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Type :epub | 1.33 MB | English | Mickey Spillane | 2020 | Titan
Description: [b]Mike Hammer, the iconic PI created by hard-boiled crime master Mickey Spillane and written by New York Times bestseller Max Allan Collins, returns in Masquerade for Murder. [/b]
After Mike Hammer witnesses Wall Street superstar Vincent Colby getting clipped by a speeding red Ferrari, the shaken victim's stockbroker father hires Hammer to find the driver. But the toughest private eye of them all soon is caught up in a series of bizarre, seemingly unconnected slayings marked by a forbidden martial arts technique.
What do a lovely redhead, a short-tempered bartender, an exotic call girl, a murdered security officer inspector and a movie stuntman have to do with a scheme that might have transformed young Colby into a psychological time bomb?
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Type :epub | 3.5 MB | Shannon Messenger | Aladdin
Description: Dark schemes unfold-and Sophie's loyalty is pushed to the limit-in this thrilling fifth book in the bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series.
Sophie Foster is back in the Lost Cities-but the Lost Cities have changed. The threat of war hangs heavy over her glittering world, and the Neverseen are wreaking havoc.
The lines between friend and enemy have blurred, and Sophie is unsure whom to trust. But when she's warned that the people she loves most will be the next victims, she kno she has to act.
A mysterious symbol could be the key-if only she knew how to translate it. Every new clue seems to lead deeper into her world's underbelly and the Black Swan aren't the only ones who have plans. The Neverseen have their own Initiative, and if Sophie doesn't stop it, they might finally have the ultimate means to control her.
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Type :epub | 5.49 MB | Shannon Messenger | Aladdin
Description: Sophie and her friends face battles unlike anything they've seen before in this thrilling sixth book of the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series.
Sophie Foster is struggling. Grieving. Scrambling. But she kno one thing: she will not be defeated.
The Neverseen have had their victories-but the battle is far from over. It's time to change tactics. Make sacrifices. Reexamine everything. Maybe even time for Sophie to trust her enemies.
All paths lead to Nightfall-an ominous door to an even more ominous place-and Sophie and her friends strike a dangerous bargain to get there. But nothing can prepare them for what they discover. The problems they're facing stretch deep into their history. And with time running out, and mistakes catching up with them, Sophie and her allies must join forces in ways they never have before.
In this spectacular sixth book in the New York Times and USA...
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Type :epub | 1.37 MB | English | S. J. Parris | HarperCollins Publishers
Description: The No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling series A novella following Giordano Bruno as a young, rebellious monk in Naples
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Type :epub | 594.89 KB | English | Elizabeth Bear | 2020 | Subterranean Press
Description: The Best of Elizabeth Bear contains 27 stories and novellas, many never before collected, that encompass an astonishing range of themes, settings, ideas and emotions
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Type :epub | 359.78 KB | English | Michele Notaro | N/A
Description: Many fall as the last enchanter rises. The first line of the ancient prophecy keeps playing over and over in my head, but I'm afraid to remember the rest. I don't want to think about what's coming for us-what's coming for him. I've been keeping Brinnswick safe for years; I've been keeping my coven safe my whole life; and now I was responsible for keeping Sebastian safe, too. It shouldn't have been a problem, he was my vitmea viramore , after all, and I was used to having the weight of the world on my shoulders. What Seb doesn't know is that everyone in the magical community is after him-even if they don't realize it yet. They've been looking for him for centuries; not only for him, but for his soul. But they never counted on him having me. I will protect him with my every breath and take down anyone that gets in our way. His soul belongs with me, not in the arms of evil. The Enchanter's Soul is the second book in The Ellwood Chronicles and is a continuation of Sebastian and Ailin's story. It contains explicit material and is intended for mature adults 18 years of age and older. Recommended Reading Order: The Enchanter's Flame The Witch's Seal The Enchanter's Soul
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Type :epub | 1.07 MB | Brian Herbert | ReAnimus Press
Description: A futuristic mystery from the New York Times Bestselling author of over a dozen books in the DUNE series.
