The Man Who Crossed Worlds (Miles Franco Book 1) by Chris Strange (Cheeky Minion) (137 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

All freelance Tunneler Miles Franco wants is a bit of freedom and a couple of bucks to rub together. So when the cops haul him downtown for smuggling people between worlds, he'll take any chance he can get to stay out of the pen. And funnily enough, the cops have just the job for him. A mysterious interdimensional drug lord is staking his claim on Miles' city, and the cops need Miles' expertise to cut off the drug lord's supply before it starts the biggest gang war in the city's history. But snooping around in gang business is a dangerous job in a town where everyone's on the take and the gangsters play for keeps. And there are a lot of ways a nosy Tunneler can disappear. Raw, insane, and hard-boiled as hell, The Man Who Crossed Worlds is a violent fever-dream for those who like their urban fantasy to kick them in the teeth. The Miles Franco Urban Fantasy Series • Book 1: The Man Who Crossed Worlds • Book 2: The Man Who Walked in Darkness • Book 3: The Man Who Lost ...

Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Union of Renegades (The Rys Chronicles Book 1) by Tracy Falbe (Falbe Publishing) (80 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

In this opening novel of The Rys Chronicles you'll meet a man scarred by bad deeds who answers the call of a heroic cause. An unconventional heroine will tug at your sympathies as she bravely faces adversity with all the strengths and vulnerabilities of her womanhood. And overarching it all are the rys. Their magic makes them superior to humans, but they are not above employing humans in their deadly schemes. Union of Renegades begins the love story between Dreibrand Veta an ambitious military officer and Miranda an escaped slave. They'll become a power couple that rules a vast realm but only after grim struggle and terrible sacrifice. Experience their first tense moments together in the opening chapters of Union of Renegades.

Genre: Fantasy

Her Brave Wolf (Marked by the Moon Book 1) by Kestra Pingree (687 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

She's smitten by a wolf. Gwendolyn Laney was just an ordinary park ranger until the day she was bitten by a wolf, a wolf that can turn into a hot-as-sin man. There's some kind of magic drawing her to him. Maybe someone more sensible would be worried, but not Gwen. She knows she belongs with him. He can't have a human. Nickolas Sipe is the Alpha of Blue Pack. He has a duty to all of his wolves, and that duty means keeping humans away. Humans have no place in the pack. They're the ones to blame for wolf-shifter misfortunes. It doesn't matter that she gets him wild with a simple look. This human can't be the one for him. Fated Mates. Forever Love. -- Marked by the Moon is a paranormal shifter romance series for adults. Each book works as a standalone novel where the couple gets their HEA, but for the best reader experience, they should be read in order. All books have been published; this series is complete.

Genre: Romance

Croatian Radical Separatism and Diaspora Terrorism During the Cold War (Central European Studies) by Mate Nikola Tokić (3 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Croatian Radical Separatism and Diaspora Terrorism During the Cold War examines one of the most active but least remembered groups of terrorists of the Cold War: radical anti-Yugoslav Croatian separatists. Operating in countries as widely dispersed as Sweden, Australia, Argentina, West Germany, and the United States, Croatian extremists were responsible for scores of bombings, numerous attempted and successful assassinations, two guerilla incursions into socialist Yugoslavia, and two airplane hijackings during the height of the Cold War. In Australia alone, Croatian separatists carried out no less than sixty-five significant acts of violence in one ten-year period. Diaspora Croats developed one of the most far-reaching terrorist networks of the Cold War and, in total, committed on average one act of terror every five weeks worldwide between 1962 and 1980. Toki? focuses on the social and political factors that radicalized certain segments of the Croatian diaspora population during the ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Harold B. Lee by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (58 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Harold B. Lee, eleventh President of the Church and an Apostle for over three decades, bore humble witness from a full heart "that God lives, that Jesus is the Redeemer of the world." With conviction born of years of service he said, "My humble prayer is that all men everywhere may understand more fully the significance of the atonement of the Savior of all mankind, who has given us the plan of salvation which will lead us into eternal life, where God and Christ dwell." The journey home to our Father in Heaven was a central focus of President Lee's teachings to the members of the Church. He exhorted each of Heavenly Father's children to "gain for himself that unshakable testimony which will place his feet firmly on the pathway which leads surely toward the glorious goal of immortality and eternal life." "The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God," said President Lee, "for thereby you can qualify yourselves to receive ...

Genre: Religion & Spirituality

Savage Hunger by Shelli Stevens (Shells Bells Publishing) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Sienna Peters is a scientist trying to get ahead in the field. But her world is sent spinning when she discovers a secret shapeshifter species being held in the lab where she works. Realizing the horrible things being done to them, she's compelled to free the creatures. Warrick Donovan is a federal agent on a mission who just found more trouble than he bargained for. Unfortunately, trouble comes in the form of Sienna Peters, the younger sister of his close friend. Now not only does he need to save her pretty butt, he needs to discover just how involved she is with the imprisonment of the shifters. Sienna has been told she can't trust anyone. As the danger escalates, so does passion. She finds herself wanting to trust Warrick. With her life and with her heart. Even if it means he'll break it all over again.

Genre: Romance

Mergeworld: Book One by Mason Elliott (54 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Two college friends wake up to their city under attack by hordes of ravening monsters. An interdimensional cataclysm jumbles half of Urth with half of a magical world called Tharanor. After the Merge, both mixed-up dimensions plunge into Chaos. On Urth/Tharanor, medieval buff David Pritchard battles to help lead the defense of the city... when he's not chasing after the hot new wizard girl in town. On Tharanor/Urth, wild west maven Mason Tyler and his shooting gear fall into a lake of Wild Magic. He rises up, in a reality where guns don't work... but now his pistols shoot magic. Both Technology and Magic are disrupted. Humanity must knight and cowboy up to fight and survive... Mergeworld!

Wolfkind by Stephen Melling (148 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

WOLFKIND In Los Angeles the question on everyone's lips... "Who is the Invisible Assassin?" The elusive hit man who has the authorities baffled, the general public intrigued and the local gangland highbrows hiding behind razor wire and hi-tec weaponry. With the city's second most powerful crime family slaughtered, Joshua Grenire is pressed into action by his mentor, Max Barlow: hunt and kill the assassin. Though burdened by social inexperience and the crushing responsibility of his mission, he is at the same time buoyed with child-like wonder at the prospect of finally interacting with ordinary people. Once in L.A. Joshua infiltrates the Durant crime syndicate and acquaints himself with the mobster's spirited civilian daughter, Genna Delucio. He finds himself breaking one of the rules by falling for the girl. While after nightfall he searches coldly for the assassin, during daylight hours he steals time to explore the simple rites of passage that long-term seclusion has ...

Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Revisiting Migrant Networks: Migrants and their Descendants in Labour Markets (IMISCOE Research Series) by Elif Keskiner (Springer) Price verified 12 hours ago

This open access book provides new conceptualisations on the networks of migrants and their descendants in accessing the labour market. Although references to social networks are common in discussions of migration, simplified ideas of co-ethnic networks often obscure the reality, for example confounding ties with co-ethnics and 'strong ties'. This open access book addresses key questions about the role of networks in migration contexts, particularly in relation to how migrants and their descendants, access the labour market and develop their employment trajectories over time. Rather than adopting a narrow essentializing ethnic lens, the research presented in this book explores intersectional identities of class, generation and gender. By focusing on the kinds of capital circulating between ties, including the dark side of social capital, the book offers insights into power dynamics and the potentially exclusionary dimension of networks. Taking a long term view, across generations, the ...

Genre: Foreign Languages

Why we should read by S. P. B. Mais (3 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

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Genre: Nonfiction

The life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer by Isambard Brunel (10 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

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The Salish Sea: A McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller (The Salish Sea Series Book 1) by Susan Lund (Amazon Digital Services) (1,697 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

A girl with no name... Penny doesn't remember much about her childhood and what she does remember isn't all that great. She and her mother moved too many times to a series of cheap motels. There were too many men visiting her mother and none of them were her father. As for him, all Penny knew was that her father was rich and dead. She was found abandoned on a deserted beach on the Salish Sea when she was four years old, and didn't even know her own name. Shunted from one foster home to another, she struggled to overcome the odds. When a Police Detective from the Victoria, B.C. Police Department calls about remains that were identified as belonging to her mother, Penny starts a quest to find out what happened to her and who her father really is. She enlists crime reporter Tess McClintock and Michael Carter to help her find her family, but when they start uncovering Penny's past, not everyone is happy to learn their connection to the girl with no name. The Salish Sea is a new ...

Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Exile by Glynn Stewart (1,812 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

A shackled Earth, ruled by an unstoppable tyrant An exiled son, and a one-way trip across the galaxy A perfect world, their last hope for survival Vice Admiral Isaac Gallant is the heir apparent to the First Admiral, the dictator of the Confederacy of Humanity. Unwilling to let his mother's tyranny stand, he joins the rebellion and leads his ships into war against the might of his own nation. Betrayal and failure, however, see Isaac Gallant and his allies captured. Rather than execute her only son, the First Admiral instead decides to exile them, flinging four million dissidents and rebels through a one-shot wormhole to the other end of the galaxy. There, Isaac finds himself forced to keep order and peace as they seek out a new home without becoming the very dictator he fought against and when that new home turns out to be too perfect to be true, he and his fellow exiles must decide how hard they are prepared to fight for paradise... against the very people who built it.

Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Watcher - Book One of the Watcher Series by AJ Eversley (269 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Hunt the Bots. Avoid the Carbons. Stay alive. Sawyer's life is simple, if not easy. Her home might be in ruins, but she can protect what's left of it. A city destroyed by the bots -- that's home. Humans have been hunted, but Sawyer is one of a few who have turned the tables. She's a Watcher. Taking out the bots one by one. Protecting what's left. It's the carbons she needs to be wary of. Faster and stronger than humans, they're dangerous. But Sawyer's smarter. That will keep her alive. At least, that's what she believed. But the carbons are evolving, and their plans are ever more cunning. Suddenly her friends are dying. Safety can no longer be taken for granted -- not even for the Watchers. At least she has Kenzie. Love is a strong word, but whatever they have, it's what keeps her going. Embarking on a desperate mission to save humanity from extinction, Sawyer discovers that the line between friend and foe is no longer easily drawn when one of her own betrays them. And when a ...

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Problems in American Democracy by Thames Williamson (2 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Light Chasers: A Novel of Lasniniar (The World of Lasniniar Book 1) by Jacquelyn Smith (WaywardScribe Press) (13 Reviews)    Price verified 57 minutes ago

Valanandir's throat spasms as he tries not to choke. He spits out a salty mouthful of seawater and grips some nearby rigging one-handed as the ship rocks beneath him. Under skies devoid of moon or sun, Valanandir fights for his life alongside his Sea Elf crew. But his ship already burns like a funeral pyre in the middle of the storm-tossed ocean. ... And far more than he realizes depends on his survival. Lose yourself in the thoroughly imagined World of Lasniniar with this first novel in the epic fantasy series by the author of the Fatal Empire series, Jacquelyn Smith.

Genre: Fantasy

Wizard of Abal (The Archimage Wars Book 1) by Philip Blood (19 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Nicolas is a wizard... and he is kind of an ass. Yes, you heard me! Worse, he is so angry he forgets to use the brains the Silent Mother gave him, back when she created this crazy universe. But, as you will eventually discover, there is a reason for Nick's bad temper and lack of manners. Join this once powerful wizard as he begins a journey of discovery, redemption, and growth that will take him to the craziest places in the universe. However, to begin with, Nick has a problem; a mage stole his memories. Now, as just a regular guy, with wizards and monsters out to do him in, Nick has to relearn how to use his magic, his brains, and get control of his anger, or die. Most importantly, he needs to regain his humanity. To do so, he will go on an epic adventure uncovering deep plots created by the conspirators who ruined his life, all the while becoming a better person. But let's not get ahead of ourselves! To start with, Nick needs to find out who screwed him over, why they did it, what ...

Genre: Fantasy

Find Me: YA Paranormal Romantic Suspense (Immersed Book 1) by Francesca Riley (Ocean Echo Books) (489 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

A magical love. An ancient curse. To free him she'll give her very soul. Skye Sebastian knows he's dangerous. Years after a childhood trauma seventeen-year-old Skye reluctantly returns to the seaside town of her greatest happiness and darkest terrors. But the sensitive young artist is stunned when she meets an alluring boy who has long haunted her dreams. Ignoring her inner warnings Skye deceives her friends, spending more and more time with the enigmatic young man. When his true origin and destiny are revealed she searches for a way to save him from his doom, unwittingly sealing her own. Can Skye unravel the mysteries surrounding her childhood without destroying her one chance for true love? Because in fairy tales there is always a price to pay. Especially when you're only human. Find Me is the engrossing first book in the Immersed fantasy romance series. If you like talented but scarred totally human heroines, romantic seaside settings and beguiling but dangerous magical beings ...

