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2023 ILBA - Best Novel - Adventure or Drama - English - Bronze Medal A gripping novel inspired by a true story of courage, sacrifice, and the relentless pursuit of freedom. Joel is a Cuban doctor working on an international medical mission—one that promises humanitarian service but hides a darker reality. His passport has been taken. His movements are monitored. Most of his salary is seized by the government. He is trapped. Determined to reclaim his freedom, Joel makes the dangerous decision to escape with his wife, Leila. Their journey north becomes a test of endurance and faith as they ...

Trent Montgomery knew all about loyalty and responsibility. Tracking down his friend’s long-lost sister and making sure she was safe was just another job, a favor from someone he cared about. He wasn’t supposed to get attached. But when he started to fall for the woman who had been hiding from the world, things got a lot more complicated than he ever expected.

The inspiring true story of one man’s treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to the streets of Barcelona - and the path that led him home.

Two Worlds Collide Continue the epic quest inside the virtual game world of The Binding. Will Raven and Atlas reunite? Can they save Mera and Earth? Read book 2 in this action-packed sci-fi saga and dig back into the VR world of The Binding today! Grab a copy today!

Editor Mark Parsons compiled CROSSING THE PLAINS 1844-1869 from many sources for the student and teacher alike to grasp the subject that so dominated our country during those years. He has brought it together, mostly chronologically, just the way it happened, where and why. In the 1840s, our little Republic’s states were looking at the West Coast of North America as the land of plenty and ripe for expansion. We stated moving west. When gold was discovered in California in 1848, it lit a fire to a smoldering wish to expand. Using period paintings, photographs and maps, he draws the reader ...

This powerful novel from a bestselling and Pulitzer Prize winning author tells the story of a young woman's journey—both emotionally and physically—as she travels north to America. Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed...

The heart-pounding story of rowing expert Mick Dawson's most challenging feats on the open water, culminating in his greatest achievement: crossing the North Pacific Ocean in a small rowboat. Storms, fatigue, equipment failure, intense hunger, and lack of water are just a few of the challenges...

On June 10, 2006, four college friends stepped into a 29-foot rowboat as the only American competitors in the first North Atlantic Rowing Race. From the initial idea and chaotic race planning to heaving through cold ocean swells, author and lead rower Jordan Hansen takes us along as the crew heads out from New York Harbor, racing against three other teams; catches the elusive Gulf Stream current; and makes the final dramatic push for the finish line off the coast of England.

The story centers on people, drugs, and weapons smuggling and the ruthlessness of a well-entrenched criminal organization. The smugglers are mainly Native American Indians and motorcycle gang members led by a chieftain with a Navy SEAL background. The FBI steps in when two Border Patrol agents are killed by smugglers. The pursuit of the killers not only uncovers drug and gun distribution rigs in America but also unveils a major plot to supply a secret weapon to the Taliban and Al Qaida and subplots of the State Department, Canadian spy agencies, NATO, and the CIA.

Jenny Lucas swore she’d never go home again. But being told you’re dying has a way of changing things. Years after she left, she and her five-year-old daughter, Isabella, must return to her sleepy North Carolina town to face the ghosts she left behind. They welcome her in the form of her oxygen tank - toting grandmother, her stoic and distant father, and David, Isabella’s dad...who doesn’t yet know he has a daughter. As Jenny navigates the rough and unknown waters of her new reality, the unforgettable story that unfolds is a testament to the power of love.

A mysterious wooden cross appears on a hilltop, towering over the craggy Baltic Sea coastline. The body of a young man hangs from the cross, nailed by the hands and feet. Detective Johannes "Hannes" Niehaus arrives at the scene, hoping to make quick work of this grisly case and prove himself to his new partner. But this is not a simple incident of religious fanaticism. The killer's motive proves elusive, and the tracks are well covered.

An immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water ‘Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.’ Roddy Doyle ‘Remarkable. Lively … Gower writes beautifully [and] the book is profoundly popular.’ Times Literary Supplement The Turning Tide is a hymn to a sea passage of...

A story of a couple's trek through the Tongariro Alpine Crossing near lake Taupo in New Zealand. A guide for anyone interested in what the Tongariro Crossing is like as a hike or trek, and for fans of Lord of the Rings films. Tongariro mountain was featured in the Lord of the Rings movies by Peter Jackson. The Tongariro Alpine Crossing is a stunning trek through various other-worldy landscapes, and is something every visitor to New Zealand's North Island should try to experience at least once. Read this to discover why this should be your number 1 experience when visiting New Zealand. Tags:...

It all started in Southport, Merseyside, a seventeen-year-old man killing three and injuring ten young girls at a Taylor Swift dance class, his weapon of choice, a kitchen knife. The murders sparked protests and riots around the country, mainly aimed at the Muslim community and the hotels housing illegal immigrants. People were beaten, properties vandalized, and as usual the boys in blue were stuck in the middle of it all. Could things get worse? Of course they could. A small group of people saw the rioting as an opportunity to escalate things to a higher level, to act against the migrants,...

When a retired spy passes away, his former handlers gather on a yacht in the Florida Keys for a private celebration of his colorful life. The Deacon, also known as Brian West, was a genius socio-psychopath who spent the Cold War working for both Canadian Intelligence and the CIA, while his fluency in Romance languages led to work in Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Central and South America. In Nighthawk: The Deacon, those closest to him recollect his experiences - from childhood to coming of age, espionage jobs to private enrichment.

In 1528, 600 Spanish conquistadors landed in the Florida panhandle to look for gold and glory. Eight years later, the expedition's four survivors stumbled out of a desert in Southern Mexico. Told in a casual tone with splashes of modern humor, History, F Yeah's Cross-Country Conquistadors is a true story of humbled conquerors and unbelievable perseverance.

Greed, desire, ambition, loss, illness, death, and the driving quest to find purpose in a meaningless world.—this literary collection tempts your palate with a multitude of themes and subjects, each more daring than the last. The characters in these 13 stories are wading through no man's land, wanting to escape, but first needing to complete their personal journeys through limbo. Opening with “Waiting for the Train,” in which a young girl and a forgotten writer contemplate suicide, and closing with “The Long Road Back”, wherein a woman uses tantric sex to heal the men in her life,...

In this deeply researched episode, we embark on a journey through the tangled narrative of Pvt. Travis King, a 23-year-old U.S. Army cavalry scout and the first U.S. military defector to North Korea since the 1960s. Fresh from a stint in a South Korean detention facility, King's unauthorised journey across one of the world's most fortified borders sent shockwaves around the globe. We'll explore the individual behind the headlines, diving into his upbringing, his initiation into the Army in January 2021, his training as a cavalry scout, and his path that led him to the unsettling choice of ...