Tracers 09 - Shadow Fall

In the ninth romantic suspense novel in the New York Times bestselling Tracers series, author Laura Griffin brings back her elite cadre of forensic experts as they hunt down the most brutal serial killer yet.Special Agent Tara Rushing arrives at a grisly murder scene and quickly discovers she’s got a serial killer on her hands. The killer is meticulous, making sure to wipe up even the smallest traces of evidence…but the Delphi Center experts are on the case.The local sheriff has a suspect all picked out—ex-Marine and current security expert Liam Wolfe. Despite all her digging, Tara knows very little about Liam when she shows up at his sprawling Texas compound, which serves as headquarters for Wolfe Security, and she’s surprised by her intense physical reaction to him.As she and Liam grow closer, Tara finds herself depending on his skills and expertise to help her track a killer. But when another body turns up, Tara must decide if she can trust the man who’s quickly stealing her heart.The ninth novel in the Tracers series that combines gripping plot twists with spine-tingling romance, Shadow Fall once again proves that “Laura Griffin gets better with each book” (The Romance Reviews).**


Tracers 08 - Beyond Limits

An FBI agent and a Navy SEAL race against time in New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin’s newest Tracers novel. “Griffin delivers the goods!” (Publishers Weekly)FBI agent Elizabeth LeBlanc is still caught in the aftermath of her last big case when she runs into the one man from her past who is sure to rock her equilibrium even more. Navy SEAL Derek Vaughn is back home from a harrowing rescue mission in which he found evidence of a secret terror cell on US soil. Elizabeth knows he’ll do anything to unravel the plot—including seducing her for information. And despite the risks involved, she’s tempted to let him. Together with the forensics experts at the Delphi Center, Derek and Elizabeth are closing in on the truth, but it may not be fast enough to avert a devastating attack…Following in the bestselling tradition of the Tracers series, including Exposed, Scorched,and Twisted, Beyond Limits pulls out all the stops with Griffin’s most gripping thriller yet.Review"Will have you gripping the edge of your seat." ---Fresh Fiction About the AuthorNew York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Laura Griffin started her career in journalism before venturing into the world of romantic suspense. She is a two-time RITA Award winner (for the books Scorched and Whisper of Warning) as well as the recipient of the Daphne du Maurier Award (for Untraceable). Laura currently lives in Austin, where she is working on her next book. Visit her website at LauraGriffin.com and on Facebook at Facebook.com/LauraGriffinAuthor.


Tracers 06 - Scorched

Kelsey Quinn has traveled the world unearthing heartbreaking secrets, but nothing prepares her for the trauma of her latest discovery. While on a human rights dig in the Philippines, the forensic anthropologist uncovers a set of human remains, touching off a chain of deadly events back on American soil. After a terrifying attack, Kelsey goes into hiding while she tries to unravel the mystery of two seemingly unconnected murders. The odds are stacked against her, but Kelsey has the help of her colleagues at the Delphi Center crime lab.and the unexpected protection of the only man she ever loved.Navy SEAL Gage Brewer knows his relationship with Kelsey is over and done. But when he learns she's being targeted by a killer, he risks everything - including his career as a spec ops warrior - to keep her safe. Gage tracks down Kelsey and believes he's accomplished his goal. But as the threats against her escalate, it becomes clear that the enemy they're fighting is more lethal than anyone ever imagined. And their most dangerous mission is only beginning.


Tracers 07 - Exposed

Every picture tells a story. But not all of them have happy endings.As a forensic photographer at the Delphi Center crime lab, Maddie Callahan is used to seeing violence up close, but she’s never before been the target of it. When a freelance photo shoot goes awry, she realizes she may have seen, and perhaps photographed, the kidnapping of a key witness in a federal probe. And although her camera was stolen, Maddie knows she has something that could be even more valuable to investigators. FBI agent Brian Beckman has spent months investigating a vicious criminal known as the Doctor, only to have a key witness abducted on his watch. Worse, he’s falling for the woman who may be the Doctor’s next target. Maddie’s aloof facade hides a world of hurt that he wants to heal, no matter how much she keeps him at bay. But first he has to protect her from the danger that’s just out of focus, drawing close enough to shoot . . . and kill.   About the AuthorNew York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Laura Griffin started her career in journalism before venturing into the world of fiction. Her books have won numerous awards, including the RITA, the Daphne du Maurier, and the Booksellers Best Award for romantic suspense. Laura currently lives in Austin, Texas. Visit her website at LauraGriffin.com.


Tracers 05 - Twisted


Tracers 04 - Snapped


Tracers 02.5 - Unstoppable


Tracers 03 - Unforgivable


Tracers 02 - Unspeakable

ELAINA MCCORD WANTS TO FIND A KILLER. BUT HE'S ALREADY FOUND HER. Elaina McCord's dream of being an FBI profiler is threatened by her very first case - investigating a string of murders near a Texas beach resort. The victims, all young women, were drugged and brutally murdered, their bodies abandoned in desolate marshland. Elaina's hunch - met with disbelief by local police - is that these are only the latest offerings from a serial killer who has been perfecting his art for years, growing bolder and more cunning with each strike. True-crime writer Troy Stockton has a reputation as an irresistible playboy who gets his story at any cost. He's the last person Elaina should trust, let alone be attracted to. But right now Troy, along with the elite team of forensics experts known as the Tracers, is her only ally in a case that's turning dangerously personal. A killer is reaching out to Elaina, taunting her, letting her know how ruthless he is and how close he's getting. Now it's not just her career that's in jeopardy - it's her life. . . .Product DescriptionELAINA MCCORD WANTS TO FIND A KILLER. BUT HE’S ALREADY FOUND HER.Elaina McCord’s dream of being an FBI profiler is threatened by her very first case—investigating a string of murders near a Texas beach resort. The victims, all young women, were drugged and brutally murdered, their bodies abandoned in desolate marshland. Elaina’s hunch—met with disbelief by local police—is that these are only the latest offerings from a serial killer who has been perfecting his art for years, growing bolder and more cunning with each strike.True-crime writer Troy Stockton has a reputation as an irresistible playboy who gets his story at any cost. He’s the last person Elaina should trust, let alone be attracted to. But right now Troy, along with the elite team of forensics experts known as the Tracers, is her only ally in a case that’s turning dangerously personal. A killer is reaching out to Elaina, taunting her, letting her know how ruthless he is and how close he’s getting. Now it’s not just her career that’s in jeopardy—it’s her life. . . . About the AuthorLAURA GRIFFIN started her career in journalism before venturing into the world of romantic suspense with her novels for Pocket Books. Her work has been nominated for numerous awards, including a 2010 RITA (_Whisper of Warning_) and a 2009 RT Reviewers Choice Award (_Untraceable_). Her debut novel, One Last Breath, won the Booksellers Best Award for romantic suspense. Laura currently lives in Austin. Visit her website at www.lauragriffin.com.


Tracers 01 - Untraceable

ALEX LOVELL MAKES PEOPLE DISAPPEAR. TURNS OUT, SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. Private investigator Alexandra Lovell uses computer skills and cunning to help clients drop off the radar and begin new lives in safety. Melanie Bess, desperate to escape her abusive cop husband, was one of those clients. But when Melanie vanishes for real, Alex fears the worst, and sets out to discover what happened. Using every resource she can get her hands on -- including an elite team of forensic scientists known as the Tracers, and a jaded, sexy Austin PD detective -- Alex embarks on a mission to uncover the truth. As far as homicide cop Nathan Deveraux is concerned, no body means no case. But as much as he wants to believe that Alex's hunch about Melanie's murder is wrong, his instincts -- and their visceral attraction -- won't let him walk away. As a grim picture of what really happened begins to emerge, Nathan realizes this investigation runs deeper than they could ever have guessed. And each step nearer the truth puts Alex in danger of being the next to disappear....


Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption


The phenomenology of Charles S. Peirce : from the doctrine of categories to phaneroscopy


Death of a Neighborhood Witch (Jaine Austen Mystery)


Death by Tiara (A Jaine Austen Mystery Book 13)


12-Killing Cupid


濒死经验的启示

【日】木内鹤彦；李瑷祺（译）


Jaine Austen 1 - This Pen for Hire


Jaine Austen 2 - Last Writes


Jaine Austen 3 - Killer Blonde


The PMS Murder


Virgin Under the Mistletoe

DanikaKillian Reid. Even saying his name makes my panties damp. He has to be the sexiest man I've ever met, even if he is twenty-one years older than me. I've been crushing on him since I was fifteen. For six years, my Christmas wish has been for Killian to notice me. I never thought it was possible – until now.KillianHoly hell! It was supposed to be a quick peck on the lips under some mistletoe, but damn. Little Danika Parker isn't all that little anymore, with curves in all the right places. I’m pretty sure I’ll be reliving that hot as fuck kiss for a while. This Christmas, the only present I want to unwrap is her.Stand-alone novella, no cliffhanger, no cheating, dual POV


The Inhabited Woman

Lavinia is The Inhabited Woman: accomplished, independent, and fiercely modern. She is sheltered and self-involved, until the spirit of an Indian woman warrior enters her being, then she dares to join a revolutionary movement against a violent dictator and—through the power of love—finds the courage to act.


Nasty Girls

Meet some of the most dangerous women master of psychological suspense Laura Lippman has ever created in works so dark that her husband observed that most of her short stories center on betrayals between men and women. These stories include a senior citizen porn star ("Femme Fatale"); two twenty-somethings deranged by calorie deprivation ("The Crack Cocaine Diet"); a petulant tourist deceived by love in Dublin ("Honor Bar"); and a mysterious Good Samaritan-hobbyist ("Dear Penthouse Forum" (A First Draft)). Available singly or as a collection.


And When She Was Good


Lady in the Lake

The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman. In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know—everyone, that is, except Madeline "Maddie" Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she's bolted from her marriage of almost twenty years, determined to make good on her youthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life.Maddie wants to matter, to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Drawing on her own secrets, she helps Baltimore police find a murdered girl—assistance that leads to a job at the city's afternoon newspaper, the Star. Working at the newspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found just the story to do it: a missing woman whose body...


Don't Look Back

Eliza Benedict's past returns to haunt her when the serial killer she escaped from as a young girl walks back into her life. The nail-shredding novel from New York Times bestseller, Laura Lippman. 25 years ago, he stole her innocence. Now he wants to get in touch.Eliza Benedict cherishes her quiet existence with her successful husband and children in the leafy suburbs of suburban Washington. But her tranquillity is shattered when she receives a letter from the last person she ever expects – or wants – to hear from: Walter Bowman.In the summer of 1985 when she was fifteen-years-old, Eliza was kidnapped by serial killer Walter Bowman, who targeted young girls like Eliza in a sexually motivated killing spree. Now facing lethal injection on death row, Walter is keen to make contact with Eliza, seemingly motivated by a desire to atone for his sins before he finally meets his maker.Carefully, with some reluctance, she lets Walter enter her life, first by letter, then in person. Walter...


