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Mike Lanson was the ace crime reporter for the Gazette, so it was natural that he heard about the kookie wino who had reported eavesdropping on two men plotting a murder. So, it was also natural that he got on the case after one of the two plotters was found dead. Mike, like all reporters, was looking for an answer. But when he filled in the five W's on the next victim, he came up with this: Who: Mike Lanson. What: His own murder. When: As soon as that fire reached the explosives. Where: In a deserted storehouse. Why: Because he knew too much.

The BBC TV soundtrack of the acclaimed Jackanory multi-voice reading of The Hobbit. Broadcast to mark the 3000th programme of the much-loved children's series Jackanory, The Hobbit was transmitted over two weeks and 10 episodes in 1979. It told the gripping story of Bilbo Baggins and his band of...

I should have been on top of the world but I was trapped, suffocated by fame. My life wasn't my own. I belonged to the fans and the media. Too famous to leave my house without attracting a crowd. Fame and anxiety prevented a connection. I was doomed to stay a virgin forever, or so I thought until I fell for the one person forbidden to me: My director.

FinOps brings financial accountability to the variable spend model of cloud. Used by the majority of global enterprises, this management practice has grown from a fringe activity to the de facto discipline managing cloud spend. In this book, authors J. R. Storment and Mike Fuller outline the process of building a culture of cloud FinOps by drawing on real-world successes and failures of large-scale cloud spenders. Complete with a road map to get you started, this revised second edition includes new chapters that cover forecasting, sustainability, and connectivity to other frameworks.

Follow Asterios as his life of perpetual failure suddenly takes an unexpected turn, after just seconds short of his death, a powerful summon answers his call and saves his life. Wait...doesn't it look like...a girl? Are those beast ears and a tail?

The year is 1869, and the West is still wild. Izzy is the greatest sharpshooter on Earth. She's hell bent on tracking down a mysterious robber baron who has been gobbling up the railroads. She will find out that there is more to this robber baron and the world around her than she could ever imagine. He will find out that she is...more than a gunslinger.

„Es funktioniert“ ist ein kompaktes Motivations- und Lebenshilfebuch von R.H.J., das einen einfachen Plan zur bewussten Zielerreichung vorstellt. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Idee, Wünsche klar zu formulieren, regelmäßig zu verinnerlichen und mit Vertrauen, Dankbarkeit und Entschlossenheit zu...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What happens when artificial intelligence examines one of the most polarising figures in modern political history? In this thought-provoking and sharply observed audiobook, an AI voice steps back from the noise, rhetoric, and tribal loyalties to analyse...

B is for Beasts, the second audiobook in an epic series of 26 horror anthologies. Within these sections you will find a collection of 13 stories from some of the finest independent writers on the scene today. From oversized bugs to Kaiju, vicious woodland creatures to giant spiders, B is for Beasts contains a range of terrifying stories in which the humans are always the prey.

The girls' secret plan to surprise Asterios with an unforgettable birthday party was a complete success. Their personal presents were already considered very memorable, but he would never forget the day he was officially elected as a new nation's ruler with a unanimous vote from Glimmervale's residents, not to mention being recognized by the monarchs of humans, demons, and elves. The Dragon Valley's struggles only began, and the dungeon that had manifested beneath the country would be the least of its worries.

R.J. Palacio, la aclamada autora de Wonder. La lección de August, teje una bellísima y desgarradora historia sobre el poder del amor y sobre los vínculos que nos unen a través de la distancia y el tiempo. Un clásico moderno capaz de llegar a lectores de todas las edades.

Halloween, Whitby. DCI Jim Oldroyd’s daughter Louise is in town with friends for a goth festival. But their visit to an escape room ends in bloody murder when one of the group stabs his girlfriend and flees the scene. It’s a crime with three witnesses - but Louise refuses to take what she saw at face value. Oldroyd and DS Carter are called in to solve the case, assisted from the sidelines by Louise. But the closer they investigate, the more complex the web of deceit appears. This is no straightforward crime of passion.

Port City was never built for peace. For years, two rival families, the Santoros and Carusos, have shared the spoils of the city's rackets, maintaining a bloody but stable status quo. But when a brutal war shatters the old order, the truce is buried in a shallow grave. Now, the city is a powder keg, and the fuse has been lit. In a world where wise-guys and old-country bosses play for keeps, power isn't something you inherit—it's something you take by force.

Is it better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all? Rachel Collins seems to have the perfect life, that is, until she realizes her husband, Dr. Jack Brooklyn, is a master of control and rage. After escaping his powerful grasp, Rachel sheds her identity and vanishes into the remote silence of Walnut Grove Lake, seeking anonymity and safety. Her solitude is shattered by Weston Brooks.

My father’s the president and my brother’s the golden boy, which leaves me the black sheep; the son who never wanted to be here at all. The white house is my gilded cage, and the secret service are my prison guards. I'm nearly twenty and nothing about my life is normal. The only thing giving me life and any motivation to get out of bed is the way he looks at me. The stolen glances across the West Wing. Heated gazes in the private dining room. He's my father's best friend, which isn't even the worst part, he's also the vice president.

I've spent a long time gathering these tips on how to manipulate people and get whatever one might want from them. Using dark psychology tricks, we can learn how to work with people's thoughts and take advantage of their innermost emotions and desires so that we can get whatever we want from them. If you want a quick listen that will drastically improve your quality of life, there's nothing out there better than this.

Rhage and Mary return in a new novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, a series “so popular, I don’t think there’s a reader today who hasn’t at least heard of [it]” (USA Today). Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood. After avoiding war with the Shadows, alliances...

Er ist gefangen – und zum Tod verurteilt. Doch könnte ausgerechnet sein Entführer sein Retter sein? Laster hat immer davon geträumt, seinem Vater zu beweisen, dass er würdig ist, Ritter von Alamore zu werden. Nur wenige Monate vor dem Ende seiner Ausbildung erhält er seine Chance: Sein Mentor, Sir Dasroch, überträgt ihm die Ehre, anstelle eines Ritters an einer Grenzpatrouille teilzunehmen. Doch der perfekte Traum zerbricht mit dem Einschlag eines einzigen tödlichen Pfeils. Nach einem alptraumhaften Angriff gerät Laster in die Hände des Feindes – gefesselt, angekettet und eingesperrt.

Willkommen in der Akademie des Schicksals – einer Schule, an der Übernatürliche sich wie zu Hause fühlen können. Ich kann mich in Monster hineinversetzen, wie es keiner der anderen Schüler kann. Die Schüler werden dazu ausgebildet, Monster zu töten. Ein muskulöser Alpha-Formwandler, ein launischer dunkler Magier und ein playboyhafter Halbgott haben es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, mich zu brechen. Akademie des Schicksals: Erstes Jahr ist der erste von neun Bänden einer paranormalen YA/NA-Akademie-Reihe.

A retired judge is shot dead outside the Dog and Gun inn in the remote Yorkshire village of Niddersgill. There's a witness who saw everything, and the gunman's on the run; the case should be open-and-shut for DCI Jim Oldroyd. But the murderer had no motive for wanting Sandy Fraser dead and, what's more, no trace of him can be found.