I hated hockey players. While the Rush had cleaned up their act and were no long wreaking havoc in my town, Joel—captain and a talented forward on the team—was wreaking havoc on my life. He'd made it his mission to push my buttons on a regular basis. The man was equal parts infuriating and distracting... And gorgeous. The worst part? I hadn't expected that I would like him. That I would want him. That I would become desperate for him to want me back. Views: 47
HOME IS WHERE THE WAR IS America may be reeling from endless recessions and crippling oil wars, but hack reporter Ben Walker never expected to see his homeland invaded and occupied by a reunified Korea—now a formidable world power under Kim Jong-il’s dictator son. The enemy’s massive cyberattack is followed by the detonation of an electromagnetic pulse that destroys technology across the United States. Communications, weapons, and defense systems are rendered useless; thousands perish as vehicles suddenly lose power and passenger jets plummet to the ground. Fleeing the chaos of Los Angeles, Walker discovers that although America’s military has been scattered, its fighting spirit remains. Walker joins the soldiers as they head east across the desert, battling Korean patrols—and soon finds his own mission. Walker reinvents himself as the Voice of Freedom, broadcasting information and enemy positions to civilian Resistance cells via guerrilla radio. But Walker’s broadcasts have also reached the ears of the enemy. Korea dispatches its deadliest warrior to hunt the Voice of Freedom and crush the ever-growing Resistance before it can mount a new war for American liberty. Views: 47
"Small town, small minds," you say, as now-to-be-neighbours watch us through twitching nets as we drag dustbin bags and old crisp boxes from the back of Maudsley Mick's Transit. I stare back defiantly as I march up the path, ignoring the trail of tampons, playscripts, a potato masher that I leave in my wake. I am still, of course, happy to style myself as you. Because you – and Mick, and Toni, and the revolving cast of misfits, dropouts and almost-damned that bed down on borrowed floors – are all that I know. But that is about to change...Dido Sylvia Jones is six years and twenty seven days old when she moves from London squat to suburban Essex and promptly falls in love with Tom Trevelyan, the boy next door. It's not just him Dido falls for, though: it's also his precocious sister, Harry, and their fastidious, controlling mother, Angela. Because Angela is everything that Edie – Dido's own mother – is not. And... Views: 47
Louise comes to the big city to create a new life for herself. That life ends when a cruel sadist abducts her, mutilates her body and face, and dumps her remains in the East River. Not quite dead, she floats ashore to the ruins of an abandoned church. There she is found and saved—but what saves her isn’t human. Listed a Top Book of 2010 by Literary Mayhem. Views: 47
Lane Silverman’s got two problems: 1. She’s in love with love. 2. No matter how hard she works, as a freelance writer, she ain’t makin’ it.Determined to see her byline in the big magazines, she comes up with the perfect article pitch. But it isn’t easy, and before too long, Lane’s thoughts run where they always do: to meeting her Prince Charming and contemplating what flavor sorbet he’ll be feeding her from a silver spoon in a first class seat on the way to Paris when she does. Her ridiculous fairy-tale bred expectations have kept her single, but she isn’t ready to hear it. Then fate lands Lane’s mind on the perfect idea to address both her lack of love and income: she'll get a job in finance, where all the men are off to in the mornings, with the express purpose of finding a man to live happily ever after with and chronicle her findings. She's ecstatic when Cosmopolitan buys her idea. But before long her editor turns Lane’s article into an impossible feat that tests every romantic ideal she’s ever held dear. And her Cosmo editor isn’t the only one testing Lane’s values: when she finally finds her perfect man, one who appears to fit every ridiculous specification she’s ever held dear, it just might turn out to be her worst nightmare. Does true love even exist? She’d better find out soon, or all her dreams will come crashing down in one mortifying, career-ending, apartment-evicting, lonely-old-lady-with-all-the-birds, heap. Enjoy this special commemorative eBook second edition — released in celebration of Diary of a Working Girl’s People’s Choice-nominated feature film adaptation, Beauty & the Briefcase, starring Hilary Duff. At the end, a bonus chapter catches up with Lane eight months after the story ends. You won’t believe what she’s up to now, and who she’s up to it with... “This is so much fun!” - #1 New York Times Bestseller, Nora Roberts "Readers will simply love Lane and her wild imagination." —Booklist Coming soon: New eBook edition of Daniella Brodsky’s hilarious comedy, Princess of Park Avenue. “If you liked ‘Mean Girls,' you'll get a kick out of Brodsky's book.”