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...

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 ...

Sisters will clash, and only one will prevail.Akuhara has unleashed the Drakka upon the imperial city, determined to crush the empire and carve out a kingdom of her own from the ashes.Armed with elemental powers, the Heart of Flame, and a dragon skin cloak capable of crossing realms, Kai must rally her allies and stand against the onslaught.As the final battle looms, will Kai’s strength be enough to save the empire, or has its end already been writt...

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...

MORE THAN 2,000 FULL-COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS HELP YOU VISUALLY DIAGNOSE CONDITIONS AND DISEASES ENCOUNTERED IN CLINICAL PRACTICEThe Color Atlas of Family Medicine, Second Edition is a comprehensive atlas designed to facilitate diagnosis using outwardly appearing signs and manifestations. The superb collection of clinical images is supported by concise, evidence-based treatment recommendations presented in convenient, easy-to-apply bulleted text. Each chapter begins with a stor...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Kobo’s Children is a sequel to Kobo, which told the story of Kobo and his mate Ra as pampered human pets of two grobs on the planet Pavin near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and later as slaves in the mines on Loma, another planet in the Pavin system. Kobo’s Children, follows Ra,now a leader of the human community on Loma after Kobo’s death, as she finds a mate in Azoo, previously hunted by grobs for sport...

This collection presents twenty-seven new essays in Japanese aesthetics by leading experts in the field. Beginning with an extended foreword by the renowned scholar and artist Stephen Addiss and a comprehensive introduction that surveys the history of Japanese aesthetics and the ways in which it is similar to and different from Western aesthetics, this groundbreaking work brings together a large variety of disciplinary perspectives—including philosophy, literature, and cultural politics—to...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.“The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee” by Richard Connell is a comic, ironic story about Hervey Deyo, a painfully serious young ornithologist who longs to be respected as a great scientist but discovers that society prefers him for one absurd party trick: his perfect imitation of a bee. At first the talent wins him attention, romance, and popularity, but it gradually overwhelms his identity until friends, strangers, colleagues, and even news...

Rediscover a cornerstone of fantasy literature with this faithful reproduction of the 1903 complete edition of Richard Garnett's The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales. A classic in the genre, this volume gathers all the original stories from Garnett's celebrated collection-tales that draw from a dazzling array of sources, from Arabic legends and Chinese fairy tales to Roman history and Greek mythology, brought to life with wit, irony, and imagination. This edition features an i...

Not every story begins in light.Perhaps there was nothing I could have done differently. The atrocities I committed, the lives that I scorched from existence, the power I wielded with so little regard.Or maybe it was the love that I lost? The love that my priest father had snuffed like a candle whose flame has been violently blown out.I have destroyed, killed, manipulated, betrayed, tortured, and I have laughed at it all.Perhaps I lied. Perh...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Ricky Means Business is a fast-paced, exciting story about a teenager who dives into the world of entrepreneurship, starting a business from the ground up. Ricky embarks on the exciting journey of creating and selling eco-friendly phone cases, facing a whirlwind of challenges, setbacks, and achievements along the way.Throughout the journey, Ricky discovers the fundamentals of disruption, discovery, defence, market segmentation, ...