The Accidental Detective and other stories

Nine deliciously dark, funny and twisted short stories from one of America’s top crime writers. EXCLUSIVE EBOOK EDITION ALSO INCLUDES A FREE EXTRACT FROM LAURA’S FORTHCOMING NOVEL THE INNOCENTS. If you haven’t discovered Laura Lippman yet, delve into these nine ingenious tales and read an exclusive extract from Laura’s latest novel The Innocents. Within this collection, Laura Lippman takes us from Dublin in ‘Honor Bar’ to Washington D.C. in ‘ARM and the Woman’ and to New Orleans in ‘Pony Girl.’ Other higlights include a rare interview with Tess (of Laura’ popular Tess Monaghan series) in ‘The Accidental Detective.’ Sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous and always filled with shocking twists and turns, expect the unexpected… If you enjoy this collection, why not try ‘Femme Fatale and other stories’. Also available now as an exclusive ebook short story collection.


The Most Dangerous Thing


The Glass House


A Venom Dark and Sweet


The Silence in the Sound


My Crazy Ex-Superhero. Just call me Jane Book Two


Lightlark


On the Subject of Unmentionable Things


Second Time Around

This book is the first I ever wrote. And completed. When I decided to publish it back in 2010, I investigated a lot of digital publishing houses. Decadent Publishing was a brand-new company and when I received the acceptance email from them three days after I submitted, I was completely over the moon. They quite literally changed my life.Thank you Decadent Publishing!I changed up a few things in this manuscript for the re-issue as a self-published book, but the basic story is the same. I hope you enjoy this love story as much as I do.Happy Reading!


The Forty Elephants

Inspired by the true story of Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants, the first all-female gang of London. London in the 1920s is no place for a woman with a mind of her own. Gang wars, violence, and an unforgiving world have left pickpocket Alice Diamond scrambling to survive in the Mint, the gritty neighborhood her family has run for generations. When her father goes to jail yet again and her scam artist brother finds himself in debt to the dangerous McDonald crime syndicate, Alice takes over. Fighting for power at every turn, she struggles to protect her father’s territory and keep the people she loves safe from some of London’s most dangerous criminals. Recruited by the enigmatic Mary Carr, Alice boldly chooses to break her father’s edict against gangs and become part of a group of notorious lady shoplifters, the Forty Elephants. Leaving the Mint behind, she and the other girls steal from the area’s poshest department stores, and for the first time in her life, Alice Diamond tastes success. But it’s not long before she wants more—no matter the cost. And when her past and present collide, there’s no escaping the girl from the Mint.


靖江革命斗争史：靖西片及江工委资料选 下


军队管理学


历史唯物主义论丛  第4辑

中国历史唯物主义研究会 编


酒泉地区党史资料汇编


军事学教程

陈宝华，薛东利，查秀峰 主编


论冯特


论资产阶级军事科学

（苏）米里施坦因，М.А.，（苏）斯洛博琴科，А.К. 著；万雨，禾金 译


雷锋式的好战士黄观顺


近代国际关系史


马克思主义哲学

江苏省高校《马克思主义哲学》 编写组编


马克思主义哲学基础教程

合肥：中国科学技术大学出版社


马克思主义哲学常识 党员教育丛书

中共江西省委宣传部党员教育处 主编


军人心理健康知识问答


科学与文化为和平进步民主而奋斗

（苏）法捷耶夫 著；辽逸 译


军人学习心理学


粮食工作法规汇编


连队政治工作经验


军事科学教程


经济动员基础论


连队文化教育工作经验


军事理论教程


军事经济学研究


What the Dead Know: A Novel

Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap two girls? Who—or what—could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness?Now a clearly disoriented woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone Bethany sisters. But her involuntary admission and subsequent attempt to stonewall investigators only deepens the mystery. Where has she been? Why has she waited so long to come forward? Could her abductor truly be a beloved Baltimore cop? There isn't a shred of evidence to support her story, and every lead she gives the police seems to be another dead end—a dying, incoherent man, a razed house, a missing grave, and a family that disintegrated long ago, torn apart not only by the crime but by the fissures the tragedy revealed in what appeared to be the perfect household.In a story that moves back and forth across the decades, there is only one person who dares to be skeptical of a woman who wants to claim the identity of one Bethany sister without revealing the fate of the other. Will he be able to discover the truth?


To the Power of Three

Josie, Perri, and Kat have been best friends since third grade—the athlete, the drama queen, and the popular beauty. Growing up in an affluent suburb of Baltimore, they enjoy privileges many teenagers are denied. But on the final day of school one of them brings a gun with her. And when the police break down the door of the high school girls' bathroom, locked from the inside, they find two of the friends wounded, one of them critically . . . and the third girl is dead.From multiple-award winner Laura Lippman, one of the most acclaimed authors of crime fiction writing today, comes a tale of secrets, friendship, and betrayal that illuminates a dark and chilling event with clarity and empathy.


Innocents


Life Sentences


Sunburn: A Novel


Laura Lippman

a cognizant original v5 release october 09 2010


Wilde Lake


Femme Fatale and other stories

Seven deliciously dark, funny and twisted short stories from one of America's top crime writers.EXCLUSIVE EBOOK EDITION ALSO INCLUDES A FREE EXTRACT FROM LAURA'S FORTHCOMING NOVEL THE INNOCENTS.If you haven't discovered Laura Lippman yet, delve into these seven ingenious tales and read an exclusive extract from Laura's latest novel The Innocents.In this short story collection we are taken back to richly drawn 1975 where we meet Sofia and her degenerate gambling father in 'Hardly Knew Her'; and in 'Femme Fatale' we are introduced to sixty-eight year old Mona who suddenly finds herself in a rather surprising situation.Sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous and always filled with shocking twists and turns, expect the unexpected...If you enjoy this collection, why not try 'The Accidental Detective and other stories'. Also available now as an exclusive ebook short story collection.


Every Secret Thing


Наука фитнеса. Сила, производительность и выносливость.

Грег ЛеМонд, Марк Хом

Книга была написана с учетом интересов спортсменов и широкой публики, чтобы дать обзор роли митохондрий в фитнесе и здоровье и предложить практические советы по тренировкам и питанию.


After I'm Gone

RetailLaura Lippman, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Most Dangerous Thing, I’d Know You Anywhere, and What the Dead Know, returns with an addictive story that explores how one man’s disappearance echoes through the lives of the wife, mistress, and daughters he left behind.When Felix Brewer meets Bernadette “Bambi” Gottschalk at a Valentine’s Dance in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps. Thanks to his lucrative—if not all legal—businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. But on the Fourth of July, 1976, Bambi’s comfortable world implodes when Felix, newly convicted and facing prison, mysteriously vanishes.Though Bambi has no idea where her husband—or his money—might be, she suspects one woman does: his mistress, Julie. When Julie disappears ten years to the day that Felix went on the lam, everyone assumes she’s left to join her old lover—until her remains are eventually found.Now, twenty-six years after Julie went missing, Roberto “Sandy” Sanchez, a retired Baltimore detective working cold cases for some extra cash, is investigating her murder. What he discovers is a tangled web stretching over three decades that connects five intriguing women. And at the center is the missing man Felix Brewer.Somewhere between the secrets and lies connecting past and present, Sandy will find the truth. And when he does, no one will ever be the same.**


Music & the Brain, 2022 Edition

p>Neuroscientists have shown that music recruits nearly every area of the brain, fostering connections across different regions. In this eBook, we examine the latest imaging studies and discuss the effects of music on emotion, cognition, sensation and motor function. This includes an examination of the brain's anatomy when listening to or creating music, of music's relationship to learning math and language skills and of its role in promoting social connections and treating brain disorders and injuries.


Tess Monaghan 05 - The Sugar House

A client named Ruthie -- who seems to know Tess's father a little too well -- asks the newspaperwoman-turned-p.i. to investigate a year-old "Jane Doe" murder and its grim aftermath. Ruthie's low-life brother, Henry, confessed to killing a teenager runaway over a bottle of glue -- and, a month into his prison term, he met the same fate as his victim. Following a precious few tantalizing clues, Tess sets off on a path that is leading her from Baltimore's exclusive Inner Harbor to the city's seediest neighborhoods. But it's the shocking discovery of the runaway's true identity that turns her hunt deadly. Suddenly a supposedly solved murder case is turning up newer, fresher corpses and newer, scarier versions of the Sugar House -- places that look sweet and safe...but only from the outside.Amazon.com ReviewIf you haven't encountered Tess Monaghan, the strong-willed former reporter turned PI who stars in Laura Lippman's increasingly popular series, it may be because this is her first appearance in hardcover. But this deftly plotted mystery may change all that and bring Lippman, herself a Baltimore journalist, and Tess, her curious and likable heroine, the attention they deserve. When Tess's dad asks her to do a favor for a friend, Tess gets involved in tracking down the identity of a nameless girl whose killer, the friend's brother, was murdered himself shortly after he went to prison for the crime. Her search leads Tess in and out of parts of the Atlantic coast that tourists, and many natives, never see: to a clinic for the rich, young and anorexic on Maryland's Eastern Shore; to the Philadelphia Main Line; and inside the corrupt and clandestine corners of the Maryland state capitol in Annapolis. The more Tess learns, the more questions she has, and the most important ones have to do with her father's involvement in the mystery of the anonymous victim and how she died.The subtext of this well-written, richly rendered thriller is Tess's confrontation with her own values and her struggle to accept her father's compromises with his. There's also a sexy love story with Tess's boyfriend, who's nearly too good to be true, and a lively gal pal, the wealthy and loyal Whitney, whose own talents are equally impressive. The author is good at developing multidimensional characters, the minor ones as well as the majors. And once your appetite is whetted by The Sugar House, you'll want to track down Tess's earlier adventures in Lippman's (paper) backlist, beginning with Baltimore Blues. --Jane AdamsFrom Publishers WeeklyGlue-sniffing teen Henry Dembrow goes to prison after confessing to killing a young Jane Doe found with a small rubber hose tied in a bow around her neck. A month later he, too, is dead. Coincidence? Ruthie Dembrow, Henry's sister, has her doubts and asks former Baltimore reporter Tess Monaghan, the heroine of this first (and first-rate) hardcover in a justly acclaimed series, to investigate. Tess agrees only because her father, Patrick, says he owes Ruthie one. Going over the facts of the crime, Tess realizes that she needs to identify the victim and to learn how the victim came to know her alleged killer. On the home front, Patrick's disapproval of her current love, Crow, strains their relationship. Edgar and Agatha winner Lippman (Charm City; In Big Trouble), a feature writer for the Baltimore Sun, really knows her town. She takes Tess far from the tourist stops into crumbling, neglected parts of the historic port city and beyond. Annapolis, a questionable clinic on the Eastern Shore and Philadelphia all figure in Tess's struggle to uncover the connections between a sordid killing and the pursuit of wealth and power in the state capital. As she digs deeper with assists from her wealthy pal, Whitney, major players begin to squirm and lives and reputations are in danger, including her own. Far from perfect, Tess finds she must carefully consider the compromises others have made for good or ill while not straying too far from her own principles. Nobody gets away clean, but some scores are settled, which at times has to be enough. (Sept.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Tess Monaghan 04 - IIn Big Trouble

Join the world of New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan in the Shamus and Anthony Award-winning fourth book in the acclaimed seriesIn Big TroubleTess Monaghan has learned the hard way how to survive on the streets of Baltimore—first as a fearless investigative reporter and lately as a PI. But a new case is about to take her way out of her element.What begins with a tantalizing shard of a newspaper headline—"In Big Trouble"—above a photograph of an old boyfriend will end far away in another world, where people dress and talk differently . . . and rich people's games can have lethal consequences. Here where the sun is merciless—and curiosity can kill faster than a rattler's bite—Tess is going to have to confront her past and, hopefully, live to tell about it. For the answers she seeks about a man she thought she knew may be somehow linked to a murderer who two-steps to a very deadly drummer.


