In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.
This program is read by the author.
On March 16, 2018, just twenty-six hours before his scheduled retirement from the organization he had served with distinction for more than two decades, Andrew G. McCabe was fired from his position as deputy director of the FBI. President Donald Trump celebrated on Twitter: "Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy."
In The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump, Andrew G. McCabe offers a dramatic and candid account of his career, and an impassioned defense of the FBI's agents, and of the institution's integrity and independence in protecting America and upholding our Constitution.
McCabe started as a street agent in the FBI's New York field office, serving under director Louis Freeh. He became an expert in two kinds of investigations that are critical to American national security: Russian organized crime—which is inextricably linked to the Russian state—and terrorism. Under Director Robert Mueller, McCabe led the investigations of major attacks on American soil, including the Boston Marathon bombing, a plot to bomb the New York subways, and several narrowly averted bombings of aircraft. And under James Comey, McCabe was deeply involved in the controversial investigations of the Benghazi attack, the Clinton Foundation's activities, and Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state.
The Threat recounts in compelling detail the time between Donald Trump's November 2016 election and McCabe's firing, set against a page-turning narrative spanning two decades when the FBI's mission shifted to a new goal: preventing terrorist attacks on Americans. But as McCabe shows, right now the greatest threat to the United States comes from within, as President Trump and his administration ignore the law, attack democratic institutions, degrade human rights, and undermine the U.S. Constitution that protects every citizen.
Important, revealing, and powerfully argued, The Threat tells the true story of what the FBI is, how it works, and why it will endure as an institution of integrity that protects America.
#1 New York Times Bestseller
Over 2 million copies sold
In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.
For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.
Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.
There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.
New York Times Bestseller
Joining the ranks of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, You Are a Badass, and F*ck Feelings comes this refreshing, BS-free, self-empowerment guide that offers an honest, no-nonsense, tough-love approach to help you move past self-imposed limitations.
Are you tired of feeling fu*ked up? If you are, Gary John Bishop has the answer. In this straightforward handbook, he gives you the tools and advice you need to demolish the slag weighing you down and become the truly unfu*ked version of yourself. "Wake up to the miracle you are," he directs. "Here's what you've forgotten: You're a fu*king miracle of being." It isn't other people that are standing in your way, it isn't even your circumstances that are blocking your ability to thrive, it's yourself and the negative self-talk you keep telling yourself.
In Unfu*k Yourself, Bishop leads you through a series of seven assertions:
I am willingI am wired to winI got thisI embrace the uncertaintyI am not my thoughts; I am what I doI am relentlessI expect nothing and accept everythingLead the life you were meant to have—Unfu*k Yourself.
Simple ideas, lasting love.
Between busy schedules and long days, expressing love can fall by the wayside. We forget to compliment, to give gifts "just because," to linger in an embrace. The things that say "I love you" seem to either not get said or not get through. This is an audio book about saying it - and hearing it - clearly. No gimmicks. No psychoanalyzing. Just learing to express love in your spouse's language.
With over 10 million copies sold, The 5 Love Languages® has transformed countless relationships. Its ideas are simple and conveyed with clarity and humor, making this audio book as practical as it is personable. You'll be inspired by real-life stories and encouraged by its commonsense approach. Listening to this audio feels like taking a walk with a wise friend. Applying it will forever change your relationship - starting today.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don’t have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that’s a lie.
As the founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis developed an immense online community by sharing tips for better living while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own life. Now, in this challenging and inspiring new book, Rachel exposes the twenty lies and misconceptions that too often hold us back from living joyfully and productively, lies we’ve told ourselves so often we don’t even hear them anymore.
With painful honesty and fearless humor, Rachel unpacks and examines the falsehoods that once left her feeling overwhelmed and unworthy, and reveals the specific practical strategies that helped her move past them. In the process, she encourages, entertains, and even kicks a little butt, all to convince you to do whatever it takes to get real and become the joyous, confident woman you were meant to be.
With unflinching faith and rock-hard tenacity, Girl, Wash Your Face shows you how to live with passion and hustle--and how to give yourself grace without giving up.
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.
Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen’s brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister—the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.
Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki—whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.
A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick
"I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't want this story to end!"--Reese Witherspoon
"Painfully beautiful."--The New York Times Book Review
"Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver."--Bustle
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life--until the unthinkable happens.
Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Karen Russell, Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.