In the summer of 2097, Riggio wakes up with amnesia-and his lover dead in their bed. A knife sticks out of the center of her chest, and her blood stains the sheets of the hotel bed. He doesn't know who did it or why; he has only some vague memories of the attack. He recalls her blood curdling screams, her final gasps, and the terror in her eyes. She had recognized the murderer, no doubt, the man in shado who had stood over their bed. Riggio tries to place the man and the time of the murder, but the events in his memory are sketches at best. Driving an escape car he doesn't remember acquiring and running from a past he fears, Riggio only kno one thing for sure: Someone is chasing him, and they are getting closer.
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Type :epub | 529.38 KB | English | Gray, Alex | 2020 | Hachette UK
Description: When his old friend and former colleague is shot dead at his home, Detective Superintendent William Lorimer is devastated. And his problems are only just beginning. It's not long before two further deaths are reported: both victims ex-security officermen. It's clear this is a targeted campaign against their own, yet with no other link between the victims to identify the killer, Lorimer's security officer team are starting to panic. Who will be next?Lorimer kno he must keep his cool if he is to solve the case. But with time running out before the next attack, he's struggling to ignore the sickening question at the back of his mind: Will he get to the killer, before the killer gets to him?
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Type :epub | 445.76 KB | English | 9781250237279 | Therese Anne Fowler | St. Martin's Publishing Group
Description: In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son. Xavier is headed to college in the fall, and after years of single parenting, Valerie is facing the prospect of an empty nest. All is well until the Whitmans move in next door―an apparently traditional family with new money, ambition, and a secretly troubled teenaged daughter.
Thanks to his thriving local business, Brad Whitman is something of a celebrity around town, and he's made a small fortune on his customer service and charm, while his wife, Julia, escaped her trailer park upbringing for the security of marriage and homemaking. Their new house is more than she ever imagined for herself, and who wouldn't want to live in Oak Knoll? With little in common except a property line, these two very different families quickly find themselves at odds: first, over an historic oak tree in Valerie's yard, and soon after, the blossoming romance between their two teenagers.
Told from multiple points of view, A Good Neighborhood asks big questions about life in America today―What does it mean to be a good neighbor? How do we live alongside each other when we don't see eye to eye?―as it explores the effects of class, race, and heartrending star-crossed love in a story that's as provocative as it is powerful.
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Type :epub | 568.86 KB | English | 978-1-64470-133-1 | Blaze Ward | 2020 | Knotted Road Press
Description: Gareth St. John Dankworth just wants to be a cop, as a member of Earth Force Sky Patrol. But his destiny will make him a hero, as well as sets him into personal combat with the entire galaxy-even the very gods of the Accord of Souls themselves.
This box set contains two early Gareth Dankworth pulp episodes originally published elsewhere, plus the first two books of the Star Dragon saga: Birth of the Star Dragon and Flight of the Star Dragon.
The Star Dragon saga is science fiction written with an 1950s pulp flair and opens new vistas for readers of Blaze Ward. Fantastic, weird worlds, populated by aliens, criminals, and, oh yeah, one human cop.
Be sure to pick up the second ebook box set of the Star Dragon saga.
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Type :epub | 1004.85 KB | English | Eve Herold | St. Martin's Press
Description: Never before in the history of medicine has mankind faced such hope and peril as those of us poised to embrace the radical medical technologies of today.
TransHuman: Extending the Frontiers of Human Life and Longevity examines the medical technologies taking shape at the nexus of computing, microelectronics, engineering, nanotechnology, cellular and gene therapies, and robotics. These technologies will dramatically transform our lives and allow us to live for hundreds of years. Yet, with these blessings come complicated practical and ethical issues, some of which we can predict, but many we cannot.
TransHuman taps the minds of doctors, scientists, and engineers engaged in developing a host of new technologies while telling the stories of some of the patients courageously testing the radical new treatments about to come into the market.
TransHuman asks the difficult questions of the scientists and bioethicists who seek to...
