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Still haunted by Iraq, Tim Ross finds solace teaching high school in Wyoming. His quiet is shattered by a freshman who reveals a macabre initiation held at the gun range by the football team.

Colton "Cole" Eubanks is laser-focused on building wealth and settling down with a special woman before he turns forty. Accomplishing one out of two isn't bad. Unfortunately, there's no "love of his life" on the horizon, unless he counts the one woman who's been starring in his nightly dreams—Malaya Radcliff.

Starting in the 1960s, John Lewis began his activism alongside civil rights legend and good friend Martin Luther King Jr. He participated in many now-historic events, including the 1963 March of Washington, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. John continued his impactful career when he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1986. He went on to serve seventeen terms until his death in 2020.

Estamos en el año 2975 de nuestra era y en la tierra conviven humanos y androides dotados de una tecnología increíblemente desarrollada. Han desaparecido los estados, las armas y en la sociedad imperan en el conocimiento y la fe. Se hacen viajes al espacio a la velocidad de la luz y como algo habitual se visitan planetas, estrellas, luceros y galaxias cercanas y se recogen minerales de lugares recónditos del espacio.

Do you know the saying, “keep your friends close and your enemies closer”? The same is true for Nirvana Hart. She has been dealt a bad hand in life. After a bombshell was dropped on her doorstep, she’s just trying to deal with the reality of finding her daughter. As far as she is concerned, the worst is over, but it is only the beginning when more secrets come to light. The only thing she knows for sure is her feelings for Blaze Banks.

Deux options s'offrent à moi désormais. La première : user et abuser de ma folie jusqu'à sacrifier toute mon existence et ceux qui en font partie.

The Austrian writer Joseph Roth's first novel, 'Das Spinnennetz', 1923, intensely chronicles the development of a fascist and the first steps in his rise to power. It is a vivid portrait of the nationalist fervor and the struggle between Right and Left in Germany during the years immediately following the end of the Great War, or First World War.

Hard-working corporate attorney Axel Becker has tried settling down in the past, but when the relationship didn't work out, he focused on his career to the exclusion of everything else. Enter Naphressa St. James. The sexy project manager is a former lover and reminds him of what his life could be-fun, exciting. She's just the woman he might need to shake him out of a rut, but convincing her they belong together will be a lot harder than he expected.

Staring forty in the face, Braxton Harper is accustomed to having everything in his life fall into its precise place. Only he hasn't found that special one and he refuses to settle for anything less than a woman who is his perfect match. The moment Londyn Grant dances into his life, Braxton is convinced he's found her. Kiss by sizzling kiss, the sexy doctor slowly lets her guard down. Now, if she'd only let him into her heart.

Un viaje de salud es un diamante para el lector, quien podrá ver a través del doctor Miguel R. Hernández reflexiones y recomendaciones para que la mente y el cuerpo mantengan hábitos saludables.

A legendary diplomat, scholar, and civil rights leader, Ralph Bunche was one of the most prominent Black Americans of the twentieth century. The first African American to obtain a political science Ph.D. from Harvard and a celebrated diplomat at the United Nations, he was once so famous he handed out the Best Picture award at the Oscars. Yet today Ralph Bunche is largely forgotten. In The Absolutely Indispensable Man, Kal Raustiala restores Bunche to his rightful place in history.

A major part of this audiobook was originally written and compiled in 1929 by Mrs. Jean (Augusta) Graham. She passed from this world in October of 1977 in her home town of Osceola, Missouri, after a long illness. She had retired in 1947 and was a member of the Osceola Presbyterian Church. She was active and much loved in the community.

Wahre Liebe erlischt nie. Aber kann sie alles überstehen? Bereits als Teenagerin verliert Jane ihr Herz an Jamie McKenna. Bei ihm fühlt sie sich sicher und geborgen. Doch Jamie kämpft gegen seine Sehnsucht an, bis der Zeitpunkt gekommen ist, an dem er ihr seine Gefühle gestehen darf. Aber eine Tragödie zerstört nicht nur die McKenna-Familie, sondern lässt Janes gesamte Welt einstürzen. Das Einzige, was ihr und Jamie bleibt, ist ihre Liebe, die sie alles überstehen lässt. Ein Irrtum wie Jane leidvoll erfahren muss.

Cultural conditioning and mass media manipulation have played a vital role in altering the fabric of consciousness for most of the world. Those who have been set apart have developed the discipline to remain aware in these final moments before hell breaks loose. We are either committed or detached, sympathetic or heartless, we care or we don't. Wherever you stand at this time, you will be accountable for your actions or lack thereof.

In this “well-written addition to the history of Congress” (Kirkus Reviews), Courage in The People’s House tells the “accessible and well-researched” (Booklist) stories of nine individuals who served in the US House of Representatives—the “People’s House”—during a span of over one hundred years, from the 1870s to the 1990s. From the first African American to serve in the House to immigrants elected at the dawn of the 20th century, all were trailblazers who made significant contributions to the country.

Nirvana Hart, 24, had been dealt a bad hand all her life. As a result of watching her dad shoot her mama and then himself, Nirvana was all alone in the world. The knight in shining armor she thought was there to save her was actually the devil in disguise. Being with her boyfriend, Prophet Morris, for six years, all she’d focused on was doing what she could to stay afloat and uncovering the truth about her past. Yet, at every turn, somebody sought to destroy everything she had built.

Tenía la vida con la que la mayoría de los chicos soñaban: la casa, las fiestas, las chicas... hasta que una apareció y lo arruinó todo. Ella no pertenece aquí. No en la habitación al otro lado del pasillo. No en mi casa. No en mi ciudad. Y ciertamente no en mi vida. No fue realmente su culpa... o la mía. Estábamos atrapados en los pecados de nuestros padres. Ella cree que es fuerte, pero no tiene ni idea de lo que soy capaz. Mi nombre es SAVAGE después de todo. La haré pedazos... Pero descubrir sus secretos podría destruirme.

How one night turned into fifteen and counting is beyond me. I never imagined ending up here. I'm a Marriage Broker, not a matchmaker . . . Especially for myself! It was always a ruse. Perception, not reality. For a purpose, not for always. Business, not romance. Want to know my plan? A simple assist, a favor. Want to know my potential downfall? Him. His sincere eyes, his intoxicating smile, his scintillating personality. Oh, and our out-of-control chemistry.

Yasmean Haley has left her hometown hoping to get some new perspective, and to escape a toxic relationship with an ex who has betrayed her in more ways than she actually knows. But what's a girl to do when the place she's escaped to–that being the all black school Hughmoore College–throws her right into the middle of a risky and forbidden love triangle?

I fake laugh every time I think about how ironic it is to be a commitment-phobe relationship therapist who is also the daughter of two world-renowned marriage and family counselors. Seriously, it's comical! Want to know how I messed up my life? Getting arrested for stealing a priceless artifact for a tearful client. Want to know what my biggest problem is? Spending my life teaching women how to break relationships when all I want to do is make a relationship—with him.