--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (Kahramanların Görevi hakkında)
SAVAŞIN ARMAĞANI, Çok Satılanlar listesinde KAHRAMANLARIN GÖREVİ (1. kitap) ile başlayan FELSEFE YÜZÜĞÜ'nün 17. kitabıdır.
SAVAŞIN ARMAĞANI'nda, Guwayne'i kurtarmak için Kan Ülkesi'nin derinliklerine ilerlerken Thor en büyük ve nihai göreviyle karşılaşıyor. Hiç hayalinde bile olmayan güçteki düşmanlarla karşı karşıya kalınca Thor gücünün denk olmadığı karanlıkların ordusuna karşı durduğunu anlıyor. İhtiyacı olan gücü sağlayabilecek, asırlardır gizli tutulan kutsal bir nesnenin varlığını öğrenince bıçak sırtındaki Halka'nın kaderiyle beraber çok geç olmadan onu elde etmek için son yolculuğuna çıkıyor.
Gwendolyn Ridge Kralı'na verdiği sözü tutup kuleye giriyor ve sakladıkları sırrı bulmak için kült liderle karşılaşıyor. Açığa çıkan sır onu Argon'a ve sonunda Argon'un ustasına götürüyor. Orada halkının kaderini değiştirecek güce sahip tüm zamanların en büyük sırrını öğreniyor. Ridge İmparatorlık tarafından keşfedilince, işgal başlıyor ve insanlığın bildiği en büyük ordunun saldırıya geçtiği toprakları korumak ve son bir toplu kurtuluşta halkına önderlik etmek ona düşüyor.
Thor'un Lejyon kardeşleri Melek cüzam sebebiyle ölüm döşeğindeyken kendi istekleri doğrultusunda en tahmin edilemez risklerle karşılaşıyorlar. Darius İmparatorluk başkentinde babasıyla yan yana dövüşürken bir sürprizle karşılaşıyor ve kaybedecek bir şeyinin kalmadığı noktada kendi güçlerine dönüyor. Erec ve Alistair Volusia'ya nehirde savaşarak ulaşıyorlar, Gwendolyn ve diğer sürgünleri bulma yolculuklarına devam ederken ise en akla gelmeyecek savaşlarda buluyorlar kendilerini. Godfrey ise olmak istediği adam haline gelmek için nihayet bir karar vermesi gerektiğini fark ediyor.
Yedinin Şövalyelerinin kudretiyle çevrilen Volusia kendini tanrıça olarak test etmek durumunda kalıyor ve kendi gücüyle adamların gücünü ezip İmparatorluk'a hükmedip hükmedemeyeceğini görüyor. Argon hayatının son günlerinde kendini feda etme vaktinin geldiğini fark ediyor.
İyi ile kötünün bıçak sırtı bir dengede durduğu efsanevi son bir savaşın - tüm zamanların en büyük savaşının – sonucu, Halka'ya ne olacağına ebedi bir şekilde karar veriyor.
SAVAŞIN ARMAĞANI, karmaşık yaratımlı dünyası ve karakter anlatımıyla, arkadaşlarla aşıkların, rakiplerle davadaşların, şövalyelerle ejderhaların, entrikalarla siyasi dolapların, gelen vakitlerin, kırık kalplerin, aldatmacaların, hırsların ve ihanetlerin destansı bir hikaye. Onur ve cesaretin, kader ve alın yazısının ve büyünün hikayesi. Asla unutamayacağımız bir dünyaya bizi çeken, her yaştan her cinsiyetten insana hitap eden bir fantezi. SAVAŞIN ARMAĞANI, 93.00 kelimeyle serinin en uzun kitabı!
“Aksiyon dolu …. Rice'ın yapıtı oldukça sağlam ve olay örgüsü merak uyandırıcı.”
--Publishers Weekly (Kahramanların Görevi hakkında)
Darius İmparatorluğa karşı gelir ve bir ordu kurarak cesurca bir köle şehrinin ardından diğerini serbest bırakır. Korunaklı şehirlere ve kendisininkinden bir kat daha büyük bir orduya karşı savaşırken, içgüdülerinin ve cesaretinin tamamını kullanarak kararlılıkla hayatta kalmaya, kazanmaya, bedeli ne olursa olsun, hayatı pahasına bile özgür kalmaya çalışır.
