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Los Angeles, California, Republic of America. He is Day. The boy who walks in the light. She is June. The girl who seeks her brother's killer. On the run and undercover, they meet by chance. Irresistably drawn together, neither knows the other's past. But Day murdered June's brother. And she has sworn to avenge his death.

On the brink of extinction, being human means more than just surviving. In Lib's world, it's dangerous to deviate from the norm. In fact, for someone who doesn't live up to the Artificial Intelligence's standards, it's practically a death sentence. Lib learns this the hard way when she wakes up in a barren wasteland, with her memories erased, and only one thought lodged in her mind: "It's all my fault." Lib is a Glitch - an imperfect human component of the utopian world called the Norm.

Ben und Emily würden beide alles geben, um im Elite-Internat »Arcadia« aufgenommen zu werden. Emily stellt sich dafür sogar der lebensgefährlichen Aufnahmeprüfung. Sie möchte nichts lieber, als ihre besondere technische Begabung in den Dienst der Menschheit zu stellen, und an der hochgeheimen Akademie werden die Techniken der Zukunft entwickelt. Ben hingegen schmuggelt sich unter falscher Identität dort ein, denn er hat sich von einem Technikkonzern anheuern lassen, um dort zu spionieren.

Half-dead witch Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading the dead—and trying to juggle her new duties as a faery princess now that she's married Eli Stonecroft, a faery prince who was in self-imposed exile in New Orleans. But monsters have no patience with royal obligations, and the same creature who once hunted her great-times-great grandmother is now trying to put Gen in the ground.

Separated for decades by circumstance and political machinations, the Ruby Dynasty, hereditary rulers of the Skolian Empire, struggle to bring together the tattered remnants of their family in the shadow of a disastrous interstellar war. Too many have died, others are presumed lost. Yet they must move quickly if they are to resume their rightful place as rulers of Skolia.

Tate "Talker" Walker has spent most of his life hiding his scars under a bright punk facade, and until he sat next to Brian Cooper on a bus, it worked. But Brian has spent his whole life being the invisible man, and he's used to looking below the surface. What he sees in Talker is a fragile and lovable human being. Brian is outwardly straight, but Talker is desperate for love, and when Talker's behavior leads to some painful consequences, Brian is forced to come out of his closet—in dramatic fashion.

Tate Walker's past is too painful to just disappear, even if his dream boy, Brian Cooper, is there to hold his hand. Brian does his best, but Talker—always good at avoiding his own pain—is having a hard time facing the truth about what happened when he trusted the wrong man at the wrong time. When that truth resurfaces and lands Brian in the hospital, Talker is forced to make a choice.

They call him the Prophet. Tennyson D’Angelo, the man who can foretell the future. A modern-day oracle. And Olivia Hawking desperately needs his help. She tracks him down in Italy, begging for his assistance. She has a life-or-death problem that only a bona fide psychic can solve. But Tennyson is slowly fracturing from within, the weight of the D’Angelo curse destroying him.

I thought things would change when I found the others. We would stop running. We would fight the Mogadorians. And we would win. But I was wrong. Even though we have come together, we barely escaped from them with our lives. And now we're in hiding, figuring out our next move. The six of us are powerful - but not strong enough to take on their entire army. We haven't discovered the full extent of our Legacies. We haven't learned to work together. Time is running out, and there's only one thing we know for certain: We need to find Number Five before they do.

"No amount of positive thinking changes the fact that Jeremy - the man of my dreams - went to Thailand to find himself...and Someone Else. But now I will date. I will become the queen of dating. I will forget all about him. Single in Boston, that's me. But not for long...!"

*Verliebe dich nie in eine Romanfigur, denn sie könnte dich suchen kommen.* Dass Lesen wahnsinnig gefährlich ist und man sich nie in eine Romanfigur verlieben darf, weiß kaum jemand besser als Lin, eine Wächterin der Bibliotheca Elementara. Mithilfe ihrer Luftelement-Kräfte sorgt sie dafür, all die umschwärmten und aus ihren Seiten herausgetretenen Protagonisten wieder einzufangen und in ihre fiktive Welt zu bannen. Glitzernde Vampire, unwiderstehliche Außerirdische, schlagfertige Dämonen, Gitarre spielende Bad Boys ...

These essays—moving, engaging, and deeply personal—explore the themes of family responsibility, growing up, and growing older. As the author, a divorced single mother beginning a new life and career in her forties, delves into the details of her own situation, she illuminates universal truths about what matters most: love, fulfillment, and the pain and necessity of huge change. These pieces about a woman in midlife struggling to come into her own in a complicated world are rich in insight and written with warmth, humour, and clear-eyed, sometimes devastating, honesty.

Cosmology is the story we tell ourselves about why we are here in this Universe. Right now we humans find ourselves in a cosmological transformation that is as profound as the radical shift in collective consciousness after we realized that the Sun doesn’t orbit around the Earth. We live in a time that collapses time into timelessness; we live in a space that doesn’t acknowledge boundary. The story is changing right now, because our knowledge of who we are is changing. We must re-understand humanity, its reason for existence, and its potential for co-participating with evolution.

Three 70-year-old sisters turn to the family business—cat burglary—to pay off an old debt.

Just as Dr. Paul Hill’s quantum communication system starts receiving messages from civilizations across the galaxy, his project is abruptly defunded and shut down. Following the discovery of what appears to be unequivocal evidence to the existence of God, hidden in messages coded in the human genome, those in power believe they now hold all the answers.

A five-session introduction to the Turkish language. This Turkish language course is an engaging audio program designed specifically for beginners. It offers a comprehensive introduction to the Turkish language, emphasizing speaking and comprehension skills. This course is ideal for those eager to communicate effectively in Turkish, whether for travel, business, or better connecting with their heritage. This audio course focuses on practical language skills, enabling learners to quickly build confidence in their ability to understand and communicate common phrases in Turkish.

Have you ever gotten caught up in office drama with toxic coworkers? Are you tired of being taken advantage of at your job? In Office Politics: A Guide to Overcoming Workplace Adversity, career strategist and coach Linda Raynier will help you navigate a complex workplace, make your life at work easier to manage, and get the respect you deserve.

Our personal and professional lives are a collection of relationship-based experiences. The quality of our lives is impacted by the quality of our relationships, beginning with the relationship we have with ourselves. When at odds, using a map helps us find our way back to one another more quickly, stay in alignment with our values and our purpose, and take full responsibility for our actions. The end result is relationships that generate greater creativity, happiness, fulfillment, and growth.

In the vein of Eat, Pray, Love, but for teens, this inspirational novel is set against the backdrop of Tennessee horse country as well as the historic cities of Italy and the Italian countryside. The story unfolds as three teenage girls, recently graduated from high school, plan the next phase of their lives while dealing with immediate life issues. McDaniel subtly explores the many types of love the girls experience - including love for one's family, one's friends, and intimate love - and the sacrifices they choose to make (or not) for each of them.

Whether you are just starting out, investing in an existing franchise or making the move to expand your current operation, Live It 2 Own It is your ultimate franchise guide! Live It 2 Own It is your personal guide to what really matters in selecting the franchise opportunity that’s right for you. Deciding to invest in or expand an independent business involves much more than finding a hot franchise opportunity, running a few numbers, and figuring out what you’ll do with all the profits.