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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This is the official OpenStax Organizational Behavior audiobook, produced by Audileo, a valued OpenStax Technology Partner. This OpenStax resource aligns to introductory courses in Organizational Behavior. The text presents the theory, concepts, and...

Manga-loving gamer Ethan Graham is a frustrated Boston-area tax consultant toiling away at a mind-numbing nine-to-five grind of a job, wondering when he'll ever have control over his own life. If not in this world, maybe the next? Then, after a tragic accident, Ethan suddenly finds himself reincarnated in the land of Argwyll...as a hat. A hat that can possess creatures and steal their skills. Not too shabby—why evolve just one monster when you can upgrade skills from them all?

Another message, the single word “Grun” sends Jack Coughlin, Collin, and Danny back to The Hidden Moon and a fight for their lives! Jack Coughlin’s magical stone from Anron sends another Morse Code message. This time Grun, the name of the evil creature they all thought was gone. Jack, his brother, Collin, and their friend, Danny, return to outer space to help their Anronite friends, Karna and Nidar. Grun, the enemy of the People of Light, is very much alive and is determined to rule The Hidden Moon for his own.

Everyone moves across the sea. But now they face serious problems in their new homes. When golden dragon Arak meets the fierce sunset dragons, he wonders if they could ever be friends. Gildar just wants to fly. He is a sunset dragon, after all. But he's blind, and now he faces new challenges. Deadly storms strike without warning. The sea falls silent as schools of fish mysteriously disappear. Scree, Arak's octopus friend, meets a rare megalodon shark that could be the last. Packs of ferocious Dwire attack the dragons.

“You’re invited to the wedding of the summer. We hope you can join us. Mia, it’s a pity you don’t have a date.” After receiving that rude invite from my childhood crush Rex, I did something wildly unhinged. I suggested to my best friend, Luke (Rex’s brother), that we should go to the wedding together and pretend we’d been secretly dating for a year. The rules were simple: Pretend we were soulmates, written in the stars. No crossing physical lines (I was dumb). Break up immediately after the wedding. As you can guess, the plan derailed as soon as Luke arrived back in town.

This is the third issue of the classic science fiction Astounding Magazine. It contains the opening chapters of a 4 part serialized novel by Ray Cummings, and stories by the prolific Capt. S. P. Meek, Will Smith and R. J. Robbins, Sewell Peaslee Wright and A. T. Locke. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd)

A small collection of short stories for children, written by the Catholic Jesuit priest, Fr. Finn. Some of his most well known characters make an appearance - Tom Playfair and Claude Lightfoot. (Summary by Maria Therese)

A secret call for help sends Jack Coughlin, Collin, and Danny back to The Hidden Moon to save their new friends! The Hidden Moon adventures continue when twelve-year-old Jack Coughlin awakens to find the stone on his bedroom dresser glowing green. It’s not just any stone; it’s a special stone given to him when he, his younger brother, Collin, and their friend, Danny, magically visited Anron, The Hidden Moon.The stone is flashing a signal: S-O-S in Morse Code. It can only mean one thing: their new Anronite friends, Karna and Nidar, need their help.

Just because he's a gorgeous billionaire with sexy blue eyes doesn't mean I want anything to do with him… Jack Heathcliff is a storm of trouble in my life… My ex's older brother. The one who encouraged him to dump me. To tell a little secret. He was my first crush, but now he's my sworn...

Dive into three of the most gripping cases from J.S. Fletcher, a master of the detective novel. Known for his intricate plotting, atmospheric settings, and sharp-witted investigators, Fletcher delivers a masterclass in suspense that will keep you guessing until the end. This exclusive box set brings together three pulse-pounding mysteries that define the genre.

A classic English murder mystery story, set in the legal center of London draws the reluctant attention of a journalist as he makes his way home after a long night on the job. But his newshound instincts kick in. Who is the elderly man? What was he doing at the law chambers in the middle of the night? Why had someone seen fit to strike him on the back of the head? As this convoluted tale weaves its way from London to Cornwall to Yorkshire and back to London, it will keep you guessing until the end.

