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When a pregnant federal judge is abducted, Max Freeman pursues an eccentric gang deep into a hidden world he knows better than most: the shadowy waterways of the Florida Everglades. US district judge Diane Manchester has looked across the courtroom into the eyes of evil before. But today, as she presides over the extradition hearing of a notorious Colombian drug lord, she is also eight months pregnant. Her chair is uncomfortable, her robe is constrictive, and her due date is fast approaching.

Even after the "I do's" are said, relationships change and need work to grow and thrive. Aaron has found himself increasingly drawn to the idea of taking his and Greg's BDSM-lite games to the next level. Unsure if he can fully unleash his inner sadist without losing complete control, he seeks out a professional Dom to teach him the literal and figurative ropes.

Elaine Watkins knew there would be challenges loving the great Dr. Xavier Vincent - medical icon, enigmatic genius and broken man - but when she finds herself the focus of the Society, a group sociopaths who manipulate people for pleasure and sport, finding someone she can trust becomes her biggest test.

Top Gun heads to outer space in this throwback to the classic science fiction of Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein. Strapped in to artificial wings spanning 25 feet across, your arms push a tenth of your body weight with each pump as you propel yourself at frightening speeds through the air. Inside a pressurized dome on the Moon, subject to one-sixth Earth's gravity, there are swarms of chiseled, fearless, superbly trained flyers all around you, jostling for air space like peregrine falcons racing for the prize.

For Marty Dworkin and his band of young Trotskyist dreamers in Buffalo, New York, the vision of a just, socialist world crumbles with the rise of Stalin and the chaos of World War II. In the two decades that follow, Dworkin and his idealistic colleagues strive to establish a new political party and battle through unexpected trials with family, work, aging, and the changing world. They run up against an increasingly conservative America and a thriving materialism directly opposed to their own fervent beliefs. They emerge humbled, but still hopeful, into the 1960s, when civil rights struggles and anti-war radicalism move to center stage.

Hannah Donovan is not my type. Intellectual and career-focused, she’s a lawyer, and an intimidatingly beautiful one, at that. She’s the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen. So how can I turn down her plea that I pretend to be her fiancé for one weekend? I never expected our pretend kisses to feel so real.... Our performance convinces everyone, but it was never meant to be more than a fantasy. A short-term gig before reality sets back in. I can’t imagine ever being good enough for her, but I’m hooked. Now I’m determined to do whatever it takes to make this fake engagement real.

All the experts agree: The 21st century belongs to China. Given America's looming insolvency and the possibility of the collapse of the US dollar, who can doubt that China is poised to take over the role of economic superpower? Written by political economist and leading financial journalist James Gorrie, this audiobook offers a highly controversial, contrarian view of contemporary China. Drawing upon a wealth of historical and up-to-the-minute data, Gorrie makes a strong case that China, itself, is on the verge of an economic crisis of epic proportions.

Corpsman Luke Carter quit the SEALs to take care of his chronically ill daughter and now battles for a cure with the Guardians - a secret philanthropic organization that funds medical trials. To save costs, he must close a failing clinic in Haiti where a compassionate doctor fights to save her patients. Beautiful and strong, she touches his battered heart, making it feel something that died in him long ago - love. But time is a ticking bomb and their world is about to be ripped apart.

Cole MacKenzie is content to be the sheriff of Surrender, Montana, but he's needed for a greater purpose. The United States needs a US marshal with a certain kind of experience to track the leader of the notorious Silver Creek Bandits as they leave a trail of bodies in their wake with every bank they rob. The leader is smart, cunning, and ruthless. And he's also his brother.

It’s a cruel 21st-century paradox that the poor of the earth have more trouble accessing a toilet than a cell phone. For lack of a loo, fast-growing populations in cities of the developing world are suffering daily indignities and waves of infectious disease. No Place To Go takes an unblinking look at scenes from a sanitation crisis in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi while profiling a spirited, buck-the-odds start-up team that is trying to do something about it.

