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The Leviathan is dead. Humanity has won the global mission but the price has been too high. Japan is in ruins, Honshu lies partially underwater, and the capital has been destroyed. The country has been left without leadership and tens of millions have perished, while monsters continue to hunt down the survivors.
Ivan Susanin heads to the submerged Toyo as part of an expedition to find the missing raven, help evacuate the civilians and slay as many...
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Leadership is not just for the execs in the corner office. It's time we all stepped up and developed the mind of a leader. In a time of rapid technological change and economic uncertainty, businesses that thrive will do so through empowering employees at all levels to take an active role in leading themselves and their organizations to success. It's time that we all, at every stage of our careers, started to think proactively, take responsibility...
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"Seth Kantner illuminates an Alaska most of us will never know." -Andrea Barrett, author of Ship Fever
When Seth Kantner's Ordinary Wolves was published it was a literary revelation of sorts. In a raw, stylized voice it told the story of a white boy growing up with homesteading parents in Arctic Alaska and trying to reconcile his largely subsistence and Native-style upbringing with the expectations and realities tied to his race. It hit numerous...
24) Powerless Winter
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Do you have what it takes to survive an EMP winter?
Six months have passed since a devastating EMP struck the nation, forcing survivors to adapt to a dangerous new world without power.
Now, winter is here. Jack and his companions are surviving at a caravan site in the wilderness. The weather is treacherous. Supplies are dwindling. Hope is running thin.
But when Jack witnesses a group of helicopters passing over, sparking hopes of salvation, the...
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A fun and straightforward approach to learning personal finance and budgeting
In The Personal Finance Cookbook, Certified Financial Planner certificant and celebrated social media creator Nick Meyer delivers a fun and engaging toolkit for a variety of personal finance tasks, including budgeting, investing, and buying a house. In the book, you'll find a cookbook-style collection of "recipes" detailing the steps you need to take to complete various...
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With a vision of a world free from a war, a cat and his human minions set out to change humanity.
An epic tale awaits. Follow Braden, Micah, and the Golden Warrior as their adventures take them through the wasteland to the mystical south of Planet Vii.
Book 1: Free Trader of Warren Deep: The journey begins with G-War and Braden as they are trying to find their way, make one more trade, set them up for life.
Book 2: Free Trader of Planet Vii: It's...
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The first stage is complete. Ivan Susanin has managed to survive and, together with the other leaders, unite the various players into the Alliance. Yet this is only the beginning. A huge goblin army is approaching from the city outskirts, while the undead roam inside the city. The people from Earth are stuck between a rock and a hard place. The only way to escape another massacre is to capture the goblin fortress, and hold out until the end of the...
28) After the Fall
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With the lights still out, how far will you go to survive?
When an EMP devastated the nation's power supplies and left the country in ruins, Jack, Wayne, Susan, Emma and Logan all fought to seek shelter in a treacherous first day.
But surviving the first day was just the beginning.
Jack has found his way home. But when tragedy strikes, he is forced on a personal journey across the country to seek new shelter-and face up to the harrowing demons...
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Bad Things addresses various philosophical questions about the nature and moral relevance of harm. The most basic question is this: under what conditions does an event harm a given individual? Neil Feit focuses primarily on the metaphysics of harm, and he both defends and extends the counterfactual comparative account of harm. On this account, in its most basic form, an act or event harms an individual provided that she would have been better off...
30) City of Goblins
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Ivan Susanin, a typical guy and unemployed techie, is initiated by the System and transported, together with a thousand other players, to an unknown location beyond Earth. Ivan has an interface, a spear, and basic weapon skills. All he has to do to return to Earth is complete a simple quest and reach the second level. But experience points are only awarded for kills in this game, and the clock is ticking.
The most valuable prey under these conditions...
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Cat and his human minions fight for peace.
Book 4: Battle for the Amazon: The fragile trade route is expanding, until the attacks come. Trade grinds to a halt. People cower in fear, before they run for their lives.
Book 5: Free the North!: Peace in the south. People settling in. Intelligent creatures moving to Vii from the RV Traveler. Soon, meat will be in short supply. Hungry people will fight for what they need. Braden knows that livestock abounds...
32) The Return
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The preparations are complete and the chess pieces have been placed on the board. Ivan Susanin and the other players are returning to the Celestial City of Sar, the destroyed goblin capital, in the final battle for the Altar and the legacy of the Great Y. These events will decide whether Earth survives this war or becomes yet another world ground down by the System. Defeat is unacceptable, but the chance of victory is slim.
Although the goblins are...
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In a world without power, do you have what it takes to start again?
Three months have passed since a disastrous EMP left the nation without power, with only the strongest and most prepared still standing.
Jack is a survivor. After a tragic showdown, he is keen to step back and allow others to take the spotlight, scarred by painful memories of the casualties under his leadership.
But when a terrifying and charismatic new foe arrives on their doorstep,...
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Twenty-five years ago, a group of ninth graders produced a Saturday Night Live–style videotape to cheer up their ailing friend. The show's running time was only ninety minutes, but it had a lasting impact: Becca laughed her way through recovery, and the group-Jordana, Seth, Holly, and Lex-became her supporting cast for life.
On the silver anniversary of Becca Night Live, the friends reunite over the Fourth of July to celebrate Becca's good health-but...
35) The Unbound
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
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Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.
Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.
Last summer, Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper tasked with stopping violent Histories from escaping the Archive, almost lost her life to one. Now, as she starts her junior year at Hyde School, she's struggling to get her life...
36) Heavy
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An Affinity.
Most humans never get one, but the Goddess gives everyone the opportunity when they turn sixteen.
With an Affinity, humans are given access to their internal energy and Skills. Magical powers that allow you to interact with the world in ways you could never imagine.
When Terrence receives his Affinity, he is shocked to discover it has never been seen before within the Kingdom. Worse yet, his Affinity reinforces the thing he was made...
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Success requires more than hard work and good ideas: you need to be able to understand, inspire, and motivate those around you. Emotional Intelligence for the Modern Leader helps you hone your emotional intelligence (EQ)-the ability to be aware of, control, and express your emotions, as well as handle interpersonal relationships empathetically.
Building off proven research, this user-friendly guide teaches you the pillars of high-EQ leadership. Whether...
38) Dungeoneer
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With new knowledge, training, and practice under his belt, Terrence's Rank 1 abilities will be put to the test against the monsters in his path.
The first semester at Prep is over, but an old tormentor, an unlikely instructor, a harsh test, and a tiresome journey will continue to push his limits. Can Terrence overcome them all?
Will he buckle, or can the stress push him to Rank Up?
Elsewhere, Uncle Tom and his Dungeoneering team find something...
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Book One: Heavy
An Affinity. Most humans never get one, but the Goddess gives everyone the opportunity when they turn sixteen. When Terrence receives his Affinity, he is shocked to discover it has never been seen before within the Kingdom. Worse yet, his Affinity reinforces the thing he was made fun of for his entire life. His weight. Follow Terrence as he uses his Affinity to progress with the hopes of becoming a Dungeoneer-someone who explores...
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Every leader has a blindspot-an area in which he/she fails to see or respond to threats or weaknesses. These blindspots arise for a number of reasons-cognitive overload, the over-confidence that can come with success, and the deference of others to those in positions of authority. This book provides: a framework to understand risks posed by blindspots from a leadership perspective the four types of blinspots that are most important for leaders to...