Some bonds are forged in the heat of adversity.Mina has been granted an audience with the Enclave, and she’s determined to keep war from happening between dragons and humans.But some things are easier said than done.To gain the Enclave’s trust, she must prove herself a warrior worthy of being a dragon rider.And if she fails ... then the world will burn.

The true story of how a small Seder dinner on the campaign trail inspired Barack Obama to bring the tradition into the White House and host the first ever Presidential Passover celebration.In 1800, President John Adams held the first formal Christmas dinner atthe newly built White House. In 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayesobserved Easter with a public “Egg Roll." But it wasn’t until 2009 that a US president officially celebrated Passover.A ...

"The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff" is the classic horror yarn about big-game hunter Sanger Rainsford, from New York City, who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and isolated island in the Caribbean, where a sadistic Russian aristocrat hunts humans for sport. Rainsford must fight for his life. The thrill-packed story was inspired by the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were particularly fashionable among wea...

A body buried in the dunes.A killer with a deadly pattern.Can DCI Walker catch them before the cycle starts again?When a young woman’s body is discovered in the windswept sand dunes of Lytham St Annes, Detective Walker is assigned to the cold case. The victim’s connection to a former Chief Constable puts the investigation under intense scrutiny from Walker’s current boss, the formidable Chief Constable Sarah Harriet...

Discover the extraordinary life of a woman who changed the face of nursing forever in Laura E. Richards' compelling biography, "Florence Nightingale: The Angel of the Crimea." This poignant narrative sheds light on Nightingale’s unwavering dedication during the Crimean War and her groundbreaking contributions to healthcare.As you journey through Nightingale's life, witness her transformation from a determined young woman to a legendary figure whose reforms ...

She will forge her own destiny.Under the guidance of the elder dragon Kokoro, Kai must master her newfound abilities and train with her dragon to strengthen their connection.As Kai’s strength grows, so does the shadow of her sister, whose dark ambitions will destroy everything she holds dear.With the fate of the empire hanging in the balance, Kai must decide: will blood ties define her destiny, or will she become the protector her world desperately ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if the biggest paycheck of your retirement could be cut in half… because of one decision you haven’t made yet?After working for decades and paying into Social Security your entire life, you finally reach retirement — only to discover that the timing of your claim could mean the difference between financial freedom or leaving thousands behind.A landmark study by United Income found that only ...

Is the answer in her past?Or in someone else’s future…Her body is found on Wednesday morning.Hanging from a tree. Halfway between May Beck and Falling Foss.Brady’s got one clue.And only one clue.Five tarot cards.But are they a message for him?A warning for the dead woman?Or a reading for a client?Is the answer in her past? Or in someone else’s future?The Hanged Woman sees Brady challenged like he’s never been ch...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This edition of The Reformed Pastor is based on the version described in William Brown’s 1829 Preface—a shortened, carefully edited edition (not Palmer’s 1766 abridgment) that removes material unrelated to the main subject and some dated controversy, with minor reordering (including moving “Motives to the Oversight of the Flock” into the main body) and light language correction without modernizing the style.Richard Baxter wrote ...

A Hero of Romance turns the machinery of late-Victorian popular adventure fiction toward a shrewdly comic examination of boyish aspiration, danger, and self-fashioning. Marsh writes with brisk narrative movement, vivid incident, and an alert sense of the gap between romance as imagined and romance as lived. The book belongs to the age of serialized sensation and imperial adventure, yet it also lightly questions the formulas that made such fiction irresistible. Richard Marsh, born Richard B...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Aurora was never intended as a monument. It was created to be a world.Spanning twenty kilometers in diameter and thirty-two kilometers in length, Aurora is a rotating orbital habitat engineered with harmonic precision. Entire cities unfold along the interior of a vast cylinder, where curvature becomes terrain and gravity is generated through motion alone.Stationed at stable Lagrange points or traveling between worlds abo...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Book 4 — The Naked Universe 2087It is 2087. The cities are made of glass, machines can answer almost anything, and humanity is still standing in the kitchen wondering why it came in.In a future full of artificial intelligence, perfect convenience and deeply imperfect people, Richard Davies returns to the biggest question of all: what actually matters when everything else has become cleverer than you? Luckily, ...