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Vyshon and Shay struggle to keep their family and relationship strong although they are still recovering from previous bumps in their road to happiness. Despite their will to stay afloat, life proceeds to throw unexpected drama their way at all the wrong times. In the midst of the turbulence and chaos, Vyshon and Marvin's friendship are put to the test after Marvin reveals his new love interest. Things get further complicated as Shay is faced with challenge of keeping her mother happy vs being loyal to her man and extended family. Skip a few pages and you find Jayda and T-Wood are facing ...

Les Poisons de la Couronne ressuscitent, presque jour par jour, les conflits, les intrigues, les haines et les crimes du règne de Louis X le Hutin, qui ne dura que dix-huit mois, mais dont les conséquences seront capitales pour la monarchie française. Lorsqu'il meurt empoisonné, en juin 1316, c'est la première fois depuis plus de trois siècles qu'un roi de France décède sans laisser un héritier mâle. Les "Rois maudits", célèbre fresque historique en sept volumes, font revivre le XIVe siècle, entre le procès des Templiers et les débuts de la guerre de Cent Ans.

These classic mystery short stories feature Maurice Lebanc’s famous rogue, Arsène Lupin. A master of disguise, Lupin moves between high society and a burglar’s life, stealing from the rich and powerful and creating mischief for Detective Ganimard.

No creerás lo que puede lograr tu memoria después de aplicar las técnicas que te enseño en este libro. Este libro comienza enseñándote la importancia que tiene la memoria en nuestra vida. Todos hemos aprendido muchas cosas gracias a ella desde el día en que nacimos. Sin ella, nuestro 'yo' simplemente se disolvería en la nada. Ahora bien, el uso que podemos llegar a darle en un futuro es increíble y puede llegar a cambiarnos la vida, pues una memoria poderosa nos hará más inteligentes, productivos y exitosos. Hacer crecer nuestra memoria para que tenga más potencia es una ...

The Arsène Lupin & Sherlock Holmes Collection offers the extraordinary – and often perilous – stories of two of the most intriguing and iconic fictional characters in crime fiction, brilliantly narrated by Jonathan Keeble and Rupert Degas.

The finale is finally here! Now that De’Andre is dead, 2 detectives are applying pressure on Vyshon, Shay and Marquita trying to connect the dots. On the other side of the page, T-Wood puts his plan into motion with the assistance of Punkin. Latisha and Jayda are brought together by their unexpected circumstance as they bond with others who are also stuck to the sticky glue trap of evil intentions. Flip through the pages and you will find Marsha and Jackie taking sibling rivalry to an unthinkable level as their estranged sister attempts to play referee in their childish game. Remove the ...

Isidore Beautrelet, a prodigy sixth-form schoolboy, has discovered more clues, revealed more truths, and anticipated more of Arsène Lupin’s movements than anyone on the police force. When Lupin recognizes an adversary of his own mettle, he counters by raising the stakes. Beautrelet does the same. Soon the two are at it hammer and tongs, each in a feverish attempt to foil the other while succeeding in their own machinations. And what began as a simple heist develops into a sophisticated chase to uncover Arsène Lupin’s greatest secret.

Devon thought he’d found liberation in the chaos of separation from his wife, Madalyn. Relishing his return to bachelorhood, he basked in the thrill of fleeting romances and temporary freedom. But his world is upended when Madalyn reappears, threatening to dismantle his carefully curated life of indulgence. Caught between unresolved feelings for his estranged wife and the dangerous allure of forbidden women, Devon spirals into a reckless path of deceit and desire. As tensions rise and lines are crossed, his choices attract not only heartbreak but deadly consequences. With danger closing ...

After Arsene Lupin is suspected of yet another grand theft with a mysterious blonde accomplice, the Parisienne police are at their wits' end. Time to call in Sherlock Holmes. Will France's greatest thief be able to outwit England's most famous detective or has he finally met his match? Two fast-paced adventures full of twists and turns, "The Blonde Lady" and "The Jewish Lamp" will keep readers thrilled as two of literature's most cunning heroes finally come face to face.