Tess Monaghan 03 - Butchers Hill

Tess Monaghan has finally made the move and hung out her shingle as a p.i.-for-hire, complete with an office in Butchers Hill. Maybe it's not the best address in Baltimore, but you gotta start somewhere, and Tess's greyhound Esskay has no trouble taking marathon naps anywhere there's a roof. Then in walks Luther Beale, the notorious vigilante who five years ago shot a boy for vandalizing his car. Just out of prison, he says he wants to make reparations to the kids who witnessed his crime, so he needs Tess to find them. But once she starts snooping, the witnesses start dying. Is the "Butcher of Butchers Hill" at it again? Like it or not, Tess is embroiled in a case that encompasses the powers that-be, a heartless system that has destroyed the lives of children, and a nasty trail of money and lies leading all the way back to Butchers Hill.


Tess Monaghan 02 - Charm City

As a practiced reporter until her newspaper went to that great pressroom in the sky, P.I. Tess Monaghan knows and loves every inch of her native Baltimore, even the parts being slobbered on by the sad-sack greyhound she's minding for her uncle. It's a quirky city where baseball reigns, but lately homicide seems to be the second most popular local sport. Business tycoon "Wink" Wynkowski is trying to change all that by bringing pro basketball back to town, and everybody's rooting fro him -- until a devastating, muckraking expose of his lurid past appears on the front page of the Baltimore Beacon-Light. It's asurprise even to the Blight's editors, who thought they'd killed the piece. Instead, the piece killed Wink -- who's found in his garage with the car running.Now the Blight wants to nail the unknown computer hacker who planted the lethal story, and the assignment is right up the alley of a former newshound like Tess. But it doesn't take long for her to discover deeper, darker secrets, and to realize that this situation is really more about whacking than hacking. It's just murder in Baltimore these days -- and Tess Monaghan herself might be next on the list.


Tess Monaghan 01 - Baltimore Blues

Until her paper, the Baltimore Star, crashed and burned, Tess Monaghan was a damn good reporter who knew her hometown intimately — from historic Fort McHenry to the crumbling projects of Cherry Hill. Now gainfully unemployed at twenty-nine, she's willing to take any freelance job to pay the rent — including a bit of unorthodox snooping for her rowing buddy, Darryl "Rock" Paxton.In a city where someone is murdered almost everyday, attorney Michael Abramowitz's death should be just another statistic. But the slain lawyer's notoriety — and his noontime trysts with Rock's fiancee — make the case front page news...and points to Rock as the likely murderer. But trying to prove her friend's innocence couls prove costly to Tess — and add her name to that infamous ever-growing list.


Tess Monaghan 10 - Another Thing to Fall

The California dream weavers have invaded Charm City with their cameras, their stars, and their controversy . . .When Tess Monaghan literally runs into the crew of the fledgling TV series Mann of Steel while sculling, she never expects to be hired to serve asbodyguard/babysitter to the young female lead, Selene Waites. But thecompany has been plagued by a series of disturbing "mishaps" lately. And the discovery of a corpse surrounded by photos of the beautiful,difficult superstar-in-the-making is causing Mann's creator and Hollywood legend, Flip Tumulty, considerable distress.Keeping a spoiled movie princess under wraps may be more than Tess can handle,since Selene is less naive and far more devious than she initiallyappears to be. But murder is an occurrence the fish-out-of-water P.I. is all too familiar with—and a grisly on-set slaying suddenly threatens to topple the wall of secrets surrounding Mann of Steel, leaving lives, dreams, and careers scattered among the ruins.


Tess Monaghan 09 - No Good Deeds

No good deed goes unpunished . . .Working as a consultant for a Baltimore newspaper, p.i. Tess Monaghan seems far removed from the unsolved slaying of a young federal prosecutor—until her well-meaning boyfriend, Crow, brings a street kid into their lives, a juvenile con artist who doesn't even realize he holds an important key to the sensational homicide. But Tess's ethical decision to protect the boy's identity no matter what could have dire consequences—especially when one of his friends is murdered in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity.With federal agents threatening her with felony charges—and a killer threatening far worse—Tess couldn't deliver the kid to investigators even if she wanted to once Crow goes into hiding with his young protégé. So her only recourse is to get to the heart of the sordid and deadly affair while they're all still free . . . and still breathing.


Tess Monaghan 06 - In a Strange City

A nameless teenage girl was killed 14 months ago. The glue-sniffing youth who did the deed spent barely a month in prison before meeting the same fate. The dead boy's sister wants Tess Monaghan to find out why. But first Tess must uncover the identity of the original victim. And once she does, the shocking revelation will make headlines across the country, and drag Tess down into a fetid and deadly swamp of power, dirty money, high-level political corruption, and sordid secrets.


Tess Monaghan 07 - The Last Place

Five lives in the Baltimore area have been brutally destroyed over the past six years — five unsolved homicides, seemingly unconnected except for the suspicion that each death was the result of domestic violence. In hot legal water — and court-ordered therapy — Tess Monaghan accepts an assignment with a local nonprofit organization, agreeing to review police documents on each case for inconsistencies and investigative blunders. But curiosity is leading the disgraced P.I. off the paper trail as she follows scant leads and intuitions into the most remote corners of Maryland — where a psychopath can hide as easily in the fabric of a tiny fishing community as in the alleys and shadows of Charm City. Because a single common thread to five senseless murders is beginning to emerge with shocking clarity to tie the loose ends together into one bloody knot — and the link is Tess Monaghan herself.


Tess Monaghan 08 - By a Spider's Thread

Mark Rubin's family is missing — and the police won't do a thing because all the evidence indicates his wife left willingly. The successful furrier turns to Tess Monaghan, hoping she can help him find his wife and three children. Tess doesn't know what to make of Rubin, a wealthy Orthodox Jew who doles out vitally important information in grudging dribs and drabs. According to Rubin, he and his beautiful wife, Natalie, had a flawless, happy marriage. Yet one day, without any warning or explanation, Natalie gathered up their children and vanished.Tess is able to locate the runaway wife and her stolen progeny, moving furtively from state to state, town to town, but the Rubins are not alone. A man is traveling with them — a stranger, described as "handsome" and "charming" but otherwise unremarkable to casual observers who have no way of sensing the fury beneath his smooth surface.An intricate web of betrayal and vengeance is already beginning to unravel, as memory begets rage and rage leads to desperation ... and murder. Suddenly much more than one man's future happiness and stubborn pride are in peril; the lives of three innocent children are dangling by the slenderest of threads.


Tess Monaghan 02 - Charm City


Making Race and Nation: A Comparison of South Africa, the United States, and Brazil

In this bold, original and persuasive book, Anthony W. Marx provocatively links the construction of nations to the construction of racial identity. Using a comparative historical approach, Marx analyzes the connection between race as a cultural and political category rooted in the history of slavery and colonialism, and the development of three nation states. He shows how each country's differing efforts to establish national unity and other institutional impediments have served, through the nation-building process and into their present systems of state power, to shape and often crystallize categories and divisions of race. Focusing on South Africa, Brazil and the United States, Marx illustrates and elucidates the historical dynamics and institutional relationships by which the construction of race and the development of these nations have informed one another. Deftly combining comparative history, political science and sociological interpretation, sharpened by over three-hundred interviews with key informants from each country, he follows this dialogue into the present to discuss recent political mobilization, popular protest and the current salience of race issues. Anthony W. Marx is Associate Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and has been a Visiting Professor at Yale University


Rogue (SEAL Team: Disavowed Book 1)

ONE WRONG MOVE.Disavowed Navy SEAL, Nash Adamson, knows that's all it will take for his high school sweetheart, Maisey, and her unborn child to die at the hands of her psychopath ex.Vicente Rodriquez is the untouchable drug king of south Florida. He wooed Maisey into believing their whirlwind romance was the fairy tale she'd searched her whole life to find. Pregnant, she couldn't wait to marry him. Life was idyllic until she witnessed her beloved murder in cold blood, then discovered he's already married to a woman who's unable to conceive. Maisey tried running to police, but found herself locked in a gilded cage. Vicente plans on keeping her alive long enough for her to give birth to his son, then he wants her permanently out of his family picture.When Nash attempts a middle-of-the-night solo rescue at Vicente's remote compound, the mission goes horribly wrong. Suddenly, Nash is left with no choice but to hide deep in the Everglades, running from Vicente's trigger-happy hired guns with the eight-month pregnant woman he's fought years to forget.When the exertion and stress send Maisey into early labor, the clock is ticking for Nash to save her and her child from not just lethal swamp creatures, but the man who wants her dead.ROGUE is the first book in Laura Marie Altom's exciting new romantic suspense series--SEAL Team: Disavowed!SEAL Team: DisavowedTo become a United States Navy SEAL, a man must be physically forged in steel and able to mentally compute life or death situations with laser accuracy and speed. Our country trusts these men with the most sensitive military operations—many so covert that once they are successfully completed, they are never spoken of again.This series celebrates one particularly fierce band of brothers who valiantly battled terrorists whose crimes against nature and humanity were far too great to chance escape. On a dark night, on foreign soil, SEAL Team Alpha witnessed acts so unspeakably cruel against women, infants and small children that their consciences would not allow anything other than their own brand of justice for the scum terrorist cell.A trial would have been too good for these pigs, and so, one-by-one they were taken out, and the women and children they’d used were freed. By dawn, an entire region breathed easier. The men of Alpha found themselves heroes to those whose lives they had saved, but virtual criminals in the eyes of the organization they served. After a lengthy investigation, their elite, covert team was formally disbanded.They now spend their lives deep undercover, still serving—no longer their country, but individuals who find themselves in need of not only their own personal warrior, but a particular brand of justice.While honorably discharged, these men and their actions will forever be disavowed . . .Other titles in this series:OUTCAST--Coming soon for presale! Release date 3/11/16!**


Outcast (SEAL Team: Disavowed Book 2)

THEY'RE ALL DEAD.When disavowed Navy SEAL, Jasper King, receives this cryptic message from Eden Marabella, an English lit professor he's fallen hard for, he's out of his mind with worry. Her behavior was already odd when she dumped him right before heading for Antarctica, but his every protective instinct kicks in when he takes her words as a cry for help.Eden harbors a heartbreaking secret she never wants Jasper to know, which is why she followed her biologist father to his Antarctic research station. Upon her arrival, she expects to reflect on the cruel hand she's been dealt, only to discover dozens of dead Orcas washed along a lonely stretch of shore.Jasper is also hiding secrets he'd rather not face, which is why he doesn't think twice about calling in a favor from his boss at Trident, Inc. Protective Services to arrange transport for him to the South Pole. Upon his arrival at the station, Jasper finds Eden's actions stranger than ever until realizing he's stumbled upon a nightmare far bigger than he'd ever imagined.Eden's father has been taken hostage. The demand for his safe return is that Eden must reveal the location to a vast Nazi treasure vault. But how can she do that when not only has she never heard of it, but she has no idea where it could be?Will Jasper and Eden put aside their differences long enough to find the treasure and save her father? Or will they both be killed by maniacal fortune hunters or worse yet, the brutally cold and treacherous environment?


