From USA TODAY & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Meagan Brandy comes an all-new standalone romance set in college about a hotshot pitcher and the girl who never saw coming. You know how in college there's that one guy everyone wants to be? That's me. I'm the top dog. The number one. The big man on campus. Some say those things are solid wins. My new tutor would disagree. My title means nothing to her. My status lost on her. And now my mind? That sucker is stuck on her. She was told to make our sessions priority over all, to drop everything when I need her, and come to me. She does. But I don't want to steal her time anymore. I want to earn it. If anyone can do that, it's me. I'm Tobias Cruz, the king of the curveball. I don't lose. Not the game, and surely not the girl. Little did I know, this girl has herself a secret ... and it's the dirtiest curve yet.

Nineteen-year-old Frank Friedmaier lives in a country under occupation. Most people struggle to get by; Frank takes it easy in his mother’s whorehouse, which caters to members of the occupying forces. But Frank is restless. He is a pimp, a thug, a petty thief, and, as Dirty Snow opens, he has just killed his first man. Through the unrelenting darkness and cold of an endless winter, Frank will pursue abjection until at last there is nowhere to go. Hans Koning has described Dirty Snow as “one of the very few novels to come out of German-occupied France that gets it exactly right.” In a study of the criminal mind that is comparable to Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me, Simenon maps a no man’s land of the spirit in which human nature is driven to destruction—and redemption, perhaps, as well—by forces beyond its control.

Starla Parks has spent two years quietly in love with her boss, billionaire philanthropist Cole Mason. When a search for a missing report on his computer leads to her discovering a very secret, very dirty file revealing exactly what turns him on, she can't believe her eyes, or the timing of it all. They've got a work overnighter coming up, which means she's got one crazy chance to make his most wicked fantasies come true. …Along with all of hers as well. This is Book #1 in the Hot Insta Ever-Afters Collection, a series of (some very) dirty lil’ novellas for the busy reader looking for: 1) alphalicious heroes & curvalicious heroines, 2) a few smiles w/ their steam, and 3) no-wait, no-drama insta ever-afters. HOT INSTA EVER-AFTERS (aka Dirty Curvy Quickies) Her Distraction (Starla & Cole) Her Proposition (Amber & Sam) Her Satisfaction (Rachel & Carter) Note: This book was previously titled Curve Lullaby (c) 2014. It’s the same fun story, revised with newly added/expanded content, as well as a fresh new title & cover makeover. Keywords: curvy girl romance, curvy woman romance, BBW, alpha hero, strong heroine, smart heroine, feisty heroine, plus size heroine, steamy novella, protective hero, possessive hero, new adult romance, sexy contemporary romance, steamy romance, hot romance novel, sweet hero, billionaire romance, virgin romance, virgin heroine, innocent heroine, friends to lovers romance, office romance, boss romance, instalove, instalust, insta love romance, sweet heroine, sexy beach read, happily ever after For fans of: Alexa Riley, Jessa Kane, Jenna Rose, Lucy Darling, Ella Goode, Mink, Olivia Turner, Lena Little, Fiona Davenport, Cassie Mint, Hope Ford, Frankie Love, Kaci Rose

"Simply UNPUTDOWNABLE ... all the feels cranked up to eleven. Five stars for this delicious page-turner!" - BB Easton, bestselling author of the Netflix adaption Sex/Life In the world of morally corrupt teenagers, only the strongest survive... From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Meagan Brandy comes an enemies-to-lovers, New Adult romance full of morally corrupt and power-driven teenagers. "Girls like you aren't exactly welcomed at a place like this, so keep your head down and look the other way." Those were the exact words of my social worker when she dropped me in my newest hellhole, a place for "troubled teens". I didn't listen, and now I'm on their radar. They expect me to play along in their games of hierarchy, to fall in line in the social order they've deemed me fit. Too bad for them, I don't follow rules. Too bad for me, they're determined to make sure I do. Inconceivably attractive and treated like kings...these are the boys of Brayshaw High. And I'm the girl who got in their way.

The third entry in the Jim Blinn's Corner series, this is, like the others, a handy compilation of selected installments of his influential column. But here, for the first time, you get the "Director's Cut" of the articles: revised, expanded, and enhanced versions of the originals. What's changed? Improved mathematical notation, more diagrams, new solutions. What remains the same? All the things you've come to rely on: straight answers, irreverent style, and innovative thinking. This is Jim Blinn at his best - now even better. - Features 21 expanded and updated installments of "Jim Blinn's Corner," dating from 1995 to 2001, and never before published in book form - Includes "deleted scenes"—tangential explorations that didn't make it into the original columns - Details how Blinn represented planets in his famous JPL flyby animations - Explores a wide variety of other topics, from the concrete to the theoretical: assembly language optimization for parallel processors, exotic usage of C++ template instantiation, algebraic geometry, a graphical notation for tensor contraction, and his hopes for a future world

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In this riveting anatomy of authoritarianism, acclaimed journalist William Dobson takes us inside the battle between dictators and those who would challenge their rule. Recent history has seen an incredible moment in the war between dictators and democracy—with waves of protests sweeping Syria and Yemen, and despots falling in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya. But the Arab Spring is only the latest front in a global battle between freedom and repression, a battle that, until recently, dictators have been winning hands-down. The problem is that today’s authoritarians are not like the frozen-in-time, ready-to-crack regimes of Burma and North Korea. They are ever-morphing, technologically savvy, and internationally connected, and have replaced more brutal forms of intimidation with subtle coercion. The Dictator’s Learning Curve explains this historic moment and provides crucial insight into the fight for democracy.

Jax Hamill is a man who has changed his life - with lots of hard work and even more dumb luck. He's left the hell of his younger and wilder days behind, and now he has a bar, a house, a truck, and a motorcycle. Oh, and all the casual sex in a bar back room that a man like him may desire. Jax lives his carefree life for 'now', and keeps things 'temporary'. At least he did...until she threw everything he thought in to question. Sarah Matthews is a woman who would love to change her life in some ways. By default and sheer bad luck, she juggles a staggering number of responsibilities, both personal and professional. She's single, stressed, and seriously in need of some fun. If only she could escape her overly-scheduled, vanilla life, and cut loose... just for a little while. When Jax and Sarah decide to get together - just temporarily and just for fun - it changes both of their lives for the better. But when a man from Sarah's past returns, it changes everything for the worse. In fact, it couldn't be worse. As Sarah fights to come back to him, Jax is forced to confront the kind of person he was, who he is now, and the kind of man that he wants to be... both for Sarah, and for himself.

I'm a Monet. A chameleon. I'm whatever I must be.And what I must be is a flawless daughter, a skilled socialite, and the perfect prize to the man who signed along the dotted line. Not that I'm complaining. I'm all for a contractual agreement, a quick and clean catapult into the next phase of rich girl life. One that takes little thought, less effort, and zero devotion. It's exactly what I want. An impassive life. A calculated future. Or, it was until the lights went out, darkness took over, and I learned what it meant to live.To feel.To fall. But everyone knows what thrives in the night burns in the light and flames were among us. There is no escape. No turning back. No ending within my control. My mother always says our choices determine our consequences.