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New York Times bestselling author Joel C. Rosenberg, based in Jerusalem, skillfully and clearly explains the sometimes-encouraging, sometimes-violent, yet rapidly shifting landscape in Israel and the Arab/Muslim world. Enemies and Allies will take listeners behind closed doors in the Middle East and introduce them to the very kings and crown princes, presidents and prime ministers who are leading the change.

Recruited to follow the last signal of the mysterious Elders to a system halfway across the galaxy, Andy joins the crew of the James Bowie for another adventure into the unknown. The journey will be filled with mystery and wonder, with strange life seeded on far-flung worlds by the godlike Elders…and with danger. For the Elders didn’t leave our galaxy of their own accord. They were driven out by an implacable enemy, something beyond their understanding…and ours.

My stress levels skyrocketed after I discovered the deadly vampire who has taken over downtown is Considine Maledictus, one of the most powerful vampires alive. Now I’m even more reluctant to tangle with him, but he’s started showing up in the middle of my investigations, even if they’re outside his territory. I never know if he’s there to fight or to lend me some unexpected help. I don’t have time to ponder his weird behavior, because a group of local wizards are up to some shady practices.

In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent over three decades covering events in the Middle East and is currently a fellow at the London School of Economics, offers a major new history of the Arab-Zionist conflict from 1917 to today. Laying the historical groundwork in the final decades of the Ottoman Era, when the first Zionist settlers arrived in the Holy Land, Black draws on a wide range of sources - from declassified documents to oral histories to his own vivid on-the-ground reporting - to recreate the major milestones in the most polarizing conflict of the modern age from both sides.

A war is looming between humans and the supernatural. The murders of a wealthy Chicago family could be the match that lights the powder keg. Who killed the Jonassons? Could it be the same people who outed them as werewolves? Kat is the key to stopping an apocalypse, and she has no memory of her witchy side. With enemies on all sides, they're not sure who they can trust. Can the team persuade the ancestors to help in time? Even if they do, will it be enough to stop the prophecy from coming true?

In this compelling and helpful book pastor and author Andy Stanley wrestles with what he calls"four invaders of the heart": guilt, anger, greed, and jealousy. One or another of these caustic emotions sabotages lives on a daily basis and destroys relationships. But Stanley assures listeners that there is hope. In his trademark style - smart, engaging, and popular - he examines where these powerful forces come from and reveals effective strategies for overcoming them.

In today's workplace, managers, leaders, and HR professionals often believe they don't have the time to help employees navigate conflict. More often than not, however, it takes more time not to address conflict than to constructively intervene. But before you can successfully guide others in managing disagreements, you must be able to manage yourself - your mindset, presence, and behaviors.

I've always hated Cal. We fight constantly. Just the sight of him gets my blood boiling. Problem is, I'm best friends with his sister so it's hard to avoid him. And now we're going to the same college. He's also giving me swimming lessons, but I have no idea why. I swear he's only doing it so he can drown me.

She's my best friend's twin sister and off-limits. We grew up together, but she wanted to escape the small-town life and headed to New York City to chase her dreams. The night before she left, I found her waiting for me in my bed, telling me to give her something to come home to. I couldn't. Instead, I kicked her out of my life, instantly making us enemies. Ten years later, we ran into each other while I was in NYC on business for my ranch, and that night changed everything between us. Not just because I was determined to right my wrongs, but because she just showed up on my front door.

American democracy is being threatened, and *Rick Wilson* knows exactly who is responsible. In each episode, Rick calls out those who are the enemies of democracy and exposes their treachery- because sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members - mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists - The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age.

Born into service of the Regime, Commander Sela Tyron is about as subtle as a hammer. To hammers, any problem can look like a nail, but things aren't always that easy. When Sela is abandoned with her team on a planet full of insurrectionists, things get complicated. A daredevil rescue by her commanding officer reaps deadly consequences, forcing Sela to choose between the only life she's ever known and the fate of the man she's duty-bound to protect.

In a world where love and loss intertwine, Lady Malene finds herself at the center of a whirlwind after the untimely passing of her husband. She is taken in to live with a distant relative in London, where the city embraces her. As she steps into the dazzling ballrooms amidst the glittering gowns and flickering chandeliers, the quiet bistros, and the theater, several eligible and charming suitors vie for her attention. Before long she must decide who she will marry. Just when she thinks she knows which man to choose, something unexpected happens that throws all of it into doubt. Malene must...

She cannot hear magic. But she can see what no one else dares to touch. At Echo Academy, sound is power. Music bends reality. Frequencies forge magic. And the gifted rule. Lyra Marsh? She is broken. Born into a legendary bloodline of Resonators, she hears nothing—not a single note. To the world, she is a silent disgrace. But Lyra holds a secret: she sees magic in color and light… and something darker—frequencies no one else can detect. Frequencies that killed her father. When Lyra is reluctantly accepted into Echo Academy, she expects failure. Instead, she’s claimed by House Melodis...

Fate can hold a grudge. For fugitives of the Regime, Sela Tyron and Jon Veradin, the evidence is undeniable. Their escape into the Reaches meant a chance at a new life together without looking over their shoulders. However, in this savage, hardscrabble region, the pair quickly find themselves targeted by scheming alien gangsters and cybernetically enhanced Guild agents. What else could go wrong?

A shifter desperate to survive his beast… A starving vampire who hungers for blood... Cade is a wolf chained to darkness. Ruled by instincts he can’t control. He’s broken. Damaged. And that makes him dangerous. Now the shifter council is breathing down his neck demanding answers. Answers that could cost him his life. All he needs is one tiny female’s help to set the record straight. When he discovers she’s been turned into a vampire, he offers his protection…in exchange for her skills. Now his wolf wants her. Needs her. Won’t stop until he has her. She’s forbidden and ...

When oil and water are forced to mix, empires burn. Commander Mordane of the Traitor Legion has built his reputation on discipline, strategy, and two centuries of professional warfare. The Slaughter Priest leads the Nameless - berserkers who worship their war god through blood and fury. They are natural enemies, representing everything the other despises. But when Prince Valdric hires both companies to conquer the unconquerable mountain kingdom of Ardennia, ancient hatreds must give way to an alliance neither wants. For three hundred years, Ardennia's peaks have turned back every invasion. ...

Ivo, Jaeger, Jadeth, and Emaranthe must locate a map before the enemy does. It may lead them to the one thing that can end the war, The Crown of Gods. When they are joined by a spy seeking redemption, and a mortal seeking his destiny, the quest becomes one of life and death, love and loss, deceit and hope. Will they find the map in time? Or will they discover enemies among allies?

Ean Sangrave never thought he would have any of those things, but what a difference a year makes. Now, he's practically king of the abandoned mine on the edge of Rottwealth, surrounded by loyal creatures from the Abyss who live to carry out his every whim. Then there are his closest friends, Zin and Azalea, his only friends, always ready and willing to bring him back to reality. They want what is best for Ean but don't trust in his ability to plan for the future.

Born a bastard to a king and a formidable amazon captain, raised in the shadow of her father's throne, sixteen-year-old Astar had to claim the crown through trial by combat. She has ruled for only three months when treachery leads her into a devastating trap. Captured by former allies and the Sorceress Seluma, she finds herself chained in the Shadow Keep, a dungeon teeming with undead nightmares and eldritch abominations. There, she discovers she's not the only captive. Hathan, a broken mage apprentice with haunted eyes, has been Seluma's prisoner and experimental subject for years. Once ...