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Arbeit im Milliardärsclub: Milliardärsclub
by Sky CorganVon Sky Corgan kommt jetzt der zweite Band, Arbeit im Milliardärsclub Band 2. Für Raven Tarley bricht eine Welt zusammen, als sie Croix' Strandhaus betritt und ihn in den Händen einer anderen Frau sieht. Es kommen Geheimnisse ans Licht, die ihre gemeinsame Beziehung für immer verändern sollen. Und als wäre das nicht genug, holt sie ihre hässliche Vergangenheit ein. Derrick ist nicht der einzige, der ihr von Kalifornien aus gefolgt ist. Alles ändert sich so schnell, dass Raven kaum mitkommt. Es sieht so aus als ob ihr ganzes Leben vor ihren Augen auseinander fällt. Wird sie am Ende alle Stücke einsammeln können? Und wird Croix ihr beistehen, wenn alles seinen tiefsten Punkt erreicht?
Arbitragem
by Colette KebellUm Suspense de Crime Financeiro Fictício Arbitragem Ryan Logan acha que tem tudo… Um jovem advogado especializado em direito tributário e financeiro, Logan ganhou uma reputação impressionante e cobra uma taxa considerável por seus serviços. Mas quando aconselha seus empregadores corporativos contra uma fusão com uma instituição financeira obscura, ele logo se vê envolvido em uma rede de traição e engano. Enquadrado pelo assassinato de seu rico chefe, Logan é forçado a aceitar um acordo judicial, para impedir que seus próprios segredos sombrios apareçam… A arbitragem é um thriller financeiro independente e em ritmo acelerado. Se você gosta de suspense à beira do assento, vingança doce e reviravoltas que não espera, vai adorar esse olhar revelador do mundo dos crimes financeiros. Um advogado esgotado pode superar um exército de vigaristas e assassinos?
Arbitraje
by Colette KebellRyan Logan cree que lo tiene todo... Un joven abogado especializado en finanzas y derecho fiscal, Logan se ha ganado una reputación impresionante y cobra una gran cantidad de dinero por sus servicios. Pero cuando aconseja a sus empleadores corporativos en contra de una fusión con una institución financiera turbia, pronto se encuentra atrapado en una red de traición y engaño. Enmarcado en el asesinato de su rico jefe, Logan se ve obligado a aceptar un acuerdo de culpabilidad, para evitar que sus oscuros secretos salgan a la luz... Ahora, años después, Logan es finalmente libre. Amargado y enojado por los años que perdió tras las rejas, comienza a trabajar con un joven ejecutivo bancario para investigar una misteriosa transacción... Millones de dólares han desaparecido, y el rastro de datos lleva a una red retorcida de criminales y asesinos. Logan y su joven cliente deben burlar a los detectives de la Interpol, a los ejecutivos corruptos y a los asesinos de la mafia rusa, mientras descubren una impactante trama que vincula los fondos desaparecidos con el misterioso pasado de Logan. Pero Logan todavía tiene secretos propios que esconder, y el giro más significativo de todos aún no ha sido revelado... Arbitrage es un thriller financiero de ritmo rápido e independiente. Si te gusta el suspenso, la dulce venganza y los giros y vueltas que no verás venir, te encantará esta mirada reveladora al mundo del crimen financiero. ¿Puede un abogado quemado burlar a un ejército de estafadores y asesinos?
Arbitrary Power: Romanticism, Language, Politics
by William KeachThis book explores previously unexamined links between the arbitrary as articulated in linguistic theories on the one hand, and in political discourse about power on the other. In particular, Willam Keach shows how Enlightenment conceptions of the arbitrary were contested and extended in British Romantic writing. In doing so, he offers a new paradigm for understanding the recurrent problem of verbal representation in Romantic writing and the disputes over stylistic performance during this period. With clarity and force, Keach reads these phenomena in relation to a rapidly shifting literary marketplace and to the social pressures in Britain generated by the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the class antagonisms that culminated in the Peterloo Massacre. The question of what it means to think of language or politics as arbitrary persists through postmodern thinking, and this book advances an unfinished dialogue between Romantic culture and the critical techniques we currently use to analyze it. Keach's intertwined linguistic and political account of arbitrary power culminates in a detailed textual analysis of the language of revolutionary violence. Including substantial sections on Blake, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, P. B. Shelley, Keats, and Anna Jameson, Arbitrary Power will engage not only students and scholars of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature but also those interested in critical and linguistic theory and in social and political history.
