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Storm of the Seven Sins

Author : Emily Colin

Publisher : Black Orchid Books

Page : 365 pages

File Size : 39,10 MB

Release : 2024-02-13

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1961469065

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In a world poisoned by revenge, love is the only salvation. Now bonded as skúma and familiar, Eva and Ari can read each other’s minds—and hearts. They’re an unbeatable warrior pair, and now that they’ve confessed their love for each other, their path forward should be clear…together. But the Executor’s disappearance has driven a wedge between them. Eva’s more determined than ever to march against the Commonwealths and put an end to the man she despises. And much as he would like to see the Executor dead, uniting the Houses comes at a price that Ari’s not willing to pay. When a strike against the Brotherhood stronghold sends the resistance into chaos, Ari and Eva find themselves on opposite sides of a deadly conflict. As Eva’s newfound powers spiral out of control, and Ari faces unexpected revelations, the rift between them widens. In a world beset by shifting loyalties and awakening magic, the two must face the possibility of a future apart if they want to survive and bring the Commonwealths down. Author's Note If Fourth Wing and Divergent had a love child, it would be this series. Can’t resist fierce girls with swords, infuriating guys with hearts of gold, a plot that twists and turns when you least expect it, and star-crossed lovers who fight to the death by each other’s sides? Then this is the series for you.



The Seven Sins

Author : Jon Land

Publisher : Macmillan + ORM

Page : 383 pages

File Size : 19,28 MB

Release : 2008-06-10

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1429925396

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A wealthy Vegas casino owner must sort through his shady past to find a threat to his empire—and the city—in this action-packed thriller. To Dream . . . To Dare . . . To Win . . . The ancient motto, inscribed in Latin on a mysterious golden medallion, recovered from the ruins of the Roman Empire, has guided Michael Tiranno to heights few men have achieved. Once an orphaned farm boy in his native Sicily, Michael made millions by mastering the intricate world of high finance. Now he is the fabulously wealthy owner of Las Vegas’s The Seven Sins, the grandest and most extravagant casino in the world. The lavish resort embodies the personal philosophy fueled by his lust for power: the greater the risk, the greater the reward. But he also has secrets, secrets that he and Naomi Burns, his driven corporate attorney and confidante, have gone to great lengths to bury. When an enemy from the past threatens to undermine everything he has built, his dark history must now be uncovered. Together, they must tear open painful scars in Michael’s heart and soul to discover the true identity of their unknown foe—before all of Las Vegas pays the price for Michael Tiranno’s realized dreams . . . The Seven Sins is a globe-spanning saga of one man’s spectacular rise from rags to riches, the sins that brought him there, and the insidious vendetta that may cost him everything. Praise for The Seven Sins “The Godfather meets the TV series Las Vegas in this collision of money and power. . . . Land’s books ooze adrenaline, but the over-the-top action is nicely supported by flesh-and-blood characters. He hits on all cylinders here. Expect fans of high-octane thrillers to be clamoring for more Tiranno the Tyrant.” —Booklist “This breathless, violent first in a new thriller series. . . . Nonstop action and a dizzying array of exotic locales make this great fun to read.” —Publishers Weekly



Seven books, Seven sins

Author : Claudio Hernández

Publisher : Babelcube Inc.

Page : 156 pages

File Size : 10,80 MB

Release : 2019-02-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1547569824

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Andres, the police inspector of the Judicial Police of the COU of Madrid, was sent to Gerona shed light the first cime, impossible to forget. A month prior, the killer had chosen the traditional way to send his manuscript. A pair of shaky hands left over the counter of the Mail the package of four hundred printed pages. It was his first novel. And six more would follow, all of them rejected by the publishers, but the seventh would be his magnum opus. Andres, a staunch smoker and working by his own rules; discovers Marta, a young hacker with a traumatic past that will help him decrypt the messages the murder leave behind with the blood of his victims. Andres and Marta are always two steps ahead of the Judicial Police of Gerona and the killer is always one step ahead of them. This unleashes a race against the cat and the mouse in an unforgettable thriller. "Im not the first nor the last" the killer always writes. They must decode the message to find him and avoid a murder.



