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Widely regarded as his major work, Crowley's Magick in Theory and Practice is an extensive treatise on magick, a system of Western occult practice synthesized from many sources, including Eastern yoga, hermeticism, medieval grimoires, contemporary magical theories, and Crowley's own original contributions. As important today as when it was first written, Magick in Theory and Practice is essential listening for anyone interested in occultism.

As heartless as he is handsome, Aubrey Villiers, the Duke of Richford, has perfected the art of not caring one whit about anything except his pursuit of pleasure. His past is as dark as his moods, and the rumors about his curious carnal needs would make any proper innocent miss swoon.

He lied. The one alpha I trusted. The one I was going to run away with. The man I built my entire future around. Azarel is the crown prince of Surhiira, and he never told me. Now I'm hiding underground with alphas who should terrify me. Nikolai, whose silver gaze tracks me like I'm already his...

Meet Heaven: a young girl who is loving, submissive, and beyond appreciative of her husband, Ross. As a teenager, Heaven lived solely for her sister, Divine, and her daughter, Sunshine. Because her mother is mentally ill and her father ran off, Heaven had to do some unimaginable things just to feed the family. Then came Ross, and everything changed. He wasn't some filthy rich, dope boy that some young girls dream of, but Heaven felt like Ross was her blessing.

Weapons are not born, they're made. And a weapon, I have become. I am the scythe that will cleave the Gods' traitorous heads from their not-so-Divine bodies. Forced to the dangerous Ortus Island and the very first Mortal Gods Academy, I know that time is running out for both me and the Darkhavens. If we can't figure out what the Gods are planning and how to stop them, it's no longer just our lives on the line. It's the lives of every Mortal God in existence.

Do you have a fear of flying? Is it time that you accepted that the past shouldn’t be a restriction on the future? Is it time that you released your fear of flying for good? If you have been struggling with a fear or phobia, you need to ask yourself if it’s time to take the action needed to release those restrictive beliefs. Are you ready to live your life with true intention? Why not release, breathe, and let go right now?

It was not only a season of change for them but a test of their resilience. Bruce McGowan, the president's pick for the National Security Advisor, had stepped away from his high-ranking position after a short stint, finding it was more of a political office than he anticipated. Atticus Steed, who had taken over the role of the director of the covert counter-terrorist team, Terminus, was on the cusp of resigning to try to salvage his marriage. Because he found himself away from home and in harm's way too often, his wife, Maria, had filed for divorce.

The unblinking story of two lost and self-destructive drifters - a failed painter working as a counterman in a cheap diner and a woman in flight from domestic violence - trying to find a place for themselves in the back streets of San Francisco, Pick-Up is hardboiled writing at its nihilistic best.

We all remember our first holiday romance right? The one we promised to write to every day and broke our hearts over when we returned home? That is exactly what happened with Katie and Leo. Only Katie and Leo promised if neither of them were married by the time they were thirty they would marry...

Rien ne va plus pour Blake. Licencié brutalement, il n'arrive plus à payer le prêt immobilier de la nouvelle maison qu'il partage avec sa fiancée. La solution ? Prendre une locataire pour les aider à payer les frais de la maison. Et Whitney correspond exactement à ce que le jeune couple recherche. Elle est sympathique, charmante, sérieuse. La locataire parfaite. En apparence. Rapidement, quelque chose cloche. Une odeur putride imprègne la maison et des bruits étranges réveillent Blake au milieu de la nuit.

Last year, I finally hung up my spurs to first take the director position of a new covert counterterrorist team called Terminus, offered to me by outgoing Vice President Bart Collins. And then, just two months ago, I was selected for the NSA (National Security Advisor) position by the newly elected U.S. President, Bart Collins. In recent history, the Argentine government has faced several antisemitic groups that have sprung up, including a neofascist, militaristic nationalist party called Patriot Front that boasts its own military.

In this classic follow-up to 1946's Atomic Power with God Through Prayer and Fasting, Franklin Hall offers detailed information on how extended fasts can heal both body and soul, giving practitioners the spiritual power to better glorify Jesus.

Professor Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago are accustomed to the murky fog of Victorian London and the palatable pints of half and half at the Red Tavern. They are not used to travelling through time and space with their old friend the Doctor. And now they find themselves whisked off to the planet Venus in the distant future, at a time when warrior women rule from a floating city in the clouds. There’s a mystery here, one that the Grand Empress Vulpina intends to keep secret. Even if it means destroying these visitors from the long-dead planet Earth....

Imagine a 1980s world of sumptuous hotel rooms, restaurants, New York City penthouses, and the powerful men who move easily between these pinnacles of luxury. They are music producers, rock stars, writers, and restaurateurs. They are household names like Billy Joel, Art Garfunkel, Eric Clapton, and Sting. And yet, each man has an entire aspect to his life that he doesn’t talk about publicly—his depression, his rocky marriage, his feelings of shame and failure, his private loss of faith. And now: The phone rings. Imagine the woman who has each of these men at her beck and call.

When Deliah moves abroad chasing freedom, she finds chaos instead — neon lights, dangerous men, and a love that burns too deep to survive. She never meant to fall for Jay, the charming, volatile boy who made her feel alive — or to lose herself in a world built on power, lust, and control. But when her path crosses with Damion, everything changes. Calm where others are cruel, dominant where others take — he forces her to confront what she truly craves, and what it might cost her to surrender.

The summer of 1273 is peaceful for most of England, except in the village of Tyndal, where Martin the cooper has been poisoned at the local inn. Martin had plenty of enemies; the killer could be anyone. Prioress Eleanor grieves for her friend, the newly bereaved Crowner Ralf, and offers what help she can. But then her own problems multiply.

A war-weary Navy pilot confronts the deadly skies of the South Pacific, training Marine pilots and battling Soviets MiGs in the wake of the Vietnam WarFighter pilot Jake Grafton is adrift following combat in Vietnam. With no place in the States to call home, Grafton sticks to what he knows best: taking on the world’s most treacherous skies from the cockpit of a Grumman A-6 Intruder.

Quinn doesn't have much to his name but a broken-down old freighter; even keeping it fueled is a constant struggle on the edges of civilized space where jobs are scarce and honest ones non-existent. With the death of the Emperor civilized space begins to dissolve into squabbling factions fighting for control and beautiful new passengers aboard Quinn's ship all bring their own load of problems and opportunities.

Le livre culte qui a inspiré le film de Denis Villeneuve. Il n'y a pas, dans tout l'Empire, de planète plus inhospitalière que Dune. Partout des sables à perte de vue. Une seule richesse : l'épice de longue vie, née du désert, et que tout l'univers convoite. Quand Leto Atréides reçoit Dune en fief, il flaire le piège. Il aura besoin des guerriers Fremen qui, réfugiés au fond du désert, se sont adaptés à une vie très dure en préservant leur liberté, leurs coutumes et leur foi.

These two great poems date from Shakespeare’s early years and are full of passion and invention. In Venus and Adonis, the goddess of love pleads with the beautiful boy to submit to her advances and become her love - but he only wants to hunt boar. In the more serious Rape of Lucrece, Shakespeare draws on the Roman tale of the Emperor Tarquin’s desire for Lucrece and its tragic consequencies. These poems give prominent parts to the two heroines, and Clare Corbett and Eve Best shine.