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From USA Today Bestselling Author Lucy Monroe comes a scorching mafia romance where a Greek enforcer meets his match in a former mafia princess determined to reclaim her life.

FBI Special Agent Faith Bold doesn’t believe she can ever return to the force after the trauma she’s been through. Suffering from past demons, she feels unfit for duty and content to retire—until Turk walks into her life. Turk, a former Marine Corps dog wounded in battle, suffers from his own demons. But he never lets it show as he gives everything to Faith to get her back on her feet.

Given her incredible tenure as a Supreme Court justice as well as her monumental impact on the modern women’s rights movement, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become one of the most prominent political leaders of today. To complement her judicial significance, she has also become one of the most culturally popular political figures in US history. Not only has her workout routine gone viral (and been detailed in a book by her trainer), but RBG’s story has been featured in multiple critically acclaimed films.

Whether venturing into a blood-spattered farm in Texas, down a lonely mountain road in Alabama, or into the deceptively sunny Ohio suburbs, acclaimed mystery writer Craig Rice lends her hard-boiled style and a wicked irony to this gallery of real-life murders. A saintly middle-aged widow bludgeoned to death in her New Jersey home; the headless torsos of two women found floating in the Lake of the Ozarks; a New Year’s fire in Pennsylvania set to cover the traces of a more ghastly crime; a traveling evangelist on a divine mission blown to bits in Berkeley....

What do you pray when the life you planned no longer exists? When a marriage ends. When a career disappears. When a dream you've carried for years falls apart. When you're standing in the rubble of what used to be your future. Most people know how to trust God when life is going well. The real challenge comes when everything changes and you're left wondering: "God, what now?"If you've ever felt abandoned, exhausted, disappointed, or unsure how to move forward, this book was written for you.

Warm, witty and deeply moving, The Friendship Circle is a story about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the magic that finds us when we're finally ready to believe in it. Eve moved to the coast to be alone. After the loss of her beloved bakery and the life she'd spent thirty years...

Die Spannungen im Nahen Osten eskalieren. Der Iran hat Vergeltung für einen israelischen Angriff angekündigt, und die Welt fürchtet einen offenen Krieg. Berlin verlangt dringend Informationen über den bevorstehenden Schlag – doch der BND tappt im Dunkeln. Anna wird nach Teheran geschickt, um eine alte Quelle zu reaktivieren: Amin Zarei, ein Informant bei den Revolutionswächtern.

We are more than we remember. If we could fully see ourselves, we could understand the fullness of what we are, and we would move through life differently. There are moments that arrive quietly. A pause in the middle of an ordinary day. A feeling that asks to be noticed. You are invited into that space.

You made responsible choices. You followed the plan. Yet beneath the surface, something feels fragile. A layoff. A health scare. A sudden change in the economy. One unexpected event can expose how much of modern life depends on everything going exactly according to plan. This book begins with a simple but uncomfortable truth: A life that is perfectly optimized often has no room left to absorb shock. In Why a Perfectly Planned Life Breaks So Easily, Aoryn Thorval introduces a powerful new idea—the Just-Enough Trap.

Rowan has the perfect plan to get her meddling family—and her ex—off her back: one night of steamy passion with his enemy, Greek billionaire Lysander Baros. But when one night turns into a full-blown affair, the lines between pretend and reality begin to blur. Lysander doesn't do commitment, and Rowan isn't looking to get trapped in another stifling relationship. Their arrangement is deliciously convenient—until feelings get involved.

What was it really like to live in Ancient Egypt—not as a pharaoh or high priest, but as an ordinary person? In Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt: What Was It Really Like?, historian and storyteller Thalos Virellon invites listeners on a vivid journey into the bustling streets, sunbaked homes, sacred temples, and fertile fields of one of history’s most fascinating civilisations.

Muchos papás tienen trabajos inusuales, pero el papá de Raymundo tiene el más sorprendente de todos: es un pirata de los mares. En sus cartas, le cuenta a Ray emocionantes aventuras... y entonces Ray también quiere convertirse en pirata. Navegando por el mar y por internet, Ray y su...

Set in the post-martial-law era of late-1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile is a coming-of-age story of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, this cult classic is a postmodern pastiche of diaries, vignettes, mash notes, aphorisms, exegesis, and satire by an incisive prose stylist and major countercultural figure.

In The Universe, today's most influential science writers explain the science behind our evolving understanding of The Universe and everything in it, including the cutting-edge research and discoveries that are shaping our knowledge. Lee Smolin reveals how math and cosmology are helping us create a theory of the whole universe. Neil Turok analyzes the fundamental laws of nature, what came before the big bang, and the possibility of a unified theory. And much more.

Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, 400 stainless steel poles, a gash in a mesa, four concrete tubes, and military sheds filled with cubes. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. It also took her through the states of anxiety, drunkenness, disorientation, and heat exhaustion. Spiral Jetta is a chronicle of this journey.

What explains the brain-body connection? How is it that something intangible like stress can really kill? How about the fact that we can and often do worry ourselves sick? And how can we take advantage of the mind’s connection to the body to reduce pain, boost physical performance, and even treat disease? Answer these questions and more in The Power of Mind over Body, a 12-lecture course that will change the way you think about physical health and the brain.

In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable archaeological finds that revolutionize our understanding of these trade routes. The Silk Road is a fascinating story of archaeological discovery, cultural transmission, and the intricate chains across Central Asia and China. 

Ellen Meiksins Wood offers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, imperialism, and the modern nation state. Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is a late and localized product of very specific historical conditions, which required great transformations in social relations and in the relationship between humans and nature.

Die Journalistin Chantale de Loire hat auf dem alten Friedhof des kleinen französischen Ortes Montmirail ein schreckliches Erlebnis. Aus den Gräbern erheben sich die Toten und machen Jagd auf die junge Frau! Nur knapp kann sie entkommen. Die PSA wird alarmiert und Larry Brent und Iwan Kunaritschew sind schnell vor Ort um zu helfen.

How did the shift from matriarchy to patriarchy come about? In fascinating detail, Merlin Stone tells us the story of the Goddess who reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East. Under her reign, societal roles differed markedly from those in patriarchal Judeo-Christian cultures: women bought and sold property, traded in the marketplace, and inherited title and land from their mothers.