Başka bir seçeneği kalmayan Gwendolyn halkını İmparatorluğun kimsenin gitmediği kadar derinliklerine götürür ve efsanevi İkinci Halka’yı bulmaya çalışır… Orası halkının hayatta kalması için son şansı olmasının yanı sıra Darius için de son şanstır. Ancak oraya giderken, yolda dehşet verici canavarlarla, zorlu topraklarla ve halkının arasında kendisinin bile durdurması mümkün olmayabilecek bir isyanla karşı karşıya kalır.
Erec ve Alistair halklarını kurtarmak için İmparatorluğa gitmek üzere denize açılırlar ve yolda bir ordu kurma kararlılığıyla ufak adalarda dururlar… Şaibeli oldukları bilinen paralı askerlerle bile uğraşma pahasına bunu yapmaya kararlıdırlar.
Godfrey kendisini Volusia şehrinin göbeğinde bulur, ancak planı gitgide kötüye giderken başı büyük bir derde girer. Yakalanıp tutsak edilir, infaz edilmesi kararlaştırılır ve kendisi bile bu durumdan bir çıkış yolu bulamaz.
Volusia en karanlık büyücülerle bir anlaşma yapar ve daha da güçlü olma hırsıyla yükselmeye ve karşısına çıkar her yeri istila etmeye devam eder. Her zamankinden daha güçlü hale gelince, savaşını İmparatorluk Başkenti’nin basamaklarına kadar götürür… Ta ki kendi ordusunu bile gölgede bırakan tüm İmparatorluk ordusunu karşısına alıp, destansı bir savaş için zemini hazırlayana dek.
Thorgrin Guwayne’i bulabilecek mi? Gwendolyn ve halkı hayatta kalak mı? Godfrey kaçabilecek mi? Erec ve Alistair imparatorluğa ulaşabilecek mi? Volusia bir sonraki İmparatoriçe olabilecek mi? Darius halkını zafere ulaştırabilecek mi?
KADŞEŞLERİN YEMİNİ sofistike dünya oluşumuyla ve özellikleriyle arkadaşlara ve aşıklara, rakiplere ve kur yapanlara, şövalyelere ve ejderhalara, entrikalara ve politik entrikalara, reşit olmaya, kırılan kalplere, aldatmacaya, hırsa ve ihanete dair destansı bir öykü. Şeref ve cesaretle, kaderle ve yazgıyla, büyücülükle ilgili bir öykü. Bizleri asla unutmayacağımız ve her yaşa ve cinsiyete hitap eden bir dünyaya götüren bir fantezi.
--The Wanderer, A Literary Journal (Ejderhaların Yükselişi ile ilgili olarak)
CESURUN GECESİ’nde, Marda’dan kaçıp Hakikat Asası’yla birlikte Escalon’a dönmenin bir yolunu bulmak zorundadır. Eğer başarabilirse, onu, Ra’nın orduları, bir trol ulusu ve bir ejderha sürüsünün karşılayacağı, hayatının en destansı savaşı beklemektedir. Güçleri ve silah yeteri kadar güçlüyse, annesi ona, kaderinin sırları ve doğumu hakkındaki tüm gerçekleri açıklamak üzere onu bekleyecektir.
Duncan tek ve son kez Ra’nın ordularına karşı destansı bir direniş göstermek zorundadır. Fakat Duncan hayatının en büyük savaşı ve son direniş için Şeytan Deresi’ne doğru ilerlerken, Ra’nın ona hazırladığı tuzaktan habersizdir.
Ölüm Körfezi’nde Merk ve Kral Tarnis’in kızı ejderhalarla savaşmak için Alec ve Kayıp Adalar halkıyla güçlerini birleştirecektir. Duncan’ı bulmalı ve Escalon’u kurtarmak için birlik olmalıdırlar. Fakat Vesuvius tekrar ortaya çıkmıştır ve onları bekleyen tehlikeden haberleri yoktur.
Krallar ve Büyücüler’in destansı finali, en dramatik çatışmalar, silahlar ve büyü sizi, yürek parçalayıcı bir trajedi ve ilham verici bir yeniden doğuşla dolu, nefes kesici ve beklenmedik bir sona götürecek.
