Instant NYT Bestselling AuthorUSA Today Bestselling AuthorViral Booktok SensationEvery Halloween, Satan's Affair will come to you. We travel the country, offering terrifying haunted houses, thrilling rides and the tastiest food. And with every passing town, I cleanse this world, one execution at a time. I hide within the walls, casting my judgement for those that reek of evil, singing lullabies to their rotting souls. Once you've been chosen, there's no escaping my henchmen-they cater to my every desire. You can run and you can hide, but it only excites me. Come. Take a walk through my dollhouse, where your screams will blend and your cute little pleas will go unanswered. But I can't promise it'll be over quickly... Recommended Reading Order for the C&M Universe: Satan's Affair Haunting Adeline Hunting Adeline Where's Molly
This first of its kind, East-meets-West deck and guidebook are a tool for self-reflection, healing, and transformation, merging traditional tarot archetypes with ancient Sufi practices.This deck combines mystical Sufi wisdom with classic tarot archetypes recast as Sufi concepts and figures, offering a new lens on the traditional tarot system.Sufism is often called the path to the heart because it is a process of turning within to the fountainhead of all knowledge through the opening and purification of the heart. In tarot, we meet the carefree fool, the enigmatic magician, the mystical high priestess, the commanding emperor, the nurturing empress and more--archetypes that represent the many qualities that each of us must call upon on as we follow the "Fool's Journey" through life.Both call the reader to walk the path of self-discovery and inner-knowing, uncovering secrets not to predict the future, but to discover answers to the big questions: Why are we here? Why do we feel the way we feel and act the way we act? What is our purpose in this life?
The first manga spinoff of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure!Ten years have passed since DIO was defeated by Jotaro Kujo, but his presence lingers among his former followers, including gunslinger Hol Horse. When Hol Horse accepts a request from an elderly woman to find her lost parrot-trained by the owner of the falcon Pet Shop-he finds himself trekking across half the globe to the Japanese city of Morioh.The parrot problem isn't over yet! Using the parrot's ability to reenact the past and a comic book's ability to predict the future, the mastermind Karaiya snares Josuke Higashikata in a trap and attacks him with an apparition of Pet Shop. Can Josuke escape this inescapable attack? Find out the the thrilling finale!
Learn English with dynamic, video-enhanced lessons. Every File contains videos which focus on Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and skills development. Keep learners motivated with authentic and contemporary topics with a proven methodology refined by years of continuous teacher feedback. The Student Book comes with access to Skills Confidence (Beginner, Elementary) and Exam Confidence (Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Intermediate Plus, Upper Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced Plus). With more video than ever before, authentic texts, and updated topics, English File fifth edition keeps you talking. New video embedded into the lessons brings language learning to life and helps you communicate both inside and outside the classroom. Key Features: New video content embedded into every File provides a dynamic learning experience. New drama video story that runs across Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, and Intermediate provides a drama with twists, turns and cliffhanging endings whilst introducing high frequency functional English and social English phrases. Enhanced skills syllabus with a prominent focus on the 4 skills, and a wider variety of skills tasks. The Student Book comes with access to Skills Confidence (Beginner, Elementary) and Exam Confidence (Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Intermediate Plus, Upper Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced Plus). Develop your confidence in English with access to bite-size Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing practice that complements the course, available in Oxford English Hub. In the higher levels, Colloquial English provides new interviews, exclusive to English File, with well-known personalities and experts in their field. British English course.
100 nouveaux coloriages mystères !Découvrez les portraits des plus grands héros des films d’animation Disney et Pixar à travers 100 grilles inédites. Suivez les codes couleur, coloriez les cases numérotées et mettez en lumière des personnages cultes. Raiponce, Stitch, Blanche-Neige, Mowgli, Nick Wilde, Simba…humains ou animaux, ils sont tous là !Détendez-vous et retrouvez le plaisir de créer !