Evil lurks in the hearts and minds of men and many nefarious schemes are hatched by these gangsters, mob bosses and super villains. But thankfully, equally brave, talented detectives (some of them hooded) are there to track them down and thwart their twisted plans. These six stories, along with two "true fact detective shorts" were in the magazine Hooded Detective, January 1942. Are they well written? well, no, but they are fun. Here are a few of the blurbs: "They had expected spaghetti with meat sauce for dinner, but were served instead, hot lead, with a little bit of blood on the side...." (...

Even with the best intentions, we can often get caught up in the affairs of this world and forget about God. To stay on the path to Heaven we must make, from time to time, an examination of our life's heading. This collection of essays reminds us to live for God rather than for ourselves, encourages us to rise above the concerns and cares of our daily life, and places God's existence - rather than possessions or success - as the true meaning of our lives. . . . While he was the superior of the young Jesuits at Manresa House, Roehampton, Rev. Alban Goodier wrote these essays in 1913 for the ...

This classic mystery produces its first dead body during a clandestine midnight meeting. Already nothing is what it seems... (Summary by Gesine)

“Rotten borough” is a term that goes back to the 18th century, and it used to mean a parliamentary constituency in which a few property owners, or sometimes a single one, could choose the local member of parliament. The three Reform Acts of 1832, 1857 and 1884 brought that system to an end and by the time this book begins, a rotten borough has taken on its more modern meaning of a constituency whos rules allow a handful of people to profit secretly from the borough’s finances. In one such borough a new mayor, victor by a margin of single vote, has been working on a reform program and is ...

Have you ever wanted to be a better version of yourself? Eve Dawson would do anything to be a better mother. So when a pill promises to replace sleep with hours of extra productivity every day, she takes it. Within days, Eve is renovating the house at dawn, doing yoga before breakfast, and...

A Box, a Genie, a Wish…what could go wrong? Twelve-year-old Jack Coughlin and his younger brother, Collin, find a small wooden box that’s supposed to hold magic. Instead of flying to the Space Center in Florida like Jack wants, the genie-like figure inside mistakenly sends them and a friend to outer space. On the eerie hidden moon of Anron, where things are not what they seem–boys and girls can change shape and pears hanging from trees unfold into flying dragons that carry them into battle–Jack must figure out a way to get them all home safely.

Forget what you think you know. Forget the fairy tales and lore of old. Vampires are real. And for the past seventy years, they’ve walked openly among us. They’re bigger and stronger than humans, with black eyes, horns, and powers that shouldn’t be possible. Volik is one of these vampires. Living in the small town of Hemlock Hills, he spends his days locked in his office at Stalden University. Wasting time. Waiting. Until Nix, the new journalism professor, arrives … and changes everything.

Printemps 1961. Tandis que Buckingham Palace se prépare à recevoir le président Kennedy sur fond de conquête de l'espace, la reine Elizabeth et le prince Philip attendent avec impatience leur prochaine croisière en Méditerranée, à bord du Britannia. Mais à quelques jours du départ, alors qu'ils sont dans le train royal qui les emmène à Balmoral, la dame de compagnie de la princesse Margaret voit des hommes jeter un corps nu dans un champ. La victime serait-elle Pavel Michalowski, un photographe proche de l'entourage de la princesse Margaret ?

Anchor Point, Alaska. Une ville oubliée par les cartes. Une forêt pleine de secrets. Une malédiction née dans le sang. Trente ans après un drame étouffé par le silence, Wren arrive à Anchor Point, en quête de ses origines qu'on lui a cachées. Entre hallucinations, vérités refoulées et désirs incontrôlables, elle glisse peu à peu dans une réalité déformée où les frontières entre le bien et le mal n'existent plus. Quelque chose rôde dans les bois. Quelque chose de brisé. Ou de né.