Genre: Teen & Young Adult

At Any Price: A Billionaire Auction Romance (Gaming The System Book 1) by Brenna Aubrey (Silver Griffon Associates) (14,483 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

"This is one of 13 romance novels that should be on every woman's bucket list."--Bustle.com I had the craziest idea when I decided to auction my virginity online. I have reasons for it. Good reasons. My mom's hospital bills, for one. My medical school tuition, for another. By day, I'm a student and popular gaming blogger, but my dream is to become a doctor. This auction could free me from a crushing pile of debt and give me the cash I need to make my dreams a reality. And honestly, I'm also looking forward to cashing in that troublesome V-card. Win, win. My rules are set in stone: One night, then no further contact with the auction winner. Enter Adam Drake, the brilliant gaming company CEO and multimillionaire. He won my auction. He's young, driven, and so damn sexy. It's frightening how attracted I am - though I'd never admit it. And it's clear I'll need to protect my heart. But Adam is used to making the rules and before I can catch it, he's found a loophole. Every stipulation I ...

Genre: Romance

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

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Genre: Nonfiction

Digital Health Care in Taiwan: Innovations of National Health Insurance by Po-Chang Lee (Springer) Price verified 8 hours ago

This open access book introduces the National Health Insurance (NHI) system of Taiwan with a particular emphasis on its application of digital technology to improve healthcare access and quality. The authors explicate how Taiwan integrates its strong Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry with 5G to construct an information system that facilitates medical information exchange, collects data for planning and research, refines medical claims review procedures and even assists in fighting COVID-19. Taiwan's NHI, launched in 1995, is a single-payer system funded primarily through payroll-based premiums. It covers all citizens and foreign residents with the same comprehensive benefits without the long waiting times seen in other single-payer systems. Though premium rate adjustment and various reforms were carried out in 2010, the NHI finds itself at a crossroads over its financial stability. With the advancement of technologies and an aging population, it faces ...

Genre: Medical eBooks

Decoding Your Dreams Part Three: Dream Interpretation Books (What Does Your Dreams Mean Book 3) by Tella Olayeri (8 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

God has never ceased using dream and visions to guide, instruct, and warn us. We pray but God answer us through dreams. We hear the word of the Lord through dreams. Dreams are the most common way God speaks with us. Unlike the early Christians, today's believers often treat dreams, like junk mail. This is wrong, This book bridges the gap. It will introduce you to how God speaks through dream and visions. This book is a hope builder; a Christian reference book for interpreting dreams. It will give you hope to learn and hear God's voice in your dream and fulfill all that he speaks to you. Every dream in this book is given detail explanation and interpretation. This book will give you a biblical understanding of dream that you never had before. Pick a copy.

Genre: Religion & Spirituality

Regiment of Women by Clemence Dane (11 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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Genre: Nonfiction

Biomineralization: From Molecular and Nano-structural Analyses to Environmental Science by Kazuyoshi Endo (Springer) (10 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This open access book is the proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Biomineralization (BIOMIN XIV) held in 2017 at Tsukuba. Over the past 45 years, biomineralization research has unveiled details of the characteristics of the nano-structure of various biominerals; the formation mechanism of this nano-structure, including the initial stage of crystallization; and the function of organic matrices in biominerals, and this knowledge has been applied to dental, medical, pharmaceutical, materials, agricultural and environmental sciences and paleontology. As such, biomineralization is an important interdisciplinary research area, and further advances are expected in both fundamental and applied research.

Genre: Science & Math

The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr (2 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

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Consequences: Book 1 of the Consequences Series by Aleatha Romig (8,577 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Book #1 of the bestselling Consequences series: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a suspenseful thriller about secrets and deception, passion and love, choices and consequences. Every action has consequences. Waking in an unfamiliar bedroom in a luxurious mansion, Claire Nichols is terrified to discover that a chance encounter led her into the cruel hands of her abductor, Anthony Rawlings. Claire has no understanding of why she's there, but it's been made abundantly clear -- she is now his acquisition and every action has consequences. earn the rules to survive. Facing incomprehensible circumstances, Claire must learn to survive her new reality -- every aspect of her livelihood depends upon the tall, dark-eyed tycoon who is a true master of deception. Driven by unknown demons, he has no tolerance for imperfection, in any aspect of his life, including his recent acquisition. Anthony may appear to the world as a handsome, benevolent businessman, ...

Genre: Romance

The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller (2 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

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Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Charles A. Beach (2 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

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Just One Fake Date: A Contemporary Romance (Flatiron Five Fitness Book 1) by Deborah Cooke (1,619 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Straight out of college, five friends with a dream joined forces to build success. Ten years later, their exclusive fitness club, Flatiron Five Fitness, is the hottest destination in Manhattan. People flock to F5F to get fit, to get lucky, and even, to fall in love. The founding partners have been immune to F5F's romantic spell -- at least, so far... Tyler McKay has a plan... And it doesn't include a serious relationship anytime soon. Between his day job and being a partner at Flatiron 5 Fitness, he's busy investing in the future. But Ty knows that going stag to his sister's wedding will encourage the family matchmakers: he needs a fake date, fast, in self-defense. When the one woman who hates him walks into F5F, Ty knows he's found the perfect candidate -- that Shannyn doesn't play by anyone's rules just leaves Ty wanting more... Shannyn Hawke is done with plans and dreams... She had her whole life mapped out, but it all went wrong. Now, she's taking care of number one and living ...

Genre: Romance

What An Earl Wants (Scandalous Ladies Book 1) by Shirley Karr (896 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

What's a lord to do? Benjamin, Earl of Sinclair, is living in chaos. So many of his well-trained servants are pairing up and running off to be wed that his friends begin calling him The Matchmaking Earl. Fortunately, his talented new secretary, J. Quincy, begins setting the household to rights. But imagine Sinclair's surprise when he discovers the "J" stands for Josephine. His favorite employee is a lady in disguise! Jo desperately needs this position, and never actually lied about her gender... though she didn't expect Sinclair to figure out her secret so soon. If the ton finds out, the scandal could be devastating. She's only going to stay long enough to earn sufficient money to move her ailing sister away from London. Can she succeed before word gets out and scandal brings them both down? And after working so closely with the handsome, charming Sinclair, can she leave with her heart intact... even if the earl now wants Jo as a match for himself? Originally published January ...