When Cosmo Mornington, a wealthy American, is pronounced dead, a large inheritance is up for grabs. He leaves his fortune to any living heir, leaving his good friend Don Luis Perenna in charge of finding them. But when Mornington's relatives start to mysteriously vanish or die, suspicion begins to fall on Don Luis. Lupin, disguised as Mornington's close acquaintance, sets out to unveil the truth behind the disappearances, and is led to a series of sinister crimes linked to a secret organisation called, 'The Teeth of the Tiger'.

When Arsène Lupin and two of his criminal associates try to rob the villa of Deputy Daubrecq, things do not go according to plan and Lupin’s two partners are arrested and sentenced to death, leaving him to try and save them from the guillotine. To achieve this, Lupin must not only evade Daubrecq but also outwit a ruthless blackmailer who holds incriminating evidence in a crystal stopper.

The Irish Revolution has long been mythologized in American culture but seldom understood. For too long the story of Irish independence and its aftermath has been told only within an Anglo-Irish context. Now, in the critically acclaimed Bitter Freedom, journalist Maurice Walsh, with "a novelist's eye for the illuminating detail of everyday lives in extremis" ( Prospect), places revolutionary Ireland in the panorama of the global disorder born of the terrible slaughter of World War I and provides a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human face of the conflict.

In today’s dynamic business landscape, the capacity to transform a concept into a viable product is not just an advantage—it is a necessity. The journey from ideation to market readiness, commonly known as the product development process, is a cornerstone of organizational success.

Seen through the eyes of a native son Maurice M. Martinez, PhD, in this firsthand account of survival on a deep-South landscape speaks to the elan vital of a multiethnic, multicultural American. Once upon a time, in the Land of Epidermis, in a place called the 7th Ward in New Orleans, there lived a group of marginalized Americans known as gens de couleur libres (free persons of color).

For more than a century, the city of Atlanta has been associated with Black achievement in education, business, politics, media, and music, earning it the nickname "the Black Mecca." Atlanta's long tradition of Black education dates back to Reconstruction, and produced an elite that flourished in spite of Jim Crow, rose to leadership during the civil rights movement, and then took power in the 1970s by building a coalition between White progressives, business interests, and Black Atlantans. But Atlanta's political leadership has consistently mishandled the Black poor.

Toorop, a hard-boiled leatherneck veteran, has been hired to escort a young woman from Russia to Canada. But Marie is no ordinary girl. A schizophrenic and a possible carrier of a new artificial virus, Marie is bearing a mutant embryo created by an American cult, which dreams of producing a genetically modified messiah that will end all human life as we know it.

Historian Maurice Casey reveals the connections and disconnections of a group of forgotten communist activists whose lives collided in 1920s Moscow: a brilliant Irish translator, a maverick author, the rebel daughters of an East London Jewish family, and a family of determined German anti-fascists. Culminating in a queer love story that saw the daughters of the Cohens and Leonhards create an enduring partnership even as their parents' political visions crumbled, this is a rebel odyssey and a history of international communism, one which looks as much to the future as it does to the past.

URBAN BLOCKBUSTER In the heart of Chicago, a man known only as J appears with no social media, no church, and no backing—yet his presence hits the streets harder than any movement the city has seen. He walks with ex-inmates, single mothers, gang members, barbers, mechanics, and broken souls forgotten by society. His miracles spark viral shockwaves. His teachings overturn centuries of religious tradition. His identity shatters everything people thought they knew about God, history, and themselves. But truth has enemies. Reverend Harold Cain—Chicago’s most influential pastor—and ...

The Muungano empire strived and struggled to form a utopia when they split away from old earth. Freeing themselves from the endless wars and oppression of their home planet in order to shape their own futures and create a far-reaching coalition of city-states that stretched from Earth and Mars to Titan. With the wisdom of their ancestors, the leadership of their elders, the power and vision of their scientists and warriors they charted a course to a better future. But the old powers could not allow them to thrive and have now set in motion new plots to destroy all that they've built.

Let the wild rumpus start—Where the Wild Things Are is turning sixty with this all-new digital audio edition narrated by Michelle Obama! Maurice Sendak's Caldecott Medal–winning picture book has become one of the most highly acclaimed and best-loved children's books of all time. This iconic...