Joseph et Aséneth


Renegade Rodeo Knights

BRANDED?Professional barrel racer, Delilah Bowing, finds her friend not only dead, but branded with entwined triple Bs on her cheek. Since this is the third death in as many rodeos, attendance is down. Both riders and fans are spooked. Police are doing all they can to solve what have been labeled by press as the Buckle Bunny Bandit murders, but as far as Delilah's concerned, they're not working fast enough--especially, when she could be the next victim.She seeks help from a friend with a P.I. firm, but he refuses to handle such a volatile case, referring her to another firm--Trident, Inc. But no way does she believe a bunch of renegade Navy SEALs will be able to help--especially when the one assigned to protect her has already broken her heart.


Rogue


Outcast


Deadly Independence

Holly Hart Cozy Mystery Book 2! Introductory price of 99 cents!Cheesecake, Love & MurderThe Fourth of July means cookouts and celebrations. While selling cheesecake tortes at the fireworks--even though Holly's nemesis, Millicent Monroe, steals the show with over-the-top sales gimmicks--Holly rescues a napping lady from a stray firework.Except Agatha Poppleton wasn't napping--she's dead.With the help of her friends, and her dog, Muffins, Holly sneaks in some sweet revenge while chasing down clues. She realizes it might have been a mistake to hide her plans from the handsome Officer Trinket when she comes face to face with the killer.


Footprints in the Frosting

Introducing a brand new cozy mystery series! And a new amateur sleuth!Cheesecake, Love, and Murder!It’s the Grand Opening for Holly Hart’s new business, Just Cheesecake. When footprints in the frosting lead to a body facedown in one of her cheesecakes, Holly becomes a prime suspect.With her opening day delayed, Holly deals with a nosy no-good reporter and the local cop, the handsome Officer Trinket, as she puts her sleuthing skills to the test to save her business and her name. With the help of her dog, Muffins, she needs to find the real murderer, before the killer looks to frost someone else. About the AuthorLaura Pauling writes about spies, murder and mystery. She’s the author of the young adult Circle of Spies Series, the Prom Impossible Series, the time travel mysteries, Heist and A Royal Heist, and the Holly Hart Cozy Mystery Series. She lives the cover of a suburban mom/author perfectly, from the minivan to the home-baked snickerdoodles, while hiding her secret missions and covert operations. But shh. Don't tell anyone. And she may or may not actually bake cookies. You decide. Visit Laura at http://laurapauling.com to sign up for her newsletter or send her a message through the contact tab. Or email her directly at laura@laurapauling.com.


Frosted on the Ferris Wheel

Introductory price of 99 cents!! Grab it while you can!Cheesecake, Love & Murder!It's summertime but not everyone is having a vacation. The owner of Sunny Side Realty is found buried in a bath of cement. Holly and the gang dive into the investigation, except Holly is distracted when she spies Trent on a date with her nemesis, Millicent Monroe.After failed undercover operations, they have one final attempt to figure out the identity of the murderer. Millicent and a Great Dane with social anxiety might be Holly's only hope when she goes off the grid.Who's next on the list to cool off with a deadly dip?Check out all the Holly Hart Cozy Mysteries:Murder with a Slice of Cheesecake Footprints in the Frosting Deadly Independence Frosted on the Ferris Wheel**


Medical Genetics and Genomics A comprehensive question-and-answer book for those preparing for board examinations on clinical genetics Medical Genetics and Genomics: Questions for Board Review provides more than 350 high-yield multiple choice questions (MCQs) to help readers prepare for standardized examinations for accreditation and ongoing certification in the various fields of medical genetics and genomics, as well as other trainees and learners who want to understand more about the field. Written by a leading authority in clinical genetics with extensive teaching experience in academia, government, biotech, and in healthcare, this invaluable study aid covers essential terminology, clinical diagnosis and manifestations of specific conditions, laboratory and testing approaches, management of genetic conditions, and more. The questions are organized into thematic areas to help readers focus on specific areas within the field of genetics and genomics. Each section of questions is followed by fully annotated answers with concise explanations and up-to-date references. Throughout the book, high-quality illustrations are presented to enhance understanding of all key concepts. Contains more than 350 multiple choice questions covering multiple areas of genetics Provides clear and concise answers with brief and focused explanations Helpful for preparation for American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) and American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) board examinations, as well as for general study of medical genetics and genomics Includes full references to scientific and medical articles, traditional textbooks, online articles, and other internet resources Medical Genetics and Genomics: Questions for Board Review is a must-have for clinical trainees, physicians, laboratory geneticists, genetic counselors, and allied health professionals working in medical genetics.


Murder With a Slice of Cheesecake

Holly Hart Cozy Mystery - the prequel! Cheesecake, Love & MurderHolly has a plan to escape the rigid confines of her life her parents have planned for her. She wants to open up a cheesecake shop and live peacefully in a small town. But when her Aunt Lizzie is murdered, Holly's plans are ruined because her aunt was funding her escape.Out of grief and love and determined to solve the mystery of her aunt's murder, with the help of Muffins, her dog, and her childhood best friend, Teddy, she embarks on a trail of clues that will lead to family secrets she's not sure she ever wanted to know. Especially when the killer notices and she becomes the next target.**


Applied Water Science Volume 1: Fundamentals and Applications

Inamuddin, Mohd Imran Ahamed, Rajender Boddula, Tauseef Ahmad Rangreez (eds.)

Water is one of the most precious and basic needs of life for all living beings, and a precious national asset. Without it, the existence of life cannot be imagined. Availability of pure water is decreasing day by day, and water scarcity has become a major problem that is faced by our society for the past few years. Hence, it is essential to find and disseminate the key solutions for water quality and scarcity issues. The inaccessibility and poor water quality continue to pose a major threat to human health worldwide. Around billions of people lacking to access drinkable water. The water contains the pathogenic impurities; which are responsible for water-borne diseases. The concept of water quality mainly depends on the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological measurement standards to evaluate the water quality and determine the concentration of all components, then compare the results of this concentration with the purpose for which this water is used. Therefore, awareness and a firm grounding in water science are the primary needs of readers, professionals, and researchers working in this research area. This book explores the basic concepts and applications of water science. It provides an in-depth look at water pollutants’ classification, water recycling, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and efficient wastewater treatment methodologies. It also provides occurrence, human health risk assessment, strategies for removal of radionuclides and pharmaceuticals in aquatic systems. The book chapters are written by leading researchers throughout the world. This book is an invaluable guide to students, professors, scientists and R&D industrial specialists working in the field of environmental science, geoscience, water science, physics and chemistry.


Talking About Food: The Social and the Global in Eating Communities

Impact : Studies in Language and Society

All humans eat and all humans speak - activities which in social life often, but not always, co-occur: We talk while eating and drinking with others, but food is also a prominent literal and metaphorical discursive topic which contributes to establishing communities and identities. This omnipresence of eating and drinking in our daily lives has led to a public fascination with foodways. The contributions in this edited collection investigate the connection between language and food from a variety of perspectives. As food discourses operate on local, global, and mediated levels, they are intertwined with notions of identity and culture and thus shed light on intimate understandings of ourselves as human beings. Talking about Food - The Social and the Global in Eating Communities provides up-to-date and thought-provoking contributions to the linguistics of food. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in food-related subjects.


Applied Water Science, Volume 2: Remediation Technologies

Inamuddin, Mohd Imran Ahamed, Rajender Boddula, Tauseef Ahmad Rangreez

The high rate of industrialization around the world has led to an increase in the rate of anthropogenic activities which involves the release of different types of contaminants into the aquatic environment generating high environmental risks, which could affect health and socio-economic activities if not treated properly. There is no doubt that the rapid progress in improving the water quality and management has been motivated by the latest developments in green chemistry. Over the past decade, sources of water pollutants and the conventional methods used for the treatment of industrial wastewater treatment has flourished. Water quality and its adequate availability have been a matter of concern worldwide particularly in developing countries. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, more than 80% of diseases are owing to the consumption of contaminated water. Heavy metals are highly toxic that are a potential threat for water, soil, and air, their consumption in higher concentrations provided hazardous outcomes. The water quality is usually measured keeping in mind chemical, physical, biological, and radiological standards. The discharge of the effluent by industries contains heavy metals, hazardous chemicals, and a high amount of organic and inorganic impurities those can contaminate the water environment, and hence, human health. Therefore, it is our primary responsibility to maintain the water quality in our respective countries. This book provides understanding, occurrence, identification, toxic effects and control of water pollutants in aquatic environment using green chemistry protocols. It focuses on water remediation properties and processes including industry-scale water remediation technologies. This book covers recent literature on remediation technologies in preventing water contamination and its treatment. Chapters in this book discuss remediation of emerging pollutants using nanomaterials, polymers, advanced oxidation processes, membranes, and microalgae bioremediation, etc. It also includes photochemical, electrochemical, piezoacoustic, and ultrasound techniques. It is a unique reference guide for graduate students, faculties, researchers and industrialists working in the area of water science, environmental science, analytical chemistry, and chemical engineering.


Applied Soil Chemistry

Inamuddin, Mohd Imran Ahamed, Rajender Boddula, Tariq A. Altalhi

This book explores the state-of-the-art information regarding applied soil sciences. It covers the fundamentals, model concepts, principles, chemical reactions, functions, chemical recycling, chemical weathering, acid-base chemistry, carbon sequestration, and nutrient availability of soils. Also, it includes soil chemistry of heavy-metals, environment, clay, ion-exchange processes, analytical tools and applications. This book helps to understand the about soil characteristics targeting soil chemical reactions and interactions and its applications.


