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Dan Landes is one of many US expats who thought he had escaped the madness of the world when he emigrated to Panama twenty years ago. Panama was his safe haven, his piece of paradise. But international conflicts are spreading, and encroaching on utopia. Outside of Panama, the world is plagued by a new type of warfare. Strategic small wars, driven by AI, are erupting all over the globe. The US has retaken the Panama Canal; Iran has been nuked; and China is threatening retaliation after the bombing of its ports in Mexico. But US resources are spread thin.

What if there was a pill that stopped all addiction? Dr. Disraeli Gaye has developed such a pill, and it’s on its way to FDA approval. The drug cartels are watching nervously. But everyone else wants in, from drug addicts to doctors to Wall Street. The only problem is…someone is trying to kill the good doctor.

This audiobook can help your wallet fight weight loss...You have to go on the offensive to make any real change in your financial world. You have to fight against the ideas of the status quo and find creative ways to drive down, what seem to be fixed costs, while finding ways to increase your income. That is what we are going to do throughout this audiobook. This audiobook contains practical and straightforward advice to help you use your time and money effectively. Even if you have zero knowledge about finance, you can follow the ideas in this audiobook!

What is the connection between bitcoin and the collapse of the Bronze Age in 1177 BC? Between the Temple of Moriah in ancient Jerusalem and the central banks of today? Between the Knights of Templar and the end of civilization? Follow ex-detective Dan Landes as he tries to unravel the riddle of thirty-three centuries in the Treasure of the Gran Ventura.

One day, one short day, in the life of Panamaniac and expat Ricardo, a day where nothing - and everything - happens, from a magical talking Giant Fly to lectures on the effect of gravity on love by the old man of the town. Ricardo, stuck in Panama, bounces from the bars to the brothels to the gay bathhouses, and experiences his entire life, all in one day.

Join Dennis as he takes you on a rollicking ride, shifting gears from his days as an automotive novice to becoming a savvy used car connoisseur. He shares his hilarious mishaps and close calls, providing lessons laced with humor, wisdom, and a deep love for the open road. Learn how to negotiate like a pro with used car dealers, perform test drives that would make professional drivers nod in approval, and decode the cryptic messages your car sends you through those blinking lights and strange noises.

The aging American expat Ricardo lives alone in a quiet town in Panama and dreams of one last romantic fling. But his nightly dreams are invaded by images of a mysterious brujo, an ancient sorcerer who has not been seen in 15 years.

When Ricardo moves into the small apartment complex of expats in Panama, he thinks he’s found paradise. An emotional and sexual sanctuary from all he left behind in the states, until Alison points out how strange some of the residents are.

Amid much controversy over the legacies of historical figures comes a novel that explores Lincoln's complex and evolving views on slavery, emancipation, abolition, and racial equality. But more than a Lincoln novel, it is the lost story of a young man who likely was more influential than any celebrated abolitionist when it came to turning Lincoln from a pragmatic segregationist to a champion of freedom and equality for all.

When Death—that uninvited and unwelcomed guest—arrives, all plans cease; everyone has to stop and make adjustments; and everyone has to deal with it. Magali, a young prostitute of Villa Rosario, Panama, has died. Her ex-lovers, including friends Ricardo and Dan Landes, attend her funeral, each harboring different memories of her. In fact, everyone harbors different memories of her, because no one really knew who she was. But her ghost comes back from the grave to prod ex-detective Dan Landes to uncover the truth about her death.

Dan Landes is “ex” everything: expatriate, ex-detective, and exhausted. He has returned to Panama from a year of recuperation in the United States, ready to resume a quiet life of hunting ayahuasca plants in the mountains. But evil is coming to Panama—or rather, through Panama—as a sinister team of murderers seeks to smuggle the world’s most lethal biological weapon into the United States through Central America. A dead body in a hotel room starts the investigation, and that dead soul returns from beyond the grave to force Dan to find the killers.

As the son of a crofter family, young Berend Bouters natural talent finds him in the prestigious Art Academy of Amsterdam. It is early 1900. Everything points to a successful career as an artist; he works along Mondrian, becomes part of the Barbizon movement, until life throws him a curve ball. During the First World War, Holland remains neutral, Berend becomes the owner of a barge, and during heart-stopping escapades, smuggles goods to occupied Belgium for which he is richly rewarded. When the war is over, authorities confiscate all his belongings.

No one would suspect that Dan Landes, an ex-LA cop known for methodically building cases against criminals, was a former ayahuasca user. He thought he had buried his past when he retired to Panama 10 years ago. But a brutal murder forces him to return to the States. Now, to save his soul, he has to prevent another murder. But to do that, he may need to drink the psychedelic potion again.

In an unnamed and timeless Latin American country, the lives of six men and three police officers intertwine after a brutal murder in a gay bathhouse. Dan Landes, an expat LA cop, is recruited to hunt for a serial killer who preys on lonely men in the dark steam rooms. Dan is forced to use his friend Ricardo as bait for the killer.

What if, after you die, your life just continues in exactly the same manner as when you were alive? In this riveting and often humorous novel by Robert Rahula, an American expat wakes up dead in Toledo, Spain, and discovers that nothing has changed, except that he is dead. He continues to interact with all his old friends, and they with him. Only he alone knows that he’s dead. In his journey through this afterlife, he ponders the choices he made during his life, the nature of consciousness, the nonexistence of free will, the flow of time, and existence of multiple universes.

What really happened in the Garden of Eden? Who was behind the serpent and the apple? What was God thinking? At last, it can be told! The unexpurgated story of what really happens in Heaven. Why God created time. The truth about his friendship with Satan. Those rumors of a drinking problem. The meaning of life. Whether sin really exists. The political power of the three angels’ unions. Hear all about it! These are the stories that the cherubim don’t want you to know! This is what really goes on Behind the Pearly Gates.

Defense attorney Samson Young has an uncanny ability to get even the so-called worst clients off the hook, as he ably demonstrated in Almost Mortal. In Almost Damned, little does Sam know that his most challenging cases are all leading up to one monumental trial, in which he will lay before the Court the visceral complexities of good vs. evil. As Sam navigates his cases in Bennet County, it becomes increasingly apparent that his clients - old and new - are surprisingly interconnected, especially when old clients rise from the dead. Literally.

The life and death of Dr. Sebastian Camote, a renowned psychiatrist, who practiced in Coconut Grove, Florida, and who believed he was Don Quixote in a previous lifetime. The story takes place after his death when his soul travels to the afterlife, and he discovers the secrets of numerology, karma, and eternal life. This book combines elements of fact about the power of number 11, while creating a parallel reality where the past, the present, and the future exist at the same time. A book to refer to for enlightenment and profound wisdom. Do not take God's numbers in vain.

Conor Nash has lived his life with a single purpose - to pitch in the major leagues. He’s been released from professional baseball contracts 10 times over a 16-year career, but he’s overcome every obstacle to finally reach "The Show" when he’s a decade too old. As he faces the specter of injury-forced retirement, he becomes a man neither he nor his wife recognizes. During his career, Conor avoided the trap of alcohol and drugs because his drug was baseball.

No Fallen Angels features 13 suspenseful, politically incorrect love stories from all walks of life all around the globe.