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Swamp Spirits (Miss Fortune Mysteries)
Ghost of a chance?Fortune is thrilled when Ben Harrison, her former CIA
partner, and his fiancée, Cassidy, decide to leave DC and move to the
Louisiana bayous. They’ve already secured jobs and are only lacking a place
to live, so everyone is excited when they quickly find a home. There’s only
one problem—the house has a reputation. It’s haunted.Fortune doesn’t
believe in ghosts, but when Cassidy starts seeing a woman in white inside
her house and can’t determine how she’s entering or exiting, Fortune knows
she’s got to figure out what’s going on before things get worse. As Swamp
Team 3 takes on the “spirited” case, they dive into a decades-old mystery
of love, money, voodoo curses, and a missing woman. But can they get
answers before Ben and Cassidy give up the ghost and go back to DC? Read more
All Good People Here: A Novel (Random House Large Print)
In the propulsive debut novel from the host of the #1 true crime podcast
Crime Junkie, a journalist uncovers her hometown’s dark secrets when she
becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor—and the
disappearance of another girl twenty years later. You can’t ever know for
sure what happens behind closed doors.Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana,
remembers the infamous case of January Jacobs, who was discovered in a
ditch hours after her family awoke to find her gone. Margot Davies was six
at the time, the same age as January—and they were next-door neighbors. In
the twenty years since, Margot has grown up, moved away, and become a
big-city journalist. But she’s always been haunted by the feeling that it
could’ve been her. And the worst part is, January’s killer has never been
brought to justice.When Margot returns home to help care for her uncle
after he is diagnosed with early-onset dementia, she feels like she’s
walked into a time capsule. Wakarusa is exactly how she remembers—genial,
stifled, secretive. Then news breaks about five-year-old Natalie Clark from
the next town over, who’s gone missing under circumstances eerily similar
to January’s. With all the old feelings rushing back, Margot vows to find
Natalie and to solve January’s murder once and for all.But the police,
Natalie’s family, the townspeople—they all seem to be hiding something. And
the deeper Margot digs into Natalie’s disappearance, the more resistance
she encounters, and the colder January’s case feels. Could January’s killer
still be out there? Is it the same person who took Natalie? And what will
it cost to finally discover what truly happened that night twenty years
ago?Twisty, chilling, and intense, All Good People Here is a searing tale
that asks: What are your neighbors capable of when they think no one is
watching? Read more
Heat 2: A Novel
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!Michael Mann,
four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last of the Mohicans, The
Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Heat teams up with Edgar
Award–winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first novel, an
explosive return to the universe and characters of his classic crime
film—with an all-new story unfolding in the years before and after the
iconic movie“Heat 2 is now one of my favorite suspense novels. . . . I’m
already quoting lines from Heat 2 to my writer friends (shamelessly saying
the lines are mine).” – James PattersonOne day after the end of Heat, Chris
Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) is holed up in Koreatown, wounded, half delirious,
and desperately trying to escape LA. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent
Hanna (Al Pacino). Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis’s brother in arms
Neil McCauley (De Niro) in a gunfight under the strobe lights at the foot
of an LAX runway. Now Hanna’s determined to capture or kill Shiherlis, the
last survivor of McCauley’s crew, before he ghosts out of the city.In 1988,
seven years earlier, McCauley, Shiherlis, and their highline crew are
taking scores on the West Coast, the US-Mexican border, and now in Chicago.
Driven, daring, they’re pulling in money and living vivid lives. And
Chicago homicide detective Vincent Hanna—a man unreconciled with his
history—is following his calling, the pursuit of armed and dangerous men
into the dark and wild places, hunting an ultraviolent gang of home
invaders.Meanwhile, the fallout from McCauley’s scores and Hanna’s pursuit
cause unexpected repercussions in a parallel narrative, driving through the
years following Heat.Heat 2 projects its dimensional and richly drawn men
and women into whole new worlds—from the inner sanctums of rival crime
syndicates in a South American free-trade zone to transnational criminal
enterprises in Southeast Asia. The novel brings you intimately into these
lives. In Michael Mann’s Heat universe, they will confront new adversaries
in lethal circumstances beyond all boundaries.Heat 2 is engrossing, moving,
and tragic—a masterpiece of crime fiction with the same extraordinary
ambitions, scope, and rich characterizations as the epic film. Read more
America, a Redemption Story: Choosing Hope, Creating Unity
The American Dream isn’t a thing of the past, but a miracle of the
present.Now more than ever it’s easy to focus on the divisions that plague
our nation. It may seem as if our best days are behind us, but bestselling
author and senator Tim Scott believes we have yet to realize the fullness
of our identity. We are in the midst of a story that’s still unfolding. And
beautiful opportunities await.In this powerful memoir, Scott recounts
formative events of his life alongside the inspiring stories of other
Americans who have risen above hardship and embodied the values that make
our nation great. Together these personal and inspirational accounts call
readers to embracethe mountaintops as well as the valleys on the journey to
a more perfect union;a path marked by optimism, hope, and resolve; anda
future characterized by endurance, unity, and strength.Both a clear-eyed
reckoning with our nation’s failures and an ode to its accomplishments,
America, a Redemption Story issues a clarion call for all of us to rise
courageously to the greatness within our reach. Read more
The Great Reset: And the War for the World
In The Great Reset: And the War for the World, the most controversial man
on earth Alex Jones gives you a full analysis of The Great Reset, the
global elite’s international conspiracy to enslave humanity and all life on
the planet. If you really want to know what’s happening in the world, this
is the one book you must read now. Alex Jones is the most censored man on
the planet and you should ask yourself why that is. There is a powerful
authoritarian takeover in process that is seeking to capture the entire
human system and turn it into an artificial factory farm controlled system.