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Type :epub | 3.28 MB | English | Raymond Blockmon | Wiley
Description: Master CEH v9 and identify your weak spots CEH: Certified Ethical Hacker Version 9 Practice Tests are the ideal preparation for this high-stakes exam. Five complete, unique practice tests are designed to help you identify weak spots in your understanding, so you can direct your preparation efforts efficiently and gain the confidence-and skills-you need to pass. These tests cover all five sections of the exam, allowing you to test your knowledge of Assessment; Security; Tools and Systems; Procedures and Methodology; and Regulation, Policy, and Ethics. Coverage aligns with CEH version 9, including material on cloud, tablet, and mobile phone security and attacks, as well as the latest vulnerabilities including Heartbleed, shellshock, and Poodle. The exams are designed to familiarize CEH candidates with the test format, allowing them to become more comfortable reading a Wireshark .pcap file or viewing visual depictions of network attacks. The ideal...
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Type :epub | 121.15 MB | English | John Berger | 2016 | Bloomsbury Publishing
Description: In one of the most eloquent accounts of photography ever devised (originally published in 1982 and unavailable for many years), the writer John Berger and the photographer Jean Mohr set out to understand the fundamental nature of photography and how it makes its impact.
Asking a range of questions - What is a photograph? What do photographs mean? How can they be used? - they give their answers in terms of a photograph as 'a meeting place where the interests of the photographer, the photographed, the viewer and those who are using the photography are often contradictory'. From these beginnings they develop a theory of photography that has at its centre the form's essential ambiguity, arguing that photography is totally unlike a film and has nothing to do with reportage. Rather, it constitutes 'another way of telling'.
The unique combination of critic and photographer results in a work that moves beyond the landmarks established by Walter...
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Type :epub | 2.41 MB | English | Christopher Elliott | 2014 | National Geographic Society
Description: Leading travel expert and USA Today columnist Christopher Elliott shares the smartest ways to travel in this tip-filled guide from National Geographic. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience as a consumer travel advocate, Elliott gives you the inside scoop on how to navigate the often perplexing world of travel, with detailed advice on:
Airlines
car rentals
cruises
hotels and alternative lodging
the TSA and security
staying connected
review websites
resolving complaints
vacation rentals
passports and visas
and much more
Full of recommendations, real-life case histories, and the answers to the most common--and confounding--questions, this book is a must-read for anyone traveling anywhere.
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Type :epub | 3.6 MB | English | Dan Falk | 2008 | McClelland & Stewart
Description: An enjoyable and compelling ride through one of life's most fascinating enigmas
"What, then, is time? If no one ask of me, I know," St. Augustine of Hippo lamented. "But if I wish to explain to him who asks, I know not."
Who wouldn't sympathize with Augustine's dilemma? Time is at once intimately familiar and yet deeply mysterious. It is thoroughly intangible: We say it flo like a river -- yet when we try to examine that flow, the river seems reduced to a mirage. No wonder philosophers, poets, and scientists have grappled with the idea of time for centuries.
The enigma of time has also captivated science journalist Dan Falk, who sets off on an intellectual journey In Search of Time. The quest takes him from the ancient observatories of stone-age Ireland and England to the atomic clocks of the U.S. Naval Observatory; from the layers of geological "deep time" in an Arizona canyon to Albert Einstein's apartment in Switzerland. Along the way he talks...
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Type :epub | 1011.96 KB | English | Kate Elizabeth Russell | HarperCollins
Description: <a href="https://.goodreads.com/book/show/43386057-my-dark-vanessa"><span style="color: #6cb4ee">My Dark Vanessa</a>
<p id="freeText17478517206416894301"> Exploring the psychological dynamics of the relationship between a precocious yet naïve teenage girl and her magnetic and manipulative teacher, a brilliant, all-consuming read that marks the explosive debut of an extraordinary new writer. 2000. Bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher.
2017. Amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: remain silent, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past. But how can Vanessa reject her first love, the man who fundamentally transformed her and has been a persistent presence in her life? Is it possible that the man she loved as a teenager-and who professed to worship only her-may be far different from what she has always believed?
Alternating between Vanessa's present and her past, My Dark Vanessa juxtaposes memory and trauma with the breathless excitement of a teenage girl discovering the power her own body can wield. Thought-provoking and impossible to put down, this is a masterful portrayal of troubled adolescence and its repercussions that raises vital questions about agency, consent, complicity, and victimhood. Written with the haunting intimacy of The Girls and the creeping intensity of Room, My Dark Vanessa is an era-defining novel that brilliantly captures and reflects the shifting cultural mores transforming our relationships and society itself.
