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A short time after a CEO of a Manhattan high-tech weapons company reaches out to Investigative Reporter, Diana Chambers for investigative help, he dies a horrific death, along with two coworkers. And they are only the first to die!

Chambers' investigation has led her to question the motives of her own government, the intentions of the HAARP technology in Alaska, and other so-called non-lethal weaponry. Is this technology lethal, not only to the environment, but to human life?

"More William" (1922) by Richmal Crompton is like most of the "William"-books: it has no continuous narrative, but consists of separate independent short-stories. Some of the stories collected here are as follows: "A Busy Day","Rice-Mould", "William's Hobby", "The Ghos", "The May King", "The Revenge", "The Reform of William", "William's Christmas Eve".

Keri Merritt desperately needs her long-overdue vacation, preferably as far as she can get from anyone with a badge. It’s not that she doesn’t respect those modern knights, but between her job as a trauma nurse and her overprotective law enforcement family, she’s overrun. When she finds something in the back of her truck she definitely didn’t pack, all hope of a peaceful break from reality burns away in the heat of a dark, fevered gaze. Behind those chocolate eyes lies everything she wants to avoid.

"The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a children's book classic about an orphaned girl. Mary Lennox is a troubled, sickly and unloved 10-year-old, born in India to selfish, wealthy British parents, who never wanted her. She is cared for mainly by servants, and grows into a spoiled and selfish girl. When cholera kills Mary's parents and all the servants, she is sent to England, to live with Archibald Craven, an uncle she has never met, at his bleak, isolated house. At first, Mary is her usual self: sour and rude.

Special Agent Jerry Simmons relocates to the FBI's White Collar and Organized Crime Unit in West Palm Beach, Florida -- a feeding ground for sharks of all types, both fish and con-artists. He finds himself with an assignment to investigate a simple complaint filed by a businessman against his partner, which soon turns up connections to the Canadian Mafia, a moon-worshipping jewelry thief, and the world of the rich and famous - an assignments that unwittingly puts him on a path that will change his life forever.

Dawson's not just a pretty face and...really, really muscular arms. This bear has a dark, violent past and a present that barely keeps him from exploding again. But once he lays eyes on Angie, he knows he won't - can't - let this one go. These two will have to scratch, bite, and hold on as tight as they can. Even if they have to survive gunshots, claw fights, and some really obnoxious 911 calls, they're never going to give up on this weird, beautiful love.

While judge Peter Ault is away on holiday, his teenage daughter Rachel throws a party. The invite goes out on Facebook and before she knows it over 100 kids have descended on the house. The party turns into a riot and the property is trashed. And before the night is over Rachel and her boyfriend are dead.

Scrooge, an old miser, is "a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner". He hates Christmas, calling it "humbug". The tale begins on a "cold, bleak, biting" Christmas Eve in London, exactly seven years after the death of Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley. At home that night, Scrooge is visited by Marley's ghost, who is forever cursed to wander the earth dragging a network of heavy chains, forged during a lifetime of greed and selfishness.

"Through the Looking-Glass" is a novel by Lewis Carroll. The themes and settings make it a kind of a mirror image of "Alice in Wonderland": it begins outdoors, uses frequent changes in size, and draws on the imagery of playing cards; the Looking-Glass opens indoors, uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions, and draws on the imagery of chess. In it, there are many mirror themes, including opposites, time running backwards, and so on. So this audiobook is based on a game of chess, played on a giant chessboard with fields for squares.

You are a step away from learning the ins & outs of dividend investing to ultimately generate steady passive income that sets you squarely on the path to financial freedom!

Written resumes are only good for opening doors, not closing deals. The unwritten resume is a real-time and deeply memorable depiction of you. It is a collection of impressions you leave behind with everyone who encounters you - in person, or on the phone.... It is what triggers action - good or bad - because it represents who you really are to those with whom you interact.

Hana Lee has dreams, dreams of a life greater than one she was born into. From a young age, she only knew poverty and death, yet she still had an education and a chance to get out. That is, until her father took those dreams from her: He sold her to the Korean mafia in Seoul, Hana being his payment for the debt he incurred.

As a wet-nurse to a small village, Caitlin is used to early morning walks through the mist as she makes her rounds. But when the big breasted beauty spots Viking raiders rising from the mists, she tries to warn the village and takes an arrow for her troubles. Now she's stuck hiding in a barn, with Vikings hot on her heels and nowhere to hide. Unable to run and with Vikings at the door, the scared girl hides among the cows in an attempt to go unnoticed. And when the men find her, naked and pouring milk from her large breasts, she has no choice but to submit to being suckled by the Viking.

Even good girls make mistakes. Kira Taylor was shocked to meet her boss's handsome, long-absent son and find him even more lethal in the flesh. He'd always been just a face in a photo - and nothing had prepared her for the way they clashed and burned when they finally met. Blake Carter returned to America for a reunion with a father he hadn't seen since he was ten. But Blake had never bargained for falling for his father's sexy secretary, the beautiful and impressionable Kira Taylor…

April is keeping a secret from Gabe. When April's sister Vanessa was dying, she confessed to April that she'd been unfaithful to Gabe and... the little girl he believes is his daughter isn't his! Once in love with Gabe herself, April is torn by the promise she made her sister to never tell Gabe the truth. But now she's returned to her hometown. Should she be honest with Gabe about his daughter's parentage? Or should she remain silent about everything but her love for him?

Bazza Mackenzie, Pompey’s top criminal, is now beyond reach of DI Joe Faraday. Hungry for power and profile, Bazza decides to stand for Portsmouth North in the general election. And his campaign is taking the city by storm. But politics is an expensive business and so Bazza turns to ex-cop Paul Winter to call in a multi-million pound drug debt. Winter, though, is facing a nightmare of his own and knows his time with Bazza has to end.

Andrew Hartley inherits an unexpected fortune and starts dreaming about how to quietly use it to help the small town he loves. A new updated library seems like the perfect place to start, except for the unexpected opposition in the form of a beautiful teacher on the committee.

Common Sense Wisdom is a short book with a big message about life and the important transitions, challenges, and changes planned or unplanned that we all must face from time to time. It is at moments like these that some common sense wisdom can help us understand what is happening or should happen, why it's happening or why it should, how we should respond to it or initiate it, and how we can best apply the insights and lessons from those who have been there and done that to our own lives.

Dr. Oscar Thorne inherited his grandparents' house and is turning it into a hospital for shape-shifters, helped by his best friend, carpenter Danny Davies. The paperwork is never-ending, so he hires office manager Ambrielle Watson to deal with it all. Oscar and Danny are both wolves and both Doms. Ambrielle's a human and a sub. Is she a perfect match for them both? Oscar's cousin George Thorne contests their grandparents' will, demanding the house and all the land for himself.

For over a year Paula has felt her sex life slipping away from her. She believes its her fault. So, one afternoon to spice up her relationship, she decides to pay a visit to her husband, Jason, for a nooner in his office. The only problem is, he's already tired of waiting for Paula and found someone to take her place, his own intern. While she should be bothered by it, Paula decides to use the intern for her own sexual purposes.