We are in a war for the future of the world. In this book, you will hear
from the world’s elites, from their own mouths, what they are planning for
you and your families and you will learn what you can do to fight it.From
central bankers, corporate billionaires, and corrupted government
officials, global elites have been organizing a historic war on humanity
under a trans-humanist, scientific dictatorship. Alex Jones was the first
major figure to expose the World Economic Forum’s agenda. He has dedicated
the last 30 years of his life to studying The Great Reset, conducting tens
of thousands of interviews with top-level scientists, politicians, and
military officials in order to reverse engineer their secrets and help
awaken humanity. The Great Reset: And the War for the World chronicles the
history of the global elites’ rise to power and reveals how they’ve
captured the governments of the world and financed The Great Reset to pave
the way for The New World Order. Once dubbed a conspiracy theory, but now
openly promoted by the most powerful corporations and governments, The
Great Reset is a planned attempt to redistribute all the world’s wealth and
power into the hands of banks, corporations, billionaires, and The World
Economic Forum. If you read one book in a lifetime, this is it. In The
Great Reset: And the War for the World, you will discover from the
self-appointed controllers of the planet in their own words, their plan for
what they call the final revolution, or The Great Reset. The only way this
corporate fascist conspiracy can succeed is if the people of the world are
not aware of it. And this book lays out their sinister blueprint and how to
stop it. While many great books have been written to help awaken people to
this sinister agenda, no author has ever spent as much time and research on
The Great Reset as Alex Jones. The Great Reset: And the War for the
World is the undisputed trailblazer for understanding what’s happening and
how to stop it. Read more
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
A bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond
our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships.Use your
head.That’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a
difficult project. But a growing body of research indicates that we’ve got
it exactly backwards. What we need to do, says acclaimed science writer
Annie Murphy Paul, is think outside the brain. A host of “extra-neural”
resources—the feelings and movements of our bodies, the physical spaces in
which we learn and work, and the minds of those around us—can help us focus
more intently, comprehend more deeply, and create more imaginatively.The
Extended Mind outlines the research behind this exciting new vision of
human ability, exploring the findings of neuroscientists, cognitive
scientists, and psychologists, and examining the practices of educators,
managers, and leaders who are already reaping the benefits of thinking
outside the brain. She excavates the untold history of how artists,
scientists, and authors—from Jackson Pollock to Jonas Salk to Robert
Caro—have used mental extensions to solve problems, make discoveries, and
create new works. In the tradition of Howard Gardner’s Frames of Mind or
Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence, The Extended Mind offers a
dramatic new view of how our minds work, with practical advice on how we
can all think better. Read more
The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
The inside story of the four years when Donald Trump went to war with
Washington, from the chaotic beginning to the violent finale, told by
revered journalists Peter Baker of The New York Times and Susan Glasser of
The New Yorker—an ambitious and lasting history of the full Trump
presidency that also contains dozens of exclusive scoops and stories from
behind the scenes in the White House, from the absurd to the deadly
serious.The bestselling authors of The Man Who Ran Washington argue that
Trump was not just lurching from one controversy to another; he was
learning to be more like the foreign autocrats he admired. The Divider
brings us into the Oval Office for countless scenes both tense and comical,
revealing how close we got to nuclear war with North Korea, which cabinet
members had a resignation pact, whether Trump asked Japan’s prime minister
to nominate him for a Nobel Prize and much more. The book also explores the
moral choices confronting those around Trump—how they justified working for
a man they considered unfit for office, and where they drew their lines.The
Divider is based on unprecedented access to key players, from President
Trump himself to cabinet officers, military generals, close advisers, Trump
family members, congressional leaders, foreign officials and others, some
of whom have never told their story until now. Read more
The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party
A scathing history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on
to political power by any means necessary, by a hugely popular Washington
Post political columnistIn 1994, more than 300 Republicans under the
command of obstructionist and rabble-rouser Congressman Newt Gingrich stood
outside the U.S. Capitol to sign the Contract with America and put
bipartisanship on notice. Twenty-five years later, on January 6, 2021, a
bloodthirsty mob incited by President Trump invaded the Capitol. Dana
Milbank sees a clear line from the Contract with America to the coup
attempt. In the quarter century in between, Americans have witnessed the
crackup of the party of Lincoln and Reagan, to its current iteration as a
haven for white supremacists, political violence, conspiracy theories and
authoritarianism.Following the questionable careers of party heavyweights
Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, and Rudy Giuliani, and those of
many lesser known lowlights, Millbank recounts the shocking lengths the
Republican Party has gone to to maintain its grip on the American people. Read more
The Definitive Guide to TikTok Advertising: How to Access 1 Billion People in 10 Minutes!
