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Flying too close to love could get her heart burned.FBI Agent Trevor Steele is used to tackling impossible missions. But taking a leave of absence to take care of his little sister after their mother’s death is making him long for the days when the hardest thing about his day was having a gun pointed at his head. Once his sister is finished with school, he’s getting the hell out of Pilots Point and getting back to his real life.Callie Baker is drowning in debt. The former b...

The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity

"How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?"– Epictetus, Stoic philosopherWhere can you find joy? Gain strength? How should we face our fears? Deal with the death of a loved one? And what about those reoccurring depressing thoughts?While traditional schooling doesn't address such questions, it's exactly what ancient schools of philosophy were all about: They taught you how to live. Even though these schools don't exist an...

Jonas Jonasson is back with another irresistible adventure, this time set in nineteenth century Sweden.After his father’s death is caused by the greedy and cunning Count Bielkegren, Algot Olsson is left with nothing to his name, except for a potato field and a homemade still to make liquor. But Algot is smart, ambitious and resourceful, and it’s not long before he masters the lucrative art of distilling spirits. When his schnapps become a sensation, he finds his su...

A beautifully photographed, in-depth guide to the fundamental techniques used to create exquisite bonsai, from the author of The Little Book of Bonsai and the Bonsai Tonight blog.“Anyone working and living with these little trees will find essential guidance for making beautiful bonsai!”—Tyler Sherrod, bonsai artist and teacherIn The Essential Bonsai Book, trusted educator Jonas Dupuich provides a framework for building a ...

A refugee from post–World War II Europe who immigrated to the US in 1949, Jonas Mekas (1922–2019) became one of America's foremost champions of independent cinema and one of its most innovative filmmakers. An admired poet in his native Lithuania, Mekas began recording his life on film shortly after his arrival in New York. Through his work as the author of the Village Voice’s “Movie Journal” column, editor of Film Culture magazine, and founder of Anthology Film Archives a...

From an award-winning journalist comes this real-life cloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britain’s premiere secret agents during World War II.As the head of the French Section of the British Special Operations Executive, Vera Atkins recruited, trained, and mentored special operatives whose job was to organize and arm the resistance in Nazi-occupied France. After the war, Atkins courageously committed herself to a dangerous search for twelve of her most cherished women spie...

From the creator of the Cuck Philosophy YouTube channel comes this timely and explosive re-evaluation of Marx and Nietzsche for the 21st-century left.Modernity has been defined by humanity's capacity for self-destruction.Over the last century, the means which threaten not only life's joy but its very existence have only multiplied. At the same time, as a new wave of nationalism and right-wing politics spreads across the world, fewer and fewer people are bei...

I didn’t notice her.She greeted me with a cheery smile for years, but other than nodding back, I treated her just like I do all my employees…like she’s invisible.I’m not an asshole. I swear. I’ve learned that to thrive in a family built for chaos, I need the rest of the world to disappear into the background. I’ve divided everything up into two categories: Matters and Doesn’t Matter.But in one short meeting, everything changes. Janey’s now at the ve...

An undercover Texas Ranger aims to take down a human trafficker with the help of one of his victims in this romantic thriller.Jaime Alessandro fears he's been undercover too long. Now his only shot at destroying one of Texas's largest crime organizations is Gabriella Torres—a "gift" from The Stallion and his longest-held captive. Her inside info and inspired moves are helping Jaime take the gang apart. But what he's starting to feel for the brilliant, tough-minded G...

**Harlequin Intrigue brings you three full-length stories in one collection! Dive into action-packed stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Solve the crime and deliver justice at all costs.VANISHING POINT**by Nicole HelmVi Reynolds is on the run. Terrified that her abusive ex-husband will find her and discover she’s had his baby, she’s hiding out in her home town. But when she’s reunited with Thomas Hart, her high school sweetheart, Vi’s conflicted. Bec...

The hysterical, clever, and unforgettable sequel to Jonas Jonasson’s international bestseller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.He's back. Even older. Even funnier.It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined tha...