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In the dark woods of Olive Park, in the hills above Sacramento, a California Highway Patrol officer stumbles over a gnarled branch. But it isn’t a branch. It is an arm. Reaching up from a shallow grave. And clutched in the small, desperate hand is a single quarter. So begins one of the most exhaustive investigations in California history. Yet even with their massive resources, State and Federal authorities fail to find any trace of the killer. After two long years, the case goes cold.

Cabe Calaway would sooner swallow a porcupine than tussle with Jovie St. John. Jovie is stubborn, aloof, and darn right rude to him most of the time. He knows all that about her, and he steers clear of her whenever possible. Even though owning the ranch next to his family ranch makes that hard sometimes. What he doesn’t know is why she asked him to dance at the barn raising event his brothers had held. It was totally out of character. Cabe has known Jovie all of his life, and she’s always been reserved and unapproachable, even as a child.

A brutal killer haunts the streets of Kennington, leaving dead bodies in his wake–dead bodies, gruesome murder scenes, and nursery rhymes. The media dubs him NRK, the Nursery Rhyme Killer. When NRK targets his brother, ex-military intelligence analyst Owen Day taps into the skills he developed in the Army to bring the killer to justice–before he strikes again.

Kalen McDonald knows the depravity of those responsible for his imprisonment, but he doesn’t know all the players in the entity they operate. He also knows that only the deaths of these vicious people will eliminate the kidnapping of more innocent men and women. Using the extra sense that has always been a part of his life, he is guided closer and closer to the shocking truth and those responsible. As he pursues them, he is surprised to find another killer operating close to home, and he’s even more shocked to find who this new killer is stalking.

He was a thirty-year-old bull rider. In his mind, he knew he was nearing the end of his career. But in his heart, he wasn’t ready to give it up. But we don’t always get what we want. Shortly after his thirty-first birthday, Cooper Calaway took his last ride. Suddenly forced to face a life without rodeo. Copper returned to the family ranch to heal. But even his loving family couldn’t keep him from spiraling from the pain and self-medicating. When Cooper finds a runaway horse and returns it to its owner, Lyric, a widow with two young boys, he gets a new perspective on dealing with loss.

Deputy Clementine Calaway spent her whole life trying to prove she was just as tough as her six older brothers. Becoming a deputy in the small town of Calaway Crossing was one way to do it. And it was relatively safe. She was related to half the people in a town whose crime rate was practically non-existent. She loved working with her Chief, the man who had been in charge of the department for thirty years. But an unexpected heart attack led to an early retirement for Chief Masters, and his replacement, an outsider, was a surprise to everyone.

We present ourselves and encounter others through profiles. A profile shows us not as we are seen directly but how we are perceived by a broader public. Profile-based identity is evident everywhere from pop culture to politics, marketing to morality. This book argues that the profile marks an epochal shift in our concept of identity and demonstrates why that matters. You and Your Profile blends social theory, philosophy, and cultural critique to unfold an exploration of the way we have come to experience the world.

On a small poultry farm located in Delaney, Georgia, an antigenic shift causes the H7N9 bird flu virus to jump to other species. The contagion burns through everything in its path despite the federal government’s ham-handed efforts to mask its true nature. The unprecedented mortality rate paralyzes the nation and paves the way for establishing FEMA’s martial law across the country.

American Ripper is the true story of Gerard John Schaefer, a Florida law enforcement officer who was a prolific serial killer in the late 1960s early 1970s. The decade that was thought to be filled with love, peace, and happiness became a new dark age, breeding more serial killers than any other time in US history including Charles Manson, the Zodiac Killer, the Son of Sam, John Wayne Gacy, and Ted Bundy, who was held in the same prison as Schaefer and whom he both idolized and resented for the recognition his crimes brought him, a recognition Schaefer never received.

Upon arriving at one of the work camps, Teddy Sanders takes in the razor wire, sentry towers, and chain-link fences: He’s back in the same hellhole that he has known for most of his adult life. His travel companion, Ein, a young man who has never experienced Teddy’s world of confinement, finds himself entering dangerous territory, where one wrong move could cost him his life. No longer the kind of man who looks the other way when someone is in trouble, Teddy vows to escape and take Ein with him to freedom.

Kalen’s world is turning upside down. His trusted partner, Mitchell, is in the hospital and the timing couldn’t be worse. The threat that Karina poses to his family grows by the hour as another mysterious threat emerges. Who is the man lying in a hospital bed named Max? Is he the victim of a stalker? Is he as innocent as he claims, or are there more complicated circumstances brewing under the surface?

Ten years after the deadliest pandemic in human history, the same devastating strain of influenza strikes America without warning. One man holds the key to stopping the deadly outbreak in its tracks and the governments of the world - including his own - will stop at nothing to find him.

Ashville is a town with a secret history. Ancient structures lie hidden in the woods, and strange rituals are performed to keep the dead where they belong. For gravedigger Abel Cunningham, it is also a town filled with regrets. And when Abel is tasked with an unusual burial, he discovers there are more than just corpses in the cemetery.

Among all of Hollywood's iconic leading men, arguably none proved as versatile at acting as Henry Fonda, whose career spanned six decades and earned him Academy Awards for roles in various genres. After breaking into Hollywood in 1935, Fonda quickly rose the ranks, earning an Academy Award nomination in the classic Twelve Angry Men (1940), but Fonda had the kind of staying power that most actors could only dream of.

1931. As Thomas Edison was dying, he left test tubes of what he believed would be his final breath, until it was. His intent was to leave his “last breath,” for his protégé, friend, and confidant, Henry Ford. But forty-two tubes were lost after he died. Then, year after year, one of the tubes of Edison’s breath would arrive at Ford’s Florida winter home where Ford would open it and breathe in the breath of his dead friend. He thought it brought him strength and wisdom.

Two years have passed since humankind faced extinction: Two cousins are leaving the protection of their underground bunker after a cataclysmic war and unrelenting disease ravaged the Earth. On the other side of North America, a young survivalist is leaving the seclusion of his cabin deep in the woods, traveling with his aging canine companion, Winston. For individual reasons, these men are traveling east, to where a small number of survivors have established colonies. But in the deep recesses of Haddonfield Maximum Security Prison, a wickedness emerges.

It’s kick ass time again! When the Last Brigade begins its mission of rebuilding America, they find enemies on all sides. In nearby Prescott, Arizona, a maniacal warlord proclaims himself the legitimate successor to the USA. To the east lurks the strange religious cult named the Caliphate of the Seven Prayers of the New Prophet, which kills anyone who doesn’t convert. And why is a Chinese military vehicle found to the north? In a tornado of exploding metal, Nick Angriff risks everyone and everything to save the innocents he has sworn to protect.

Americans have always loved movie stars, and there have been no shortage of Hollywood icons, but one man has long been considered the greatest male star. From the time he first became a leading man, Humphrey Bogart's screen image has resonated with viewers more than perhaps any other actor.

For 80 years, Nick Angriff and Tom Steeple have battled to make competing visions for America a reality, but no battle can last forever. Now, the future for a resurrected America is settled in one final wave of violence that might see freedom snuffed out once and for all.

Tobias didn’t mind not being the oldest. He was actually glad. He got all the advantages of being a Carmichael without all the obligations. He wasn’t a slacker by any means. But he didn’t carry around the weight of the Starlight Ranch on his shoulders. While Deacon kept everything running smoothly, Tobias was out in the trenches, so to speak. He was a working cowboy and proud of it.