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THE TRIBUNE is a taut, fast-paced survival adventure tale with horror elements, solidly grounded in historical facts about the Roman Army's campaigns in ancient Romania. A mix of history and the supernatural, and viewed through the weary eyes of the front-line soldier, listeners will be caught up and swept all the way to the breathless end.

In this series, a man teaches a woman to wait for the thing she wants most.

My father sold me off to a ruthless killer in the Russian mafia, an alliance between the Bratva and the Cosa Nostra. An arranged marriage where I’d be at the mercy of the man who’d no doubt see me as his property, where I was sure he’d be just as cruel and violent as every other Made Man I’d known in my life. Nikolai Petrov, known to be a sociopath and for killing anyone for the smallest infraction. And I'd be forever tied to him, an accessory he could use or dispose of any way he saw fit.

Herenui Tokoragi, astrophysicienne tahitienne passionnée par l'immensité céleste, découvre avec son ami Teiki un vaisseau extraterrestre au fond du Pacifique. Cette révélation bouleversante dévoile un lien millénaire entre les navigateurs polynésiens et les Te'reith, une civilisation interstellaire avancée.

Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralfamadorians, who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence).

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is Chicago's only openly practicing wizard. He is also dead broke. His vast knowledge and magical skills are unfortunately matched by his talent for making powerful enemies and alienating friends. With little more than his integrity left, he accepts an offer of work from Lt. Karin Murphy of Chicago's Special Investigations Unit. He wants to redeem himself in Murphy's eyes and make enough money to quiet his rumbling stomach.

In March 1998, the Bradley family—Ron, Iva, and their children, Amy and Brad—boarded the Rhapsody of the Seas for a week-long Caribbean cruise. In the early hours of March 24, Amy Bradley—a pretty, athletic twenty-three-year-old—returned to the family's stateroom with Brad after dancing at the ship's nightclub. A few hours later, her father awoke to find her gone. Did Amy fall or jump into the water? Did she leave the boat voluntarily when it docked at Curaçao? Was she smuggled off against her will and trafficked in one of the island's brothels?

The werewolves of the world live in tight knit gangs, or “dens”, for protection from outsiders – and each other. Every major metropolis has one; to belong to a den is to have a family for eternity. However, Grace Holtz, next in line to lead the Seattle den called The Nameless, has had enough of living under the crushing weight of her den’s expectations. Having fled to a small, rural town in southeast Oregon, her goal is to blend in and be as “normal” as possible for the rest of her unnaturally long life.

He wasn't famous then. He was the boy next door; my foster brother's best friend. A popular jock and out of my league. But he said he loved me. He said he'd keep my heart safe. He lied. Now fifteen years later, I've picked up the fragments of my shattered heart. I've built a new life as a child advocacy lawyer. My food issues are quasi under control, my secrets are buried, and I've even made a tenuous peace with my plus-size body.

In this series, a man teaches a woman to wait for the thing she wants most.

Reflecting on my life, I felt trapped by the decision made by my parents. No one respected me—not even my soon-to-be husband. Too many people had control over my life, therefore I took control. Doing the unthinkable, I dropped everything and everyone, only keeping one piece of joy to myself: Gage. He has been my light, and when he asked to meet, I obliged after denying his request many times before. Our first meeting put my life into hyper-motion with no stop in sight.

The Banjo: The Twang of RebellionA Story of Strings, Spirits, and SurvivalThe banjo is one of the most misunderstood instruments in American history. Before it became a bluegrass trademark or a rural stereotype, it was an African invention — a spiritual tool, a storytelling instrument, and a survival technology carried through the trauma of slavery. This narrative history traces the true origin and evolution of the banjo from West African griots to modern American roots music.

You've felt it too. A coincidence too perfect to be chance. A knowing that arrives before the facts. A door closing... only to reveal the path you were meant to take. Part of you has always known there's something more at play. We've been trained to dismiss what we can't measure - to trust logic...

In the first three books of The Kingdom Systems Series we concentrated on the very real and crucial objective of knowing our God. For the successful living of our lives, we must know our God intimately. We must know who He is and how we can be in an active living relationship with Him. We examined the Scriptures to learn the facts that we are told about our God. We determined that there is a huge difference between knowing about our God through Religion and our knowing our God experientially, personally and intimately through Relationship.

This energy drink is killer. In Japan, sixteen-year-old Miyuki always felt like a square being pounded into a round hole. She turned her back on tradition and earned the fury of her father. The father who burned her with a cigarette and sent her off to live with strangers in a strange land. Now Miyuki is one of the Gems, a group of four talented young ladies who spy for a mysterious world-wide organization known simply as The Authority.

Gilgamesh has finally reached Al-Lazar, the legendary City of Dust. But what he finds is not salvation. It's rot wrapped in gold, and his companions are already coming apart at the seams. Rival houses carve the streets into killing grounds, fighting over Dust, a narcotic powerful enough to control guilds, bankroll armies, and turn people into property. And when the city comes for him, Gilgamesh realizes Al-Lazar doesn't welcome outsiders. But Gilgamesh is not who he used to be. He has power now. Real power. And for the first time, he doesn't have to endure. He can rule.

Dean Hollis has a plan to survive his sister's tropical destination wedding: invent a boyfriend so his mom will stop worrying about his perpetually single status. The only problem? Now he needs an actual date. Enter Taylan Carter—charming, gorgeous, and in need of a vacation he can't afford. When Dean offers him a deal—pretend to be Dean's boyfriend for a week on a private tropical island in exchange for an all-expenses-paid luxury getaway—how can Tay refuse?

Although he was once the promising young CEO of a successful corporation, Lucas abandoned everything he knew and retreated from both the real world and his demanding life following a horrific accident. In order to cope with tragic loss, he began spending his time in virtual reality, lazing about in the sun, and living a carefree life. When he learns that his escapist paradise is being threatened and is about to disappear, however, Lucas is once again forced to take action and do what he does best: take charge.

After a night of drunken debauchery following the defeat of the academy's headmistress, Lucas awakens to trouble on all fronts. The steady balance of power within the Imperium has been shaken by his presence, and the resulting aftermath is a town full of heavily armed and well-staffed enemies who seek Lucas' death. Lucas must not only survive their assault, but also manage his own slowly crumbling internal affairs when his party begins to fracture. Angered by Lucas' increasingly selfish actions, some of his closest allies are tempted to turn against him.

J'aurais dû me méfier d'Anson Hunt dès la première seconde. Sans compter qu'il est l'homme chargé de rénover ma maison. Anson est l'exact opposé de moi : froid, taciturne, allergique aux sentiments et attaché à sa solitude. Plus je tente de l'ignorer, plus la tension devient insoutenable. Alors que de mystérieux accidents menacent ma sécurité, Anson s'impose comme mon protecteur, et bien plus encore. Car Anson n'est pas seulement dangereux pour mon cœur. Il cache des secrets capables de tout détruire.