A billionaire, an athlete and a drag queen walk into a bar ….The only daughter of a billionaire industrialist and the last child of six, Kaitlin is done being treated as the least among them. The one who doesn't matter.Tomorrow's the most important day in her life, so why is she in a smoky dive bar in Montego Bay, Jamaica, allowing herself to get sucked in by a huge pair of sea-green eyes? The man's a drifter with a bad case of bedhead, playing com...

Simona needs a raise badly, but her boss is too busy with HH&H's new advertising campaign for a fancy perfume to give her the time of day. She gets up early one morning to confront Fred one last time only to find him lying on the plush carpet of his office murdered. Who is the killer and why? Maybe it's the art director who hungered for Fred's job. Or the jilted ad executive. Or the secretive CEO. Or the overworked Office Manager. There are too many suspects to sort through, but when the c...

Learn the fundamentals of Python (3.7) and how to apply it to data science, programming, and web development. Fully updated to include hands-on tutorials and projects.Key FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of Python programming with interactive projectsApply Python to data science with tools such as IPython and JupyterUtilize Python for web development and build a real-world app using DjangoBook DescriptionLearn Python Programmin...

Learn to code like a professional with Python – an open source, versatile, and powerful programming languageKey FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of programming with Python – one of the best languages ever createdDevelop a strong set of programming skills that you will be able to express in any situation, on every platform, thanks to Python’s portabilityCreate outstanding applications of all kind, from websites to scripting, and from GUIs to data ...

This book deals with large-scale, systemic corruption, a phenomenon that it identifies as part of the political landscape in most, if not all, societies of the contemporary world. While the analysis is grounded in the political thought of earlier thinkers, especially Edmund Burke, and integrates the insights of several modern analysts of corruption, the volume offers a new, updated theoretical perspective on the topic. This perspective reflects deep concerns with corruption in a world faci...

The Oxford Handbook of Polish Politics provides students, researchers, practitioners, and interested readers with the most complete analysis of Polish politics and society yet published. Including cutting-edge contributions from specialist scholars across the world, it is a comprehensive and up to date reference work and authoritative source on Polish Politics. Poland is the fifth largest European Union (EU) member state, representing in terms of size and population more than half...

For fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas, this rhyming Christmas audiobook from #1 New York Times–bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart follows an abominable gingerbread cookie wreaking havoc in the North Pole. Is this beastly cookie trying to create a holiday disaster . . . or does it simply long for a family to share the season with?This program features music and special effects—listen along and enjoy the fun! It also includes a recipe at the end ...

The novel "Sick Bonds" was built on the ancient myth of the three Furies, the vengeful goddesses of the Darkness who weaved human destinies with their spindles of yew wood, twisting the past, present and future of the earthly, plotting their fates and punishing them for their crimes. Clotho reeled, Lachesis weaved, and Atropos, the "one of no return", as her name implies, cut the thread of life. Maybe justice was being done, maybe they were merely fulfilling the human inevitability, or may...

The Power Rangers and Omega Rangers join forces in an epic struggle against a friend-turned-foe! Mistress Vile’s diabolical scheme also comes to a head as she possesses an object of immeasurable power–and a sidekick with darker origins than the Rangers thought possible!

A meditative, reflective poetry that tells simple and honest stories, especially of fragile people, with humility and humanity, thus highlighting the dignity of every human being.Alexandro Acevedo's strong sense of human rights, of freedom, equality, justice, was certainly strengthened by his profession as a lawyer, as well as by having endured the dark years of the Pinochet dictatorship, which oppressed Chile for seventeen years, from September 1973 to March 1990. While the natural...

The Italian philosopher and author of Totalitarianism "rescues the concept of evil as an element necessary for guidance in political reflection" ( Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review).As long as we care about suffering in the world, says political philosopher Simona Forti, we are compelled to inquire into the question of evil. But is the concept of evil still useful in a postmodern landscape where absolute values have been leveled and relativi...

The third chapter of the groundbreaking DARKEST HOUR event continues as the number of corrupted Rangers pouring through the Master Arch becomes overwhelming. But this time they’re taking captives! As Trini seeks answers from the only beings who may be able to provide them, a powerful Pink Ranger flexes her powers to help Kimberly... but will it be enough as Dark Specter’s infectious corruption spreads out of control across time and space?