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When Shaye dropped out of college mid-semester, and moved to Lopez Island for the summer, she’d hoped to figure out what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. Instead, she reconnects with childhood friends Jason and Nick, and good intentions spiral into harrowing confrontations. The summer ends in tragedy and Shaye flees the Island, haunted by her mistakes. Eight years later, Shaye is forced to return to the place she’d hoped never to see again. Now, she must face the people, and the pain she left behind.

Im August 1990 zelten fünf Jugendfreunde an einem stillgelegten Steinbruch in Süd-Schweden. Sie haben die Schule beendet, heute Nacht wollen sie zum letzten Mal diesen Sommer baden und dann erwartet sie das richtige Leben. Aber als der Morgen graut und der erste Herbst-Regen fällt, liegt einer der Freunde tot im dunklen Wasser. Ein tragischer Unfall, lautet das Ergebnis der polizeilichen Ermittlungen... aber viele in der kleinen Kommune Nedanås zweifeln daran.

From Countess to outcast...Shunned by England's Beau Monde because of her Barbadian heritage, Miss A'laya Banesworth has spent her life yearning for true acceptance. When the Earl of Holderness courts her, she thinks that she's found true love. A'laya still faces disapproval and scorn from her new husband's family. Only the birth of her daughter, Katherina brings her happiness...Katherina is stolen from her, and A'laya is left without resources to find her. Still, she searches desperately, holding out hope that her daughter is still alive.

In einem Stockholmer Krankenhaus wurde eine Leiche in die Obduktion eingeschleust - niemand weiß, wer der Tote ist. Als plötzlich weitere Leichen am selben Ort gefunden werden, ahnt Kommissar Ewert Grens: Jemand versucht elegant seine Spuren zu verwischen. Die Fährte führt zu einem Massengrab, wo außerdem ein Handy auftaucht, auf dem Fingerabdrücke gesichert werden: die des Doppelagenten Piet Hoffmann. Ewert Grens muss erneut gegen seinen Freund ermitteln - doch wo steckt dieser?

Jag såg henne i receptionen är en rysande berättelse som spänner över tid, rum och dimensioner men som hela tiden står stadigt i ett realistiskt, modernt Sverige. Cornelia Karlsson blev som liten flicka övergiven av sin familj och lever nu sitt vuxna liv som fotomodell och partyknarkare i Stockholm. Men bakom den skinande fasaden som kändisbarn och festens stjärna, slåss hon mot både inre och yttre demoner. I sin egen spegelbild ser Cornelia märkliga saker och i vinden är det röster som talar till henne.

Svenska kulter består av skräcknoveller som skildrar en tillvaro ganska lik vår egen. Fast ändå inte. I Anders Fagers Sverige vandrar fasor mitt ibland oss lyckligt ovetande och andra världar med andra regler och härskare, existerar parallellt. Att läsa Svenska kulter är som att träda in i ett spegelland. Saker är bekanta, men samtidigt skruvade.

With the brutal murder of her parents, Tress assumes the immense responsibility of unifying Genoa. Ruling a vast kingdom of wizards, sorcerers, and mystical creatures, she fights to rid Genoa of the tyrant Gillard. Surrounded by spies and the threat of war, Genoa’s only hope of survival lies in Tress’ long-awaited reunion with the fearless dragon-warrior, and the prized scholar in her protection.

Donning headphones, we tapped into Skype Translator, a creation of Microsoft’s research team. My chatting partners were part-time consultants to Microsoft, who happened to be thousands of miles away from my West Coast U.S. base. When I asked Chen where he grew up, it didn’t faze me to hear him say a few lines in Mandarin. A few seconds later, a friendly synthetic voice told me: “My hometown is in the northeast in China, Liaoning Province, Anshan.”

In a country of rigid teaching styles and scarce university slots, students and professors are exploring what online learning can be.

Toyota spends $10 billion a year on research, more than any other automaker except Volkswagen. That pays for endless incremental improvements in everything from lithium batteries to seatbelt design, but such tweaks may not be enough anymore if Toyota is to remain the world’s top seller of cars.

