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It is the Christmas season following the 9/11 World Trade Towers terrorist attack, and McGowan's newly appointed FBI special agent daughter, Caroline, assigned to the Denver office, is missing. As she is an avid lover of the outdoors, is she merely out of cellular range on a hiking venture in the Rockies, or has she in fact been kidnapped? From out of McGowan's past resurfaces a domestic terrorist, Jonas Karn, whom McGowan rather ruthlessly took down years before when he himself was an FBI agent. And to McGowan's horror, Karn, obviously out for revenge, says he has taken Caroline.

The classic tale of Les Miserables abridged for a ten year old child, yet still enjoyable for an adult of any age.

This is the refugee story behind the headlines and political posturing. This is what coming to America has meant to refugees in America, as represented by various refugees communities that over the years have come to think of Denver, Colorado, as home.

Journey into the dark recesses of the wilderness with terrifying and true tales of horrific encounters and unexplained phenomena. From bone-chilling run-ins with Bigfoot and elusive cryptozoological creatures, to mind-bending UFO and ghost sightings, and run ins with horrible humans. This collection of first-hand stories from park rangers, police officers, hunters, campers, hikers, and more will leave you wondering what really lurks beyond the safety of civilization.

Tiernan n'a plus goût à rien. Oubliée dans un internat par ses parents trop obsédés par leur célébrité, elle s'est construite sans amour et sans repères, dans une solitude qui lui pèse. Quand ils décèdent alors qu'elle n'a que dix-sept ans, elle a l'impression de s'éteindre avec eux, jusqu'à ce que Jake, le demi-frère de son père, accepte sa garde en attendant sa majorité. Tiernan est ainsi envoyée chez lui et ses deux fils, Noah et Kaleb, qui vivent isolés dans les montagnes du Colorado. L'arrivée de Tiernan va bouleverser les certitudes des trois hommes. Elle les désire. Ils la possèdent.

Elizabeth Bennet thought she was prepared to do anything to make the Dragon Conclave accept her beloved young dragon, Pemberley, into the Blue Order, but she had not anticipated it would leave her banished from her ancestral home and betrothed to none other than Mr. Darcy. But before Elizabeth and Darcy wed, they must find a dangerous rogue dragon before it provokes a war amongst the dragons and brings the fragile peace between dragons and mankind to a catastrophic end.

Life was far from perfect after my mother's sudden death, but it was one I'd grown to love. And now, it's a life I'll never know again. Not after she and her two cruel sons entered our lives. My father swore he'd never love again, but just as suddenly as Merelda arrived, she became the very center of his world . . . and just as quickly, I was all but forgotten. Still, I did not complain . . . if only for my father's sake. Not even when cruel words turned into even crueler punishments at my new step family's hands.

The Victorian era was a time of great change and rapid progress. Britain was undergoing the most tremendous development. Scientific discoveries had prompted the Industrial Revolution, which made Britain the world leader in iron and steel production. Science was undergoing a revolution, enabled by the groundbreaking work of Michael Faraday, who led the Royal Institution. Great swathes of Central Africa were mapped by the explorer David Livingstone and the understanding of humankind’s place in the world was being redefined by the theories of the great naturalist Charles Darwin.

Enjoy a family singalong with Baroness Floella Benjamin, including favourites such as 'Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes', 'Incy Wincy Spider' and 'Round and Round the Garden'! This brilliant audiobook features 15 familiar action songs and rhymes to enjoy. You can also learn about Floella's own...

Do you become terrified when speaking in front of people? Do you shake, rattle, and rumble when you're up there? Then, this session is for you. This hypnosis session helps you to feel calm and comfortable when speaking in front of people. It helps you to feel relaxed when having people's attention. Listen to this if you've got a speech coming up and you want to nail it! Purchase today and become a calm and comfortable speaker!

“Eat less, move more” is incomplete. You can lose weight eating more. How? Through a process known as diet-induced thermogenesis. Diet-induced thermogenesis, the calories burned digesting and absorbing the food you eat, has a greater impact on “calories-out” than exercise. But when you restrict your caloric intake, you restrict diet-induced thermogenesis. Thus, the principle of weight loss is not consuming a very small number of calories - especially when “calories-in” increases “calories-out”.

After another disappointing Season fending off matchmaking mamas and grasping debutantes, Fitzwilliam Darcy has given up hope of finding a wife. His business partner, Edward Gardiner, suggests a sojourn into Hertfordshire to escape the machinations of Town—and meddlesome aunts who take every opportunity to help him on the marriage mart.

Caught in the middle of more secrets than she can make sense of, Leonora Romilly's life just got a whole lot more complicated. With her presence demanded at vampire court, Leonora has to put her feelings of hurt and betrayal to one side and rely on her blood bond with Hayes if she wants to keep her enemy's fangs out of her throat. But with the tension between them growing more and more volatile, keeping Hayes out of her throat—and mind—is a different matter altogether.

Set amidst Utah's infamous Skinwalker Ranch, this book interweaves shocking eyewitness accounts from scientists, ranchers, and skeptics who have dared to confront its mysteries. Each chapter reveals a new layer of the mystery, presenting tales that will test your skepticism and make you question the true nature of reality.

La noche nunca es tan oscura como los secretos que guarda. Juan es un curtido portero en la noche madrileña que navega por una realidad cruda y sin filtros. Cada madrugada debe enfrentarse a personajes de diferente calaña, situaciones límite y la decadencia de una sociedad que solo revela su...

It's the summer of 1963 in suburban California and Benjamin Braddock has the world at his feet. He's just graduated from university with a teaching scholarship, his dad has bought him a fancy new Italian sportscar, and all the Braddocks' friends and neighbours have been invited to a houseparty to celebrate. There's just one problem. Benjamin refuses to leave his room. He's worried about his future. His parents are perplexed.

What could possibly be in Longbourn Crater that was worth their while?When damage to his ship forces Captain Darcy to land in an unexpected location on an alien world, he's not prepared for what he finds. He expected aliens, certainly, but he didn't expect a contingent of humans related to Earth's most notorious traitor, or for those humans to be his crew’s only chance to repair their ship and complete their mission. Brilliant and beautiful, the human women they meet seem poised to do more harm than good.

"Trip of a Lifetime" is a soul-stirring guide for anyone seeking deep healing, radical self-love, and true spiritual awakening. After 25 years of military service and decades of depression, author Benjamin Forest took a heroic dose of psilocybin ("magic mushrooms")—and everything changed. What followed was a life-altering transformation that led him from despair to joy, from meaninglessness to purpose, from self-abandonment to self-love.

Following an explosive revelation, Alexander Morgan's world is spiraling. His career is faltering, his relationship with Christopher lies in ruins, and he's trapped in a fabricated relationship designed to protect a dangerous lie and what's left of his reputation. Christopher Foster is still...

"Die magischen Fälle des Peter Grant“ von Ben Aaronovitch sind internationale Bestseller und absoluter Kult. In seinem fünften Roman führt der ausgebildete Buchhändler und ausgezeichnete Drehbuchautor ("Dr. Who") seine Hauptfigur Peter Grant erstmalig in die ländlichen Gefilde außerhalb Londons, um die mysteriöse Entführung zweier Kinder aufzuklären.