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Thirteen-year-old Sully Stringfellow has always admired the great plumber heroes of Nitro City. These wrench-wielding warriors guarded the sewers - until they were discredited by the powerful Ironwater Corporation, which has a sinister scheme to take over the city. Without the plumbers, Nitro is being overrun by mutant creatures - and things are about to go totally nuclear thanks to the potentially explosive 50th Anniversary Burrito Festival!

Chi è realmente Gary Soneji, timido e stimato professore di matematica in una esclusiva scuola di Washington? E perché, senza un motivo apparente, ha rapito Maggie Rose, figlia di una star del cinema, e Michael Goldberg, figlio del ministro del Tesoro? Un caso micidiale per Alex Cross, detective con una laurea in psicologia, che lavora nel ghetto di Washington.

When Kira's father enters rehab, she's forced to leave everything behind—her home, her best friends, her boyfriend...everything she loves. Now her father's sober (again) and Kira is returning home, determined to get her life back to normal...exactly as it was before she was sent away. But is that what Kira really wants? Life, love, and loss come crashing together in this visceral, heartfelt story by BuzzFeed writer Farrah Penn about a girl who struggles to piece together the shards of her once-normal life before his alcoholism tore it apart.

Jacky Hart has found a hidden talent in the performing arts, and she's a triple threat onstage! She wants nothing more than to act and sing all summer - but her parents have other plans for her. Jacky reluctantly signs up for a summer job in her resort town of Seaside Heights, New Jersey, where tourists come to enjoy the beach and fun carnival atmosphere.

Jimmy loves reading so much that he's inspired to start a book company for kids - run by kids. It's a big dream for a 12-year-old boy - some would even say it's laugh-out-loud ridiculous! But that doesn't stop Jimmy from dreaming even bigger! His company will be as imaginative and fun as Willy Wonka's chocolate factory...with a Ferris wheel instead of an elevator, a bowling alley in the break room, and a river filled with floating books! He just has to believe in himself and his idea. And maybe win the lottery.

David and his best friend, Michael, were tagged with awful nicknames back in preschool, when everyone did silly things. Fast-forward to seventh grade: 'Pottymouth' and 'Stoopid' are still stuck with the names, and everyone believes the labels are true. So how do they go about changing everyone's minds? By turning their misery into megastardom on TV, of course! And this important story delivers more than just laughs - it shows that the worst bullying doesn't have to be physical and that things will get better.

Victor Spoil comes from a long line of famous supervillains, and he's fully expected to join their ranks one day. But to his family's utter disappointment, Victor doesn't have a single bad-guy bone in his body. He won't run with scissors, he always finishes his peas, and he can't stand to be messy. Hopeless! As a last-ditch effort before they give up and let him be a - gasp! - civilian, Victor's exasperated parents send him to apprentice under a disgraced supervillain called The Smear.

Everything you do in life involves some sort of negotiation. You negotiate with your boss over your salary...with your coworkers over where to hold a meeting...and even with your family about where to take a vacation. When you buy a car, sell an idea, or solve any problems that involve others, your ability to negotiate is the key factor to getting what you want, and what you deserve. How to Become a Better Negotiator shows you the five basic steps of negotiation, how to avoid negotiation pitfalls and arrive at a successful conclusion.

As one of the greatest LinkedIn branding experts, with dozens of media appearances, Greig Wells has helped over 55,000 people find their way back to work. And now with nine other amazing stories of finding success through terrifying adversity, you can learn how to find the path to success in your own life.

James Patterson's BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. It's the day of the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, and excitement is at fever pitch. But a key athlete has gone missing, and Detective Rafael Carvalho, on the brink of retirement, is assigned the case. When the athlete suddenly appears at the ceremony, it seems the case is solved. But Carvalho soon discovers that he has returned with the deadliest of intentions.

James Patterson's BookShots. Fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. "Will you marry me for $10,000,000? I am a creative, open-minded businessman with limited time and desire to play the field. This is a serious proposal." A mysterious billboard intrigues three single women in LA. But who is this Mr. Right? And is he the perfect match for the lucky winner?

She never wanted to love a cowboy.... Rodeo king Tanner Callen doesn't want to be tied down. When he sees Madeline Harper at a local honky-tonk and everything about her screams New York, he brings out every trick in his playbook to take her home. But soon he learns that he doesn't just want her for a night and instead hopes for forever....

