The mental and physical demands of powerlifting are unlike any other sport. Athletes must be committed and focused on success. In Powerlifting, Second Edition, powerlifting hall of famer Dan Austin, winner of 10 world powerlifting championships and 18 national championships, teams with strength and conditioning expert Dr. Bryan Mann to offer the most comprehensive powerlifting resource available.This no-nonsense approach to training and competing in the sport offers over 1...

Genetic engineer Noah Parker helped domesticate dragons for use as pets and deployed them for the United States military. Now his team is tasked with designing dragons to tackle invasive species and other ecological problems. It's no easy job, especially because government approval requires the dragons have built-in failsafes to prevent them from reproducing in the wild. To Noah's surprise, the approval also requires the presence of an onsite observer—who happens to be his former rival fro...

⚖️ The Brody family destroyed her. Now they want her back.Like a ‘B’ list actor finally getting her fair share of recognition, Cleveland attorney Casey Cort is riding an unfamiliar wave of popularity. For the first time, her services are in demand. Well-heeled clients are knocking at her door. Even her rich ex-boyfriend, Tom Brody, wants her back. But entry into the upper echelon comes at a price.Newly minted assistant U.S. Attorney, Miles Siegel w...

One baby. Two mothers. King Solomon’s choice was easy compared to this.Ready to pivot her legal practice away from the stress and moral ambiguity of criminal law, Casey Cort accepts lucrative referrals from the Hudson Adoption Agency. But when she’s ready to finalize a client’s first adoption, she learns the child’s origins aren’t all they seem.After escaping a brutal home life, Alile Rubadiri is denied asylum in Britain. To avoid being deported to...

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A pictorial history of Detroit through postcards.Greetings from Detroit: Historic Postcards from the Motor City offers a glimpse into the past through more than two hundred historic postcards of Detroit from the early 1900s to the 1950s, compiled and presented in full color by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org. From familiar sights to long-lost landmarks, this book pairs vintage views with rich stories from the Motor City's yesteryear.In the era be...

⚖️ Stolen. Trafficked. Caged. ⛓️Struggling to pull together the pieces of her life after another falling out with Ohio’s most powerful political dynasty, Cleveland attorney Casey Cort turns her attention toward her budding relationship with rising assistant U.S. Attorney Miles Siegel. But their courtship comes to an abrupt halt when a single phone call catapults them from their first date and onto the scene of a horrific crime.The discovery throws ...

One bullet. Two stories.Troy Duncan has just one thing on his mind: how he is going to give his two young children and fiancé a nice Christmas when it’s unclear whether his job at a struggling restaurant will last through the winter. When he leaves work early on another slow night, he steps into a confrontation that changes his life forever.Cleveland Police Officer Marc Baldwin has been on the job for more than two decades, risking his life every d...

When justice becomes a weapon, doing the right thing can destroy everything.Cleveland lawyer Casey Cort is barely keeping her struggling law practice alive when an unexpected opportunity lands on her desk. A powerful federal judge needs help—quietly.Her thirteen-year-old daughter has triggered a child welfare investigation that could derail the judge’s historic nomination to the federal bench. If the system takes the girl, the scandal could end a c...

**One of..Amazon's Best Romances of January · Buzzfeed's Romance Books To Look Out For In 2023When a couple starts to feel like they’re married to a stranger, a flirtatious game of pretend becomes the spark they need to reignite their relationship.**Eliza and Graham are anticipating an anything-but-sexy, weeklong getaway to celebrate their five-year anniversary. Nestled on the Northern California coastline, the resort prides itself on being a destination for those in...

Stories and photographs celebrating the city's history through its abandoned architectural landmarks.Lost Detroit tells the stories behind twelve of the city's most beautiful left-behind landmarks and of the people who occupied them, from the day they opened to the day they closed. While these buildings might stand as ghosts of the past today, their stories live on within these pages.This book brings you the memories of those who caught trains out o...

Late in 1937 Hugh Alexander, a kid fresh out of small-town Oklahoma, had just finished his second year playing outfield for the Cleveland Indians when an oil rig accident ripped off his left hand. Within three months he was back with the Indians, but this time as a scout—the youngest ever in Major League history. In the next six decades he signed more players who made it to the Majors than any other scout.His story, Baseball’s Last Great Scout, reads like a backroom, bleac...