Genre: Romance

The Isles of Scilly Their Story their Folk & their Flowers by Jessie Mothersole (10 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

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Bound by Earth: The Nature Hunters Academy Series, Book 1 by Quinn Loftis (1,114 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Tara Thompson cannot be injured. Since the night her parents died in a tragic accident, she hasn't felt pain of any kind, not so much as a papercut. And she has no idea why. Though her body healed quickly, her heart and soul took its time. Luckily, a loving foster mom and an unwanted best friend stepped in to speed up the process. Despite Tara's best efforts, her new BFF, Shelly Smith, just wouldn't go away. By their senior year, the girls were thick as thieves and would probably become thieves if Shelly had anything to say about their future. Thankfully, fate intervenes in the form of a high school recruiter, Elias Creed, who works for a mysterious geological testing company. Cue the dreamy music and soft lighting as he walks in slow motion toward her. Then Elias opens his mouth and Tara laments the fact that the first guy she's ever been seriously attracted to... is a complete and utter butthead. Still, she can't seem to shake him, and she and Shelly are both intrigued by the ...

Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics (Studies in Jewish Civilization Book 23) by Leonard J. Greenspoon (Purdue University Press) Price verified 3 hours ago

For some, the connection between Jews and athletics might seem far-fetched. But in fact, as is highlighted by the fourteen chapters in this collection, Jews have been participating in-and thinking about-sports for more than two thousand years. The articles in this volume scan a wide chronological range: from the Hellenistic period (first century BCE) to the most recent basketball season. The range of athletes covered is equally broad: from participants in Roman-style games to wrestlers, boxers, fencers, baseball players, and basketball stars. The authors of these essays, many of whom actively participate in athletics themselves, raise a number of intriguing questions, such as: What differing attitudes toward sports have Jews exhibited across periods and cultures? Is it possible to be a "good Jew" and a "great athlete"? In what sports have Jews excelled, and why? How have Jews overcome prejudices on the part of the general populace against a Jewish presence on the field or in the ...

Genre: Sports & Outdoors

Mishpachah: The Jewish Family in Tradition and in Transition (Studies in Jewish Civilization Book 27) by Leonard J. Greenspoon (Purdue University Press) Price verified 7 hours ago

Dictionary definitions of the term mishpachah are seemingly straightforward: "A Jewish family or social unit including close and distant relatives-sometimes also close friends." As accurate as such definitions are, they fail to capture the diversity and vitality of real, flesh-and-blood Jewish families. Families have been part of Jewish life for as long as there have been Jews. It is useful to recall that the family is the basic narrative building block of the stories in the biblical book of Genesis, which can be interpreted in the light of ancient literary traditions, archaeological discoveries, and rabbinic exegesis. Rabbinic literature also is filled with discussions about interactions, rancorous as well as amicable, between parents and among siblings. Sometimes harmony characterizes relations between the parent and the child; as often, alas, there is conflict. The rabbis, always aware of the realities of life, chide and advise as best they can. For the modern period, the changing ...

Genre: Religion & Spirituality

The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Gerhar Hauptmann (2 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

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Genre: Science Fiction

Next Year in Jerusalem: Exile and Return in Jewish History (Studies in Jewish Civilization Book 30) by Leonard J. Greenspoon Price verified 27 minutes ago

Next Year in Jerusalem recognizes that Jews have often experienced or imaged periods of exile and return in their long tradition. The fourteen papers in this collection examine this phenomenon from different approaches, genres, and media. They cover the period from biblical times through today. Among the exiles highlighted are the Babylonian Exile (sixth century BCE), the exile after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple (70 CE), and the years after the Crusaders (tenth century CE). Events of return include the aftermath of the Babylonian Exile (fifth century BCE), the centuries after the Temple's destruction (first and second CE), and the years of the establishment of the modern State of Israel (1948 CE). In each instance authors pay close attention to the historical settings, the literature created by Jews and others, and the theological explanations offered (typically, this was seen as divine punishment or reward for Israel's behavior). The entire volume is written ...

Genre: Religion & Spirituality

Who Is A Jew?: Reflections on History, Religion, and Culture (Studies in Jewish Civilization Book 25) by Leonard J. Greenspoon (Purdue University Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Jewish identity is a perennial concern, as Jews seek to define the major features and status of those who "belong," while at the same time draw distinctions between individuals and groups on the "inside" and those on the "outside." From a variety of perspectives, scholarly as well as confessional, there is intense interest among non-Jewish and Jewish commentators alike in the basic question, "Who is a Jew?" This collection of articles draws diverse historical, cultural, and religious insights from scholars who represent a wide range of academic and theological disciplines. Some of the authors directly address the issue of Jewish identity as it is being played out today in Israel and Diaspora communities. Others look to earlier time periods or societies as invaluable resources for enhanced and deepened analysis of contemporary matters. All authors in this collection make a concerted effort to present their evidence and their conclusions in a way that is accessible to the general ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Invisible Justice (Justice Series Book 1) by Kim Jewell (151 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Book #1 in a series about teenagers that were tampered with as babies - injected with a combination of drugs that were designed to leave them with super abilities. Over time the teens start to find each other, form a team, and search for answers and the man who did this to them. Likened by readers to X-Men and Heroes, Invisible Justice is a contemporary take on teenage super heroes. Sam Dixon is a fairly typical teenage boy - great parents, active school life, pesky sister - with a nice life. That is until it is turned upside down when he begins to experience crippling flashes of pain that take over his entire body. It doesn't take him long to realize that these moments of burning torture are changing his body's makeup and leaving behind extra abilities - heightened senses. His new sight, hearing, touch, taste and sense of smell give him powers beyond anything he thought possible. A random meeting at the local hardware store connects Sam with another teen - Leesha Conway - who has ...