The grand opening of the world's most exclusive hotel: 40 floors of breathtaking luxury. VIPs gather in London for the ultimate preview. But one uninvited guest plans to make this a day the city will never forget. Global Head of Security Jon Roscoe confronts a killer with a deadly timetable.

Jamie Grimm has finally accomplished his dream of proving himself the planet's funniest kid comic, and the sky's the limit from there. Enter a couple of TV executives with a huge plan for Jamie: a new show about Jamie and his oddball friends! But when Jamie struggles to learn the acting ropes, will it be an early curtain call for the biggest show of the decade?

Kenny Wright is a sixth-grade 'Grandma's Boy' in a tough inner city school, struggling with bullies, schoolwork and keeping his detentions secret from his 'G-ma'. In his active imagination, though, he's a world-famous superhero, Stainlezz Steel, who fights crime, saves lives, and rescues helpless animals. But now Kenny’s neighbourhood needs him - can he step up in his real life and help his ‘G-ma’ save the best school principal he’s ever had?

Alex Cross ermittelt wieder: Im schwarzen Southeast von Washington treibt ein perverser Frauenmörder sein Unwesen...

Gleich zwei psychopathische Serienkiller halten die Welt in Atem: Der geheimnisvolle "Mr. Smith", ein skrupelloser Mörder, dessen blutige Spur sich ohne erkennbares Muster durch Europa und die USA zieht. Und Gary Soneji, den Alex Cross schon im ersten Teil jagte, taucht wieder auf! Er ist seit frühester Kindheit fasziniert von "Jahrhundertverbrechen", die er durch Intelligenz und Raffinesse noch zu übertreffen versucht...
Beide Killer sehen in Alex Cross den einzig adäquaten Gegner in ihrem tödlichen Katz-und-Maus-Spiel. Und so beginnt sein bisher gefährlichster Fall, vor allem als Soneji schwört, ihn und seine Familie zu töten...

Gleich zwei psychopathische Serienkiller halten die Welt in Atem: Der geheimnisvolle "Mr. Smith", ein skrupelloser Mörder, dessen blutige Spur sich ohne erkennbares Muster durch Europa und die USA zieht. Und Gary Soneji, den Alex Cross schon im ersten Teil jagte, taucht wieder auf! Er ist seit frühester Kindheit fasziniert von "Jahrhundertverbrechen", die er durch Intelligenz und Raffinesse noch zu übertreffen versucht... Beide Killer sehen in Alex Cross den einzig adäquaten Gegner in ihrem tödlichen Katz-und-Maus-Spiel. Und so beginnt sein bisher gefährlichster Fall, vor allem als Soneji schwört, ihn und seine Familie zu töten ...

Alex Cross, Polizeipsychologe in Washington D.C., mit Sinn für Familie, Freunde und Klaviermusik, ist wieder im Einsatz! In unmittelbarer Nähe der Schule, die sein Sohn besucht, werden mehrere Kinder erschlagen. Doch diesem Fall, der ihm aus verständlichen Gründen besonders nahegeht, kann sich Cross nur nach Feierabend widmen: Auf Befehl von "ganz oben" muß er sich einer Mordserie zuwenden, die die ganze Nation in Atem hält. Ein Pärchen, das sich nach einem alten Kinderlied als "Jack und Jill" bezeichnet, ermordet Prominente in Washington. Im Zuge seiner Ermittlungen erfährt Alex Cross, daß ein Auftragskiller der CIA "außer Kontrolle geraten" sein soll. Aus der Mordserie entwickelt sich nun endgültig ein Politthriller. Aber auch der Kindermörder treibt nach wie vor sein Unwesen...

Alex Cross ermittelt wieder: Im schwarzen Southeast von Washington treibt ein perverser Frauenmörder sein Unwesen. Seine diplomatische Immunität und das nach außen intakte Familienleben schützen den britischen Botschaftsangestellten und früheren Geheimagenten Geoffrey Shafer, für den das Leben nachts zum mörderischen Spiel wird. Shafer genießt das Töten, und er wird sich sein Spiel von niemandem verderben lassen. Doch dann merkt er, das einen würdigen Gegenspieler gefunden hat.