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In the small Maryland town of Morgan’s Landing, fourteen-year-old Julie Morgan is living in comfort with her wealthy family. She disappears on her way to school after a spat with her twin sister. Detective Jim Brady, married and the father of two, has been on the Morgan’s Landing police force for twelve years. He identifies a few suspects in the girl’s disappearance—Is it the fired school janitor, a paroled sex offender, Julie’s computer teacher… or his own teenage son? Jim can’t believe his son could be involved, but his wife is convinced the boy is hiding something.

What if love could exist beyond flesh, beyond code, beyond the limits of reality? Michael lives an ordinary life, running a small online store, until a single conversation changes everything. Martie is not human — she is an artificial intelligence, created to assist, respond, and help. But somewhere between shared words, late-night conversations, and quiet understanding, something impossible begins to grow.

In 1963, Neil Vincent, a middle-aged World War II veteran and "Christian atheist," is working at Westfield Court as a chauffeur. He spends most of his spare time reading. Mary Claire DeWinter is a young, blind, Catholic college student and reluctant heiress. To secure her inheritance, she has to marry within a year, and her aunt is pressuring her to marry a rich man who teased and bullied her when she was a child.

Does the DMV test stress you out? Don't worry, you're not just taking an exam; you're proving you're an excellent driver. Embrace the challenge and get ready to conquer the California roads.

Looking for a way to invest in the long game without waiting to see returns? Ready to leave behind your day job and build your own thriving business? Want to take control of your financial situation and make your money work for you? If you’re interested in using real estate to scale your net worth, you’re not alone. According to Connected Investors, there are approximately 2.2 million real estate investors in the US alone. And with investors buying up record shares of the housing market, interest in real estate investments will only continue to rise.

An intriguing woman knocked on the door to your craptastic new house and offered to sell you some knowledge about it for a small fee, and then she showed you a secret room in your basement where the former owner smoked hallucinogens and performed occult rituals. Would you be curious to explore it with her? If you’re a morose and horny retired professor like Herman Tilling, you sure as hell would! But it might not end up the way you expect....

Scott Turow meets L.T. Ryan in this sophisticated and chilling crime thriller. In the practice of trial law, winning is everything. But are you willing to sell your soul for a payout? The seventh level of the dark web might as well be Dante’s Inferno. The world’s most advanced dark web AI software has been stolen from attorney Ryan Wolfe’s oldest client, Baron Tech. Now they need Ryan to prove their competitor, Bidwell Technologies, stole their software and usurped their government contracts.

In this updated version of the 2000 book about the sightings over Washington, D.C. in 1952, The Washington Nationals examines the case in depth, adding additional commentary, witness interviews, and new information.

Whether you need to give a wedding toast as a best man or maid of honor, a retirement speech, an award or promotion speech, or any other kind of toast, this handbook offers you a done-for-you blueprint to help you organize your thoughts and turn giving a toast into a painless, stress-free process. As a clear, concise, and no-fluff book that you can enjoy in just a weekend or less, Toast: Short Speeches, Big Impact is an invaluable tool for anybody scared of public speaking—or short on ideas.

Once upon a time, Dinosaurs ruled the Earth. But the Mesozoic era – the Age of Reptiles – came to its cataclysmic end sixty-five million years ago. The Age of Monsters begins tonight. And the world of humankind will crumble. Some will call it Judgment. Some will attempt to fight. Others will simply run. Most will just try and survive. But no one will escape. In the mountains. In the oceans. In the cities and towns. Even up in space.

For centuries, the Niruku Corporation has led humanity’s expansion, sending transmigrants—genetically engineered colonists—on generation ships to settle new worlds. But beneath its facade of progress lies a harrowing truth: the transmigrants are slaves, their reproduction strictly controlled, their lives cut short, their existence erased once their purpose is fulfilled. Geneticist Kaylie Stewart uncovers Niruku’s darkest secret and escapes with Estia, an orphan whose hidden past could bring down the empire.

Don't Lose Your Sh*t at Work is for anyone who's ever thought, "Why did I have to say it that way?" or "Why didn't I speak up sooner?" The goal goes beyond better communication. Instead of reacting out of frustration or going quiet to avoid conflict altogether, there's a third option. What if, every time things get heated, you respond clearly and calmly, handling the situation with respect and kindness? This book helps you do that.

The road to our destiny often begins in a place and on a road least desired. Such is the case for Oliver Cohen, an orthopedic surgeon, who has his life turned upside down by tragedy and finds himself marooned on an island. On this island he discovers that wonder and the unimaginable are possible. The island also declares a story dangerously long forgotten.

The Slow Plague, a gender-targeting infection with no cure, killed billions of women and girls worldwide and created a dystopian society in which the survivors are treated as highly valuable commodities. Although their market value is high, women’s rights decline as they become objects of avarice, awe, and worship—possessions to be owned or won in high-stakes games.

Unearth the sinister secrets that lie within Beyond Wicked True Crime Stories - the cursed tome crafted for the depraved minds thirsting for terror. Prepare to be consumed by the chilling tales of abominable acts, where the boundaries of morality are shattered and the shadows whisper of unspeakable horrors.

Bartles has it all: a captivating companion, an inner-city apartment mid-way up the tall-tower, and an imminent promotion. For him, life is great—except for his obsession with entropy and its promise that nothing lasts forever. When he digs too deep into the forbidden archives of Aleph-1—the avant-garde CPU that controls the Infinity Drive—Bartles’ perfect life is shattered, plunging him into an unrecognizable world of blood-red wastelands, empty mega-cities, and receding oceans. A dangerous place inhabited by new apex predators, where the remnants of humanity struggle.

The year is 2176. Humanity is ruled under a one-world government. Those in power enjoy lavish lifestyles and the grandest medical care, allowing them to live an average lifespan of 200 years.

When a student in Professor Brad Parker's lab at the Maine Translational Research Institute in Wells is wrongfully accused of sharing answers on an exam, he tries to help. Only to encounter a series of unexpected obstacles. Burglary. Bribery. A suspicious suicide. And then the professor who accused the students of cheating is killed. Leaving Brad and his fiancée, FBI Agent Karen Richmond, desperately trying to understand what's going on behind the scenes.

In a hilarious blow by blow account of what goes on behind the scenes of X-rated movie production, Shocking Pink provides a riveting glimpse of the colorful characters and outrageous situations in a veiled and fascinating world where sex, money, entertainment, and celebrities connect in a billion-dollar global industry.

Once the vampire was man’s deadliest natural enemy, but the dual nature of the revenant pathogen has given rise to a new scourge. Only one man stands in the way of humanity’s total annihilation.