*An Economist, Financial Times, Guardian, Prospect and Sunday Times Book of the Year*Shortlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the YearThis is the only book you need to understand our new world - from the ultimate AI insider, the CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind.'Important' YUVAL NOAH HARARI'Excellent' BILL GATES'Astonishing' STEPHEN FRY'Stunning' RORY STEWARTSoon you will live surrounded by AIs. In a world of quantum computers, robot assistants and abundant energy, they will organise your life, operate your business, and run government services.None of us are prepared.Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The next decade, he explains, will be defined by a wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. These will create immense prosperity but also present risks.How do we ensure the flourishing of humankind? How do we maintain control over these technologies? And how do we find the narrow path to a successful future? In this groundbreaking book we learn how to think about the essential challenge of our age.Be prepared. Read The Coming Wave.**A New York Times and Instant Sunday Times bestseller, Sept 2023**
He’s coming for you.Death is meant to come on a chariot of broken dreams or in the dark trenches of a storm, not in love letters and gifts.He did not take my soul when I was meant to die. He did not want it all the other times that I’ve offered it to him on a silver platter. Yet, time and time again, he reminds me that I am his: His night monster, his dark love, his perfect other.Death was the only thing keeping me alive. He watches me from his corner, taunts me with sweet messages, marks my body with his touch as I sleep.He took the people that I love away from me. Still, no one believed me when I said that I saw the faceless man on the night of the accident.No one can escape death.Me? I’m chasing it.
It's not enough to have great ideas. You also need to know how to communicate them. What makes someone charismatic? Why do some people captivate a room, while others have trouble managing a small meeting? What makes some ideas spread, while other good ones fall by the wayside? Cues - the tiny signals we send to others 24/7 through our body language, facial expressions, word choices and vocal inflection - have a massive impact on how we, and our ideas, come across.Our cues can either enhance our message or undermine it. In this entertaining and accessible guide to the hidden language of cues, Vanessa Van Edwards teaches you how to convey power, trust, leadership, likability and charisma in every interaction. You'll learn: - Which vocal cues make you sound more confident- Which body language cues assert, 'I'm a leader, and here's why you should join me'- Which verbal cues to use in pitches, branding and emails to increase trust (and generate excitement about interacting with you)- Which visual cues you are sending in your profile pictures, clothing and professional brandWhether you're pitching an investment, negotiating a job offer or having a tough conversation with a colleague, Cues can help you improve your relationships, express empathy and create meaningful connections with lasting impact.'Packed with invaluable strategies for maximizing your message, Van Edward's energy will inspire you to become the best possible version of yourself' - Nir Eyal, author of Hooked. 'A must-have guide to becoming an unstoppable force' - Mel Robbins
Darrow returns as Pierce Brown's New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age.The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend.Marooned far from home after a devastating defeat on the battlefields of Mercury, Darrow longs to return to his wife and sovereign, Virginia, to defend Mars from its bloodthirsty would-be conqueror - Lysander. Lysander longs to destroy the Rising and restore the supremacy of Gold, and will raze the worlds to realize his ambitions. The worlds once needed the Reaper. But now they need Darrow, and Darrow needs the people he loves - Virginia, Cassius, Sevro - in order to defend the Republic. So begins Darrow's long voyage home, an interplanetary adventure where old friends will reunite, new alliances will be forged, and rivals will clash on the battlefield.Because Eo's dream is still alive - and after the dark age will come a new age: of light, of victory, of hope.
EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION-a beautiful hardcover edition featuring turquoise sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and custom endpapers.The delightful charm of The Princess Bride meets the delicious bodyguard romance of From Blood and Ash in this cozy fantasy romance from New York Times bestselling author T. KingfisherHalla has unexpectedly inherited the estate of a wealthy uncle. Unfortunately, she is also saddled with money-hungry relatives full of devious plans for how to wrest the inheritance away from her.While locked in her bedroom, Halla inspects the ancient sword that's been collecting dust on the wall since before she moved in. Out of desperation, she unsheathes it-and suddenly a man appears. His name is Sarkis, he tells her, and he is an immortal warrior trapped in a prison of enchanted steel.Sarkis is sworn to protect whoever wields the sword, and for Halla-a most unusual wielder-he finds himself fending off not grand armies and deadly assassins but instead everything from kindly-seeming bandits to roving inquisitors to her own in-laws. But as Halla and Sarkis grow closer, they overlook the biggest threat of all-the sword itself.
