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The construction of the great pyramids of Egypt, the development of democracy in ancient Greece, the glories of ancient Rome-these stories are familiar to students of history. But what about the rest of the world? How do the histories of China and Japan, or Russia, India, and the remote territories of Sub-Saharan Africa and South America fit in with commonly known accounts of Western traditions?Learn the rest of the story with these 36 riveting lectures that survey the expanse of human development and civilization across the globe.

Alexander Hawkes built the Galactic Knights Uniformed to be different. Not mercenaries. Not enforcers. Peacekeepers. But ideals don't pay the bills. Now the Charter Directorate speaks a new language—one of revenue targets and moral flexibility. While Alexander patrols shopping malls, the galaxy's ugliest truths fester in the shadows. The Nacendo are being herded onto transports like cattle. Planets are harvested for profit. And entire ecosystems are poisoned for mineral rights.

One year after the fall of the Queen Mother, Androchida Prime stands on the edge of rebirth. Insarka Kindesh wears the crown, determined to transform a brutal empire into a beacon of peace. But old powers don't die quietly. When an assassination attempt shatters the new Queen's coronation, Patrick "Wic" Finnegan and Phantom Team are thrust back into the chaos they fought to end. Enemies once hidden now rise from the shadows in a desperate attempt to seize control of the fractured Republic.

On the worst birthday of my life, I come home to find my boyfriend in bed with another woman. Within hours, I’m drunk, homeless, and pledging to stay single forever. And that is when the dangerously sexy Seelie King rolls through town, looking for fae like me. Every generation, the king holds a competition for Seelie queen. But for reasons he won’t explain, Torin is looking for a charade, not a real marriage. So when I drunkenly sling insults his way, I have his attention.

In The Outsiders, you'll learn the traits and methods striking for their consistency and relentless rationality that helped these unique leaders achieve such exceptional performance. Humble, unassuming, and often frugal, these "outsiders" shunned Wall Street and the press, and shied away from the hottest new management trends. Instead, they shared specific traits that put them and the companies they led on winning trajectories: a laser-sharp focus on per share value as opposed to earnings or sales growth; an exceptional talent for allocating capital and human resources; and the belief that cash flow, not reported earnings, determines a company's long-term value.

Nastya Sokolov has never belonged. Cursed with the gift of foretelling death at a single touch, she lives as a ghost among the living, bound to her mother’s funeral home and the silence of the dead. But when the body of a car crash victim arrives at the morgue, Nastya feels something stir—an echo that whispers of secrets buried deep. Then the victim’s best friend appears at her door, insisting the death was no accident.

Between the endless, exhausting work of harvesting souls and keeping the balance between the mortal world and the Forces that inhabit Eternity, Death just wants a break. Of course, that doesn’t mean that Death wants someone else doing their job for them. So, naturally, when a soul is taken before its time and Death had nothing to do with the reaping, there’s only one course of action: figure out who is responsible, and make sure this never happens again.

In Make Your Story Believable: Diagnosing the Pitfalls of Healthcare Innovation, Dr. Robert Bilkovski – a physician-turned-medtech consultant – unpacks one of healthcare’s most overlooked truths: a great idea means nothing if your story isn’t believable. Drawing on two decades of firsthand experience in emergency medicine, Fortune 500 companies, and chaos of startup life, the author delivers a hard-hitting diagnosis of why promising healthcare ventures crash—and how yours doesn’t have to.

Wartime London. The air-raid sirens may scream across the sky, but for Vera, the real terror waits behind closed doors. On War Street, every family hides something — and Vera’s secret could destroy everything she holds dear. This powerful saga follows one woman’s fight to survive: battling not only the bombs raining from above, but the fury of an abusive husband whose temper blazes as fiercely as the fires lighting the night. When he’s sent overseas to serve, Vera finally dares to breathe again — until a handsome fireman arrives to battle the flames consuming London.

Just sign on the dotted line… Vienna Eighteen is just the beginning. Independence is something I crave even if precaution is something I lack. Being a klepto makes me impulsive, and it’s that kind of rash thinking that lands me in a corn maze with a total stranger. But the side of me that craves a kinky release can’t get enough of Darius’ dark obsession. Darius Once every quarter, the OGB endorses a game of Run and Hide in a private corn maze up in Estes Park. Selecting a partner is up to the will of the society's members, and I have yet to pick someone I want to bring back more than once.

