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Kitty Underhay is looking forward to a week of long lunches and wedding planning with her husband-to-be, Captain Matthew Bryant. But the plan is derailed when he is called on to collect a former comrade-in-arms, arriving on the 15:50 from Paddington. As the train bearing Simon Travers pulls up to the platform, a piercing scream rises over the screech of its brakes. Travers is dead in his seat, a dagger in his heart. Only a few individuals had access to Travers’s compartment, and Kitty must find out which of these seemingly benign passengers is, in fact, a cross-country killer.

Imogen Peters knows she's a pawn. She's been abducted from Earth, held prisoner, and abducted again. So when she gets a chance at freedom, she takes it with both hands, not realizing that doing so will turn her from pawn to kingmaker. Captain Camlar Kalor expected to meet an Earth woman on his current mission, he just thought he'd be meeting her on Larga Ways, under the protection of his Battle Center colleague. Instead, he and Imogen are thrown together as prisoners in the hold of a Class 5 battleship.

As a candidate for class representative, Jada is ready to give the campaign her all. But when rumors start to fly about her secret fear of public speaking, she isn't sure who she can trust. And the pressure to make promises she can't keep only adds to her growing list of problems. Is winning even worth it when friendships are on the line?

In this, his best-known work, the controversial American economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen appropriates Darwin's theory of evolution to analyze the modern industrial system. For Veblen, the shallowness and superficiality observed in society results from the tendency to believe that true accomplishment lies in arriving at a condition of ostentatious wealth and status.

Get in on the ground floor of the new and growing investment categories: Fractional Ownership and Fractional Revenue. Discover how to generate new income streams, and diversify your portfolio, by buying and selling shares in emerging asset categories such as NFTs, virtual property deeds, rare musical instruments, inventory financing, and more. “With fractional investing, you can control your risk much more effectively than when having to commit to buying an entire asset” Michael Fox-Rabinovitz In Unlock the Vault, Michael Fox-Rabinovitz continues the teachings he provided in his top-...

Do you want to be a better leader? Raise the threshold of your pain. Do you want your church to grow or your business to reach higher goals? Reluctance to face pain is your greatest limitation. There is no growth without change, no change without loss, and no loss without pain. Bottom line: if you're not hurting, you're not leading. But this book is not a theological treatise on pain. Rather in Leadership Pain, Samuel Chand - best-selling author recognized as "the leader's leader" - provides a concrete, practical understanding of the pain we experience.

Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown of Shirley Falls for New York City as soon as they possibly could. Jim, a sleek, successful corporate lawyer, has belittled his bighearted brother their whole lives, and Bob, a Legal Aid attorney who idolizes Jim, has always taken it in stride. But their long-standing dynamic is upended when their sister, Susan - the Burgess sibling who stayed behind - urgently calls them home.

Hello there! Welcome to J.C.’s newest series: “Nervous, Naked, and Naïve”! These stories of exploitation and humiliation take place at Pudendia Women’s Academy, an all-girl college where sweetness, innocence, and gorgeousness are the rule, not the exception. Here you will meet Headmaster Edwin Dankworth—dirty-minded disciplinarian extraordinaire. Edwin is chronically smitten with just about every cute and curvy female at Pudendia—student and teacher alike—and he uses his position of authority to find situations galore in order to get one unlucky lass after another out of her ...

The leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous consumption. In The Sum of Small Things, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett dubs this segment of society "the aspirational class" and discusses how, through deft decisions about education, health, parenting, and retirement, the aspirational class deepens the ever-wider class divide.

The Old Money Book details how anyone from any background can adopt the values, priorities, and habits of America's upper class in order to live a richer life. This entertaining and informative work reveals for the first time the core values that shape the discreet - but truly affluent - Old Money way of life. Author Byron Tully then details how Old Money does it, offering time-tested advice on everything from clothes and cars to finances and furnishings.

An Earl declared a war hero, a widow stricken with angry grief, a plot conceived in despair, lies and deception which might undo everything good in their lives, courage and forgiveness which lead to unexpected love at Christmas. ***** READ NOW ON KINDLE UNLIMITED ***** Martin Luckett, the Earl of Truharton, was injured at Waterloo, even as he watched most of his men cut down around him. He returns to England to discover his father and brother dead, and himself now Earl. He has fallen into a despairing lethargy with no enthusiasm for life when the process of hiring new staff changes ...

Countess Ellen Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society. She bears with her an independence and an awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of the charming Newland Archer, engaged to be married to her cousin, May Welland. Though he accepts the society's standards and rules he is acutely aware of their limitations. He knows May will assure him a conventional future but Ellen, scandalously separated from her husband, forces Archer to question his values and beliefs.

Imagine having the ability to approach any beautiful woman in any place. Whether you are in the grocery store, Starbucks getting a cappuccino, or filling the car with gas there are constantly chances to meet, attract and seduce amazingly attractive girls. Having said that, if like lots of men you lack the self-confidence to approach girls in these situations then the majority of these opportunities are going to pass you by.

This book is intended for the Intermediate i.e. 11th and 12th classes students. The fundamental concepts and principles behind Mathematics are explained in a simple, easy- to- understand manner. Each chapter contains a large number of solved example or problem which will help the students in problem solving. This text book “Mathematics Vol. 4 of 4 ” is organized into four Chapters. Chapter-1: Differential Equations Chapter-2: Three Dimensional Geometry Chapter- 3: Statistics and Probability Chapter-4: Mathematical Reasoning This book has been written with the firm conviction that a good...

This audiobook has a simple message for business leaders: your primary goal must be to serve and raise the poor. The poor need to enter the economic system to buy products, put money in banks, and move into the middle class. This is the only approach that can possibly save the American Dream. John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor.

Discover the Sunshine State's Hidden Treasures and Unforgettable Adventures, Even If You Think You've Seen It All! Are you ready to embark on a journey that dives deep beyond the typical Floridian attractions? Do you crave authentic experiences that capture the true spirit of Florida, without the tourist traps? Are you looking to create lasting memories with loved ones, combining cultural, natural, and culinary delights? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, know that you're not alone. Many travelers feel overwhelmed by endless options and outdated information, but the right ...

Drawing on more than four decades of teaching, Alec’s book offers EFL/ESL teachers a valuable collection of material for grades 1-4, along with helpful methodological suggestions as to how to put it into practice. His concept of how a full immersion in the sounds and structures of English in the lower school creates a fruitful basis for an increasingly conscious approach to grammar in the middle and upper school is illuminating and will provide teachers with a clearer understanding of these subtle, yet vital connections. Prof. Dr. Peter Lutzker CONTENTS Introduction Class One Inner ...

Transitioning from university to becoming a full-time teacher is a whole different ball game. While theory is valuable, it doesn't equip you for the myriad of wonderful and sometimes unexpected situations and challenges that arise in the classroom.

She was never meant to be his. But he’s done pretending. Princess Lirien has spent her life in a gilded cage, suffocating under royal expectations. When she slips away for one night of freedom—one reckless night to taste life beyond the palace walls—she never expects her shadow to follow. But he does. And when another man dares to touch her, her ruthless, possessive bodyguard snaps. Dain Vorex has spent years keeping his distance, watching over his princess with silent, brutal devotion. But the moment she steps into the city, unprotected, his control shatters. He drags her away from ...

Imagine a world in which you own nothing and rent everything. Most of the protein in your diet comes from bugs. You are not allowed to have more than one child, and your financial and medical data are instantly transferred to a centralized government database via a subdermal microchip. Controligarchs warns that this will be our existence if the supranational elites of the World Economic Forum get their way.