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, a thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the leading book on fertility and women’s reproductive health.Since the publication of Taking Charge of your Fertility two decades ago, Toni Weschler has taught a whole new generation of women how to become pregnant, avoid pregnancy naturally and gain better control of their gynecological and sexual health by taking just a couple minutes a day using the proven Fertility Awareness Method.Now, this 20th Anniversary Edition has been thoroughly revised and fully updated with: the latest medical advances in assisted reproductive technologies (ART)more in-depth coverage of women’s gynecological and sexual health new illustrations, photographs, and an expanded color insertnew sample chartsan expanded appendixSix new chapters including: Three Prevalent Conditions—Endometriosis, Ovarian Cysts and PCOS Natural Ways to Balance Your Hormones Preserving Your Future Fertility Miscarriages Idiopathic Infertility Causes of Unusual Bleeding Clear and comprehensive, yet warm and approachable, Taking Charge of Your Fertility is one of the most universally lauded health books on the market today. It is an essential reference for every woman of reproductive age.
Julius Evola's final major work, which examines the prototype of the human being who can give absolute meaning to his or her life in a world of dissolution - Presents a powerful criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our modern age - Reveals how to transform destructive processes into inner liberation The organizations and institutions that, in a traditional civilization and society, would have allowed an individual to realize himself completely, to defend the principal values he recognizes as his own, and to structure his life in a clear and unambiguous way, no longer exist in the contemporary world. Everything that has come to predominate in the modern world is the direct antithesis of the world of Tradition, in which a society is ruled by principles that transcend the merely human and transitory. "Ride the Tiger" presents an implacable criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our dissolute age examined in the light of the inner teachings of indestructible Tradition. Evola identifies the type of human capable of "riding the tiger," who may transform destructive processes into inner liberation. He offers hope for those who wish to reembrace Tradition.
A dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China - and sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun. The Song of Achilles meets Mulan in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan.'Magnificent in every way' - Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange TreeWhat would you give to win the world?Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after a great victory. She's torn southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to crown herself emperor. However, she's not the only one with imperial aspirations.Courtesan Madam Zhang wants the throne for her husband. And scorned scholar Wang Baoxiang yearns to bring the empire to its knees. So Zhu must gamble everything on a risky alliance with her old enemy: Ouyang, the brilliant but unstable eunuch general. All contenders will do anything and everything to win. But when desire and ambition have no limits, could the price be too high for even the most ruthless heart to bear?Praise for Shelley Parker-Chan:'Transcendent, heart-wrenching' - Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat'As brilliant as Circe . . . a deft and dazzling triumph' - Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne'Shelley Parker-Chan is a genius' - Jen Williams, author of TalonsisterReaders love He Who Drowned the World:'I absolutely adored it"A spectacular ending" I can't even think of picking up a new book because I'm not ready to move on'
Petits oiseaux, écureuils ou hamsters malicieux, le monde enchanté de Disney est peuplé d’adorables créatures. Entrez dans un trou de souris et découvrez la vie sous un nouvel angle ! Grâce à ces coloriages mystères, laissez-vous attendrir par les plus adorables boules de poils de vos films préférés. Suivez le code couleur, et révélez des personnages follement attachants, pour votre plus grand bonheur !
The third book in the EPIC Crescent City series from multi-million and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas.Maas has established herself as a fantasy fiction titan - TimeThink Game of Thrones meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a drizzle of E.L. James - TelegraphSpiced with slick plotting and atmospheric world-building ... a page-turning delight - Guardian Sarah J. Maas does not disappoint ... To be devoured with relish - Mail****** A WORLD IN DARKNESS.A BURNING SPARK.A BLAZE OF STARS.Bryce Quinlan is stranded in a strange new world. She's going to need all her wits about her to get home again and return to everything she loves. But that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.Meanwhile, Hunt Athalar is back in the Asteri's dungeons. Stripped of his freedom and the happiness he'd fought so hard for, he's without a clue as to Bryce's fate. Hunt is desperate to help his mate, but until he can escape the Asteri's chains, his hands are quite literally tied.In this breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Midgard is brought to the brink of collapse, and the fate of the world rests on the hope of rebellion. But the fight for survival, freedom, and love may cost everything Bryce and Hunt have.House of Flame and Shadow was ranked #1 in UK TCM charts week ending 6/2/2024
Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International PrizeNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - Publisher's Weekly - Buzzfeed - Entertainment Weekly - Time - Wall Street Journal - Bustle - Elle - The Economist - Slate - The Huffington Post - The St. Louis Dispatch - Electric LiteratureA beautiful, unsettling novel about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soulBefore the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams-invasive images of blood and brutality-torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It's a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that's become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate, subjecting first her mind, and then her body, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations, sending Yeong-hye spiraling into a dangerous, bizarre estrangement, not only from those closest to her, but also from herself.Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman's struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.
