From the author of Avengement comes a gripping thriller of big pharma, government corruption, and a defiant doctor's struggle for survival.Ten years ago, doctorate student Sam Abbot created two astounding serums. One could prevent contagious diseases while the other was capable of blocking the harmful effects of air pollution on human lungs. Both could change the world.Shocked to have his miraculous work turned down by big pharma, Sam gets help fro...

Before MidnightIn a world of high-stakes power plays, forbidden desires, and untold secrets, Before Midnight places you right in the middle of the action. Every chapter unfolds in the first-person, allowing you to step into the shoes of of those who command both the boardroom and the bedroom with unwavering confidence and a taste for control.Through their eyes, you’ll experience the pull of seduction, the thril...

Two-thirds of men and a third of women who attend church regularly say they struggle with pornography. Yet only 7% of churches offer specific resources and support to their congregations.Pastors and church leaders are well aware of the issue of pornography—thanks to decades of studies and Christian blog and magazine articles—however the local church is caught in a painful trap. When Christians are too ashamed to admit their struggle, church leaders aren’t able to d...

Public relations is an essential element in effective and successful business today. The theory of public relations does not change but the practice develops with new ideas and methods of management and business. This fourth edition of 'The Practice of Public Relations' incorporates essential updating and covers new areas such as: *international public relations *crisis management *sponsorship *education and training *career prospects. In 'The Practice of Public Relations' fifteen contribu...

Sailing back from Maine, Sam Acquillo, his girlfriend, Amanda Anselma, and screwball mutt Eddie Van Halen get blown off course by a dangerous gale. With damaged boat and frayed nerves, they limp into the closest harbor, which happens to be on Fishers Island, New York, a distant and altogether disassociated scrap of Long Island.A summer preserve for the oldest old money in America, it is defended by year-round denizens who safeguard their island’s insularity with xenophobic fervor. ...

A team of outsiders unite to save a city of refugees and elites on a drowned Earth in this "action-packed science fiction thriller" ( Washington Post ).A Best Book of the Month: Entertainment Weekly , The Washington Post , Tor.com, B&N Sci-Fi Fantasy Blog, Amazon"An ambitious, imaginative, and big-hearte...

A young boy drowns in a tragic accident in a lake in upstate New York. Fourteen-year-old year old Tommy and his two friends are sure they know who drove him to take his own life: the boy's father is also convinced and pressurises the local Sheriff, Tommy's father, to make an arrest. But there is not enough evidence, and the boys decide to take things into their own hands.A gripping tale of power, growing sexuality and the strength of rumours in a small community'Sam...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A career-ending injury shatters Navy SEAL candidate David Lozano’s dream—until a mysterious former operative offers him a dangerous new mission. The prize? A two-hundred-billion-dollar treasure hidden in the ruins of Stepanakert, Azerbaijan.Undercover as an urban explorer, Lozano must outwit mercenaries, Russian-backed insurgents, and state-of-the-art surveillance to uncover the prize. Every step deeper into the crumbling city b...

***SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL******A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2018******A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2018******A WASHINGTON POST BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF 2018***'A remarkable work of dystopian imagination' - Starburst'Incisive **and beautifully written . . .**Blackfish City

Continuously available in print since 1969, this novel has become embedded in progressive anti-racist culture with wide circulation of the book and hotly debated film. A literary classic, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in the late 1960s.Dan Freeman, 'the spook who sat by the door', is enlisted in the CIA's elitist espionage program after a white senator decries the lack of Black officers in the agency. The firs...

In 1717, the Council of Trade and Plantations received "agreeable news" from New England. "Bellamy with his ship and Company" had perished on the shoals of Cape Cod. Who was this Bellamy and why did his demise please the government? Born Samuel Bellamy circa 1689, he was a pirate who operated off the coast of New England and throughout the Caribbean. Later known as "Black Sam," or the "Prince of Pirates," Bellamy became one of the wealthiest pirates in the Atlantic world before his untimel...

A marriage after thirteen days. A bitter custody battle. A shooting that left one man dead and a family divided forever. In September 2020, Doug Benefield was shot and killed during a confrontation with his estranged wife, Ashley Benefield. Ashley said she acted in self-defense. Prosecutors argued that the shooting was tied to a long and bitter fight over custody of their young daughter. The case became widely known as the Black Swan case, a name connected to Ashley’s past as a ballerina a...