Download or read book Dead Alert written by Bianca D' Arc and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sizzling attraction meets unstoppable adventure in Bianca D'Arc's captivating new paranormal romance. . . For Emily Parkington, the thrill of flying charter planes for Praxis Air has lately been tinged with dread. Mysterious cargo flights and a high number of fatal crashes lead Emily to suspect something sinister behind the scenes. And if her new colleague is involved, Emily won't hesitate to turn him in, in spite of Sam Archer's sexy charm and irresistibly easy confidence. Enemy or potential ally? Sam can't be sure of anything where Emily is concerned, except how much he wants her. Immune to the zombie virus created through military research, Sam is working undercover to find out if Praxis is trafficking forbidden technology. It was a potentially deadly assignment even before he found himself distracted by a woman he scarcely knows. And when a "controlled" experiment goes horribly wrong, there will be no limit to the danger they both face. . .or how far he's willing to go to save her. . . Praise for Bianca D'Arc "D'Arc delivers a creepy and pulse-pounding story of danger." -Romantic Times on Half Past Dead "D'Arc's stories are a pleasure to read." -Romantic Times

Download or read book Spoiler Alert The Hero Dies written by Michael Ausiello and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Television industry journalist Michael Ausiello tells the story of his final year with his partner of thirteen years, Kit Cowan--diagnosed with a rare and very aggressive form of neuroendocrine cancer--while revisiting the many memories that preceded it, and describes how their undeniably powerful bond carried them through all manner of difficulties, with humor always front and center of the relationship.

Download or read book Spoiler Alert written by Robb Pearlman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delayed gratification is good, but instant gratification is faster. In today’s world of short attention spans and long Netflix queues, we’re constantly jonesing for new, now, next. All of the spoilers of this succinct, informative, and amusing collection come from classic movies, shows, and books that everyone knows or needs to know. Here is the perfect book for everyone who reads the last page of a book first.

Download or read book Louisiana written by Culbertson, Manie and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisiana Culture Comes Alive! An in-depth discussion of Louisiana and the forces that have shaped it characterize Louisiana: The Land and Its People . Available from Pelican Publishing Company, the 560-page volume provides a comprehensive overview of Louisiana history, from the first Indian inhabitants through the Civil War and Reconstruction to modern times. Some 200 photographs and illustrations, including 45 maps, complement the text and encourage the reader to delve further into the background of Louisiana and its people. Ideal for classroom use (a teacher's guide is also available), Louisiana: The Land and Its People is much more than a textbook. Its detailed discussion of the factors that have molded the state provides insights into current issues and solutions. Everyone interested in understanding Louisiana both today and yesterday will benefit from reading this book. The authors, Dr. Sue Eakin and Mrs. Manie Culbertson, together have more than four decades of experience teaching Louisiana history. Dr. Eakin is a professor of history at Louisiana State University at Alexandria. Mrs. Culbertson served for 25 years with the Louisiana public school system teaching Louisiana history and social studies. Together, they bring a rich, fresh approach to analyzing the factors that have created modern Louisiana life.

Download or read book How to Know the Birds written by Ted Floyd and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this elegant narrative, celebrated naturalist Ted Floyd guides you through a year of becoming a better birder. Choosing 200 top avian species to teach key lessons, Floyd introduces a new, holistic approach to bird watching and shows how to use the tools of the 21st century to appreciate the natural world we inhabit together whether city, country or suburbs." -- From book jacket.

Download or read book Reading Revelation written by C. Marvin Pate and published by Kregel Academic. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intriguing and endlessly contentious ideas and images of apocalyptic measure come together in the book of Revelation. It is a rich and hermeneutically complicated Scripture that, unsurprisingly, has no universally accepted interpretation. Reading Revelation compares these four major approaches to Revelation by laying out the different interpretive translations provided by each school of thought in parallel columns.

Download or read book The Brief History of the Dead written by Kevin Brockmeier and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006-02-14 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Kevin Brockmeier, one of this generation's most inventive young writers, comes a striking new novel about death, life, and the mysterious place in between. The City is inhabited by those who have departed Earth but are still remembered by the living. They will reside in this afterlife until they are completely forgotten. But the City is shrinking, and the residents clearing out. Some of the holdouts, like Luka Sims, who produces the City’s only newspaper, are wondering what exactly is going on. Others, like Coleman Kinzler, believe it is the beginning of the end. Meanwhile, Laura Byrd is trapped in an Antarctic research station, her supplies are running low, her radio finds only static, and the power is failing. With little choice, Laura sets out across the ice to look for help, but time is running out. Kevin Brockmeier alternates these two storylines to create a lyrical and haunting story about love, loss and the power of memory.

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Download or read book Criminal Investigation written by Steven G. Brandl and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criminal Investigation, Fifth Edition offers a comprehensive and engaging examination of the criminal investigation process and the vital role criminal evidence plays. Written in a straightforward manner, the text focuses on the five critical areas essential to understanding criminal investigations: background and contextual issues, criminal evidence, legal procedures, evidence collection procedures, and forensic science. In the new edition of this bestseller, author Steve Brandl goes beyond a simple how-to on investigative procedures and draws from fascinating modern research, actual investigative cases, and real crime scene photos to give students practical insights into the field of criminal investigation today. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.

