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Workaholic attorney Max Robertson is one meeting away from making partner at a big NYC firm when his best friend calls and guilts him into coming back home for Christmas. But there's a reason he hasn't been back to Edgewood for a decade—too many bad memories. The plan was to go for just one night, until a wild deer and a snow bank wrecked everything. Former Army Sergeant Dominic "Nicky" Bell is the new guy on the Edgewood police force, so of course he drew the short straw and is stuck working the night shift. But his evening gets turned upside-down.

"Love cozy mysteries? This is the set for you. Five stars. Cannot recommend this highly enough" "This is the kind of set that doesn't come around very often. Don't pass up this deal" This amazing set feature 35 different cozy mysteries from 5 different authors including: The Tiny House Series "My life is about to change forever." Private investigator Hannah Huntsford is about to win the lottery. Not the big lottery. More like a little one. A tiny one. Hannah is about to win her very own tiny house, nestled in a tiny community of other tiny homes. She doesn’t know that yet, because the ...

With a new sunrise comes a new horror. The world plunges into chaos as populations flee, fight, beg, steal, and kill. Anything to survive. The Stillenger family tries their best to navigate the apocalyptic world and find refuge through the undead apocalypse. Doc, a surgeon, finds himself at an immediate disadvantage when the apocalypse arrives in Denver and is in a race against the dead to save his family.

Jeremy Harkiss, cheer captain and student body president, won’t let coming out as a transgender boy ruin his senior year. Instead of bowing to the bigots and outdated school administration, Jeremy decides to make some noise - and how better than by challenging his all-star ex-boyfriend, Lukas, for the title of homecoming king?

A retired marine, Logan is methodical and conservative. Richard is a liberal pacifist who is pathologically afraid of guns. Yet the minute Logan sets eyes on Richard, his heart turns over like an old car engine, and it isn't long before his motor is revved and Richard is in the driver's seat - even if it seems like each man is driving a different car. Richard Hunter is parenting his grandson, and the kid - Nick - has had it rough. Richard vows nothing will stop him from creating a loving and stable home.

The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by anti-Semites or apologists. In this book Jerry Muller, a leading historian of capitalism, separates myth from reality to explain why the Jewish experience with capitalism has been so important and complex - and so ambivalent.

In 1799, a French Army officer was rebuilding the defenses of a fort on the banks of the Nile when he discovered an ancient stele fragment bearing a decree inscribed in three different scripts. So begins one of the most familiar tales in Egyptology - that of the Rosetta Stone and the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs. This book draws on fresh archival evidence to provide a major new account of how the English polymath Thomas Young and the French philologist Jean-François Champollion vied to be the first to solve the riddle of the Rosetta.

By the time one finishes reading this penetrating book of history, politics, and public health, the very real COVID-19 crisis of 2020 becomes a metaphor for China’s quest for hegemony. Helen Raleigh shows how Communist China, like the virus that began there, has spread its influence aggressively around the world. She begins with China's suppression of people within its own borders.

Drama. Back-stabbing. And a crazy twist lurking backstage. It's safe to say that it's not a peachy day in the small Georgia town of Treasure Trove. When a murder takes place behind-the-scenes of a local theater production, private investigator Hannah Huntsford cuts her day of antique shopping short to help with the case. It doesn't take long for Hannah and her detective boyfriend to discover that they have their hands full. The victim is Paul Desmond, the hot-headed, narcissistic lead actor in the play. Throughout rehearsals, Paul has managed to make an enemy out of almost everyone in the ...

Jax Stone finally has the one thing she's always wanted. Her magical powers. Unable to make those powers work exactly like she wants them to, she finds herself the victim of a group of bullies. Feeling hopeless and hurt, Jax stumbles upon the cold case of another young woman who was found dead under extremely mysterious circumstances

Border patrol agents are being ambushed along the Big Bend region of West Texas, a notorious drug corridor running east and west across the Lone Star State. They’re not the only targets. A film production depicting human trafficking in the area has been attacked by a brutal drug cartel. Into this lawless frontier steps Texas Ranger Sonny Hawke, ready and willing to dispense his own brand of justice. It’s an all-out war with the thinnest line separating the good from the bad. Sonny knows the only way out is to aim straight and stand your ground....