Arbitrary Rule: Slavery, Tyranny, and the Power of Life and Death
by Mary NyquistSlavery appears as a figurative construct during the English revolution of the mid-seventeenth century, and again in the American and French revolutions, when radicals represent their treatment as a form of political slavery. What, if anything, does figurative, political slavery have to do with transatlantic slavery? In Arbitrary Rule, Mary Nyquist explores connections between political and chattel slavery by excavating the tradition of Western political thought that justifies actively opposing tyranny. She argues that as powerful rhetorical and conceptual constructs, Greco-Roman political liberty and slavery reemerge at the time of early modern Eurocolonial expansion; they help to create racialized "free" national identities and their "unfree" counterparts in non-European nations represented as inhabiting an earlier, privative age. Arbitrary Rule is the first book to tackle political slavery's discursive complexity, engaging Eurocolonialism, political philosophy, and literary studies, areas of study too often kept apart. Nyquist proceeds through analyses not only of texts that are canonical in political thought--by Aristotle, Cicero, Hobbes, and Locke--but also of literary works by Euripides, Buchanan, Vondel, Montaigne, and Milton, together with a variety of colonialist and political writings, with special emphasis on tracts written during the English revolution. She illustrates how "antityranny discourse," which originated in democratic Athens, was adopted by republican Rome, and revived in early modern Western Europe, provided members of a "free" community with a means of protesting a threatened reduction of privileges or of consolidating a collective, political identity. Its semantic complexity, however, also enabled it to legitimize racialized enslavement and imperial expansion. Throughout, Nyquist demonstrates how principles relating to political slavery and tyranny are bound up with a Roman jurisprudential doctrine that sanctions the power of life and death held by the slaveholder over slaves and, by extension, the state, its representatives, or its laws over its citizenry.
Arbor Day Square
by Cyd Moore Kathryn Osebold GalbraithA heartfelt story about community and family, and how neighbors working together can make their town a better place for themselves and future generations. Katie and her papa are among a group of settlers building a town in the middle of the dusty, brown prairie. Every week the trains bring more people and more lumber to build houses, fences, and barns. New buildings are erected: a church with a steeple, a store with glass windows, even a schoolhouse with desks for seventeen children. But one thing is missing: trees. When the townspeople take up a collection to order trees from back east, Katie adds her own pennies and Papa's silver dollar. When the tiny saplings finally arrive, Katie helps dig holes and fetch water. Then, in a quiet corner off the public square, Katie and Papa plant a flowering dogwood in memory of Mama. Although set in the past, Kathryn O. Galbraith's gentle story of community building, the timelessness of love, and the power of ritual will resonate with young readers today. Cyd Moore's full-color illustrations reflect the simplicity of the story and life in a new prairie town, while evoking the complexity of its themes.
Arboria Park: A Novel
by Kate Tyler WallStacy Halloran has lived most of her life in 1950s-era housing development Arboria Park. But her beloved neighborhood may not survive much longer. Despite her parents’ entreaties to “stay in the yard where it’s safe,” the Park is where young Stacy roams in quest of “real life.” Through her wanderings, she learns about the area’s agricultural history; meets people from backgrounds different than her own; watches her siblings develop interracial and same-sex relationships; helps launch the local punk-rock scene; and finally, settles as a wife and mother. As the neighborhood declines (along with her relationship with her mother), Stacy considers moving on to rescue herself and her daughter. But then a massive highway project threatens the ever-resilient Park—and it’s Stacy’s task to rally family, friends, and neighbors to save it.
