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Josh Braden has models at his beck and call, a staff that never says never, and an elegant clothing line for the holiday season. When he hires Riley Banks, he expects her to learn the business from the ground up. But the girl next door turns out to be much more than he remembered. Josh and Riley's friendship heats up. Every steamy kiss and every erotic caress stirs a love they cannot deny.

The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire, island by island.

This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War - the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944 - when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide", concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas.

Is the third world war really winding down? With the recent change in political tide for Russia, the threat of nuclear weapons coming from the Kremlin seems to have dwindled. However, more than one leader in Asia still holds nukes in their possession, and the communist leader of China seems more determined than ever to save face. Is there any way to end this conflict without a full-blown nuclear war? Despite enormous military losses in Europe and the Russian Far East, the Indian government is determined to stand by the Chinese.

I like being watched. I’m not ashamed of it, nor my job at Elite 8 Studios where fans know me as Felix. But when my newest costar turns out to be the very same neighbor I’ve been giving private shows to through the window, I’m thrown for a loop.

The introduction of a new currency in the town of Lesko has filled Lawrence with boundless optimism, but his dreams come to a sudden and harsh end when two men from the Debau Company present him with a grim token-Col's traveling bag. With his young friend's safety threatened and the stability of...

"If you can dream it, you can do it!" - das ist bei Oliver Brünner keine Floskel. Dabei sah im Leben des heute erfolgreichen Speakers eigentlich alles ganz anders aus. Noch während seiner Geburt zieht sich die Nabelschnur seiner Mutter wie eine Schlinge um seinen Hals, weswegen er fortan mit einer spastischen Tetraparese lebt. Doch Oliver trotzt den vermeintlichen Widrigkeiten und kann heute auf einen Lebensweg zurückblicken, den dem schon früh als "Sorgenkind" titulierten Jungen wohl niemand zugetraut hätte. Seine Geheimwaffe: das Träumen.

Das Finale der New-Adult-Dilogie von Bestsellerautorin Alicia Zett um die junge Fotografin Lena, die nach einer Trennung sich selbst und die Liebe findet Nach ihrer Trennung von Langzeitfreund Leo braucht Lena erst einmal Zeit für sich. Doch sie bekommt weder ihn noch Kate aus dem Kopf. Da bietet ein Fotografie Workshop in Portugal die perfekte Ablenkung. Durch die künstlerische Arbeit und den Austausch mit den anderen, ganz unterschiedlichen Teilnehmenden, findet Lena langsam heraus, wer sie sein und was sie mit ihrem Leben anfangen will.

I was the Rift Magus—master of space and time, protector of worlds. For decades, I defended my realm with unmatched power. But when an unspeakable creature threatened everything I held dear, I was forced to create a rift to nowhere—a trap designed to seal it away for all time. It worked, but the creature was not without power itself.

Der Ex-FBI-Agent und Experte für Körpersprache Joe Navarro hat Zigtausende Leser mit seinen Bestsellern "Menschen lesen" und "Menschen verstehen und lenken" begeistert, in denen er alle Aspekte der nonverbalen Kommunikation ausführlich erklärt. Immer wieder wurde er nach einem kleinen, schnellen Nachschlagewerk gefragt, das in kompakter Form die häufigsten Anzeichen für Lügen beim Gesprächspartner auflistet und erläutert. Also hat er über 200 der gängigsten verdächtigen Verhaltensweisen und Hinweise auf Täuschungen zusammengetragen und nach Körperregionen gegliedert.

Ein uralter Krieg hat die Menschheit verändert. In einer Welt, in der Zwillinge zum Tode verurteilt sind, teilt Avi sich heimlich ein Leben mit ihrer Schwester Ana. Als Mensch erster Klasse getarnt, lebt Avi in Anas Schatten. Aber als diese erkrankt, muss Avi alles tun, um Geld für eine Behandlung aufzutreiben, falls sie nicht mit Ana gemeinsam sterben will. Doch es ist ausgerechnet Fürst Nevans erster Soldat Ren, der sie ersteigert.

Uralte Geschichten aus aller Welt beschreiben Wesen, die wir heute als Außerirdische bezeichnen würden. Welche Geheimnisse verbergen sich sonst noch in den Erzählungen unserer Vorfahren in aller Welt? Von Senatsbesprechungen in Washington/DC bis hin zu geheimen Zeremonien im südlichen Afrika, von seltsamen Phänomenen in Australien und im Irak bis hin zu mysteriösen Begegnungen im modernen Brasilien und im antiken Griechenland.

Spread through the public in the form of popular stories, ideas can go viral and move markets - whether it's the belief that tech stocks can only go up or that housing prices never fall. Whether true or false, stories like these - transmitted by word of mouth, by the news media, and increasingly by social media - drive the economy by driving our decisions about how and where to invest, how much to spend and save, and more. But despite the obvious importance of such stories, most economists have paid little attention to them. Narrative Economics sets out to change that.

The night is not safe for mortals. Denise MacGregor knows all too well what lurks in the shadows—her best friend is half-vampire Cat Crawfield—and she has already lost more than the average human could bear. But her family’s past is wrapped in secrets and shrouded in darkness—and a demon shape-shifter has marked Denise as prey. Now her survival depends on an immortal who lusts for a taste of her.

Im dritten Band seiner Bestsellerreihe über die stoischen Tugenden erkundet Ryan Holiday die entscheidende Rolle, die Integrität in jedem guten Leben spielt. Von Vorbildern des aufrechten Lebens wie Ulysses S. Grant, Ghandi und Mark Aurel bis hin zu den als Warnung dienenden Geschichten von Napoleon und F. Scott Fitzgerald zeigt uns dieses Hörbuch die Macht, die wir haben, wenn wir zu unseren Überzeugungen stehen und in Übereinstimmung mit ihnen handeln – und die Gefahren eines schlecht entwickelten Gewissens.

Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better.

When his friend convinces him to try out the game, his father’s fame interferes, culminating in a heat-of-the-moment bet—If Eli can surpass Makaroth in the game, he’ll delete his character. Eli accepts, determined to show the world just how useless a guy his father truly is.

Matt plans to delve the rifts responsible for the monsters that destroyed his city and murdered his parents. But his dreams are crushed when his Tier 1 Talent is rated as detrimental and no guild or group will take him. Working at a nearby inn, he meets a mysterious and powerful couple. They give him a chance to join the Path of Ascension, an empire-wide race to ascend the Tiers and become living legends. With their recommendation and a stolen Skill, Matt begins his journey to the peak of power. Maybe then, he can get vengeance he seeks.

“A masterful diplomatic memoir” (The Washington Post) from CIA director and career ambassador William J. Burns, from his service under five presidents to his personal encounters with Vladimir Putin and other world leaders—an impassioned argument for the enduring value of diplomacy in...

"A history, an analysis, and a set of prescriptions for the greatest geopolitical challenge of our time: the threat to the democratic world posed by China and Russia." —Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc. "A monumental account of contemporary geopolitics"—Francis Fukuyama, author of...

Danica Snow has always been the smart, practical, and appropriate sister. As a therapist, she prides herself on making reasonable, conservative choices, even if a bit boring, and as part of the Big Sister Program, she has little time for anything more in her life. Blake Carter is a player. He never gets bored of conquering women, and with his sexy good looks and successful lifestyle, he has no trouble finding willing participants.