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Winners in business aren't the ones who do the most things; the winners are the ones who do the most important things. Be the Best at What Matters Most is about the one essential strategy for those who are or want to be business leaders, entrepreneurs, owners, or managers. Simplify, focus, and win by outperforming all your competition on those things that create real value for the customer. This is about substance, not flash, and the ultimate "wow" factors of high-quality performance, consistency, and relentless improvement.

This is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people - an embryonic black nation. As Steven Hahn demonstrates, rural African-Americans were central political actors in the great events of disunion, emancipation, and nation-building. At the same time, Hahn asks us to think in more expansive ways about the nature and boundaries of politics and political practice.

Everyone knows who I am: Dante Giordano, capo to the new Chicago Mafia boss and member of the infamous Four. Ruthless and bad to the bone. That's me. Don't be fooled by my good looks and charm. I'm a dangerous man and I get what I want. Women, money, power. It all comes easy to me. All of it...except her....Her ex-con ex wants her dead. I don't care who he is, he doesn't know who he's messing with. Nothing's going to stop me from protecting her. I get what I want. And I want her to be mine.

In Spymaster's Prism, the legendary former spymaster Jack Devine details the unending struggle with Russia and its intelligence agencies as it works against our national security. Devine tells this story through the unique perspective of a seasoned CIA professional who served more than three decades, some at the highest levels of the agency.

Ich werde von einem edlen Modelabel beauftragt und soll einige der Philadelphia Pucks in enganliegender Unterwäsche ablichten. Das führt nicht nur zu Getuschel unter den Fans, die schon sehnsüchtig auf die heißen Aufnahmen warten, sondern stellt mich auch vor eine Herausforderung: Star-Spieler Finley Davis sieht in den Marken-Boxershorts zum Niederknien aus, ist Single - und anscheinend sehr an mir interessiert. Doch Finley ist dafür bekannt, viel und mehrgleisig zu flirten. Außerdem habe ich mir vorgenommen, niemals etwas mit einem Model anzufangen, das vor meine Linse tritt.

Es war einmal ein Mädchen, das einen Jungen liebte. Bis die Bestie kam ... Regan Fünfzehn Jahre lang habe ich überlebt statt gelebt. Und jetzt hinterfrage ich alles, weil da dieser neue Angestellte ist ... Sam ist ruhig, gelassen und scheint keine meiner spitzen Bemerkungen ernst zu nehmen. Während ich versuche, Abstand zu halten, scheint er meine Nähe zu suchen. Fünfzehn Jahre lang hatte ich immer nur dieses eine perfekte Mädchen in meinem Kopf. Sie war nicht nur meine beste Freundin, sondern so viel mehr. Eines Tages verschwand sie spurlos ohne ein einziges Wort und mein Leben ging weiter.

Her first London Season has arrived, but Clare Compton is far from enthusiastic. In fact, she finds the experience positively nauseating, and when her first ball ends in disaster, the consequences threaten to upend her entire Season. She wants nothing more than to retreat to her country home away from Society’s judgmental stares. Instead, respite comes from a most unexpected source. Patrick Milton, Clare’s childhood enemy, offers a cunning solution: he will serve as her escort for the final five weeks of festivities to help repair Clare’s reputation.

As a member of the Tri-State Federal Drug Task Force, Antonio Alvarez seizes the opportunity to go undercover with the Deadly Demons MC when it unexpectedly arises. Although his main objective is to locate the missing prospect, T-Bone, who disappeared with Sloane’s sister, Sadie, it also gives him a chance to get closer to Sapphire, the former hostess of The Peach Pit. The fact that she still works at the Demons-owned gentlemen’s club doesn’t sit well with Rez. However, Sapphire is a strong and fiercely independent woman who won’t be told what to do.

Lieutenant Walker Norton might be cynical, but he isn't a broken man - yet. Raised to understand the looming catastrophe of climate change, promised to a woman he doesn't love, he long ago decided to live a life of service to his country, family, and friends. It's enough - until he meets Avery Lightfoot and realizes he wants so much more.

