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Forced out of the Marshals and into the life of a freelance bounty hunter, Grant Masterson skirts the edges of the law, hunting down the ones responsible for framing him. When his latest hunt leads him to a conspiracy of cyborg cultists, renegade AI and genetically engineered psychics, Masterson may have to choose between his own survival...and his quest for retribution.

After Grant Riven and his fellow Hallowed saved Dios from the Mute threat, Grant retired with more money that he could possibly spend. He never planned to go to war again...until he learned Cloud Nine Engineering was still mutating innocent people in hopes of creating more like him. Taking down a huge corporation that controls every lever of power in Dios seems impossible, yet with his allies determined to try, Grant has no choice but to do all he can to keep them safe...even if he believes they’ve lost the war before it starts.

With lessons on patience, finding your talents, staying on task, accepting responsibility, giving children skills for life, understanding rejection and more, What I Tell Myself: The Audiobook Series is sure to provide powerful and long-lasting conversations for parents, teachers, caregivers and children. It is not enough to say we want to break generational curses. We must have the tools to give us better options in teaching our future to do things differently. Welcome to your toolbox.

As Earth began to suffocate under waves of corruption and violence from the unhinged organization calling itself the Phelb, Swedish Army sniper Oskar Hedland found a group of American soldiers fleeing toward Paris, where the ESA was going to launch a new program to escape Earth and live in peace on Mars. Not spoken for in the agreement was the knowledge that he was going to have to tame a new world full of horrible beasts and diseases beyond his wildest dreams.

A century after the Break destroyed much of the world, the wealthy island nation of Dios stands alone as a paradise for those that remain...so long as they aren’t poor and homeless. For street orphan Grant Riven, life is a series of kicks in the face. Until exposure to a powerful mutating agent gives him super strength, passive-regeneration, and the ability to use powerful weapons. The downside? Lots of other people have mutated as well, except they’re insane and want to eat everyone.

In the ruins of a West Virginia town, a band of survivors count their losses, after a horrific battle to secure a pure sample of Infection. With humanity facing the possibility of extinction, the Army wants to use the sample to build a doomsday weapon against Infection. One scientist hopes to control Infection; another believes she can cure it. And, outside the fort’s walls, a lone survivor offers a new way to survive what’s coming. Each will choose how far they’ll go to survive, and what they’re willing to lose to save humanity.

Riven kan Ingan may have married his beloved Barbara. He may have become a noble by the margrave’s grace, but the gods aren’t finished with him. Not yet. Though Riven admits married life makes him a lovestruck fool, he refuses to be the cuckold when he returns from battle to find his wife pregnant with a child he couldn’t have sired. In a fury at her supposed infidelity, he dares the gods’ wrath and abandons her, only to become the scapegoat when a blood curse strikes his people.

Jeremy Edwards is a normal kid, playing hockey in a small Colorado town, bound for a dream career with the NHL. When an opportunity arises to visit an elite hockey camp in Minnesota, his absentee parents are overjoyed and send him along without a second thought. But neither Jeremy, nor his parents, know that he's actually been recruited, and brainwashed into an assassin program for the Calabrian mafia.

By his own admission, Riven kan Ingan is a nonbeliever, denying the existence of magic or religion. He may have been raised by the Margrave of Francovia, but as the son of a barbarian sellsword, he’s never allowed to forget his foreign ancestry. Determined to fulfill the prophecy that he’s to become a king, Riven schemes to hurry his destiny along by marrying the margrave’s daughter, Aleza. Unfortunately, the gods of Arcanis, insulted by his denial of their existence, have other plans.

Peace has returned to the Pacific after the Taiwan War, but it doesn’t last. The Korean peninsula erupts in fire and blood, drawing America into a fresh conflict that sees use of some of the world’s deadliest weapons. In the aftermath, Navy fighter pilot Jack Knapp tells a news reporter about his experiences fighting the Korean People’s Army (KPA) and how he helped prevent a nuclear attack that could have destroyed an American city.

Thirty-five years have passed since the sudden end of the Gilbaglian War. Destota Valentine and his elite 200 are no longer needed in the new Human Empire. Even as his wife Mallory takes the reigns as leader of human space, Destota and his troops are mothballed and begin to suffer damaging effects of the genetic modifications inflicted on them. Desperate for another mission, Destota and seven of the original Nightstalkers strike out to the destroyed ruins of Vandor to investigate a strange anomaly in the gravity fields.