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Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant by Hugh S. Fullerton (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

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Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

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Time After Time: A young adult 1980s time travel novel by Sara Crawford Price verified 27 minutes ago

Megan Gallagher has only ever seen her mother as neurotic and overworked. When a Whitney Houston song at the 80s dance sends Megan back to 1987, she discovers her teenage mom dressed in all black and sneaking liquor in the bathroom. After preventing her mom's drunk car accident, Megan realizes she has one month to get her teenage parents to stop partying and learn enough about her family's secret to get back home. Too bad the much cuter teenage version of her history teacher is such a distraction. With time running out and her future at stake, Megan must learn that, when it comes to family, you can't always get what you want but you might just get what you need. "A fast-paced novel about love and family and the 1980s that manages to be both totally tubular and amazingly poignant. Crawford is one to watch." - Carrie Jones, NYT Bestselling Author of Need

Genre: Teen & Young Adult

Teaching the Empire: Education and State Loyalty in Late Habsburg Austria (Central European Studies) by Scott O. Moore (2 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Teaching the Empireexplores how Habsburg Austria utilized education to cultivate the patriotism of its people. Public schools have been a tool for patriotic development in Europe and the United States since their creation in the nineteenth century. On a basic level, this civic education taught children about their state while also articulating the common myths, heroes, and ideas that could bind society together. For the most part historians have focused on the development of civic education in nation-states like Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. There has been an assumption that the multinational Habsburg Monarchy did not, or could not, use their public schools for this purpose. Teaching the Empire proves this was not the case. Through a robust examination of the civic education curriculum used in the schools of Habsburg from 1867-1914, Moore demonstrates that Austrian authorities attempted to forge a layered identity rooted in loyalties to an individual's home province, ...

Genre: History

President Trump’s First Term: The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 5 by Robert X. Browning (Purdue University Press) Price verified 11 hours ago

C-SPAN is the network of record for US political affairs, broadcasting live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided--without editing, commentary, or analysis and with a balanced presentation of points of view. The C-SPAN Archives, located adjacent to Purdue University, is the home of the online C-SPAN Video Library. The Archives has recorded all of C-SPAN's television content since 1987. Extensive indexing, captioning, and other enhanced online features provide researchers, policy analysts, students, teachers, and public officials with an unparalleled chronological and internally cross-referenced record for deeper study. Books in this series present the finest interdisciplinary research utilizing tools of the C-SPAN Video Library. Each volume highlights recent scholarship and comprises leading experts and emerging voices in political science, journalism, psychology, ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Eva and Otto: Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler by Tom Pfister (Purdue University Press) (22 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Eva and Otto is a true story about German opposition and resistance to Hitler as revealed through the early lives of Eva Lewinski Pfister (1910-1991) and Otto Pfister (1900-1985). It is an intimate and epic account of two Germans -- Eva born Jewish, Otto born Catholic -- who worked with a little-known German political group that resisted and fought against Hitler in Germany before 1933 and then in exile in Paris before the German invasion of France in May 1940. After their improbable escapes from separate internment and imprisonment in Europe, Eva obtained refuge in America in October 1940 where she worked to rescue other endangered political refugees, including Otto, with the help of Eleanor Roosevelt. As revealed in recently declassified records, Eva and Otto later engaged in different secret assignments with the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in support of the Allied war effort. Despite their vastly different backgrounds, Eva and Otto gave each other hope and strength as ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Academic E-Books: Publishers, Librarians, and Users (Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences) by Suzanne M. Ward (Purdue University Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Academic E-Books: Publishers, Librarians, and Users provides readers with a view of the changing and emerging roles of electronic books in higher education. The three main sections contain contributions by experts in the publisher/vendor arena, as well as by librarians who report on both the challenges of offering and managing e-books and on the issues surrounding patron use of e-books. The case study section offers perspectives from seven different sizes and types of libraries whose librarians describe innovative and thought-provoking projects involving e-books. Read about perspectives on e-books from organizations as diverse as a commercial publisher and an association press. Learn about the viewpoint of a jobber. Find out about the e-book challenges facing librarians, such as the quest to control costs in the patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) model, how to solve the dilemma of resource sharing with e-books, and how to manage PDA in the consortial environment. See what patron use ...

Mage's Apprentice: A Young Adult Fantasy (Mages of New York Book 1) by Sean Fletcher (Epic Worlds Publishing) (378 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

A human thief with no magic, apprenticed to the strongest Mage. What could possibly go wrong... Aspen is a Norm. A human. And in the supernatural boroughs of New York City, that's a quick way to wind up dead. Or worse. She didn't plan on becoming apprenticed to one of the strongest members on the Council of Mages. She really didn't plan on taking part in a deadly magical competition against Isak, her handsome, aggravating, dangerous opponent. Yet as much as Aspen hates it, something sinister is going down in the magical boroughs and she'll have to work with both of them if she wants to uncover its source. She's been the underdog her entire life, yet nothing's prepared her for being this outmatched and outmagicked. But she also might be the only thing standing between those she loves and an ancient evil trying to destroy them all. Mage's Apprentice is the first book in the completed YA fantasy Mage's Apprentice series. If you like snarky, fast-paced fantasies full of magical ...

Genre: Teen & Young Adult

Letters of George Ade (The Founders Series) by Terence Tobin (Purdue University Press) Price verified 10 hours ago

George Ade, one of the most beloved writers of his day, carried on a lively correspondence with the most colorful of the great and near-great. George M. Cohan, William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, John T. McCutcheon, James Whitcomb Riley, Finley Peter Dunne, Hamlin Garland all received letters from the Hoosier humorist. Ade's keen observation, compact and straightforward style, and understated humor mark his correspondence, as well as his immensely popular newspaper columns, books, and plays. His friendships were so diversified that his letters forms a patchwork of popular history, literature, politics, and entertainment. Ade's interchange of ideas about people and events shaping the twentieth century as well as his own life will provide insights for students of varied aspects of American culture. This volume presents 182 of the most interesting and informative letters from the thousands of extant pieces of his correspondence in scores of collections scattered throughout the ...

Genre: History

Exploring the C-SPAN Archives: Advancing the Research Agenda (The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research) by Robert X. Browning Price verified 5 hours ago

Exploring the C-SPAN Archives is a collection of path-breaking research studies that use video drawn from the C-SPAN Archives. The book, based on the papers presented at a November 2014 conference, includes chapters that explore issues in presidential debates, minority representation, the presentation of the first ladies, stem research, and innovative ways to analyze video. The book is divided into five parts: Part 1 consists of an overview of and common scholarship using the C-SPAN Archives and how this research advances the conversation after previously published studies. Featured are the ways in which the collection is indexed and tips on how individuals can find particular materials. This section is essential for increased scholarship and pragmatic applications. Part 2 contains applied research using the video collection. Topics in this section include a look at oral histories of minority members of Congress, an analysis of presidential debates, and the presentation style of ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 by Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Buckingham and Chandos (4 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Genre: History

We Could Be Heroes (The Descendants Basic Collection Book 1) by Landon Porter (Paradox-Omni Entertainment) (23 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Formerly released as 'Welcome To Freeland House' Scientific experimentation in the twentieth century caused later generations to give birth to a new breed of human gifted with the genetic potential for superhuman feats, both mental and physical. In the United States, the Psionics Training and Application Academy was founded to train the most powerful of these psionics and the Enforcer Corps was created to stop those who used their powers for ill purposes. But the Academy had a more clandestine agenda, one that has recently been discovered by three of its former students. Their desperate crusade to save the children exploited to the Academy's dark ends leads them to the city of Mayfield, where they face not only the threat from the Academy, but from a powerful crime lord, an ancient witch, and all manner of villain in between. They are heroes. They are people. This it their story. --------- Styled after comic book series from the Bronze Age of Comics, The Descendants is presented ...