Download or read book Seven Deadliest Web Application Attacks written by Mike Shema and published by Syngress. This book was released on 2010-02-20 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven Deadliest Web Application Attacks highlights the vagaries of web security by discussing the seven deadliest vulnerabilities exploited by attackers. This book pinpoints the most dangerous hacks and exploits specific to web applications, laying out the anatomy of these attacks including how to make your system more secure. You will discover the best ways to defend against these vicious hacks with step-by-step instruction and learn techniques to make your computer and network impenetrable. Each chapter presents examples of different attacks conducted against web sites. The methodology behind the attack is explored, showing its potential impact. The chapter then moves on to address possible countermeasures for different aspects of the attack. The book consists of seven chapters that cover the following: the most pervasive and easily exploited vulnerabilities in web sites and web browsers; Structured Query Language (SQL) injection attacks; mistakes of server administrators that expose the web site to attack; brute force attacks; and logic attacks. The ways in which malicious software malware has been growing as a threat on the Web are also considered. This book is intended for information security professionals of all levels, as well as web application developers and recreational hackers. - Knowledge is power, find out about the most dominant attacks currently waging war on computers and networks globally - Discover the best ways to defend against these vicious attacks; step-by-step instruction shows you how - Institute countermeasures, don't be caught defenseless again, and learn techniques to make your computer and network impenetrable

Download or read book Hands On Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus written by Joel Bastos and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build Prometheus ecosystems with metric-centric visualization, alerting, and querying Key FeaturesIntegrate Prometheus with Alertmanager and Grafana for building a complete monitoring systemExplore PromQL, Prometheus' functional query language, with easy-to-follow examplesLearn how to deploy Prometheus components using Kubernetes and traditional instancesBook Description Prometheus is an open source monitoring system. It provides a modern time series database, a robust query language, several metric visualization possibilities, and a reliable alerting solution for traditional and cloud-native infrastructure. This book covers the fundamental concepts of monitoring and explores Prometheus architecture, its data model, and how metric aggregation works. Multiple test environments are included to help explore different configuration scenarios, such as the use of various exporters and integrations. You’ll delve into PromQL, supported by several examples, and then apply that knowledge to alerting and recording rules, as well as how to test them. After that, alert routing with Alertmanager and creating visualizations with Grafana is thoroughly covered. In addition, this book covers several service discovery mechanisms and even provides an example of how to create your own. Finally, you’ll learn about Prometheus federation, cross-sharding aggregation, and also long-term storage with the help of Thanos. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to implement and scale Prometheus as a full monitoring system on-premises, in cloud environments, in standalone instances, or using container orchestration with Kubernetes. What you will learnGrasp monitoring fundamentals and implement them using PrometheusDiscover how to extract metrics from common infrastructure servicesFind out how to take full advantage of PromQLDesign a highly available, resilient, and scalable Prometheus stackExplore the power of Kubernetes Prometheus OperatorUnderstand concepts such as federation and cross-shard aggregationUnlock seamless global views and long-term retention in cloud-native apps with ThanosWho this book is for If you’re a software developer, cloud administrator, site reliability engineer, DevOps enthusiast or system admin looking to set up a fail-safe monitoring and alerting system for sustaining infrastructure security and performance, this book is for you. Basic networking and infrastructure monitoring knowledge will help you understand the concepts covered in this book.

Download or read book The Jaguar Bodyguard written by Bianca D'Arc and published by Hawk Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sworn to protect his Clan, Nick Balam heads to Hollywood to keep an eye on a rising star who has seen too much for her own good. She saw a young jaguar shifter transforming and may have damning evidence that could expose them all to the world. It's up to Nick, as head of security for the Jaguar Clan to assess the situation and take care of the problem. Unexpected fame has made a circus of Sullivan Lane’s life, but when decapitated squirrels show up on her doorstep, she knows she needs professional help. Nick is able to insinuate himself into her security team. The only problem is... once he gets close to her, he realizes she might very well be his mate. And she's in danger. His mission expands to keeping her safe, catching her stalker and then figuring out what she intends to do about her newfound knowledge of shifters. And if she has proof – he’s going to have to destroy it, which could destroy any trust between them. Sparks fly and passions rise. Can he keep her safe and prevent her from revealing what she knows? Or will he have to forsake his Clan to find true happiness with a woman of rare beauty and…magic?

