The moment my college entrance exam results came out, my furious younger sister hurled a vase at my head.My stepfather gave me a cold, piercing stare and asked if I had cheated.And my biological mother, with a face full of disappointment, scolded me for pretending in front of her all this time.I pressed my bloodied forehead, but deep down, I felt a strange sense of relief. Finally, this day had come.

Four novellas featuring cold-hearted women who get ahead in America’s grimiest underworldTwisted Loyalty by KaiTandra is a professional cleaner hired by the lords of the city’s underbelly to clean crime scenes and eliminate evidence, including eyewitnesses. When her employee has a slip-up and divulges the details of a murder scene, it jeopardizes not only Tandra’s life, but the lives of everyone involved.Three the Hard Way by C. J. HudsonAf...

In Daughter of the Game , Armand's love was deep, but Monique's lies cost him too much... In the highly anticipated sequel, his hate will be infinite and never again will he let a female come before the game... While Monique's walls are closing in, Armand is expanding his world tenfold. His mandate is to take over the streets, but his personal hunt is payback! With each inhale, Armand remembers every betrayal, records every disappointment, and marinates on every abandoned promise. It's ti...

A story of the journey, the lessons I have learnt and how the insights I saw has helped me on the recovering road. There are gifts also which I received is a combination of my experiences and my ability to relate my way of being to them. This book celebrates how far I have come.

She is the forgotten true daughter of a wealthy family, and he is the heir of the Xiper family, standing at the peak of power.After returning to her family, Eliana Winters discovers that she cannot fit into this cold world. She feels out of place, constrained at every turn, and the only warmth she finds comes from Adrian's presence. He teaches her how to survive in the world of fame and fortune, protects her, and helps her evolve from being timid and dependent to helplessly falling...

Indoor location is one of the two most important contexts (time and location), becoming a key entry for mobile Internet. This book envisions potential indoor location applications, overviews the related state of the art technologies, and presents original patented techniques and open source prototype systems. The tutorial and sample code are provided as a good reference and starting point for readers who are interested in the technique detail.

Shiki Tsubasa's first winter in Kitami is coming to an end, and despite Hokkaido's freezing temperatures, it's starting to feel like home. So it comes as a shock when he's told that if he ranks below the top ten students in his grade in the final exams, he'll be sent back to Tokyo. If only there were another gorgeous Hokkaido gal who could tutor him, but what are the odds of that?

Join Buddy and Bailey on an adventure across the Last Frontier as they learn new things about its inhabitants. Meet beautiful and intriguing wildlife and count how many new friends they make along the way! This visually exciting book will awaken your imagination and have you planning your own Alaskan adventure in no time!

Feeling burnt out? Drained by the demands of daily life? In a world that constantly asks for more, it's easy to lose touch with your inner magic and feel like your soul is simply... weary.What if the path to reclaiming your joy wasn't found in complicated rituals, but in the simple, grounding act of stirring a pot? In Kitchen Witchery for the Weary Soul, author Kai Rose invites you into the heart of the home—the kitchen—to rediscover it as your most sacred...

The inspiration for the major motion picture Oppenheimer, this is the definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the atomic bomb,” the brilliant, charismatic physicist who...

Named a Notable Work of Nonfiction of 2020 by the Washington PostAs heard on NPR's Fresh Air**, We Have Been Harmonized, by award-winning correspondent Kai Strittmatter,**offers a groundbreaking look, based on decades of research, at how China created the most terrifying surveillance state in history.China’snew drive for repression is being underpinned by unprecedented advances in

Shannan has no choice but to leave her husband, seven children, and a successful career before someone ends up on the wrong side of the grave. As she escapes the manipulation and impossible demands of her husband and family, she embraces the 30 Days of Me process for reconnecting with her best self. She is determined to find peace and a new sense of purpose, but her husband, Zach, is desperate to win her back. As he struggles to deal with his overbearing family and disresp...