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Hoodwink Cooper has been sentenced to death. His crime? Attempting to blast a hole in the Forever Gate, the colossal wall that surrounds the city and protects the denizens from the uninhabitable Outside.

After Zach and Kelsey go into the bounty hunting business together, Kelsey handles her first solo gig - a simple babysitting job transporting a bail-jumping con man from Houston to L.A. But to Kelsey's surprise, this particular con man has ties to her past - and a very deadly target on his back.

All graduate student Kelsey Coe wants after a hard day of school and work is to get some much needed sleep. But hunky Zach Parker - former deputy U.S. Marshal turned bounty hunter - has different ideas. He's gotten a tip that Kelsey's a wanted fugitive and he aims to take her in for a nice hefty reward. But when the bullets start to fly on a bus ride home, a simple case of mistaken identity soon finds Zach and Kelsey running from some very dangerous men.

A modern practice with ancient roots, mindfulness is widely recognized for its calming, healing, and restorative effects. Mindfulness and meditation can help you relieve stress, regulate your emotions, achieve focus and clarity, strengthen your communication skills, and cultivate an appreciation for what is most important to you.

The magic was already there when cigar-smoking matriarch Elizabeth Calhoun established an artist's colony on an island off the coast of Georgia and named it Whimsey. Elizabeth's ghost still drops in from time to time to make sure things are going as she planned. There's also a wicked pixie named Earlene who fancies tight-fitting designer clothes and Louboutin stilettos.

The 2-Second Commute is the perfect audiobook for anyone who wishes to work from home as a virtual assistant, providing everything from administrative support to high-end consulting via e-mail, phone and fax. Predicted to become a $100+ billion industry, virtual assistants don't commute, they set their own hours, and they get to spend time with their families.

Thanks to a successful interview with the painfully shy E.B. White, a beautiful, 19-year-old, blue-eyed blonde from the cornfields of Iowa lands a job as a receptionist at The New Yorker magazine. There she stays two decades, becoming general all-around factotum - watching and registering the comings and goings, marriages and divorces, scandalous affairs, failures, triumphs, and tragedies of the eccentric inhabitants of the 18th floor. Though she dreamed of becoming a writer, she never advanced at the magazine.

For The Love of Ireland is a historical novel of love and loyalty, deception and honesty. It is about women fighting against traditional roles and gender discrimination during the 1880s. For The Love of Ireland is a work of fiction woven around actual events of the Irish Land League, a Chicago couple and the covert activities of the Clan na Gael.

Discover a unique fusion of modern technology and ancient wisdom in this transformative adaptation of the Tao Te Ching. Aimed at business leaders, solutions architects, product managers, and technical professionals, The Architect Way: Requirements for a Universal Framework offers a refreshing perspective on the challenges and complexities of application development and system architecture.

It is said that chess grandmasters can envision a match’s outcome 10 moves before it occurs. Imagine a person who can visualize 10 steps ahead, not simply in the game of chess, but in every human interaction. Imagine a person who could anticipate what you would say before you said it, who could see a punch before it was thrown. Imagine a secret that could make all of this possible. Albert, a Princeton mathematics professor, is such a person, and as he is thrust into a murder and burglary investigation on campus he finds that the secret is buried in an obscure cipher.

Young Hata Vasara is in the midst of discovering her first love as all hell breaks loose. Her father, Baal Vasara, a Foreman miner in the mountain city of Oitilla, discovered something deep within the earth—an ominous archway of steaming red light. Finding such an unnatural creation in such a place, Baal chooses to cover it up. Unfortunately, his right-hand man, Alvar Kovaa, has other ideas.

After a young girl goes missing, former TV crime reporter Vicky Robeson joins the search with the help of her attractive new love interest. They take his RV to a tiny town in rural Missouri that's filled with odd characters and darker secrets. But Vicky has secrets of her own. She believes this kidnapped girl may be linked to a case she reported on nine years ago, when a mystery child was found walking on levee, bloody and unable to speak. Back then, Vicky failed to follow up clues only she knew. Now, she has a chance to redeem herself.

In this heartfelt compilation by Mya Patel, you're invited to join an empowering journey of healing and resilience, providing you with a comprehensive guide to overcoming mental health challenges without losing your identity in the process.

Are you sick and tired of feeling overwhelmed and defeated by life's unexpected storms? Have you tried countless self-help books and motivational speeches, but nothing seems to work? Do you finally want to say goodbye to feeling helpless and discover something that works for you? If so, then The Resilient Woman: Overcoming Adversity and Thriving in Life is for you.

When a Shot Meant a Lot is a children’s book about the long-awaited end of the COVID-19 pandemic. After being separated for such a long time, will the vaccine bring our loved ones back together? A story of love and togetherness, even when we’re apart. When a Shot Meant a Lot is for parents who support vaccinations and are looking for tools to discuss the experience with their young children. This book is not a science lesson about germs and protection. It’s a tender story for parents to start a conversation about what the vaccine has to offer: a return to normal. 

An unstoppable force is sweeping the United States. Powered by a secret ability to predict and manipulate events, Cristina Culebra and her RED Army relentlessly accumulate followers with one goal in mind: absolute power. While Cristina and her movement captivate the country, the one man who knows their next move, who knows their every move—mathematics Professor Albert Puddles—hides, grief-stricken from the loss of his one and only mentor.

You may wonder why you’re still stuck in the same place, same mindset, or same circles when there is a big world of opportunities out there. So, what’s holding you back? Is it financial status? Few growth opportunities? Narrow professional network? Whatever it may be, the truth remains: Your greatness is mostly dependent on you. Even if it doesn’t feel and look that way now, your goals are within reach...but only if you equip yourself with the strategies to make it happen.

It’s a hard life on Gimlé, a strange world with a red sun that does not move in the sky. Generations before, Aeryn’s warrior-king ancestor, Arthur the Hammer, unified the land and established a detailed code of governance and behavior. But, while Aeryn is a child, obedience to Arthur’s code is fraying, and the kingdom is ripped apart by rebellion and war. She grows up amid the ebb and flow of fighting and the losses it caused.

Albert, a Princeton mathematics professor, has discovered a secret known as The Tree of Knowledge–a method of predicting and manipulating the future with mathematical precision. But he’s not the only one. Cristina Culebra, and her insurgent RED movement, seek to harness this same power to gain control of the United States and the world.

It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. As far as heavenly experiments go, mortals are interesting to observe from a distance, but their lives are fleeting. They’re selfish, impulsive, and determined to destroy each other, if not their entire planet.