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Ethan Night-Lark and Dominique Eaton share an attraction too powerful for either of them to deny . . . and a few busybodies to ignore. With a little matchmaking, they're thrown together for a secluded island getaway, kindling a passionate affair full of sun-soaked days and heady, starry-filled...

After the largest terrorist attack in US history is narrowly foiled, the sole enemy survivor has only one name to provide his interrogators: Ghulam Samedi, a fugitive hiding in the rugged mountains of China’s Xinjiang Province. As part of the CIA’s newly minted targeted killing program, David Rivers and his team are tasked with assassinating Samedi. But once they are inside China, there will be no backup, no air support, and no escape - only a handful of local assets with dubious motivations.

Runaway heir Rasp Stoneclaw was born cursed, prophesied to bring destruction to the world. Now exiled by the Stoneclaw tribe after his brothers drove him out, he lives under an assumed name. Far from the curse, of course. Meanwhile, Protector of the Realm Oralia Dawnsight—along with her team, the rebellious faithful four—is on the hunt for Rasp, ready to restore him to the throne for the small price of a trade route truce. She'll get Rasp to agree to a deal, and then they'll be on their way up the mountain path to install him as the new, peaceful leader of the Iron Ridge. Simple, right?

Humanity can make short work of the oceans' creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller's sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It's a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island was the last redoubt of a species that had been decimated by hunting and habitat loss years before the explorers set sail.

An Indispensable Tool for Becoming the Emotionally Mature Parent You Aspire to Be Are you determined to parent differently than you were raised? Ready to break cycles, heal old wounds, and give your children the emotionally close relationship you always wanted? This is your roadmap. Why This...

When the strong one finally breaks—what if that’s where real strength begins? This book is a candid, faith-soaked memoir for high-capacity women who hold everyone else together—while quietly coming undone. Author Yvette M. Brooks invites listeners into the pages where panic meets prayer and performance gives way to God’s presence. From a cancer diagnosis to the slow honesty of grief, her book has created rhythms that promote truth in hard times and spiritual reflections that encourage and uplift. Her testimony led to truths and practices she shares to help women just like her.

When Dr. Emilia McRoy stumbles upon a dead body in a haunted house, she resolves to find the killer before another body can fall. Halloween isn't the only cause for fright in the fifth Scottish Isle mystery, perfect for fans of Paige Shelton and Connie Berry. It's the week of Halloween—or as...

Eine Expedition auf Eternia endet in einem Desaster. Teela wird schwer verwundet und nur ein uraltes Geheimnis könnte ihr Leben retten. Während He-Man, Clamp Champ und Snout Spout sich auf eine gefährliche Reise in das Reich des Schattennarren begeben, um nach einem Heilmittel zu suchen, ziehen dunkle Mächte ihre Netze zusammen.

Fairy Godmother Inc. is a secretive organization keeping the forces of good and evil in balance with true love's kiss. After a drunken night and one sloppy signature, Crystal is contractually bound to Fairy Godmother Inc. to make the Elven Prince fall in love with her. There's just one problem. Human-elf relationships are strictly forbidden.

I believe that God, the Father of humanity, is inclusive by nature and that, by way of His inclusive love and grace manifested in Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection, He has won the battle of good and evil on behalf of all humanity. The real message of The Gospel According to God is that God wants everyone saved-so He came to earth Himself to save us. In the rest of the book, we will discover how He did it.

The skills that built your business are now keeping it from scaling. You hustled. You sacrificed. You built a profitable company through grit, control, and relentless execution. But now you’re the bottleneck. You can’t work harder. You can’t work longer. If you keep operating this way, your health, leadership, and company will eventually pay the price. The truth no one tells entrepreneurs is this: the hustle mentality that built the business cannot scale it. To reach the next level, you must become a different kind of leader.

Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Historian Ronald Hutton shows how this lack of definite information has allowed succeeding British generations to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent the Druids. Hutton's captivating book is the first to encompass two thousand years of Druid history and to explore the evolution of English, Scottish, and Welsh attitudes toward the forever ambiguous figures of the ancient Celtic world.

War has been declared on the shifter race, and my fated mate and I aren’t the only ones in shock. The news broadcasts are filled with outrage. Shifter activists are already protesting. Our only choice is to go to war and to start training for the battle that is coming. We know that if we can find and destroy our enemy Viola, her army will soon falter and fail. But in all the chaos, we missed the signs.

They captured me, broke me. Molded me into their perfect weapon. They made me murder and seduce strangers. Until a hitman killed my captors and set me free. LeroiI rescued a girl from a basement thinking she was innocent, but I brought home a serial killer whose darkness borders on insanity. Now, I need to tame her murderous instincts before I become her next victim.

Rich with storytelling, history, folklore, and Marshall's own personal experiences, The Lakota Way expresses the heart of Native American philosophy and the 12 core qualities that are crucial to the Lakota way of living: bravery, fortitude, generosity, wisdom, respect, honor, perseverance, love, humility, sacrifice, truth, and compassion.

‘Essential reading for creators, builders, and leaders’ DANIEL H. PINK, author of Drive ‘A deep dive into the dynamics of successful teams’ ADAM GRANT, author of Think Again ‘A phenomenal, science-backed guide’ KATY MILKMAN, author of How to Change We live in an age of unprecedented...

Frightened that their baby sister, Dineo, will die, 13-year-old Naledi and her younger brother, Tiro, run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, who works there as a maid. Their journey illustrates at every turn the grim realities of apartheid - the pass laws, bantustans, racism, the breakdown of family life. The opulence of the white 'Madam’s' house contrasts starkly with the reality that Naledi and Tiro face - that their baby sister is suffering from starvation, not an incurable disease.

This full-cast production of Orson Scott Card's newest title is finally available on audio From the end of the 18th century, Americans travelled west to find new homes and new lands. They brought with them the magics of plain people. It is from these roots of the American dream that...

What exactly is the Western literary canon? Why does it contain certain works and not others? And what do particular works in the Western canon tell us about the development of literature and civilization? Explore these and other thought-provoking lectures with a thorough investigation of more than 30 key works of the Western canon and the critical roles they played-and continue to play-in the development of Western literature.

The 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after Napoleon in 1814 is an astonishing period in world history. This era shook the foundations of the old world and marked a permanent shift for politics, religion, and society - not just for France, but for all of Europe. An account of the events alone reads like something out of a thrilling novel.