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No one knows how to make a party last quite like me. For real. Technically, I should have graduated three years ago, but I love Smithton, I love hockey, and the team needs a good captain who keeps things fun. That’s me. This is it, though. I can’t delay the inevitable, so yeah…this is officially my last year of college and I’m going out big! Unfortunately, my new roommate is curbing my vibe. In fact, I don’t think Rafe likes me much—total mystery. I’m a nice guy. Ask anyone.

Trudy Watts has it all: a dream job, a successful fiancé, and a glamorous London lifestyle. With a big promotion on the horizon and her wedding just weeks away, her perfect life feels unstoppable... until everything comes crashing down. Banished to the remote Scottish town of Turriff to manage a struggling bank branch, Trudy is completely out of her depth. The Wi-Fi is terrible, the locals are far too nosy, and her big-city confidence just doesn't seem to fit. To top it off, there's Ethan, the annoyingly charming pub landlord who seems to enjoy ruffling her feathers.

A town of magic and danger, where what one dons becomes who they are. A desperate priestess in another world calling for a champion, only to receive an unstoppable monster.

Stephan has lived the lifestyle of a Dominant for five years. After several rebellious teenage years, it gave him the stability and control he had been seeking after his parent's death. As president of a not-for-profit foundation, he knows what his future holds and what he wants out of life. All that changes when a simple lunch with his college friend and mentor, Daren, leads him to buying a slave. Thrust into a situation he never thought he'd be in, Stephan can't walk away. He is compelled to help this girl.

When Fred formed his own parahuman clan out of necessity, he understood that it was going to come with new responsibilities. Much as he hoped those tasks would center around extra paperwork and perhaps the occasional mandatory class, enough time around the supernatural has taught him to be ready for anything. Or so he thought. As a freelance accountant for the Agency, Fred soon finds himself being tossed into new, unexpected, and perilous situations.

Fire Captain Cassidy Harris is as dedicated to her team as they come. Proud, stubborn, and fiercely protective, she's not about to let anyone waltz in and mess with Phoenix Ridge Fire Department. Of course she clashes immediately with Evelyn Ford—a stone cold Ice Queen tasked with modernizing the fire department. Cassidy is ready to fight tooth and nail against Evelyn's changes, but then there is the one thing she didn't expect . . . the heated chemistry between her and her sworn enemy Evelyn.

Elizabeth Myers is a politician passionate about LGBT rights. When her personal safety is threatened she knows she needs a bodyguard. She immediately disagrees with her new ex military bodyguard Alex Jameson who is just trying to ensure her safety. The chemistry between them is heated. When lines become crossed between them, Elizabeth knows that it needs to be kept secret for the sake of her career—she isn't ready to come out yet. But will their secret fling ever really be enough for either of them? And will secrets ever really stay secret?

I’m going to the pros, baby! Deal made, contract signed. Now all I have to do is finish out my final season at Smithton and stay out of trouble. I like to have a good time, but don’t worry, I’ll behave. What I won’t do is talk to that double-crossing influencer who’s been badgering me for an interview. No thanks. I know Walker’s type—sweet as pie on the outside, a shark on the inside. Get this…he wants to make a deal that sounds a lot like a bribe. Not interested. No way.

Christopher Naylor reads a brand new adventure for the First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara. The TARDIS materialises on board Cavis Sunliners Flight 307, a regularly scheduled passenger flight using a revolutionary type of interstellar travel. The Doctor, his granddaughter Susan and her...

The Waldorf Way is a podcast produced in Ithaca, New York, by the Ithaca Waldorf School that answers questions about Waldorf education.

Using the story of Raven and the Box of Daylight (and relating it to Sun Tzu’s equally timeless Art of War) to deepen her narration and reflection, Hayes expresses an ongoing frustration and anger at the obstacles and prejudices still facing Alaska Natives in their own land, but also recounts her own story of attending and completing college in her 50s and becoming a professor and a writer.

