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Henry, a brilliant but reclusive engineer, has achieved the crowning discovery of his career: he's created an artificially intelligent consciousness. He names the half-formed robot William. But there's something strange about William. It's not that his skin feels like balloon rubber and is the colour of curdled milk, nor is it his thick gurgling laugh or the way his tongue curls towards his crooked top teeth. It is the way he looks at Henry's wife, Lily. Henry created William but he is starting to lose control of him.

Harlen knew he was meant for more than bounty hunting on a dusty desert planet—especially since he had escaped from a crazy cult tower on Earth-2 when he was younger. Can’t forget that in a hurry. But on Caria, the hot ginger barmaid ain’t bad to look at. Life is fine for Harlen. He gets paid, he drinks. He doesn’t need to go anywhere. That was until a girl from his past shows up, and she’s glowed up. Savannah was always cute before, but now she’s got white hair and eyes, as befit the order. She’s also gotten more adept at using her powers.

Athletes aren’t the only ones that play injured. Life throws curveballs at us all. The pains we face may be out of our control but how we respond is something we can do. By hearing stories of individuals who have excelled at persevering through adversity and hardship, hosts Josh Dillingham and Mason Eddy will discover the mindset and attitude of what it takes to play through anything. The show has had amazing guests that include Evan Carmichael, Anthony Trucks, Eric Edmeades, Fred Cary and so many more.

Ann Workman is smart but naïve, a misfit who’s traveled from rural Kentucky to graduate school in the transformative years of the late 1960s. While Ann fervently seeks higher learning, she wants what all girls yearn for—a boyfriend. But not any boy. She wants the “Real Thing,” to be in love with someone who loves her equally. Then Jimmy appears, as if by magic. Although he comes from a very different place, upper-middle class suburban Chicago, he is a misfit too, a rebel who rejects his upbringing and questions everything.

La resistencia a la insulina a menudo viene con niveles más altos de azúcar en la sangre que pueden causar fatiga y confusión mental. Siguiendo los consejos proporcionados en los siguientes capítulos, su energía volverá y su mente se agudizará. ¡No sufra resistencia a la insulina por un día más! Este libro le proporcionará toda la información que necesita para aprender cómo se vuelve resistente a la insulina y hacer los cambios que salvan vidas ahora.

Trinidad Noir reveals the Caribbean island’s darkness and its appeal with an unexpected and gratifying result. Features brand-new stories by Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Lawrence Scott, Ramabai Espinet, Shani Mootoo, Kevin Baldeosingh, Vahni Capildeo, Willi Chen, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Keith Jardim, Reena Andrea Manickchand, Tiphanie Yanique, and more.

When we rescued the first fluffy-eared princess, I didn't realize how lucky we’d been. She was a kind soul, and gentle—everything you’d imagine a sweet princess to be. Though atop the second tower, the next stripey-tailed princess bore a rage as wild as the sun. Her body burned hot like a furnace. But it was our job to help her return to normal—well, not our main job. Our journey took us from cold mountains to wild seas on a pirate ship. Our quest? To save the third—and last—princess, so we could halt The Witch King in his tracks.

In this inspiring new book from the bestselling author of An Enemy Called Average, you'll find the motivation and encouragement you need to stop settling and start stretching toward the goal of being you in the way only you can! In short, punchy chapters, John Mason shows you how to face down fear, doubt, criticism, and apathy with enthusiasm, decisiveness, persistence, and honesty. He shows you how to seek God's direction, develop wisdom, manage your time and energy, and take risks.

When you move out and go on vacation you don’t intend to run into your father who tells you he signed you up for a job. But when you get a chance to meet with a very attractive guy, you take the chance right? Thank the fates and take what you can. So I’m gonna work on the anniversary and claim my man... That is if he doesn't find out the truth about me being the son of Jack Frost

What information do you need to know as an aspiring investment banker? Join career-switcher and MBA student Alex Mason as we journey together to uncover the technical (including the famous "400 interview questions") and not-so-technical aspects of the investment banking profession.

