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Reformed hacker Diana Highsmith hasn’t left her house in over a year . . . . . . not since she watched the man she loved fall to his death in the Swiss mountains. Now a grief-stricken recluse, she runs a thriving Internet security company from her home—meeting with clients in OtherWorld, an online virtual reality platform where she lives as her avatar, Nadia. The only two people Diana has seen live in the past twelve months are her sister, Ash...

When Penny comes home from school, she is ready to sing her song. But the babies are sleeping, and Mama and Papa are worried that Penny will wake them up. Oh, but it is a good song, a really wonderful song . . . and Penny wants more than anything to sing it.What do you think will happen?

When Penny comes home from school, she is ready to sing her song. But the babies are sleeping, and Mama and Papa are worried that Penny will wake them up. Oh, but it is a good song, a really wonderful song . . . and Penny wants more than anything to sing it.What do you think will happen?

An unexpected "gift" has arrived for Carol Farley this Christmas: an envelope with no return address containing a newspaper clipping. Blurred but unmistakable is a photo of a man missing for years and feared dead--Carol's father. It is a summons calling her to a world she has never known, to a place of ancient majesty and blood-chilling terror. Surrounded by towering pyramids on Mexico City's Walk of the Dead, a frightened yet resolute young w...

It was the start of a grand adventure in a land of antiquity, a rare opportunity to visit biblical places rich in tradition. But in a Jerusalem hotel room a world away from everything she knows, Dinah van der Lyn hears angry voices through the wall, followed by a crash and a brief cry in English . . . for help! The brutal shattering of an evening's stillness becomes a prelude to terror. Without warning, Dinah has been unwittingly pulled into s...

Althea Tomlinson's ostensible reason for returning to Egypt is to chaperone a spoiled teenager through this fabulous desert land. The truth is more complex . . . and dangerous. Ten years ago, something that happened here brought about her father's ruin and subsequent death—and Althea intends to clear her disgraced parent's name and finally lay a dark past to rest. But there are some mysteries best left buried in the shifting sands, and a devot...

London gossips are asking: What use has society of an exclusive gentleman's club if no gentlemen are ever seen to pass through its door?After years as an agent of the secret Falcon Club, Lord Leam Blackwood knows it's time to return home to Scotland. One temptation threatens his plans—Kitty Savege, who warms his blood like a dram of fine whiskey. But a dangerous enemy stands in the way of desire, and to beat this foe Leam needs Kitty's help . ...

A marriage of convenience . . . or of destiny?Gerard de Lacey is determined to find the man who is blackmailing his family, but with his inheritance and status at risk, a hasty marriage to a wealthy bride also seems in order—just in case things take a turn for the worse. Charismatic and capable, Gerard knows he can win the hand of any lady he chooses. Still, he's not expecting a rich widow to find him and propose the very thing he wants: a mar...

Six Regency heroes—One royal hangoverAn infamous night has been lost to memory. The scandalous Dukes of the Royal Entourage must make amends. The first step is a heroic rescue.One of England’s most disreputable peers, Alexander Barclay, Duke of Kress, has stumbled upon a perfect opportunity for redemption. Having been exiled to Cornwall by the Prince Regent himself, Barclay discovers lovely Roxanne Vanderhaven clinging to the edge of a cliff, ...

When Splat breaks his family's TV, he enters a cake-baking contest to win a new one. But can Splat take the cake and save the day?

Let the hunt begin … Lisa Madison wants a husband, and she has just the candidate in mind: Robert Langley. Trouble is, the infuriating man insists on seeing her as the impish girl she once was—even as every other gentleman in London has taken notice of her womanly . . . charms. When her beauty lands her in danger, it's Robert who comes to the rescue, only to announce his affections are not of the romantic kind!Robert saw enough sorrow in his p...

Z is for Zebra.Zebra is absolutely certain he’ll be able to direct everyone to appear on the correct page, at the appropriate time, without any mishaps, unnecessary drama, or hurt feelings. It’s the ABCs, for goodness’ sake. How difficult can it be?Oh, dear.Zebra forgot about moose.

Before Adam Walsh there were no faces on milk cartons, no Amber Alerts, no federal databases of crimes against children. His abduction and murder—unsolved for more than a quarter of a century—forever changed America. Shocked by Adam's murder and the inability of the police and FBI to find his killer, Adam's parents, Revé and John Walsh—who would go on to create America's Most Wanted—became advocates for the transformation of law enforcement's ...

Porter's work out to ring up the audience for Steven Levitt's Freakonomics." -Booklist Many of the prices we pay seem to make little sense. We shell out $2.29 for coffee at Starbucks when a nearly identical brew can be had at the corner deli for less than a dollar. We may be less willing to give blood for $25 than to donate it for free. And we pay someone to cart away trash that would be a valuable commodity in poorer parts of the world.The P...

Unlike other young Jedi sidelined to the Agricultural Corps--those whose abilities have not proved up to snuff--Hestizo Trace possesses one extraordinary Force talent: a gift with plants. But suddenly her quiet existence among greenhouse and garden specimens is violently destroyed by the arrival of an emissary from Darth Scabrous, a Sith Lord with a fanatical dream poised to become nightmarish reality. For the rare black orchid that Hestizo ha...

Die S 1000 RR, der erste Supersportler von BMW Motorrad mit Vierzylinder-Reihenmotor, wurde auf Anhieb zu einem Meilenstein in der Motorrad-Geschichte. Mit 142 kW (193 PS) Motorleistung, konsequenter Leichtbauweise und herausragender Perfomance setzte die "RR" neue Highlights im Feld der Supersportler. Erstmals in der Geschichte straßenzugelassener Supersport-Motorräder vermochte sie mit Race ABS und der Traktionskontrolle Dynamic Traction Con...

The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. In "Golden Holocaust, " Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to explore how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. He paints a harrowing pict...

vermittelt angehenden Friseur/-innen und Kosmetiker/-innen durch berufsbezogene Texte, Aufgaben und Beispiele alle sprachlichen Grundlagen, die sie in ihrem beruflichen Alltag benötigen berücksichtigt die kommunikationsbezogenen Inhalte der Lernfelder sowie die Erfordernisse differenzierten Unterrichts enthält eine umfangreiche Sammlung literarischer Texte rund um das Thema Körperpflege mit Protagonisten zur stärkeren Identifikation der Schüle...

This is the first book to address the issues of affordable power, sustainable energy, and reduced environmental impact through the science of energy pricing. Looking at the availability of natural resources from an engineering perspective, and determining how they can be priced to achieve sustainability in the energy sector, is the aim of this groundbreaking new work. Most current models used in energy pricing are based on linear analyses. Wh...

Zum Werk Das Werk stellt das Bauvergabeverfahren chronologisch von der Ausschreibung bis hin zur Zuschlagserteilung klar gegliedert und praxisorientiert dar. Es behandelt Schritt für Schritt wie eine Vergabe durchzuführen ist und geht besonders auf die in der Praxis schwierigen Punkte des Verfahrens ein, wie z.B. Wahl der richtigen Verfahrensart, der Auftraggebereigenschaft, Leistungsbeschreibung und Wertung der Angebote. Weiter ist in einem g...