This Is Why They Hate Us

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers


Weird Fishes


Bad Fruit


The Last House on the Cliff


SQL in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, 4th Edition

For programmers, analysts, and database administrators, this Nutshell guide is the essential reference for the SQL language used in today's most popular database products. This new fourth edition clearly documents SQL commands according to the latest ANSI/ISO standard and details how those commands are implemented in Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and Oracle 19c, as well as in the MySQL 8, MariaDB 10.5, and PostgreSQL 13 open source database products. You'll also get a concise overview of the relational database management system (RDBMS) model and a clear-cut explanation of foundational RDBMS concepts--all packed into a succinct, comprehensive, and easy-to-use format. Sections include: Background on the relational database model, including current and previous SQL standards Fundamental concepts necessary for understanding relational databases and SQL commands An alphabetical command reference to SQL statements, according to the SQL:2016 ANSI standard The implementation of each command by MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server An alphabetical reference of the ANSI SQL:2016 functions and constructs as well as the vendor implementations Platform-specific functions unique to each implementation


Pandas in 7 Days: Utilize Python to Manipulate Data, Conduct Scientific Computing, Time Series Analysis

Make data analysis fast, reliable, and clean with Python, Pandas and Matplotlib. KEY FEATURES ● A detailed walk-through of the Pandas library's features with multiple examples. ● Numerous graphical representations and reporting capabilities using popular Matplotlib. ● A high-level overview of extracting data from including files, databases, and the web. DESCRIPTION No matter how large or small your dataset is, the author 'Fabio Nelli' simply used this book to teach all the finest technical coaching on applying Pandas to conduct data analysis with zero worries. Both newcomers and seasoned professionals will benefit from this book. It teaches you how to use the pandas library in just one week. Every day of the week, you'll learn and practise the features and data analysis exercises listed below: Day 01: Get familiar with the fundamental data structures of pandas, including Declaration, data upload, indexing, and so on. Day 02: Execute commands and operations related to data selection and extraction, including slicing, sorting, masking, iteration, and query execution. Day 03: Advanced commands and operations such as grouping, multi-indexing, reshaping, cross-tabulations, and aggregations. Day 04: Working with several data frames, including comparison, joins, concatenation, and merges. Day 05: Cleaning, pre-processing, and numerous strategies for data extraction from external files, the web, databases, and other data sources. Day 06: Working with missing data, interpolation, duplicate labels, boolean data types, text data, and time-series datasets. Day 07: Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks, interactive data analysis, and analytical reporting with Matplotlib's stunning graphics. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ●Extract, cleanse, and process data from databases, text files, HTML pages, and JSON data. ●Work with DataFrames and Series, and apply functions to scale data manipulations. ●Graph your findings using charts typically used in modern business analytics. ●Learn to use all of the pandas basic and advanced features independently. ● Storing and manipulating labeled/columnar data efficiently. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR If you're looking to expedite a data science or sophisticated data analysis project, you've come to the perfect place. Each data analysis topic is covered step-by-step with real-world examples. Python knowledge isn't required however, knowing a little bit helps. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Pandas, the Python library 2. Setting up a Data Analysis Environment 3. Day 1 - Data Structures in Pandas library 4. Day 2 - Working within a DataFrame, Basic Functionalities 5. Day 3 - Working within a DataFrame, Advanced Functionalities 6. Day 4 - Working with two or more DataFrames 7. Day 5 - Working with data sources and real-word datasets 8. Day 6 - Troubleshooting Challenges wit Real Datasets 9. Day 7 - Data Visualization and Reporting 10. Conclusion – Moving Beyond


Introduction to Modern Analysis, 2nd Edition

Kantorovitz, Shmuel (Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Bar-Ilan University), Viselter, Ami (Senior Lecturer University of Haifa)

Aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students this textbook provides an introduction to the vast and crucial area of modern analysis. This new edition begins by covering the theoretical bases, gradually moving on to more advanced subjects and practical applications, supplementing the material with many exercises.


Copycat Killer

Murder strikes close to homefor a new K-9 unit in BrooklynWhen a double homicide is strikingly familiar to a twenty-year-old cold case, Detective Nate Slater is rattled by the parallels. With a child as the only witness, he and his K-9 partner must protect little Lucy and her aunt, Willow Emery. Nate's rough past means he always keeps an emotional distance...but in this case getting closer is the only way they'll all survive. True Blue K-9 Unit: BrooklynLaura Scott, USA TODAY Bestselling Author


Second Chance (Crystal Lake Series Book 6)


Christmas Reunion (Crystal Lake Series Book 5)


Worth The Wait: Crystal Lake Series


Coming Home (Crystal Lake Series Book 3)


A Soldier's Promise (Crystal Lake Series Book 2)


Ghost Gifts 03-Echo Moon

A past life, a past war, and a past love. Peter St John can't foresee a future until he confronts his past sins.When photojournalist Peter St John returns home after a two-year absence, the life he's been running from catches up. For years his mother's presence, coupled with Pete's own psychic gift, has triggered visits to 1917. There, he relives battles of the Great War, captures the heyday of Coney Island on canvas, and falls in love with an enchanting and enigmatic songstress named Esme. Present-day Pete still pines for Esme, and his love endures . . . but so does his vivid memory of killing her.When he discovers family heirlooms that serve as proof of his crimes, Pete will have to finally confront his former life. He also meets a young woman - who is more than what she seems - with a curious connection to his family. As century-old secrets unravel, can Pete reconcile a murder from his past before it destroys his future?


Ghost Gifts 02-Foretold

Laura Spinella's Ghost Gifts trilogy continues as Aubrey's otherworldly talents - and a visit from a former lover - threaten to tear apart her family.A mysterious death in a muddy swamp, missing children in different states . . . psychic Aubrey Ellis and her partner, investigative reporter Levi St John, have their hands full. The added strain of raising their son, who struggles with his own psychic gift, pushes life to the brink of collapse.Enter Zeke Dublin - Aubrey's first love from her carnival past. Tensions escalate when it's clear that the attraction between them is alive and well. But as Levi discovers disturbing clues about the body pulled from the swamp, he begins to suspect Zeke's sudden presence is more than coincidence.As Aubrey's uncanny abilities take an unsettling turn, she fears that this time her own child is in danger. Who can Aubrey trust to help solve the unknowns surrounding her life - the father of her son, or a man who's always understood the deepest secrets of her psychic gift?


Ghost Gifts 01-Ghost Gifts

All Aubrey Ellis wants is a normal life, one that doesn't include desperate pleas from the dead. Her remarkable gift may help others rest in peace, but it also made for an unsettling childhood and destroyed her marriage. Finally content as the real estate writer for a local newspaper, Aubrey keeps her extraordinary ability hidden - until she is unexpectedly assigned the story of a decades-old murder.Rocked by the discovery of a young woman's skeletal remains, the New England town of Surrey wants answers. Hard-nosed investigative reporter Levi St John is determined to get them. Aubrey has no choice but to get involved, even at the terrifying risk of stirring spirits connected to a dead woman's demise and piquing her new reporting partner's suspicions.As Aubrey and Levi delve further into the mystery, secrets are revealed and passion ignites. It seems that Aubrey's ghost gifts are poised to deliver everything but a normal life.


Shaping the Lotus Sutra: Buddhist Visual Culture in Medieval China

The Lotus Sutra has been the most widely read and most revered Buddhist scripture in East Asia since its translation in the third century. The miracles and parables in the "king of sutras" inspired a variety of images in China, in particular the sweeping compositions known as transformation tableaux that developed between the seventh and ninth centuries. Surviving examples in murals painted on cave walls or carved in relief on Buddhist monuments depict celestial journeys, bodily metamorphoses, cycles of rebirth, and the achievement of nirvana. Yet the cosmos revealed in these tableaux is strikingly different from that found in the text of the sutra. Shaping the Lotus Sutra explores this visual world. Challenging long-held assumptions about Buddhist art, Eugene Wang treats it as a window to an animated and spirited world. Rather than focus on individual murals as isolated compositions, Wang views the entire body of pictures adorning a cave shrine or a pagoda as a visual mapping of an imaginary topography that encompasses different temporal and spatial domains. He demonstrates that the text of the Lotus Sutra does not fully explain the pictures and that a picture, or a series of them, constitutes its own "text." In exploring how religious pictures sublimate cultural aspirations, he shows that they can serve both political and religious agendas and that different social forces can co-exist within the same visual program. These pictures inspired meditative journeys through sophisticated formal devices such as mirroring, mapping, and spatial programming - analytical categories newly identified by Wang. The book examines murals in cave shrines at Binglingsi and Dunhuang in northwestern China and relief sculptures in the grottoes of Yungang in Shanxi, on stelae from Sichuan, and on the Dragon-and-Tiger pagoda in Shandong, among other sites. By tracing formal impulses in medieval Chinese picture-making, such as topographic mapping and pictorial illusionism, the author piece


The Game Designer's Playbook: An Introduction to Game Interaction Design

Video games have captivated us for over 50 years, giving us entire worlds to explore, new ways to connect with friends, thought-provoking stories, or just a fun way to pass the time. Creating games is a dream for many, but making great games is challenging. The Game Designer's Playbook is about meeting that challenge. More specifically, it's a book about game interaction design; in other words, shaping what players can do and how they do it to make a gamesatisfying and memorable. Our time with a game is built on interaction, from basic things like pushing buttons on a controller, to making complicated strategic decisions and engaging with the narrative. If you've ever felt the adrenaline rush from beating a perfectly tuned boss fight or been delighted by thefanfare of picking up that last collectible, you've experienced good interaction design firsthand.The Game Designer's Playbook is about learning what makes for great (or terrible!) interaction design in games, exploring things like controls, feedback, story, and tutorial design by analyzing existing games. It also looks at how newer and still-developing tech like VR and streaming are changing the ways we play, and how you can bring great interaction design to your own games.


Unstrung

Even as a violin prodigy, Olivia Klein courted trouble. But when her marriage to high-stakes investor Rob Van Doren takes another wrong turn, Olivia acts out once too often. A night of bad behavior results in community service hours. Time is to be served with Theo McAdams, an inner-city teacher whose passion for music eclipses Olivia's. As she inches toward a better place, life surprises Olivia in the form of her first husband - baseball legend Sam Nash.Years ago, Olivia fell in love with Sam. Their impulsive marriage imploded with a fateful car crash and harsh parting words. Olivia never expected to see him again. But now Sam is back, and he wants her forgiveness. He also wants to recapture their volatile love affair. Olivia is torn between rekindling romance and saving her marriage. To her surprise, it's the presence of the young music teacher - and the lessons from a reckless past - that may bring harmony to Olivia's off-key life.


Perfect Timing

There's rock, there's a hard place, then there's Aidan & Isabel.What's a Jersey girl to do when she moves to Catswallow, Alabama? Isabel Lang finds the answer in an unlikely bond with the musically gifted Aidan Roycroft. The two share everything, from a first kiss to startling family secrets. But when Aidan is accused of a violent crime, the two flee to Las Vegas, where Isabel's future comes tumbling down.Seven years later, the past is buried, including any relationship with Aidan. Isabel is busy running a radio station and closing in on commitment with Nate Potter, a guy who defines ideal. Life seems cozy until new station management demands a sudden-death ratings grabber, putting everyone's future on the line. What should be a simple solution leads to a stunning revelation as Isabel is forced to call on the past and the only rock star she knows.


