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An 11-year-old boy, who lost his father early, loses his faith in Christmas and Saint Nicholas. By happy chance, a very powerful magical artifact happens to be in the boy's hands. The artifact has been stolen from Saint Nicholas by his arch-enemy. Forces of evil and good start their fight for the young character's soul.

An ex-mayor looking for a second chance. Ross Midberry lost it all in a moment of passion: His job, reputation, and freedom. Prison is no picnic. He doesn’t expect Stormy - a professional he’s fond of - to be his savior. Stormy gives Ross a home after his incarceration and encourages him to move on from his mistakes, while also giving him something he doesn’t know he needs - dominance. Lane Kennedy, also known as Stormy in his career life, has always searched for adventure. Being a Courtesan gives him new and exciting challenges every day.

Rescuing his dad has made Maxat very famous. Everybody’s talking about the magical father-and-son duo! But meanwhile, Mrs. Tigress crosses paths with something nasty in the forest. She needs help - and fast! A very odd-looking creature has the key to a big secret - and a huge surprise about someone close to Maxat.

In the midst of the negativity about coronavirus, this lighthearted story of one family's adventures in quarantine aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship is refreshing. You'll laugh out loud as you journey with them!

Roberto Saviano nous emmène dans les coulisses du crime organisé partout dans le monde et explore la vie de ceux qui sont morts au nom de la liberté d'expression. Articulé en trois parties (l'histoire des héros qui se sont opposés à la mafia, la vie des grands boss, et les organisations criminelles internationales) "Main basse sur le monde" est un documentaire audio qui explore les frontières de ces organisations souterraines et le monde paralèlle sur lequel règne le crime organisé.

Think about the best athletes you’ve ever known. Consider what set them apart from other athletes. What made them so effective? This book will teach you to set yourself apart and be truly mentally tough. Many books tell you what you need to do. This book explains the "how" and is full of practical tools. The truth is that every great athletic feat is first achieved in the mind, and you can and will learn this mindset in this book.

It's the beginning of the year, which means new goals and resolutions, but some glitches. What is this glitch I speak of here? I'm talking about your body.

Sergeant Joe Friday of the LAPD was arguably the most pivotal figure in radio drama's postwar shift toward ultra-realism. Just an ordinary plainclothes cop doing his job, and doing it with a meticulous attention to detail that revolutionized the way radio told its stories. Jack Webb stars Friday, with Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero, Barney Phillips as Ed Jacobs, and Ben Alexander as Frank Smith in this collection of 20 absorbing crime dramas!

Hart Kang is the widely adored son of a politician who finds himself desperate to know what goes on inside the walls of the Teorrain and if the government treats the Crossed people equal to Pravis, like himself, as they claim. Violetta Akan, is destined to live out her days in a town behind one of 15 circular walls that separates her and others like her from civilization. Hart meets Violetta when he secretly discovers a tunnel into the Teorrain, and both of their lives get exponentially more dangerous when they find themselves falling for one another.

Wealthy businessman Finn Walker is out of his element when his baby nephew is dumped on his doorstep. After single-handedly raising his kid sister, handsome alpha biker Slade knows a thing or two about babies. What he needs is a foot in the door on a big construction deal - one Finn can provide. Finn suggests an exchange: Slade gets a fair shot at a lucrative bid, and Finn takes Slade on as his baby coach.

Finn Blakely can’t help but be attracted to his new boss. Tamsin is confident and successful - everything that Finn isn’t. Pursuing him is a completely different matter, though. Finn’s got to keep his head down and his nose to the grindstone if he ever wants to pay off his father’s medical bills.

Alex loves his job as a recruiter for The Billionaire Club, but the idea of entering into a contract of his own leaves him with a sour taste in his mouth. He’s tried that - and has the emotional scars to prove it. Besides, he doesn’t have time to date. With an upcoming promotion and a swathe of staff members dropping like flies from the flu, it’s up to Alex to make sure their upcoming gala comes off without a hitch. No matter how distracting Neil’s smile might be....

“I’m swearing off men.” Brian Hattersly is used to a life of wealth, using it to propel him forward into tennis stardom. But after he’s forced into retirement and his gold-digger fiancé leaves him, he’s left asking one major question: What comes next? One thing’s for certain - he has no intention of jumping into another relationship, especially not with someone like Jeremy, who challenges him at every turn. Who will win in this game of love?

When a mysterious cult horror movie from the 1970s pops up on YouTube, Ben simply has to see it. He has to see it, partly because it’s a horror film, but mostly because it stars Margot Kidder. Ben asks his girlfriend Lena to watch it with him. She does. Driveshaft, however, is no ordinary film, and before they know it, Ben and Lena are trapped within its murky and disturbing world.

Tender, nostalgic, romantic, funny, absurd, magically real, speculative, ironic, nightmarish, entertaining and elegantly rendered…these stories span a century of Man’s consciousness. Once, a man might be a Gatsby chasing his girl half-way around the world, the captain of a football World Cup winning side, a raging Picasso bull in a mythical maze refusing to yield lover or art till his last mortality-defiant egotistic gasp. He zigzags over #TimesUp, political correctness, game theory, oh...and...the women in his life.

Nineteen tales of human connection and disconnection that collide and subvert the half-crazed romantic contemporary, the not-so-distant rosy past, our dodgy-looking promised cyberpunk utopia, and our post-apocalyptic dystopian future. Provocative, wistful, melancholic, nightmarish, darkly funny, and satirical, these episodes must surely play out logically. Or not.

The nightmares are specific and violent, yet they always feature a werewolf savior. Selwin is no stranger to werewolves, since he’s spent most of his adult life studying them. Yet he wonders who the magnificent shape-shifter might be.... Alpha CEO Tane protects Selwin in his nightmares. But unless Selwin fights against his torment, he’ll never integrate into his pack like a good omega should. Worse, Tane forgets everything about his werewolf life after shape-shifting! With perpetual amnesia and only human memories, Tane is stuck walking the earth without his true companion.

Exclusive interview with Barney Norris, author of Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain.

Here are 12 adventure-packed episodes of the radio drama Rocky Fortune. This 1953 radio adventure series stars Frank Sinatra as Rocco Fortunato, aka Rocky Fortune, a footloose and fancy-free young man of several talents. In constant need of employment, Rocky accepts odd jobs from the Gridley Employment Agency - jobs that typically lead him into situations where he tracks down criminals and ends up rescuing people in trouble - especially women. The job done, Rocky ultimately needs to find more work.

En nous ouvrant les portes de la Mascagne, la maison de ses grands-parents, où se retrouve en vacances, toutes générations confondues, la famille Delerm, l'auteur se retourne pour la première fois sur son enfance et son adolescence. Dans le livre peut-être le plus personnel qu'il ait jamais écrit, il nous fait le portrait tendre et doucement nostalgique des lieux et personnages qui l'ont vu grandir chaque été.