TAKE THE 80/20 APPROACH TO TIKTOK ADVERTISING AND CUT YOUR WORK IN
HALFGuided by famed marketing consultant and bestselling author Perry
Marshall and his co-author, digital marketing magician, Dennis Yu, learn
how to save 80% of your time and money by zeroing in on the right 20% of
your TikTok Advertising efforts—then 10X, even 100X your success for as
little as $10 a day in ad spend. With exclusive resources and tools inside,
you’ll walk away with the power to quickly identify what’s working and
what’s not so you can slash waste and target high-profit opportunities with
your TikTok ads.This book is the ultimate guide to TikTok Advertising.
Enhancing your 80/20 skills and maximizing your profits.Grab your copy now.
Click or tap “Buy Now” to get started. Read more
The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020
A probing and illuminating analysis of the current state of American
politics, focusing on Donald Trump’s lie about election fraud, by the White
House Bureau Chief of Politico and the host of MSNBC’s Way Too
Early.Jonathan Lemire uncovers that “The Big Lie,” as it’s been termed,
isn’t just about the 2020 election. It’s become a political philosophy that
has only further divided the two parties. Donald Trump first tried it out
in 2016, at an August rally in Ohio. He said that perhaps he wouldn’t
accept the election results in his race against Hillary Clinton, that the
election was “rigged.” He then mentioned it at more rallies and even at one
of the fall debates. He didn’t have to challenge the result that year, but
the stage was set. When he lost in 2020, he started the lie back up again
and to devastating results: an insurrection at the Capitol in January
2021.Republicans are still wholly under Trump’s sway. From his retirement
at his Florida and New Jersey clubs he meets with Republican officials,
aspiring candidates, and advisers and demands loyalty about this twisted
way of thinking. And Democrats still deal with him as their opposition
party is driven by a blatant lie. The parties aren’t divided by the
aisle―they’re on different planets.In the more than five tumultuous,
paradigm-shifting years of Donald Trump’s presidency and beyond, his
near-constant lying has become a fixture of political life. It is
inextricably linked with how his party behaves, how the Democrats respond
to it, and how he remains relevant, even after a decisive loss in 2020.
Jonathan Lemire brings his connections, profile, and dogged reportorial
instincts to bear in his first book that explores how this phenomenon
shapes our politics.Written with sharp political insight and detailed with
dozens of interviews, The Big Lie is the first book to examine this
unprecedented and tenuous moment in our nation’s politics. Read more
Dreadgod (Cradle Book 11)
The battle in the heavens has left a target on Lindon’s back.His most
reliable ally is gone, the Monarchs see him as a threat, and he has
inherited one of the most valuable facilities in the world. At any moment,
his enemies could band together to kill him.If it weren’t for the
Dreadgods.All four are empowered and unleashed, rampaging through Cradle,
and grudges old and new must be set aside. The Monarchs need every capable
fighter to help them defend their territory.And Lindon needs time.While he
fights, he sends his friends off to train. They’ll need to advance
impossibly fast if they want to join him in battle against the kings and
queens of Cradle.Together, they will need power enough to rival a Dreadgod. Read more
Rising Tiger: A Thriller (Volume 21)
Deadly operative Scot Harvath faces down the country’s most powerful enemy
in #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad
Thor’s new white-knuckle thriller. An unprecedented, potentially
nation-ending threat has materialized on the world stage. Though the United
States has long been aware of the growing risk, administration after
administration has passed the buck, fearful of the global consequences of
engaging this enemy head-on. The clock, however, has now run out and doing
nothing is no longer an option. With the stakes higher than they have ever
been, it is time to unleash Scot Harvath. As America’s top spy, Harvath has
the unparalleled skills and experience necessary to handle any situation,
but this assignment feels different and appears doomed from the start.
