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James and Terrance share DNA, but they aren't brothers. They aren't even friends. As a civil advisor for the LAPD, James relies on Terrance— his genetic clone—to help him pass mandatory drug testing. But when Terrance suddenly goes missing, and multiple clones end up murdered, a case of...

A small California town—and three people within it—become the targets of an ancient evil. Tess Bellamy's return home is anything but triumphant. She's decided Hollywood isn't for her, resigned to a normal life of caring for her ailing mother. Linna Severand would be a powerful sorceress...

When it comes to helping patients manage chronic and acute conditions and make healthier choices in such areas as medication adherence, smoking, diet, and preventive care, good advice alone is not enough. By using MI techniques, doctors, nurses, and other providers can transform conversations about change. The book shows how even the briefest clinical interaction can serve to build trust, clarify patients' goals as well as reasons for ambivalence, and guide them to take positive steps.

A small California town—and three people within it—become the targets of an ancient evil. Tess Bellamy's return home is anything but triumphant. She's decided Hollywood isn't for her, resigned to a normal life of caring for her ailing mother. Linna Severand would be a powerful sorceress...

First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite. The Power Elite can be enjoyed as a good account of what was taking place in America at the time it was written, but its underlying question of whether America is as democratic in practice as it is in theory continues to matter very much today.

I’ll never ask for you to be with me, to love me, to appreciate me and what I have to offer. Everything I do will be for you. I will be unabashedly devoted to making you happy. The choice will always have to be yours. But if you continue to choose me? I promise to give you everything I am, everything I will ever be, everything you can even imagine. There will never be a moment of your life where you will ever question where I stand with you, how I feel, or whether I choose you. But I’ll never ask, Jhorie. I can’t. The choice will always have to be yours.

Elias Omari exists in the darkness that clouds his mind. Cress Devereaux exists in the light that inspires her soul. Together, they create beautiful shades of gray. An arranged marriage forces two families to smooth the edges of their jagged past with the hopes of a new beginning. But can a union tainted with secrets and uncertainty promise an unbreakable alliance? The one thing that Elias and Cress share in common is family over everything, but should they continue to fight for family when that same family has never truly fought for them?

Contains all six A Miller's Pointe Christmas novellas.

Hailed upon publication as a cogent and hard-hitting critique, The Sociological Imagination took issue with the ascendant schools of sociology in the United States, calling for a humanist sociology connecting the social, personal, and historical dimensions of our lives. The sociological imagination Mills calls for is a sociological vision, a way of looking at the world that can see links between the apparently private problems of the individual and important social issues. 

Using the letters Warren Buffett wrote to his partners between 1956 and 1970, a veteran financial advisor presents the renowned guru’s “ground rules” for investing—guidelines that remain startlingly relevant today. In the fourteen years between his time in New York with value-investing...

Hardened Ranger Maxwell Cross and his young partner Jacob Jameson are escorting Dinah Franklin--a convicted murderess--to the gallows in Fort Worth. But when their path collides with a cloaked cult in the midst of a bloodthirsty ritual, their duty takes a darker turn. Now joined by a terrified mother and a young girl who brought something back from her near sacrifice, the Rangers must navigate a chilling landscape where law and order mean little against the pull of ancient evil.

Nothing in life that’s worth having, comes easy. Having finally learned the horrible truth about Peilor society, Emma has chosen to cut the chain connecting her spirit to her body, and fled to the Realm of Imagination. Now she is headed for a Realm whose ruler banished her, with no way back. Worse, she has never managed to stay there for longer than a few hours before starting to Fade out of existence....

Contains books one, two, and three of the Luke Brothers series. Unexpected Expectations, book one T'Air's current way of living isn't cutting it anymore. She wants something different, something solid! This is a stark contrast to her current lifestyle, but in order to achieve the intended goal...

Publicist. NBA player. Career ending Injury. Family Secrets. Undeniable attraction.

Freya Lockwood e Arthur Crockleford non si parlano da una vita. Una mattina di maggio, Freya riceve da sua zia Carole una telefonata: Arthur è morto, caduto dalle scale del suo negozio. Così Freya, tornata nel Suffolk dopo più di vent'anni, decide di indagare con l'aiuto di zia Carole.

Seit ich denken kann, schlug, vergewaltigte und misshandelte mich mein Vater. Mein älterer Bruder Branco tat es ihm gleich. Er machte dasselbe mit mir und meiner jüngeren Schwester Jenny. Wir lebten und wuchsen im Ghetto auf. Ein Ort, an dem zarte Seelen, die das Gesetz der Gesetzlosen nicht akzeptieren wollen, tagtäglich ums nackte Überleben kämpfen, um nicht zu verrecken.

Auf der Suche nach gestohlenen Kunstwerken verschwindet Bella, eine Kollegin von Freya und Tante Carole, spurlos. Die Suche nach ihr führt das charmante Duo zu einer sagenumwobenen Burg, wo sie den Gutsherrn tot auffinden. Schnell wird Bella zur Hauptverdächtigen. Doch was hat die Entdeckung von altem schottischem Silberbesteck mit all dem zu tun? Freya und Carole haben nicht viel Zeit, um ihre Freundin zu finden und eine fiese Verschwörung aufzudecken.

Having escaped from the depths of the cloudsea, Rylan finds himself at last approaching the city he’s long dreamed of making a life in: mighty Cliffport. Of course, there’s still the matter of his unresolved debt hanging over his head, though perhaps the sender of that mysterious letter could be of some assistance... Many questions still surround Rylan’s birth, and the number has only grown since he learned of his ancient Hermean bloodline that grants him authority with Ethereon. Could the answers be found in The Knackered Hag?

The second edition of Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress expands the five evidence-informed CE-CERT practices for supporting emotional well-being in workers exposed to the effects of secondary trauma. Adding new insights, additional research support, and fresh examples, the conversational tone...

Mind the moon when you leave the theater! Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers returns, and Vol. 8 definitely goes Splatterbump in the night! It’s a monstrous mosh of fallen angels, prepubescent prescience, tempestuous incest, intergalactic blues, a Gulliverian massacre, cynophile racists, murderous rodents, a prehistoric Devil Head, the return of Bram Stoker’s forgotten hero, and so much more...