Güçlü atmosferi ve komplike karakterleriyle GÖLGELER DİYARI, şövalyeler ve savaşçılar, krallar ve lortlar, onur ve mertlik, büyü, kader, canavarlar ve ejderhaların sürükleyici bir efsanesi. Bu bir aşk ve kırık kalpler, aldatma, ihtiras ve ihanet hikâyesi. Bizi, sonsuza kadar bizimle yaşayacak bir dünyaya davet eden, her yaştan ve her cinsiyetten okuyucuları tatmin edebilecek, üst kalite bir fantezi.
KRALLAR VE BÜYÜCÜLER serisinin 5. Kitabı yakında yayında olacak.
“Felsefe Yüzüğü serisinden sonra yaşamak için bir neden kalmadığını düşünüyorsanız yanılıyorsunuz. Morgan Rice bir başka harika fantezi serisinin sözünü veriyor ve bizi troller, ejderhalar, yiğitlik, onur, cesaret, sihir ve kaderimize inancın bir fantezisine daldırıyor. Morgan bir kez daha her sayfada onlar için tezahürat yapmamızı sağlayan güçlü bir karakter seti oluşturmayı başarmış… İyi yazılmış fantastik edebiyat seven herkesin kütüphanesinde bulunmasını tavsiye ederiz.”
--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (Ejderhaların Yükselişi ile ilgili olarak)
--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos
“Eğlenceli bir destan fantezisi.”
--Kirkus Reviews
“Muhteşem bir şeylerin başlangıcı orada.”
--San Francisco Book Review
“Aksiyon yüklü… Rice’ın yazımı sağlam ve öykü merak uyandırıcı.”
--Publishers Weekly (Kahramanların Görevi ile ilgili olarak yorumu)
“Coşkulu bir fantezi… Genç ve destansı bir yetişkin serisinin henüz başlangıcı olmayı vaat ediyor.”
--Midwest Book Review
“Hızlı ve kolay okunuyor… Neler olacağını görmek için okumak zorunda kalıyorsunuz ve yarıda bırakmak istemiyorsunuz.”
—FantasyOnline.net (Kahramanların Görevi ile ilgili olarak yorumu)
ŞÖVALYELERİN MIZRAK DÖVÜŞÜ’nde Thorgrin ve kardeşleri denizde Guwayne’in izini sürerler ve onu Işık Adası’na kadar izlerler. Ancak yerle bir olmuş adaya ve ölmek üzere olan Ragon’a vardıklarında çok geç kalmış olabilirler.
Darius kendisini İmparatorluk başkentine ve gelmişi geçmiş en büyük arenaya getirilmiş halde bulur. Onu bir savaşçıya dönüştürecek ve imkânsızı başarmasını sağlayıp hayatta kalmasına yardım edecek gizemli bir adam tarafından eğitilir. Ancak başkent arenası Darius’un görmediği hiçbir şeye benzememektedir ve zorlu rakipleri onun bile yenemeyeceği kadar güçlü olabilir.
Gwendolyn Yamacın kraliyet sarayının ailevi ilişkilerine gömülür, çünkü Kral ve Kraliçe ondan bir iyilik isterler. Yamacın geleceğini değiştirebilecek sırları ortaya çıkarmak ve Thorgrin’le Guwayne’i kurtarabilecek bir göreve çıkan Gwen derinlere indikçe öğrendikleriyle şok geçirir.
Erec ve Alistair’in bağları nehirden yukarı yelek açıp, İmparatorluğun kalbine doğru gittikçe derinleşir; Volusia’yı bulup Gwendolyn’i kurtarmaya kararlıdırlar… Bu arada, Godfrey ve ekibi arkadaşlarının intikamını almaya niyetli bir biçimde Volusia’da karmaşa yaratırlar. Volusia ise istikrarsız banket dört bir yandan saldırıya uğradığında, İmparatorluğu yönetmenin ne anlama geldiğini anlar.
ŞÖVALYELERİN MIZRAK DÖVÜŞÜ sofistike dünya oluşumuyla ve özellikleriyle arkadaşlara ve aşıklara, rakiplere ve kur yapanlara, şövalyelere ve ejderhalara, entrikalara ve politik entrikalara, reşit olmaya, kırılan kalplere, aldatmacaya, hırsa ve ihanete dair destansı bir öykü. Şeref ve cesaretle, kaderle ve yazgıyla, büyücülükle ilgili bir öykü. Bizleri asla unutmayacağımız ve her yaşa ve cinsiyete hitap eden bir dünyaya götüren bir fantezi.