Arboria: Il mondo tra gli alberi
by Anthony StefanoNe succedono di cose a Durbuy, la città più piccola del mondo! Alexander, Hope, Meredith e Amy stanno trascorrendo una meravigliosa vacanza con i loro genitori in una casa ai margini di una foresta quando scoprono per caso un portale che conduce in una terra fantastica popolata da nani, gnomi e un gruppo di altre creature, una più strana dell'altra. Tuttavia, non saranno gli unici a cercare una via per tornare nel loro mondo. Una misteriosa strega sta cercando di localizzare il portale da secoli.
Arboria: The Land Between the Trees
by Anthony StefanoSomething is afoot in Durbuy, the smallest town in the world. Alexander, Hope, Meredith and Amy are spending a wonderful time on holiday with their parents in a house at the edge of a forest when, quite by accident, they stumble across a gateway into a fantastic land populated by dwarfs, gnomes and a host of other creatures each stranger than the last. But they are not the only ones looking for a way back to their own world; a mysterious Sorceress has been trying to locate the portal for the last several centuries...
Arc Iris Grey 2 - Arc Iris Grey i l'ull de la tempesta (Arc Iris Grey #Volumen 2)
by Laura Ellen AndersonEl segon llibre d'una sèrie màgica escrita i il·lustrada per la creadora d'Amelia Fang. L'Iris es comença a acostumar a ser Arc Iris Grey: ara ja té TOTS els poders màgics del temps a mà i la vida és molt més divertida, però encara ha d'aprendre a controlar-los! Quan tots els núvols comencen a desaparèixer (inclosa la Nim), l'Iris i els seus amics hauran de resoldre el misteri. Tot apunta a que la Tornàdia té alguna cosa a veure... Podrà l'Iris aturar-la abans no crei la tempesta definitiva i destrueixi els seus amics per sempre?
Arc Iris Grey i la màgia del temps
by Laura Ellen AndersonLa nova sèrie de la creadora d'Amèlia Fang arriba carregada de màgia i canvis atmosfèrics. L'Iris Grey té deu anys i viu a Meteolàndia. Somia amb tenir màgia com la resta dels seus amics, perquè la vida sense ella no és igual! Quan l'Iris viatja a la Terra sense permís, no s'imagina que haurà de trobar el seu poder interior, lluitar contra nous enemics i donar un pas a un món multicolor.
Arc Light
by Eric HarryIn a scenario terrifyingly close to today's headlines, Harry's debut novel opens with a North Korean invasion of South Korea that leads, through a series of tragic errors and decisions, to a Russian nuclear attack on military bases in the U.S. Like techno-thriller master Tom Clancy, Harry offers a sprawling narrative that focuses on a small army of soldiers, politicians and their families, American and Russian. National Security Advisor Greg Lambert must keep and tell secrets that may lead to Armageddon; Reservist David Chandler must leave his pregnant wife in order to drive a tank; U.S. President Walter Livingston, eager for peace, must endure the ignominy of impeachment; Russian General Yuri Razov must deal with the consequences of his initial decision to launch nuclear missiles. Ground, air and submarine battles alternate with scenes of anarchy stateside as exhausted leaders are forced to make instant decisions that might snuff out humanity forever. With a masterful grasp of military strategy and geopolitics, Harry moves his characters through nightmares of blood and death; his intricately detailed scenes of nuclear devastation are particularly horrifying. Told through a series of rapid-fire climaxes, this novel, a political and military cautionary tale of considerable power and conviction, will keep readers riveted. —Publishers Weekly
Arc d'X: A Novel
by Steve EricksonIn a desperate effort to liberate herself, a fourteen-year-old slave—mistress to the man who invented America—finds herself flung into a different time and worldSteve Erickson&’s provocative reimagining of American history, Arc d&’X begins with the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. With &“skin . . . too white to be quite black and too black to be quite white,&” Sally is loved only to the extent that she can be possessed, and finds hope only in the promise that her children&’s lives will be different from her own. The couple&’s paradox-riven union echoes through the ages and in an alternate epoch where time plays by other rules. In Aeonopolis, a theocratic city at the foot of a volcano, priests seek to have Sally indicted, and in an emptied-out Berlin, the Wall is being rebuilt. Dizzyingly imaginative, Arc d&’X is an unrivaled exploration of &“the pursuit of happiness.&”
Arc of the Dream: Radix Tetrad: Book 3 (Radix)
by A.A. AttanasioEarth's last hope? The Arc, a being of immense power, trapped within a continuum too small, fights for its freedom. Its monumental struggle will touch a few select individuals on Earth - and in doing so, change their lives forever. The Arc may also be the last hope for humanity's survival.Author's Note: The volumes of this series can each be read independently of the others. The feature that unifies them is their individual observations of science fiction's sub-genre: "space opera," which the editors David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer define as "colorful, dramatic, large-scale science fiction adventure, competently and sometimes beautifully written, usually focused on a sympathetic, heroic central character and plot action, and usually set in the relatively distant future, and in space or on other worlds, characteristically optimistic in tone. It often deals with war, piracy, military virtues, and very large-scale action, large stakes."
