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When Onyx Jefferson travels to Golden Waters, North Carolina to visit family, he doesn't see being robbed in his future. A hustler with a debt to pay sees an unfamiliar face rocking a little ice, and he has the idea to rob the man. What Ivan doesn't know is that Onyx may be a stranger to Golden...

In her first book of comic strips, Emma reflects on social and feminist issues by means of simple line drawings, dissecting the mental load, ie all that invisible and unpaid organizing, list-making and planning women do to manage their lives, and the lives of their family members. Most of us carry some form of mental load - about our work, household responsibilities, financial obligations and personal life; but what makes up that burden and how it's distributed within households and understood in offices is not always equal or fair.

A collection of intriguing thrillers by Philip Levene Philip Levene was a prolific radio dramatist who also penned 19 episodes of ITV’s The Avengers, which won him a Writers’ Guild Award. While many of his works have unfortunately been lost, this collection of surviving recordings showcases...

Iron-fisted Pope Leo XIV emerges from open-heart surgery with the chilling realisation that his reforms have devastated the Church. As he struggles to overcome the policies he himself put in place, he must battle enemies from within the Vatican, as well as Islamic terrorists determined to assassinate him. Amid political intrigue and counterespionage, his brilliant Surgeon, Salviati, becomes a target, too, along with Salviati’s beautiful mistress, Tove, and her fragile daughter, as the plot builds to a dramatic climax.

He's the gentle giant of football frat… and he's ready to fall in love. But he can't find the right girl… until he bumps into his best friend's ex… Dani's not an option. I can't get together with Atlas's ex, he'd never forgive me. Those two were end game… until he left. But I still talk to him all the time and if he knew Dani was out there trying to find herself a new man, he'd be gutted. That's what she's doing, though. She's ready to move on with her life, and after her tearful phone call telling me she'd just had the worst date ever, I have to step in and help her.

In this war between the cold and callous, the stake is a little higher than just money, power, and respect. Boston and Kamden were once a team and knew one another's weaknesses. As a result, the men waste no time destroying everything the other has built and any casualties along the way. Boston...

Tunnel vision: defective sight in which objects cannot be properly seen if not close to the center of the field of view. Dyson Chambers had a promising future until one event changed the course of his life and how people viewed him for years to come. That all changed when he reconnects with the feisty, bubbly beauty that is Aubrie Rose Johnson. The labels placed on him are none of her concern because all she sees is Dice. Without missing a beat, the two water their blooming friendship. Serving as thorns to protect the other from anything that threatens their happiness, family included.

After serving five years in prison, Kamden "Killa" King has returned home. Aside from wanting to discover who set up his arrest, he's found himself in the middle of a bigger issue that may garner a new enemy: his father, Boston King. When bonds are formed, family ties are broken. Secrets are uncovered, and both alpha males know the war won't end well.

Simonette Brand just wants to be left alone in her happy place of crime investigation and documentaries. She didn't bother anyone, but that certainly doesn't mean that she wasn't bothered by those closest to her. When an occasion calls for a special arrangement, will it satisfy the need or leave her wanting more? He wasn't worried or looking for a relationship or love. When a favor places him in an entanglement, will it be an unintentional home run or will he strike out?

Fake dating your best friend is supposed to be easy... but only if feelings aren't involved. Drew Larney lives for the rush on the ice and in the bedroom. As the star center of the Berkeley Shore University hockey team, it's not in his nature to deny his fans a good time. Scoring hat tricks is...

In this book, you'll get fresh takes on well-beaten topics such as leadership, accountability, and a step-by-step approach to innovation. It contains a simple way to build winning strategies and align efforts across the entire enterprise. All of these breakthrough insights are based on the same set of principles. Discover how these principles make air travel safer, employees happier and smarter, weight loss easier, health care better, and business meetings shorter.

In this third installment of The Rewired Series, the reset has arrived. Malik’s dreams are as vivid as ever. One, in particular, feels strangely real, as though there’s a past he only vaguely remembers. Malik awakens to a world threatened by intense solar flares, and he is one of the few who sees the whole picture.

The stock market is the greatest financial machine ever created. But if you want to succeed financially, you must understand how the stock market actually works. Are you prepared to take your piece of it?

Ori may seem like an idealist, but he understands how this world works. Powerful people want it to stay that way, and a degree of social order is needed to ensure that. However, through everything he has done as founder and CEO of Singularity Group, Ori has proven what good can come from granting people certain freedoms. Though he hoped otherwise, he knew the day might come when powerful forces would threaten what he has built. When a series of suspicious events escalates to an attempt on his life, Ori must use all he is capable of to see who, or what, is pulling the strings.

Since her encounter with Ori years ago, Jessica has continued her mission to print the truth that the world needs to hear. This pursuit has led her to meet with a source, Zach Carver, a leading mind at Singularity Group. The meeting goes awry, and Jessica awakens to find that she has a gap in time and memory and that Zach is now missing. To her surprise, Ori reappears to help her. His solution involves a promising young recruit, Malik, whose research could be the key to recovering Zach. Yet the forces they are up against have proven they will go to great lengths to remove any obstacle.

Night falls. In a lonely valley called the Sink, four people prepare for a quiet evening. Then in his orchard, Murray Jaccob sees a moving shadow. Across the swamp, his neighbour Ronnie watches her lover leave and feels her baby roll inside her. And on the veranda of the Stubbs place, a small dog is torn screaming from its leash by something unseen. And nothing will be quite the same again.

The slight movement beneath the bamboo toward the creek distracted Dobel from his meagre meal of biscuits and water. At first he was unsure what it was. As the shadow came closer, it materialised into the unmistakable form of an NVA soldier moving from the creek toward the area of the LUP occupied by Collier and the wounded Wilkins. The enemy moved silently, an AK-47 held directly in front of his body, ready for action.

Sunburnt Country is an outstanding selection of autobiographical stories and short fiction about Australia and Australians. From childhood, through adolescence, work and marriage, to old age, these stories provide a lively, at times moving, sometimes funny, glimpse into many aspects of life in Australia.

Jacko Emptor, Northern Territory born, brings Australian wildness to the television screens of America. Is America ready for him? Is he ready for America? Jacko, investigative reporter, exploits American innocence to break into living rooms and penetrate the heart's secrets. But these secrets make their claim on him too, especially the secrets of Sunny Sondquist, a child-woman missing in the American heartland. Follow Jacko as he exposes evil, falls from grace, and shows how television makes gods of some and fools of many.