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Transition is the third book of the Euphoria Z series set in a post-apocalyptic California. The post-apocalyptic world is in transition. While things may seem safer, a great danger lurks under the surface and sometimes from above. What does the Island have to do with the state of the world, and the invisible creatures? New threats arise and evil is tracked down. Will this finally be the end for Ben and his psychopathic lifestyle? Continue the adventure as we find out what happened to Cooper, Lisa, and the others.

One moment, Leslie Harter-Berg had it pretty darn good, and the next, she was a thirty-year-old widow and single mom to two rowdy boys under the age of three. Thrust into the arms of grief, her new life consisted of strange tasks, like notifying AT&T that her husband no longer needed unlimited data and deciding what to do with his grown-man Lego collection while she also planned a memorial and parented solo.

Months after stealing two time machines from a madman who wants them back, the Lanes, a family of seven, seek peace and safety in 1927, the latest stop on a journey through time. For a while, each succeeds.

Che malinconia, le giornate ventose e fredde di fine settembre, a Genova. E se sei un poliziotto in pensione, la avverti ancora di più. Sono un po' tristi i tre amici della Squadra speciale Minestrina in brodo, Santoro, Mignogna e Pammattone, e, in preda alla noia, cercano pretesti per tornare a essere padroni del loro tempo. Forse un viaggio potrebbe essere la soluzione.

Per un tragico errore della Prefettura, i bonifici della meritata pensione di Ferruccio Pammattone, Eugenio Mignogna e Luc Santoro, alias Semolino, Kukident e Maalox, sono saltati, scaraventando i tre ex poliziotti in un mondo a loro sconosciuto, quello di chi si arrabatta per mettere insieme il pranzo con la cena. La temporanea indigenza, però, permette loro di guardare con occhio più comprensivo certi "stratagemmi" per tirare a campare, che nella "pancia" più povera di Genova pare siano all'ordine del giorno.

We admire and sometimes envy the lives of actors and entertainers. Are their lives as glamorous and fabulous as they are portrayed? Or do they face struggles and challenges like everyone? Listen on as three iconic actors, Will Smith, Matthew McConaughey, and Bryan Cranston, pull back the curtain and reveal the real-life stories behind their success, including their vulnerabilities, insecurities, and failure.

Un'ondata di reati a carico dei più deboli, gli anziani, vittime di furti e di truffe. È questa la notizia del giorno che campeggia sulle pagine di tutti i giornali. Polizia e Carabinieri, gli eterni rivali, fanno a gara per correre ai ripari, per dare qualche risultato all'opinione pubblica impaziente. Ma in Questura uomini e mezzi sono scarsi. E allora perché non chiedere aiuto a chi è andato da poco in pensione, ma non ha perso il gusto per le indagini?

Kat has found herself caught between a Qwerty and a rock-hard alpha. Ricco's flippant attitude toward their highly sexual relationship and Kat's dating seem to be exactly what she needs. Ricco is the perfect wireless, no strings f--k buddy. He loves her peen collection even more than she does, to the point she feels nearly battered after each encounter. But when he turns up the kink even more, when Match Up becomes a twisted virtual version of a cuckold, even Kat tries to turn down the intensity.

Life has been hard for John. Now, he’s facing eviction and the loss of his precious freedom. If he can’t turn things around, he’ll be one of the have-nots living in the brutal Benefits Towers. A friend gives him the opportunity to enter the fantastic Land of Dreams, a state-of-the-art DreamStateVR game, and he jumps at the opportunity.

Jack and his dragon sidekick Marin are neck-deep in trouble again, but this time there's an international angle. Belize has been attracting members of the magic community to its shores for months. Even though Jack's curiosity has been piqued, he's not traveling internationally without a lucrative case to lure him. Enter one anonymous client with a large bank account. With magical trouble brewing in Belize and a hefty bonus on the line, Jack can't say no. But are the monsters in this case too big and bad for Jack and Marin to handle?

