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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.

Jeff arrives for the filming of The Other Me, a strange movie about two versions of the same man from parallel universes. To perfect the role, Jeff doesn't just have to act well. He also needs to look, eat, walk and behave like his partner in the movie. As if these challenges are not enough, people staying in the same house are starting to die. One after another. From misadventures. But can accidents happen so frequently? Jeff begins to investigate. Will Jeff be able to solve the mysteries of the deaths? Will he perfect his role? And most importantly, will he be able to light up the spark ...

Warum wollen wir wie besessen bestimmte Dinge haben, sind aber gelangweilt, wenn wir sie bekommen? Warum verwandelt sich die Leidenschaft von Verliebten so schnell in Desinteresse? Die Antwort liegt in einem Hormon in unserem Gehirn: Dopamin. Es ist die Quelle unseres Verlangens und lässt uns für einen kurzen Nervenkitzel alles riskieren. Dabei ist es die Aussicht auf etwas Neues, die uns antreibt, nicht die Erfüllung. Dopamin ist der Grund, warum wir forschen und entdecken, aber auch der Ursprung von Verschwendung, Risiko und Sucht.

Un matrimonio perfecto comienza a destruirse cuando se ve rodeado de un SECRETO que para otros es una bendición. Paola y Gabriela son doctoras que, dentro del mismo hospital, encontraron en la otra su razón para vivir. Las dudas y errores llevan a Gabriela Medina, Médico generalista a ocultar un secreto por temor a perder a Paola, su amada pediatra. Sin imaginar que lo que ocultaba era para ella, su mayor ilusión. Una novela que lleva a evaluar si es mejor decir una verdad que duela o una mentira que destruya. Esta es la edición LGBT publicada anteriormente bajo el mismo titulo.

For the captain of an ancient ship, time is another destination on an endless journey. Bound to the sea, André Marin drifts through four endless centuries in search of the virtuous woman whose unconditional love will defeat his mother's curse and return his crew to the mortal world.

Paige is a storm in motion. Trapped with the usurping king who seeks to conquer all, she must survive his schemes — and the growing power she can’t control. Every choice could destroy her… and everything she loves. Exiled but undefeated, Zephyr has won back his brother’s trust, setting aside desire and pride to save Paige. Forming an alliance with those who hate them both will test loyalty, courage, and hearts in ways even war cannot prepare them for. Every move could ignite catastrophe.

This book's content can be applied not just for sugar addictions but also to any addiction in general. This book is based on broad research and personal experience. Its formula is proven to work. You only have to put in the effort and follow the instructions, it will make the process much easier! A lot easier.

Moxie Summers is a curvy, 26-year-old teacher who has not had the best track record with relationships. In a drunken stupor at a bar, she meets Miles, who turns out to be her sparring equal - until she vomits all over his shoes. Just when she thinks things couldn't get worse, her dream man turns out to be the single father of the newest student in her class.

Ryan Keller has it all: a great supportive family, friends, and no limit to his self-confidence. Coming out of the closet was not as traumatic as he would have thought. Navigating through life isn't easy for any man, let alone a gay one. Rest assured that Ryan has it handled. Brandon Ford comes from the wrong side of the tracks. With a dark past, he doesn't have much going for him, no money, no friends, definitely no charisma, and his family makes people on Jerry Springer look like total winners.

This issue of Assemble Artifacts is packed with thrillers, sci-fi, horror, and more. It features Hongfei Liu's brilliant artwork and stories of elite survival, supernatural battles, and eerie mysteries. You'll find haunting twists on a childhood tale, genetic secrets with life-or-death stakes, and unsettling explorations of relationships under pressure.

A Book Every Idiot Should Read is a printed warning about everyday stupidity that nobody admits as their own. A sarcastic and brutally honest collection of uncomfortable truths and dark humor about the situations that ruin conversations, relationships, jobs, and dinners—usually without the idiot in question even realizing it. Know any idiots? Then you should give them this book. This book exists for one very simple reason: we all know at least one. And if nobody comes to mind right now… we have bad news. This book already knows exactly who the idiot is. This book doesn’t offer ...

As Seth Levine dives into the intense world of medical school, he quickly learns it's not just his academic goals that are put to the test. Seth encounters a med student so arrogant he boasts that he’ll eat any cadaver part he can’t name, an instructor so dedicated she tests the student’s ability to perform a gynecological exam on herself, and a woman so captivating that Seth will do whatever it takes to make her laugh, including regale her with a story about a diagnostic squabble over an erection.

Refugees have been streaming into the city of Forge from around the country. Monsters are coming down from the mountains and staking out new hunting grounds. Even as the dragons of Forge grow stronger and more numerous, the challenges they and their riders are facing are only increasing, and there's only one place to look for answers.

Elliot McKenzie is the king of reinvention. Five years after losing his job, his lover, and almost going to prison, his self-help program, Charmed Life, is more successful than he'd ever dreamed. He thinks he's put his sordid past firmly behind him, until he starts receiving cryptic threats, and realizes it might not be as over as he'd hoped.

Naomi Rivas lleva años como gerente de Molloy, una concurrida tienda de regalos y café; sin embargo, a pesar del éxito, el servicio al cliente no es el mejor porque no cuenta con suficientes empleados. La lucha de la gerente con la dueña de la tienda parece eterna, pero cuando alguien ataca la fachada de Molloy, esta finalmente acude a una agencia de colocaciones. Michelle Muñoz llega a la tienda vistiendo su uniforme de guardia de seguridad cuando Naomi lo que necesita son empleados para el área de ventas. A partir de ese momento comienza a tejerse una historia de amor que llevará a...

Fire and ice were never meant to mix. But when the princes of Iceland and Fireland are drawn to each other by an irresistible bond, fate begins to shift. After a fleeting, fiery encounter, Prince Frost returns to his icy homeland, wounded, heartsick, and hiding a terrible secret. His condition worsens as he discovers the root of his kingdom’s growing weakness: the stolen Life Stone, the source of Iceland’s vitality, now hidden in another world. As his strength fades, Frost embarks on a perilous journey to reclaim the stolen Life Stone before his life slips away. But another struggle ...

Being a Hero in Panopolis means living the high life: parties, money, influence, even reality television. And I’m one of the most powerful Heroes in the city. I have plenty of fans, a manager who looks out for me (after himself), and a job that pays the bills. I should be enjoying myself.

In the swashbuckling finale to the Mistress of Bones duology perfect for fans of The Bone Shard Daughter and Six of Crows, a necromancer and the God of Death must outwit the Gods themselves—or end the world trying Necromancer Azul del Arroyo only wanted one thing: to steal her sister back from...

When a true crime convention comes to town, private investigator Hannah Huntsford is as excited as can be to attend the festival. Until a murder occurs. The victim is a podcast host who has made a number of enemies on his way to achieving broadcasting stardom. Suddenly, with the convention in full swing, Hannah and her detective boyfriend have to comb through dozens of suspects. Unfortunately, the clock is ticking. The investigators only have a day and a half to find the killer before the convention attendees head back home and take their secrets with them. Can Hannah find the killer in ...

When the charming southern town of Treasure Trove is rocked by a murder, the case hits dangerously close to home for private investigator Hannah Huntsford.