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The aftermath of near eradication at the hands of an alien race has left humanity blanketed in fear. Fain Jegga has suffered a demotion of epic proportions. Now, instead of being captain of Sodenia, he is the captain of a small recovery boat. Only Kya and a few high-ranking ESAF officers are still fighting to have Fain and his flight crew reinstated to serve on board Sodenia. And now it is more important than ever, as a new alien ship carrying a grave message has appeared in Earth’s skies.

Skandale, Affären und ein ruinierter Ruf... Ich bin Avery Cunningham, und bevor ihr fragt: Ja, ich bin der Avery Cunningham, der prominente Staranwalt aus Boston, der wochenlang in den Schlagzeilen stand. Trotz meines Erfolgs im Job habe ich kein Händchen für Frauen. Möglicherweise liegt es daran, dass ich ein Teilzeitarschloch bin, das mit einem silbernen Messer im Rücken geboren wurde. Das höchste der Gefühle sind One-Night-Stands, alles andere kommt mir nicht ins Bett. Zu viel Drama.

Thrilling Days in Army Life describes encounters between Indians and the frontier army. In 1868, George A. Forsyth led 50 scouts to search out Cheyennes who were raiding Kansas. In this book, he relates the six-day siege that pitted his men against 750 Cheyennes and Sioux in what came to be known as the Battle of Beecher Island.

Gwen Leland Locke is everything I always knew he would be. Professional baseball player and F-boy extraordinaire, Locke's the kind of man that no woman would ever give up a chance to call him theirs, even if for one night. He's just that good, and I hate that about him. Locke On the first day of...

Do you ever worry about money? Do you struggle to balance work and family? Do you wish you could do something more fulfilling? Do you wonder if you’re missing out on the best life has to offer? If so, this book can help. On the heels of a life changing sailing sabbatical with his family, Erik finds himself back in his grey Manhattan cubicle doing the exact same job as before. New wine in an old bottle. Something has to change. He’s seen the other side and liked it.

The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome. On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research...

A riveting true crime story that vividly recounts the birth of modern forensics. At the end of the nineteenth century, serial murderer Joseph Vacher, known and feared as “The Killer of Little Shepherds,” terrorized the French countryside. He eluded authorities for years—until he ran up...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From America’s favorite storyteller comes a moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, hailed as “an enjoyable, heartwarming read that’s not just for baseball fans” (USA Today). “Grisham knocks it out of the park.”—The Washington...

Starvation, violence, and death run rampant in the remains of our once-proud country. Federal troops, commissioned to protect the homeland, have turned their guns on the lawless population. Citizens find shelter in government safe zones while ruthless gangs enforce their will outside the camps. When the military transforms Washington's life-saving food bank into a gun collection center in order to disarm all but the soldiers themselves, riots ensue.

Summer 1964: Beatlemania hits the States, and the world mourns the loss of JFK. For 11-year-old Gus LeGarde, the powerful events that rocked the nation serve as a backdrop for the most challenging summer of his life.

We're in "wild west" times for business. Thanks to social media and new technologies, customer-brand relationships are suddenly wide open and up for grabs. Big players are getting taken down, while upstarts are starting up, gunning for market share, and outmaneuvering the Goliaths. So, just when a rethink might seem in order, why do so many act like it's 1982 all over again? Why do they believe product pushing still works?

In this best-selling book, Kouzes and Posner (authors of The Leadership Challenge), explain why leadership is above all a relationship, with credibility as the cornerstone. They provide rich examples of real managers in action and reveal the six key disciplines and related practices that strengthen a leader's capacity for developing and sustaining credibility.

Harvey Mackay has written five New York Times best sellers, including one of the most popular business books of all time: Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive. Now he returns with the ultimate audio book on how to get, and keep, a job you truly love whether you’re 21, 51, or 71.

In this age of hypercompetition, the Internet constitutes a powerful tool for inventing radical new business models that will leave your rivals scrambling. But as brain scientist and entrepreneur Jeffrey Stibel explains in Wired for Thought, you have to understand its true nature. The Internet is more than just a series of interconnected computer networks; it's the first real replication of the human brain outside the human body.

Abby ist schockiert, dass sie den Verrat ihrer eigenen Familie nicht kommen sah. Ihr Dad, den sie seit Kindertagen nicht gesehen hat, steckt mittendrin und scheint mit den Lykanern gemeinsame Sache zu machen. Abby erhofft Antworten bei ihrem Grandpa in Bletchley Manor zu erhalten, nicht ahnend, dass die Verwurzelungen des Übels tiefer gehen als alles, was sie sich jemals vorstellen konnte. Parallel dazu überschlagen sich die Ereignisse im Haus des Blutes und Lucian trifft eine folgenschwere Entscheidung.

When I wake up in the hospital after a DUI car crash, my new NHL team owner gives me an ultimatum—get sober or get packed for the minor leagues. So I talk the talk and go to rehab. I plan to breeze through, get sprung in thirty days or less and hit the road with my new team, the Chicago Blaze. All I have to do is charm my attractive, uptight rehab group leader into thinking I've changed—how hard could it be?

Nothing rattles me. Well . . . almost nothing. As the most even-tempered player on the Chicago Blaze, I take everything in stride—hockey, fame, and life in general. No one knows that deep down, even I've got a trigger. She's a tall brunette with a gorgeous smile and an iron will. The woman who crushed my heart long ago. I never plan to return to Greentree Falls, Wisconsin, and lay eyes on Allie Douglas again—until suddenly, I'm left without a choice.

Unsurprisingly, Earth is once again hella boned and the only person standing between assured destruction and something hopefully better than that is the world’s greatest hero maybe, Captain Major Jazz-Max Extreme.

2299 is a sci-fi noir (novella) about a detective on the edge of the abyss. While investigating a cold case on Vanaheim, a space station orbiting Neptune, Desmond Faust finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and murder. The closer he gets to discovering the truth, the more aware he becomes that he might not leave this place alive….

Isaac Walters needs an heir, and he needs it soon. If he doesn’t fulfill the final provision of his grandfather’s will, he will lose out on millions. He just needs the right woman to put his child into. Enter Lillian Scott - his curvy, clumsy, and shy maid. Can he convince the bashful beauty to go along with his depraved, taboo deal? Or, will his desires be too much for her to handle?