The story of survival continues; the past is not finished with them. In the aftermath of Primm, the descendants are scattered. Alex, Dot, and Grant lead a desperate band of survivors across the desert with the Boar’s forces close behind. Nicholas and Will risk everything to find Vera, following a trail that carries them far from home and into the reach of powers preparing for war. Vera awakens among the Families, a secret world built upon blood, power, and generations of deception. As she ...

Lu and Elliot had a plan...until Ireland changed everything.If hard-of-hearing therapist Luisa Mendes knew her ears would one day fail her, she never would've chosen a listening profession. Time to pivot as an advice columnist, and make an unexpected connection to the magazine's new photographer. Too bad he also happens to be the toxic ex from one of her reader's letters.If photographer Elliot O'Bryan knew his influencer girlfriend would cheat on h...

In a corner of the world where most nation-states are deeply problematic, Costa Rica’s success is a puzzle. This scholarly yet accessible book explores which political decisions led to a very different outcome for the little country that could.Since a brief civil conflict in 1948, the Central American country of Costa Rica has built a stable democracy, with regular, scheduled, and fair elections and respect for human rights. The country has built public and private...

From New York Times Bestselling author, Gesine Bullock-Prado, one of America’s most sought after baking instructors, comes a book that reveals the why and how behind the recipes she spent years perfecting and teaching.Relaxed, joyful, and authoritative, Baked in Vermont shares recipes infused with the author’s signature charm. Her students travel from around the world to attend her baking school, Sugar Glider Kitchen—covering everything from blueb...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherLonely Planet Puerto Ricois your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Follow Old San Juan's labyrinthine laneways, laze on the sand at Playa Flamenco, or kayak into the bioluminescent bay at Vieques -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Puerto Rico and begin your journey now!

The Explosive National BestsellerA memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era.Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, th...

A frantic tale of escape by any means necessary, "Peace Keeper" will keep you on the edge of your seat. Dr. William Rutger has been called on by the Prime Minister himself to rescue a medically fragile patient during the Third World War. Through a series of mysterious and unexpected events, the good doctor begins to uncover the reason for their retrieval from enemy territory. Can Doctor Rutger successfully save the Fisher family and the state s...

The contain of this course has been teach in our classes face to face, and in our on-line courses, and are about more than five hundred students that had learn with our methodology.Our methodology, begin from deductive knowledge to inductive knowledge, and then getting back to deductive knowledge.Deductive knowledge observes and rationalizes general aspects, and inductive knowledge observes and rationalizes particularities.Our procedure takes in count one hundred pe...

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisherLonely Planet Colorado is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hit the slopes in Aspen, discover the Old West in Durango or marvel at the splendor of the Rockies, all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Colorado and begin your journey now!Inside Lonely Planet Colorado...

Nesta edição de coleção, a Revista Fetiches traz dezesseis contos de tirar o fôlego, cujo tema é liberdade sexual, além de uma entrevista exclusiva com Danilo Barbosa, autor de romances eróticos como Arma de Vingança e Perfeição."Continuamos cativos às mesmas amarras e, embora hoje escrevamos e leiamos o erótico abertamente, não necessariamente nos tornamos livres do preconceito e discriminação", Gérson Prado.Atenção: esta edição é distribuida gra...

Horses serve as central characters in great literary works that span ages and cultures. But why? In The Horse in Literature and Film: Uncovering a Transcultural Paradigm, Francisco LaRubia-Prado, Ph.D. explores the deep symbolic meaning, cultural significance, and projective power that these magnificent animals carry in literature, film, and the human psyche. Examining iconic texts and films from the Middle Ages to the present—and from Western and Eastern cultural traditions—this book reve...

Oceans and other wetlands cover approximately 70% of the Earth's surface and represent some of the most vital and dynamic ecosystems on the planet. These aquatic environments provide essential functions that support both planetary and human well-being - from regulating climate through carbon sequestration and influencing weather patterns, to sustaining biodiversity and supplying food and livelihoods to billions of people. They act as buffers against extreme weather events, nurseries for ma...