Beautiful Disaster

A story of love lost . . . and found. Mia Wells's eco-friendly career goals are about to become a reality-but her life-altering moment is interrupted when an unexpected call ushers in her tremulous past. A man who's never left Mia's memory: Flynn, the enigmatic, passionate man whose disappearance broke her heart, has mysteriously resurfaced.Now back in her life and in the hospital, Flynn is gravely injured. Mia keeps a bedside vigil-terrified that he will die, awestruck at the prospect of his survival. In a story filled with sweetness and suspense, Mia's what-ifs are endless. And Flynn's return ignites an achingly powerful tale about the most enduring love, one that is greater than honor, or friendship, or the passing of time.


Stratton's war

SUMMARY: London, June 1940. When the body of silent screen star Mabel Morgan is found impaled on railings in Fitzrovia, the coroner rules her death as suicide, but DITed Stratton, CID, is not convinced. Despite opposition from his superiors, he starts asking questions, and it becomes clear that Morgan's fatal fall from a high window may have been the work of one of Soho's most notorious gangsters. MI5 agent Diana Calthrop, working with senior official Sir Neville Apse, is leading a covert operation when she discovers that her boss is involved in espionage. She must tread carefully - Apse is a powerful man, and she can't risk threatening the reputation of the Secret Service. Only when Stratton's path crosses Diana's do they start to uncover the truth. But as they discover Morgan's connection with Apse and their mutual links to a criminal network and a secretive pro-fascist organisation, they begin to realise that the intrigues of the Secret Service are alarmingly similar to the machinations of war-torn London's corrupt underworld...


My Best Friend

SUMMARY: England, 1944: In a time of unparalleled fear, youngsters everywhere sought sanctuary in M. M. Haldane’s magical books, where no danger was ever great enough to prevent her hero from returning safely home to tea. But when her own son, Gerald, went down to the woods one day, not even a mother could save him from making a discovery so horrifying that it would mark the end of both his sister’s life and his innocence forever...England, 1995:As a new generation prepares to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of VE day, Gerald remains terrorized by his memories. Desperately lonely, he finds solace in following a young girl home from school. To protect her, he says. But when the girl disappears, all eyes turn accusingly to him. Gerald’s only salvation is to finally confront the atrocious events of his past--and the unthinkable, unspeakable truth about his star-crossed family, steeped in fiction and in guilt, that can finally set him free.


Telling Lies to Alice

SUMMARY: The entertainment world is stunned when famous comic Lenny Maxted commits suicide on an earl’s estate. Lenny’s fiancée, cocktail waitress Alice Conway, makes front-page headlines when she discovers his body. Traumatized by his inexplicable suicide and by her ill-considered marriage to a philandering photographer, Alice knows she must flee — to a place where the past can’t hurt her and where nobody dies. That is the first lie. Because there is no safe haven for Alice, who now lives on an isolated farm in Oxfordshire, haunted by vivid dreams of Lenny’s corpse. Seven years after his death, an anonymous envelope arrives containing a newspaper article detailing the grisly discovery of human remains found in a car recently fished out of the bottom of a lake. Alice thinks she knows who the dead woman is. And then, out of the blue, Jack Flowers, the other half of the legendary Maxted and Flowers comedy team, shows up on her doorstep. Alice has not seen Jack since Lenny’s funeral, but her surprise and pleasure turn to unease when she realizes that he is distressed, drinking heavily, and hiding her mail. Then she receives another anonymous clipping.… Someone is telling lies to Alice, playing with her mind until it is impossible to distinguish fact from falsehood. Someone who knows the truth about what really happened on a night six years ago...a monstrous secret that links a time, a place, and a group of friends and lovers. A secret that will put Alice in mortal danger. Award-winning author Laura Wilson delivers a riveting tale of menace and mounting dread that will hold readers spellbound in its uneasy grip. Played out against a backdrop of illusive memory and human transgression, Telling Lies to Alice ratchets up the suspense one harrowing revelation at a time as it races to its catastrophic climax. From the Hardcover edition.


Dying Voices

SUMMARY: Deadly legacy...It was a media circus that only the British tabloids can create: the kidnapping of beautiful Susan Blackstock by a radical group — and the refusal of her multimillionaire husband to pay the 10-million-pound ransom. Eight-year-old Dodie Blackstock never saw her mother again. Now twenty-nine, Dodie has struggled for two decades to step out from the shadows of past tragedy and her father's wealth. But a visit from two policemen changes everything. They bring the news she has waited for years to hear, yet it is completely unexpected. Susan Blackstock's body has finally been found — and she has been dead only forty-eight hours.Dodie's return to the family estate brings more confusion than answers. There she confronts a legacy of secrets and lies that shakes her trust in everyone she knows. And trust becomes a life-or-death issue, as threatening messages appear on her doorstep ... and death touches those Dodie loves most.


Darkest Sin: Sin Demons Collection


Best of the Wrong Reasons

When Franklin—Fin—Ness makes up his mind it tends to stay made. Running, med school, and caring for his healing mother are things Fin never second-guesses. More stubborn than his mind, his heart picked Orion a long time ago. Seeing Orion again proves his heart is still invested, but his temper and fears about their past repeating have Fin wondering if following his heart is worth losing his mind.Musician and drifter Orion Starr expects ghosts at his mother’s funeral in his rural Georgia town. He never expects one to be his former crush, Fin. Especially since he ghosted the guy in college. The surprises keep coming as Orion waits to spread his mother’s ashes. He runs into friends, an old bully, and the cops, but the redheaded Fin threatens to make Orion do something he hasn’t done in years—look forward to the future.


The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts, Updated Edition

With a new preface outlining the most recent critical developments, this updated edtion of The Future of the Professions predicts how technology will transform the work of doctors, teachers, architects, lawyers, and many others in the 21st century, and introduces the people and systems that may replace them.


My Last Date: A Funny Fumbling Out of the Closet MM Romance (Raised by Wolves Book 5)

After a thousand dates and hookups, I'd given up . . .. . . and then the doorbell rang.Michael was a newborn gay not too many years ago. His first date was accidental. The ones that followed were adventures.Now, in his thirties, he wonders if finding a lasting relationship is even possible. Frustrated by the internet's failure to find true love, Michael swears off dating, determined to focus on his career.Then Heath shows up at his doorstep.You'll love this book because every guy dreams of his own happy ending.My Last Date is the final volume in the hilariously cheeky, best-selling Raised by Wolves series, a contemporary MM romance series about a newborn gay finding himself. It includes hurt/comfort, found family, sexual awakening, living with HIV, and a guy who finally realizes who he is and what he wants.These books chronicle a young man's life and are best enjoyed in series order.


A Little Death

SUMMARY: Nominated for the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award They lie, three elderly recluses shot to death, in a musty 1950s London town house crammed with hoarded belongings. When the death scene yields no clues, the police conclude that one of the victims shot the others before committing suicide. But which one? And why? Georgina Gresham, maverick and manipulative, a former society beauty, prime suspect in her husband's notorious murder thirty years before? Her brother, Edmund, her lifelong confidant? Or Ada, their housekeeper, salty, shrewd, and long-suffering?Buried in the trio's youth is the fatal seed whose dark tendrils overlaid Victorian country summers, the Great War, the Roaring Twenties...and all the cravings and fantasies and twists of fate that would chain them to each other in life...and in one explosive moment of violent death.


Reset

Former soldier Ryan Granger’s life has become all about numbers: 13 months since he was shot in the head7 months spent in a coma6 months since he woke, a changed man5 hours since he’d been kidnapped4 minutes since he’d opened his eyes in an underground cavern3 minutes since he’d heard a woman calling for help… Two strangers trapped together.One impossible way out. And zero chance his team isn’t ripping the world apart to find him.


The Depths of Time

An obsession with the past becomes his love story.Obsessed with RMS Titanic from a young age, Lucas Thompson has spent his life studying the shipwreck and turning his passion into a career in marine archeology. But, on the one-hundred-year anniversary of the voyage, he’s drawn to the ship’s resting place by a strange sonar ripple that hurtles him back in time. Luke wakes in the year 1912 as a passenger on the grandest ship in the world.It’s there that he meets Quinton Hawthorne, the man who sacrificed himself to save passengers during the sinking, including Luke’s great-grandmother. He also comes face-to-face with Lucinda Hughes, the very woman who raised him on her stories of the ship. With his inside knowledge of the impending disaster, Luke feels a responsibility to change history and develops a plan to save the doomed ship and its passengers.Things quickly fall apart as Luke begins to fall for Quinton, knowing that it can only end in heartbreak. Though he’s determined to save Quinton, he’s also faced with a dilemma. Should he save the ship or allow destiny to play out?


An Empty Death: A Thriller

SUMMARY: From the award-winning author ofThe Innocent Spy comes the next book in this exceptional series set in WWII London Summer, 1944. After almost five years of conflict, London's inhabitants are exhausted. War-weary DI Ted Stratton is no exception, but he cannot help being drawn in by his latest case. Called on to investigate when a doctor is found dead in Fitzrovia's Middlesex Hospital, Stratton soon realizes that someone involved is not who they appear to be. Someone has discarded their own identity, and that someone is on a killing spree. Meanwhile Jenny, Ted's wife, who is working at the local recovery center, is also running on fumes. When a bombed-out woman shows up, declaring that the man claiming to be her husband is an imposter, Jenny blames the woman's confusion on shock. The reality, however, is much stranger and far more dangerous... Ultimately, for both Stratton and Jenny perhaps there is only one thing they can really trust: their fear. And for one of them, that fear may prove to be all too real. An Empty Deathis a thoroughly riveting thriller.


Партизанская война в крымском небе: История и анализ взаимодействия советской авиации и крымских партизан в 1942-1944 гг.

Ткаченко С.Н.

Брянск: Историческое сознание

В монографии крымского военного историка впервые в отечественной практике взаимодействие советской авиации и крымских партизан в ходе Великой Отечественной войны изучено как историческое явление; выделены периоды в организационном и институциональном развитии действий регулярных сил авиации в интересах партизанского движения на региональном уровне; сделан развернутый историографический анализ литературы по исследуемой проблеме; получила детальное отражение проблема влияния природно-географических условий Крыма и технических условий на развитие взаимодействия авиации и партизан. Созданы предпосылки для написания целостной картины партизанского движения в Крыму - посредством изучения документальных материалов, а также переосмысления хода борьбы партизан Крыма.


The Magician's Nephew


Raphael/Parish

New World, New Species: Two sexy paranormal stories by Best-Selling authors, Alexandra Ivy and Laura Wright. This new series of double novellas are set in the world of the Bayou Wildlands. It contains hot, sexy shapeshifters, graphic language and adult themes. Now that you’re warned, we hope you enjoy!