In the midst of WWII, Jane Linder pours all her energy and dreams for a family into her career at the Toronto Children's Aid Society. As acting directress, Jane hopes for a permanent appointment so she can continue making a difference in the lives of troubled children. But if anyone were to find out she is divorced, everything would change. Garrett Wilder has been hired to overhaul operations at the Children's Aid Society. He hopes to impress the board members with his findings and earn the vacant director's position. Despite their competing interests, feelings begin to blossom.

Imprisoned for killing Silas, Briar's only chance of surviving is to rely on her roommates and Luke, the sexy shifter she loves to hate. But getting free won't solve her problems. She still has to kill Dominic, the pack Alpha who murdered her entire family. To do that, she has to make Dominic believe she's still team bad guys so she can get close to him and find out whom he's working with. Especially when she learns just about everyone is looking for the one thing she has sworn to protect - the Abydos, powerful and ancient blood that could either end the world or save it....

In this darkly comic novel, Clifton Gentle is an ordinary man without much to distinguish him. Not much, that is, apart from being a serial killer who is leaving bits of his young male victims scattered around North London. DCI Dave Hicks is the larger than life policeman determined to catch him. His attempts to find ‘the nutter' through a combination of spoonerisms, personal abuse and a belief that something will turn up don't go well. All that turns up are yet more body parts.

When you’ve maxed out your level, done every quest, and defeated every enemy, there’s not much left. So after seven centuries of immortality, Sean wants nothing more than to die. But when a woman from a past life informs him of a real, flesh-and-blood descendant that has hacked his way in, Sean finds a new purpose. The AI doesn’t take kindly to interlopers, and parks the intruder in the one realm so buggy that even the oldest, most powerful denizens of Afterall steer clear of it - the Bitrealm.

Necesita al menos 3 comidas completas al día con algunos refrigerios en el medio para mantener los niveles de glucosa estables, pero es probable que le preocupe que lo que está comiendo no le proporcione nutrientes importantes mientras aumenta su nivel de azúcar en la sangre. No tenga miedo. Este libro de cocina para diabéticos está repleto de recetas rápidas, saludables y deliciosas que lo dejarán satisfecho.

From the history of food production to today's food fights to the future of eating, food fear is the lively dinner conversation we all need to have. Damian Mason combines his farm background, agricultural education, and industry expertise with wit and edge. The result: a food book that is factual, informative, and entertaining.

Highlighting the key events, ideas, and individuals that have shaped modern Europe, this fresh and lively book provides a concise history of the continent from the Enlightenment to the present. Drawing on the enduring theme of revolution, David S. Mason explores the political, economic, and scientific causes and consequences of revolution; the development of human rights and democracy; and issues of European identity and integration.

Deje todo el trabajo a la Freidora de Aire. Puedes llevarte el mérito de los sabrosos platos y nadie tiene que saber cómo lo hiciste a menos que quieras compartirlo. Piense en el tiempo que puede ahorrar si ya tiene un plan de una comida o refrigerio rápido y saludable. Es mucho más probable que usted fomente hábitos alimenticios más saludables cuando no tiene que pasar horas cocinando una comida. Está listo en un abrir y cerrar de ojos!

Do you want to conquer the blight in your life that is constant overthinking? Are you looking for the simplest, most effective set of techniques that will amplify your self-esteem? When you want to work on living your best life, the first thing you have to do is believe that you can be the change you want to see in the world. There are so many instances of people struggling because they simply don’t believe they have it within themselves to turn their lives around.

It's time for Elizabeth to reclaim her pack, but returning home without a plan would be...unwise. Every minute it takes to plan makes Elizabeth more and more anxious. Returning to the place your parents were murdered makes for unpredictable emotional reactions...the kind that end up with deadly consequences. Finally, when Elizabeth and her dragons near her home, they realize everything is worse than they could have imagined. With her homeland in tatters, Elizabeth marches ever closer to a climactic fight with the man who killed her parents and stole her pack.