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Beck has been coasting through his unexciting life, filled with addiction, and feeling jaded - he has finally accepted that he is a failure... Years ago, he vanished for two years without a trace. Back then, mass media awarded him short-lived fame and all the issues that come with it from his mysterious sudden return. He had no memory of what occurred during that period, making his life different from everyone else he returned to. What were two years for everyone was one single day for him.

If you are born into ineffable darkness, can you even comprehend the light? Take one-part volatile home life, two-parts haphazard nomadic existence, zero-parts social connection, and shake well. Our protagonist's only constant is unpredictability: that, and the charismatic, fundamentalist hammerings from the pulpit. But, when a sheltered child goes nuclear? Just pray you are far from the exclusion zone.

Isla Perdida has been untouched by humans for hundreds of years. Until now. A team of researchers has landed on the rocky shores of this dangerous landscape and discover that a horrific predator is waiting for them. It doesn't take long for this deadly arachnid to make its way from the humid island jungle to the American mainland. As this new threat terrorizes Southern Florida, a murderous infection begins to spread. Victims are piling up, and death is not the worst of it.

Holly Wilson seems finally to have it all: a beautiful baby daughter, a son about to embark on an exciting career, a glamorous new job in television, and an adoring boyfriend in bestselling novelist, Philippe. But something isn’t quite right… In another part of the country, Carol has liver cirrhosis and is suffering from alcohol induced dementia causing her to relive memories–dreadful memories–of sins committed against her and those she has inflicted on others. Her carer, Helen, hopes a meeting with someone from the past might help mend Carol’s broken soul, but time is running out.

She wants to build sex toys...if they'll let her. In prudish, patriarchal Victorian England, 19 year old prodigy Gillian Smith finds a secret society dedicated to the erotic arts. She’ll need both her intellect and her physical charms to earn the permanent position she craves. Inspired by a salacious catalogue found in her deceased uncle’s library, she applies for an apprenticeship with the Toymakers Guild. The Guild fabricates bespoke sexual artifacts for the private pleasure of select clients.

Agent Innocent: How the Secret Service Changed My Life chronicles Melanie’s journey into womanhood by paralleling her personal and professional lives. While her experiences and life lessons were acquired via unconventional and unique ways, her story proves remarkably relatable. Behind the sunglasses, earpiece, badge, and ponytail was a woman struggling to balance a demanding occupation and a neglected personal life.

A warm, illuminating memoir full of wit and wisdom that doubles up as a life guide for millennials - by Irish YouTuber Melanie Murphy. Growing up in an online age, becoming an Internet sensation with half a million followers on her YouTube channel, Irish girl Melanie Murphy's journey has been far from ordinary. Here, in her first audiobook, she shares the ups and downs of her life.

ITIL Lifecycle Essentials covers all of the vital material required for the entry-level ITIL Foundation Certificate, which gives candidates a comprehensive overview of the key elements, concepts, and terminology used in the ITIL service lifecycle.

Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, O. Henry Award and Edgar Awards, the 19 writers in this 2005 edition are not just considered some of the best Southern writers, but among the best American writers period. With works by such writers as Dennis Lehane, Moira Crone, Robert Olen Butler, Cary Holladay, Tom Franklin, and Rebecca Soppe, this collection provides an electrifying current of deep, dark subjects set in the brutal, but charming south.

Happiness is all just a gimmick. Or is it?...It is also possible for you, no matter how pessimistic you feel about life or how many empty spaces anxiety floods in your mind. Considering all the methods of psychological help available out there, everything has been funneled down to one solution with the least risks: The use of positive affirmations. Practicing self-affirmations can lead to: An increase in overall well-being, including better regulation of emotions, fewer negative thoughts, and a general feeling of constant happiness, Healthier eating habits, and much more.

There’s a powerful darkness growing inside me. I can feel it, igniting my blood with a lust for death. It gets stronger each time I use my magic and much, much harder to control. And yet, I don’t have a choice. Destiny is calling. What shape it will take, I don’t yet know, but my very blood yearns to answer that call.

Du bringst den Tod. Du weißt es nur noch nicht. "Am 11. Februar wirst du am Prater einen Mann namens Arthur Grimm töten. Mit gutem Grund. Aus freien Stücken." Gerade ist die junge Journalistin Norah von Berlin nach Wien gezogen, um ihr altes Leben endgültig hinter sich zu lassen, als ihr eine Bettlerin auf der Straße diese Worte förmlich entgegenspuckt. Norah ist verstört, denn ausgerechnet in der Nacht des 11. Februar ist vor vielen Jahren Schreckliches geschehen. Trotzdem tut sie die Frau als verwirrt ab - bis kurz darauf ein mysteriöser Mann namens Arthur Grimm in ihrem Leben auftaucht.

Sur les serveurs de La ligue des mercenaires, les gamers la connaissent sous le nom de Stargrrrl, une soldate redoutable, une combattante aguerrie, une dangereuse tireuse d’élite dont il vaut mieux éviter de se trouver dans la mire.

Have you been yo-yo dieting for far too long? Maybe you’ve tried it all and nothing seems to be working? Or maybe you’ve even succeeded in the past, but the weight, the bloating, and the lack of energy just keep coming back? It doesn’t have to be this way. There are certain things we can do for ourselves, habits we can integrate, that will build us a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. Even if none of the above is true for you, surely you would like to feel less inflamed, more energized, and completely free to eat whatever you like, whenever you like?

Sam met Jemma, a college freshman, when she became his daughter's roommate. College life can bring romantic drama, and Sam doesn't hesitate to help save Jemma from a bad night. Sam turns her bad night into a good one when they stop at his home en route back to the dorm. Sam ends up saving Jemma in more than one way, while Jemma learns what it is to be pleased...by a man.

Black Widow (Catherine Deneuve), Wolverine (Gérard Lanvin), Star-Lord (Antoine de Caunes), Hawkeye (Olivier Marchal) et le Docteur Fatalis (Pascal Greggory) s'unissent pour contrer Valeria Richards (Emma de Caunes). Elle est la femme la plus intelligente de la Terre, immortelle et solitaire au-delà de toute raison. Après avoir survécu à une pluie de missiles nucléaires en Californie du Sud et pris possession du Cube Cosmique qui altère la réalité, Valeria est au bord de la folie.

Logan is numb. The world spins before him as he listens to his prognosis from the doctor. He has cancer, and he's going to die. Brian and Chanel, Logan's two best friends, are also shattered when they find out. Struggling to cope with it, they vow to help Logan to deal with the pain, no matter how tough it might be.

Jane is a woman without a past. She wakes up in the back of a car with handcuffs on her wrists, with a man intent on doing her harm. She escapes, but into the murky underworld of New Orleans. A mysterious man shadows her, and strange memories tantalize her. People want to hurt her, and an unearthly creature stalks the night. Insanity might be a possibility, but everything is horrifyingly real. This sultry world is anything but ordinary.

When antibiotics started to fail the race to save humanity from deadly antibiotic resistant infections began. Science journalist Lina Zeldovich reveals the remarkable history of bacteriophages or 'phages', through the colourful lives of the British, French, Soviet and American scientists who discovered, developed and are now reviving this unique living medicine for seemingly incurable diseases.

Only Jemma, a college freshman, is saved from the cove after witnessing her present beau be with another girl. The man who saves her is her roommate's father, Sam. He doesn't return her to the dorm. Instead, they stop at his home en route where Sam ends up saving Jemma in more than one way. Jemma never knew what it was to be with a man, she learned that night.