In Timeless Learning, an award-winning team of leaders, Chief Technology Officer Ira Socol, Superintendent Pam Moran, and Lab Schools Principal Chad Ratliff demonstrate how you can implement innovative practices that have shown remarkable success. The authors use progressive design principles to inform pathways to disrupt traditions of education today and show you how to make real innovations that will have a timeless and meaningful impact on students, keeping alive the natural curiosity and passion for learning with which children enter school.

When Detective Landon Ware is assigned to Taylor D'Angelo's stalker case, he loses all semblance of his calm, collected demeanor. The more time they spend together, the harder it is to deny the building tension between them. And while their relationship has the potential to draw Taylor's stalker out and catch him for good, there's also a possibility their passion could destroy them both.

How did an 85-year old grandfather from Palo Alto, California, end up a prisoner in North Korea? The Last POW is the true story of Merrill Newman, a retired Silicon Valley executive and Korean War veteran who was hauled off his plane at Pyongyang airport as he was about to return home at the end of a tourist trip in late 2013. For nearly two months, he was held by North Korea's fearsome security services.

Lieutenant Walker Norton might be cynical, but he isn't a broken man - yet. Raised to understand the looming catastrophe of climate change, promised to a woman he doesn't love, he long ago decided to live a life of service to his country, family, and friends. It's enough - until he meets Avery Lightfoot and realizes he wants so much more.

The night I spent with Selma has lived in my most erotic dreams. And ever since she swept back into my life, I want nothing more than to make sultry new memories. But with an election coming up, and an office I want to fill, it isn’t the right time to get involved with a free-spirited girl with a wild streak. A girl who could get me noticed in all the wrong ways. A girl who makes me crazy...in all the right ones. Now I’m going to have to decide: walk the straight and narrow or have the hottest, wildest affair of my life with the sexiest woman I’ve ever known?

Atticus Rush doesn't really like people. Years in Special Ops and law enforcement showed him the worst of humanity, making his mountain hideaway the ideal place to live. But when his colleagues at MacKenzie Security need him to save the kidnapped young daughter of a US senator, he'll do it, even if it means working with the woman who broke his heart...his ex-wife. As the clock winds down on the girl's life, can they fight the past, a ruthless madman, and their explosive passion to get the job done?

Megan Clark refused me years ago. No one refuses me. Between my money and my charisma, I’ve gotten used to getting what I want. What’s the point of being a billionaire if you can’t have fun? When Megan comes to me for help, I know exactly what my price will be. One night. No clothes. And more fun than she’s ever had with any other man. Life doesn’t give you many second chances, and I plan to show her everything she’s been missing. But even as our chemistry crackles and sparks, she’s hiding something. A secret. I have one, too: I want the one thing money can’t buy me - her love.

Playboy Thompson C. Briephs has just been found strangled in his bed. The police believe the Newcastle Herald crossword editor, a scion of a blue-blooded New England family, died from kinky sex gone wrong. But cop-turned-private investigator Rosco Polycrates thinks there's a six-letter word for what happened. Enlisting the help of Annabelle Graham, the crossword editor for a rival paper, Rosco unearths a crazy quilt of suspects who had it in for the victim - and one of them was blackmailing him.

Terrorists may have snatched Navy Admiral Collins. Where and why are questions that need answering and fast. Willy believes sexy Kat Foster is the perfect geek girl to join the SEAL EXtreme team to solve the dangerous puzzles. She says they're not compatible. He wants to prove her wrong.

Elena is too young for me, not to mention she’s my boss’ daughter, and she babysits my kid. That’s beyond complicated. Especially since I’m not in the market for a relationship - but I can’t deny the attraction that sizzles between us. I need to ignore it. Trouble is I want her, too. And when our flirty sparks turn to flames, I give in to temptation. Our secret fling is scorching hot, better than I’d even imagined. But secrets get out, and I could lose my job and my reputation. And I’m starting to realize she’s the one thing I’m not willing to lose.