Arca (Five Queendoms, The #2)
by G.R. MacallisterReturn to the Five Queendoms in the sequel to Scorpica, a sweeping epic fantasy that Rebecca Roanhorse called &“ambitious and engaging,&” in which a centuries-long peace is shattered in a matriarchal society when a decade passes without a single girl being born.The Drought of Girls has ended, but the rift it broke open between the Queendoms is not so easily healed. Political tensions roil the senate of Paxim, where Queen Heliane vows to make her son Paulus the nation&’s first ruling King or die trying. Scorpican troops amass on the border of Arca, ready to attack. And within Arca itself, its young, unready queen finds her court a nest of vipers and her dreams besieged by a mysterious figure with unknown intentions. As iron and magic clash on the battlefield and powerful women scheme behind the scenes, danger and violence abound. Can anyone stop the chaos from ripping the Queendoms apart?
Arca: Una aventura de Dane Maddock
by David Wood Alfonso Adrián García Gallegos¡Un artefacto nativo-americano señala el camino hacia una de las grandes leyendas de la historia! La arqueóloga Dima Zafrini recibe un misterioso paquete que contiene fragmentos de un texto desconocido que prueba la existencia del perdido Libro de Noé. Perseguida por una misteriosa organización conocida solo como El Tridente, el camino de Dima se cruza con el de los ex SEALS de la Marina convertidos en cazadores de tesoros Dane Maddock y Bones Bonebrake. ¿Podrán ellos tres encontrar las legendarias Piedras de Noé antes que el Tridente obtenga su poder? ¡Únete a Dane y Bones en otra aventura llena de acción mientras se embarcan en la búsqueda del Arca!
Arcade Catastrophe (Candy Shop War #2)
by Brandon MullArcadeland is full of magical secrets as well as fun and games in the second book in the Candy Shop War series, from the #1 "New York Times "bestselling author of the Beyonders and Fablehaven series. Nate and his friends already know Mrs. White, the owner of the Sweet Tooth Ice Cream & Candy Shoppe, where the treats are magical in addition to delicious. And now they're introduced to Mrs. White's brother, Mr. White, who owns a local amusement center called Arcadeland. At Arcadeland, kids can play games and earn thousands of tickets that are redeemable for one of four kinds of stamps: jets, tanks, subs, and racecars. Could it be true that these stamps allow kids to fly through the air? Or breathe underwater? Or run faster than a car? But Mr. White is hiding a secret: when all four stamp clubs are filled, he will be able to retrieve perhaps the most powerful talisman ever. For Nate and his friends, it will take more than candy to fight and win this war.