Genre: Fantasy

Something’s Gotta Give: Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2011 by Beth R. Bernhardt (Purdue University Press) Price verified 57 minutes ago

The theme of the 2011 Charleston Conference, the annual event that explores issues in book and serial acquisition, was "Something's Gotta Give." The conference, held November 2-5, 2011, in Charleston, SC, included 9 pre-meetings, more than 10 plenaries, and over 120 concurrent sessions. The theme reflected the increasing sense of strain felt by both libraries and publishers as troubling economic trends and rapid technological change challenge the information supply chain. What part of the system will buckle under this pressure? Who will be the winners and who will be the losers in this stressful environment? The Charleston Conference continues to be a major event for information exchange among librarians, vendors, and publishers. As it begins its fourth decade, the Conference is one of the most popular international meetings for information professionals, with almost 1,500 delegates. Conference attendees continue to remark on the informative and thought-provoking sessions. The ...

Awakening: A Sarcastic & Steamy Opposites Attract Vampire Romance (The Promiscus Guardians Book 1) by Brianna West (971 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

I have a power every Dark creature wants. Lucas is the Guardian who vows to train and protect me. But what if falling in love puts everyone at risk? Izzy is on the fast track to nowhere. Being ordinary really blew sometimes. That's until she decides to stalk a couple hotties one night and earns herself a nice little head bash by a very sexy but seriously uptight guy named Lucas. Here's the kicker, he's a supernatural creature proclaiming to police the Light and Dark to keep humans safe. And Izzy, well, she isn't the human she thought she was. She's a mixed creature they've never seen before. Now Lucas is going to do everything in his power to find out what she is and protect her from the Dark lurking around the corner. Awakening follows Izzy as she navigates this new mixed world of demons, vampires, angels, and many other supernatural creatures. Recruited by the Promiscus Guardians and partnering with the most brooding and devilishly handsome man she's ever met, Lucas, Izzy is ...

Genre: Romance

Ancient Households on the North Coast of Peru by Ilana Johnson (University Press of Colorado) Price verified 8 hours ago

Ancient Households on the North Coast of Peru provides insight into the organization of complex, urban, and state-level society in the region from a household perspective, using observations from diverse North Coast households to generate new understandings of broader social processes in and beyond Andean prehistory. Many volumes on this region are limited to one time period or civilization, often the Moche. While Ancient Households on the North Coast of Peru does examine the Moche, it offers a wider thematic approach to a broader swath of prehistory. Chapters on various time periods use a comparable scale of analysis to examine long-term continuity and change and draw on a large corpus of prior research on states, rulership, and cosmology to offer new insight into the intersection of household, community, and state. Contributors address social reproduction, construction and reinforcement of gender identities and social hierarchy, household permanence and resilience, and ...

Genre: History

Secrets: Web of Sin One: Sparrow Webs 1 by Aleatha Romig (4,323 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

I'm Sterling Sparrow, kingpin of Chicago. I rule the world you see and the one good people pretend they don't. Nearly two decades ago, my father showed me a photograph -- a girl with golden hair and light brown eyes -- and told me that one day, if I proved myself, the girl would be mine. Seasons turn to years and years pass. Chicago is now mine. It is time to claim my queen. "Araneae McCrie, I'm Sterling Sparrow, and you're my queen. I get what I want and I want you." By New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig, the twisted and intriguing storytelling that you loved in Consequences and Infidelity is back in the Sparrow Webs. Web of Sin is a dangerous, gritty romance, complete with an all-new alpha anti-hero who will haunt your dreams and your fantasies. "Have you been Aleatha'd?" SECRETS is book one of Sterling and Araneae's story, Web of Sin. Their story continues in LIES and concludes in PROMISES.

Those Dale Girls by Frank Weston Carruth (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

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Genre: Nonfiction

Transforming Education for Sustainability: Discourses on Justice, Inclusion, and Authenticity (Environmental Discourses in Science Education Book 7) by María S. Rivera Maulucci (Springer) Price verified 10 hours ago

This book investigates how educators and researchers in the sciences, social sciences, and the arts, connect concepts of sustainability to work in their fields of study and in the classrooms where they teach the next generation. Sustainability, with a focus on justice, authenticity and inclusivity, can be integrated into many different courses or disciplines even if it is beyond their historical focus. The narratives describe sustainability education in the classroom, the laboratory, and the field (broadly defined) and how the authors navigate the complexities of particular sustainability issues, such as climate change, water quality, soil health, biodiversity, resource use, and education in authentic ways that convey their complexity, the sociopolitical context, and their hopes for the future. The chapters explore how faculty engage students in learning about sustainability and the ways in which working at the edge of what we know about sustainability can be a significant source of ...

Genre: Education & Teaching

Kepler One: The Choosing (Kepler One Series Book 1) by TP Keane (77 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

The radiation on Earth is killing everyone Zoe Ruthland cares about. After winning the Lottery, she is the only tier five citizen given a chance to start over on a new planet. Seen as unworthy, a criminal, many want her to fail. Zoe must survive training, and the other cadets, to secure her place on the Kepler One spacecraft. But something sinister lurks behind the Government's plans to save humankind and Zoe has no idea that she is an integral part of it; that she is chosen for another reason. FREE ON SMASHWORDS.

Genre: Teen & Young Adult

The Boy Spy A substantially true record of secret service during the war of the rebellion, a correct account of events witnessed by a soldier by Joseph Kerby (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

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Jātaka Tales: Volume 3: Folk Tales of the Buddha's Previous Lives (Jataka Tales) by Eric Van Horn (18 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

The J?taka Tales are the Buddhist equivalent of Aesop's Fables. They are morality stories. In the Buddhist cultures of that time, these were the stories that children grew up hearing. They were the popular entertainment of their time. Families would gather together in the evening after the day's work was done and share these tales. And it is from these stories that people learned about the standards of conduct for followers of the Buddha. Like Aesop's Fables, the main characters in these stories can be a king, a merchant, a craftsperson, or an animal. This collection contains stories 101-150 of the 547 total stories. J?taka 124 tells a lovely story a monk whose selflessness leads to prosperity for his monastery, and in the past how he devoted himself tirelessly to providing water for animals during a drought. J?taka 105 shows a tree fairy who calms an elephant's fears. J?taka 107 is a funny story about a priest who makes his king crazy by talking too much, and how the king enlists ...

