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Buckle up for an explosive ride into the heart of battle with 'Contested Landing' – the ultimate anthology of military science fiction that'll leave you on the edge of your seat! Get ready to dive headfirst into the fray as fearless defenders clash with relentless invaders in heart-pounding actions across the cosmos. From pulse-pounding firefights to jaw-dropping heroics, these adrenaline-fueled tales will thrust you into the heart of interstellar conflict like never before.

Alors que l'Empire laconien s'effondre et que de nouvelles voies s'ouvrent, quel sera le destin des héros qui nous ont tenu en haleine pendant neuf tomes ? La conclusion d'une saga monumentale, la fin d'un univers inoubliable.

In the years following Brown v. Board of Education, countless Black citizens endured violent resistance and even death while fighting for their constitutional rights. One of those citizens, Clyde Kennard, a Korean War veteran and civil rights leader from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, attempted repeatedly to enroll at the all-white Mississippi Southern College in the late 1950s. In A Slow, Calculated Lynching, Devery S. Anderson tells the story of a man who paid the ultimate price for trying to attend a white college during Jim Crow.

Real Estate Investing All-in-One For Dummies will show new and seasoned real estate investors how to make smart decisions. With seven books in one, this complete resource will teach you how to purchase real estate, flip houses, invest in commercial real estate and foreclosures, sell your house, buy real estate internationally, and more. We even explain the ins and outs of short-term rentals like Airbnb, so all your passive income options are covered.

Here are some of the best of Churchill’s letters, many of a more personal and intimate nature, presented in chronological order, with a preface to each letter explaining the context. The recipients include a vast range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President Eisenhower. They are taken from within the Churchill Archive in Cambridge, where there is a mass of Churchill’s correspondence. Several of the letters included have never appeared in book form before.

The role of women in positions of worship and church leadership is one of the most divisive and inconclusive biblical debates. Two Views on Women in Ministry furnishes you with a clear and thorough presentation of the two primary exegetical arguments so you can better understand each one's strengths, weaknesses, and complexities. This revised edition brings the exchange of ideas and perspectives into the traditional Counterpoints format. Each author states his or her case and is then critiqued by the other contributors.

Everyone has a past, and everyone has secrets, no more so than FBI Agent Kira Lockhart. But even after five years, Kira’s past keeps catching up with her. Hoping to distract herself with a new case, Kira realizes the disappearance of a young college student might be a part of a larger conspiracy.

After the shocking revelation about her long-lost father, Viv, Elijah, Charlotte, and Ray are determined to save him at any cost. So it's a no-brainer for them to sneak into one of Area 51's finicky time machines to try to bring him back. What could go wrong? Well, how about not being able to track Viv's father through time, almost getting destroyed by the same meteor that killed the dinosaurs, and being chased by strange beings that preserve the proper flow of time?

October, 2042. In two weeks, the world will die, murdered by a nine-mile-wide, extinction-level asteroid. And Robert Osmark—billionaire and savvy tech-—couldn't be readier for the fiery apocalypse. Unlike the shortsighted masses, he's been diligently preparing for this day from the moment the asteroid first appeared. Through his relentless efforts, digital salvation now awaits anyone bold enough to take the leap and permanently transition into the brand-new, ultra-immersive, fantasy-based VRMMORPG, Viridian Gate Online. And Robert Osmark will lead this new world he has created.

Durante generaciones, el Sistema Solar (Marte, la Luna y el cinturón de asteroides) ha conformado la gran frontera de la humanidad. Hasta ahora. El artefacto alienígena que realizaba su obra bajo las nubes de Venus ha aparecido en la órbita de Urano, donde ha construido una puerta enorme que se abre hacia un espacio sin estrellas. Jim Holden y la tripulación de la Rocinante forman parte de una gran flotilla de naves militares y científicas que parten para examinar el artefacto.

À travers la galaxie, treize cents portes conduisant vers des systèmes solaires se sont ouvertes. Mais tandis que l’humanité bâtit son nouvel empire interstellaire au milieu des vestiges aliens, les mystères s’approfondissent et les menaces s’intensifient... Teresa Duarte, quant à elle, se prépare à porter le fardeau que constitue l’ambition divine de son père. Mais avant cela, elle va devoir se protéger de bien des secrets au sein même de son palais. Et James Holden, qui y a été fait prisonnier, n’y sera qu’un danger de plus.

Considered to be "as monumental -- and enigmatic -- a legend as American sport has ever seen" ( Sports Illustrated), Willie Mays is arguably the greatest player in baseball history, still revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues, became a cult hero in New York, and was the headliner in Major League Baseball's bold expansion to California.

La quinta entrega de la saga superventas en la que se basa la serie de TV The Expanse. Se han abierto miles de mundos y se ha desatado la mayor fiebre por ocupar el territorio de la historia de la humanidad. A medida que los colonos se marchan en oleadas sucesivas, las estructuras de poder del viejo Sistema Solar comienzan a ceder. Las naves desaparecen sin dejar rastro. De manera clandestina, han empezado a formarse ejércitos privados. Alguien ha robado la única muestra de la protomolécula.

An engaging account of innovation in healthcare and why the results fall short for patients and society. The evolution of the cell phones we carry in our pockets demonstrates that quality can increase while prices fall. Why doesn't healthcare also get better and cheaper? In Why Not Better and Cheaper?, James B. Rebitzer and Robert S. Rebitzer offer an answer to this question. Bringing together research on incentives, social norms, and market competition, they argue that the healthcare system generates the wrong kinds of innovation.

Roy Court and his crew are taking the trip of a lifetime—several lifetimes in fact—duplicated and dispatched across the galaxies searching for Earthlike planets. Many possibilities for the future. Yet for Roy, no matter how many of him there are, there’s still just one painful, unchangeable past. In what world can a broken relationship be reborn? The universe is so vast, there’s always room for hope.

En Ganímedes, asolada por la guerra y fuente de recursos de los planetas exteriores, una marine de Marte asiste a la aniquilación de su pelotón a manos de un supersoldado monstruoso. En la Tierra, una política de alto rango hace todo lo posible por evitar que vuelva a estallar una guerra interplanetaria. Y en Venus, una protomolécula alienígena se ha hecho con el planeta y desencadenado una serie de cambios misteriosos que amenazan con extenderse por el Sistema Solar. El futuro de la humanidad depende de que una sola nave evite una invasión alienígena.

Forty-eight hours until Christmas, Jessica Kane wakes up with blurred vision, ears ringing, and in excruciating pain. A gash in her head and blood running down her face, the last thing she remembers is going for a run and something or someone hitting her in the head. It doesn't take her long to realize she is trapped in an unknown, deserted town with five other strangers who share similar stories of being attacked and stranded there. Unsure why and how they got there, she knows one thing for certain, she has to find a way out.

Las puertas han abierto el camino a miles de nuevos mundos y la fiebre de la colonización se ha desatado. Los colonos buscan una nueva vida lejos de los planetas natales de la humanidad. Ilo, la primera colonia humana en esta gran nueva frontera, nace entre sangre y fuego. Los colonos independientes se sublevan contra el poder arrollador de una nave colonial corporativa, cargados únicamente con su determinación, su valor y las habilidades adquiridas en las largas guerras en casa. Científicos inocentes mueren masacrados tratando de estudiar el funcionamiento de un mundo nuevo y extraño.

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