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The second novel set in the Old Republic era and based on the massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic ramps up the action and brings readers face-to-face for the first time with a Sith warrior to rival the most sinister of the Order’s Dark Lords—Darth Malgus, the...

Owning the River City Renegades was supposed to be a dream—power suits, big wins, nothing but control. Instead, I'm juggling PR disasters, an opinionated board, and a very public reminder that I'm single. The last thing I need is our team captain, Campbell Stockton, making my pulse skip like a puck on bad ice. He's charming, infuriating, and completely off-limits. I built my empire on keeping business and pleasure in separate zones—so why does one look from him make me want to break every rule?

Inside our heads we carry around an infinite and endlessly unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient neural abilities we have - older than language. In Dark and Magical Places, Christopher Kemp embarks on a journey to discover the remarkable extent of what our minds can do.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . . When the Emperor and his notorious apprentice, Darth Vader, find themselves stranded in the middle of insurgent action on an inhospitable planet, they must rely on each other, the Force, and their own ruthlessness to...

“In the modern tradition of Big Books of human history like Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens and David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything, Goliath’s Curse provides a novel theory of civilizational development. . . . [It] feels something like reading the French economist Thomas...

In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Tom Kemp discusses the adaptations reptiles made to first leave the sea and colonize the land in dry conditions, such as their waterproof skin, their ability to expel almost dry waste products, their efficient use of external heat for maintaining their body temperature, and the amniotic egg that is laid and develops on dry land.

Erevist Cale, the loyal servant of the Uskevren family, has a terrible secret. Now, when a ruthless evil is unleashed on Selgaunt, the butler's ties to the underworld may have put the Uskevren in jeopardy. Erevist must finally prove his loyalty - to the city and to the Uskevren. He won't get a second chance.

The Spider Queen lives again. But something is different, something her priestesses can hear in the winds, feel in their spirits, and for a select few see with their own eyes. The Demonweb Pits, removed from the Abyss to take its place among the lower planes, is more dangerous, more horrifying than anyone has ever imagined. Teeming with feral spiders bent on ripping each other to pieces - killing, eating, and killing again - the blasted landscape of Lolth’s personal hell is still forming.

The hard-fighting, harder-drinking fortune hunters of The Hammer and the Blade and A Discourse in Steel are back to test their mettle and tempt fickle fate. Fantasy fiction has long welcomed adventurous rogues: Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, George R. R. Martin’s Dunk and Egg...

Our typical double date was rained out, so the four of us just stayed in. When the guys couldn't pick a board game, it got decided we'd play truth or dare. They teased Jamilynn and me so much about not being able to handle real dares that we pushed them. Anything goes. I never expected that would lead to me on the couch getting more and more turned on as I watched Jamilynn take on both her husband and my husband!

Let's be honest: most men feel completely unprepared for the menopause. And it can come at you fast. One moment, life feels normal. The next, everything's changed - her mood, her sleep, her energy, your connection. You want to help, but you don't know how - and you're worried you'll only make...

After one of their hired hackers got machine-gunned in New York City, it fell to the men and women at America’s most overlooked military intelligence contracting firm to figure out whodunit and, more importantly, why. Then someone tried killing the company’s CEO in his own front yard. Some things just can’t be forgiven, so a discreet war will rage in the shadows where geopolitics and international crime do business. And when the other players in the game are all heading to Nevada to try their luck, it’s time for the Professor and Athenaeum, Inc. to roll the dice again.

Are you giving your all every day only to be left feeling like you’re falling short at work and at home? Are you committed to growing your influence, impact, and income but unsure how to achieve more without sacrificing yourself in the process? CEO and business coach Amy Kemp has been there. She knows what it’s like to want more professionally while simultaneously feeling like there is no more time or energy left to give. And she has answers.

I thought it was just typical fantasy talk during a quickie, so when my husband said he should call his friends up to the bedroom to join in, I played along. Then, he did it! I stared in shock as they filed in and they stared in shock at my naked body. There was no way in hell my husband would really give me to his friends, right? That’s only one of the sexy tales you’ll find in this collection. Buy now!

A fantasy anthology featuring the deadly, the worldly, and the sneaky. Blackguards consists mainly of stories in established series, and the authors range from wildly successful indie authors to New York Times best sellers. If you enjoy roguish tales of scoundrels and ne'er-do-wells, this one's for you.

Egil and Nix have retired, as they always said they would. No, really - they have! No more sword - and hammer - play for them! But when two recent acquaintances come calling for help, our hapless heroes find themselves up against the might of the entire Thieves Guild. And when kidnapping the leader of the most powerful guild in the land seems like the best course of action, you know you’re in over your head....

David's War is a true story that needs to be told. This 19-year-old Marine gave everything he had inside him for 18 months. He had the total responsibility of leading his platoon as a point man on missions. One mistake and they all could die. The war felt like an eternity, a brutal test of endurance that never truly gave him a chance to catch his breath. He had grown accustomed to the times of combat, the constant state of alertness, the pounding of his heart in those tense moments before an ambush, and the numbing fatigue that came after days without rest. David followed the company's ...

Double penetration is one of those sex fantasies that's almost too hot to handle, and over here at Naughty Daydreams Press, we know how to make it scorching! In this collection of twenty stories, you'll find some of the hottest erotica out there with rough double penetration, reluctant double penetration, gangbang double penetration, and more! Fire up that audio and turn the air conditioner on because it's going to get steamy!

Lesbian sex remains one of the most popular fantasies for women, and one that's increasingly becoming a reality among heterosexual women. Naughty Daydreams Press has some of the best writers of lesbian sex erotica around, and in this collection, you'll find first lesbian sex, lesbian seduction sex, and lesbian group sex. Enjoy stories of beautiful students seduced by their teachers or girls tasting a woman for the first time in the midst of a first lesbian threesome. It's red hot, and it's all yours.

Dan Kemp takes you along for a deep dive into a shadowy world of espionage, private military contractors, criminal organizations and government agencies where the good guys and bad guys are often one and the same. If you had enough capacity for violence to seize a billion dollars from a powerful drug cartel, would you do it? The Professor has problems, and not just what decades of soldiering did to his back and his knees. His boss just died, leaving him as CEO of the extremely discreet intelligence contractor Athenaeum, Incorporated.