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You can’t pick your kin or the risky games they play. Every family has its secrets, but for Elise Reddick, entangled roots have turned deadly - leaving her torn between twisted memories and cold realities. Estranged from her family of origin after a horrific crime, Elise tries to move on in the tiny town of Red Leaf while under investigation for her ex-boyfriend’s murder. There, she forms new relationships and encounters more lies as she slowly unravels the truth behind her pedigree.

From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. Meanwhile, Confederate reinforcements bolstered the numbers of the Army of Tennessee, and by the time the two armies met at the Battle of Chickamauga, in northern Georgia, the Confederates had gained numerical superiority.

An unabridged audio collection of the "best of the best" science fiction stories published in 2010 by current and emerging masters of the genre as narrated by top voice talents. Stories in this year's collection include "Under the Moons of Venus" by Damien Broderick; "The Shipmaker," winner of the 2011 British Science Ficiton Association Award for short fiction, by Aliette de Bodard; Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain" by Yoon Ha Lee, "Re-Crossing the Styx" by Ian R. MacLeod; "Eight Miles" by Sean McMullen; and more.

From Japan to Berlin, from Paris to Moscow, from London to Washington, DC, and all points between and beyond, his reputation for facing the most dangerous opponents and taking on the most difficult missions is well known. He is the nation's ace troubleshooter, the country's amazing master spy. Jeff Shannon is the Eagle - America's ultimate secret agent! The Eagle's mission: to wage a one-man war against America's enemies and those who threaten liberty across the globe.

A full cast audio drama recording of LRW Lee's popular Andy Smithson series! In Blast of the Dragon's Fury, an otherworldly force draws him to a medieval world where fire-breathing dragons, deranged pixies, and vengeful spirits are the way of things. Trading his controller for a sword of legend, Andy embarks upon an epic quest to break a centuries-old curse oppressing the land.

In this book I will dive deep into how one can increase their productivity. I will show you what you can do to maintain productiveness and make breakthroughs in your endeavors. Discover tips and tricks that will supercharge your productivity like never before.

Following a night of bridge practice and cold readings by their clairvoyant host, Aurelia is found dead in her home by Wendy, a suicide note and cocaine residue by her corpse. But Wendy, an investigative reporter for The Rosalie Citizen, doesn’t buy it. The scene seems phonier than Aurelia’s act, and now Wendy needs to call the bluff of a cold-blooded killer playing a psychic bid....

Having to navigate between the Unclaimed Baggage department, the Unfinished Business office, and other governmental agencies tries Imogenia's patience. It's just revenge she seeks, for pity sakes! Against a backdrop of soul music, black, frothing, arsenic-spiced drinks, and more, will she be able to enact a punishment fitting the crime? Will she succeed in realizing justice denied her?

Frank Judson, a mid-1960s small town reporter, and Buddy Gardner, a deputy in the same small town with detective skills to spare, find new stories and cases to follow and crack in Kingsbury, thanks to authors Lee Houston, Jr., and R. P. Steeves. Judson, a tightly wound trouble prone reporter and Gardner, a rather laidback, subtly ingenious investigator, make the perfect pair to pull unwilling skeletons from closets and dig up murder, corruption, and crime.

Resurrection stone? Almost. The Stone of Athanasia has kept the king and his wizard alive for over 500 years, but a villain has stolen it, driving the pair to the brink of death. Andy must hunt down the Stone along with the next ingredient in the curse-breaking potion. But as Andy and his friend, Alden, scour the land, things get unbelievably weird when they visit Oomaldee's ancient library and find a portrait that looks exactly like Andy. Andy holds the fate of the monarchy in his hands, but what fate do the library's secrets hold for Andy?

Listen to a collection of 13 mystical tales, from some of the most exciting independent writers on the scene today. What happens when you can have your every desire come true? What price must be paid for this gift? G Is for Genies contains a variety of stories, from the innocent wishes of youth, to the horrors of a brutal serial killer, and everything in between.

The newest student, fallen angel Gladriel, and her former squadron leader Kessian are in a race against time, struggling to find an ancient prophecy foretelling the purge of a quarter of humanity. But the four horsemen of the apocalypse—war, famine, plague, and death—aren't waiting for them to locate and decipher the cryptic tome before they begin.

Melvin Flack has given up on his dream of becoming an artist until he discovers 14 paintings hidden in a derelict building in the Bronx. To his shock, they're signed by his idol, Claude Monet. And the subject! Is it possible Monet designed Yankee Stadium in 1921? If these paintings are authentic, who gets the 600 million dollars they'll get at auction? And what's in the mysterious journal that Mel finds with the art?

Ali won the contest of her life, The Ninety-Eight, as a pawn of the Council, but danger still lurks. Her father is using her beloved's sibling to track her down. But an even bigger threat still looms: Her father plans to conquer Wake by turning humans into empty-shells to do his bidding. Ali and Kovis desperately search for a way to stop him, but every idea requires that she return to Dream, a move that will kill her.

King Kohl, scion of the Kohl and Son real estate firm, has a reputation for loving three things: the ladies, closing on properties, and playing bridge. Still, when he invites Wendy, the president of the Rosalie, Mississippi, Country Club Bridge Bunch, to a small, exclusive bridge party, her investigative instincts as a reporter for the Rosalie Citizen are on the alert. In fact, King means to use the occasion to make a surprising announcement to his selected guests. But before he can lay his cards on the table, tragedy strikes.

Self-declared ice queen attorney Cara Phillips has a secret—a secret that she wanted to be free of. She has no one to turn to except. Romaine Jacobs is a fellow attorney, but also the next in line to inherit the kingdom of Jacob’s law firm in downtown Chicago—who also has a secret of his own. He is in love with Cara, and she has kept the cold between them for years. The ice-cold shell begins to crack when they are put on the same case—a case that was a reminder to Cara of a violent and dangerous past that she will never forget. 

One of the most fiercely debated issues of this era is what to do about "bad" speech—hate speech, disinformation and propaganda campaigns, and incitement of violence—on the internet, and in particular speech on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. In Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of Our Democracy, Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone have gathered an eminent cast—including Hillary Clinton, Sheldon Whitehouse, Mark Warner, Cass Sunstein, and others—to explore the various dimensions of this problem in the American context.

Our body is the space that allows us to live; it is our home and duty to protect it. Having a healthy lifestyle is not something we can achieve from one day to another; it is a path full of successes and failures, feeling defeated and then feeling like we can climb the highest mountain and be kings. These ups and downs usually demotivate us, and when we have to start over, we feel lost. But that is the most important thing: to start over! Having strategies, rules, and plans to keep our physical life active is a habit we have to work on, step by step. 

We Are Not One People is a bold, pathbreaking, and far-reaching account of disunionists from 1776 to the present who wanted, as phrased in the Declaration of Independence, "to dissolve the political bands" connecting them to other Americans.

Under the cloak of night, danger lurks around every corner. Behind the scenes, while the world sleeps, one man protects those targeted by pure evil. Lazarus Lee saw her and wanted her with a desperation that he’s never felt. Although fate had brought her to him, the duty would keep him at bay…temporarily. Renea Williams needed his protection, but at what cost? Will she see that loving him is right? Or will she allow the darkness to keep her from him?