A page-turning examination of how a multi-billion dollar industry creates enormous wealth and endless heartache, at a time when climate change, swings in the market, and greed are impacting fishermen’s livelihoods in new and dramatic ways.Lobster has been a phenomenal success story, with a commercial fishery that has generated enormous wealth and fuelled appetites for one of the world’s most recognizable luxury foods. The great lobster boom that began in the 1990s ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Step into the remarkable life of Diana Frances Spencer before she became the beloved "People’s Princess."Diana Before the Crown unravels the journey of a young woman navigating the complexities of British aristocracy, romance, and relentless public scrutiny. This compelling biography explores her early life as part of the Spencer family, her whirlwind romance with Prince Charles, and the emotional battl...

Stalker Kai Gracen knew his human upbringing would eventually clash with his elfin heritage, but not so soon. Between Ryder, a pain-in-his-neck sidhe lord coaxing him to join San Diego's Southern Rise Court, and picking up bounties for SoCalGov, he has more than enough to deal with. With his loyalties divided between the humans who raised him and the sidhe lord he's befriended and sworn to protect, Kai finds himself standing at a crossroads. When a friend begs Kai to rescue a small group o...

In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate ...

**Help Monster escape from your book in this interactive adventure from Tom Fletcher!SHAKE! TICKLE! SPIN!**Who's that stuck inside this book? It's a naughty monster! Can you help him escape?But Monster doesn't want to leave your book, we'll need to try lots of things to get rid of him! Shake the book, tickle his feet and make a LOUD noise...This playful story from bestselling author, Tom Fletcher, is full of interactive magic, and helps little ones engage in...

Life is cheap.The City-States of Zar and Perdition battle each other for control of an island that separates the two. Zar fights for the freedom of all, while Perdition enforces the status quo. The Principal of Perdition has sent his youngest son, Ollie, on a special mission into the enemy city of Zar to end the war.Zorra, a daughter of Zar, is asked to make the ultimate sacrifice to bring peace to the land. Before an armistice is celebrated, death...

Fly for freedom.Helena always thought of Europe as the romantic continent, full of history and mystery waiting to be explored. What she finds breaks her heart, deforested, and smoke choked.The Russians haunt the Legend’s every move. Will she ever escape their influence?The old countries are arming with new deadly steam-powered weapons. Will humans survive to see the 20th century?Will Helena want to live in the next century if it arr...

For Bryce Derrickson, rejection is nothing new. He’s used to Broadway casting directors seeing his size and assuming he can’t be a graceful dancer. But getting dumped with no notice is a special kind of burn. At least his sweet dog Bobo still loves him.As if being left without warning isn’t bad enough, Bryce’s ex sublets their apartment without telling him, leaving him without a place to live. When his new ‘roommate’ turns out to be a stuffy, elbow-patches-on-blazer, permanent-frow...

Adrift in lives of possibility and limitation, the flawed, struggling and sympathetic characters of these desperate, eerie stories seek refuge from meaninglessness and boredom in love, art, friendship, drugs, and sex. A journalist is either the guest or captive of a reclusive former tennis star at his mansion in the French hills; a terrible storm forces a man and a woman, who may be his therapist, to flee New York together; the artistic ambitions of a banker are laid bare when he comes und...

Learn how to use Power BI to deliver the insights needed to help your enterprise survive and thrive Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesLearn simple through to advanced Power BI features in a clear, concise way using real-world examplesDevelop powerful analytical models and reports that extract key business insightsPublish, share and collaborate on impressive reports, dashboards, apps, and goals

A fascinating look at Walt Disney’s last, unfinished project and the controversy that surrounded it.It was going to be Disneyland at the top of a mountain. A vacation destination where guests could ski, go ice skating, or be entertained by a Disney Imagineer-created band of Audio-Animatronic bears. In the summer, visitors could fish, camp, hike, or take a scenic chairlift ride to the top of a mountain. It was the Mineral King resort in Southern California, and it wa...

The official prequel novelization bridging the gap between Pacific Rim and the upcoming Pacific Rim Uprising.It's been ten years since humanity's war with the monstrous Kaiju ended and the Breach at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean was sealed. The Pan Pacifi c Defense Corps remains vigilant in anticipation of the Kaiju's return, expanding and advancing their fleet of massive mechs known as Jaegers and accepting the best and the brightest candidates into the Jaeger Academy Training Program t...