Zanish Khan runs a tiny shop in Delhi's Basrurkar Market, where India's middle class comes to buy life's essentials. All around him, other merchants offer everything from electric fans to dried lentils that shoppers can scoop from 100-pound burlap bags. By contrast, Khan's merchandise is kept under glass and packed with state-of-the-art electronics. Still, Khan fits right in.

The heat wave gripping India on a day in late May feels particularly intense in the booming Delhi suburb of Gurgaon. Temperatures have soared to 109 °F by 12:30 p.m., and they aren't done rising. Lizards are looking for shade. A profusion of new office parks, roads, and malls has obliterated any vegetation that might have preserved a little of the previous night's coolness.

Nowadays, the average person's diet is filled with foods that are not suitable for human consumption, but we have become so accustomed to them that we disregard health issues and continue to eat them. The Dash diet takes account of modern day living and allows you freedom of choice to a certain degree, rather than restriction. A person who starts the DASH diet will also be able to reduce the risk of procuring high blood pressure.

Come listen to the Ring Master introduce the acts of The Wondrous Wandering Acrobats Show in this one-of-a-kind audiobook that fuses a soft singing narration to wonderfully composed music. Anders Roseberg carefully crafts witty rhymes while cleverly adding the real names of the acrobats, performances or phrases from rare, vintage circus advertisements.

After not wanting to go to bed night after night, Priscilla is told about the Sandman from her mother. In the turn of a page, she is visited by Mr. Sandman - an adorable, upright walking cat. With her stuffed toy rabbit, the three of them wander off through the field of dreams toward the land of sweets. Priscilla learns that going to bed and having dreams can be more than exciting, it can be magical.

Former special-ops soldier Sam Brand is used to getting what he wants. What he wants is to unbutton the buttoned-down, sweet, and shy Dahlia McGregor. He’s hot to find her wild side. She’s eager to let him explore it. So he makes his proposition - no strings, no hurt feelings, and no promises - save for one: she’ll have the time of her life. After a broken engagement, Lia’s looking to someday find the right man and settle down. That’s some day. Now it’s all about the night. A hot, meaningless fling with a magnificently weathered blue-eyed stud like Sam couldn’t hurt.

In a tech-dominated world, the most needed degrees are the most surprising: the liberal arts. Did you take the right classes in college? Will your major help you get the right job offers? For more than a decade, the national spotlight has focused on science and engineering as the only reliable choice for finding a successful postgrad career. Quietly, though, a different path to success has been taking shape. In You Can Do Anything, George Anders explains the remarkable power of a liberal arts education.

At the end of September 1941, more than a million German soldiers lined up along the frontline just 180 miles west of Moscow. They were well trained, confident, and had good reasons to hope that the war in the East would be over with one last offensive. Facing them was an equally large Soviet force, but whose soldiers were neither as well trained nor as confident. When the Germans struck, disaster soon befell the Soviet defenders.

Er lebt ein Doppelleben. Das eine mit seiner Frau und den beiden kleinen Söhnen, für die er alles tun würde. Und das andere als Undercover-Agent, eingeschleust bei der polnischen Mafia. Jeden Tag riskiert er sein Leben. Doch der neue Auftrag ist sein bisher gefährlichster: Er soll die Geschäfte der Drogenmafia in einem Hochsicherheitsgefängnis an sich reißen. Der Auftrag kommt von seinen polnischen Freunden, aber auch seine schwedischen Kollegen unterstützen dieses Vorhaben. Der Mann, der zwei Namen hat, weiß, dass er jetzt allein ist, dass er in nur drei Sekunden tot sein kann, wenn seine Deckung auffliegt.

Presumed dead by the Stockholm police, master criminal and undercover informant Piet Hoffmann is now on the run from the Swedish authorities, living with his wife and two young sons under an assumed name in Cali, Colombia. Only Hoffmann's former police handler, Erik Wilson, knows where he is - and that he has accepted two dangerous new jobs: one as a high-level enforcer for a Colombian cocaine cartel and one as an infiltrator for the DEA, working to bring the cartel down.