Sono tre, sono poliziotti, o meglio, lo sono stati; adesso sono in pensione. Ma hanno ancora un bel po' di conti in sospeso con delinquenti e farabutti sfuggiti alle maglie della Giustizia. I loro nomi in codice sono: Maalox, Kukident e Semolino, e la loro è la "Squadra speciale Minestrina in brodo". Ferruccio Pammattone, ex sostituto commissario e vice dirigente alla Squadra mobile, Eugenio Mignogna, ex sovrintendente alla Scientifica, Luc (e non Luca per un errore dell'impiegato all'anagrafe) Santoro, ex assistente capo all'Immigrazione, hanno molte cose in comune.

Mads + Odessa = 4EVA. Except forever ended when Mads kissed Odessa, bit her and then ghosted her. Twelve years later, he’s back and looking to pick up where they left off. Um, no thank you. Odessa has more to think about than her own heart. She’s now a single mom and can’t afford to get involved with a man with a track record of vanishing. It doesn’t matter that he’s haunted her dreams for years. Or that when they’re together, she feels like she can finally breathe. And it certainly doesn’t matter that her traitorous body craves his touch.

Cunina es una niña valiente que ama los cuentos de dragones. Una noche, mientras escucha una historia con sus abuelos, sueña con una isla mágica donde conoce a Draco, un dragón imponente que se enorgullece de su fuerza. Pero Cunina no se intimida y lo desafía con preguntas, adivinanzas y reflexiones que pondrán a prueba la sabiduría del dragón. ¿Qué pesa más: la fuerza o la inteligencia? Este cuento encantador invita a los lectores a descubrir el poder del conocimiento, la astucia y la amabilidad, todo en un escenario tropical lleno de color y fantasía.

Um homem deixa misteriosamente sua vida pregressa rumo a uma comunidade litorânea. Relato incisivo sobre a desagregação física, familiar e social, A segunda morte traz uma singular descrição da velhice e do encontro humano com a morte. "Ele vê a mata escura da serra acender no retrovisor, rajada pelo vermelho das luzes quando pisa no freio, e outra vez o mundo atrás de si desaparece no breu." Assim começa este breve romance, numa descida, espécie também de fuga, com um personagem que deixa uma vida para trás.

In Nothing Lasts Forever, Kameron Watson brings you a seductive, emotionally raw short story where one bachelor leaves unforgettable marks on four very different women: a married lover, a curious soul, a hopeless romantic, and a guarded divorcee. But when one woman doesn’t fall like the rest… she turns his whole game inside out.

Portland, Oregon. In May 2022, the Carpenters are a sad lot. Bill, 81, has just buried his beloved wife. Paul, 75, has terminal lung cancer. Annie, 72, is a paraplegic with broken dreams. Childless and directionless, the siblings face an uncertain future in their childhood home. Then Bill, a retired folklore professor, learns from a dying man that the legendary Fountain of Youth, his obsession for decades, may be more than a myth. He races to Mexico to find the truth.

Frankie is recovering, taking a rest from his last escapade. Claudia suggests a vacation. And all signs point to Las Vegas. Frankie is dazzled at first at the Adonis Hotel and Casino on the Sunset Strip, but then he crosses paths with shady characters and a two-faced Casino Boss with a nose for sniffing out hustlers and cheaters. Before long, Frankie is up to his neck in poker chips and trouble. There's only one way to leave this game of gambling, conspiracies and close calls; Cash out your chips or go home in a body bag.

Quando Percival Theodore Waldeck è costretto a tornare a Montfort, sa che sta per diventare lo studente più odiato del campus. La sua famiglia è sul lastrico. La sua reputazione è devastata. Come ultimo Waldeck rimasto in gioco, ha un unico obiettivo: riabilitare il suo cognome nel college di lusso che frequenta. L'unica speranza per riuscirci? Avere lei dalla sua parte.

I’m used to demons and voodoo. What I was not prepared for was my life turning into a fairytale, complete with the Wicked Step Mother. My awful step mother is the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. She’s always hated me for being a Succubus. It just got a hundred times worse after my father died mysteriously. I inherited the family company, but I can’t remove her as VP because she’s made the entire board into her zombies.

San Francisco 1992. La Terra è un pianeta desolato, devastato dalle guerre nucleari; gli esseri umani sono in gran parte emigrati nelle colonie esterne e numerose specie animali si sono estinte, tanto che possedere un animale domestico vivente è diventato un ambito status symbol. Per chi non può permettersi un cucciolo “vero”, come il cacciatore di taglie Rick Deckard, ci sono le pecore elettriche...