Imagine you woke up one morning to find everything created by engineers had disappeared. What would you see?No cars, no houses; no phones, bridges or roads. No tunnels under tidal rivers, no soaring skyscrapers. The impact that engineering has had on the human experience is undeniable, but it is also often invisible.In BUILT, structural engineer Roma Agrawal takes a unique look at how construction has evolved from the mud huts of our ancestors to skyscrapers of steel that reach hundreds of metres into the sky. She unearths how engineers have tunnelled through kilometres of solid mountains; how they've bridged across the widest and deepest of rivers, and tamed Nature's precious – and elusive – water resources. She tells vivid tales of the visionaries who created the groundbreaking materials in the Pantheon's record-holding concrete dome and the frame of the record-breaking Eiffel Tower. Through the lens of an engineer, Roma examines tragedies like... Views: 43
Josh and Bella have been friends for years, but suddenly Bella is starting to see her Josh in a very different light – she's falling in love. Worse, she's just agreed to pretend to be Josh's fiancee and spend a week in the Seychelles with him. Views: 43
A short story, set in Regency England. When prim and proper Lady Julia Pettingale seeks shelter from a thunderstorm in an abandoned cottage, she never dreams that a handsome stranger might do the same. And when she discovers that the appealing rake is none other than the notorious Duke of Warminster, she's intrigued to discover whether the rumors of his scandalous behavior might be true. A few hours spent alone in the company of that handsome blackguard could mean the ruin of Julia's reputation . . . or the transformation of the Duke's black heart. Will the emotional lightning that strikes them change their lives? Be sure to read other Regency Romances by Nancy Lawrence, available on Kindle: A Bewitching Minx An Intimate Arrangement Once Upon A Christmas One Dance with You Sweet Companion Views: 43
In World War II Washington, Miss Della Davis toils on the night shift in the President's typing pool. She likes the quiet as she goes about transcribing sensitive documents into an embarrassingly erotic government code. She also likes a certain Secret Service Agent Jones, who frequents her lonely office with a debonair smile and a sack of hamburgers. Views: 43
Helsinki, December 1999. Nick Stone, ex-SAS, now a 'K' working for British Intelligence on deniable operations, is tough, resourceful, ruthless, highly trained - and desperately in need of cash...
Offered the lucrative freelance job of kidnapping a mafia warlord and delivering him to St Petersburg, it seems to Stone that his problems are over. In fact, they are only just beginning.
Stone enters the bleak underworld of the former Soviet republic of Estonia, where unknown aggressors stalk the Arctic landscape, and he soon finds himself caught between implacable enemies. For Russia has embarked upon a concerted cyber-espionage offensive, hacking into some of the West's most sensitive military secrets. American and British intelligence agencies are determined to thwart them. And the mafia are waiting in the wings with their own chillingly brutal solution... Views: 43
Piper Jones has always loved horses, but little did she know what would happen when she and her best friend, Addie tried to help a neglected pony. When all the adults in her life can't or won't help, Piper and Addie take matters into their own hands. They must find a safe haven for the pony and protect it from its cruel owner. A little old lady from Piper's past steps up to help and a suspected liar proves he's not a bad guy at all. But as the girls try to solve a mystery involving the suspicious owner, will they be forced into crime themselves in order to save their new-found pony friend? Views: 43
When an author as successful as Rankin has been with his tough and
idiomatic Scottish thrillers, a problem sets in after several books: how
to keep the formula fresh. Rankin has delivered a powerful series of
books featuring his beleaguered Detective Inspector John Rebus, and
while never less than gripping, a certain tiredness seemed to be setting
in. Thankfully, Dead Souls is a resounding return to form, with a
plot as enjoyably labyrinthine as any Rankin enthusiast could wish for,
and pithy dialogue that fairly leaps off the page. Stalking the streets
of Edinburgh on the trail of a poisoner, Rebus hits upon a freed
pedophile and his subsequent outing of the man leaves him with very
mixed feelings. But another problem develops for Rebus: a convicted
murderer has him in his sights for some lethal games. And the tabloid
press lionizing of Rebus won't help him in this situation. As
always, Rankin is perfectly ready to tackle contentious
issues--precisely the thing that gives his books their powerful sense of
veracity. And Rebus, no longer in danger of having a soap opera-like
accumulation of personal problems, seems as fresh and well-observed a
character as in those first exhilarating books. Rankin has caught his
form again, with even more assurance. Views: 43
Once, Special Agent Smoky Barrett hunted serial killers for the FBI. She was one of the best–until a madman terrorized her family, killed her husband and daughter, and left her face scarred and her soul brutalized. Turning the tables on the killer, Smoky shot him dead–but her life was shattered forever.
Now Smoky dreams about picking up her weapon again. She dreams about placing the cold steel between her lips and pulling the trigger one last time. Because for a woman who’s lost everything, what is there left to lose?
She’s about to find out.
In all her years at the Bureau, Smoky has never encountered anyone like him–a new and fascinating kind of monster, a twisted genius who defies profilers’ attempts to understand him. And he’s issued Smoky a direct challenge, coaxing her back from the brink with the only thing that could convince her to live.
The killer videotaped his latest crime–an act of horror that left a child motherless–then sent a message addressed to Agent Smoky Barrett. The message is enough to shock Smoky back to work, back to her FBI team. And that child awakens something in Smoky she thought was gone forever.
Suddenly the stakes are raised. The game has changed. For as this deranged monster embarks on an unspeakable spree of perversion and murder, Smoky is coming alive again–and she’s about to face her greatest fears as a cop, a woman, a mother…and a merciless killer’s next victim. Views: 43
Prepare to be cured by this quirky and hilarious debut novel about a sixteen-year-old loner who is sent to rehab for video game addiction—perfect for fans of Ned Vizzini and Jesse Andrews.Sixteen-year-old Jaxon is being committed to video game rehab...ten minutes after meeting a girl. A living, breathing girl named Serena, who not only laughed at his jokes but actually kinda sorta seemed excited when she agreed to go out with him. Jaxon's first date. Ever. In rehab, Jaxon can't blast his way through galaxies to reach her. He can't slash through armies to kiss her sweet lips. Instead, he has four days to earn one million points by learning real-life skills. And he'll do whatever it takes—lie, cheat, steal, even learn how to cross-stitch—in order to make it to his date. If all else fails, Jaxon will have to bare his soul to the other teens in treatment, confront his mother's absence, and maybe admit that it's more than video games that... Views: 43