The Snow Angel

Author : Jayne Fresina

Publisher : Twisted E-Publishing LLC

Page : 267 pages

File Size : 29,89 MB

Release : 2018-12-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0463430980

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It's Christmas 1877 and Anne Follyot— of little beauty and no fortune, but sturdy spirit and an excess of imagination— is invited to stay with her favorite aunt in Cornwall. She's all anticipation, waiting for the man chosen to escort her on this journey. According to her aunt, she met him before, many years ago, but Anne cannot remember him and she's positive that he must long-since have forgotten her. She's never been memorable. But J.P. Deverell, Esq. is now a grown man with a dangerous reputation, of which her aunt cannot possibly be aware. And Anne means to make the most of her aunt's mistake and this adventure. She considers herself a modern, independent woman, for whom a little scandal is well overdue. If she doesn't seize this chance now, she might never have another. As Charles Dickens wrote, "No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused." * * * * He's in no temper for eggnog and mistletoe; no mood to tolerate the painfully polite company of some plain spinster, in a carriage, for three days. It's probably a contrivance to get him home for Christmas. Remember Anne Follyot? He doesn't care to remember himself sixteen years ago, let alone recall the dull vicar's five year-old niece. He'd planned to spend his Yuletide working, alone and in peace. But a letter from his mother has guilted him into this act of begrudging chivalry, aided by the whispers of his best friend's mischievous ghost. "Bah, Humbug!" As Charles Dickens also wrote. * * * * But this journey will not turn out quite the way either traveler expects, for when these two opposites collide, so do ghosts of the past, the present and the future. It will be a holiday season with all the usual fare—peril, pandemonium, family quarrels, mulled wine and bodily injury. Certainly a Christmas adventure never to be forgotten this time. At least, by one of them.



White As Snow

Author : Tanith Lee

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 39,1 MB

Release : 2001-12-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780312875497

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In a dark fantasy based on the fairy tale "Snow White," Arpazia and her unwanted daughter, Coira, are lured into the woods by the elder gods, who are seeking to restore their worship in a land where a new religion threatens to transform life for everyone.



The Sign of the Seven Sins

Author : William Le Queux

Publisher :

Page : 296 pages

File Size : 12,70 MB

Release : 1900

Category : Detective and mystery stories

ISBN :

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The Gospel according to Disney

Author : Mark I. Pinsky

Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press

Page : 305 pages

File Size : 32,69 MB

Release : 2004-07-14

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1611644275

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In this follow-up to his bestselling The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family, religion journalist Mark Pinsky explores the role that the animated features of Walt Disney played on the moral and spiritual development of generations of children. Pinsky explores thirty-one of the most popular Disney films, as well as recent developments such as the 1990s boycott of Disney by the Southern Baptist Convention and the role that Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg played in the resurgance of the company since the mid-1980s.



The Seven Sins of Memory

Author : Daniel L. Schacter

Publisher : HMH

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 19,91 MB

Release : 2002-05-07

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 0547347456

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A New York Times Notable Book: A psychologist’s “gripping and thought-provoking” look at how and why our brains sometimes fail us (Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works). In this intriguing study, Harvard psychologist Daniel L. Schacter explores the memory miscues that occur in everyday life, placing them into seven categories: absent-mindedness, transience, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence. Illustrating these concepts with vivid examples—case studies, literary excerpts, experimental evidence, and accounts of highly visible news events such as the O. J. Simpson verdict, Bill Clinton’s grand jury testimony, and the search for the Oklahoma City bomber—he also delves into striking new scientific research, giving us a glimpse of the fascinating neurology of memory and offering “insight into common malfunctions of the mind” (USA Today). “Though memory failure can amount to little more than a mild annoyance, the consequences of misattribution in eyewitness testimony can be devastating, as can the consequences of suggestibility among pre-school children and among adults with ‘false memory syndrome’ . . . Drawing upon recent neuroimaging research that allows a glimpse of the brain as it learns and remembers, Schacter guides his readers on a fascinating journey of the human mind.” —Library Journal “Clear, entertaining and provocative . . . Encourages a new appreciation of the complexity and fragility of memory.” —The Seattle Times “Should be required reading for police, lawyers, psychologists, and anyone else who wants to understand how memory can go terribly wrong.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “A fascinating journey through paths of memory, its open avenues and blind alleys . . . Lucid, engaging, and enjoyable.” —Jerome Groopman, MD “Compelling in its science and its probing examination of everyday life, The Seven Sins of Memory is also a delightful book, lively and clear.” —Chicago Tribune Winner of the William James Book Award



