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Young adults (and plenty of not-so-young adults) are addicted to the Internet. No surprise there. It’s easy for parents and teachers, politicians and pundits to brush off Internet addiction as a harmless, inevitable consequence of the digital age, a small price to pay for carrying the information super-highway around in our pockets. But what if I told you that young adults (and plenty of not-so-young adults) are stuck in a feedback loop of digital sexual stimulation, addicted not just to the Internet but to pornography and social media?

Turn Your Passions into Profits outlines step-by-step guidance for turning your passions into a profitable and lasting business. Author Matt McWilliams, a successful entrepreneur and in-demand online business coach, shows you exactly how to do just that. He details how to find and attract your audience, build a following, and ultimately how to monetize your venture quickly and sustainably.

Just as things are looking up for Nirvana, even more shocking secrets surface, making her question everything she knows about her life. The one person she thought she could count on has secrets of his own, and as they come to light, she has to decide if their relationship is worth fighting for...

Former Recon Marine Randall Munroe has been working as a hired gun for the Corporate Council for years, doing the dirty work of its Director, Andre Damiani, because he's had no choice - and because Andre is his uncle. But when Damiani gets his hands on incredibly dangerous alien technology, it's time to fight back. Munroe has seen the lost wonders of the ancient alien race, the Predecessors, who vanished tens of thousands of years ago after terraforming hundreds of planets and setting up a system of wormhole jumpgates to allow us access to them.

Randall Munroe's past won't stay dead. Born Tyler Callas, the pampered heir of a Corporate Council scion, he fled that life and adapted the new identity of Randall Munroe so he could join the Commonwealth Space Fleet Marine Corps' elite Force Recon unit in the war against the alien Tahni Imperium. But when he returned from the war, his old life found him. His mother, Corporate Council Executive Patrice Damiani, tracked him down and tried to return him to her web of control, even if she had to have his personality altered by drugs and psychological brainwashing to do it.

Tyler Callas is the pampered heir of a high-level Corporate Council executive, groomed from birth to take a seat beside her as a member of the ruling class of the Commonwealth society. But the bloody war with the alien Tahni has hit close to home and Tyler wants to join the military, something his powerful mother won't allow. Desperate to escape her control, Tyler changes his identity to Randall Munroe, a product of the poverty-stricken Underground, and enlists in the Marines.

It's a story that weaves its way behind closed doors to reveal intricate machinations normally hidden from public view. Backed by extensive reporting and hundreds of interviews with top players, coaches, and executives, Jake Fischer chronicles secret pre-draft workouts, feuding between player agents and executives, surprising trade negotiations, interpersonal conflict within rosters, organizational power struggles, and the missteps behind infamous public relations fiascos, making for a fascinating and unmissable insider's look at the NBA. 

When a critical counter-terrorism operation is jeopardized by leaked intel, the CIA calls on Charlie Team to protect their agent. The Team is happy to oblige, but their last operation turned deadly, and they're a man short. Wolfgang Pierce is an independent operator with dozens of mission-accomplished moments to his credit. He's happy to join the team, but this mission is altogether unlike the domestic operations he's accustomed to, and any mistake could be his last.

As the next generation of baseball superstars cement themselves, Ohtani, who can pitch a 100mph fastball and was a Top 3 home run leader at the end of the season, stands out amongst them all. Major League Baseball has found the new face of the sport. In Sho-time, Jeff Fletcher examines the player’s path from his early days in Japan, his transition to the MLB, and a start-to-finish inside look at his historic 2021 MVP season.

The civilization of the Alectors - which has farmed and developed all life on Corus to produce sustaining life force for their vampiric civilization - must move wholesale from one planet to another every few thousand years as it exhausts the life force of another world. This time, two worlds have been prepared, and the time is at hand for the great move.

Yeah, I'm cocky. I have a reason to be. Women love me and not just because I play for one of the most popular rock bands in the world, but because I know exactly how to make a woman's body sing in ways she never thought possible.

THE COMPETITION HEATS UP, BUT AN ICY GAZE LINGERSThe combat league is reaching its climax, and the four teams that fought tooth and nail to get there are ready to take center stage. First is Oliver’s team against Team Valois, a group of tricky sword arts users whose leader harbors an unnatural...

Sandy Stott, the "Accidents" editor at the journal of the Appalachian Mountain Club, delivers both a history and a celebration of the search and rescue workers who save countless lives in the White Mountains - along with a plea for us not to take their steadfastness and bravery for granted. Filled with tales of astonishing courage and sobering tragedy, Critical Hours will appeal to outdoor enthusiasts and armchair adventurers alike. 

The day her mother passed away, Beulah was only given a name. That was it. No other explanation. Portia Van Allan was not someone Beulah could believe her mother ever knew. Wealthy, self-absorbed, and other than the fact Portia was supplying special care for Beulah's sister, Portia was cruel. The day Portia's son returns home for the summer, Beulah discovers that Portia isn't in charge. This isn't her home at all. Her late husband left her with nothing. It all belongs to their son, who doesn't seem to like his mother at all.

Patrick "Patriot" O'Bannon never expected to be struck with the urge to claim a woman on the way home from a run. Let alone in a biker bar on territory belonging to a rival club. Laying low wasn't an option when another man cornered the red-headed beauty who was meant to be his. Erin Cabot wasn't interested in becoming the old lady of a Devil's Jesters. But with her sister pushing her to pick a man before she's pressured into becoming a club bunny, Erin didn't have a lot of options. Until Patriot offered her a way out on the back of his bike.

Saving the world makes you a hero—and a target. After a tragedy befalls his team, Wolfgang is on the hunt to find the people responsible and bring them to justice. The search will take him to some unlikely places, while old secrets and decades of deception make even his closest friends appear like potential enemies. When everybody is in the business of subterfuge, who can you really trust?

I have my fresh start in a new town, this time a widow with a preteen daughter who rolls her eyes enough to make them stay that way. Too bad my past mistake is also here to greet me. Daxon Hellman. Town a-hole. Hot young contractor hired to build my house in the woods. It's only when I'm face-to-face with him for the first time that I realize he's the mystery man from two years ago. It's a long story of too many drinks, grief that made me resort to acting out, and an encounter in the dirty bathroom of a bar. Try as I might, I can't forget that night.

Evelyn Waverley, Christmas High's senior class president, volunteer at every Christmas charity drive, and basic overachiever, has a problem - she's co-directing and starring in her dream role as Elizabeth Bennet in her high school's production of A Pride and Prejudice Christmas, but Greg Bailey, the boy who was supposed to play Darcy, broke his leg. Enter Beckett Hawthorne, Aunt Bee's nephew, former child prodigy, and recent juvenile delinquent.

When a new medical technology is developed in Japan, the CIA is nervous. It's a noble idea, but if it fell into the wrong hands, it might provide all the ingredients for a mass terrorist attack. The CIA's worst fears come true when they uncover a black market sale of the technology to a known terrorist organization. Unable to step in themselves, the CIA hires Wolfgang and his team to sabotage the sale and recover the tech. But when an old secret threatens to compromise the team from the inside, everything spins out of control.

Wolfgang and his team are the best in the business—and that means no days off. When the daughter of a key intelligence official is kidnapped while on vacation in Brazil, Wolfgang and his team are deployed to recover her, using any means necessary. From the outset Wolfgang's crew is ready for a fight, but long before they land it becomes obvious that this kidnapping isn't motivated by money, but by political power. The kidnapper's demands have the potential to compromise global security, and negotiation is off the table.