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The president's retreat, Camp David, is one of the safest places in the United States. So why can't the President's son, Luke, and his friends Theo and Callie stay there without Secret Service agents constantly hovering over them, watching their every move? And yet, when an earthquake sets off a...

"The Family Comes of Age" is the third part of three in With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together. Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee are legendary stars of the American stage, television, and film, cherished not merely for their gifts as actors but also for their lifelong commitment to human rights...

The biggest obstacle to living the life you desire is you. Nothing changes until you change. There is nothing you can’t overcome when you decide to do so. This spiritual personal growth book of 88 short true life stories is about women who decided or were forced to leave life circumstances that were not serving them anymore. These disruptions in our lives are for our spiritual and personal growth. You will read traumatic stories of heartbreak, divorce, loss, grief, detrimental health issues and addiction, and how these women came out thriving on the other side. These mini memoirs of ...

Every young athlete needs a role model to look up to and motivate them along the way. This book includes twenty stories of great track & field athletes who have overcome adversity by setting big goals and working relentlessly to reach them. Their methods of success give practical ways to improve times and earn recognition on and off the track. Readers will find inspirational ways to get better, but also focus on how they can balance life, school, and sports. Young athletes will discover unique stories in the lives of the greats like Jesse Owens, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith ...

In 17th century England, a time of Stewart Kings and naval war, noble Lady Isabelle has eagerly awaited a summer of solitude at her family’s coastal estate in the quiet seaside town of Gillingham. Hoping to leave the rumours of her impending betrothal in London, Isabelle had planned to spend her last summer of innocence alone, painting by the sea and riding her horses to the cape, but everything changes the moment a handsome naval sailor charms his way into her tightly controlled life of expectations. Caught in a battle of love and fear, Isabelle is forced to face the demons that have ...

Customer service is so much more than cucumber water and hot towels. The best customer service takes care of your clients and takes care of you. Without that balance, you cannot grow and thrive in your massage practice. Learn how to do customer service authentically, honoring your highest values.

Terrorists target Lady Liberty. The Hudson River and Long Island Sound provide historic, vibrant, and simply beautiful settings - until terrorists begin setting off dirty bombs along their shores. Kendra Hale and Ian Starbuck, special agents for the FBI’s Special Projects Group, are called in to stop the mayhem, uncovering a sophisticated network of jihadists whose goal is to render Manhattan uninhabitable. Nuclear waste is their weapon of choice, and they have the financing and maritime assets in place to deliver unprecedented chaos.

Commanded to the far north to capture his friend, the rebel Lar Tor, he longs instead to be in Larlingarde. There, his Forest Lady love, Laraynia, has become heir to the Grand Lar, using all her powers to thwart the evil wizard who strives to kill her uncle and take her prisoner. Beneban, his magic sword and his troops fight many foes in his quest to rejoin her, but even their combined magics may fall short. In her darkest hour, Laraynia finds a possible ally in an enemy enchantress. Can she win the aid of the mysterious vardraken queen and her winged, ice-breathing beasts?

Im Norden Schwedens, wo die Stille der Wälder schwerer wiegt als Worte und selbst das Tageslicht zaghaft wirkt, begibt sich ein Forscherteam auf eine Expedition. In der Nähe liegt ein altes, verlassenes Militärgelände – vergessene Bunker, rostende Zäune, und Geschichten über düstere Experimente und uralte Rituale, die nie aufgeklärt werden konnten. Als das Team das Gelände betritt, beginnt eine Abfolge seltsamer Ereignisse. Dann geschieht der erste Mord.

Over the past 100 years, gulls have been brought ashore by modernity. They now live not only on the coasts, but in our slipstream following trawlers, barges, and garbage trucks. They are more our contemporaries than most birds, living their wild lives among us in towns and cities. In many ways, they live as we do, walking the built-up world and grabbing a bite where they can. Yet this disturbs us. We’ve started fearing gulls for getting good at being among us. We see them as scavengers, not entrepreneurs; oceangoing aliens, not refugees.

