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In a kingdom where fire is the ultimate symbol of power, Ember, a young dragon, is different. Unlike his fellow dragons who can breathe mighty flames, Ember cannot. For years, he’s struggled with self-doubt, feeling as though he’ll never truly fit in. But when a massive firestorm threatens the Dragon Kingdom, Ember discovers something within himself that none of the fire-breathing dragons have—the ability to control temperature. Ember’s journey of self-discovery begins as he learns that strength doesn’t come from conforming to others, but from embracing the power that makes you unique.

A meeting of demonic minds!Newly minted demon lord Rimuru has received word of a special assembly of all ten demon lords known as the Walpurgis Council. It just so happens that the topic of this particular meeting is how to best punish Rimuru for assuming his new title without their permission...

You know the feeling. You have the idea. You have the skills. You have the ambition. But you’re still waiting — for more data, more certainty, the “perfect” moment that never arrives. Meanwhile years slip by and someone less prepared launches, iterates, and wins. THE CERTAINTY TRAP is the wake-up call and operating manual you’ve been waiting for. Kyle Mayers, author of the bestseller The Anchor, exposes the hidden addiction that keeps smart, driven people stuck: the craving for 100% certainty in a world that only gives you 70% at best.

Who we are is not always who we must be to survive. In 1898, Big Henry Stevens leads hundreds of African-American coal miners and their families from Alabama to Illinois. When they arrive, the miners learn the mine owners lied to them. Instead of good pay for honest work, they were strikebreakers crossing picket lines. With no money and nowhere to go, they were stuck. Meanwhile, the fledgling United Mine Workers of America was prepared to do whatever was necessary to stop the unsuspecting miners—including murder. Sundown Town is based on the true story of the resultant war between these ...

A sequel to 13 Steps for Charlie Birger, Bootlegger Heaven tells the incredible story of the bloody southern Illinois region known as Little Egypt from the 1920s through the 1940s. This novel is so closely based on historic evidence, the actual events are listed in the back of the book.

Charlie Birger’s legend might have begun the day the sheriff allowed him to keep his Tommy gun in the jail cell with him. Or it might have begun the year he teamed up with the notorious Shelton Gang to fight a bloody war against Glenn Young and his 3,000 Ku Klux Klan members.Others might say it was how he lived his life, or, more importantly, how he ultimately died. No matter the reasons for Charlie’s fame, everyone agrees he left behind a trail of gruesome corpses. This novel is based on the incredible true story of the Shelton and Birger Gangs who built bootlegging empires that ...

Planet Scion is a world where children, called begotten, are bred in test tubes, raised in institutions until they turn twenty years old, and then released into society to pursue a self-indulgent lifestyle. Dar-ak and thousands of his fellow begotten never make it to that golden age. They find themselves placed in individual space pods and rocketed from their planet. Four years later, the teenagers from outer space arrive on Earth, alone but for the mysterious givers that lurk in the innermost regions of their brains. But are the givers friend or foe?

Mukohda was brought to another world from modern Japan by falling victim to a “Hero Summoning.” Though he managed to conquer a dungeon along with his three familiars, Fel, Sui, and Dora-chan, in the end they just went back to enjoying their carefree trip. After ordeals like suffering the envious gazes of new adventurers, and destroying an orc settlement, Mukohda finally arrives at the seaside town of Berléand. Now that they’ve come to the ocean, there is but one thing to do—fully enjoy their longtime goal, the bounty of the sea!!

When Claire Shaw wakes in a Seattle hospital, she remembers nothing of what has happened to her. She doesn't recognize the concerned faces of her husband and friends. She knows only that she is lucky to be alive, the single surviving victim of a vicious serial killer. She was a mistake—not like the others. She didn't understand. That was obvious now. But she would come to understand. Next time, there would be no escape—and her eyes would fill with that perfect, beautiful terror....

The immense ark-ship Odyssey and its ten thousand hibernating settlers have left behind a dying Earth—journeying for fifty years to the nearest star and its lone habitable planet, Proxima-b. This new home for humanity is perpetually bombarded by deadly solar flares on its dayside, while the icy wasteland on its opposite hemisphere freezes in endless darkness. When the battered Odyssey arrives, its crew discovers the automated radiation shield has failed. Something appears to have damaged or perhaps even sabotaged their technology on a world where humans have yet to set foot.

Every December, the internet explodes with bold claims that Christmas is nothing more than a remix of ancient pagan festivals. Saturnalia, Sol Invictus, Yule, Mithras, Horus — you’ve heard the accusations. “Jesus is just a copycat.” “Christians stole December 25 from the pagans.” “The Christmas tree is pagan.”

Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving Turtle embarks on a seemingly hopeless mission seeking justice for the family he lost. From legendary TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, get ready for the final story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles three decades in the making!

A gutsy glob in crisis!News of the demon lord Clayman’s defeat by Rimuru shakes the Holy Empire of Lubelius to its core—especially since the chief knight of the nation’s Imperial Guard and captain of the Crusader forces, Hinata Sakaguchi, launched a bold attack on Rimuru not long ago...

With another dungeon behind them, Mukohda and party (and Elrand for some reason) take a well deserved rest to collect themselves before hitting the road again. And now, with many more levels, Mukohda has earned another new Tenant. But Mukohda doesn’t have time to sit back and enjoy it, nor to nurse his freshly wounded heart—they’re on the clock to ditch Elrand back in Dolan!

Gus and Georgette Winkler’s love story begins and ends on St. Valentine’s Day, but it’s the one in Chicago on February 14, 1929, that haunts them for the remainder of their lives. Gus and his friends participate in many of the most notorious crimes and murders of the 1920s and 30s and eventually are responsible for bringing down famous gangsters like Verne Miller, Machine Gun Kelly, and the Barker-Karpis Gang. This fact-based love story comes to us from Georgette’s memoir of the exploits of Al Capone’s hitmen, whom he called his “American Boys.” After fifty years, ...

Frank Herbert's Dune is one of the grandest epics in the annals of imaginative literature. Now Herbert's son, Brian, working with Kevin J. Anderson and using Frank Herbert's own notes, reveals a pivotal epoch in the history of the Dune universe: the Butlerian Jihad, the war that was fought ten thousand years before the events of Dune - the war in which humans wrested their freedom from "thinking machines."

Kevin Federline: dancer, father, accidental pop culture icon. His star rose electrifying stages alongside Pink, Destiny’s Child, Aaliyah, and more. But it was his turbulent marriage to pop superstar Britney Spears that made him a household name and triggered a relentless media storm, reducing him to a caricature in a world that barely knew him.

Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old - when in actuality, he’s twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer. Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he’s hounded Atticus for centuries....

The Spoken History of a Global Language

Why do you love the way you do—and why does love sometimes go wrong? Every relationship is shaped by something we rarely see: attachment. It’s the invisible wiring that forms in childhood and quietly shapes how we connect, fight, pull away, and come back. In Love Styles, pastor and author Kevin A. Thompson shows how this hidden pattern explains so much of what we experience in life, love, and faith, and how it traces all the way back to Genesis 3. When sin entered the world, fear and shame replaced safety and connection. We’ve been struggling to love securely ever since. But the good ...