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Judy first escaped the bleak Maine winters to Florida and then, through an unexpected holiday romance in Peru, made the more difficult escape from the struggling middle-class Lake Worth to neighboring Palm Beach. Judy is a good wife and a good friend, but not quite ideal at either role. She is not obsessive about dusting. She is mostly, but not always, there for you when you need to talk. More worryingly, however, if your continued existence inconveniences Judy, then you can expect to die...

No longer plagued by the wild beasts and tyrants faced during his Bartlett Trial, 15-year-old Gladius looks forward to returning with his new friend, Elle, to her family home. Good food, great stories and a much needed rest await them – at least that is what they believe until they discover their homes burned to the ground and their families missing. Something, or someone, is not only collecting bodies all over the countryside, but also snatching their souls.

Sean Virgil is a complete loser. He's unemployed, overweight and practically penniless. The only escape from his morose life is the solace he finds while playing video games. When he moves out of the real world and in to the virtual world, he can be handsome and powerful, a hero or a villain; anyone else other than the loser that he really is. When real life sucks and the virtual world is the only escape, the lines can become blurred on what reality is. Can a video game change the concepts of reality and fiction?

Cassie Reeser is a bona fide superhero. But what did she have to give up to get that way? Her brother Peter's experiments might have saved her life, but now she's little more than a weapon in his eyes and he'll use her how he wishes. Before she was a Protector, Cassie was her brother's personal lab rat. Can she break from his tyrannical rule or will she sacrifice herself to save her friends?

When fifteen year-old Gladius Oldmont is thrust from his peaceful home into the dangerous Longwood Forest he finds himself pitted against a tyrant who has been terrorizing the lands in search of answers to an ancient secret that could unlock absolute power. From the shadows of Longwood Forest to the Hills of the Moon, Gladius must survive encounters with a near extinct scimitar cat, an ornery dragon, a horde of death bats and a tumultuous underground river which leads to a subterranean labyrinth of tunnels.

The inaugural addresses of Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy & Nixon.

Niko Kiriakos, tentative heir to the ailing Calypso Shipping fleet, always suspected he was cursed. Following his sudden disappearance, his wife, Anna, and daughter, Zoe, are left adrift. Unmoored, they begin to test the boundaries of their lives, struggling with issues of loyalty, identity and what it means to be a family. Spanning years and tracing a route from Niagara Falls to Greece, Escape Plans is an unblinking look at the ties that bind us together and the things that pull us apart.

In this powerful novel of love and family, a doctor named Paris follows a nurse to a country on the brink of civil war. When a confrontation does break out, they are swept up by rebel forces and separated. The nurse, Helen, is pregnant; she escapes, but Paris is left behind, imprisoned by rebels as war rages. A narrative of brutal power about parental bonds, forgiveness, and identity, The Colonial Hotel recasts for the 21st century the ancient story of Paris, Helen, and Oenone.

Ex-Chicago detective Lilly D'Angelo has a secret she doesn't share with anyone. A master of the one-night stand, she's given up ever finding a soul mate and thrown herself head first into her career. That is, until she captures the wrong alien. Kidnapped and sold into the sex slave trade, she's shipped into deep space. Barely escaping with her life, Lilly now travels the galaxy working as a bounty hunter using her secret talents to bring down criminals and seeking revenge on the one male who ruined her life.

Whether new to the journey of self-discovery or one who has already begun the journey, author John Seeley gives practical techniques to assist listeners in the process of getting unstuck, reclaim a greater sense of personal power, and create a life they are truly meant to live.

They were three teenagers with the power to reanimate dead bodies, students at an elite and secretive school where they learned to hone their abilities and command the dead. And they just wanted to get laid. Because even teenagers with powers over the dead have hormones. What starts as an innocent booty call with a seemingly normal girl turns deadly as they unwittingly summon a dark force bent on slaughter. And as they try to fight the demons of their own conjuring, they find that commanding the dead just might be the easy part....

A Human Resources Director reveals what goes on behind the closed doors of the Human Resources Department. He tells of the raunchy, humorous and bizarre acts of men and women in the workplace. He shows compassion and a knack for creative solutions that improve conditions for company and crew. He fires sexual predators. He puts his job at risk to keep worthy staff. But then he crosses the line with a married woman, his subordinate—resulting in crushing consequences.

Meet Margaritta, ‘The Sex Tapes’ editor, also known as the ‘Scandalous Scandinavian’, who will introduce you to a thrilling world of adult confessions. Just listen to her amazing collection of ‘Readers’ Letters’, from people like you, who are into really imaginative sex and unbelievably wild erotic fantasies! Hear Mrs L.W. of Bayswater, London who tells us how she fulfilled her husband’s hottest fantasy and Larry of Wolverhampton who bares his fangs and everything else…