Blood is thicker than oil—until murder threatens everything.Fenway Stevenson swore she'd never go back to Estancia.But after losing her mother and her job in one devastating week, she's left with no options and forced to ask her estranged father for help. That means returning to the coastal California town where he wields near-absolute power as the head of the region's largest oil company—and where Fenway is viewed as an outsider at best, and a political pa...

Learn all the Java and Android skills you need to start making powerful mobile applicationsKey Features\[\*\]Kick-start your Android programming career, or just have fun publishing apps to the Google Play marketplace\[\*\]A first-principles introduction to Java, via Android, which means you’ll be able to start building your own applications from scratch\[\*\]Learn by example and build three real-world apps and over 40 mini apps throughout the b...

When Themya Daryan’s gift of magic manifests itself, family circumstances make her see it as a curse instead of a blessing. She and her widower father ask from her Sorcerer Uncle to apply to have it Blocked by the Realm’s Council of Five. However, when her Uncle takes her there, not only does she not get what she requested, but she realises that she has more than just one Gift. By the cultivation of her Gift of the UnVeilable unfurls a yarn of deception and crime the culprits of which ...

Pocket Power from The Slumflower will inspire you to think of yourself a little more often.Chidera Eggerue a.k.a. The Slumflower is here to give you tips and wisdom for reclaiming your power as a disobedient woman!Know your worth, achieve your potential, and embrace every opportunity along the way with Chidera's Pocket Power.

Renowned psychologists describe the five most useful insights from social psychology that will help make you “wise”: wise about why we behave the way we do, and wise about how to use that knowledge to understand others and change ourselves for the better.When faced with a challenge, we often turn to those we trust for words of wisdom. Friends, relatives, and colleagues: someone with the best advice about how to boost sales, the most useful insights into raising chi...

Bestselling author Craig Groeschel offers 365 practical devotions to help you develop a daily connection with Jesus and experience his life-shaping power.Power--God's power. You've got to have it to stand strong in these times and become who God says you are. And the good news is you have full access to it through Jesus. Daily Power will help you develop a consistent, daily pursuit of Jesus that releases his power in your life.These 365 brief devot...

An unvarnished, deeply human account of one man’s time in prison . . . and his unexpected journey to healing, accountability, transformation, and redemption.At 18, Jesse Crosson was considered a lost cause. Strung out on drugs, he committed a robbery and later a nonfatal shooting. For those choices, he was sentenced to 32 years—nearly twice as long as the maximum recommended by sentencing guidelines.No one expected his story to end well. But for Jesse, pris...

Anger is the fire in our mind which eats up the genius and enlightened mind rapidly. The mind is wood, burn it right to get coal, rub well to get the diamond otherwise the ash.I think the most challenging task in life is to understand people's hearts and minds, but what if I say it's not impossible or maybe not much possible, both have a difference. It's almost impossible to borrow each other's minds. We are unique in every attribute. I decided to write thi...

Marco wanted the sexy werewolf the first time he felt her energy, but she was too politically connected for him to make her his with vampire tricks, and that was long before she’d become Alpha Wolf over the southeastern United States. Now, she’s a powerhouse of her own, and the only way to keep her in his life is to win her heart.Cora didn’t plan to fall for a vampire, and her life absolutely does not need the complication of yet another uber-power...

Deep corruption threatened to ruin jobs and harm lives. Intimidation, distrust, and secrecy became the norm among the executive management group of Chelan County Public Utility.Even in a small and semirural American government, corrupt leaders aren't simply dishonest and immoral. They're dangerous.A board of directors should hold wrongdoers accountable, but sometimes that responsibility falls to righteous employees and leadership. A riveting and relevant memoir, The Int...

"A refreshing and enlightening new perspective on what it means to be powerful." - SUSAN CAIN, bestselling author of QuietAn eye-opening exploration of power and how we can harness it using performance techniques borrowed from actors.What if instead of worrying about getting more power, we focus on using the power we do have better?Stanford business professor Deborah Gruenfeld combines 25 years of social psychology research...

In Relationships That Work, David B. Wolf, provides practical exercises and principles for you to master strategies for high-level communication. You will learn empathic listening and conflict resolution skills, and ways of assertion that align with principles rooted in your spiritual truth. This book shows you how to be in more honest, satisfying relationships, enhance self-awareness, and live a life of purposeful action. You will be guided to recognize patterns of assumptions by which yo...