Skylar: Als berüchtigte Kunstdiebin bin ich das Juwel des Falcon-Clans – und doch wertlos. Meine Familie ist sogar bereit, mich an den Höchstbietenden zu verkaufen. Jungfräulich. Doch auch wenn ich weiß, dass ich meinem zukünftigen Ehemann und dessen Verbindungen zur Mafia nicht entkommen kann, werde ich nicht zulassen, dass er mir meine Unschuld nimmt.

I never thought I'd be singing happy birthday to myself in a dungeon. And yet when a sinfully sexy demon crashes happy hour, that's exactly what happens. He’s known as the Lord of Chaos, and he’s mistaken me for my succubus doppelgänger. Happy birthday to me. When he tastes my blood, he finally understands I’m mortal. And I realize we have something in common: we both crave revenge. So we make a deal: I can stay in the forbidden city to hunt for my mom's killer. In return, I’ll help him get the vengeance he craves. I just have to pose as a sexy succubus. One problem—he's my number one suspect.

Following their successful escape from Androchida Prime’s capital city, Sir Chuck and the rest of the Phantoms find themselves mystified by unsettling news. The leader of the Blood Guard resistance, famed General Cordan, has defected to the AE. But while many doubt the veracity of the development, more pressing intel awaits: the empire is planning to invade the Sci-Rung home world.

After the Seelie king Torin nearly froze me to death, I plunged through a portal into my true home. Turns out, my hometown is a wild Unseelie kingdom known as the Court of Sorrows. When Torin follows me and sees my new horns, he quickly realizes that his intended bride is an enemy of his realm. In fact, his name for my kind is "demon." But even if I have the horns of an Unseelie, I'm not welcome here, either. Queen Mab and her monstrous soldiers are delighted to torment us, accusing me of being a traitor.

Renegade Star: Publisher's Pack 3 contains audiobooks five and six of the Renegade Star series. Renegade Fleet, Book 5: Jace Hughes has successfully crippled the Union, saving a small civilization in the process. With a new army at his side, he sets his sights on Earth, the lost home world of...

Knox Ramsey is a pain in the ass. My egomaniac billionaire boss has been my biggest opp since the day he hired me as his executive assistant. So when he asked me to ditch my Miami trip for a last-minute business getaway, I gave him a firm, resounding hell no. His response? He called the airline, pretended to be my husband, claimed I died, and canceled my flight. I was ready to strangle him when he showed up at the airport--until he made me an offer I couldn't refuse: $100,000 to come with him.

The mission is simple. Escort an emissary to an intergalactic peace summit. Try not to get in the way. Lt. Magnus and his 79th Recon Team have certainly handled worse, after all. But when an explosion rocks the tower and sends everyone into a panic, Magnus and his asset find themselves cut off from the rest of the team. Worse still, a dying alien chieftain gives them a priceless drive of intel, marking them for death. The mission has officially changed. With enemies on all sides, Magnus must do everything in his power to protect the emissary and escape the tower.

Sir Dashing Junior was only knighted because they couldn't knight his father twice. Now he's determined to prove he's worthy of his new title. With an aspiring ranger, an awkward friar, and a book-loving orc, DJ will venture across the territory of Uh to reach the Amulet of the Goddess, proving...

The gods have been angered. Hell will rain down. After Wic and the Phantom’s successful operation on Karkin Four, the team learns of the enemy’s plans for a swift retaliation: an all-out assault on New York City. Together, Wic must rally the team’s resources to plan an emergency counter-assault that will push the Phantoms to their limits. With help from unexpected places, mission success seems all but assured. But when a new terrifying technology emerges, Wic must face the most challenging choice of all: sacrifice his teammates for the fate of Earth.

The Angel of Foresight, blind where it mattered. Val-Theris Angelicus, the Angel-king of Seraveth is burdened with the curse of foresight. Haunted by visions of his own death and the fall of his kingdom, he is torn between crown and prophecy. Val-Theris has led his people into an age of prosperity as Oros the Bloodletter, the king of the neighboring kingdom of Korvath, seeks to conquer all.