On a misty Monday - 21st June 1948 - the MV Empire Windrush sailed up the Thames and anchored at Tilbury Dock, London. There were a total of 1,027 passengers on board with 802 passengers from British Colonies in the West Indies. The infamous images of the passengers walking down the gangplank the next morning would be the moment the Windrush Generation was born. A Circle of Five reflects on the stories of the 300,000 or so making the same journey between 1948 and 1971 by showcasing the voices of five Jamaican women, Evelyn, Emma, Irene, Ivy and Melissa.

Jak dobrze umiesz mówić po angielsku? Z naszym audio kursem nauczysz się jeszcze więcej. Ucz się tam, gdzie Ci wygodnie, wykorzystując każdą wolną chwilę. Przez cały czas nauki towarzyszy Ci lektor, który stopniowo wprowadza nowy materiał, w przejrzysty sposób wyjaśnia zasady gramatyczne oraz uczy, jak stosować słownictwo i tworzyć zdania.

Jak dobrze umiesz mówić po angielsku? Z naszym audio kursem nauczysz się jeszcze więcej. Ucz się tam, gdzie Ci wygodnie, wykorzystując każdą wolną chwilę. Przez cały czas nauki towarzyszy Ci lektor, który stopniowo wprowadza nowy materiał, w przejrzysty sposób wyjaśnia zasady gramatyczne oraz uczy, jak stosować słownictwo i tworzyć zdania.

Chcesz zacząć uczyć się angielskiego i nie wiesz, jak to zrobić? Przygotowaliśmy coś specjalnie dla Ciebie. Z naszym audio kursem możesz uczyć się wszędzie, wykorzystując każdą wolną chwilę. Przez cały czas nauki towarzyszy Ci lektor, który stopniowo wprowadza nowy materiał oraz w przejrzysty sposób wyjaśnia, jak stosować różne zwroty i formy gramatyczne. Aby łatwiej było się uczyć, wszystkie słowa i zdania słyszysz z tłumaczeniami, a w ćwiczeniach konwersacyjnych poznajesz przykładowe odpowiedzi.

Chcesz zacząć uczyć się angielskiego i nie wiesz, jak to zrobić? Przygotowaliśmy coś specjalnie dla Ciebie. Z naszym audio kursem możesz uczyć się wszędzie, wykorzystując każdą wolną chwilę. Przez cały czas nauki towarzyszy Ci lektor, który stopniowo wprowadza nowy materiał oraz w przejrzysty sposób wyjaśnia, jak stosować różne zwroty i formy gramatyczne. Aby łatwiej było się uczyć, wszystkie słowa i zdania słyszysz z tłumaczeniami, a w ćwiczeniach konwersacyjnych poznajesz przykładowe odpowiedzi.

From witches and demons to haunted circuses and deals made with hidden consequences to ghosts and secrets buried in the past, Autumn Nights: 12 Chilling Tales for Midnight brings together the very best of spooky tales to tell under a harvest moon.

Apropos is a rogue, a rascal, a scoundrel, a cheat...and those are his good points. Lame of leg but fast of wit, the only reason Apropos doesn't consider chivalry dead is because he's not yet through with it. An orphan with a chip on his shoulder, Apropos, travels to the court of the good King Runcible, with three goals in mind: to find his father, seek retribution for the death of his mother, and to line his own pockets. However, Apropos carries the most troublesome burden a would-be harbinger of chaos can bear: He may well be a hero foretold, a young man of destiny.

A military VR trainer, wanting to keep her relationship with a fellow scientist hidden, must pass a security inspection in her lab by the vicious Atlas Crusade that has swept to power. When the leader of the security team demands an unusual VR request in her lab, Prof. Meliss must decide between keeping her lover safe or secretly undertaking a consciousness swap that could end the Crusade’s five-year long relentless rule.

It's hard not to like Joey Jackson. He oozes charm to go with his good looks. Young women are especially taken by him. Right up until he kills them. Ex-CIA officer Mason Ray plans to find him and stop him. For good. In his debut novel, Wiley Brooks weaves a character-rich story through exotic locals in Malaysia. The year is 1987. It's prime time for young backpackers from around the world to discover the beauties and mysteries of the long-time British colony.