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When it comes to motley crews, the Blackout has most starships beat. But as a ruthless force swarms over the quadrant, crushing and enslaving all civilizations in its path, it falls to this unlikely band of non-heroes to turn the tide. If they don't kill each other first. Eclipse, the fifth book in the Blackout series, is old-fashioned space opera at its best, perfect for fans of action-packed drama and fun! Note: The Blackout series is an homage to thrilling pulp sci-fi of yesteryear. If you're interested in hard science fiction look elsewhere. But if you're looking for action-packed ...

You’ve got bills to pay, student debt to crawl out from, and maybe, you wake up in the morning feeling like you’re serving a life sentence. You’ve got a full-time job that sucks away your will to live and leaves you with no energy left other than what’s necessary to binge-watch Netflix at the end of the day.

Kennedy’s Horror Collection series continues with Book 15. Once again, he has collected stories from authors from all over the world, and this time, they have been selected specifically from the LGBTQIA+ community. As always, only the best made the cut, and have been gathered here for your listening pleasure. Sit back, relax, and get ready for some of the best scary stories you will listen to this year.

Who Do Deacons Need to Be? What Do Deacons Need to Know? What Do Deacons Need to Do? These three questions form the basis for Exemplars: Deacons as Servant and Spiritual Leaders. They are designed to encourage robust conversation within diaconates as well as between deacons, clergy, and other laity. All of us grow spiritually as we listen and speak to one another with open minds and loving hearts. For deacons to reach their full potential as spiritual leaders, thoughtful and prayerful conversation must happen. This workbook was born from years of pastoral experience and a growing conviction...

15 Social Practices of Saying the Right Thing in Any Situation is your ultimate guide to becoming a pleasantries pro, with practical strategies that help you establish genuine connections and leave people with a positive, lasting impression. You’ll also find a range of simple ways to start, maintain, and exit conversations gracefully, listen actively, and keep others interested and engaged.

In the dead of night, this powerful, sexy fae steals me away to this dark and mystical place where he claims I belong to him, but he isn’t the only one. Two other dark and handsome suitors also want to make me theirs. They say I’m in danger, that only they can save me. For I am the key to something important—something I don’t yet understand. Despite how my body responds to theirs, I fear these brutal lands and that these cruel fae princes might drag me into their madness—and I’ll never escape.

The 40 days of fasting before Christmas are meant to prepare us for the Feast of the Nativity, but the busyness of the secular celebration can interfere with our best efforts to center our hearts on Christ. Behold a Great Light is a daily devotional, designed to help listeners contemplate the mysteries of the Incarnation, from the beginning of the Nativity fast on November 15, through Christmas and Theophany, ending with the Synaxis of St. John the Baptist on January 7.

Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman have investigated every episode of Veronica Mars. Find @VMIpod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook; the show’s official home is VMIpod.com. FYI: there were spoilers for the episode being discussed, but not for events that happen later in the series.

In the book How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan traces the eventful history of psychedelics, from Hofmann’s first encounter with LSD to the first surge of research into the field to the widespread abuse and misuse followed by a federal government ban and the recent resurrection of psychedelic research. This book contains a comprehensive, well-detailed summary and key takeaways of the original book by Michael Pollan. It summarizes the book in detail to help people effectively understand, articulate, and imbibe the original work by Pollan.

Young Linguists lets kids learn essential language skills fast. That means short lessons to help kids stay engaged, and daily repetition to reinforce learning. We also narrow down vocabulary to the most-used words and phrases so that you are learning what you can apply. These books also included detailed sections on English on effective strategies for learning new languages and ideas to carry on learning and applying what you know once the course is complete. In addition, there are complete review sections for learning, comprehension, and speaking repetition.

Locked On Sharks podcast is the daily podcast that drops the puck and keeps you ahead of the game and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for the San Jose Sharks and the National Hockey League. Hosted by JD Young, a contributor at San Jose Hockey Now and Fear the Fin, the Locked On Sharks podcast provides your daily Sharks fix with expert opinions, local analysis, draft profiles, player interviews, and coverage of all aspects of the Sharks franchise. The Locked On Sharks podcast takes you beyond the ice for the inside scoops on the biggest stories from within the ...

I thought I was inheriting a life of glitz and glamour, but all I got was a castle that even a reality television show wouldn't touch. After inheriting Darkmoor Manor, I was ready to start my new life living in a castle. Instead, what I found inside my new home was a world full of chaos and things that make even grown men cry.

James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prize-winning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things "brown" in this powerful new collection. Divided into "Home Recordings" and "Field Recordings", Brown speaks to the way personal experience is shaped by culture, while culture is forever affected by the personal, recalling a black Kansas boyhood to comment on our times.

A professional tiger hunter, a warlord’s army, and a beautiful woman seeking her lost archeologist husband all collide in the rainforest of Sumatra and come face to face with the as yet undiscovered Gigantopithecus blackii, the creature that will come to be known as Bigfoot. The discovery turns into a massacre that throws all involved into an epic battle for survival and the hope of escape from one of the most inhospitable places on earth.

A searing, on-the-ground examination of the collapsing coal industry - and the communities left behind - in the midst of an economic and environmental crisis. The past few years have highlighted the paradox at the heart of coal country. Despite fueling a century of American progress, the people at the heart of coal country are being left behind, suffering from unemployment, the opioid epidemic, and environmental crises often at greater rates than anywhere else in the country. But what if Appalachia’s troubles are just a taste of what the future holds for all of us?

When Se-oh, a recluse still living with her father, returns from an errand to find their house in flames, wrecked by a gas explosion, she is forced back into the world she had tried to escape. The detective investigating the incident tells her that her father caused the explosion to kill himself because of overwhelming debt she knew nothing about, but Se-oh suspects foul play by an aggressive debt collector and sets out on her own investigation, seeking vengeance.

The ongoing adventures of the Marathon, a gunship with a crew long on exotic creatures and short on common sense. They (almost) always get the job done. Eventually. Lost is the seventh book in the Marathon series, an action-packed carnival ride of a space opera that will leave you breathless.

Life is unfair. Bad things happen to good people. Not all dreams come true. We lose people. We fail people. And when we encounter the inevitable struggles of life, we may be tempted to ask God Why me? as we try to reconcile our pain with God's promises. But a far more helpful and life-enriching question for us to ask God is What are you trying to teach me in this? Tackling ten common struggles, such as isolation, fear, rejection, failure, insecurity, temptation, and more, Landra Young Hughes shows you how to have peace even when life doesn't make sense.

The ongoing adventures of the Marathon, a gunship with a crew long on exotic creatures and short on common sense. They (almost) always get the job done. Eventually. Lost Star is the fourth book in the Marathon series, an action-packed carnival ride of a space opera that will leave you breathless.

Robert O. Young, Ph.D., D.Sc., ND is a world-renowned published scientist, microbiologist, nutritionist, and naturopathic practitioner. He speaks to audiences around the world on health, wellness, nutrition, fitness and the alkaline lifestyle and diet in the prevention and reversal of all sickness and disease. His foundational theory, called the New Biology suggests that the human body is alkaline by design and acidic by function. That there is only one sickness, one disease, one treatment and one health and one fitness. The one sickness and one disease is the over-acidification of the ...