For as long as she can remember, Kugy has loved to write. Whimsical stories are her passion, along with letters full of secret longings that she folds into paper boats and sets out to sea. Now that she's older, she dreams of following her heart and becoming a true teller of tales, but she decides to get a "real job" instead and forget all about Keenan, the guy who makes her feel as if she's living in one of her own fairy tales.

Ken Singleton is a broken man. A Navy SEAL, he was held prisoner and tortured for over a year by a madman before his teammates found and rescued him. Now, he just wants to sit on a mountaintop in Tennessee and be alone. But then graduate of the Valkyrie Ops program and female SEAL Lily VanDyke shows up at his house. Her mission? Kick Ken’s butt and get him to come back to Team Reaper. She blows into his life like a hurricane, upending his world and forcing him to face his demons as attraction explodes between.

Trevor Westbrook is done waiting for bureaucrats to approve a rescue mission for his Reaper teammate. Trevor will do anything to get his brother-in-arms back, but he can't do it alone. Enter Anna Marlow, a newly minted female Navy SEAL with the know-how to get the job done. Posing as fiancés attending a family wedding, Trevor and Anna head overseas. Anna is determined to prove that women can, indeed, serve in combat. But she wasn't prepared for their mutual attraction and Trevor's need to protect her at all costs....

After losing her fifty-nine-year-old husband to cancer, Dee Brestin wondered if her life was over as well. She ached for God’s comfort but felt utterly alone.Then she discovered a secret that suffering souls through the centuries have learned: She began using psalms and classic hymns to speak...

Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane features Carol Ford, Linda Groundwater, and Dee Young (authors of Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography). Linda, Dee, and Carol delve into their experiences of researching Bob Crane for his biography and discuss Bob as they have come to know and understand him—through more than 200 people who knew the Hogan's Heroes star better than most. Join them as they share behind-the-scenes details of their journey to discovering the true story of Bob Crane.

Book Two in this first Solar Wars Trilogy On the twin moons of Mer’Kuri, the war begins in silence. Our Solari champion, Xal'Zirath, moves like a shadow through the sinister corridors of the Fortress of Sha'duun, deep behind enemy lines on the Khepra moon. His mission: infiltrate undetected and steal the critical Crystal of Ra. Covertly hidden by the Eclipse, this powerful remnant of solar energy is said to resonate with the Warrior Spirit of Ra. Theoretically, this could make a specially trained Solari master nearly unbeatable. But in this case, the crystal will be used in conjunction ...

A fatherless wizard is no match for royalty. So Beneban, shaken by loss, leaves his noble lady, Laraynia, for a dangerous quest. With the Grand Lar and Trog as his traveling companions, he journeys to the remote Ogdol homeland on the far western shore of Larlion. Magic sword in hand, he battles many perils along the way. It seems that the black wizard Ztavin’s evil magic is gone, but who is threatening the Ogdol throne?

One of Canada’s top comedians shares the funniest stories from his life and career in this collection of hilarious essays For more than two decades, Gerry Dee has made audiences laugh, first as a hard-working stand-up comedian, and then as the star of his own CBC television program, Mr. D. Dee...

Bestselling true crime writer and criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee turns his attention to a new kind of victim: the wives and partners of serial murderers who remained unaware of exactly who they had fallen for until after their other half's arrest or, in some cases, conviction. When finding out the truth, these innocents have to face the grim reality of betrayal and deceit and often experience guilt for not having recognized the killer in their home.

The Girls Who Refused to Quit shares the powerful, real-life journeys of fifteen inspirational women. They have all overcome adversity and now want to make a difference with their stories. They want you to know that no matter what challenges you face, you can hold your head high, believe in yourself and follow your dreams. They have not only found the courage to rise from the depths of despair, they have also found the strength never to give up.They are The Girls Who Refused to Quit.