Reporter Moira Harrisons is lost. In the dark. In a thunderstorm. When a confusing detour places her on a rural, wooded road, she's startled by the sudden appearance of a lone figure caught in the beam of her headlights. Though Moira jams on her brakes, the car careens across the wet pavement--and the solid thump against the side of the vehicle tells her she hit the person before she crashes into a tree on the far side of the road.A dazed Moira is relieved when a man opens her door...

U.S. Marshal Jake Taylor has seen plenty of action during his years in law enforcement. But he'd rather go back to Iraq than face his next assignment: protection detail for federal judge Liz Michaels. His feelings toward Liz haven't warmed in the five years since she lost her husband--and Jake's best friend--to possible suicide. How can Jake be expected to care for the coldhearted workaholic who drove his friend to despair?As the danger mounts and Jake gets to know Liz better, his ...

“At least by reputation, I am a sex radical: gay activist dating back to the Cretaceous, defender of pedophiles, defender of (and participant in) sex work, sometime porn actor and maker, shameless voyeur (no window is safe if my binoculars are at hand), perpetual sour-puss on the subject of gay marriage. I came of age in the 1960s and ’70s, an era when most of those character traits and activities would have been seen as illegal at worst and shameless at best. Some still are. Others — gay ...

In Lascia andare ciò che non ti serve, Hannon Coverfield, coach motivazionale, accompagna il lettore in un viaggio verso la trasformazione emotiva e la crescita personale. L’autrice dimostra come le nostre relazioni siano profondamente influenzate da modelli emotivi che abbiamo interiorizzato nel corso della vita, e sottolinea l'importanza di riconoscere e riprogrammare gli schemi che ci intrappolano in cicli di insicurezza, paura o frustrazione e che influiscono ...

Former Army Night Stalker Rick Jordan usually has his camp for foster children to himself during the winter months. But someone has visited recently--leaving a trail of blood. One of the two clues left behind tips Rick off to the identity of his visitor, who soon turns up dead. The police deem it an accident, but Rick isn't convinced. With the help of private investigator Heather Shields, he sets out to decipher the remaining clue. Except someone doesn't want them to succeed--and will stop...

Finn has packed away his combat instincts—but he may need them again when danger begins to stalk his quiet hideaway …After a disastrous Middle East mission ends his six-year Army Ranger career, Finn McGregor needs some downtime. A peaceful month in the woods sounds like the perfect way to decompress. But peace isn't on the agenda once he crosses paths with publishing executive Dana Lewis, a neighbor who is nursing wounds of her own. Someone seems bent on disrupting...

Detective Colin Flynn investigates a tragic death that's been linked to a grieving woman with apparent memory loss, but it quickly becomes clear there's more to the case--and the woman--than meets the eye. Trish Bailey is on overload trying to deal with a demanding job, an ailing mother, and a healing heart. When a series of unsettling memory lapses leads to a tragic death--and puts Trish under police scrutiny--her world is once again thrown into turmoil. Detective Colin Flynn isn't certai...

As teenagers, Kristin Dane and her two best friends took a vow to make the world a better place. Twenty years later, she's fulfilling that pledge through her fair trade shop that features products from around the world. All is well until, one by one, people connected to the shop begin dying. Detective Luke Carter, new to the St. Louis PD, wants to know why. Before he can answer that question, however, the FBI weighs in and Kristin suddenly finds herself in the middle of international intri...

Le « Périple d’Hannon » est un court récit décrivant l’exploration qu’aurait faite Hannon, navigateur carthaginois, le long des côtes nord-ouest de l’Afrique à une date assez mal définie se situant entre le Ve et le IIIe siècle av. JC.On trouvera dans ce recueil, le texte du périple et les commentaraires de Montesquieu, Bougainville et Stéphane Gsell s'y rapportant.

A guide to switching careers packed with the tools, practical advice, and testimonials to help you get out of a dead-end job and follow your dreams.Filled with inspiring stories from real people who have changed careers mid-life, What's Next? is an exciting roadmap for anyone looking to make their next job their dream job. From a former mortgage banker who's back in the classroom to a tough cop turned Nashville music agent, these in-depth testimonials offer...

Every generation faces challenges, but never before have young people been so aware of theirs. Whether due to school strikes for climate change, civil war, or pandemic lockdowns, almost every child in the world has experienced the interruption of their schooling by outside forces. When the world we have taken for granted proves so unstable, it gives rise to the question: what is schooling for? Thrive advocates a new purpose for education, in a rapidly changing world, and analyses the reaso...

Saoirse Power is ten years old and already a genius. On the surface, she's just a farm girl living with her parents and her cows. But beneath the milking parlour lies her secret lab, where she crafts incredible inventions and plans her daring escapades. Saoirse isn't just smart-she's the world's greatest thief, stealing from the wealthy with unmatched skill to fund her scientific research.When she was three, Saoirse discovered something extraordina...