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Game changers (Rachel Reid) volume 6
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"To the world they are rivals, but to each other they are everything. Ten years. That's how long Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov have been seeing each other. How long they've been keeping their relationship a secret. From friends, from family ... from the league. If Shane wants to stay at the top of his game, what he and Ilya share has to remain secret. He loves Ilya, but what if going public ruins everything? Ilya is sick of secrets. Shane has gotten...
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Desmond has long since harboured feelings for Demure, his mentor at the prestigious law firm where he has made his name as a prominent criminal lawyer. When Demure moves away in search of greener pastures, Desmond hopes that time and distance will help him forget her, but when she turns up at his door out of the blue one fateful day, he makes a terrible mistake which comes back to haunt him. Will Demure forgive Desmond and finally reveal the truth...
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How you can have a decent space opera if you can't travel faster than the speed of light: Stay in the spaceport, everything will come to you.
Alex has come to the spaceport on Minos following the trail of his long-lost grandfather - who hasn't been heard from for more than 100 years. His family runs a vast interstellar business empire, made possible by the soliton drive. The drive lets you leap across space and time. To you it only seems like an...
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During the autumn of 1765 in London, Joshua Jones, a young working man of colour and aspiring artist, is grafting hard at his studies while earning his keep as a waiter in an exclusive St. James' gambling club managed by his uncle.
The only cloud on Joshua's horizon is the progress of his love affair with Frank Bartlett, an older man and unofficial diplomat who met and seduced Joshua the year before.
After an idyllic summer in Italy together, reality...
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Bright,, well connected, and good looking, Michael De Benedetti looks forward to his second diplomatic posting in Santiago, Chile. After a military coup there and the establishment of a ruthless dictatorship, his enthusiasm quickly wanes. The indiscriminate violence of General Augusto Pinochet's regime is bad enough, but Michael is enraged by his own government's behavior. Throughout Latin America, the U.S. tolerates the hunting, torture, and murder...
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He's all she's ever wanted. She's all he'll ever need.
Aside from a brief stint of madness during their teen years, Vance and Ayisha are not each other's idea of relationship material. Vance is preoccupied with getting his fill of women. Yet, all it takes to turn his world upside down is one remark from Ayisha about his lifestyle.
Suddenly, his focus shifts and he's spending his days trying to prove he can be the man she needs. While he's intent...
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"A candid memoir by the Republican Senate Majority Leader traces his childhood battle with polio and the philosophies that have shaped his career, sharing his views on such topics as the strained relationship between Congress and the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton's moderate stance and the government shutdowns surrounding the Obamacare battles."--NoveList.
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"Your personal goals need a long-term strategy. It's no secret that we're pushed to the limit. Today's professionals feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind. So we keep our heads down, focused on the next thing, and the next, without a moment to breathe. How can we break out of this endless cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful lives we all seek? Just as CEOs who optimize for quarterly profits often fail to make the strategic...
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Game changers (Rachel Reid) volume 6
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A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
Shane and Ilya's story, first seen in Heated Rivalry, continues in this long-awaited hockey romance from Rachel Reid.
"Everything you could want from this magnetic couple! A passionate, sexy, emotional sequel that grips your heart! Shane and Ilya forever!" -#1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely, author of Hopelessly Bromantic
To the world they are rivals, but to each other they are everything.
Ten years.
That's how...
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The Long Game: Lessons from a Seasoned Investor by Avalon March offers an enriching dive into the world of long-term investing. Drawing from decades of experience, March shares the invaluable insights gained from playing the long game across various market cycles. This book is a treasure trove of practical advice, strategic thinking, and ethical considerations essential for anyone looking to navigate the complex landscape of investing.
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In this inside assessment of Barack Obama's foreign policy legacy, Derek Chollet tackles the prevailing consensus to argue that Obama has profoundly altered the course of American foreign policy for the better and positioned the United States to lead in the future.
“The Long Game” combines a deep sense of history with new details and compelling insights into how the Obama Administration approached the most difficult global challenges. With the...
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In The Long Game, Rush Doshi draws from a rich base of Chinese primary sources, including decades worth of party documents, leaked materials, memoirs by party leaders, and a careful analysis of China's conduct to provide a history of China's grand strategy since the end of the Cold War.
Taking listeners behind the Party's closed doors, he uncovers Beijing's long, methodical game to displace America from its hegemonic position in both the East Asia...
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Are you winning the battle but losing the war?
Every leader has to deliver the goods -- make budget, meet deadlines, and deftly manage people -- to provide the inspirational fuel that keeps their business running day-in and day-out.
But therein lies the danger of winning today's battle and losing the war -- that is the long game of creating sustainable value in a volatile, uncertain world that is becoming ever-more complex and ambiguous.
The...
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Doctor Who volume 7
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The Doctor investigates a strange satellite, and Adam's skills as an assistant are tested.
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Are you winning the battle but losing the war?
Every leader has to deliver the goods-make budget, meet deadlines, and deftly manage people-to provide the inspirational fuel that keeps their business running day-in and day-out.
But therein lies the danger of winning today's battle and losing the war-that is the long game of creating sustainable value in a volatile, uncertain world that is becoming ever-more complex and ambiguous.
The number one...
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We obsess about what our politicians are doing, but ignore that our companies are no longer investing, instead they are focusing on next quarter's profits in order to justify ever higher executive compensation. This is in turn accelerating the West's economic decline versus the East. While the short-term focus of business is becoming widely acknowledged, we are not doing enough to reverse this. Looking at the less known history of companies shows...






