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What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to violence in pop culture, we seem inescapably drawn to the stories of monstrous acts and the aberrant people who commit them. Dr. Julie Shaw uses case studies from academia, examples from popular culture, and anecdotes from everyday life to break down complex information and concepts and offers listeners a better understanding of the world, ourselves, and our Google search histories.

People laughed at him when he said he wanted to be a movie star, and yet here he was - the biggest night of his life - collecting his Oscar for "Best Actor". Grinning like an idiot, he couldn't even recall the speech he gave to the camera...The camera and a room full of actors, directors, and producers - people who used to look down their nose at him whenever he had a new film coming out (usually an over the top action film with huge explosions and slow-mo gun battles). They're not looking down their nose at him now though.

Code 5 is a story about terrorism and the devastation it creates when left unchecked by the United States. It also involves two kids just out of college who inadvertently get swept up into an adventure that tests their innocence against some of the most vicious terrorists in the world. Tom has just graduated from Oklahoma State University but when his dad (who works on ultra-classified projects at Livermore Labs) is a no-show for his graduation, it initiates a search that will take them into a black-ops mission they aren't even aware of.

Bridget Carter unknowingly tempts me with her chocolate-colored eyes, long red hair, and bold attitude. She’s awfully bossy for a sub. Which only makes the sadist inside me rumble with the need to come out and play. I bury my feelings deep, because I refuse to become a monster. But life has a way of laughing in my face. When Bridget shows up at my office begging for help, all I can do is agree. I’ll do anything for this woman. When danger arrives at her doorstep, the rules change, and I will do anything to protect her. Even unleash the beast.

This audiobook is perfect for any elementary, middle school, high school, college, or university teacher. In this book, you will learn how to start strong in creating your own distinctive virtual classroom, how to run and schedule your classes, how to harness the number of virtual tools available to meet the needs of your learners, manage student fatigue, and much more....

"One of the most famous characters of American fiction, in one of radio's most thrilling dramas." Someday he'll find you. Mr. Keen, that is! Radio's famous tracer of lost persons is back in this eight episode collection of puzzling mystery tales. Jim Kelly is heard as Mike Clancy - Saints preserve us! - and Bennett Kilpack stars as the kindly old investigator in some of his "most celebrated cases."

Cassie Ingram survived an attack by terrorists seeking revenge against her billionaire father, the CEO of a huge oil company. But when Russian mercenaries capture her father in the oil fields of Deadhorse, Alaska, this 18-year-old must rely on her survival training to save him - and prevent an ecological disaster.

Hace décadas que se publican libros que le dicen al hombre corriente cómo hacerse rico pero nadie se ha molestado en escribir uno para la minoría más ignorada por esta industria: los millonarios. En este ensayo humorístico escrito exclusivamente para superricos, se abordan temas de crucial interés tales como el éxito de la descendencia, las mejores formas de desperdiciar el dinero arduamente obtenido, las opciones de caridad más eficientes y cómo conciliar el estilo de vida millonario con el socialismo.

Miss Sophia Beaumont swore off marrying for love after her heart was broken by a callous rogue. When her naïve sister sets her sights on Mr. Anthony Farnsworth, a well-known rake, Sophia will do whatever it takes to protect her sister from the inevitable heartbreak. Mr. Anthony Farnsworth is a guardian of the Tenet, a group of gentlemen investigating crimes committed by their peers. Anthony must wed to further his line as an heir to a barony, but he wants to marry a sensible miss with no illusions of love. After Anthony rescues Sophia from drowning, tongues wag, and he has no choice but to...

I’ve been in love with my brother’s best friend since we were kids. Anson is the only man that I’ve ever wanted. Too bad for me, he only seems to see me as his best friend’s little sister. I thought that when he left for the military, things would get easier.

Taking advantage of the nation's civil unrest to right the wrongs of her past, Dane Talbot finally reveals why and what she's protecting. The pieces all come together for the Remember the Ruin series in the third and final installment, Grand Gesture.

If I am to be damned with slim chance to yet redeem myself than for why spend the rest of my waking days in trying to make amends when I can but face my demons early and enjoy the warmth offered from the free flames of Hell? You say that this is the fate that awaits unless I change my ways and wants and yet the man you’ve shown is the one whom I am and am proud to be. The what-if is all but weak, the kind of man seen staggering down a street with not a penny in his pocket and yet still taken for a fool by those passing by.

Penelope Woods has just lost her father. It had been only the two of them her whole life and they had been closer than most. Now that's he's gone, she feels more alone than ever before and heads back home to figure out what to do next. It’s there, cleaning out his room, that she finds his yeti research. Her and her father have been fascinated by yetis for years. When she was a little girl, her father had grown tired of reading her bedtime stories about princesses and princes and had started making up his own tales.

Owen Marshall has always dreamed of hitting the open ocean and looking for buried treasure. He’s been a pirate fanatic practically since birth, but living in Santa Fe, New Mexico hasn’t provided him with many opportunities to live out his dream. Instead, he writes about the adventures he wishes he was having in his books. Then one day, he’s had enough. He puts his books on hold and travels south, looking for a diving instructor and a boat to charter. His plan? To go out looking for old shipwrecks and buried treasure.

Cecily is ashamed at being caught in a lie, ashamed to be such a slut, having sex with strangers. She agrees to take her punishment because she loves David. But being taken hard in a four-man gangbang is more than this spoiled, curvy princess bargained for!

The desert is a mysterious place, especially to a small child. The water is always there if you look for it, but you may not want to look for it.

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When Elsa's father is killed in a tornado, all she wants is to escape. For years she has been haunted by a sight once seen from an aeroplane: a tiny, isolated settlement called Thunderstown. In Thunderstown, they say, the weather can come to life and when Elsa meets Finn Munro, an outcast living in the mountains above the town, she wonders whether she has witnessed just that. For Finn has an incredible secret: He has a thunderstorm inside of him.

After accepting a date with an older man, Vivian finds herself in a life-or-death situation with two undercover drug enforcement agents. These guys are as crooked as they are dangerous. Marcus wants to control her and use her for sex. And Lenny just wants her dead. The only way to escape their grasp and the constant threat of death is to play by their rules. She discovers the lure of danger combined with the fascination of her sexual evolution exciting. She falls in love with a monster. And becomes entangled in a relationship filled with manipulation and obsession.

In a galaxy ravaged by tyranny, planets are destroyed at the push of a button, and empires are brought down by farm boys and scoundrels. Dark Zader was one of the most powerful men in the galaxy, but when he threw his emperor down a shaft, he found himself without a job. Living with his kids and down on his luck, he finds that he only has one solution: beg for his old job back from the very emperor he thought he'd killed.