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Type :epub | 393.98 KB | English | 9781594774683 | Baron Rudolf von Sebottendorff, Stephen E. Flowers Ph.d. | Inner Traditions
Description: Reveals the secret spiritual exercises of the Bektashi Order of Sufis
• Sho how this order, also known as Oriental Freemasonry, preserves the ancient spiritual doctrines forgotten by modern Freemasonry
• Explains how to transform the soul into the alchemical Magnum Opus by combining Masonic grips and the abbreviated letters of the Qur'an
• Includes a detailed biography of Baron von Sebottendorff
Originally published in Germany in 1924, this rare book by Baron Rudolf von Sebottendorff reveals the secret spiritual exercises of the Bektashi Order of Sufis as well as how this order, also known as Oriental Freemasonry, preserves the ancient spiritual doctrines forgotten by modern Freemasonry. Sebottendorff explains how the mysterious abbreviated letters found in the Qur'an represent formulas for perfecting the spirit of the individual. When combined with Masonic hand signs and grips and conducted accordingly to a precise schedule, these formulas incorporate spiritual power into the body and transform the soul from its base state into a noble, godlike state: the Magnum Opus of the medieval alchemists.
Laying out the complete program of spiritual exercises, Sebottendorff explains each abbreviated word-formula in the Qur'an, the hand gestures that go with them, and the exact order and duration for each exercise. Including a detailed biography of Sebottendorff and an examination of alchemy's ---c heritage, this book sho how the traditions of Oriental Freemasonry can ennoble the self and lead to higher knowledge.
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Type :epub | 3.16 MB | English | John Kaag | Princeton University Press
Description: From the celebrated author of American Philosophy: A Love Story and Hiking with Nietzsche, a compelling introduction to the life-affirming philosophy of William James
In 1895, William James, the father of American philosophy, delivered a lecture entitled "Is Life Worth Living?" It was no theoretical question for James, who had contemplated suicide during an existential crisis as a young man a quarter century earlier. Indeed, as John Kaag writes, "James's entire philosophy, from beginning to end, was geared to save a life, his life"-and that's why it just might be able to save yours, too. Sick Souls, Healthy Minds is a compelling introduction to James's life and thought that sho why the founder of pragmatism and empirical psychology-and an inspiration for Alcoholics Anonymous-can still speak so directly and profoundly to anyone struggling to make a life worth living.
Kaag tells how James's experiences as one of...
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Type :epub | 357.44 KB | English | Michele Notaro | N/A
Description: Strange things are happening all around Brinnswick. Things that remind me of a piece of my past I'd rather forget. Girls are being killed, drained of blood, and left with strange markings on their bodies. When I finally connect the cases together, a specialist is called in-though, what he's a specialist of is beyond me.
When the chief assigns him as my new partner for the case, I can't help but groan on the inside. Why of all people would I be assigned to Ailin Ellwood? The man is a disaster waiting to happen and a jerk to boot. A sexy jerk, but a jerk nonetheless.
What will Sebastian think when he discovers Ailin's specialty? Will he make a run for it or will he stick around and discover a world of magic hidden beneath the city's surface?
The Enchanter's Flame is the first book in the Ellwood Chronicles. It's a paranormal romance that contains explicit material and is intended for mature adults 18 and over.
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Type :epub | 29.79 MB | English | John Julius Norwich | Thames & Hudson
Description: A portrait of world civilization told through the stories of the world's greatest cities from ancient times to the present.
Today, for the first time in history, the majority of people in the world live in cities. The implications and challenges associated with this fact are enormous. But how did we get here?
From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. The Great Cities in History tells their stories, starting with the earliest, from Uruk and Memphis to Jerusalem and Alexandria. Next come the fabulous cities of the first millennium: Damascus and Baghdad, Teotihuacan and Tikal, and Chang'an, capital of Tang Dynasty China. The medieval world saw the rise of powerful cities such as Palermo and Paris in Europe, Benin in Africa, and Angkor in southeast Asia. The last two sections bring us from the early modern world, with Isfahan, Agra, and Amsterdam, to the...
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