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The growing pains of a start-up's initial year in business require a keen awareness of uncertainties and a willingness to adapt in order to survive. Today's new founders greatly benefit from taking a behind-the-scenes look at successful companies such as Etsy, HotelTonight, Fiverr, and more in regards to how they overcame the challenges of their first year. Startups in Action is your curated source for critical insights and inspiration from those who have been there before.

David is missing! Detective David Neal of the CPD third precinct has been abducted again. Some of his fellow officers has been slain by the same abductors. Somehow maybe the police department has been infiltrated - by the infamous Red Pack, a terrible group of assassins and murderers. One of the first murders David encountered was terrible. Blood and pieces of human flesh were everywhere. The arms and legs of the corpse or what was left of its arms and legs were shredded like they had been put through a paper shredder.

A delicious burger. A horrific murder. What can the waiters of the Midnight Owl do to solve the mystery? On a foggy Friday night in Los Angeles, a diverse group of young and sexy waiters discover a gruesome and horrific murder in the kitchen of L.A.’s hottest new restaurant, The Midnight Owl. Stunned by what they witnessed, the attractive gang embark on a pulse-pounding, high-octane, thrill-ride, tracking down other members of the Midnight Owl’s staff to uncover the evil truth.

Twenty years ago, a group of doctors formed a partnership to build a medical office plaza in Massachusetts...Someone wants the doctors dead, and he or she has already succeeded in murdering two of them...The widow of one of the slain doctors has a clue - but she’s too afraid to tell the police. She hires Boston private investigator Daniel Cormac Gallagher to help track down the murderer. But as Gallagher begins to unravel the mystery, he finds himself entangled in a web of danger and political intrigue.

In Chicago the year 1979, Detective David Neal and his partner were thrust into a series of dark, grisly murders. The darkest they and the people of Chicago, had ever seen. The deaths were so bizarre; the government got involved sending a beautiful female FBI agent, who seemed to have her own agenda. After seeing an older female at one of the crime scenes, David and David only saw her time and time again in the strangest places.

All of our relationships can be wrecked by "monsters", either our own monsters or our partner's monsters. This audiobook will show you how to identify and tame the monsters that threaten your love life. This audiobook will help you have happier healthier relationships with everyone you love.

In the thriller Deadly Codes, Daniel Cormac Gallagher Jr., a Boston private eye, is hired to investigate the death of Jennifer Clark, tragically killed in a car bombing in her own driveway. Gallagher has been commissioned by Jennifer’s twin sister to find a mysterious woman, Jennifer’s secret lesbian lover who vanished immediately after the bombing.

Animators work within a strictly defined, limited space that requires difficult artistic decisions. The blank frame presents a dilemma for all animators, and the decision of what to include and leave out raises important questions about artistry, authorship, and cultural influence. In Animating Space: From Mickey to WALL-E, renowned scholar J. P. Telotte explores how animation has confronted the blank template, and how responses to that confrontation have changed.

Zachary is a brilliant architect, considered to be an artist on blueprints. When the chance of a lifetime comes along, he can’t say no to it. Even if it means running a handsome, young stranger into the ground to succeed. Lucas is the reserved owner of Castle Harbor’s only lodging - an inn left to him by his parents. His temper flares when he hears rumors of a resort coming to the island. Yet, when he meets the architect behind the plans, those flames become a sizzle that he can’t ignore. The business proposition that could destroy them...or bring them closer than ever.

This third exciting installment of JP O’Donnell’s popular Gallagher series finds our hero facing a uniquely emotional challenge. The shocking disappearance of Gallagher’s ex-wife, Kate, whose past includes a secret that she has never revealed to him, ignites a desperate search to find her. Kate’s secret and her mysterious disappearance make Gallagher realize that not only is her life in danger but that he loves her more than ever.

The year is 1789. France is reeling under the impact of a civil war between its social classes. When a secret agent from Rome joins forces with a vindictive politician bent on revenge, the stage is set for an explosive outcome that will shake the country to its core. Meanwhile, Queen Marie Antoinette engages the help of her lady-in-waiting, Viviane de Lussan, in a desperate battle to keep her throne...and her head. But how can she win a struggle she seems fated to lose?

Reverand Campbell delivers an exhilarating speech on the unfair treatment of the African American man in the United States military. The pay was so drastically different between the white and African American soldiers that Campbell felt the need to pressure Congress into passing a bill that equalized pay.

She survived the mission - the drop, the fall. But what now? What can she do when the very thing that produced her new name left her scarred in far more ways than one? Fight on, that's what. Seek out the next job. The next mission. Even if it means doing the despicable. Even if it means risking her life once again. For she risks it to protect the many at the cost of the few. For the greater good.

Hank Hammond, ink hardly dry on his private investigator business cards, never anticipated that a chance encounter with a pair of suspicious characters and a mysterious crate would change his life forever. But it did, and nearly ended his life...also very much forever. And the deeper Hank gets into his investigation, the more the danger spreads until ultimately imperiling other innocent - and not so innocent - people, including his client, wealthy octogenarian Walter Tompkins, the client's favorite grandson Richard, and Hank's reluctant investigating partner, legal assistant Lori Reed.

Welcome to Monad, the first circuit planet of Havona. You are here to learn the most powerful secrets of the Universe. If you succeed, you will progress through the seven circuit planets, where more secrets await. However far you get will determine your place and purpose in the Universe. Should you fail the lessons of this first planet, you will be reset with no memories of this place, or your last life. When 15-year-old Sam dies on Earth, he will do anything to keep his memories intact. Whether he likes it or not, the secrets he learns on Monad are essential to surviving this cosmic adventure. When he is sucked into a black hole, he must face his anti-self in order to save all of existence. In his desperate quest to maintain his identity, he learns who he really is.

Starting at a young age, J.P. Butler started his 14-year journey of living under the illusion that he was happy. J.P. made choices like any other human, but this choice would completely change the way he lived, loved, and connected with others. He chose denial. Denial is a defense mechanism that is used for survival, and once denial sets in, it can be extremely difficult to let it go. If you remove that defense mechanism too quickly or recklessly, you remove one's ability to feel safe.

Après un drame éprouvant, Jane cherche à tourner la page. Lorsqu'elle découvre le One Folgate Street, elle est conquise par cette maison ultra moderne, chef-d'œuvre de l'architecture minimaliste, parfaite. Mais pour y vivre, il faut se plier aux règles draconiennes imposées par son architecte, Edward Monkford, aussi mystérieux que séduisant. Parmi celles-ci : répondre régulièrement à des questionnaires déconcertants et intrusifs. Peu à peu, Jane acquiert une inquiétante certitude.

My Life, My Death is a sometimes dark, sometimes inspirational, poetic journey into the mind of an author who has taken the time to thoroughly ponder the human experience. Luke Savage recently graduated with a master's degree in English and creative writing from Southern New Hampshire University, and previously studied psychology at Rochester College. This poet has a strong voice and tone, one that will challenge, cause deep thought, inspire, and enrage.

When an unstoppable comet sets its sights on New York City - the time machine, and its creator, are the only hope humanity has left. From the near future to a long forgotten past, falling skyscrapers to rising pyramids, Ham Taylor is put to the ultimate test in this battle to save the world. Your adventure starts here!

Nancy moved in a world of post-apocalyptic wastelands, pursued by unknown foes, and accompanied by odd companions. An action adventure in epic verse, this book (in five parts, of which this portion comprises the last three) explores questions of identity and reality, while exploring wondrous scenes and fascinating characters. Parts one and two (a separate download) set the scene.