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    The Emperor's Nightmare
    From angry shareholders to concerned chief executives, almost everyone knows at a gut level that the present political system is not working. This book finds the root cause to be poor corporate governance. In the prequel to this book, The Emperor's Nightingale, Robert A. G. Monks, one of the world's foremost shareholder activists, had warned corporations against putting short-profit ahead of long-term value for all stakeholders. Few listened - and the result was system-wide trauma that only bold solutions can heal. In The Emperor's Nightmare, his latest book, Monks reveals what can happen when corporate leadership abandons the common good to court and conquer a powerful elite. This insightful, honest, and direct portrayal of corporate governance and the surrounding political system will be of immense value to those interested in corporate governance - particularly shareholder and stakeholder advocates, and the true corporate leaders who serve them. In the end, better corporate governance means better democracy. This book shows the way.
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    The Sharpest Blade (A Shadow Reader Novel, #3) (eBook, ePUB)
    McKenzie Lewis's ability to read the shadows has put her-and those she loves-in harm's way again and again. The violence must end, but will the cost of peace be more devastating than anyone ever imagined? After ten years of turmoil, the life McKenzie has always longed for may finally be within her grasp. No one is swinging a sword at her head or asking her to track the fae, and she has a regular-albeit boring-job. But when a ruthless enemy strikes against her friends, McKenzie abandons her attempt at normalcy and rushes back to the Realm. With the fae she loves and the fae she's tied to pulling her in different directions, McKenzie must uncover the truth behind the war and accept the painful sacrifices that must be made to end it. Armed with dangerous secrets and with powerful allies at her side, she will either rip the Realm apart-or save it.
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    Great Expectations
    'It was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before meA terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pips life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickenss haunting late novel depicts Pips education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his great expectations.This definitive edition uses the text from the first published edition of 1861. It includes a map of Kent in the early nineteenth century, and appendices on Dickenss original ending and his working notes, giving readers an illuminating glimpse into the mind of a great novelist at work.
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Dorian Gray is young, arrogant, and devastatingly handsome. Confronted by his beauty in the form of a portrait, and struck by the terrible realization that he will age, Dorian wishes to retain his charms forever and finds his desire granted. He abandons himself to a life of hedonism, vice and murder, yet his face remains unmarked by his evil. But, hidden in his attic, the painting ages and corrupts, and one day Dorian must stand face to face with the man he has become.A perfect depiction of fin-de-siècle decadence, Oscar Wilde's only novel highlights the tension between the polished surface and murky depths of Victorian high society.This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray features an afterword by the playwright and actor Peter Harness.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
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    Ugly Faces (eBook, ePUB)
    Lexi Peters, a law student at Red Falls University, has a traumatic secret-a secret that has left her terrified of open spaces. When her best friend, Rachael, abandons her on winter break, a desperate and emotionally fragile Lexi must figure out how to make the 443-mile trip to her parents' house on her own, or else risk her condition regressing. Mustering the courage to make the drive is the least of Lexi's troubles. Unbeknownst to her, she is heading straight into the eye of a storm. One of the worst on record. Lexi's psyche starts to unravel when her past comes back to haunt her. Familiar faces in a rusted truck are stalking her, and they're not the only ones. Through desolate canyons and flooded roads, Lexi will be pushed to the limits to manage her condition and escape from her shocking past. An intense, grueling game of life or death will leave her screaming in the middle of nowhere, fighting a mental breakdown.
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    Mission Murder (eBook, ePUB)
    A GRIPPING NEW STANDALONE AUSTRALIAN THRILLER: What do you do when you find out that a vicious death cult is coming after you? You run of course! Or do you? All widower Jack Sheridan wants is to be left alone with his grief and his little daughter.Then everything goes pear-shaped. His sister, Claire, dumps cult survivor Rhiannon Bourke on his doorstep and puts them all in the cross hairs of the cult, a vicious vigilante group called the Avenging Angels. The Angels want Rhiannon, and everyone around her, six feet under. That includes Jack and Krista. Rhiannon says fight. Destroy the Angels. Jack says hide. But there's a complicating factor.Claire. Who may be an Avenging Angel. To save her Jack abandons his lifelong principles of law and order and teams up with Rhiannon. They realise that their chances of beating the cult stink but the odds of survival if they don't are zero.
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    Stepbrother First Time: Welcome Home, Baby: A Stepbrother Romance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 43min, (USK 18)
    Innocent Allie's been saving herself for the right guy. The problem is, the right guy just happens to be her sexy, older stepbrother, Kit. Kit is funny, sweet, hot, has a panty-melting English accent - and he's completely off-limits. When everyone else abandons Allie on moving day, Kit is there to pick up the boxes - and the pieces of her heart. Deep down, she knows she wants her first time to be with her stepbrother, and when things finally go too far, neither of them can stop their overwhelming, unprotected need to be together. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Veronica Parker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/076238/bk_acx0_076238_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dhellia: The Dhellia Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 211min
    I'm Dhellia Hunt, princess of the underworld. Daughter of Lucifer and Adana. This is my story. Being princess of the underworld has its perks, but being imprisoned for all eternity with undesirable duties cast upon her is not one of them. When Dhellia runs away from home, she never expects her father, Lucifer, to become her brutal enemy. Little does she know that when she abandons her birthright to the underworld, it comes at a heavy price. Fighting for her life and on the run, Dhellia must discover powers she never knew she had to survive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kerri McCann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/054209/bk_acx0_054209_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Violated by Monsters: The Bunnyman Trick , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 25min, (USK 18)
    Kathy had big dreams of becoming a world famous magician but, after her first big show is a massive disaster, she abandons the world of magic for more practical pursuits. It's not until Kathy discovers a mysterious magic shop and an old pair of top hats, that her interest is once again piqued. Now armed with the trick of a lifetime, Kathy must face off with the monstrous, and horny, bunnymen from beyond...all culminating in a magical bunnyman gangbang! This is a filthy short story. It includes rough sex, gangbangs, double penetration, cream pies, monster sex, and horny bunnymen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hannah Wilde. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/042923/bk_acx0_042923_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rehoboth: The Keepers of the Ring Series, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 846min
    A brother and sister search for each other after being separated by an Indian prince and his war. Gifted novelist Angela Elwell Hunt continues her exciting American historical Keepers of the Ring series. In book four, Rehoboth, Daniel Bailie takes his children, Mojag and Aiyana, to minister to the praying Indians. Mojag, however, abandons his father's ministry, feeling that he's been led to serve the heathen Indians, who are on the brink of war with the colonists. Travel back to an amazing period in America's past and experience the people and ideas that shaped the founding of our nation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tiffany Halla Colonna. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/076196/bk_acx0_076196_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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