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Publisher
Bonnie Doon Press Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
So here's the deal -- I'm a magical disaster. A witch from a family of witches, and the only one whose magic blows up in her face. Which is why I came up with my rules... 1. Never get involved with magic; 2. If you must get involved, do not enter a competition to win the biggest magical fortune in England; 3. And definitely don't fall for Callan Hawthorne, the sexy billionaire mage who you've hated for years. So how the heck do I end up in a situation...
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Series
John Russell series volume 7
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles, 1953. It has been five years since British journalist John Russell struck a deal with a high-ranking Soviet official, relieving Russell of his duty as double-agent for Soviet and American intelligence. Now Russell lives a life of relative comfort in Los Angeles alongside his wife, Effi, a star on an American sitcom, and their adopted daughter, Rosa, a young artist on the cusp of adulthood. He has just begun work on a book investigating...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"It's 1977. Ike and Lucy, the kids of Senator Charlie and Margaret Marder, are grown up -- and in trouble. US Marine Ike has gone AWOL after a military operation gone horribly wrong. Now he's off the grid, working on the pit crew of the moody stunt master Evel Knievel and hanging in the roughest dive bar in Montana. His sister Lucy has become the star reporter of a brand-new Washington, DC tabloid breaking stories about a serial killer and falling...
4) Death
Author
Series
Four horsemen (Laura Thalassa) volume 4
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The day Death comes to Lazarus Gaumond's town and kills everyone in one fell swoop, the last thing he expects to see is one woman left alive and standing. But Lazarus has an extraordinary gift: she cannot be killed. Not by humans, not by the elements, not by Death himself. She is the one soul Death doesn't recognize. The one soul he cannot pry free from her flesh. Nor can he ignore the unsettling desire he has for her. And the longer she tries to...
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"FAKE AMNESIA. REAL FEELINGS? REAL PROBLEMS. Sam Becker loves-or, okay, likes-his job. Sure, managing a bed and bath retailer isn't exactly glamorous, but it's good work and he gets on well with the band of misfits who keep the store running. He could see himself being content here for the long haul. Too bad, then, that the owner is an infuriating git. Jonathan Forest should never have hired Sam. It was a sentimental decision, and Jonathan didn't...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Meet the Murdochs and the family of Fox News. Until recently, they formed the most powerful media and political force in the land. Now their empire is crashing down. Drawing on years of access to the world of Fox, Michael Wolff plunges us behind the scenes of another empire of influence. Here is Rupert Murdoc, the ninety-two-year-old Australian billionaire concerned about his legacy but more concerned about profits. Here are his progeny, jockeying...
8) Eavesdropping on millionaires: investment strategies and advice on how to build and maintain wealth
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This book provides a unique and personal money management perspective taking a look at the investment habits, lessons to live by, and techniques of the affluent. It offers revelatory insight to those aspiring to financial heights, investment managers looking to know more about their clients, all the way to other millionaires wanting to learn valuable lessons from their peers. This is an opportunity to learn directly from those who have already traveled...
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Publisher
Gallery Books /13A
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders is one of the greatest motivators and inspirational leaders of all time-on the field, in business, with family, and in his community. Now, with Elevate and Dominate, he delivers the ultimate playbook of inspiring personal stories, winning strategies, and the motivation required to help us "elevate and dominate" in all aspects of our lives. A natural born leader, Sanders demands and expects the best from himself and from...
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Series
Publisher
For dummies, a Wiley Brand
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A guide to the nitty-gritty of small business This refreshingly straightforward book takes current and would-be entrepreneurs through the step-by-step process of starting, buying, or sustaining a small business. Discover whether entrepreneurship is for you and turn your business idea into a solid plan. Dig into jargon-free guidance on marketing, managing, and growing your business. Employee benefits, small business taxes, staying financially solvent--it's...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A comprehensive and insightful look at the modern workplace and how employees are managed, where the new approach is driven by the quirks of financial accounting to the detriment of employees and the long-term success of the organization. Real wages have stagnated or declined for most workers, job insecurity has increased, and retirement income is uncertain. Hours of work for white collar employees have increased steadily, opportunities for advancement...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning journalist Jane Ferguson, an unflinching memoir of ambition and war-from the Troubles to the fall of Kabul. In Northern Ireland in the 1980s and '90s, war was a secret, and young Jane Ferguson wanted to know the truth. For her, war was called the Troubles, bomb threats and military checkpoints on the way to school were commonplace, and an uncle's gunshot wound in IRA crossfire was disguised as a cow kick. Jane developed a penchant...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The thesis is simple: Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix this problem. But the labor movement of today has failed to enable enough individuals to join unions. Thus, organized labor's powerful potential is being wielded incompetently. And what is happening inside of organized labor will-far more than most people realize--determine the economic and social course of American...
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Publisher
Columbia Global Reports
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A decade after The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns, journalist Sasha Issenberg again goes behind the scenes of political campaigns. This time, the most urgent research and strategizing are being conducted on how to deal with disinformation"--
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In SLOW DOWN, Kohei Saito delivers a bold and urgent call for a return to Marxism in order to stop climate change. Here he argues that by returning to a system of social ownership, we can restore abundance and focus on those activities that are essential for human life, effectively reversing climate change and saving the planet"--
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Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading Ob/Gyn and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health. The medical system today is increasingly complicated and impersonal, and unfortunately, it is not going to be less so in the future. The rules of engagement have changed in medicine, but no one has bothered to inform patients. Much is written about Black women...
17) Sangre nueva
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Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Casandra heredó el departamento de su infancia, luego de la inesperada muerte de su madre. No vio el cadáver, pero lo soñó por días. Casi los mismos que le tomó ordenar las pertenencias y limpiar el espacio, deshacerse de aquellas fotos familiares que mamá había recortado para amputar su propio rostro. Bajo la promesa de estar sólo por un tiempo, Casandra y su novio, Fernando, se instalan en aquel departamento aún habitado por rencores...
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