The King of Elfland's Daughter


The Silver Chair


Roman Brothers Trilogy 02 Eternal Kiss

Review"Gentle emotions are not for the Roman brothers, as their destined mates are fated to learn. Complex and riveting!" --(4 stars, Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine )"Action, passion, and dark suspense launch a riveting new series. Laura Wright knows how to lure you in and hold you captive until the last page!"--(New York Times Bestselling author, Larissa Ione - Eternal Hunger)"Laura Wright Has Broken All Rules in This Dark and Sexy Vampire Fantasy." --Fresh Fiction"Fantastic characters, intriguing mythology, fast paced action, surprises behind every page and some hot vampire brothers who will dare you not to turn the page."--A Bookworm's Haven Product DescriptionRaised by the Breed, Nicholas Roman wants to stop the Eternal Order of Vampires from controlling his life, and using other males from his bloodline-including possibly his son-for their vicious reign. Only a beautiful vampire stranger can help him. But what are her true motives?


Roman Brothers Trilogy 02 Eternal Kiss


Power BI Data Modeling

Build Power BI Models Efficiently and Effectively KEY FEATURES ● Extensive examples illustrating Power BI and data modeling concepts. ● Includes graphical images and explanations of using Power BI. ● Numerous hands-on practical examples are teaching best practices in predictive modeling. DESCRIPTION Creating data models has never been straightforward. This book demonstrates how to formulate a complete business analytics model that combines several data sources, executes numerous computations, and scales across hundreds of BI users. To begin, you'll learn about the Microsoft Power BI ecosystem by downloading the Power BI desktop and exploring all of its features and capabilities. Through examples, you'll learn how to connect to databases of Excel; and SQL Server, shaping the data with Power Query, and then transforming the data into actionable information. You will gain knowledge of the DAX language by exploring it, writing DAX functions, and creating hierarchies. You will be trained to develop effective business intelligence models by studying numerous data modeling topics. You get to put professionals' best practices to the test when handling large data scenarios and executing analytics on top of them. Additionally, the book discusses how to scale Power BI while considering its storage, memory, and security requirements. You'll see that several new topics have been included, including performance tuning, DAX Studio, sharing Power BI reports, and publishing reports to Sharepoint online. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Conduct profiling, cleansing, and transformation of data. ● Build data models, aggregate data, and create hierarchies. ● Practice DAX language, write calculations, and execute them. ● Utilize advanced features including AI visualizations and performance analyzer. ● Examine various connection types and connect data from different sources. ● Enhance performance by boosting storage and memory. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is intended for data analysts, business analysts, and any other business user who are interested in learning how to develop data models using Power BI from beginning to end. To follow this book and master Power BI, a basic understanding of data visualization would be sufficient. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Microsoft Power BI 2. Microsoft Power BI Eco-system 3. Getting Started with Power BI and Connect with Data 4. My first Power BI Report 5. Intro to BI Building Blocks & Dimensional Mod Concepts 6. Get Data from Relational Databases 7. Cleansing, Blending and Transform Data using Power Query 8. Build Relationships 9. Introduction to DAX and Calculated Columns, Cal Measures & Hierarchies 10. Create Insightful Visuals 11. Row-level Security 12. Calculation Groups in Power BI 13. Self-service AI in Power BI 14. Incremental Refresh for Scalable Models 15. Composite Models & Implement Aggregations to Improve query performance 16. Self-service Data Prep for Any Data 17. Optimize DAX 18. Collaborate Your Power BI Workload 19. Performance Tuning via optimizing Storage and Memory


Eternal Captive: Mark of the Vampire

ReviewThe curse of biology is at the heart of this riveting book in Wright's Mark of the Vampire series. Though this ties up the initial plot featuring the brothers, there are plenty more stories to be told in this fascinating universe. Reproduction-driven passion fueled to the max! - Romantic Times Books ReviewsAbout the AuthorLaura Wright is passionate about romantic fiction. Though she has spent most of her life immersed in acting, singing, and competitive ballroom dancing, when she found the world of writing and books and endless cups of coffee, she knew she was home. Laura lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two young children, and three lovable dogs.


Eternal Hunger

FEAR IS IN THE BLOOD Alexander Roman wants nothing to do with the controlling rulers of his vampire breed or the family he escaped from a hundred years ago. But as a new threat to the pureblood vampires emerges, Alexander's ties to the past are forced upon him again, and without warning, he finds himself -- disoriented, terrified, and near death -- at the door of a stranger. TRUST IS A RISK Dr. Sarah Donohue is dedicated to removing the traumatic memories of her patients -- like those of the stranger at her front door. But what he tells her of his past is too astonishing to be anything more than the delusion of a madman. Yet she has seen his flesh scarred by the sun and witnessed his inhuman strength. And never more has she felt so conneted to a man, by both fear and seductive excitement. LOVE IS ETERNAL... But as their worlds collide, Sarah and Alexander are bound by something even stronger, as one becomes hunter and the other prey. And Sarah's only chance of survival is to surrender to the final -- and most unimaginable -- desire of her life.


Eternal Hunger


Eternal Captive: Mark of the Vampire


Eternal Blood: The Mark of the Vampire


Graph-Powered Analytics and Machine Learning with TigerGraph (Sixth Early Release)

Xinyu Chang, Victor Lee, Gaurav Deshpande

With the rapid rise of graph databases, organizations are now implementing advanced analytics and machine learning solutions to help drive business outcomes. This practical guide shows data scientists, data engineers, architects, and business analysts how to get started with a graph database using TigerGraph, one of the leading graph database models available. You'll explore a three-stage approach to deriving value from connected data: connect, analyze, and learn. Victor Lee, Xinyu Chan, and Gaurav Deshpande from TigerGraph present real use cases covering several contemporary business needs. By diving into hands-on exercises using TigerGraph Cloud, you'll quickly become proficient at designing and managing advanced analytics and machine learning solutions for your organization. Use graph thinking to connect, analyze, and learn from data for advanced analytics and machine learning Learn how graph analytics and machine learning can deliver key business insights and outcomes Use five core categories of graph algorithms to drive advanced analytics and machine learning Deliver a real-time 360-degree view of core business entities, including customer, product, service, supplier, and citizen Discover insights from connected data through machine learning and advanced analytics.


VGL 2 - Kraven

Batina Dawson wants two things most in her life. She’s determined to become a partner at her law firm and secure her younger sister’s financial future. That’s why she talked Dusti into flying to Alaska, to mend fences with their terminally ill, rich grandfather. It seemed to be a perfect plan—until things go wrong.The plane crashes and their lives are saved by two large, muscled brothers. Kraven is a spiked-haired menace with a handsome face and a killer body. He also believes she’s in danger from her own grandfather, and that Vampires and Lycans once bred, making him a VampLycan. He even claims her mother was one too. He may have kidnapped Bat, but his misguided hero complex is almost sweet. She knows exactly what defense she’ll use if he becomes one of her clients. Insanity.Kraven is frustrated. Bat refuses to stop arguing with him at every opportunity. She’s stubborn, mouthy, and oh so sexy. She might be right when she accuses him of being crazy—she’s driving him nuts. But she’s in danger and he’ll stop at nothing to keep her safe.Author Note: VLG stands for Vampires, Lycans, Gargoyles…and breeds in between. Living in Alaska’s harsh, pristine territories, these creatures live and love fiercely. These are their stories.**


VGL 1 - Drantos

For most, a plane crash means the end of life. For Dusti Dawson, it’s just the beginning… Dusti and her sister Batina survived the crash, thanks to a couple of brothers who are equal parts menacing and muscled. She’d be grateful…if they hadn’t turned out to be delusional kidnappers, who believe Dusti’s grandfather is some monstrous halfbreed creature bent on murder. Turns out Vampires, Lycans, and Gargoyles do exist— and they’ve been crossbreeding to form two hybrid races. Drantos, the man Dusti can’t stop lusting after, is one of the most dangerous of all. VampLycans Drantos and Kraven were sent to eliminate a threat to their clan. But when that threat turns out to be mostly human women, clueless of their lineage, plans change—especially after Drantos gets a taste of Dusti’s blood. Now, he’ll die to protect her. Even if that means walking away from everything he knows to keep her at his side. Is her strong desire for Drantos reason enough to endure danger coming from all sides? Or should Dusti cut and run the first chance she gets?


VGL 3 - Lorn


VGL 7 - Aveoth


VLG 5 - Lavos


VLG 4 - Veso


VGL 8 - Creed


VLG 6 - Wen


VLG 09 - Glacier


Parallel Programming with C# and .NET Core: Developing Multithreaded Applications Using C# and .NET Core 3.1

Rishabh Verma, Neha Shrivastava, Ravindra Akella

Learn, understand, and code parallel programs with confidence using C# 8 and .NET Core 3.0 KEY FEATURES - Explore and work with the new features and enhancements in .NET Core 3.1 and C# 8. - Understand the fundamentals of parallel programming. - Learn various threading patterns and synchronization constructs. - Build concurrent applications using C# and .NET Core 3.1 from the ground up. - Understand the principles of unit testing and debugging in concurrent applications. DESCRIPTION Application development has evolved over the last decade, and with the advent of the latest technologies like Angular, React on client-side, and ASP.NET Core, Spring on the server-side, the consumer expectations have risen like never before. The primary objective of this book is to help readers understand the importance of asynchronous programming and various ways it can be achieved using .NET Core 3.1 and C# 8 to successfully build concurrent applications. Along the way reader will learn the fundamentals of threading, asynchronous programming, various asynchronous patterns, synchronisation constructs, unit testing parallel methods, debugging enterprise applications, and cool tips and tricks. There are samples based on practical examples that will help the reader effectively use parallel programming. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with all the knowledge needed to understand, code, and debug multithreaded, concurrent and parallel programs with confidence. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN - Understand the internals of async/await. - Learn how to build applications using async/await. - Write unit tests for asynchronous methods. - Explore various debugging techniques for enterprise applications. - Discover cool tips, tricks, and best practices to help you avoid common mistakes. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Beginners and intermediate developers who build enterprise applications using .NET Core platform and tools. Advanced users can also use this book for brushing up fundamentals and for learning debugging tools, techniques, tips, and tricks. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Getting Started 2. What’s new in C# 8? 3. .NET Core 3.1 4. Demystifying Threading 5. Parallel Programming 6. The Threading Patterns 7. Synchronization Constructs 8. Unit Testing Parallel and Asynchronous Programs 9. Debugging and Troubleshooting ( Its spelling is incorrect in pdf) 10. Tips and Tricks


Ο μαύρος πύργος

Όλα τα καλά πράγματα τελειώνουν κάποτε, Πιστέ Αναγνώστη. Ακόμα κι ο Stephen King δεν μπορεί να πλάσει μια ιστορία που να διαρκέσει για πάντα.Η αναζήτηση, η δική σου και του Ρόλαντ, πλησιάζει στην ολοκλήρωσή της. Ο Ρόλαντ φτάνει στον Πύργο. Και συνειδητοποιεί ότι θα πρέπει να κάνει μόνος, χωρίς τους συντρόφους του, αυτό το τελευταίο, ζοφερό κομμάτι του ταξιδιού του.Το βιβλίο αρχίζει, μια πόρτα ανοίγει προς τις εσχατιές της φαντασίας του King. Έφτασες ως εδώ. Προχώρα λίγο ακόμη.Προχώρα ως το τέλος. Ο ήχος που ακούς ίσως είναι η πόρτα που κλείνει με πάταγο πίσω σου. Καλώς ήρθες στο Μαύρο Πύργο…