Patrick has awakened a fire I forgot existed. Will this renewed desire warm my soul or consume my world? Is it too late? Will the life we yearn to have survive the ashes? From New York Times best-selling author Aleatha Romig comes a brand-new dark romance, ASHES, set in the dangerous world of Sparrow Webs.

No longer simmering and crackling beyond our realm, the fire smoldering in the distance roars to life. The blaze has the capacity to scorch and destroy everything and everyone in its path. All that I've known and believed was obliterated the moment Madeline spoke a truth I'd never suspected. With one sentence, one plea, my life has taken an uncharted turn. Through the smoke and soot, I search for answers. A man, an outfit, and my brothers-in-arms have been my solace, my calling, and my reason to live. Now that I know there's more, what will the future hold?

Once a key player in a clandestine CIA squad, Sam Callahan thought he had finally found a safe, normal life as a rookie lawyer in DC with the woman he loves. But when called to a covert intelligence mission in the heart of Russia, he can’t refuse risking it all once more. This time, he’d be joining his estranged father, the Lion, a deep-cover agent Sam never even knew existed. When the operation goes wrong and his team is ambushed, Sam fears a setup. At least he escaped with his life. And so did his father. But why?

Lord General Coleman Stryker is one of the greatest heroes of the Iron Kingdoms. As a warcaster, Stryker leads the armies of Cygnar and commands the power of the mighty steam-powered automatons known as warjacks. Chosen by his king to liberate the conquered lands of Llael from Cygnar's long-standing enemy, the Empire of Khador, Stryker finds himself forced to work with one of his most bitter enemies - the exiled mercenary Asheth Magnus, a man to whom Cygnar's king owes his life.

Haughty Lady Helen Radney is one of London's most beautiful women, and the daughter of a duke, but her sharp tongue has frightened away most of her suitors. When her father gambles away his fortune, the duke's only chance for recouping his losses lies in marrying off Lady Helen to any man wealthy enough to take a bride with nothing to recommend her but a lovely face and an 800-year-old pedigree.

When Win Lisle walked out on him five months ago, Angus McBride hardened his heart and committed to marrying a stranger to save Base Camp, the sustainable community he came to Montana to build. Now there's just over a month until his wedding, he knows he can never love his backup bride, Leslie, and Win has come back - pregnant with his baby. What's a Navy SEAL to do?

Rebecca Jennings’s first London Season has been absolutely ruined, and one person alone is responsible: Mr. Ben Fortescue. If her new neighbor hadn’t startled her, she would never have broken her ankle, leaving her bored and frustrated at home in the country while her sister enters the London Season alone. Although, it was rather gallant of him to carry her home....

The youngest and prettiest of the Sea King's seven daughters yearns to become a human, to have a soul and come to live on land. She falls in love with a young prince after saving him from drowning. She seeks the help of a sea witch, who turns her fish tail into human legs. In return she surrenders her beautiful voice and becomes speechless. The poor mermaid must then struggle through many trials in order to win the love of the handsome prince.

Olivia and Brian Saunders once had a sex life worth bragging about, but after nine years of marriage, the sizzle has fizzled. Longing to reclaim their passionate past, Olivia purchases The Lust Letters, an adult novelty item guaranteed to spice up your love life. A zealous first round of play prompts Brian to read their cue for next time: share your deepest fantasy and ask your partner to fulfill it. Brian whisks Olivia off to Manhattan to pursue the fantasy he's never revealed - he wants another man to pleasure her while he watches.

The Treaty of Paris, in 1783, formally ended the American Revolutionary War, but it was the pivotal campaigns and battles of 1781 that decided the final outcome. 1781 was one of those rare years in American history when the future of the nation hung by a thread, and only the fortitude, determination, and sacrifice of its leaders and citizenry ensured its survival.

Horace Porter served as lieutenant colonel on Ulysses S. Grant's staff from April 1864 to the end of the Civil War. He accompanied Grant into battle in the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg campaigns, and was present at Lee's surrender at McLean's house. Throughout the war, he kept extensive notes that capture Grant's conversations, as well as his own observations of military life.