Arcade and the Dazzling Truth Detector (The Coin Slot Chronicles #4)
by Rashad JenningsWhat does the last T on the Triple T Token stand for? Where did it come from? What did Arcade&’s mom do with the token when she had it? And why does Arcade have it now? All the questions about the mysterious and powerful Triple T Token will finally be answered. Arcade and the Dazzling Truth Detector is the fourth and final book in the humorous and imaginative Coin Slot Chronicles series by New York Times bestselling author, former NFL running back, and Dancing with the Stars champion Rashad Jennings.Arcade and Zoe Livingston have been on a quest for truth ever since the mysterious lady gave Arcade the token, said, &“Happy Travels,&” then vanished. Now, Arcade has just one wish on his twelfth birthday: to experience the ests of life.From the highest, lowest, deepest, coldest, and hottest places on Earth; to some of the greatest, most influential moments in history—Arcade will get his wish and much more than he could ever dream as the Triple T Token takes him and Zoe back in time and to the top (and bottom!) of the world. It&’s a whirlwind journey of self-discovery in some of the most exciting and unusual places on the planet.So hang on tight, because these final Arcade adventures are filled with magic elevator rides you&’ll never ever forget.Written and designed for reluctant readers, with shorter chapters and meaningful illustrations throughout the book. Arcade and the Dazzling Truth Detector teaches children ages 8 and up:How to create goals and the importance of dreaming bigThe importance of generosity, compassion, patience, and forgivenessIf you enjoy Arcade and the Dazzling Truth Detector, check out the rest of the series: Arcade and the Triple T Token, Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide, and Arcade and the Fiery Metal Tester.
Arcade and the Dazzling Truth Detector Educator Guide (The Coin Slot Chronicles)
by Rashad JenningsWhat does the last T on the Triple T Token stand for? Where did the token come from? What did Arcade&’s mom do with it when she had it? And why does Arcade have it now? All the questions about the mysterious and powerful Triple T Token will finally be answered. Arcade and the Dazzling Truth Detector is the fourth and final book in the humorous and imaginative Coin Slot Chronicles series by New York Times bestselling author, former NFL running back, and Dancing with the Stars champion Rashad Jennings.Arcade and Zoe Livingston have been on a quest for truth ever since the mysterious lady gave Arcade the token, said, &“Happy Travels,&” then vanished. Now, Arcade Livingston has just one wish on his twelfth birthday: to experience the ests of life.From the highest, lowest, deepest, coldest, and hottest places on Earth; to some of the greatest, most influential moments in history—Arcade will get his wish and much more than he could ever dream as the Triple T Token takes him and Zoe back in time and to the top (and bottom!) of the world. It&’s a whirlwind journey of self-discovery in some of the most exciting and unusual places on the planet.So hang on tight, because these final Arcade adventures are filled with magic elevator rides you&’ll never, ever forget.Designed for reluctant readers, with shorter chapters throughout the book. Arcade and the Dazzling Truth Detector teaches children ages 8 and up:How to create goals and the importance of dreaming bigThe importance of generosity, compassion, patience, and forgivenessIf you enjoy Arcade and the Dazzling Truth Detector, check out the rest of the series: Arcade and the Triple T Token, Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide, and Arcade and the Fiery Metal Tester.
Arcade and the Fiery Metal Tester (The Coin Slot Chronicles #3)
by Rashad JenningsIn Arcade and the Fiery Metal Tester, New York City is experiencing the hottest summer on record. Eleven-year-old Arcade Livingston can&’t keep his cool after receiving this suspicious warning atop the Empire State Building: &“Things will heat up in all areas to test your mettle.&”In no time flat, Arcade is tested like never before to use the Triple T token&’s powerful ways to outsmart a bully, find a place for his best friend to live, and spy on some pesky villains from the 1900s. Meanwhile, sister Zoe thinks controlling the token is nothing but a path to disaster.One thing&’s for sure, the token continues its flashing and pulsing. And elevator doors continue to transport Arcade, Zoe, and their friends to meet different people in strange locations—people who will challenge them, teach them, and inspire them to grow in patience and compassion.And just as a trip through a fiery furnace is necessary to purify gold, the token leads Arcade through superheated situations to test the purity of his heart.Read as part of the series or as a stand-alone novel! Arcade and the Fiery Metal Tester is the third book in the humorous and imaginative Coin Slot Chronicles series by New York Times bestselling author, former NFL running back, and Dancing with the Stars champion Rashad Jennings.Great for reluctant readersBlack and white illustrations included
Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide (The Coin Slot Chronicles #2)
by Rashad JenningsIn Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide, Arcade, Zoe, and their new friend, Doug, travel from New York to Virginia to stay with cousins and best friends, Derek and Celeste. It’s a chance for Arcade to feel “normal” again and connect with people and places he’s loved all his life. But nothing is normal as long as the Triple T Token is hanging around his neck. Plus, Derek claims he’s stumbled upon some troubling information, and now a suspicious person is following him. Arcade wonders if the trouble is related to the token—after all, someone has already tried to take it from him once.Where did this Triple T Token come from? And are all the adventures it provides worth all the trouble it brings?A trip through the token’s fantastical doors reveals a clue—a hidden box of old notes. As Arcade, Zoe, and their friends start to put the pieces together, the value of the token becomes clear, and the stakes are higher than ever. Can Arcade keep the token for himself? Or will sinister forces steal it from his grasp?Read as part of the series or as a stand-alone novel! Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide is the second book in the humorous and imaginative Coin Slot Chronicles series by New York Times bestselling author, former NFL running back, and Dancing with the Stars champion Rashad Jennings.Great for reluctant readersBlack and white illustrations included
Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide: Educator's Guide (The Coin Slot Chronicles)
by Rashad JenningsArcade and the Golden Travel Guide Educator's Guide is a companion to Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide by Rashad Jennings. This guide can be utilized in the classroom, in a home school setting, or by parents seeking additional resources. Ideal for grades 5-8.
