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Bookshelves are crowded with books on how to be an exceptional presenter and promise to produce a brilliant, standing-ovation speaker. But what about a presentation resource for the rest of us? There are so many of us regular folk who who want to spend just a little time and effort to get over the big hurdle of giving a presentation, but don't know where to turn for advice. How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation is the easy answer to this common need. Straightforward, entertaining, and well-organized, this user-friendly resource will walk you step-by-step through the process.

A self-made millionaire living in Malibu, Miranda Marquette is summoned by her cousin Sabine, to return home to New Orleans and solve a mystery. Miranda, an ex-undercover vice cop, jumps in with both feet to help her cousin. While investigating the case, she learns more about her family than she ever wanted to know, including a secret that will change her relationship with Sabine forever. No matter what you think, when you go below the surface, things are seldom what they seem.

The third novella in Simon Scarrow's Roman Arena series sees gladiator Pavo and mentor Macro fight for their lives amid a bloody revolt. The imperial gladiator school in Capua: once the pride of the Roman Empire, lately driven to the brink of ruin by a greedy lanista. Now the school welcomes its...

Drake Woolf is the perfect throwaway agent - a deadly, invisible force able to handle the blackest of black-ops missions. No one's better when it comes to search and destroy. But his lethal drive feeds a relentless hunger. It's all his handlers at Task Force Orange can do to point him at the right targets. This time, he's up against a massive, global conspiracy. In his deadly crosshairs are a Venezuelan terrorist, hordes of elite Iranian assassins, and a beautiful and wily FBI counterintelligence agent.

The opening day of the Games in Rome is a time for celebration in honour of the new Emperor. But for Marcus Valerius Pavo, a young military tribune fallen from grace, only despair awaits. Along with former mentor, Optio Macro, Pavo must fight for his life in a ferocious beast hunt. Battling...

The award-winning bestselling poetry of 11-year-old Mattie Stepanek has touched the lives of hundreds and thousands of people. From Heartsongs, to Vietnam War Memorial, to Prayer for a Journey, Mattie has written movingly and courageously about life and death, love and loss, faith and hope...

This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother. When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters. As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment, Jeremiah also learns to love his mother, even as she descends into drug-fueled madness.

WHEN THE DEAD RECEIVE THE CALL... THE WAR BEGINS AGAIN Six months ago, the Shadow Commandos vanished. Officially disavowed. Erased from the record. Declared casualties of a covert operation that went catastrophically wrong. To the world, they are ghosts: men and women who never existed. But ghosts don’t stay buried forever. When a classified digital signal suddenly reappears, a signal only the Shadow Commandos ever used, it ignites a global manhunt that stretches from the ruins of Europe to the heart of American power. Someone is hunting the dead. And someone wants them silenced ...

Libby has been in love with Tony Marchetti since she was seven years old. The problem? Tony is her best friend's older brother. Lately Tony has started looking at her in a new way and he emails her all the time. Could it be possible that he is starting to see her as more than his kid sister's best friend?

"Ein modernes Märchen über die Suche nach der eigenen Identität." Linus Baker ist ein vorbildlicher Beamter. Seit Jahrzehnten arbeitet er in der Sonderabteilung des Jugendamtes, die für das Wohlergehen magisch begabter Kinder und Jugendlicher zuständig ist. Linus' eintöniges Dasein ändert sich schlagartig, als er das Waisenhaus eines gewissen Mr. Parnassus' genauer unter die Lupe nehmen soll. Kaum dort angekommen, stellt Linus fest, dass Mr. Parnassus' Schützlinge eher etwas speziell sind - einer von ihnen ist möglicherweise sogar der Sohn des Teufels!

The fifth and final instalment in Simon Scarrow's electrifying ARENA series sees gladiator Pavo face his most gruelling battle yet as strives to avenge his father's death. From the moment his father was executed in the arena for an act of treason, former military tribune and condemned gladiator...