In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable. Campaigns will be lost. Mental health crises will occur. Social ills, like gender-based violence, will manifest themselves in movement spaces. People will experience profound personal losses. Grief, alienation, and despair can grind us under. Sometimes, we need accompaniment. Sometimes, we need to be met where we’re at by a caring voice of experience. Read This When Things Fall Apart is a care package for activists and organizers building power under fascistic, demoralizing conditions.

En una plaza pública de Arabia Saudí, un hombre es ajusticiado bajo un sol abrasador y un chico observa impotente entre la muchedumbre: es su hijo. En un lúgubre hotel de Manhattan, aparece el cuerpo sin vida de una mujer joven y todos los indicios para identificarla han sido eliminados minuciosamente. Una línea invisible conecta todos estos hechos, dibujando un plan perfecto para cometer un monstruoso crimen contra la humanidad, y la única persona capaz de impedirlo es un ex agente que huye de su pasado y ha borrado su identidad: ahora sólo responde al nombre de Pilgrim.

Morgan Hart is a bodyguard and martial arts expert. Her new client is renowned for being a stone cold Ice Queen—very hard to please, having fired her five previous bodyguards. Leigh Rayson is from a very wealthy family. She is straight and engaged to a man but Morgan can't help but be drawn in by her magnetic beauty. Morgan soon discovers that all is not what it seems and Leigh has been keeping secrets. Will Morgan get to the bottom of the mystery? And will she be able to resist the lure of her gorgeous client as she does so?

Aufmerksamkeit ist zu einer kommerziellen Ressource geworden. Einst waren die Sirenen mythische Wesen, die umherfahrende Seeleute in den Tod lockten. Heute ertönen sie rund um die Uhr in unseren Küchen und Schlafzimmern, beauftragt von den wertvollsten Unternehmen der Weltgeschichte, deren Ziel es ist, unsere gesamte Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zu bündeln. Das Ergebnis: Ständig starren wir auf unsere Handys und verlieren die Welt um uns herum aus den Augen.

Generally naive about their world, children are thought to be nearly incapable of serious wrongdoing and are rarely suspects in violent crimes. Yet, from the 1960s to the mid-90s, the U.S. saw several waves of juvenile murders that caused widespread public concern. The phenomenon created longstanding debates about the sources or causes of a child killer's mindset. Some blame external triggers like video games, rock music or pornography, while others argue the causes are deeper issues, such as an underdeveloped brain experiencing abuse and neglect.

The unusual creak of a floorboard, a flash of light in the dark and the eerie breeze from a closed window… We've all heard tales of phantoms and spooks haunting old buildings, but how many of them can be linked back to real people, real lives and real history? From the ghostly phantoms who walk the grounds at the Tower of London to a haunted maze at Hampton Court Palace, these spine-tingling tales of ghosts, ghouls and unexplained occurrences will bring history to life in the eeriest way possible.

En este fascinante ensayo, el escritor y periodista Chris Hayes argumenta que nos encontramos en el epicentro de una transición definitoria, cuyo paralelo más cercano sería la transformación del trabajo en el siglo XIX. Hoy, nuestra atención se ha convertido en un bien de consumo, cuya extracción con fines de lucro es la responsable de que nos sintamos cada vez más alienados.

Wealthy and successful CEO, Genevieve Mitchell has a void in her personal life. She goes to a bar to wind down where she meets a beautiful and mysterious stranger who she is fiercely attracted to. Genevieve ends up letting herself go and having a night of passion with the beautiful stranger convinced she will never see her again. Will she ever see her again? And if she does, and the beautiful stranger's troubled past catches up with her, what will happen then?

Successful and wealthy CEO, Victoria St. Clair has a string of failed high profile relationships behind her. She may be winning in the business world, but she longs for the personal connection that keeps eluding her. When she meets the stunning and sexy Alexa on a dating app, they have immediate chemistry and things soon seem too good to be true. When the truth of who Alexa really is surfaces, what will Victoria do?