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Ten years have passed and Detective Steven Bullard still finds himself obsessed with Mary Krowely, a case that had slipped through his fingers and ended tragically. His obsession led him down a destructive path of mental torture, drug abuse, and finally, distrust from his fellow officers. But now something has caught his eye: a pattern in another case. Girls are being kidnapped in the same manner that Mary was: tortured and abused but left dumped — left to rot around the city he swore to protect.

Once again resigned to her fate as a spinster, Eleanor is unhappily alone - until Dublin Helos reappears on her doorstep with an offer she can’t refuse. This time, the stakes are higher than ever, and as the true extent of Dublin’s deception is revealed, Eleanor is forced to choose between trusting the one man she should fear above all else or risk losing her soul - and heart - in the process.

Отдых с подругой на курортной планете Леран обещал лазурный океан, чужую интересную культуру, яркие знакомства. Я и подумать не могла, что к ним прилагаются контрабандисты, местные монстры и уроки выживания с харизматичным леранским миллиардером.

La vita di una delle figure più centrali e controverse del Novecento. Josip Broz, detto Tito, è stato per decenni a capo della Jugoslavia. Partendo dalla resistenza partigiana durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, passando per l'unione della penisola balcanica, fino alla Guerra Fredda, Tito è stato protagonista di molti tra i più importanti eventi della storia recente. Questa biografia, però, attraverserà anche e soprattutto gli aspetti oscuri della vita del dittatore - i crimini di guerra, il pugno di ferro, il regime di terrore.

Il regno dell'imperatore Shōwa, o Hirohito, fu il più longevo nella storia giapponese, sebbene anche il più controverso. Hirohito è stato in grado di guidare la sua patria nel periodo più critico, buio e rivoluzionario di sempre, quello che va dal 1926 al 1989. Le bombe atomiche su Hiroshima e Nagasaki, l'attacco a Pearl Harbor, l'inevitabile resa del Giappone: tutto contribuisce a forgiare l'immagine di un uomo integro ma al contempo fragile e discusso, schiacciato da un ruolo che non è più in grado di incarnare ma che non abbandonerà mai fino alla sua morte.

Skylar's got ambitious #goals. And if she wants them to come true, she has to get to work now. (At least she thinks so....) Step one in her epic plan is showing everyone that her latest app is brilliant. To do that, she's going to use it to win State at the Scholastic Exposition, the nerdiest academic competition around. First, she'll need a team, and Skylar's not always so good with people. But she'll do whatever it takes to put one together...even if it means playing Cupid for her teammates Joey and Zane, at Joey's request.

On a train from Ukraine to Germany, Lisa Smirnova is terrified for her life. The train is under Nazi command, heading for one of Hitler’s rumoured labour camps. As she is taken away from everything she holds dear, Lisa wonders if she will ever see her family again. In Nazi-occupied Kiev, Irina Antonova knows she could be arrested at any moment. Trapped in a job registering the endless deaths of the people of Kiev, she risks her life every day by secretly helping her neighbours, while her husband has joined the Soviet partisans.

You can be peaceful and calm even when life is messy and complicated. Discover how to handle the chaos in your life. Learn how to incorporate mindfulness into your daily living and become calmer, happier, and healthier. How you feel matters. Become mindful and discover the power you have in the present moment to improve your well-being, increase feelings of peace, and live a simpler, more joyful life now.

This book is a result of the burden to unearth things or mysteries embedded in the word of God concerning prosperity and success of children of God. It examines how a Christian can position himself/herself to access the ability to produce wealth, receive divine wealth, and maintain a successful life in changing times or seasons.

Christians have been called to care for the community they serve as “salt and light”. The concept of mission work in the Church seems to be more focused on “the ends of the earth” than our “Jerusalem”. Our “Jerusalem” represents our immediate community or society. This book calls on Christians to look for ministry opportunities outside the walls of the church building, especially in the workplaces, that is, bring Jesus into their work lives.

An appeal to Church Ministers and leaders to consider equipping Christians for work of ministry in the workplace with community transformation as a goal. Time has come for the Church to act on the fact that the transformation of our community may not take place if we expect the community to come into church buildings. This audiobook is a call to the Church that our community will be transformed as all Christians bring Jesus into their work lives and are adequately supported by the Church to do so.

Sir Chanse de Bremont is determined to halt the wedding that will upset the tenuous balance of power between England and Scotland. He can think of only one way to do so - take the bride captive. But the willful if beautiful lady is nothing like he thought and more than he could’ve imagined.

Mary is your typical student, your typical homebody. She doesn't know what to do with her life and doesn't expect much out of the days to follow until things suddenly change for her. A serial killer is on the loose and kidnaps her off the streets with the intent of ending her life. But then his plans change. Instead, he keeps her like a pet, chained up in his apartment. Abuse follows as well as the manipulative games he plays.

What is the line between emotional abuse and normal human behavior? And who gets the right to draw that line? Are you feeling depressed and anxious because your mental health simply isn't doing well right now? Or is it a direct response to the emotional trauma that is being caused by an unhealthy relationship? These are all difficult questions to answer, and I understand how hard it can be to diagnose emotional abuse from the inside of a relationship.

The Granola Diet promises to turn curvy Sara Rodríguez Bloom García into a svelte, new woman in no time. Once it does, her husband’s rekindled passions will be unstoppable - she hopes. “Holy molé salsa!” When Sara reaches for the box of cereal, she travels back in time to a childhood trip to the grocery store with her beloved grandmother. Seeing her dead grandmother alive and well again is wonderful, but Sara may be losing her mind, or much, much more.

One of the nicest ladies I ever met was a school teacher. I think we chatted for about 30 minutes and then I never saw her again. Thirty minutes. I seriously thought that I could trust this lady with all my deepest darkest secrets. After years of observation, I realized that all master small-talkers have a few things in common but the biggest things are the two keys that were shown to me so elegantly by that school teacher. Once I had mastered those, no small talk conversation was a nightmare anymore. In fact, I started to enjoy them.

Chelsie Peebles - an OB/GYN for vampires - is dying from stage four glioblastoma, and there is only one cure. She must turn into a vampire herself. Keeping the devastating news from her vampire family, she researches her options for survival. But the realisation is that she is going to die. In her desperation, she blackmails her clinic into aiding her through her life-altering transformation. Asa Bradley, one of Chelsie's partners, thinks she is crazy. But he has no idea she's dying. He is, however, bewitched by her, and wants to know why she is hellbent on becoming one of them.

Christian is the exception to Tiffany's rule that all males are louses. For years Tiffany has lusted after Christian and of late she can't help but wonder what it might be like to have a brief fling with him. The opportunity to explore her secret fantasy appears when Christian offers her a job as the IT person for his practice, the V clinic. She knows if he gives her the green light, she's going to have a romp with her sexy vampire. When the night finally arrives and she and Christian have sex, the experience is so overwhelmingly powerful, Tiffany backpedals.

Taemon has always known he’s a bit different. But in the walled city of Deliverance, where everyone possesses a form of telekinesis known as psi, being different is dangerous. Being different can get you labeled a freakling. Or worse, see you banished to the Powerless Colony, where even the simplest tasks, like getting dressed or turning on the lights, must be done by hand.

In this humorously read audiobook for ages two and up, Gabriel keeps his mom and dad awake week in and week out. He wakes up and moves beds to sleep in their bed in the middle of every night. His exhausted parents finally hit upon a plan they think will work, but it is Gabriel's own developing understanding that will save the day.