West is a man with a tarnished past. No apologies, no excuses. However, from the moment he meets Phoebe, West is consumed by irresistible desire...not to mention the bitter awareness that a woman like her is far out of his reach. What West doesn’t bargain on is that Phoebe is no straitlaced aristocratic lady. She’s the daughter of a strong-willed wallflower who long ago eloped with Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent—the most devilishly wicked rake in England.
Before long, Phoebe sets out to seduce the man who has awakened her fiery nature and shown her unimaginable pleasure. Will their overwhelming passion be enough to overcome the obstacles of the past?
Only the devil’s daughter knows…
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.
Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen’s brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister—the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.
Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki—whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.
* "Reeve's [Mortal Engines] remains a landmark of visionary imagination." -- School Library Journal, starred review
???Now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson!
London is hunting again. Emerging from its hiding place in the hills, the great Traction City is chasing a terrified little town across the wastelands. Soon London will feed.
In the attack, Tom Natsworthy is flung from the speeding city with a murderous scar-faced girl. They must run for their lives through the wreckage -- and face a terrifying new weapon that threatens the future of the world.
Beloved storyteller Philip Reeve creates a brilliant new world in the Mortal Engines series, called "phenomenal... violent and romantic, action-packed and contemplative, funny and frightening" by the Sunday Times.
Lady Evina Maclean has heard much about Rory Buchanan’s skill as a healer. What she hasn’t heard is how good the brawny Highlander looks bathing in a waterfall. But Evina can’t afford the distraction, for her ailing father urgently needs care. Only when she’s rendered Buchanan unconscious and dragged him back to her family’s castle does the truth emerge—it’s not Rory she’s kidnapped but his brother Conran.
Other ladies try to ensnare Conran with flattery. Evina hits him over the head with the hilt of her sword to save her kin—and Conran likes the spirited redhead all the more for it. He’s learned enough from his brother to heal Evina’s father, but there are other dangers swirling around the Maclean clan. And while the beautiful, independent lady has sworn not to marry, this wrong Highlander may be just the right man for her.
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides—who would become known as Muad’Dib—and of a great family’s ambition to bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.
A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.
In The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump, Andrew G. McCabe offers a dramatic and candid account of his career, and an impassioned defense of the FBI's agents, and of the institution's integrity and independence in protecting America and upholding our Constitution.
McCabe started as a street agent in the FBI's New York field office, serving under director Louis Freeh. He became an expert in two kinds of investigations that are critical to American national security: Russian organized crime—which is inextricably linked to the Russian state—and terrorism. Under Director Robert Mueller, McCabe led the investigations of major attacks on American soil, including the Boston Marathon bombing, a plot to bomb the New York subways, and several narrowly averted bombings of aircraft. And under James Comey, McCabe was deeply involved in the controversial investigations of the Benghazi attack, the Clinton Foundation's activities, and Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state.
The Threat recounts in compelling detail the time between Donald Trump's November 2016 election and McCabe's firing, set against a page-turning narrative spanning two decades when the FBI's mission shifted to a new goal: preventing terrorist attacks on Americans. But as McCabe shows, right now the greatest threat to the United States comes from within, as President Trump and his administration ignore the law, attack democratic institutions, degrade human rights, and undermine the U.S. Constitution that protects every citizen.
Important, revealing, and powerfully argued, The Threat tells the true story of what the FBI is, how it works, and why it will endure as an institution of integrity that protects America.
Court Gentry's flight on a CIA transport plane is interrupted when a security team brings a hooded man aboard. They want to kick Gentry off the flight but are overruled by CIA headquarters. The mystery man is being transported to England where a joint CIA/MI6 team will interrogate him about a mole in Langley.
When they land in an isolated airbase in the U.K., they are attacked by a hostile force who kidnaps the prisoner. Only Gentry escapes. His handlers send him after the attackers, but what can one operative do against a trained team of assassins? A lot, when that operative is the Gray Man.
Police detective by day, celebrity food truck chef by night, now Caleb Rooney has a new title: Most Wanted.
In the Carnival days leading up Mardi Gras, Detective Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for a murder he is accused of committing in the line of duty--as a Major Crimes detective for the New Orleans Police Department. Has his sideline at the Killer Chef food truck given him a taste for murder? While fighting the charges against him, Rooney makes a pair of unthinkable discoveries. His beloved city is under threat of attack. And these would-be terrorists may be local.
