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Rocco Vittori is desperate for a win. With nearly as many pileups on the track as in his personal life, his formerly illustrious F1 career is in a total spinout. But a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be the lead driver on the new Maverick racing team could be the answer to all his problems. He's willing to go full throttle every second of the day to prove he deserves it more than anyone. Unfortunately, someone else on the team has her sights set on the same job, and she's determined to drive Rocco crazy.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Five is the fifth instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Five features 14 essential works that reach across Europe, America, and Russia - from Twain to Dostoyevsky to Austen - to bring together some of the most influential authors of the 18th and 19th century. Read by a cast of incredible narrators, this is a chance to expand your listening by going deeper into some of your favourite authors' works and find your new favourite piece of classic literature.

Quando prende l'argento alle olimpiadi di Montreal nel '76 Greg Louganis ha solo 16 anni ed è all'esordio. Quella volta perde da Klaus Dibiasi che infila il suo terzo oro olimpico consecutivo. Louganis perde quella volta e poi non perde più. Ma proprio più. Per dodici anni vince sempre, qualunque cosa, in qualunque competizione internazionale, giochi Panamericani, mondiali, olimpiadi. Oro. Sempre.

"The Principles of Masonic Law" by Albert G. Mackey is a foundational text that delves into the legal framework and traditions governing Freemasonry. Originally published in 1856, this work explores the constitutional laws, customs, and landmarks that define Masonic governance and practice.

Nothing wrecks an already bad day faster than almost getting hit by a car. But then he rescued me. My mysterious, sexy savior wore danger as easily as he wore his black-on-black clothes. And still, I wasn't afraid of him. I should've been. Because after one misunderstanding, the man I thought would love me forever showed me just how ruthless and cold he really is. I trusted him with my heart once and it broke me. I can't afford to make that mistake again.

One of the most prominent features of our world is that there is so much bullshit. Yet we have no clear understanding of what bullshit is, how it’s different from lying, what purposes it serves, and what it means. In his acclaimed bestseller On Bullshit, which was featured on The Daily Show and 60 Minutes, Harry Frankfurt, who was one of the world’s most influential moral philosophers, explores one of the most serious problems of our politics and our world.

In this romantic-comedy novella, the sexiest player in the NFL and a small-town librarian prove that when opposites attract, their chemistry can be game changing.

Northern Morocco: Dr. Kate Warner cured a global pandemic, and she thought she could cure herself. She was wrong. And she was wrong about the scope of the Atlantis conspiracy. Humanity faces a new threat, an enemy beyond imagination. With her own time running out and the utter collapse of human civilization looming, a new hope arrives: a coded message from a potential ally.

Dividend Investing for Beginners is your no-fluff guide to building a portfolio that pays you to own it—whether you’re starting with $1,000 or just spare change. Even if you're not a finance nerd (and never plan to be), this book breaks everything down in plain English. You’ll get the tools to start small, stay smart, and grow a portfolio that works for you—not the other way around.

This memoir tells the story of a Marine rifle platoon commander’s time in the mountainous jungle of the northernmost province of the then Republic of Vietnam. While tasked with fighting the enemy, G.M. Davis made some great friends but saw too much death. The author tracks his tour of duty in the jungle, leading Marines not against the Viet Cong but against the North Vietnamese Army, a well-trained and well-supplied professional army dedicated to unifying the two Vietnams.

Tarzan had been betrayed. Drugged and helpless, he was delivered into the hands of the dreadful priests of Opar, last bastion of ancient Atlantis. La, High Priestess of the Flaming God, had saved him once again, driven by her hopeless love for the ape-man. But now she was betrayed and threatened by her people. To save her, Tarzan fled with her into the legendary Valley of Diamonds, while Jad-bal-ja, his faithful golden lion, followed. Ahead lay a land where savage gorillas ruled over servile men. And behind, Estaban Miranda—who looked exactly like Tarzan—plotted further treachery.

Im Jahr 2003 wurde das erste menschliche Genom zerlegt und analysiert: Ein historischer Moment. Aber nur ein Wissenschaftler kennt die Wahrheit, die in unserer DNA verschlüsselt ist. Dieses Geheimnis kann alles ändern: Unsere Vergangenheit - und unsere Zukunft! Wer es besitzt, hat Macht über die gesamte Menschheit. Dr. Peyton Shaw, die das Vermächtnis des legendären Wissenschaftlers Paul Kraus erforscht, kommt einer globalen Verschwörung auf die Spur.

Quella di Richard "Dick" Norris Williams potrebbe essere una storia notevole, ma per forza non più notevole di altre. Quella di un tennista, tra i migliori al principio del '900, quando il tennis era ancora un passatempo per le classi agiate. Un campione con dei successi e degli allori, ma in fondo niente altro da segnalare.

Principia Ethica, written in 1903, was a groundbreaking work of moral philosophy. Its author, G.E. Moore, questioned a fundamental pillar of ethics—specifically, what the definition of "good" is. As influential now as it was in its own time-period, Principia Ethica represented an advance in human thinking and is a worthy work for current and future generations to study to gain a better understanding of values and ethics.

Venezia, 1761. Un ricco membro del Maggior Consiglio muore cadendo nel Canal Grande dalla finestra del suo palazzo. Tutto sembra far pensare a un omicidio passionale e il possibile colpevole è subito identificato dalle temute magistrature veneziane: Eliardo de Broglie, uno spiantato truffatore che, millantando di saper trasformare il piombo in oro, aveva circuito la moglie del defunto. Il giovane, fiutando il pericolo, riesce a fuggire grazie alla protezione di un'enigmatica nobildonna francese, Annika Stéphanie Brûlart, contessa d'Aumale.

This well-researched, thought-provoking audio guide to traditional foods contains a startling message: Animal fats and cholesterol are not villains but vital factors in the diet, necessary for normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels. Sally Fallon dispels the myths of the current low-fat fad in this practical, entertaining guide to a can-do diet that is both nutritious and delicious.

My resignation letter was rejected by my boss with his sexy, trademark smirk and an "I highly suggest you read the fine print of your contract...." So, I did. And now I've realized that unless I fake my death, poison him, or find a way to renegotiate my impossible contract, I'm stuck working under one of the cockiest and most ruthless bosses in New York. Then again, I thought that was the case until he called me late last night with an emergency proposition....

Have I already told you that I hate my boss today? Sexy as hell or not, this pompous, arrogant, ASSHOLE asked me to pick up his dry cleaning the second I walked through the door. Then he told me that I needed to take his Jaguar to a car wash that was ten miles outside of the city, but only after I needed to stand in a never-ending line to buy some type of limited, hundred-dollar watch. I honestly can't wait to see the look on his face two months from now when I tell him that I'm quitting his company and that he can kiss my ass.

In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British there, life is orderly and genteel. Then the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt, and the British community retreats with shock into the Residency. They prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can muster. As food and ammunition grow short, the Residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerable.

After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally slashed, he survived only by pretending to be dead as the Redcoats patrolled the corpses of his Jacobite comrades. Six years later, with the clan chiefs routed and the Highlands subsumed into the British state, Iain lives a quiet life, working as a bookseller in Inverness. One day, after helping several of his regular customers, he notices a stranger lurking in the upper gallery of his shop, poring over his collection. But the man refuses to say what he's searching for.