Οι λύκοι της Κάλα

Ο Ρόλαντ Ντεσέιν, αναζητώντας πάντα τον Μαύρο Πύργο, ταξιδεύει προς τα νοτιοανατολικά μέσα από τα δάση του Μέσου Κόσμου, μαζί με τους τέσσερις κα-τετ του: τον Έντι Ντιν και τη γυναίκα του Σουζάνα, τον Τζέικ Τσέιμπερς, το αγόρι που πέρασε δύο φορές από την πόρτα του θανάτου στον κόσμο του Ρόλαντ, και τον Όρι, τον τραυλιστή.Ο δρόμος τους θα τους βγάλει στην κοιλάδα της Κάλα Μπριν Στέρτζις, μια γαλήνιας κοινότητας αγροτών και κτηνοτρόφων, στην παραμυθένια περιοχή του Μέσου Κόσμου. Πέρα από την πόλη, υψώνεται ο σκοτεινός όγκος του βουνού της Βροντής, πηγή τρομερών δεινών για την κοινότητα, που λίγο, λίγο απομυζούν την ψυχή της.Εκεί θα συναντήσουν τον πατέρα Κάλαχαν, έναν κατεστραμμένο ιερέα, που έχει κι εκείνος διαβεί από μια "πόρτα" στον κόσμο του Ρόλαντ. Καθώς τους εξιστορεί τα απίστευτα γεγονότα που συνέβησαν μετά την εξευτελιστική αναχώρησή του από το Μέιν το 1977, γίνεται φανερή η σχέση του με τον Μαύρο Πύργο, καθώς και ο κίνδυνος που απειλεί ένα μοναδικό κόκκινο τριαντάφυλλο σ' ένα άδειο οικόπεδο του Μανχάταν.Ταυτόχρονα όμως, ο φόβος πυκνώνει σαν σύννεφο καταιγίδας πάνω από την Κάλα. Πλησιάζει η ώρα που θα ξανάρθουν οι Λύκοι της Βροντής, για να επιδοθούν και πάλι στη φρικτή λεηλασία τους. Όποιος θελήσει να τους αντισταθεί, ρισκάρει τα πάντα, αλλά οι πιστολέροι είναι συνθισμένοι σε τέτοιες πιθανότητες και αποφασίζουν να μείνουν και να βοηθήσουν τους τρομοκρατημένους κατοίκους. Ωστόσο σύντομα θα διαπιστώσουν ότι τα όπλα τους δεν είναι αρκετά...Και ο Πύργος είναι τώρα πιο κοντά...


Ο ΜΑΥΡΟΣ ΠΥΡΓΟΣ ΙV - Ο ΜΑΓΟΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΓΥΑΛΙΝΗ ΣΦΑΙΡΑ


Οι ρημαγμένοι τόποι

Στο τρίτο μέρος της μεγάλης περιπέτειας του τελευταίου πιστολέρο, ο Ρόλαντ, ο Έντι και η Σουζάνα βρίσκουν το Μονοπάτι της Ακτίνας, μιας από τις έξι που τέμνονται στο κέντρο του κόσμου. Το ακολουθούν, ελπίζοντας πως θα τους οδηγήσει επιτέλους στο Μαύρο Πύργο.Στη συντροφιά τους "καλείται" τώρα κι ο αληθινός τρίτος: ο Τζέικ ξαναμπαίνει στο Μέσο Κόσμο φέρνοντας μαζί του δυο βιβλία που θα αποδειχτούν καθοριστικά στην αναζήτησή τους. Μέσα από άγριες ερημιές ο δρόμος τους τους φέρνει στη Λουντ, μια κατεστραμμένη πόλη ερειπίων, όπου οι επιζήσαντες δυο παλιών φατριών μάχονται λυσσαλέα μεταξύ τους. Αλλά σ' αυτή την πόλη-σφαγείο καραδοκεί και μια άλλη απειλή, η μεγαλύτερη απ' όσες συνάντησαν ως τώρα: μια οντότητα ανώτερης διάνοιας με μεγάλη αδυναμία στους γρίφους. Και η μόνη τους ελπίδα να ξεφύγουν ζωντανοί από την αρπαγή του είναι να καταφέρουν να τον νικήσουν στο ίδιο του το παιχνίδι...Και ο Πύργος είναι τώρα πιο κοντά...Σ' έναν παράξενο, απειλητικό κόσμο, αρχαίοι μύθοι, ηρωική φαντασία και θρύλοι της αμερικανικής Δύσης συνενώνονται σ' ένα μεγαλειώδες έπος, ανεξάντλητο σε θαυμαστές εικόνες και αξέχαστους χαρακτήρες. "Ο Μαύρος Πύργος", που πρόκειται να ολοκληρωθεί σε επτά τόμους, είναι το πιο σύνθετο και μεγαλεπήβολο έργο του Stephen King μέχρι σήμερα -και ίσως το κορυφαίο της καριέρας του...


Το φυλαχτό

Μια μουντή φθινοπωριάτικη μέρα, ένα δωδεκάχρονο αγόρι στέκεται σε μια παραλία του Ατλαντικού, κοντά σ' ένα κλειστό λούνα πάρκ κι ένα παλιό ξενοδοχειακό συγκρότημα, το Αλάμπρα. Τα βήματα του έχει οδηγήσει εκεί το παρελθόν: ο πατέρας του δεν υπάρχει πια, η μητέρα του πεθαίνει, δεν υπάρχει καμία τάξη, κανένα νήμα στη ζωή του. Όμως σε λίγο όλα πρόκειται ν' αλλάξουν για τον Τζακ Σόγιερ. Γιατί έχει επιλεχθεί να κάνει ένα ταξίδι σ' έναν ξένο, παράλληλο κόσμο, όπου πολλοί λίγοι μπορούν να «περάσουν»... Εκεί. Σ' αυτή την άλλη εφιαλτική Αμερική, όπου βασιλεύει η μαγεία και καραδοκούν κίνδυνοι και τέρατα πέρα από κάθε φαντασία, ο Τζακ θα πρέπει να βρει το φυλαχτό που μπορεί να σώσει τη ζωή της μητέρα του -το φυλακτό που, για τους δικούς τους λόγους, αναζητούν μανιασμένα και οι δυνάμεις του κακού. Ετοιμαστείτε να κάνετε μαζί του το συναρπαστικότερο ταξίδι της ζωής σας... ένα ταξίδι στην σκοτεινή καρδιά του φόβου... Δύο από τους πλέον πολυδιαβασμένους συγγραφείς του κόσμου ενώνουν τις δυνάμεις τους σ' αυτό το ανεπανάληπτο αριστούργημα φαντασίας και τρόμου, την πιο συγκλονιστική, την πιο ανατριχιαστική ιστορία που διαβάσατε ποτέ...


Εφιάλτες και ονειρότοποι

Ένα δάχτυλο ξεπροβάλλει μέσα απ’ το σιφόνι του νιπτήρα. Μια μηχανική μασέλα εκδηλώνει φονικές διαθέσεις. Στη Νέα Υόρκη μύγες μαζεύονται και πεθαίνουν σ' ένα ζευγάρι παλιά αθλητικά παπούτσια. Η έρημος της Νεβάδας καταπίνει μια Κάντιλακ. Κι ακόμη, ο θρύλος του Καστλ Ροκ αναβιώνει... και αιχμαλωτίζει βλέμματα και συνειδήσεις.Ο Stephen King επιστρέφει με μια συλλογή διηγημάτων. Μια σειρά ιστορίες που κινούνται από την κλασική ατμόσφαιρα του μακάβριου και του τερατώδους μέχρι την ανεπανάληπτη μίμηση του στυλ του Τσάντλερ και του Κόναν Ντόιλ, συνθέτοντας με την πολυμορφία τους μια πραγματική σπηλιά του Αλαντίν, όπως λέει ο ίδιος, όπου το θαυμασμό διαδέχεται ο φόβος, η απειλή παραμονεύει σε κάθε γωνιά και η περιήγηση είναι πάντα μια εμπειρία τρομακτική...Είκοσι έξοχες ιστορίες, γραμμένες μ' ένα σκοπό: να μεταφέρουν τους αναγνώστες εκεί που δεν πήγαν ποτέ ως τώρα. Στον κόσμο όπου εκτυλίσσονται τα όνειρα. Στον κόσμο όπου οι εφιάλτες δεν τελειώνουν μ' ένα τρομαγμένο ξύπνημα. Ο King μάς ανοίγει την πόρτα. Δε μένει παρά να πιστέψουμε και να τον ακολουθήσουμε...


Microsoft Word - ΕΦΙΑΛΤΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΝΕΙΡΟΤΟΠΟΙ2.txt


Fury


Brawn


Justice


Obsidian (New Species, Book Eight)

ObsidianLaurann DohnerBook 8 in the New Species series.Dr. Allison Baker is obsessed with saving the comatose New Species male. She has tried everything and there’s only one option left. Alli will break every rule and put her life in danger by tempting 880 to wake, using only her feminine scent and touch. She just has to kidnap him and crawl into bed with him to make it work.880 wakes in a different world with a small female who’s been sleeping beside him, caressing him and wrapping her sweet body around his, teasing his senses. He lies silent and still, listening and evaluating each arousing touch, fighting his body’s reaction. Hatred flares when he discovers she’s human, but Mercile stole everything from him so he decides it’s fair to take her in return.But things quickly change and he wants her at his side and in his bed. 880 has chosen a new name—Obsidian—the personification of dark and dangerous. He’ll fight them all to keep Alli. No one will stand in his way.Publisher’s Note: While each New Species book is a standalone, the greatest enjoyment will come from reading them in series order.


Νεκρή ζώνη

Ποτέ δεν ξέρεις τι σου επιψυλάσσει η τύχη...Ο Τζόνι, εξάχρονο αγόρι, τρέχοντας με τα πατίνια του στον πάγο είχε ένα ατύχημα που για λίγες τρομακτικές στιγμές τον έστειλε... στη νεκρή ζώνη.Ο Τζόνι Σμιθ, δάσκαλος σε μια μικρή επαρχιακή πόλη, μια μέρα γύρισε τον τροχό της τύχης και κέρδισε ένα ταξίδι τεσσεράμισι χρόνων... στη νεκρή ζώνη.Ο Τζον Σμιθ ξύπνησε από ένα ατέλειωτο, βαθύ κώμα, έχοντας αποκτήσει μια δύναμη που για άλλους ήταν ευλογία αλλά για τον ίδιο κατάρα -τη δύναμη να βλέπει το μέλλον και τη φρικτή μοίρα που περιμένει την ανθρωπότητα... στη νεκρή ζώνη.