Thrust into a completely unfamiliar culture, with few he can trust, the
attempts on his life begin piling up the moment he arrives. Someone,
somewhere, knows far too much. With democracy itself hanging in the
balance, Harvath will risk everything to untangle the explosive plot and
bring every last bad actor to justice. Read more
The Law: A Dresden Files Novella
From the number one New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series, a
forthcoming novella that thrusts Chicago’s only professional Wizard, Harry
Dresden, back into battle–both a legal one…and the kind with explosions. Read more
Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel (Random House Large Print)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF
NPR’s BEST BOOKS OF 2022 A must-read debut! Meet Elizabeth Zott: a
one-of-a-kind scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour
when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show in this
novel that is “irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel. It reminds you
that change takes time and always requires heat” (The New York Times Book
Review).“It’s the world versus Elizabeth Zott, an extraordinary woman
determined to live on her own terms, and I had no trouble choosing a
side…. A page-turning and highly satisfying tale: zippy, zesty, and
Zotty.” —Maggie Shipstead, best-selling author of Great CircleChemist
Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be
the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But
it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute
takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans;
the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in
love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results. But like science,
life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds
herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most
beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking
(“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”)
proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy.
Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook.
She’s daring them to change the status quo. Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly
observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters,
Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. Read more
The Silva Mind Control Method: The Revolutionary Program by the Founder of the World’s Most Famous Mind Control Course
The revolutionary program that teaches you how to use meditation and
visualization to change your life.First published in 1978, The Silva Mind
Control Method has helped millions of people create better, happier, and
more successful lives. Based on the extraordinary course pioneered by José
Silva in the 1960s, this accessible guidebook uses meditation and
visualization to help you alleviate stress, overcome bad habits and
emotional insecurity, increase creativity, develop concentration, harness
your dreams, and deepen your relationships. Featuring transformative advice
and fascinating case studies, this revolutionary book teaches you to use
your mind at a deeper and more effective level and reveal its extraordinary
power. Read more
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
An instant New York Times bestsellerHenry Kissinger, consummate diplomat
and statesman, examines the strategies of six great twentieth-century
figures and brings to life a unifying theory of leadership and diplomacy“An
extraordinary book, one that braids together two through lines in the long
and distinguished career of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger…In
Leadership he presents a fascinating set of historical case studies and
political biographies that blend the dance and the dancer, seamlessly.” –
James Stavridis, The Wall Street Journal“Leaders,” writes Henry Kissinger
in this compelling book, “think and act at the intersection of two axes:
the first, between the past and the future; the second, between the abiding
values and aspirations of those they lead. They must balance what they
know, which is necessarily drawn from the past, with what they intuit about
the future, which is inherently conjectural and uncertain. It is this
intuitive grasp of direction that enables leaders to set objectives and lay
down a strategy.” In Leadership, Kissinger analyses the lives of six
extraordinary leaders through the distinctive strategies of statecraft,
which he believes they embodied. After the Second World War, Konrad
Adenauer brought defeated and morally bankrupt Germany back into the
community of nations by what Kissinger calls “the strategy of humility.”
Charles de Gaulle set France beside the victorious Allies and renewed its
historic grandeur by “the strategy of will.” During the Cold War, Richard
Nixon gave geostrategic advantage to the United States by “the strategy of
equilibrium.” After twenty-five years of conflict, Anwar Sadat brought a
vision of peace to the Middle East by a “strategy of transcendence.”
Against the odds, Lee Kuan Yew created a powerhouse city-state, Singapore,
by “the strategy of excellence.” And, though Britain was known as “the sick
man of Europe” when Margaret Thatcher came to power, she renewed her
country’s morale and international position by “the strategy of
conviction.” To each of these studies, Kissinger brings historical
perception, public experience and—because he knew each of the subjects and
participated in many of the events he describes—personal knowledge.
Leadership is enriched by insights and judgements that only Kissinger could
make and concludes with his reflections on world order and the
indispensability of leadership today. Read more
Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
Former Republican political operative Tim Miller answers the question no
one else has fully grappled with: Why did normal people go along with the
worst of Trumpism? As one of the strategists behind the famous 2012 RNC
“autopsy,” Miller conducts his own forensic study on the pungent carcass of
the party he used to love, cutting into all the hubris, ambition, idiocy,
desperation, and self-deception for everyone to see. In a bracingly honest
reflection on both his own past work for the Republican Party and the
contortions of his former peers in the GOP establishment, Miller draws a
straight line between the actions of the 2000s GOP to the Republican
political class’s Trumpian takeover, including the horrors of January 6th.