Genre: Religion & Spirituality

Being Human during COVID by Kristin Ann Hass (University of Michigan Press) Price verified 3 hours ago

Science has taken center stage during the COVID-19 crisis; scientists named and diagnosed the virus, traced its spread, and worked together to create a vaccine in record time. But while science made the headlines, the arts and humanities were critical in people's daily lives. As the world went into lockdown, literature, music, and media became crucial means of connection, and historians reminded us of the resonance of the past as many of us heard for the first time about the 1918 influenza pandemic. As the twindemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice tore through the United States, a contested presidential race unfolded, which one candidate described as "a battle for the soul of the nation." Being Human during COVID documents the first year of the pandemic in real time, bringing together humanities scholars from the University of Michigan to address what it feels like to be human during the COVID-19 crisis. Over the course of the pandemic, the questions that occupy the humanities -- ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Dancing Days (The Helicon Muses Book 1) by Val St. Crowe (Punk Rawk Books) (217 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

When Nora Sparrow was a little girl and Owen Asher told her she was special, she believed him. But Nora's fifteen now, and she's too old to believe in magical happily-ever-afters or mystical otherworlds where she can create all day long and do what she likes. Sure, there are inexplicable things about her and Owen, like that trick he can do with his eyes that bends people to his will or the fact that storm clouds gather if she ever does one creative thing, but... Special? Her? She doesn't even want to be special. She only wants to be like everyone else. When he begs her to try another ritual to open the dimensions, she agrees mostly to humor him. Owen's rituals never work. Except this one does, and it's all real. She's a muse, not a human, and this world is Helicon -- a bohemian world where the muses play hard, drink hard, throw parties, and create constantly. It's Woodstock with magic, and here everyone is like her. She finally belongs. But Owen was right after all. Half-god ...

Genre: Fantasy

Holding Mia (Rockers' Legacy Book 1) by Terri Anne Browning (1,235 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

They call me the rocker's princess, some even call me the dance prodigy, but none of them knows the real Mia Armstrong. Now that dancing is no longer my future, I don't know either. All I want is the opportunity to find out, to have some time to try being just a little normal. To discover who this new girl is. I fought for the chance to go to college on my own. Without the guards overshadowing my shot at a real college experience, drawing unwanted attention and making it impossible to learn new things about myself. My goal was to get my degree and start my own dance school. Barrick wasn't part of that goal, but suddenly, he was everywhere -- and I was so damn tempted. His arms felt so good wrapped around me, making me feel safer than I'd ever felt in my life. But Barrick had more secrets than I could ever hope to uncover. And one just might break me completely.

Genre: Romance

Storm of Arranon by R E Sheahan (134 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

A forbidden birth. A remarkable young woman. A marauding alien society. The battle begins. A hostile alien force invades Korin and Arranon, needing the abundant natural resources of both worlds to survive, destroying every living thing in the process. Forced to expose her abilities and reveal her forbidden birth, Cadet Erynn Yager's guarded web of secrets begin to unravel. On an unfamiliar planet of eternal winter and predatory wildlife, the mysterious living consciousness of Arranon intervenes, leading Erynn on a mystical journey. Swept into a chain reaction of events, Erynn finds something unexpected on her journey of awareness and growth. Love.

Genre: Teen & Young Adult

Taunting the Biker (Biker MC Romance) Book 9: Biker MC Romance (The Biker Series) by Cassie Alexandra (649 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Written by USA Today Bestselling Author Cassie Alexandra. Book one is free right now - Resisting the Biker. We all have weaknesses. She's... mine. Charlie is spoiled, conniving, and used to getting her way. She's a gorgeous, hot mess. One who doesn't take rejection well and fights dirty, like her father. Did I mention that her old man is connected to the Cartel? I don't need that in my life. I have a daughter to raise and another woman who needs my protection. The only problem is, every time I'm near Charlie, I lose my fu*cking mind. She knows it, too... and loves taunting the hell out of me. I'm not sure how much more of this I can take... but even guys like me have their breaking points... This story contains crude language, sexual situations, and violence. Is not suitable for readers under the age of 18. Please do not buy if any of this offends you. This is a work of fiction and is not meant to be a true depiction of a motorcycle club. It was written for entertainment only.

Genre: Foreign Languages

Bad Faith: A Kansas City Legal Thriller #1 (Kansas City Legal Thrillers) by Rachel Sinclair (Tobann Publications) (526 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

A transgendered youth accused of a brutal murder... An attorney on the brink of self-destruction... Attorney Harper Ross is at the end of her rope. Her former client, John Robinson, who she walked on a technicality, went on to kill again. John's second victim was a young, vibrant mother of two. After suffering with the devastating guilt about the evil that she unleashed back onto the street, Harper retreats to her old haunt, a bar called Charlie Hooper's, as she confronts her old demons. Before she has a chance to completely drown her sorrows, Harper is called to defend Heather Morrison, a transgendered youth who is accused of killing her mother in cold blood. Heather insists that it was self-defense; Harper has her doubts. As Harper gets further into investigation of the case, she discovers an evil beyond anything that she knew was possible. Her investigation of a church leads her to a Reverend who preaches hatred from the pulpit and possibly more. Harper gets closer to the ...

Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Peaceful Slumber (Soul Connection Book 1) by Nikki Lynn Barrett (367 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Scott I was somewhat normal once. Until I died. It was only for a few minutes, but ever since then, I can see ghosts. The first time I see her is in the cemetery, wearing a blood stained wedding dress. No one else knows she exists. I have no idea how to help her or why I chose to, but she's here now. The one person who makes me feel alive for the first time in ages is a spirit trapped in her own version of hell with no recollection of her life or death. Zelda It sounds like the start of a horror novel or something. I'm the amnesiac ghost bride who wakes up with no memory of my life or death. Only one person can see me. With no clues as to who I am or how I wound up in this predicament, Scott is my only chance of helping to unlock my memories. It's not easy. He's sarcastic and jaded. But he's the only link I have to the living world.

