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After her mother’s death and a life filled with twists and turns, Gabriela Nolan moves to Juniper Springs hoping for a fresh start. A new job, a new town, and a new lease on life. But when an armed heist shocks the town to its core, Gabriela’s world is flipped once more. Now, she’s thrust into madness and a mystery that defies all logic To make matters worse, Gabriela is asked to help identify the robbers, placing a dangerous target directly on her back.

Christ and Covenant in Global Politics casts a compelling vision for a Christian approach to international relations that seeks to transform global politics from systems driven by fear to covenantal global community based in shared loves, drawing on Augustine's understanding of rightly ordered loves and a contemporary Christian notion of covenantal pluralism. This groundbreaking textbook is designed for professors and students of international relations, offering a unique, faith-driven approach to global politics.

For the last several decades, the Hayes Family has ruled these Harlem streets with an iron fist. During that time, they've seen the ups and downs of the game. But no matter what's been thrown at them, they've always come out on top. But the last 24 hours have been unlike anything they've ever experienced. The Fate of the Family Empire rests on Shiloh’s shoulders. For years, he's yearned for this type of opportunity to prove himself. But now that it's here, he fears he might not be strong enough to wear the crown.

Maybe some mistakes are worth fixing. EMMA: Ever been ghosted by a hot hockey player who happens to be your brother's best friend? Unfortunately, I have. Five years. That's how long it's taken me to get over one perfect night. Long enough to convince myself I'm fine. Then Nate Winters limps into my world like he owns the place. Career-ending knee injury. Twelve weeks of recovery. And I'm the lucky physical therapist who gets to put my hands on him three times a week. Professional. Clinical. Like I don't remember exactly what those muscles feel like. He doesn't even recognize me at first. ...

“The energy and artistry Ericksen puts into her presentation make for an exciting listen.”—AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner) The #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb spins an epic tale of loyalty, treachery, murder, and the long shadow of war… His passport read Giovanni Rossi...

Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.

Four cold cases. Four ordinary gatekeepers. One brutal truth: systems remember what people try to forget. Told in first-person, these stories follow the paper trail where it gets ugly: permits, panel printouts, access logs, donation boxes, lost-and-found sheets. Each narrator starts with routine. Each ends with a record that won’t stay buried. Inspired by public-record case materials. Names and locations have been changed for privacy.

Four cold cases. Four ordinary jobs. Four paper trails that refuse to stay quiet. A municipal utility analyst sees a “vacant” house pull water like a fire hydrant for one single night, then return to silence. A stormwater supervisor finds a storm-drain access entry that shouldn’t exist, signed by a name no roster can explain. A civil engineer discovers a bridge’s sensors recorded a rare stop-and-shift anomaly at the exact minute a driver vanished, turning steel and strain into a roadside black box. A dam night operator realizes, too late, that a restricted control-room sign-in shows...

A handwritten name added after departure. A lost-and-found tag that belongs to nobody. An overnight rail permit with a timestamp gap no one can explain. A ride-along waiver that goes blank like it was never signed. In this cold-case collection, each story is told in a first-person, conversational voice by the person who handled the document that should have kept the truth straight: a ferry purser, an airport lost-and-found supervisor, a signal technician, and a patrol officer. They don’t chase glory. They chase what systems leave behind, logs, addenda, CAD notes, chain-of-custody forms, ...

Some disappearances don’t start with a scream. They start with a checkbox. In this cold-case true-crime compilation, each story is told in a first-person, conversational voice by the people who didn’t expect to become witnesses, a payroll supervisor who touched the last proof of life, a union steward who knows receipts can be legal records, an HR manager trapped inside “process,” and a floor supervisor who learns how easily time off can become a disguise. Names and locations are changed for privacy, but the spine stays faithful to public case-file structures: timelines, logs, ...

Some disappearances don’t make headlines. They don’t trigger manhunts or documentaries or late-night specials. They leave behind paperwork. This unsettling true-crime–inspired collection tells the stories of people who vanished not through mystery alone, but through systems that noticed them briefly, and then moved on. Each story is narrated in first person by the last professional who officially interacted with the missing: a legal aid volunteer filing a restraining order, a tow-yard manager rotating an unclaimed car, an intake nurse waiting for a patient who never arrived, an ...

They didn’t vanish in the dark. They vanished in systems that were working exactly as designed. In this chilling true-crime compilation, every story begins with a record, logged, verified, stamped, and filed. Each story is told in first-person by the worker who followed protocol, people who did their jobs correctly, compassionately, and by the book. Names and locations have been changed, but every case is rooted in real public records, court filings, and institutional documentation available online. There are no conspiracies here. No cover-ups. No villains twirling mustaches. Just forms ...

A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously—Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future. Read by Michael J. Fox, this program features renowned clips and music from Back to the Future, plus...

Some cold cases don’t begin with blood. They begin with a stamp. In this four-story true crime compilation, every case is drawn from publicly accessible case-file artifacts and processes, these stories follow the moment a routine document turns into a warning, then a trail. Names and locations have been changed for privacy. The records stay cold. The questions don’t. Because “closed” is a word the system uses. Not a human one.

The gods have been angered. Hell will rain down. After Wic and the Phantom’s successful operation on Karkin Four, the team learns of the enemy’s plans for a swift retaliation: an all-out assault on New York City. Together, Wic must rally the team’s resources to plan an emergency counter-assault that will push the Phantoms to their limits. With help from unexpected places, mission success seems all but assured. But when a new terrifying technology emerges, Wic must face the most challenging choice of all: sacrifice his teammates for the fate of Earth.

Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over ten years on the force, she’s seen it all - and knows her survival depends on her instincts. And she’s going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire - and a suspect in Eve’s murder investigation.

Imagine your best friend invites you on an all-expenses-paid trip. Luxury at its finest. A five-star resort, designer shopping sprees, fine dining, and balling out like there’s no tomorrow. She swears her new man is head over heels for her and doesn’t mind spending big. While she’s out on a date, you decide to unwind with a bubble bath. The warmth relaxes you, lulling you into comfort. You dip your head beneath the water, letting the silence consume you. But when you resurface, the silence is shattered. A man is standing there. Watching you. Before you can scream, darkness takes over.

Harry Potter jamás ha oído hablar de Hogwarts hasta que las cartas comienzan a llegar al número cuatro de Privet Drive, pero sus siniestros tíos se apropian rápidamente de estos pergaminos amarillentos que llevan la dirección escrita en tinta verde y un sello púrpura. Luego, en su undécimo cumpleaños, un gigantesco hombre con ojos como escarabajos llamado Rubeus Hagrid irrumpe con una noticia asombrosa: Harry Potter es un mago y lo esperan en el Colegio Hogwarts de Magia y Hechicería. ¡Una aventura increíble está por comenzar!

I knew he had the power to make me feel, but he also had the power to break me. To pull my heart outside of my chest and stomp on it. I knew falling for a man like Capone came with more than I was ready for. He wasn't feared for no reason. Timmy never meant Jaiden any good, and I knew it from the first time I met him. I've never wanted someone dead as much as I wanted him dead. Timmy needed to go, and I didn't care how he went as long as he wasn't breathing. Capone put it on his life that he would always protect me and mine.

There were a lot of things that I could live without. I had lived without freedom for the past fifteen years. My wife was someone that I couldn't live without, and I needed her. Alaia saved a lot of people with just a touch of her hand on my arm. She calmed the beast within me, reminded me what I had at home. Alaia was someone that I refused to live without, and now, they took her from me. They touched my wife and thought they would be able to live to talk about it. You didn't touch a Delgato and thought you would live. You didn't touch what was mine and think you could live.