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Russell Bricklin "Bric" Whal is the guy that every Key West local knows and every tourist wants to be. Relaxed, tanned by island sun and comfortable in his skin, he slides onto a barstool next to you at Schooner Wharf and lets you buy him a beer. Ex-Navy Seal, Key West native and full time treasure diver, Bric has been searching for a fortune in gold and silver in the Florida Keys his whole life. Today he may have found it, but not the treasure he expected.

Brody's heart races as he locks eyes with a mesmerizing woman at his local watering hole. Little does he know, she's been searching for him to unravel a centuries-old mystery. With tales of hidden treasure woven into the vibrant tapestry of Texas history, she lures him on a perilous journey into the heart of the Lone Star State. From the azure waters of the Gulf Coast to the sun-drenched vistas of the Panhandle, Brody is swept up in a quest that promises adventure, breathtaking scenery, and a chance to solve one of the Southwest's most enduring enigmas. But with each step deeper into the ...

Life Is Short - Art Is Shorter is not just the first anthology gathering both mini-essays and short-short stories. Listeners, writers, and teachers will get an anthology; a course’s worth of writing exercises; a rally for compression, concision, and velocity in an increasingly digital post-religious age; and a meditation on the brevity of human existence.

In November 1960, the Democratic party dominated Texas. The newly elected vice president, Lyndon Johnson, was a Texan. Democrats held all 30 statewide elective positions. The state legislature had 181 Democrats and no Republicans or anyone else. Then fast-forward 50 years to November 2010. Texas has not voted for a Democratic president since 1976. Every statewide elective office is held by Republicans. Representing Texas in Washington is a congressional delegation of 25 Republicans and nine Democrats.

In his bravura account of Warhol's life and work, scholar and culture critic Wayne Koestenbaum gets past the contradictions and reveals the man behind the blond wig and dark glasses. Nimbly weaving brilliant and witty analysis into an absorbing narrative, Koestenbaum makes a convincing case for Warhol as a serious artist, one whose importance goes beyond the '60s.

"The whole job of learning how to produce miracles for yourself is to convince yourself that you already have this power," says Wayne Dyer. He describes the "real magic" available in every life as the undeveloped powers existing within each of us.

Fate brought them together at a time of great tragedy for Cindy, as their world was collapsing around them. Clyde's family was scattered in various locations and needed to make their way back home. Cindy, Clyde, and his family struggle to survive in the face of adversity and violence. They show that rural America is alive and working together as has always been the case.

Wayne Dyer is one of the greatest speakers alive and a man with a very different view of money and wealth than most normal entrepreneurs. Deeply spiritual and yet hugely pragmatic in his advice and philosophy, Wayne Dyer is simply one of the most inspirational people alive today.

Carla the cupid is an excellent shot, but her chemistry is so bad that most of her matches don’t last. Her dream is to shoot a True Love pair, but until her scores improve, she’s relegated to the Puppy Love division of Aphrodite Agency. Leeta, a succubus, is looking for a True Love match. Which is highly unusual, as most succubi are aromantic. But Aphrodite Agency—her only hope—turns her away because the receptionist can’t believe she’s not just looking for an easy meal. Carla agrees to take Leeta’s case on freelance.

Manolo Vargas is a Mexican citizen recruited to work as an undercover DEA agent within the Lazcano cartel. When a hit man within the organization discovers that Manolo works for the DEA, Manolo believes he is going to be killed. He is surprised to discover that the hit man has a far different plan in mind: to work together. The hit man proposes a plan to work together with the DEA to capture the leader of the Lazcano cartel and a politician that is working with him by taking a small team to infiltrate a secret meeting that no one else knows about.

Hoodoo is an old North American folk magic—spiritual practices, traditions, and beliefs conjured by enslaved Africans to protect them. It combined Native American and European religions and practices with elements of Indigenous botanical knowledge over the years, including, of course, voodoo. Thanks to Amina Waynes with her Hoodoo for Beginners, you can discover this hidden practice and many of its spells and rituals!

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Hoodoo for Health and Success is an upgrade to the book Hoodoo for Beginners. It will teach you to use Hoodoo to bring Health and Success with 30+ ready-to-use Spells and Rituals with instructions, that will help you materialize abundance, attract luxury, attract unanticipated financial gain, and bring good fortune. These spells can be cast by both beginners and experts.

Survivors trapped in a sunken vessel find themselves hunted through the depths by a deadly adversary. A skeptical journalist discovers the sinister inhabitants of a fake haunted house are all too real. And a husband commits murder to protect his wife, only to learn he has created something even more dangerous....

If we are a people who value justice, freedom, liberty, and the United States Constitution, we must call the adherents of communism, an evil philosophy, by name and remove them from our power structure. If we fail, this great experiment in human freedom that is America will be lost.

A funny thing happened to Roger and Savanna Aldiss on the Interstate - they hit a dinosaur. But that's nothing compared to what awaits them down the road. For something is at work to reverse time itself, something which makes the clouds boil, glowing with strange lights, and ancient trees to appear out of nowhere. Something against which Roger, Savanna, a motorcycle gang, and others will make their final stand. Prehistory lives as ferocious dinosaurs run amok! Science-fiction and horror fans (and especially B-movie lovers) will enjoy this gory, action-packed thriller in the tradition of Roger Corman and George Romero.

They lost the battle. Now it's time for war. What they feared has come to pass, and now, stuck in the center of an ancient war, Sienna and Daxon set out in search of a mythical stone that's rumored to have the ability to reshape their world. The magick's want it destroyed. The non-magicks want to cleanse the realm. And as an enemy unlike any they've ever faced sets its sights on plunging the realm into never-ending darkness, our heroes are faced with the impossible task of eliminating the threat, once and for all.

Through a collection of intimate reflections (on art, punctuation, eyeglasses, color, dreams, celebrity, corpses, porn, and translation) and assignments that encourage pleasure, attentiveness, and acts of playful making, poet, artist, critic, novelist, and performer Wayne Koestenbaum enacts 26 ecstatic collisions between his mind and the world. Figure It Out is both a guidebook for, and the embodiment of, the practices of pleasure, attentiveness, art, and play.

Perhaps you've thought it might be cool to write a book but always believed it was beyond your reach and ability. It's not. To be more precise, it doesn't have to be. All you lack is the motivation to get started, the tenacity to stay with it, and the expertise to get it finished. I can help you with the first two.In this book I'll show you some of the rewards that might come your way by becoming an independent author. I also provide a few tips on how to overcome certain common stumbling blocks.

Through the guidance and tutelage of Sam Hoster's trainers and coaches, I went from blob to competitive powerlifter in just over a year. This book isn’t a memoir, but a motivational. Anyone can become stronger and healthier. All you need is guidance and a little push. That’s what we’re here for. Sam provides the guidance and I do the pushing. Kinda like in the gym.