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Nick Kaplan and Aidan Blake are experienced secret agents, stars of MI-5...or they were until they moved in together and became lovers all in one fell swoop. Now, before they have a chance to work out what's happening between them, they face their hardest test yet: keeping their hands off each other when they go undercover as strangers. Someone is selling deadly secrets to Great Britain's enemies, and a terrible chemical weapon is about to fall into the wrong hands.

The home run horse, the runner that makes your fortune and changes your life, can come from anywhere. This book will explore the quest for the superior thoroughbred, who takes up the search for a life-changing horse, and why they do it with limited success.

A society matron's life is threatened after she engineers the theft of her own priceless jewelry to pay off a gambling debt. Only a debonair connoisseur of crime can save her and recover her gems. For a price.

Ten-year-old Soren is the youngest apprentice of the legendary warrior Raven Lennox. At the age of 16, Soren is expected to fight in the eternal war against the Brotherhood of Shadow. But is the young prince up to the task, when he's more interested in mischief than in weapons? When one of Soren’s adventures goes off course, he accidentally unleashes a deadly threat. An age-old prophecy is coming to pass, and Soren must take a perilous journey deep into enemy territory.

Aiden, Kaelyn, and Lepitot Ravenstone compete in the Wizard Duels, the monthly tournament meant to train them for battle, though they can't imagine anything bad ever happening in Merwell. Aiden is a thirteen-year-old wizard who never tries too hard, but still wants to be a great wizard someday. He is stuck in the shadow of his twin sister, Kaelyn, who is bound and determined to be the youngest witch ever admitted to Wizwitch University. Lepitot, the youngest, has no magical abilities whatsoever, but can brew potions better than anyone.

This is the second of Mandarin Monkey’s books but the first audiobook version. This fantastic edition contains hundreds more Mandarin phrases and an added incentive of grammar! Which means not only will you be able to remember some very useful phrases for your daily Mandarin Chinese conversations, but you will also get some important grammatical bonuses. We cover topics from complaints to medical. From food to holidays. From measure words to time. Everyone should be able to get something from this book.

A big-city tough guy comes to a small Minnesota town to settle a deadly fight between the local crime boss and his chief rival - his son.

A starlet's plot to blackmail a film-studio executive results in her murder. Only the "trouble chaser" can clear her volatile lover and solve the crime.

When Zorka Circus performs, its big top roars with laughter and cheers, but when it moves on, children vanish from the European towns it leaves behind. Circus security chief Rurik suspects a killer hides among the international performers, but they close ranks - they've always viewed lightning-scarred Rurik as the monster. Nevertheless, he's determined to find the culprit and stop them before anyone else dies and the only place he can call home is ripped apart by the murders.

The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance gives valuable information on becoming a peak performer in sports, business, and life.

In The Forgotten Foundations of Fundraising, Jeremy Beer and Jeffrey Cain, cofounders of American Philanthropic, a leading consulting firm for nonprofit organizations, offer practical lessons and unconventional wisdom for both nonprofit leaders and novices in the art and science of raising money. Drawing upon a wealth of experience, deploying an army of anecdotes, and using eye-opening American Philanthropic survey data, the authors provide a brisk, irreverent, and supremely useful introduction to fundraising for charities and nonprofits.

I never expected my ex to walk back into my life. Especially as a vampire. Macory "Mac" Jacobs walks back into our southern small town and my life will never be the same. He pulls me into his world of supernatural creatures that I thought were only fiction. He asks me to help him run a blood donation program to serve the local vampire protection and protect the neighbors we grew up around. But he has no idea how much risk this request will put me in and I need him close to keep me safe. WIll my heart want him even closer?

Chaos has made it his quest to fight in the name of honor and glory. As a soldier of light, he has no doubt that he is the strongest warrior in the land. But, even his strength and confidence can’t stand up to the powers of Hell and the Bavelize, whom he must partner with to gain more soldiers for the good fight. It’s a fateful coincidence that finds Chaos at the mercy of the demon Anathema. He finds himself immersed in an intense rivalry. Both Anathema and Chaos are determined to destroy one another.

The voice broke into his thoughts, everywhere and nowhere at once, deafening, yet somehow a whisper. “Are you ready to learn the truth?” Heir to a notorious crime syndicate, 16-year-old Vincent Wilder is determined to live up to his father’s intimidating legacy, and expand his violent empire. The Wilders have terrorised the city of Pabell for decades and Vincent knows the business inside and out - and has dirtied his own hands more times than he dares to count. But no matter how ready he thinks he is, nothing could have prepared him for life at the helm.

Warring countries, fantastical creatures, beings of terrible power, and journeys of epic scale. The legendary Book of Alcherys tells wild and unimaginable stories. But they are not mere fairy tales. They are true, every word. Callista Nienna is strong and independent, but nothing could have prepared her for civilization being brought to a violent end. Now, she is forced to stay alive in a desolate wilderness with only her closest friend for support.

A renowned life coach and bestselling author shares personal anecdotes and practical advice that will help guide you through your own challenging times. Originally titled You're All That!, this new hardcover release equips readers to discover God's design for their life and live a bold, dynamic...

After robbing some banks, Torn Slater knows he should lay low. But when a beautiful widow asks for his help, he can't say no. Her reckless son has gone looking for trouble in Mexico - and found it in a woman called La Señorita. This power-mad femme fatale combines the torture methods of the Spanish Inquisition with the heart-ripping rituals of the Aztecs to get whatever she wants. And she wants the widow's son. Slater would be lying if he said taking down La Señorita would be easy. But dead men don't lie....

In an expose of the 2008 financial meltdown from the inside, Ziad K. Abdelnour argues that the political and financial elites have done nothing to fix the structural problems. By creating more market bubbles, they are actually waging a war on the most productive members of society. Abdelnour offers several solutions, including understanding that the government's primary objective is to create an environment conducive to the creation of wealth, not job creation, and not providing lifetime support to those who choose not to take advantage of the innumerable opportunities....

From diabetes and heart disease to asthma and arthritis, and so many in between! You may find it hard to believe that simple dietary shifts can make the difference to conditions you have struggled with for years. This could even simply be stomach discomfort, constant fatigue, a foggy brain, and a feeling that something isn’t right. You’ve probably tried medication and supplements. You may wonder: “How on earth can broccoli change all that?”

Silas Salt spent three years in a Tibetan monastery trying to escape his legacy. Then his father died.