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Spencer Nixon has spent his whole life pursuing justice, starting with becoming a Navy SEAL in the aftermath of 9/11. So when a teammate is killed by a mysterious sniper - and his team is blamed - he'll do whatever it takes to clear his name and make those responsible pay. With their only lead missing, Spencer persuades their prime suspect's daughter to hire him as her bodyguard.

I hadn’t seen Bronson Maxwell since a near-fatal car accident sent our college relationship and our lives on a detour. My new life was fine, according to my plan, until Bronson returned to town to take over the family company. After a run-in, he wanted to talk about the past. No thank you. While my family and my roommates believed this was a second chance romance waiting to happen, I was happy giving Fate the finger.

Grab your wooden ice axe and coarse nylon ropes, because you're about to embark on a 1960s-style mountain climbing adventure - and there's sure to be plenty of fun, fear, and excitement along the way.

Looking back, Tara Carter wonders if what followed her first kiss was a warning of things to come. At the young age of 10, her heart broke when her best friend, Trey, moved 1,500 miles away. Crossing paths five years later, the two teens exchange beautiful letters that cement their love. They embark on an idealized relationship, despite trauma and heartbreak on both sides, only to be forced apart shortly after.

Life got you down? Feeling tired, stressed and overwhelmed? Finding your purpose, mission, or life goal is no easy task. In fact, it can be extremely challenging. It's time to stop making excuses and start taking action. You were put on this earth to reach your highest potential, to fulfill your purpose, and to do it without fear. Only by discovering the real you can you truly live a life of achievement and abundance. The time for change is now!

Since the late 1800s, global average temperature has increased by 2.1°F (1.2°C). Over the last 100 years, the global sea level has risen by about 8 in (20 cm). Do you find it hard to translate climate change figures like these to the real world? The statistics and science are always in the news, but unless your life and livelihood are affected, it’s difficult to truly appreciate the significant impact behind the numbers.

Dean "DeBaz" Bazner is a professional surfer, private about his past and quiet about his future. Like any famous professional athlete, he's got the talent and sponsors, but he hasn't clinched a World Title since his rookie year. Now in his thirties, with a career clock ticking, he's pushing his limits to get to number one again.

Life must move on. For residents of Lincolnshire, it moves on painfully, without thousands of the people that helped protect and keep it safe. For the Omega Syndicate, it moves forward by destroying entire cities in a new and terrifying way. For Michael Washignton, Sr., it moves forward without his wife and son. Is the town super enough to handle saving itself - and now the world - without Michael?

I admitted the book boyfriends by the dozen in my Cat’s Cradle bookstore had taken precedence over dating in real-life. I wanted the real thing, an everlasting true love, a man holding me nightly, but the journey to finding that guy wasn’t so easy. I’d kissed a few frogs along the way, and maybe my quirky sense of style chased a few away. One thing was for sure, the heroines in my romance novels made this falling in love thing seem easier than this.

Discover path. Because a calm mind is our best mind. In this coming-of-age story, a boy who has lost everything walks into the Californian mountains for the very last time. He meets an extraordinary girl with a unique guide to living. She agrees to help him, but first he must overcome many challenges and find answers to some big questions. All of these questions and more are answered in this simple story about finding love and happiness.

Did you know that a hippogriff is supposedly the offspring of a horse and a griffin? Or that a Greek sphinx generally has a male face, whereas an Egyptian one has a female visage? Where does the skunk ape roam, and how can you spot a kitsune in human form? Is Slenderman the most frightening mythical creature, or is that honor bestowed on the fearsome gashadokuro? This fantastic book introduces the listener to more than 100 mythical beasts and legendary creatures.

Joe is a small-town Oregon guy. He's madly in love with LynniE - who has a huge crush on David Bowie. Joe will do almost anything to get Lynnie's attention, but there are always consequences.

Aside from being the only kid at Super camp who isn't super, Michael's discovered a plot to destroy him, and his mother has finally had enough. She's divorcing his father. As if this wasn't just freaking super enough, his not-exactly girlfriend Charlotte has started seeing some Asian kid named Brian. Seriously, you survive one attempt to destroy the town.... isn't one enough?

Michael is just an ordinary, average, normal, everyday middle schooler in the perfect town of Lincolnshire, a town that happens to have more superheroes per square mile than anywhere else on the planet. What could possibly go wrong, surrounded by so many people capable of destroying the town with a snap of their fingers?

Sent by the mage Brekan, Keilah, outlawed Princess of Carrum Bahl travels back in time to seek out Radin Hawk, the reincarnation of an ancient warrior king. She is not prepared for the strong feelings she has for him or the feeling of familiarity. Radin is always game for a good fight, but when the battle risks the woman who reminds him of his lost love, he is not sure the price is worth it.

In these five stories that span genres from hard science fiction to alternate-historical fantasy to gruesome body horror, Simon Shadows shows what happens when humans come up against things outside of their ability to understand, and offers a vision of what can happen when we allow ourselves to let go of our certainty, for better or worse.

A Cold War thriller, set in the early 1970s, unfolds high in the Himalayas, as a young Air Force officer, Bradford Lehman, is hand-picked for a special technical espionage mission sponsored by the United States and British intelligence agencies. A desperate, deadly clash between western and Soviet spies ensues on the slopes of Dhaulagiri, the seventh-highest mountain in the world. Climb. Fight. Survive - maybe.

Bradford Lehman is only 18 when he is handpicked by US government intelligence to spearhead an incredibly dangerous mission on the unforgiving terrain of Washington's Mt. Rainier. It is suspected that Soviet military agents are prepared to position a portable nuclear bomb on top of the mountain in a statement of Cold War dominance. As a guide for the Rainier Guide Service, Lehman is a perfect candidate to lead a team of four in search of the hidden weapon.

A financial crisis. A fractious family. A mysterious box falls into the middle of it - straight from the sky onto Ċensa. Now she’s got horrible headaches, and it’s not just from the blow to the head. The box might be very valuable, it might be a historical treasure - and definitely, everyone wants it! While the family home crumbles, relationships are strained by robbery, spiritual misfortune, and revenge; and she can’t stand to even think about the complications with her boyfriend.

It’s been months since the attempted coup on the emperor. As commander of the Emperor’s Guard, the events remain fresh in Asgall’s mind. He and other faithful members of the guard were victorious against the mutiny, but Asgall was forced to take lives, some of them close friends of his. Asgall hoped all of the defectors, also known as the Resurrected, had been chased from Southwallow, but when one of them attacks a civilian inside the city’s walls, he realizes that the group isn’t content living a secluded life.