A man is dead, shot three times in his home office. But his computer has been shot twelve times, and when the cops arrive, his pregnant wife is holding the gun.
D.D. Warren arrives on the scene and recognizes the woman--Evie Carter--from a case many years back. Evie's father was killed in a shooting that was ruled an accident. But for D.D., two coincidental murders is too many.
Flora Dane sees the murder of Conrad Carter on the TV news and immediately knows his face. She remembers a night when she was still a victim--a hostage--and her captor knew this man. Overcome with guilt that she never tracked him down, Flora is now determined to learn the truth of Conrad's murder.
But D.D. and Flora are about to discover that in this case the truth is a devilishly elusive thing. As layer by layer they peel away the half-truths and outright lies, they wonder: How many secrets can one family have?
Find. Claim. Profit. In a post-Covenant War galaxy littered with scrap, it’s the salvager’s motto—and Rion Forge certainly made her mark on the trade. All she wanted was to grow her business and continue the search for her long-lost father, but her recent discovery of a Forerunner debris field at the edge of human-occupied space has now put her squarely in the crosshairs of the Office of Naval Intelligence and the violent remains of the Covenant. Each faction has a desire to lay claim to the spoils of ancient technology, whatever the cost, sending Rion and the crew of the Ace of Spades on a perilous venture—one that unexpectedly leads them straight into danger far greater than anything they’ve ever encountered…
There is a serial killer on the loose, preying on vulnerable women. The only identifiable mark the killer leaves are letters—sometimes one, sometimes two—all carved into the torsos of his victims. Together they spell “Sydney.”
When he grabs Daisy Dawson, he believes he has found his next victim. But despite her small stature, she fights back with an expertise that quickly frees her. Before fleeing the scene, Daisy also manages to grab what proves to be crucial evidence: a necklace from around the killer’s neck.
The necklace is more than a trivial item—it is a link to a cold case that Special Agent Gideon Reynolds has been tracking for seventeen years. With Daisy’s help, Gideon finally has the opportunity to get closer to the truth than ever before.
But they might not get the chance, as the serial killer has a new target: Gideon and Daisy.
"The book is called Grateful American, and I promise you after you read it you will be grateful for what Gary has accomplished and contributed to our country." -- Clint Eastwood
As a kid in suburban Chicago, Gary Sinise was more interested in sports and rock 'n' roll than reading or schoolwork. But when he impulsively auditioned for a school production of West Side Story, he found his purpose--or so it seemed.
Within a few years Gary and a handful of friends created what became one of the most exciting and important new theater companies in America. From its humble beginnings in a suburban Chicago church basement and eventual move into the city, the Steppenwolf Theatre Company launched a series of groundbreaking productions, igniting Gary's career along with those of John Malkovich, Joan Allen, Gary Cole, Laurie Metcalf, Jeff Perry, John Mahoney, and others. Television and film came calling soon after, and Gary starred in Of Mice and Men (which he also directed) and The Stand before taking the role that would change his life in unforeseeable ways: Lieutenant Dan in the Academy Award–winning Forrest Gump.
The military community's embrace of the character of the disabled veteran was matched only by the depth of Gary's realization that America's defenders had not received all the honor, respect, and gratitude their sacrifices deserve. In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, this became Gary's mission. While starring in hits like Apollo 13, Ransom, Truman, George Wallace, CSI:NY, and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Gary has worked tirelessly on behalf of those who serve this country, entertaining more than a half million troops around the world playing bass guitar with his Lt. Dan Band, raising funds on behalf of veterans, and eventually founding the Gary Sinise Foundation with a mission to serve and honor America's defenders, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need.
Grateful American is the moving, entertaining, profoundly gripping story of how one man found his calling: to see that those who defend this country and its freedoms are never forgotten.
Today, the ketogenic diet is the world's fastest growing diet, and with good reason. When practiced correctly, it has been proven to burn fat, reduce inflammation, fight cancer, balance hormones and gut bacteria, improve neurological diseases, and even increase lifespan. Unfortunately, many people remain unaware of several key factors that are crucial to the diet's success, setting them up for frustration, failure, and relapse.
In Keto Diet, bestselling author Dr. Josh Axe sets the record straight, offering thorough, step-by-step guidance to achieving lifelong health. Unlike other books on the subject, Keto Diet identifies and details five different ketogenic protocols and explains why picking the right one for your body and lifestyle is fundamental to your success.
