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Helen Mort has always been drawn to the thrill and risk of climbing: the tension between human and rockface, and the climber's powerful connection to the elemental world. But when she becomes a mother for the first time, she finds herself re-examining her relationship with both the natural world and herself, as well as the way the world views women who aren't afraid to take risks.

No one would choose anxiety. And there is no "off switch" to turn off the anxious feelings and thoughts. These feelings can often disrupt your sleep, compounding the anxiety even further. If anxiety and fear is problem for you, this audio program can help! Do you often feel stuck, frustrated, and powerless to do anything about your anxiety? Well you are not alone! Approximately 40 million Americans, about 18% of the population, suffer from some form of anxiety. But there is a way to move forward, a path to living the life you so desperately want.

Ravaged by WWlll, America is now a brutalized Russian colony, but a loose and secret federation of Free Cities rises up to fight the hated oppressors! Rockson, the Doomsday Warrior, leads the American Rebels against the Russian occupation in their most desperate hour and is captured and tortured by the KGB.  

Owen Deathstalker was compelled to make a questionable decision when he reawakened the cyborg army of Hadenmen from suspended animation to enlist their aid in the Great Rebellion. Now he must face the consequences, for the Hadenmen have begun to act on their own agenda. The augmented race has ensnared a planet’s population to facilitate the next stage in mankind’s evolution and recreate all humanity in its own likeness.  

Are you tired of being unproductive, of wasting so much time on distractions you don't even enjoy, of always putting things off until the last minute? Are you ready to go from procrastination to productivity, to stay energized and focused throughout the day, to feel that satisfying sense of accomplishment at the end of the day? A productive person has a way to cut through life's clutter and nonsense, and make sure that most of their efforts go to the good stuff - fulfilling work, relationships, self-improvement - anything they value, really.

I do remember my first love Mad Carter MacRae recalls in this memoir of his early life. Her name was Estrella O Sullivan. I met her the summer I turned 16 back in 1873. The summer of 1873 marked my last drive up what these days they call the Chisholm Trail and what some were starting to call it back then. It was the first time I tasted oysters and the only time I pinned on a badge. It was the summer of longhorns of miserable heat of friendship and betrayal and of murder. In the end it was the summer the whole world came crumbling down on our United States. My world crashed too.

Picking up her entire life and moving to a new country was scary, but the unknown of what she would find in America was even more terrifying. Lin had heard of other girls who had agreed to similar arrangements that didn't end so well for them. She prayed that things would be different for her. If she hoped to help her family back home overcome poverty, she didn't have much choice. However, when she meets Jason, her fears are quickly put to rest. Jason had a rough past that left him believing true love no longer existed.

One Friday night, Reagan's friends are out of town and she has nowhere else to turn for alcohol, so she calls Carlita, who encourages her to come over. After a few too many drinks, the evening spirals out of control and Derrick returns home to something that he never expected to see. Worse yet, what happens when a taboo act is committed and the repercussions are irreversible?

They met on the battlefields of Vicksburg. General Ulysses S. Grant, George Armstrong Custer, and the Rebel Johnny Yuma. Three men united by fate — in a nation divided by war — they were dedicated to freedom, driven to extremes, and destined for greatness.... Of the three, Johnny Yuma was the most elusive. A Confederate soldier during the war, he was about to play a key role in Grant’s victory for the Union, Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, and Custer’s deadly campaigns in the West.

Tanner and Hannah have a marriage on the rocks, and he aggravates their marital strife by inviting his bad boy best friend, Rob, to live with them. Hannah feels uncomfortable around Rob and feels an irresistible attraction to him. When passions run rampant between wife and best friend, Tanner faces a choice of whether his marriage is worth saving or he should become single for the first time in his adult life.

For Gage Jameson, the summer of 1873 has been a poor hunt. A year ago he felled 62 buffalo in one stand, but now the great Arkansas River herd is gone, like the Republican herd before it. In Dodge City, old hide hunters speak is awe of a last great heard to the south - but no hunter who values his scalp dares ride south of the Cimarron and into Comanche territory. None but Gage Jameson....

Nearly three years have passed since we last saw Ted Rockson. In that time America has finally become free of Soviet Occupation. The war has been won, and Rockson can finally live the life that he has only dreamed of. However, that serenity is quickly shattered by one of Rockson's oldest and most feared enemies, General Zhabnov. On a quest for revenge, Zhabnov traps Rockson in a mysterious device know only as the "Dream Machine". Now Rockson must fight to regain his freedom once again, only this time the enemies he battles are his very nightmares themselves.

Nearly 100 years ago, a Russian thermonuclear device transformed America’s amber waves of grain into a sea of nuclear waste. The land of the free has been reduced to a Soviet slave state, repeatedly raped and plundered by its Red overlords. One man has led the desperate fight to free the once-great nation. He is Ted Rockson, the ultimate soldier of survival.

The armies of Shub have come to the planet Loki, and the over-extended parliament of the New Republic can only send the legendary hero Jack Random and his loose-cannon companion Ruby Journey to do their damnedest with the powers they’ve acquired from the Madness Maze. But when they get to the mining planet, they find the colony engaged in a civil war, with the representative government in the hands of unsavory profiteers who are at war with justifiably aggrieved rebel forces, who have unjustifiably aligned themselves with the rogue AIs of Shub. 

She's just going camping. City girl Ira Jenkins needs some time away from society. When she ventures into the off-limits section of Yellowstone National Park, she expects two weeks void of human interaction. She has no idea she would stumble upon a sexy park ranger - one capable of blowing her away. But he's not just a park ranger. Ricky Greene, with his prim and proper uniform may look like another run of the mill park ranger, but he is much more than that.

Superstition, mystery, and murder also have a niche in western writing with this story by Cynthia Haselhoff.

Dorothy Soulden is the governess to Isabella, the daughter of the Duke of Monmouthshire. He has sworn off women since his wife died in childbirth and wants nothing to do with his daughter. Lady Henrietta Pike wants the Duke for very selfish reasons of her own and will stop at nothing to win his heart, even plotting a scheme that the Duke is unaware of. When Dorothy overhears a shocking conversation between Lady Henrietta and her father, she is scared to tell the Duke.

When Ricky wakes up all alone in his den, he is rather disappointed. After a passion-filled night with his lover, he had expected a morning of cuddling and romance, instead, he was met by an empty space by his side. Even as he searched the clan, she was nowhere to be found. Where could she have gone?

Alina and Derrick were married high school sweethearts. Alina was a gorgeous, blonde beauty and Derrick was a sexy financial advisor. They were both stunning, looked absolutely perfect together and had all the money they would ever need. Everything seemed absolutely perfect. However, what would happen behind closed doors? What would happen that would truly test their marriage?

Carter is exhausted, as he just returned home from a military tour. All he wants to do is relax, but he can't help but notice his gorgeously perfect neighbor, Jasmine, playing by poolside. Carter had known Jasmine for years, but he never thought he had a chance. What's going to happen when Carter's mother invites Jasmine over for a surprise "welcome home" dinner? Will Jasmine share her true feelings? Has Carter been correct for all of these years?