System Design Interview - An Insider's Guide (Volume 2) This book can be seen as a sequel to the book: System Design Interview - An Insider's Guide. It covers a different set of system design interview questions and solutions. Although reading Volume 1 is helpful, it is not required. This book should be accessible to readers who have a basic understanding of distributed systems. This volume provides a reliable strategy and knowledge base for approaching a broad range of system design questions that you may encounter. It will help you feel confident during this important interview. This book provides a step-by-step framework for how to tackle a system design question. It also includes many real-world examples to illustrate a systematic approach, with detailed and well-explained steps you can follow. What's inside?- An insider's take on what interviewers really look for and why.- A 4-step framework for solving any system design interview question.- 13 real system design interview questions with detailed solutions.- 300+ diagrams to visually explain how different systems work. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Proximity ServiceChapter 2: Nearby FriendsChapter 3: Google MapsChapter 4: Distributed Message QueueChapter 5: Metrics MonitoringChapter 6: Ad Click Event AggregationChapter 7: Hotel ReservationChapter 8: Distributed Email ServiceChapter 9: S3-like Object StorageChapter 10: Real-time Gaming LeaderboardChapter 11: Payment SystemChapter 12: Digital WalletChapter 13: Stock Exchange
A star athlete crosses the line from passion into obsession in this darkly addictive hockey-romance novel from international bestselling author C.R. Jane. 'Give me a second chance, babe . . . and I'll blow your mind'Monroe doesn't know why she answers the text that's obviously meant for someone else. Or why she keeps answering. Maybe it's because she's all alone in a big city and in desperate need of a lifeline. Or maybe it's because each exchange leaves her intrigued and more than a little turned on.Still, Monroe never would've snarked back if she'd known she was talking to the "Golden Boy" of the Dallas Knights. She couldn't care less about Lincoln Daniels' hockey-god status, and this only seems to attract him more. He's used to scoring on and off the ice, and now he's obsessed with his next goal: making Monroe his no matter what it takes. "Intense" doesn't begin to cover the way Lincoln pursues her. But despite the red flags, Monroe starts to crave the way he makes her feel really, truly wanted . . . Maybe Mr. Wrong Number is actually Mr. Right.This NEW paperback edition features: Two brand-new character illustrations A signed letter from the author and... A bonus chapter!Readers are falling head over heels for the Pucking Wrong Series...'Takes you on all the highs and lows. I didn't know whether to swoon or tell her to run for the hills' 'I feel heartbroken. I didn't want this book to end, but what an ending that was' 'Hot and intense and left me slightly breathless' 'Omg. This book sucks you in and deceives you!' 'Oh how I loved this book . . . everything about it was just everything' 'I just devoured this book, I couldn't stop reading it' 'Toxic yet exciting, spicy yet passionate . . . I was hooked from the first few page' Part of the Pucking Wrong Series . . . where heartbreak and happy endings rule.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 144, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Suzy Hopkins, ISBN-13: 9781526638830, Date of issue: 2021
Technical drawings of all the major ships and vehicles from the Alien movies, presented in incredible detail. Includes iconic spacecraft like the Nostromo, the Sulaco and the Covenant.Alien: The Blueprints is a collection of brand new blueprints of all the major vehicles, ships and technology of the Alien movie universe. Artist Graham Langridge delves deep into the concept art, set designs and photography to recreate full and accurate blueprints of the drop ship, the Sulaco, the Nostromo and many more.Covering all the movies including Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, this is a must-have for any Alien fan.