Shadows of the Seven Sins

Author : Emily Colin

Publisher : Black Orchid Books

Page : 282 pages

File Size : 50,70 MB

Release : 2023-07-10

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1961469057

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Cordelia Navarro was born to blood and sacrifice. She was also born to love cherry puff pastries, especially the ones from Dev Adelman’s family’s bakery on the City Road… So begins the spellbinding short story collection set in the world of the award-winning Seven Sins series, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sword of the Seven Sins. In the oppressive Commonwealth, where defying the High Priests and the vicious Bellatorum warriors means execution or exile, people live and die by the Seven Deadly Sins. In the world beyond the Commonwealth’s borders, an ancient species fights for the right to survive. In one society, love is punishable by death. In the other, royal blood dictates marriage. In both, no laws can govern the heart. Enter the thrilling world of the Seven Sins in these interconnected short stories. Two childhood friends, one shape-shifting royalty and one a baker’s son, secretly fall in love. When his family suffers a horrible tragedy, he convinces her to use her influence to go to war. But is he acting out of love, or revenge? When a teen in the Commonwealth spies his best friend, Ari, kissing a girl, he knows the punishment for Ari is death. In that moment, he realizes something else: he is in love with Ari. When a band of bellators passes nearby, Gentian risks his own life to keep Ari’s secret. But can he protect the lovers from certain death? A boy the Commonwealth’s bellators have always underestimated uses his unique knowledge to aid the rebellion—and changes the course of history. In the pages of this gripping collection, dive deeper into the stories of your favorite characters from the Seven Sins series and meet new ones. Discover dark secrets they've been hiding. And witness the courage of rebels who risk their lives again and again for love, justice, and freedom. Praise for the Seven Sins Series WINNER of the 2021 North Carolina Indie Author Award in Young Adult Fiction WINNER of the Gold IPPY Award in Young Adult Fiction FINALIST for the 2020 & 2021 Foreword INDIES Award in Young Adult Fiction SHORTLISTED for The Manly Wade Wellman Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy WINNER of the 2022 Gold Moonbeam Award for Best Book Series “I couldn’t stop reading. This is the best book I’ve read in a long time.” —Michelle MacQueen, author of We Thought We Were Invincible, for YA Books Central “Powerful, hopeful, sexy, and unsettling.” —Heidi Ayarbe, award-winning author of Freeze Frame “Sizzling hot and exploding with tension.”—Lisa Amowitz, award-winning author of Breaking Glass “An absolutely mind-blowing, spine-tingling, action-packed extravaganza…an electrifying, imaginative, phenomenally well-written book.” —Emerald Book Reviews With the propulsive action and addictive romance of Shatter Me, the high-stakes twists-and-turns of The Hunger Games, and the fantastical world-building of From Blood and Ash, the award-winning, slow-burn, romantic dystopian fantasy Seven Sins series will pull you in, break your heart, and never let you go.



The Seven Sins of Wall Street

Author : Bob Ivry

Publisher : Public Affairs

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 23,49 MB

Release : 2014-03-11

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1610393651

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We all know that the financial crisis of 2008 came dangerously close to pushing the United States and the world into a depression rivaling that of the 1930s. But what is astonishing—and should make us not just afraid but very afraid—are the shenanigans of the biggest banks since the crisis. Bob Ivry passionately, eloquently, and convincingly details the operatic ineptitude of America's best-compensated executives and the ways the government kowtows to what it mistakenly imagines is their competence and success. Ivry shows that the only thing that has changed since the meltdown is how too-big-to-fail banks and their fellow travelers in Washington have nudged us ever closer to an even bigger economic calamity. Informed by deep reporting from New York, Washington, and the heartland, The Seven Sins of Wall Street, like no other book, shows how we’re all affected by the financial industry’s inhumanity. The transgressions of “Wall Street titans” and “masters of the universe” are paid for by real people. In fierce, plain English, Ivry indicts a financial industry that continues to work for the few at the expense of the rest of us. Problems that financiers deemed too complicated to be understood by ordinary folks are shown by Ivry to be financial legerdemain—a smokescreen of complexity and jargon that hide the bankers’ nefarious activities. The Seven Sins of Wall Street is irreverent and timely, an infuriating black comedy. The Great Depression of the 1930s moved the American political system to real reform that kept the finance industry in check. With millions so deeply affected since the crisis of 2008, you’ll finish this book asking yourself how it is that so many of the nation’s leading financial institutions remain such exasperating problem children.