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Career Pivot 2026: Best Military Jobs, Sales and Communication, Skilled Trade Jobs, and Self-Employment Options Other Than College is a practical, no-nonsense update to Best Careers for 2025 and Beyond, written for readers navigating a rapidly changing economy shaped by AI, automation, rising education costs, and shifting labor demand. Since the original book’s release, entire job categories have been rewritten. Some “future-proof” careers stalled. Others quietly surged. This updated edition cuts through outdated advice and focuses on what still works in 2026: transferable skills, ...

The first short story - "The Tomb of Sara" - was written by English navy officer, and writer, Frederick George Loring. It was one of the very first stories from the last century featuring a lady vampire. The feminine element represents the connection with "Luella Miller" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman. The inhabitant of a haunted house sucks life out of everyone who gets interested in her - and the atmosphere gets denser throughout the story.

Movie stars establish themselves as brands - and Taylor's brand, in its most memorable outings, repeatedly introduced a broad audience to feminist ideas. Drawing on unpublished letters and scripts as well as interviews with Kate Burton, Gore Vidal, Austin Pendleton, Kevin McCarthy, Liz Smith, and others, The Accidental Feminist will surprise Taylor and film fans with its originality and will add a startling dimension to the star's enduring mystique.

UN TUEUR QUE L’ON CROYAIT MORT… EST BIEN VIVANT. Les pires craintes de l'inspecteur David Garrick se réalisent lorsqu’une découverte macabre chez lui annonce le retour d’un tueur en série dérangé, qu’il pensait disparu à jamais. Mais ce n’est pas la fin — c’est le début d’un nouveau chapitre terrifiant qui menace tout ce qui lui est cher : sa carrière, son amour, et sa santé mentale. Alors que les sombres secrets entourant le meurtre de sa sœur refont surface, Garrick se retrouve contraint de prendre en charge une affaire qu’il n’a jamais souhaitée — ...

A short story of suspense from Agatha Award-winning author G.M. Malliet. "Think Agatha Christie meets Ian Fleming" ― Library Journal on A DEMON SUMMER When New Orleans private investigator Lizzie Guillot checks Room 202, looking for her whistleblower client Valerie Sampson, she finds only a messy, abandoned room. But Valerie soon reveals herself as a long-lost heiress who has spent years running from the dark empire built by her family. Faking her death to escape a forced marriage and the sickening legacy of her father's powerful dynasty, Amelia is tired of hiding. Her family's vast ...

They descended the courthouse steps, license in hand, and were walking along facing traffic, what there was of it. An old, white pickup was barreling toward them. The glare on the windshield obscured the driver. Danilo said, “Is Poirier coming to the wedding?” He stopped, and Danilo turned round to face him. “If he is invited, Ochoa, which I assume he is.” Danilo smiled. “I'm not sure that is....” Whatever Danilo was going to say was lost in the roar of the pickup truck which was almost upon them. It swerved onto the broad sidewalk heading straight for them. Danilo was just ...

The Arctic convoys run to the ports of Northern Russia from 1941 to 1945 combined the man-made and maritime horrors of the Battle of the Atlantic with the unforgiving ferocity of one of the most inhospitable of the world's climates. Maintaining that lifeline through the waters of the Arctic circle was essential to the development and maintenance of the Anglo-American alliance with the Soviet Union. With the massive campaign on Germany's Eastern front hanging in the balance in 1941 to 1942, the German Armed Forces deployed significant numbers of submarines, bomber and torpedo aircraft, ...

Rhys Bowen on G.M. Malliet's DEATH OF A COZY WRITER: "The traditional British cozy is alive and well. Delicious. I was hooked from the first paragraph." Now from Agatha award-winning author G.M. Malliet comes a delicious tale of a woman who will do anything to win her own freedom. It’s 1940s California, and the war has changed everything. It has also left Carol stuck in a crumbling marriage to Silas—an aging, bloated factory owner with a love for indulgence and a complete lack of self-control. While the world fights for victory abroad, Carol fights a different battle at home. She knows ...

Un assassino creduto morto… è più vivo che mai Le peggiori paure dell’ispettore capo David Garrick diventano realtà quando una scoperta agghiacciante nella sua stessa casa annuncia il ritorno di un serial killer folle che credeva sparito per sempre. Ma questa non è la fine—è solo l’inizio di un nuovo, terrificante capitolo che minaccia tutto ciò che ama: la sua carriera, il suo amore e la sua sanità mentale. Quando i segreti oscuri legati all’omicidio di sua sorella tornano a galla, Garrick è costretto a occuparsi di un caso che non avrebbe mai voluto affrontare: il ...

Embark on a thrilling fourth adventure in the best-selling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series - Danger in Dead Man's Pass, from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, as Harrison Beck investigates an ancient family curse high in the German mountains. A mysterious letter from an old friend asks...