Download or read book Alpha Bear written by Bianca D'Arc and published by Hawk Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man with a plan… John is the Alpha bear of Grizzly Cove, a town built to his own design, made up mostly of bear shifters. He brought them all together, so it’s on him when the community comes under attack. A woman of power… Ursula is more than she appears, and when her secret comes out, she’s afraid the shifters aren’t going to take it well, but John surprises her. He needs her help to combat the evil targeting the town, but there seems to be more to their relationship. A battle to the death… When evil attacks from the ocean, can John afford not to utilize Urse’s skills to protect the town and people in it? Better still, can John reconcile his inner bear’s demand that she is his mate, with his lifelong dream of leading his people into a new way of living—in a town built just for them? Or will he have to give up Grizzly Cove in order to keep the woman he loves? The Grizzly Cove series (so far): All About the Bear Mating Dance Night Shift Alpha Bear Saving Grace​ Bearliest Catch The Bear's Healing Touch The Luck of the Shifters Badass Bear Loaded for Bear Crossroads: Bounty Hunter Bear Crossroads: Storm Bear

Download or read book Loaded for Bear written by Bianca D'Arc and published by Hawk Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman with a legacy of magic… Mellie is trying her best to come up with a way to protect the waters around Grizzly Cove from the leviathan and its minions, but it’s not easy. The ancient grimoire she’s been given holds the recipe for a potion that just might work. The only problem is that one of the ingredients is dragon’s blood. Whether that’s a euphemism or there really were dragons living at the time the spell book was written, she’s not sure, but she’s tried everything and so far, no luck. A man willing to do anything for her… Peter wants to help Mellie, even if it means calling in favors from the lands of his ancestors. When he admits knowledge of dragon shifters—something his family has kept secret for generations—he agrees to help Mellie any way he can. Even if it requires him to work all night long to help her find an answer. A love they cannot deny… Peter and Mellie are drawn together in ways they cannot resist. She is fast becoming his everything, he just wonders if she can feel the same. But when push comes to shove and a dragon tries to catch her eye, Peter proves he is more than man enough to win the lady fair and keep her heart safe forevermore. If, that is, the leviathan doesn’t succeed in killing them both first. They will confront evil together, but only the Goddess knows if their love will see them through and allow them to survive to fight another day.

Download or read book The Bear s Healing Touch written by Bianca D'Arc and published by Hawk Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sven had given up on love, but in the midst of a crisis, it showed up at his door. Sirena has been gravely injured by an evil sea monster and put into the care of Grizzly Cove’s only doctor. Sven is a retired soldier, like most of the other guys in Grizzly Cove, but he’d dedicated his life to medicine and helping the new town get on its feet. He doesn’t think he’ll ever find a mate, but he’s content to let the others settle down and find happiness, while he tends to them all… Until they send a gravely injured mermaid his way. Sirena gets under his skin. She brings out all sorts of protective instincts and desires. She infuriates him and beguiles him in equal measure, but most of all, she worries him. She’s not getting any better, despite his best efforts. He calls in magical reinforcements and the best experts he can find to try to help her, but the evil creature still has its hooks in her and it won’t let go without a fight.

Download or read book The Luck of the Shifters written by Bianca D'Arc and published by Hawk Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seamus O’Leary was abducted from his home in Australia and imprisoned for months in the Pacific Northwest. He arrived in Grizzly Cove with his spirit broken from being forced to stay in his animal form for months. Human again, and unable to shift without the crutch of alcohol, he is trying his best just to get through each day…until a chance meeting changes his life forever. Moira Kinkaid came to Grizzly Cove with a dual purpose. First, she is supposed to give the bear shifters who live there all the information her powerful Clan has collected about the sea monster known as the leviathan. Second, she’s checking the place out for her cousin, the Kinkaid Alpha. If the place is as promising as it looks, some of the Kinkaid billions might be invested in the up-and-coming town. But, when Moira stumbles across a handsome, drunken man on the beach, suddenly her mission changes to something much more personal. Drawn to each other, the two very different shifters share a highly magical Irish ancestry—and a passion unlike anything either has ever known. From the moment they meet, they are nearly inseparable. Something about their relationship seems almost inevitable, but they are both hiding things. Moira is a covert business operative and Seamus fears his inner animal is broken forever. Can these two find middle ground and healing in the safe harbor of Grizzly Cove?

Download or read book The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the Twenty first Century Second Edition written by Frank Miller and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our story begins in the squalid corridors of a maximum-security housing project, where a young girl will rise from the war-torn streets of Chicago to battle injustice in a world insane with corruption. Her fight will take her far, from the frontlines of the second American Civil War, to the cold, unforgiving reaches of space. She will be called a hero, a traitor, and nearly everything in between, but all along the way, her courage, her integrity, and her unwavering commitment to that most valuable of rights-liberty-will inspire a movement that will never surrender. A masterpiece nearly twenty years in the making, this archival volume contains the complete life story of Martha Washington, the twenty-first century freedom fighter created by comic-book megastars Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen). Collecting remastered versions of every Martha Washington story and featuring the same extensive behind-the-scenes section by Dave Gibbons and introduction by Frank Miller as the hardcover edition. • A comics masterpiece from Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons! • The complete Martha Washington: 600 pages! • Introduction by Frank Miller and extensive sketchbook by Dave Gibbons!