to VF-9, he saw first combat in November 1942 against Vichy French forces in North Africa.

A wealthy family has given up all hope after years of suffering from a devastating tragedy when an unlikely heroine enters their lives. Despite the rumors in town about Locke Mansion, its mysterious owner and his troubled son, Rachel desperately needs employment to save her mother. There is an open position at the infamous estate, yet few dare apply. Having learned the hard way through her father’s death that the smallest choice can alter a life forever, she still chooses to live by faith, not fear.

Milton H. Erickson, M.D. is generally acknowledged to have been the world's leading practitioner of medical hypnosis. His strategic therapy, using hypnotic techniques with or without actually inducing trance, allows him to get directly to the core of a problem and prescribe a course of action that can lead to rapid recovery.

Ava Diaz needs saving. She just doesn't know it yet. Just like she doesn't know a thing about the boy she sits next to on the first day of senior year. He thinks she's a brat. She thinks he's entitled. Maybe first impressions don't always last . . . Because Connor Ledger's about to save her. He just doesn't know why.

As the heir to the Halliday name and fortune, Win's entire life has been carefully orchestrated from the moment he came into the world. He's never been allowed to aspire for anything outside that plan, including love. After the tragedy that followed his younger brother chasing his foolish heart, the Halliday Matriarch insists on picking a bride that's up to her outrageously high standards. Unfortunately, the only woman Win would ever consider marrying isn't found anywhere on his mother's list.

Digital is a confusing concept, and many churches struggle to understand it, with most limiting their digital experience to streaming their church services and nothing more. In this book, you'll learn how to think strategically about digital strategy and how to best integrate digital ideas into your church that align with your ministry's in-person objectives. The goal is to disciple more people and not just get an online audience.

There are no more goodnight kisses. No knocks on windows. No lengthy text messages. No late-night phone calls. And no game day balloons. There's just Connor. And Ava. Existing in a world filled with nothing but heartache. While searching the darkness for glimmers of hope. Because with hope, comes magic. And magic is forever.

The only thing on Daire Archer's mind when she pulled a disappearing act on Christmas was proving she was worthy of being her father's daughter. She was born an Archer, and Daire was determined to show everyone she deserved to carry the legacy that came with her name. There is power in a name, and being an Archer meant Daire needed to do better, to be better. At least, that's what she thought she needed, until a boy from nowhere showed her that she was already pretty great just the way she was.

In Aristotle's Guide to Self-Persuasion, Heinrichs helps listeners persuade their most difficult audiences—themselves—by using techniques invented by the likes of Aristotle and Cicero and deployed by our culture’s most persuasive characters. With their help, rhetoric can convert the most negative situations into positive ones.

Picture this: you're at your desk early in the morning, coffee in hand, ready to tackle the day's challenges. But instead of diving into your work, you're wrestling with a sluggish computer system that crashes frequently. Or imagine you're launching a new product, but your website can’t handle the traffic spike and goes down. Perhaps you’re trying to understand your customers' behaviour, but the data from different sources just won't sync up.