From ruminations on the mental jujitsu that allowed him as a gay man to
justify becoming a hitman for homophobes, to astonishingly raw interviews
with former colleagues who jumped on the Trump Train, Miller diagrams the
flattering and delusional stories GOP operatives tell themselves so they
can sleep at night. With a humorous touch he reveals Reince Priebus’
neediness, Sean Spicer’s desperation, Elise Stefanik and Chris Christie’s
raw ambition, and his close friends’ submission to a MAGA psychosis. Why We
Did It is a vital, darkly satirical warning that all the narcissistic
justifications that got us to this place still thrive within the Republican
party, which means they will continue to make the same mistakes and
political calculations that got us here, with disastrous consequences for
the nation. Read more
Not My First Rodeo: Lessons from the Heartland
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem tells her rough and tumble story of
growing up on a ranch, and how a blessed life of true grit taught her how
to lead. “We don’t complain about things, Kristi. We fix them.” Taking her
father’s words to heart, South Dakota’s first woman governor Kristi Noem
shares heartfelt – and heartbreaking – lessons on making things right in
the world, from her childhood on a farm in the vastness of rural America,
to the marbled halls of Congress, to the national spotlight amid a global
pandemic. From humorous barnyard battles with feisty cattle and rodeo
horses, to the tragic and untimely death of her larger-than-life father, to
her decision to her decision to return and run the farm and ranch with her
family, Noem invites readers into a life defined by work, faith, and
helping others. Noem’s reflections are offered in the familiar, unvarnished
voice of a woman who later defied Washington’s most powerful politicians
and led the people of her small, hardscrabble state through natural
disasters, the pain of a global pandemic, and the fear and turmoil that
gripped the nation after. While filled with plenty of candid observations
and refreshingly frank assessments of the country’s leading figures, the
memoir’s most powerful moments nevertheless come from honest glimpses into
marriage, motherhood, and leadership in an unpredictable time. Far from
a book about politics, Not My First Rodeo is the story of a life lived so
far – with characters as richly textured as the Black Hills, and
reflections as gentle and powerful as America itself. Read more
He Who Fights with Monsters 6: A LitRPG Adventure
The world teeters on the brink of destruction.The people who should be
saving the Earth ignore Jason Asano’s warnings and choose to loot the house
as it burns down around them. He lacks the strength to save the world
himself, but resolves to do it anyway, impossible be damned.The impossible,
in this case, means seizing a power that no mortal should touch. It’s a
choice from which there is no turning back, and marks Jason’s first step
into a wider cosmos that he is not yet ready to face.Holding the fate of
two worlds in his hands, Jason must decide for himself what home truly
means.Book 6 in the bestselling He Who Fights With Monsters Series is here.
Grab your copy today!About the series: Experience an isekai culture clash
as a laid-back Australian finds himself in a very serious world. See him
gain suspiciously evil powers through a unique progression system combining
cultivation and traditional LitRPG elements. Enjoy a weak-to-strong story
with a main character who earns his power without overshadowing everyone
around him, with plenty of loot, adventurers, gods and magic. Rich
characters and world-building offer humor, political intrigue and
slice-of-life elements alongside lots of monster fighting and adventure. Read more
Twisted Lies – Special Edition
He’ll do anything to have her…including lie.Charming, deadly, and smart
enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly
tailored suits of a gentleman.He has little use for morals and even less
use for love, but he can’t deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman
living just one floor below him.She’s the object of his darkest desires,
the only puzzle he can’t solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to
her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can’t
refuse.Every monster has their weakness. She’s his.His obsession.His
addiction.His only exception.**Sweet, shy, and introverted despite her
social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a
cage.Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a
relationship.But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms—and
house—of the most dangerous man she’s ever met, she’s tempted to let
herself feel something for the first time in a long time.Because despite
Christian’s cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she’s with
him.Passionate.Protected.Truly wanted.Theirs is a love twisted with secrets
and tainted by lies…and when the truths are finally revealed, they could
shatter everything.Twisted Lies is a steamy fake dating romance. It’s the
fourth and final book in the Twisted series but can be read as a
standalone.Warning: The story contains explicit content, violence,
profanity, and topics that may be sensitive to some readers. Please see
inside the book for a detailed list. Recommended for 18+. Read more