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Ben Field was good looking and charming, and as a passionate English literature student, knew the power of words to seduce. In the village of Maids Moreton in Buckinghamshire, 69-year-old Peter Farquhar, an eminent teacher and author, found Ben’s presence irresistible. They set up home together, underwent a ‘betrothal’ ceremony at a church, but all along Ben was gaslighting his partner and secretly poisoning him. A year later Peter was dead.

They are known as Team Midnight, an elite force trained to disappear behind enemy lines, to wreak havoc where an enemy least expects it. Their job is simple - hide in the shadows, kill without hesitation, and complete the mission at all costs. They are America's secret weapons. Books 4, 5 and 6 from the Force Recon series.

Technology at its finest…and its worst. This anthology of cyberpunk stories features futuristic tech that characters take advantage of…or that takes advantage of them. From physical enhancements that empower the user to rogue AIs that seek to mold the world in their own image. From programs that promise wealth to modified working women struggling to survive. Featuring stories by Joseph Sidari, James Pyles, Lincoln Reed, Gem Newman, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Jo Niederhoff, E.V. Smith, and James Rossiter.

T.S. Eliot tells us in his poem “The Hollow Men” that the world will end not with a bang, but with a whimper. Well, he was wrong. Dead wrong. When death and destruction come, the screams of terror, horror, and excruciating pain will rend the blood-red sky and be heard across the world. When your number is up, there’s nowhere to run and no place to hide. You can't cheat death; death will find you. It always does.

This book presents the fullest account yet written of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Rooted in a wealth of oral histories, it tells the dramatic but underreported story of a people who confronted the unprecedented devastation of sixty five thousand homes when the eye wall and powerful northeast quadrant of the hurricane swept a record thirty-foot storm surge across a seventy-five-mile stretch of unprotected Mississippi towns and cities. James Patterson Smith takes us through life and death accounts of storm day, August 29, 2005, and the precarious days of food and water shortages that followed. Along the way the narrative treats us to inspiring episodes of neighborly compassion and creative responses to the greatest natural disaster in American history

"An exciting series opener."—Kirkus From the mind of Murr from the Impractical Jokers comes a new hilarious, action-packed series about a world of bizarre creatures, wacky gadgets, and four kid interns at the most interesting place on Earth: Area 51! It's the first day of summer vacation, and...

There is a road to life in the unshakable kingdom of God, but it's not an easy journey. In The Magnificent Journey, the author shows us the better road, the road less traveled, but the road full of riches. Along the way, he introduces us to new spiritual practices that will provide the sustenance we need for the deepest, most joy-filled journey of our lives - the journey into the heart of God.

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The best deliveries aren’t in the bag. Nine months on the Last Route have transformed Wren Ashwick from bitter exile to capable courier. She knows every village, every path, every face along the way. She’s even started to think of it as home. Then First Frost arrives. The annual courier gathering brings reports, rankings, and scrutiny from Guild officials who see routes as numbers on a ledger. For Wren, it means defending the Last Route against budget-minded bureaucrats—and facing a rival courier who questions whether anything she’s built truly matters. Wren has never been good at ...

You’re productive. Responsible. Reliable. So why do you feel like you’re always on edge? You get things done. You meet expectations. You hold it together. From the outside, your life looks stable—maybe even impressive. Inside, it’s different. Your mind never fully rests. Relaxation feels uncomfortable. Success brings relief, not peace. And slowing down feels riskier than pushing forward. This is high-functioning anxiety—the kind that hides behind productivity, responsibility, and self-control. In The Quiet Panic, James Smith speaks directly to the people who don’t “look ...

The 5th volume of Great Sci-Fi Stories includes stories by Lester Del Ray, Robert Silverberg, Harry Harrison, and others.

THE 'HITS' KEEP COMING: SUSPENSE FICTION WITH A DIFFERENCE Hired killers. Vigilantes. Executioners. Contract killers. Assassins working from a moral or political motivation. You’ll find them all in this thrilling suspense anthology. But these are not ordinary killers, not your run-of-the-mill hitmen. The emphasis is on the "uncommon" here—unusual characters, usual situations, and especially unusual means of killing. Here are tales by some of the best suspense/thriller writers today, including F. Paul Wilson, Ken Bruen, J. Carson Black, Billie Sue Mosiman, Laura DiSilverio, Joseph Badal,...

Some letters find their way home. A year ago, Wren Ashwick arrived in Thornwick as a failed mage assigned to the realm’s most remote postal route. She expected to endure it, then leave. Instead, the route changed her—quietly, stubbornly, and for good. Now autumn has returned, and with it the anniversary she hasn’t quite known how to face. The route feels like home. The people do too. But staying isn’t the same as choosing—and Wren isn’t sure she’s brave enough to do that yet. Then Colm, the retired courier who became her mentor, gives her a package: his early journals. As Wren...

Twenty-four of the greatest science fiction stories of all time in this fourth sci-fi short story collection, including works by Jerry Dunham, Emmett Dowell, James Causey, Gordon Randall Garrett, James A. Cox, Phyllis Sterling Smith, Richard A. Sternbach, Robert Sheckley, E. G. Von Wald, Keith Laumer, Jerome Bixby, Frederik Pohl, Roger Dee, Arnold Marmore, James H. Schmitz, Lester del Rey, Cordwainer Smith, Ray Bradbury, and Philip K. Dick.

You Didn’t Mean to Lose Control. But Somewhere Along the Way, You Did. You wake up and reach for your phone before your feet hit the floor. You promise yourself “just five minutes”… and lose an hour. You feel busy all day, but strangely unaccomplished. Your attention is fractured. Your motivation feels weaker. Your focus isn’t what it used to be. And deep down, you know something needs to change. Unplug to Reclaim Your Life is not another generic productivity guide. It’s a practical, psychologically grounded blueprint for breaking phone addiction, rebuilding your attention span,...

This audiobook will help you learn how to modulate your voice, use pauses for a dramatic effect, and make your speech sound powerful. This is a practical training manual for public-speaking skills. This audiobook is based on a tried-and-trusted method used in London drama schools for decades.

Erotica listeners, this audiobook is calling your name! This collection of more than 36 hours of erotica stories will satisfy in ways you can't imagine. If raunchy threesomes, butt stuff, BDSM, teacher/student, and cheating sounds like your kind of thing, this collection of explicit erotic romance short stories has exactly what you're looking for. Listeners who love polyamorous erotica will love this collection of 36 hours of exciting sex stories, full of intrigue with no detail left unmentioned. Your dirty threesome fantasy is waiting.

Ronald Camberwell, wspólnie z byłym inspektorem Scotland Yardu Williamem Chaneyem, prowadzi prywatne biuro śledcze. Do ich kancelarii zgłasza się sekretarz lorda Cheverdale’a z wiadomością o brutalnym morderstwie redaktora wpływowego dziennika "Morning Sentinel".

From the mind of Murr from the Impractical Jokers comes the second book in the hilarious and action-packed series about a world of bizarre creatures, wacky gadgets, and four kid interns at the most interesting place on Earth: Area 51! After saving their parents from an alien attack and becoming...

Have you ever heard of Ashera? She is the consort of Yahweh and associated with cannabis. She was eliminated during Biblical reformation. Have you ever heard of Magu? She is Taoist goddess of healing and cannabis. Marijuana represents the Divine Feminine. Marijuana and The Prohibition of The Divine Feminine explores the history and the psychology behind the prohibition of marijuana and the subjugation of The Divine Feminine. The symbolism of the Divine Feminine is demonstrated through marijuana and hemp correlatives while also exploring feminism and the perverted masculine of the postmodern...