It's hard to resist the past in this steamy, dark hockey romance - from international and Amazon bestselling author C.R. Jane'If you were my girl, there wouldn't be anything that would keep me away'Blake moved to L.A. for a fresh start and to make it big. Now she's waiting tables while her dreams of becoming a model hover just out of reach. She already has her hands full . . . and then her past walks into the room and changes everything.At first Blake doesn't recognize him, but the gorgeous six-foot-four, tattooed pro-hockey player is Ari Lancaster her first ever crush, the one who got her through the worst time in her life. He's all grown up now, with an unshakeable confidence and the ability to turn her inside out with a single kiss. And he has no intention of letting her go again.Blake knows she should resist, but each time Ari's overwhelming intensity is focused on her, all her best intentions go out the window. There's no denying they're playing in different leagues, but it's only a matter of time before Blake starts to wonder if the completely wrong guy she's falling for . . . is actually the right one.This NEW paperback edition features: Two brand-new character illustrations A signed letter from the author and... A bonus chapter!Readers are falling head over heels for the Pucking Wrong Series...'Takes you on all the highs and lows. I didn't know whether to swoon or tell her to run for the hills' 'I feel heartbroken. I didn't want this book to end, but what an ending that was' 'Hot and intense and left me slightly breathless' 'Omg. This book sucks you in and deceives you!' 'Oh how I loved this book . . . everything about it was just everything' 'I just devoured this book, I couldn't stop reading it' 'Toxic yet exciting, spicy yet passionate . . . I was hooked from the first few page' Part of the Pucking Wrong Series . . . where heartbreak and happy endings rule.
The Fire Nation is threatened by a prophecy told by the Kemurikage, mysterious figures thought only to exist in legend: remove Zuko from the throne, or the country will perish!Avatar Aang and his friends escort Zuko and his family back to the capital, completely unaware of the looming threat growing in the city. Unrest is brewing as the New Ozai Society prepares to make its move against the crown, and children begin to go missing from their homes under mysterious circumstances.Revisit the adventure of Avatar: The Last Airbender--Smoke and Shadow with this all-new omnibus edition, collecting all three original parts for the first time in paperback!Collects Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow parts 1-3.
Dark and romantic YA fantasy about the siren with a taste for royal blood and the prince who has sworn to destroy her. Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most - a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian's heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever. The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavoury hobby - it's his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she's more than what she appears. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for good. But can he trust her? And just how many deals will Elian have to barter to eliminate mankind's greatest enemy?
My father's business partner will do anything for the empire they built together...Even marry me.Declan Hardy, All-American heartthrob and retired NFL billionaire, is my complete opposite.He's commanding where I'm cooperative.Spontaneous while I am deliberate.Loud when I stay quiet.The only thing we have in common is that both our names are on my father's will.He'll inherit the fitness and hospitality empire and I'll keep the one thing I hold dear.As long as I marry him-with conditions.One year of a fake marriage.One year of living together.One year of pretending I belong in his luxury lifestyle.But stipulations are never that simple.Especially when I can't tell if his kisses are fake or if I'm pretending when I kiss him back.And as more conditions arise, it's clear there's a fine line between commitment and betrayal... and neither of us knows where that line falls.
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 368, Publishers: Random House Worlds, Author: Danielle L. Jensen, ISBN-13: 9780593599860, Date of issue: 2025
Make iconic Parisian delicacies with these 30 cherished recipes from the world-famous French pastry shopThe Little Book of Ladurée: Patisserie brings together Ladurée’s 30 most beloved recipes written by the company’s head pastry chef, Julien Alvarez. From the famous macarons to the Saint-Honoré, to the chocolate eclairs and the delectable Mont Blanc, to the almond croissant or the French toast, you can enjoy these Parisian institution’s iconic recipes made right at home. This irresistible gift book features a removable sticker sheet, ribbon marker, and gold foil accents throughout the interior of the book.
Learn English with dynamic, video-enhanced lessons. Every File contains videos which focus on Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and skills development. Keep learners motivated with authentic and contemporary topics with a proven methodology refined by years of continuous teacher feedback. The Student Book comes with access to Skills Confidence (Beginner, Elementary) and Exam Confidence (Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Intermediate Plus, Upper Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced Plus). With more video than ever before, authentic texts, and updated topics, English File fifth edition keeps you talking. New video embedded into the lessons brings language learning to life and helps you communicate both inside and outside the classroom. Key Features: New video content embedded into every File provides a dynamic learning experience. New drama video story that runs across Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, and Intermediate provides a drama with twists, turns and cliffhanging endings whilst introducing high frequency functional English and social English phrases. Enhanced skills syllabus with a prominent focus on the 4 skills, and a wider variety of skills tasks. The Student Book comes with access to Skills Confidence (Beginner, Elementary) and Exam Confidence (Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Intermediate Plus, Upper Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced Plus). Develop your confidence in English with access to bite-size Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing practice that complements the course, available in Oxford English Hub. In the higher levels, Colloquial English provides new interviews, exclusive to English File, with well-known personalities and experts in their field. British English course.