Inside, you'll find all the tools they need to say goodbye to stubborn fat and chronic disease once and for all, including:shopping listsdelicious recipesexercise routinesaccessible explanations of the science behind keto's powerful effectsfive different keto plans and a guide to choosing the one that fits you best!
It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. In California, wildfires now rage year-round, destroying thousands of homes. Across the US, “500-year” storms pummel communities month after month, and floods displace tens of millions annually.
This is only a preview of the changes to come. And they are coming fast. Without a revolution in how billions of humans conduct their lives, parts of the Earth could become close to uninhabitable, and other parts horrifically inhospitable, as soon as the end of this century.
In his travelogue of our near future, David Wallace-Wells brings into stark relief the climate troubles that await—food shortages, refugee emergencies, and other crises that will reshape the globe. But the world will be remade by warming in more profound ways as well, transforming our politics, our culture, our relationship to technology, and our sense of history. It will be all-encompassing, shaping and distorting nearly every aspect of human life as it is lived today.
Like An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring before it, The Uninhabitable Earth is both a meditation on the devastation we have brought upon ourselves and an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it now belongs to a single generation.
Aeduan has teamed up with the Threadwitch Iseult and the magical girl Owl to stop a bloodthirsty horde of raiders preparing to destroy a monastery that holds more than just faith. But to do so, he must confront his own father, and his past.
“Worldbuilding after my own heart. It’s so good it’s intimidating.”—Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen
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J.J. Abrams creates an insanely twisted thrill ride about a team of American paratroopers who
come face-to-face with Nazi super-soldiers unlike the world has ever seen. This critically
acclaimed, nonstop action epic will have you on the edge of your seat until the very last
shot.
Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison cell to Mecca, describing his transition from hoodlum to Muslim minister. Here, the man who called himself "the angriest Black man in America" relates how his conversion to true Islam helped him confront his rage and recognize the brotherhood of all mankind.
An established classic of modern America, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" was hailed by the New York Times as "Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book." Still extraordinary, still important, this electrifying story has transformed Malcom X's life into his legacy. The strength of his words, the power of his ideas continue to resonate more than a generation after they first appeared.
“If you thought that there was no reason left for living after the end of the Sorcerer’s Ring series, you were wrong. In RISE OF THE DRAGONS Morgan Rice has come up with what promises to be another brilliant series, immersing us in a fantasy of trolls and dragons, of valor, honor, courage, magic and faith in your destiny. Morgan has managed again to produce a strong set of characters that make us cheer for them on every page.…Recommended for the permanent library of all readers that love a well-written fantasy.”
--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos
The #1 Bestseller!
From #1 Bestselling author Morgan Rice comes a sweeping new epic fantasy series: RISE OF THE DRAGONS (KINGS AND SORCERERS—Book 1).
Kyra, 15, dreams of becoming a famed warrior, like her father, even though she is the only girl in a fort of boys. As she struggles to understand her special skills, her mysterious inner power, she realizes she is different than the others. But a secret is being kept from her about her birth and the prophecy surrounding her, leaving her to wonder who she really is.
When Kyra comes of age and the local lord comes to take her away, her father wants to wed her off to save her. Kyra, though, refuses, and she journeys out on her own, into a dangerous wood, where she encounters a wounded dragon—and ignites a series of events that will change the kingdom forever.
15 year old Alec, meanwhile, sacrifices for his brother, taking his place in the draft, and is carted off to The Flames, a wall of flames a hundred feet high that wards off the army of Trolls to the east. On the far side of the kingdom, Merk, a mercenary striving to leave behind his dark past, quests through the wood to become a Watcher of the Towers and help guard the Sword of Fire, the magical source of the kingdom’s power. But the Trolls want the Sword, too—and they prepare for a massive invasion that could destroy the kingdoms forever.
With its strong atmosphere and complex characters, RISE OF THE DRAGONS is a sweeping saga of knights and warriors, of kings and lords, of honor and valor, of magic, destiny, monsters and dragons. It is a story of love and broken hearts, of deception, of ambition and betrayal. It is fantasy at its finest, inviting us into a world that will live with us forever, one that will appeal to all ages and genders.
Book #2 in KINGS AND SORCERERS is now available!