Nineteen-year-old Mercy Habernackle is a witch gone off the rails. Causing problems with the law in her hometown, she's faced with two options. Go to a correctional institution or get shipped off to witch boarding school, or as her mother prefers to call it, finishing school. Choosing the latter, Mercy's mother, Linda, drives her daughter cross country to the Paranormal Institute for Witches, situated high in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains in cozy Aspen Falls, Pennsylvania.

Cuando Astrid Lozano decidió regresar a su país de origen, Puerto Rico, nunca imaginó que la joven y hermosa vecina de su padre se robaría su corazón. Kelly Velarde, una rubia enfermera cuya relación pasada se vio afectada por una infidelidad, quedó prendada de la hija de Jeremías, una elegante y hermosa pelinegra quince años mayor que ella. Ese detalle, no le permitía a Astrid dar rienda a la fuerte atracción que sentía por la rubia y joven mujer. El calendario tiene doce meses, ¿será esto suficiente para descubrir si lo que dicen es cierto? ¿El amor no tiene edad?

The Dragon Ball Manga Reading Club is a Manga Podcast where we go through a chapter of the Dragon Ball Manga every Sunday. eywords: Manga, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, Manga Podcast, Manga Reviews, Dragon Ball Manga,Anime, Dragon Ball Anime, Dragon Ball Podcast, Pop Culture, Comics, Comic Books, Shonen Jump, Indie Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, movies, television

Jonas has always been a wanderer, roaming from one corner of the world to the next in search of a purpose that has eluded him for a lifetime. But everything changes when he crosses paths with Eli, a stranger with a chilling secret.

Welcome to Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2089. A city notorious for its extreme population density has found an unexpected way to not just survive a global climate apocalypse, but thrive: pump enough biological nanotech into the neighborhood and all of the bodies together form a self-sustaining, and even temperate, microclimate. Certain people no longer need food or water, while others can live without functioning organs. So the mercenary Djibrel has to carry a machete wherever he goes. What Djibrel doesn’t know is that his every move is being tracked by the infamous Cyber Mage.

The Galactic Rumble Is On! First contact with an alien species - and, surprise, the human race is far from united. The Freeholders want trade. The U.N. wants to manage. The eco-warriors want "purity" at all costs. Humans - you gotta love 'em! Once again, a historic meeting between potential friends is about to turn into a free-fire zone!

Fall in love with these fantastic characters as you join a huntsman and his falcon in the wild as they become the hunted. Sympathize with an elven knight who serves a gluttonous king. Investigate a series of mysterious disappearances with an orc mage of Calrok. Train with a member of the fabled Griffin Guard as she faces off against the man she loves. Run through Elderwood Forest and learn the key to a bear’s heart with an elf mage.

On the world of Amadis, veteran Imperial Guard officer Regan Antigone is being honoured for his role in the planet's liberation from the forces of Chaos, some 25 years earlier. But when his old comrade, Master Tigrane of the Dark Angels Space Marine Chapter, arrives to join the festivities and asks to hear the glorious tale told once more, Antigone falters.

As the harsh winter recedes, the heroes of Kelvur find themselves on the defensive. The wicked sorcerer Jaernok Tur continues to ravage the land with his evil army, forcing Karnak and his friends to abandon their new home. The Griffin Guard teams up with the largest allied force ever gathered in Tarrine and rushes across the sea to aid their friends while the greatest battle of their age looms before them. Meanwhile, Garron and his companions seek out an ancient and powerful magic that may be the key to victory—if they can find it in the mysterious Nari Desert.