Un cadáver congelado. Un negocio inmobiliario por el que vale la pena matar. Y un asesino que no sigue ninguna regla. El inspector jefe David Garrick pensaba que ya lo había visto todo… hasta que los cuerpos comenzaron a acumularse. En el interior de un congelador industrial aparece un cadáver con un rostro demasiado familiar. Lo que parecía un simple caso de codicia y traición pronto se convierte en algo mucho más siniestro. Garrick lucha por conciliar las noches sin dormir con un recién nacido, mientras su equipo, antaño leal, se fractura bajo el peso de la ambición personal. ...

For Corbett Griffith III, divorce and two busy parents mean goodbye city life, hello great outdoors. When his mother sends him to his uncle’s fishing resort for the summer, Corbett feels he is doomed. But that changes when he meets 11-year-old Pike, who quickly renames him Griffy and pulls him into one mischievous adventure after another. Griffy and Pike are stunned to hear that a seventy-pound monster muskie is on the loose. They resolve to catch the ferocious fish, no matter what. Think alligator. Think prehistoric beast. Think mean. Will they be able to catch the muskie and stop it ...

¿Qué harías si, justo después de firmar tu divorcio, te ves obligado a volver a vivir con tu ex… y fingir que están en proceso de reconciliación? Sofía creyó haber cerrado el capítulo más doloroso de su vida. Firmó los papeles del divorcio, se mudó a un nuevo apartamento y comenzó a reconstruirse desde cero. Pero un testamento inesperado lo cambia todo: para heredar la casa de campo de su exsuegro, deberá convivir con Mauricio, su exmarido, durante seis largos meses… y aparentar que quieren salvar su matrimonio. Lo que inicia como un absurdo acuerdo legal pronto ...

Dans "La ronde et autres faits divers", J.M.G. Le Clézio donne aux faits divers de nos journaux leur titre de noblesse, comme un défi à la bienséance littéraire. Il n'y a plus de genre mineur lorsqu'un écrivain met tout son art, toute sa sensibilité dans la contemplation amoureuse des êtres et de leur environnement.

Érase una vez un reino muy, muy lejano donde un príncipe premió a un mago por ayudar a rescatar a una joven en apuros. Encantador. Lástima que nada de esto sea verdad. En realidad, el príncipe sueña con gloria y venganza; el mago, con que sus hechizos no sean siempre un desastre y la joven en apuros, con huir de un pasado que la atormenta...y del recuerdo del hombre al que ha matado.

Locus of Authority argues that every issue facing today's colleges and universities, from stagnant degree completion rates to worrisome cost increases, is exacerbated by a century-old system of governance that desperately requires change. While prior studies have focused on boards of trustees and presidents, few have looked at the place of faculty within the governance system.

Certains crimes refusent de rester enfouis… En congé de la police du Kent, le DCI David Garrick se rend aux États-Unis, bien décidé à tourner enfin la page sur le meurtre brutal de sa sœur — une affaire liée à un club grotesque de tueurs en série. Accompagné de la journaliste Molly Meyers, Garrick découvre vite que traquer des meurtriers de l’autre côté de l’Atlantique est bien plus dangereux qu’il ne l’imaginait. Et le dernier tueur encore en vie n’a aucune intention de le laisser trouver la paix — le jeu ne fait que commencer. Alors que la frontière entre ...

Fe Invencible es un viaje transformador hacia el poder invisible que sostiene al ser humano cuando todo lo demás parece quebrarse. En un mundo dominado por la incertidumbre y la inmediatez, este libro se convierte en un refugio de esperanza y claridad. A través de relatos conmovedores, reflexiones profundas y herramientas prácticas, revela cómo la fe —más allá de credos o religiones— puede convertirse en el motor más potente para superar la adversidad, reconstruir la vida desde las ruinas y alcanzar lo que parecía inalcanzable. Esta obra no impone verdades; te invita a ...

Romantic suspense from Agatha award-winning author G.M. Malliet Accused. Betrayed. Hunted. But not broken.When twenty-seven-year-old Bernadette "Bernie" O’Hara is blindsided by false accusations of embezzlement at the prestigious firm where she works, her life shatters in a single morning. Forced to flee Washington, D.C., she finds unexpected sanctuary in her late grandmother’s rustic cabin deep in the Virginia woods. With no electricity, no neighbors, and no one she can trust, Bernie’s days are filled with solitude and survival—and the slow, quiet rediscovery of her faith. But ...

The world as Irvin knew it had blinked out of existence. Nothing of humanity had survived the cataclysmic "end of days." While the threat of complete destruction darkened the skies, Irvin struggled below. Minute by minute, he strove to come to terms with his loss of identity and feelings of isolation. His only companions and protection were from a small group of cyborgs, and his only hope was to adjust to his new reality and to wait for his family's promised return.