War calls the elves of Urlas to battle. But Kealin, a young half-elf training to be a Sacred Blade, and his three siblings, are forbidden to go. They are not ready, or so they're told. But Kealin's lineage has a dark secret and the High Council of Urlas fears what he may become . . . Kealin is about to learn that secret and in the cataclysm emerging, Urlas will wish they had embraced it. When the soothsayer of Urlas tells Kealin that doom comes for all that left for the war, he and his siblings set off on what may be a one-way journey to the edge of the world.

Jax is the only girl wizard in the Copperfield Institute, a magic academy. Will she ever fit in? And with the kind of sharp wit and potent power she possesses, does she even want to? Jax has a troubled past and an uncertain future. The rotten witch coven at the Copperfield Institute won’t let her forget it. Isadora Crowe - spiteful, smug Izzy - in particular, is making her life hell.

Reasonspace is in shambles after the disappearance of all magical creatures. Without faster-than-light travel, supply and communication routes have dried up, leaving humankind stranded and starving. Cowboy Jim and his complement of Reason soldiers search for the relocated Bala using the only surviving FTL drive. On their new utopian planet, the Bala are on the brink of civil war between those who want peace under old-fashioned unicorn rule and those who seek revenge on their human oppressors. Only Captain Jenny and her brain parasite can stop the Reason plan to enslave the Bala again.

An ordinary weekday morning in the quiet little town of Lake Haven in upstate New York. Bobbi arrives at work—only to find the parking lot cordoned off with yellow crime-scene tape. She sees her co-worker Harriet's car. Blood splashed across the front seats—a lot of blood. It's Lake Haven's first murder in 18 years. No witnesses. No apparent motive. The tight-knit little community is terrified. And Bobbi is the most scared of all. Because it should have been her working last night's shift. Not Harriet.

The Elves have established a glorious Imperium to stand guard against those who serve the Under Realm. Now, rumors spread to the capital city of Lorthal about an army of Rusca amassing in the Far North. The Imperium must stand strong in these trying times and elect a new High Warden to lead their armies against those who threaten their safety. Fordi, an Elf captured by the Rusca, is being escorted by his captors to a secret stronghold deep within Imperium territory. Along their way, the Rusca are ambushed by the Elven hero known as the Shadow.

The third novella in the gripping INVADER series, set in Roman Britain, AD 44, from Sunday Times bestselling authors Simon Scarrow and T. J. Andrews Despite defeat in battle, Britannia's natives continue to resist their Roman conquerors. All attempts to impose Roman rule have failed. A new king...

When a banshee-blooded outlaw is snatched in a crowded inn, she becomes leverage in a legal battle amongst the Valariels of Sanctaris. Bindings hold her between life and death, and rival orders contest her fate. The Justarin demands custody while others fight to spare her. Zaras, a battle-worn elf turned bounty hunter who nearly captured her, wakes in rioting Nocturnis, stabbed and choking on sewage. Auralon, exhausted from purging plagues, returns to Sanctaris to find the girl cocooned in spell-thread as his mentor faces a trial mired in politics.

Kealin Half-Elf has only been like this for a few weeks. He feels a hunger he never had before. Before this, he had mastered the power of his ancient Dwemhar heritage and fought an ascended being, but he, too, was mortally injured. In an act of desperation, vampirism was used to preserve his life and now he must hurry to reverse the effect before he is forever trapped in a state of maniacal blood lust.

The boy once known as Wen Alder has become the rebel witch Foolish Cur. Schooled in both the powers that bound him to serve the emperor as well as the furious, wild magic of his mother’s ancestors, he was torn between two worlds, until he realized the brutal nature of the emperor and his rule. Joining the rebellion, he soon experienced the painful sacrifices that come with defiance. Yet even more dangerous times lay ahead. For the emperor—covetous of all the magic he controls—has decided to take his ruthless quest for power to the gods themselves.