The underground network Under Cardinal City is a haven to all manner of creatures; Vampires, Shifterkind, Daemons, fallen Angels, Goblinkind, lost Fae, and Jeremy...The Rat King.Jeremy escaped from his broken home, from a monster that abused him daily, seeking refuge in the underground network of Under Cardinal. There he lived alone, his only friends the rats that followed him around, obeying his every command. Then, one hot summer evening, he happened upon a beautiful and ...

The Galactic Service calls it a threat: a five-mile alien vessel drifting through known space, shrugging off every weapon fired at it. When Rik Guelf and his companions intercept the mysterious ship, they expect battle. Instead they come face-to-face with a being whose calm power makes every fleet weapon look small.Inside the transparent titan craft waits Shellon—a giant woman whose people move through space for reasons no Earth command has ever imagined. Her machines capture the M...

There are many paths to becoming successful in real estate. But flipping houses, holding a license or owning a home is only the beginning of what could be a long and transformative journey to building lasting wealth through real estate.Your new instructor is about to arrive, but he won’t be sitting you down in a classroom—instead, the opposite. Real estate investment icon Sam Liebman will whisk you straight from your seats down to the streets.Harvard Ca...

The true story of the vicious Chicago underworld from a New York Times bestselling author.With a contract out on his life, Nicholas "Nicky Breeze" Calabrese turned government witness and revealed the truth about the murders of a notorious Mob enforcer and his brother-culminating in a criminal case that would challenge the Mob from the street to the highest seats of power.

Power has always come with advisors, safeguards, and buffers against isolation. In Final Exam, those layers begin to vanish at the worst possible moment. A global leader faces a realization that reshapes every prior decision: help has been present all along, and now it is being withdrawn. What remains is not reassurance, but accountability.As unexplained visitors cross Earth’s skies, the question is no longer whether humanity is being watched. The question is whether it ca...

This book brings together leading figures in history, sociology, political science, feminism and critical theory to interpret, evaluate, criticize and update Weber's legacy. In a collection of specially commissioned pieces and translated articles the Weberian scholarship recognizes Max Weber as the figure central to contemporary debates on the need for societal rationality, the limits of reason and the place of culture and conduct in the supposedly post-religious age.In Part 1, Wol...

This Side of Paradise is a 1920 debut novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It examines the lives and morality of carefree American youth at the dawn of the Jazz Age. Its protagonist, Amory Blaine, is a handsome middle-class student at Princeton University who dabbles in literature and engages in a series of unfulfilling romances with young women. The novel explores themes of love warped by greed and social ambition. Fitzgerald, who took inspiration for the title from a line in Rup...

Book One: The Romantic Egotist Amory Blaine, a young Midwesterner, believes that he has a great destiny, but the precise nature of this destiny eludes him. He attends a preparatory school where he becomes a football quarterback. He grows estranged from his eccentric mother Beatrice Blaine and becomes the protégé of Monsignor Thayer Darcy, a Catholic priest. During his sophomore year at Princeton, he returns to Minneapolis over Christmas break and falls in love with Isabelle Borgé, a wealth...

This brand new guide book is a comprehensive overview of establishing joint ventures in China. It details all applicable decision making processes such as assessing your potential partner, choosing the relevant JV structure, conducting legal and financial due diligence. The guide contains complete JV contract and articles of association as well as an overview of JV law, details negotiation issues, land use rights, IP Protection and technology transfer, in addition to tips on staff hiring a...

This guide takes a detailed look at all aspects of purchasing part or all of a business in China. Written specifically for businesses to understand all the nuances of China M&A, it details the complete regulatory processes involved as well as the differences that arise when handling M&A between private Chinese companies, Chinese State-Owned Enterprises, and Chinese Listed Corporations. It also deals with the acquisition of bankrupt assets and auction procedures. China Briefing's guides are...

Are you interested in taking up a martial art or kickboxing ?Do you wonder which one would be best for you?This audiobook bundle will help you to decide!Martial arts have been around for thousands of years and have always captured the imagination of people, especially since the advent of film when they could be brought to a wider audience who would marvel at the almost unstoppable power of the hero. But is it for you and is there something suitable for any age?T...

This book discusses the geology, hydrogeology, and water quality/geochemistry of karst systems in geologically young terrain, using the state of Florida as an example. Also discussed are sinkhole-development models; sinkhole risk; eogenetic karst features developed in rocks as young as 125,000 years and as old as 65 million years; and karst landscapes of Florida, including regional geology and geomorphology with important examples of karst features, such as springs, sinkholes, caves, and o...