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Let the College Essay Guy take the stress out of writing your college admission essay. Packed with brainstorming activities, college personal statement samples, and more, this audiobook provides a clear, stress-free road map to writing your best admission essay. Writing a college admission essay doesn't have to be stressful. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (a.k.a. The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to is figure out which type is best for you.

Nick Hawke likes his car fast and his girls even faster. He blows through females quicker than his muscle car races down the "The Strip" in Collinsville and he wouldn’t have it any other way. Determined to avoid the devastation he has watched his father endure in the aftermath of his mother leaving, he believes there is no room in his life or his heart for a relationship lasting more than one night. He seeks happiness in things that won’t let him down...fast cars, adrenaline and one night stands.

Whether you’re a broke student, savvy backpacker, or digital nomad, Budget Travel Hacks shows you exactly how to score cheap flights, affordable stays, and insider deals like a pro. Packed with real-life travel tips and smart strategies, this guide helps you stretch every dollar while exploring epic destinations across Europe, Asia, South America, and beyond.

Whether you’re chasing national parks, scenic routes, or hidden gems, Road Trips Across America gives you everything you need to plan the perfect U.S. adventure. This all-in-one travel guide features expertly curated itineraries, epic drives, and must-see stops across every region—from the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountains to the Deep South, Midwest, and Northeast.

One man finds himself torn between two cultures in this sweeping tale of frontier life in post–Civil War era Texas. In the years following the American War Between the States, the once vacated military presence in west Texas is on the rise to protect the waves of settlers moving into the region. Living peaceably with the Mescalero Apache, half-breed former military scout Holton Lang promotes the tentative harmony between the US cavalry and the Native American population.

Ultimate Europe Travel Guide 2025 is your no-BS audio companion to the continent’s top destinations, secret spots, and smartest travel strategies. Whether you're planning a solo escape, backpacking trip, or luxury vacation, this audiobook is packed with practical tips and inspiring ideas to help you travel farther, cheaper, and smarter.

Ready to push your limits and live on the edge? Adventure Travel: Thrilling Destinations for the Adrenaline Junkie takes you straight into the heart-pounding world of extreme sports and epic journeys. From skydiving over the Swiss Alps to surfing monster waves in Bali, this audiobook is your all-access pass to the world’s most thrilling adventure spots.

“The Serpent King is a book you won’t be able to resist or forget. The Southern boy in me savored every syllable and the reader in me fell in love with every page.” —John Corey Whaley, National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner Dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole...

Practical, up-to-date interviews with experts in college admissions, financial aid, personal statements, test prep and more. Ethan Sawyer (aka College Essay Guy), interviews deans of admission, financial aid experts, and veterans of the admissions field to extract, then distill their advice into practical steps for students and those guiding them through the process. From creating an awesome college list to appealing a financial aid letter, Ethan skips the general advice and gets right to the action items, all in an effort to bring more ease, joy and purpose into the college admissions process...

Discover the transformative power of travel through authentic cultural immersion. If you're tired of surface-level sightseeing and craving meaningful global experiences, Cultural Immersion: Experiencing Local Life Around the Globe is your ultimate guide to connecting with people, traditions, and places on a deeper level. Packed with actionable insights, ethical travel strategies, and firsthand reflections, this book is for conscious travelers, gap year students, solo backpackers, digital nomads, educators, and global citizens alike.

Stonewall Cousins, Roger and Alistair, become lifelong friends when they meet as boys in 1954. After both discovering their homosexuality, their lives intersect against the backdrop of 20th Century gay culture, from the beachboy surfer days of the 1960's, to the Greenwich Village AIDS activism in the 1990's.

After 23 years of marriage to Zack Ronan--and after raising the widower's three kids--Chris finds himself facing an uncertain second act. Seeking refuge in North Carolina's Outer Banks, Chris has to come to terms with his own empty nest and challenge himself to move forward with a new relationship. This is a subtle depiction of the meaning of family and motherhood, and of the search for your true soul.

Gay marriage is at the forefront of America's political battles. The human story at the center of this debate is told in Double Life: A Love Story, a dual memoir by a gay male couple in a 50-plus-year relationship. With high profiles in the entertainment, advertising and art communities, the authors offer a virtual timeline of how gay relationships have gained acceptance in the last half-century.

In this intimate memoir, former Major League Baseball player Josh Hamilton reflects on his battle with addiction and the impact it had on his career—and the spiritual journey that helped him heal. Josh Hamilton was the first player chosen in the first round of the 1999 baseball draft. He was...

The co-editors of Gnosis magazine explore the many esoteric traditions that Western culture has to offer. While terms from Eastern spiritual practices such as Zen, mantra, and karma have become part of our daily lexicon, the traditions of Western spirituality have been largely unexplored by people searching for non-mainstream routes to spiritual experience. But for those who identify with Western culture, Western religious traditions have their own wisdom teachings that are more suitable to their needs and expectations.

Kahlil Gibran wrote prolifically and passionately in Arabic as well as English. First published in 1965 with nine works of poetry translated by Joseph Sheban, Mirrors of the Soul includes writings by Gibran that are as poignant today as when first written, such as “The New Frontier” and “The Sea.” These poems illuminate the dual nature of Gibran, who lived in the shadows both of New York skyscrapers and the cedars of his childhood Lebanon.

Earth is bombarded by a meteorite storm large enough to envelope the globe. Cities are devastated, satellites are knocked from the sky, and fires rage unchecked all over the world. In the midst of this apocalypse, a small country town, an Antarctic research station, and a group of stranded airline passengers struggle to survive, even as a new horror rises from the ashes.

Long before Kevin Jennings began advocating to end anti-LGBT bias in schools, he was a victim of it. In Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son, Jennings traces the roots of his activism to his elementary school days in the conservative South, where "faggot" became more familiar to him than his own name. Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son is that rare memoir that is both a riveting personal story and an inside account of a critical chapter in our recent history.

Jaw-dropping revelations and tantalizing new questions fill the pages of Volume III's action-packed chapters! In the longest Zombie Chapters installment yet, Brad and John awake to a new reality in Helena. Meanwhile, Dr. Claybourne makes a series of ever-more terrible discoveries in Conrad Memorial's small pathology lab. At Mirnyy Station, Piotr and the other survivors are caught in the grip of an intense Antarctic storm. Trapped in the Command Center, they struggle for answers - until an unexpected visitor arrives to bring clarity to their dire situation.

In 2000, Douglas A. Martin burst onto the American literary scene with his sexy debut novel, Outline of My Lover. Following up with three more books, including Branwell, a novel of the Bront brother, Martin has established himself as an acclaimed and distinctive American writer of the new century. His semi-autobiographical novel Once You Go Back is about growing up in a strained working-class household transplanted to the South.