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When 24-year-old Manny McMillan, professional playboy and slacker, finds out that he has been written out of his wealthy grandfather's will, he's furious. That is, until he learns that there's a catch. Indeed, Manny's grandfather wants his deadbeat grandson to earn his inheritance...in the form of a real-life treasure hunt. A pirate treasure hunt, no less. That is exactly what he leaves his grandson behind: a real treasure map.

Four Americans seek refuge from skin cancer which has become an epidemic in the US. They meet in Canada where one has rented a gothic house close to the Eskimo village which add to the trouble. They fear the earth's magnetic poles will trade places and exterminate the human race. They try experiments that simulate a magnetic pole reversal. Then the polar swap actually happens. Will these engaging characters survive?

Late one night out on the Eastern Promenade Trail in Portland, Maine, the police discover an incoherent teenager sitting in a pool of blood, holding the body of his best friend and the murder weapon. The girl they both love has been missing for weeks. The kid's jealousy clearly drove him to murder. He says the missing girl is the love of his life. She also happens to be the girlfriend of the murder victim. It's an open-and-shut case, or so most of Portland thinks.

Here’s how you can finally quit your dead-end nine-to-five job and start your own business from scratch! By the end of this eye-opening business guide, you will not only feel motivated but also equipped with all the essential practical and doable business ideas that show you a simple truth: “It’s time for you to build your own business!”

Two boys and their parents flee Russian oppression and bombings in Chechnya to begin a new life in the United States, where they find freedom and peace and can take advantage of countless opportunities. The Pressure Cooker is a twenty-first-century version of the story of immigrants who, arriving on boats, are exhilarated when they pass Lady Liberty in New York harbor: this family, too, will work to attain its American Dream.

After being recently cleared of murder charges, the disgraced and out-of-work police detective Steve Nastos reluctantly teams with his brash and similarly disgraced lawyer Kevin Carscadden for a paycheck. Nastos - who built his career on channeling the shadowy instincts within him to hunt dangerous predators - takes on a mission to track the whereabouts of Lindsay Bannerman, a troubled teen who is missing from her wealthy adoptive home. The trail Nastos and his lawyer pick up is one with a sadistic abuser on the other end and littered with lies, deceptions, and lifeless bodies.

When the world descends into a madman's imagination, Dexter “Boomstick” Reynolds, a 30-year-old sporting goods store manager with legendary bat-swinging power, must find his way back to the beautiful Roxanne before she lands in the clutches of the self-proclaimed Pig Monster, Roy Hecht. Will the mysterious Golden Slugger baseball bat, business casual attire, and devilishly good looks be enough for Dexter to prevail?

At Wexman University, male students will do anything to get into a top fraternity. They'll prove their worth during Hell Week by participating in various physical, psychological and even juvenile pranks. But those shenanigans aren't so funny when pledges start disappearing. What kind of evil has stalked this small Michigan university for the past two decades?

Chicago investigative reporter, Eden Risk, receives an unmarked envelope containing a postcard ordering her to watch the enclosed DVD...or someone else dies. No police. After Eden watches the DVD - a gruesome, horrifying surgery - she turns to the private criminal investigation agency CORE for help. Only she hadn't expected that help to come with a catch. Her former lover, Hudson Patterson, has been assigned to the case.

Nathan Hobbs, a one-time US navy captain dismissed for being drunk on duty and now the captain of a container ship, finds himself in serious trouble. Unless he can pay his gambling debts, he is liable to lose his fingers. Given this, when offered a large sum of money to accept two containers on his ship, Nathan is only too willing to agree. To his shock and horror, he later finds he has jumped from the frying pan into the fire. He has become the unwilling accomplice in a terrorist plot targeting America.

If you suspect that your current accounting is incorrect and/or inadequate to be of use in running your company, this book will help. Making Money Out of Thin Air will teach you to transform a “so-so” business into a profit-making machine!

Starting and running a small business is hard! These 21 authors have done the hard work and overcome the risks. Their stories will help every listener to empathize with the challenges of being an entrepreneur and to join in and celebrate the victories. The stories provide lessons in grit, determination, and faith. Whether you have "made it" in your business, are still struggling, or have just started thinking about getting into business, these lessons will be useful in motivating you through difficult days or circumstances.

My name is Henry Jason Scott, well that's not true I actually have a lot of names but that's because I'm actually a lot of people all in one.

Crossing the US-Mexican border has become increasingly dangerous as these immigrants escape poverty to a word of kidnapping, rape, murder, heat exhaustion, dehydration, and starvation, while they are chased and hunted by drug cartels and for sex trafficking.

Software engineer Darren Holt has survived a tragedy of lies, betrayal, and bloodshed. In an effort to move on with his life, he vowed never to speak of the incident again. But as the memories resurfaced, so did certain details that seemed to warn him before things were about to go terribly wrong.

He had not always been such a lost cause. Not long before life was consumed by the poisonous chemicals that pumped through an addict's body, he was an active participant in what was considered society; with a beautiful wife, a home, a decent career. To an outside observer, life seemed perfect. But this story isn't a happily-ever-after fairy tale. It's the darkest parts of life, an internal battle of demons and, maybe, redemption.

War had finally come. Bolormaa, the despotic Queen of the powerful Morohtan Empire has arrived. Colonel Mitch Taylor and his Immortals are not ready. Having just won a bitterly fought battle, they could not hope to defeat the Queen herself. But nothing could stop Taylor from trying. He would give anything to end her life, even his own. Bolormaa gives the Alliance seven days to prepare for war. But can she be trusted? The invasion of Alliance territory has begun and Taylor must answer it.

When a teenage girl disappears in Wildwood, New Jersey State Detective Brendan Cutter takes the case. As Cutter digs deeper, he learns the immigrant girl wasn't out for a simple stroll. She was part of an illegal operation and her life ended in murder. Cutter's significant other, local detective Vicky Glass, is called back home to investigate a robbery. With two simple sheets of paper, one man has taken down multiple banks and walked out with tens of thousands in cash.

They call themselves "The Adventurers", a group of six extraordinary people who come together for one unforgettable purpose - to seek the impossible. Funded by a billionaire heiress - and each possessing a unique skill set - the Adventurers will stop at nothing to find the mythical, the fantastical, the lost, and the forgotten.

In Manhattan's wealthy Tribeca neighborhood stands a dilapidated shelter whose occupants - abandoned dogs, homeless teens, and military veterans - are sad reminders of our throwaway society. The shelter's injured souls struggle to justify their existences not only to the trendy residents but to themselves.