Arcade and the Triple T Token (The Coin Slot Chronicles)
by Rashad JenningsThe Coin Slot Chronicles series, by former NFL running back and Dancing with the Stars champion Rashad Jennings, is a humorous and imaginative series that explores the power of friendship and imagination, the challenges in finding your place, and the reality of missing home.Eleven-year-old Arcade Livingston has a problem. Several, actually. The Tolley twins, a.k.a. neighborhood bullies, are making Arcade’s move to a new city even harder than it needs to be. They expect him to do their research papers and interactive displays for the sixth-grade career expo’s theme: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Besides doing their work, Arcade doesn’t even know his own answer to that question.Then at the library—Arcade’s favorite place to chill—a mysterious old woman gives him a golden arcade token that grants him a unique gift. A gift that allows him to time travel between different places including his own future. From sitting in the dugout with Babe Ruth, to hanging on to the back of a bucking bull, to performing life-saving surgery on a dog, Arcade has no shortage of adventure! Together with his older sister, Zoe, Arcade explores life’s biggest thrills and challenges, and the two also have a big mystery to solve. Who is the rightful owner of the incredible Triple T Token that leads to such astounding adventures?Arcade’s circle of friends begins to widen as the Triple T Token hangs from his neck. Pulsing. Beckoning another adventure. The question for Arcade, Zoe, and their new friends is no longer, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s, “Where will we go next?”
Arcade: A Novel
by Drew Nellins SmithAn unnamed man, in the wake of a breakup, begins frequenting a peepshow arcade where closeted men meet for anonymous sex. The arcade is a strange world, one where questions of power, race, and class collide with unhinged sexual desire, with fetishes, fantasies, and even occasionally love.The protagonist explores this curious new place, where many of society's rules are thrown out and replaced with a very specific code of conduct. After being driven to the arcade by a break-up and subsequent obsession with a cop who left him due to his fear of coming out, he compulsively returns, neurotically cataloguing the sights and sounds of the arcade, its overwhelming sleaziness, its safety and dangers.As his adventures both within the arcade and beyond continue to escalate, he must eventually confront whether his time at the arcade is just the passing phase that his small town Texas family insists it is, or perhaps, the gateway to a new way of life.
Arcadia
by Emmanuelle Bayamack-TamAn English-language debut that reveals and subverts contemporary conceptions of normative sexuality, capitalist culture, and environmental degradation. <P><P> Farah moves into Liberty House—an arcadia, a community in harmony with nature—at the tender age of six, with her family. The commune’s spiritual leader, Arcady, preaches equality, non-violence, anti-speciesism, free love, and uninhibited desire for all, regardless of gender, age, looks, or ability. <P><P> At fifteen, Farah learns she is intersex, and begins to go beyond the confines of gender, as she explores the arc of her own desires. What, Farah asks, is a man or a woman? What does it mean to be part of a community? What is utopia when there are refugees nearby seeking shelter who cannot enter? <P><P> Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam delivers a magisterial novel, both a celebration and a critique of innocence in the contemporary world.