Former Lives

Marc Lewis's relationship with drugs began in a New England boarding school where, as a bullied and homesick fifteen-year-old, he made brief escapes from reality by way of cough medicine, alcohol, and marijuana. In Berkeley, California, in its hippie heyday, he found methamphetamine and LSD and heroin. He sniffed nitrous oxide in Malaysia and frequented Calcutta's opium dens. Ultimately, though, his journey took him where it takes most addicts: into a life of addiction, desperation, deception, and crime.

On the night of February 14, 2020, celebrated therapist Amie Harwick returned to her Hollywood Hills home after an evening with friends. Hours later, police found her gravely injured beneath her third-floor balcony. Inside the house were signs of a violent struggle—and evidence that the man she had once feared had waited years to reach her again. Amie had built a remarkable life from difficult beginnings. Intelligent, ambitious, and fiercely compassionate, she transformed herself from a small-town Pennsylvania girl into a respected marriage and family therapist, author, educator, and ...

THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER! Find lifechanging inspiration in this motivational book from the beloved co-host of Fox News' The Five and America's Newsroom. "Dana’s American-made wisdom is a cocktail of integrity, faith, and Western grit." —Martha MacCallum, journalist and Fox News...

The New York Times bestseller that reveals the safety, security, and survival techniques that 99% of Americans don’t know—but should When Jason Hanson joined the CIA in 2003, he never imagined that the same tactics he used as a CIA officer for counter intelligence, surveillance, and...

Addicts Are Everywhere Do you know one? Are you living with an alcoholic or addict? Is it somebody in your immediate family? Or how about another important interpersonal relationship? Have you noticed that this person you thought you knew has changed? Do you find yourself wishing you could understand, trying as best you can to bring this person back to the light--but not knowing how? Or is the only addict you see, day in and day out, the one in the mirror? Are you plagued by drug addiction, alcoholism or alcohol dependence? Have you denied it all this time? Broken and barren, struggling ...

Sentenced to 65 years in a Texas prison, Damon West once had it all. He came from a great family, in a home full of God, love, support, and opportunities to reach any goal. A natural born leader, an athlete with good looks and charm, he appeared to be the all-American kid pursuing his dreams. Underneath this facade, however, was an addict in the early stages of disease. After suffering childhood sexual abuse by a babysitter at the age of nine, Damon began putting chemicals into his body to alter the way he felt.  

From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling look at the life of the legendary former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers over a thirty-year period—as well as previously...

This program is read by the author with a forward read by Joe Navarro. The former director of the FBI's behavioral analysis division shows listeners how to use trust to achieve anything in business and in life. Robin Dreeke is a 28-year veteran of federal service, including the United States...

This program is read by the author. "A profoundly moving memoir which gripped me . . . It’s about spirituality and asceticism and silence and sisterhood, but also about how flawed human beings can abuse power and how hermetically sealed communities, which should care for and protect their...

Abby Johnson quit her job in October 2009. That simple act became a national news story because Abby was the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas who, after participating in her first actual abortion procedure, crossed the line to join the Coalition for Life.

The extraordinary story of the heroic doctor whose courage and leadership were a lifeline for thousands of Australian prisoners-of-war on the infamous Thai-Burma Railway of World War II - brilliantly told by Australia's favourite storyteller, Peter FitzSimons In September 1939, young Australian...

From the world's #1 bestselling author comes a story of revenge as a former SAS soldier is ready to settle into civilian life when he's hired to solve the mysterious death of a daughter, diving into a seedy world that a parent never expects to see their child in. Former SAS soldier David Shelley...

From cop-turned-comic Eric Tansey, a hilarious and humanizing portrait of law enforcement for fans ofWalk the Blue Line andYou Can’t Make This Stuff Up. Eric Tansey, a former Army scout and Special Operations military veteran, joined the police force with a ton of unrealistic expectations. The...

NAMED ONE OF AMAZON EDITORS' BEST BOOKS OF JULY! From the New York Times bestselling Kennedy historian and author of Jackie: Public, Private, Secret comes the other side of the story—her husband’s: JFK: Public, Private, Secret. In this definitive portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy—one of...

The powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, this is a book to help us understand the American moment and to help us better understand one another. “Rising Out of Hatred proclaims if the successor to the white...

The forecast said the storm would turn. The forecast was dead wrong. A grieving former ER nurse thought a summer road trip to a beachfront camper festival would help heal the rift between her and her teenage son. But as they arrive on the isolated coastal sands, the ocean begins to boil. When an anomalous weather system rapidly intensifies into a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane, a devastating explosion severs the only bridge to the mainland. Trapped with thousands of panicked festival-goers and a rising storm surge, the mother's medical trauma training is the only thing keeping the ...

Cora Valentine has her whole life—and a shot at the Olympics—ahead of her. But when she’s kidnapped on Halloween, her name is splashed across headlines not as an athlete but as a victim. Not even her safe return changes that, especially since no one is caught for the crime. Hounded by the public, Cora’s time as a missing girl and member of the Magnificent Eight has its consequences.

For individuals who have felt alone and overtaken by their experiences, this audiobook offers a source of hope as well as a roadmap to healing. It gives listeners hope that they can get better and that they will live a happy, fulfilling life. Anyone trying to rebuild their life after an abusive relationship is going to need "Complete Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse, Codependency, Manipulation, Gaslighting, and Sexual Abuse in Former Relationships" as a guide.

A hospice nurses unflinching look at life, death, and redemption. Death is undeniable and unavoidable. We must accept it; there is no other choice. But coming to terms with our mortality can profoundly influence how we liveand how we die. Having been a hospice nurse for decades, Penny Hawkins...

By Amazon and ECPA best-selling and award-winning author A widow and her children must outrun killers in the Ozark Mountains, finding faith, survival, and unexpected love along the way. When Rachel Kent sets out on a cross-country road trip with her two children, she never expects to walk into a nightmare. A routine stop at a new campground in the Ozarks turns deadly when they return from a hike to discover every camper brutally murdered. Desperate and alone, Rachel flees into the mountains—only to find an unlikely ally in Wesley Ward, a brooding former Army Ranger hiding from his past. ...