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Infinite worlds. Extreme danger. One fearless woman. Passerina Fowler just wants to be a professional fighter. She has struggled for years to make a name for herself. But then her life abruptly changes when she's discovered by a recruiter from SafeTrek Bridging, a company that transports clients to alternate versions of Earth. With nothing to lose, Passerina accepts a job as a bridger, an elite fighter who protects clients on excursions to alternate worlds. However, on her first day she witnesses a horrifying event and realizes bridging can be downright deadly.

Este libro le enseñará las cosas que realmente necesita para tener éxito: desarrollar buenos hábitos. El libro explica por qué los hábitos son poderosos, cómo los hábitos se convierten en hábitos y cómo reemplazar los malos por los buenos creando así un nuevo "usted" y preparándolo para el éxito. No necesita esas exageradas historias que garantizan el éxito de la noche a la mañana para motivarle a alcanzar niveles más altos. Lo que necesita es desarrollar los mismos hábitos que tienen las personas exitosas para impulsarlo al éxito. Este libro ha sido diseñado y adaptado solo para usted.

In this collection of classic science fiction tales you'll hear about a tribe that can turn hate into action, alien bombardments, naval actions, survival treks, rampant psionics and many other exciting concepts.

Chanel knows exactly how to push Damon’s buttons—and she loves every second of it. Their passion has already crossed lines most couples wouldn’t dare. Sex clubs. Public play. Forbidden touches. But when Chanel starts to crave something new—something more—she sets her sights on the one man they’ve both secretly watched from across the room.

There should have been thunder. There should have been lightning tearing the skies and the very heavens weeping. There should have been portents and comets and demons of fire riding skeletal horses of ice-white bone—but if there had been, this would have been a movie. Probably with very artistic lens flare. So there wasn’t. There was a cottage. And a future I was going to make damn sure never happened. Once upon a time...

Every business owner, without exception, will eventually exit their business. It might be a carefully orchestrated exit, the culmination of years of planning. Or, it could be thrust upon you unexpectedly, a sudden turn forced by circumstances beyond your control. What will happen to you and the business you’ve painstakingly built when it's time to step away?

«Hai una sorella?» La domanda innocente di una bambina riapre in Caitlin una ferita che non si è mai rimarginata. Perché la risposta non è semplice. Non lo è da sedici anni. Da quella sera d'estate in cui Caitlin e Olivia sono rimaste sole in casa per la prima volta: popcorn, la televisione accesa, le risate soffocate sotto le coperte. Poi il sonno. Quando la luce dell'estate svanisce, le due sorelle vanno finalmente a dormire. Ignorano la figura che le osserva da una finestra. Ignorano la porta sul retro che si apre mentre dormono. Quando i genitori tornano, il letto di Olivia è vuoto.

Growing up in the 1920s and 1930s, Pete, Howard and Ann Bradbury do what they can to please a father who is unrelenting in seeking to have them submit to his strict demands on them. No matter how harsh their father is, their mother does what she can to provide a good home for them. In spite of their father’s callousness, they often share their individual expectations in life. As they mature, they yearn for independence while maintaining the closeness to friends and family.

Linwood, kwiecień 1921. Kanonik Effingham dzwoni po duet detektywów-amatorów, Camberwella i Chaneya: w kościelnym sejfie zieje pustka, zniknęły cztery skarby–złoty kielich z pateną, iluminowana Godzinka i Ewangelie na purpurowym pergaminie. Zanim jednak przybysze zdążą ułożyć listę podejrzanych, w „ławie fundatora” odnajdują ciało miejscowego nicponia i kłusownika, Jima Skate’a. Obok–ledwie zardzewiały klucz francuski ze śladem krwi. Przypadek czy zimny, wyrachowany plan?

Packed with ideas, stories and practices to help close the confidence gap, Coach Yourself Confident is a guidebook for individuals who recognize that their confidence lags behind their capability.

Christian ministry is full of challenges for husbands and wives—both individually and as couples. Work through this book together to build up your mutual support and a sustainable ministry.

A mysterious figure on an old fishing boat, anonymous postcards, disappearing cousins – Mizzy is thrilled to have a new mystery to solve! The next instalment in this charming series for middle-grade readers, starring a girl with Down syndrome. Spending half-term with cousins in St...

Love is worth a little scandal . . . Owen Hadley is a dashing rogue, and one of no particular fortune. Hence his need for a wealthy wife. Determined to succeed, he sets out to charm one at a house party and makes his move. But a left instead of a right leads him to the wrong lady's bedchamber...

Daisy Swanson's daughter Jazzi has moved away to the lakeside town of Belltower Landing, but the apple doesn't fall from the tree. Much like Daisy, she's running a tea bar and bookshop—and has a knack for getting into hot water . . . Town librarian Mathilda has a troublesome new employee, and...

Instant New York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith returns with a new collection of poems on the sometimes-blurry distinction between mind and body, and how the self shifts and moves through time and space. The title of Maggie Smith’s new collection comes from the eponymous poem...

We live in an incredible period in history. The computer revolution may be even more life-changing than the Industrial Revolution. We can do things with computers that could never be done before, and computers can do things for us that could never be done before. But our love of computers should not cloud our thinking about their limitations. The AI Delusion explains why we should not be intimidated into thinking that computers are infallible, that data-mining is knowledge discovery, and that black boxes should be trusted. 

In The Game of Rat and Dragon, Cordwainer Smith delivers a strange, unforgettable science fiction tale in which telepathic humans and highly intelligent cats join forces to defend starships from invisible horrors lurking in deep space. Blending cosmic danger, psychological tension, and Smith’s...

Welcome once again, fellow gore lovers, to HellBound Books' second foray into the deliciously bloody, innards-strewn world of splatterpunk! Death, dismemberment, and destruction abound within this book, as we bring to you nineteen perfectly ghoulish tales of terror that are definitely not to be heard while eating! Go on, we dare you!

Three women. One life-changing secret. Will honesty bind them together or tear them apart? Single mother Charlie can barely pay the rent, never mind give her son the chances he deserves. Desperate to escape mounting debt, she enters into a surrogacy deal with a stranger. High-flying Suzie is used to getting what she wants. Yet her biggest dream of being a mother is beyond her grasp. So when a chance for happiness comes her way in the shape of Charlie, why shouldn't she take it?

Elena Hart has spent years perfecting the art of invisibility. With a respectable job, sensible apartment, and carefully curated life choices, she's built a comfortable existence that satisfies everyone but herself. Behind the polished facade of control and competence lies a restless ache—a part of herself she's never dared to acknowledge, let alone explore. Until the night she meets Adrian.