Genre: Romance

Mediaeval Tales by Various (2 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

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Killing Tomorrow (Evolution's Path Book 1) by Peter Hill (71 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

"Author Peter Hill is a visionary storyteller. With a background in law enforcement and screenwriting, he brings us a narrative that's every bit as prescient and authentic as tomorrow's headlines. He does it with razor-sharp prose, and he isn't afraid to tackle ambitious themes here: feminism, globalisation, environmentalism." There is a fine line between genius and insanity. In this dangerously overpopulated world, terrorism and fanaticism reach boiling point. Against a background of terrorist plots, political intrigue and espionage, the lives of three powerful women become inextricably entwined. Fleur Nichols, a beautiful and astute investigative journalist, Wenna Cavendish, an ambitious senior MI5 officer and Simone Gofre, a brilliant lesbian virologist, leave their marks on world events and a stunning revelation will change the course of human history forever. This apocalyptic thriller takes place in the near future, it isn't science fiction, it's 'faction', and all the more ...

Genre: Science Fiction

European Lobbying: An Occupational Field between Professionalism and Activism (Routledge Studies in Political Sociology) by Christian Lahusen (Routledge) (1 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Lobbying is an integral part of the political reality of the European Union and a highly competitive and dynamic field of interest groups. This book takes a systematic look at lobbyists in order to broaden our understanding of the staff entrusted with the responsibility of influencing European politics. Who are the European lobbyists? What are their professional backgrounds, career patterns, practices, and beliefs? The study uses a sociological framework to explore the professionalisation and professionalism of the field across national proveniences, policy fields and interest groups, and develops a systematic analysis that considers three different dimensions: occupational patterns, shared knowledge and common convictions. Based on original research that combines in- depth interviews with survey data, European Lobbying demonstrates that European lobbying is a firmly established and highly professionalised métier. In an organisational field characterised by growth, pluralisation and ...

The May Day Murders by Scott Wittenburg (2,374 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

The tranquility of Smithtown, Ohio is shattered when David Bradley arrives home to find that his wife has been raped and murdered by someone who left no clues behind except the words "May Day" painted on her body. Reporter Sam Middleton is determined to help police find the killer of his ex-wife's friend as they learn that another Smithtown woman has been murdered. Who will the next victim be?

Algorithms for Big Data: DFG Priority Program 1736 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Book 13201) by Hannah Bast (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This open access book surveys the progress in addressing selected challenges related to the growth of big data in combination with increasingly complicated hardware. It emerged from a research program established by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as priority program SPP 1736 on Algorithmics for Big Data where researchers from theoretical computer science worked together with application experts in order to tackle problems in domains such as networking, genomics research, and information retrieval. Such domains are unthinkable without substantial hardware and software support, and these systems acquire, process, exchange, and store data at an exponential rate. The chapters of this volume summarize the results of projects realized within the program and survey-related work. This is an open access book.

Genre: Computers & Technology

A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie) Hay, Marie (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

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Genre: History

Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton (3 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era: Contexts, Companies, Connections (Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics) by Niels P. Petersson (Palgrave Macmillan) (9 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This open access book belongs to the Maritime Business and Economic History strand of the Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics book series. This volume highlights the contribution of the shipping industry to the transformations in business and society of the postwar era. Shipping was both an example and an engine of globalization and structural change. In turn, the industry experienced and pioneered, mirrored and enabled key developments that led to the present-day globalized economy. Contributions address issues such as the macro-level shift of shipping's centre of gravity from Europe to Asia, the political and legal frameworks within which it developed, the strategies and performance of both successful and unsuccessful firms, and the links between the shipping industry and the wider economy and society. Without shipping and its ability to forge connections and networks of a global reach, the modern world would look very different. By bringing together scholars from various ...

Genre: Business & Money

Queens of the French Stage by H. Noel Williams (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

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Paris and the Social Revolution A Study of the Revolutionary Elements in the Various Classes of Parisian Society by Alvan Francis Sanborn (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

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Genre: Nonfiction

Rogue Star: Frozen Earth (A Post-Apocalyptic Technothriller) by Jasper T. Scott (Anthem Press) (2,832 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

A DEAD STAR IS HEADED FOR EARTH... THE SHIFT IN EARTH'S ORBIT WILL UNLEASH A NEW ICE AGE... AND THIS SUMMER WILL BE OUR LAST. THE NEWS BREAKS Logan Willis's life is falling apart: he lost his job and found out that his wife is cheating on him all in the same day. Thinking that his world has ended, Logan checks into a hotel and turns on the TV to see that he's not far wrong -- radio telescopes have detected mysterious signals coming from inside our solar system, and the source is moving toward us at over 500 miles per second. The media concludes that these signals must be of an alien origin. Still reeling from the news, Logan gets a phone call from his brother-in-law. Richard is talking crazy about the end of the world again, but this time he doesn't sound so crazy. A DEADLY CONSPIRACY UNRAVELS Meanwhile, Richard, who is an astronomer working with the James Webb Space Telescope, is at the White House briefing the president to announce what he and the government have known for almost ...

Genre: Science Fiction

Vistas in Sicily by Arthur Stanley Riggs (4 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

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Genre: Nonfiction

Quranic Wisdom by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (85 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

According to the Quran, a person's life has been divided into two phases: the pre-death period and the post-death period. The present life is only temporary and is meant as a test. Depending upon our performance in this test, we shall be judged in the eternal life after death. The Quran aims to make one aware of this reality and help one lead one's life in this world in such a way that one is rewarded with Paradise in the life Hereafter.

Genre: Religion & Spirituality

The Rule: A Workplace Sports Billionaire Romance (All In Billionaires Book 1) by Maggie Cole (1,554 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Tom Marko Has It All. He's Smart. He's Confident. He's on Top of the "Bachelors to Snag" Lists. Did I mention he's a self-made billionaire and pro basketball player with a body to match? But he doesn't just want me to run his PR & marketing. He's made it clear that he wants me... all of me. He knows my one rule -- never date clients. And I don't make exceptions. But Tom Marko goes after what he wants. The minute we meet his clear blue eyes focus on nothing but me. After he tricks me to spend four days in his Colorado mountaintop mansion, all I want is him. Everything is different. The tables have turned. I'm changed, forever. What's different with him? Boundaries are blurred. Rules shattered. But Tom Marko has a dark past he's hiding from me -- from everyone. Now, it's determined to destroy him. Destroy us. Destroy everything. After knowing the truth, can I really be all in? The Rule is the first novel of the All In Billionaires series. This sizzling workplace, sports ...

Genre: Romance