“RISE OF THE DRAGONS succeeds—right from the start…. A superior fantasy…It begins, as it should, with one protagonist's struggles and moves neatly into a wider circle of knights, dragons, magic and monsters, and destiny.…All the trappings of high fantasy are here, from soldiers and battles to confrontations with self….A recommended winner for any who enjoy epic fantasy writing fueled by powerful, believable young adult protagonists.”
--Midwest Book Review, D. Donovan, eBook Reviewer
Now a major motion picture
New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn returns with his most exhilarating political thriller to date, a pulse-pounding tale of espionage that introduces fans to the young Mitch Rapp as he takes on his first, explosive assignment.
Before he was considered a CIA super-agent, before he was thought of as a terrorist’s worst nightmare, and before he was both loathed and admired by the politicians on Capitol Hill, Mitch Rapp was a star college athlete with an untapped instinct for violence.
Tensions in the Middle East are simmering when CIA Director Irene Kennedy pays a visit to Syracuse University, where she hopes to recruit none other than Mitch Rapp, a student who has quickly climbed up the academic and athletic ranks. Tragedy entered Mitch’s life a year before, when thirty-five of his classmates, including his girlfriend, perished in Pan Am flight 103. Since then, Mitch has grieved for their senseless deaths and has felt helpless in his desire for revenge. When Kennedy arrives on campus, his career path is suddenly laid out for him.
Nine months later, after grueling training, Mitch finds himself in Istanbul on his first assignment, which is to assassinate the Turkish arms dealer who sold the explosives used in the Pan Am attack. Mitch hits his target, but quickly sees, for the first time, what revenge means to the enemy. When Mitch’s mentor and a fellow recruit are kidnapped and tortured by a dangerous group of Islamic jihadists, he must stop at nothing to save them.
A judge’s first murder trial.
A defense attorney in over his head.
A prosecutor out for blood and glory.
The accused, who is possibly innocent.
And the killer, who may have just committed the perfect crime.
“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.”--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)
Women are turning up dead in the rural outskirts of Virginia, killed in grotesque ways, and when the FBI is called in, they are stumped. A serial killer is out there, his frequency increasing, and they know there is only one agent good enough to crack this case: Special Agent Riley Paige.
Riley is on paid leave herself, recovering from her encounter with her last serial killer, and, fragile as she is, the FBI is reluctant to tap her brilliant mind. Yet Riley, needing to battle her own demons, comes on board, and her hunt leads her through the disturbing subculture of doll collectors, into the homes of broken families, and into the darkest canals of the killer’s mind. As Riley peels back the layers, she realizes she is up against a killer more twisted than she could have imagined. In a frantic race against time, she finds herself pushed to her limit, her job on the line, her own family in danger, and her fragile psyche collapsing.
Yet once Riley Paige takes on a case, she will not quit. It obsesses her, leading her to the darkest corners of her own mind, blurring the lines between hunter and hunted. After a series of unexpected twists, her instincts lead her to a shocking climax that even Riley could not have imagined.
A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, ONCE GONE marks the debut of a riveting new series—and a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night.
Book #2 in the Riley Paige series is now available!
Alan W. Watts, renowned for his interpretations of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences, shares timeless principles that have benefitted generations seeking serenity from life’s uncontrollable circumstances in The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety.
When we spend our emotional energy reliving the past and worrying about the future, we lose the only moments we truly have in the here and now. Drawing from Eastern thought and religion, Watts reveals that the secret to living a fulfilling life is to live for today. Our quest to achieve a completely stable and secure environment is fueling our anxieties. Only by acknowledging the truth—that we cannot predict tomorrow’s events and outcomes—will enable us find and cherish our joys in the present.
"Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable.'"—Los Angeles Times
There are plenty of mercenaries, spies, and guns for hire in the galaxy. But probably none as dangerous and determined as Bazine Netal. A master of disguise—and lethal with a blade, a blaster, or bare handed—she learned from the best. Now it’s her turn to be the teacher—even if schooling an eager but inexperienced recruit in the tricks of her trade is the last thing she wants to do. But it’s the only way to score the ship she needs to pull off her latest job.
An anonymous client has hired Bazine to track down an ex-stormtrooper and recover the mysterious package he’s safeguarding. Payment for the mission promises to be astronomical, but the obstacles facing Bazine will prove to be formidable. And though her eager new sidekick has cyber skills crucial to the mission, only Bazine’s razor-sharp talents will mean the difference between success or failure—and life or death.