—Farrah Weinstein, New York Post “Princess of Park Avenue is a delicious self-indulgent treat right up there with a leisurely soak in an aromatherapy infused bubble bath with scented candles…It would be cliché to say that Princess is a ‘good read' but truth be told, it's not only good, it's fabulously fantastic.” — Karen Marie Shelton, HairBoutique.com “Daniella Brodsky…charms us with her second novel…Princess of Park Avenue is an entertaining and amusing book that will remind any of us who have find ourselves lost in a relationship with a man that the real ‘us’ still exists and we only have to look in order to find her.” — Amie Taylor, Bookreporter.comFrom BooklistLane Silverman is a freelance writer, but most of her work is published in magazines no one's heard of. Determined to make it to the big magazines, she brainstorms for the perfect article to pitch. It's not easy. Lane has difficulty concentrating as her thoughts run where they always run: to meeting her Prince Charming and what she 'll be wearing when she does. Her flighty, romantic nature is what's kept her single. Then Lane comes up with the perfect idea: she'll get a real job with the express purpose of finding a man to live happily ever after with and then chronicle her findings. She's ecstatic when Cosmopolitan likes her idea, and when she lands a job as an assistant for a financial company, she's dumbfounded by the sheer number of men surrounding her. Again, things aren't as simple as she thinks they'll be, especially when she's sidetracked by the perfect man, one who doesn't work at her company! Readers will simply love Lane and her wild imagination. Maria HattonCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reservedAbout the AuthorDaniella Brodsky is a freelance magazine journalist and the author of The Girls' Guide to New York Nightlife. Views: 47
The groundbreaking examination of U.S. and global security, certain to be one of the most talked-about books of 2004--and beyond. Since the end of the Cold War, America’s national security establishment has been searching for a new operating theory to explain how this seemingly "chaotic" world actually works. Gone is the clash of blocs, but replaced by what? Thomas Barnett has the answers. A senior military analyst with the U.S. Naval War College, he has given a constant stream of briefings over the past few years, and particularly since 9/11, to the highest of high-level civilian and military policy-makers--and now he gives it to you. The Pentagon’s New Map is a cutting-edge approach to globalization that combines security, economic, political, and cultural factors to do no less than predict and explain the nature of war and peace in the twenty-first century. Building on the works of Thomas Friedman, Samuel Huntington, and Francis Fukuyama, and then taking a leap beyond, Barnett’s book crystallizes recent American military history and strategy, sets the parameters for where our forces will likely be headed in the future, outlines the unique role that America can and will play in establishing international stability--and provides much-needed hope at a crucial yet uncertain time in world history. For anyone seeking to understand the Iraqs, Afghanistans, and Liberias of the present and future; the intimate new links between foreign policy and national security; the operational realities of the world as it exists today, The Pentagon’s New Map is a template, a Rosetta stone. Agree with it, disagree with it, argue with it--there is no book more essential for 2004 and beyond. Views: 47
Pokémon Go meets The Goonies in this exciting new adventure series! First they took on monsters. Now they have to face ALIENS. Come join Bex and Charlie on their second thrilling adventure in the GAMER SQUAD series! After their scary adventure, Bex and Charlie have sworn never to play Monsters Unleashed again. Then Veratrum Games Corp releases a new augmented reality game featuring aliens instead of monsters, and the best friends just can't resist. After all, everyone loves it, even their science teacher, because it includes real star charts. But when they go to an observatory on a class trip, and open the game near a radio telescope, they get more than they bargained for: REAL aliens. One is sweet and kind; the other . . . not so much. Can Bex and Charlie capture the bad ET before it destroys their town? Views: 47
SUMMARY: 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 Bitter 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: 47
Finally, these cowboys have found love and are enjoying kinky sex behind white picket fences they always wanted. They couldn’t be happier, but are they ready to full commit to one woman? Views: 47
