.A woman finds her new lease on life haunted by terrifying, vivid nightmares. These aren't ordinary dreams, but fragmented memories of a brutal murder that aren't her own, leading her to the chilling realization that her donor was the victim. As the nightmares intensify and bleed into her waking hours, she is thrust into a dangerous quest to uncover the truth behind her donor's death, fearing she might be next.

An extravagant dinner party at a countryside manor turns into a nightmare murder mystery when the guests discover that they're locked in and they must find the killer among them before they themselves become the next victims .

Does "Asian American" denote an ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first generation Hmong refugees and fifth generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American?In Disoriented: Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation State, Robert Chang examines the current discourse on race and law and the implications of postmodern theory and affirmative action-al...

Second in the Time and Again duology, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a tale of man who finds his history of love rewritten in Times Change.Jacob Hornblower traveled from the twenty-third century back in time to find his brother. Against all reason, his sibling believes he has fallen in love and chosen to stay in the past. But Jacob’s plan to return them both to the future goes awry when he encounters Sunny Stone, a woma...

Unlock your potential and finally move forward.A recent study showed that when doctors tell heart patients they will die if they don't change their habits, only one in seven will be able to follow through successfully. Desire and motivation aren't enough: even when it's literally a matter of life or death, the ability to change remains maddeningly elusive.Given that the status quo is so potent, how can we change ourselves and our organizations?In Im...

AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIMETwenty-third-century cynic Jacob Hornblower has followed his brother Caleb into the past, determined to bring the time traveller home with him. But when Jacob meets the irresistible Sunny Stone, he suddenly loses track of his mission. Finding sanctuary in Sunny'scosy mountain retreat, Jacob has a serious change of heart... but is their love strong enough to stand the ultimate test of time?Includes a preview of Whiskey Beach, pu...

January, 1721. London is reeling from the effects of the greatest financial scandal of the age - the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. William Spandrel, a penniless mapmaker, is offered a discharge of his debts by Sir Theodore Janssen, a director of the South Sea Company, on one condition: he must secretly convey an important package to Amsterdam.The package safely delivered, Spandrel barely survives an attempt on his life, only to discover the recipient has been murdered, and Span...

God is great—for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. Based on new evidence culled from brain-scan studies, a wide-reaching survey of people’s religious and spiritual experiences, and the authors’ analyses of adult drawings of God, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg and therapist Mark Robert Waldman offer the following breakthrough discoveries:• Not only do prayer and spiritual practice reduce stress, but just twelve minutes of meditation per day may slow down the aging process....

In our default state, our brains constantly get in the way of effective communication. They are lazy, angry, immature, and distracted. They can make a difficult conversation impossible. But Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Mark Waldman have discovered a powerful strategy called Compassionate Communication that allows two brains to work together as one. Using brainscans as well as data collected from workshops given to MBA students at Loyola Marymount University, and clinical data from both couple...

John Robert Kelley puts forth that modern diplomatic efforts derive not from states whose centuries-long power is loosening, but rather from a new breed of diplomats—exit the diplomacy of institutions; enter the diplomacy of individuals competing for power.Moving beyond standard concepts of “traditional” and “new” diplomacy, Agency Change illustrates how parallel, yet disparate diplomatic systems emerge—statesmen seeing power vis-à-vis non-state actors seeking solutions to problems...

This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike most studies, which assume that the “rise of the West” is the story of the coming of the modern world, this history, drawing upon new scholarship on Asia, Africa, and the New World and upon the maturing field of environmental history, constructs a story in which those parts of the world play major roles, including their impacts on the environment. Robert ...

An international thriller set in eighteenth-century Europe by the "master of the clever twist" and acclaimed author of the James Maxted series ( The Sunday Telegraph).It's January 1721, and London is still reeling from the recession caused by the greatest financial scandal of the age: the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. William Spandrel, a penniless mapmaker, is offered a rare chance to clear his debts. But Sir Theodore Janssen, a director of the South S...