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John Sand may be married, but he’s not dead. In the early 1960s, John Sand just retired as a British secret agent. On his honeymoon with his new wife, Stacey Boldt - the heiress to a Texas oil fortune - they are interrupted by an unfriendly blast from the past. Now an executive with Boldt Oil in Houston, Sand finds himself, and his bride, pulled back into the world of espionage when JFK himself recruits him for a dangerous job in Cuba.

You wonder why a lot of people who engage in dieting tend to lose weight temporarily. That’s is because dieting is a temporary solution to losing weight. When you diet for some time, the moment you get the desired result, you tend to quit dieting to go back to your usual eating habits, and then the weight comes right back up. Diets have short-term goals, the moment the plan (which is you losing weight) is reached, the dieting stops. But have you ever considered making it a lifestyle, as well?

Ten-year-old Mark was an unusual child. He worked all day long to create a combat robot to take part in the state championship. When, after many months of hard work, the robot was finally finished, the whole family breathed a sigh of relief. However, the next day, the robot disappeared without a trace, only to return to the same place after a long five years...but it was a completely "different" robot....

A must-listen audiobook for the Black and Brown communities! Financial Literacy & Ownership, from conception this audiobook was meant to facilitate the delivery of a singular, but broad message. My message is that of financial literacy and ownership; ownership of assets, real property, commodities, businesses, and intellectual property. Financial literacy and ownership are sorely lacking in the Black community and this fact is, has been, and shall continue to stymie the growth and the evolution of the Black community until we infuse a paradigm shift in our communal thinking.

Bender is a young insurance adjuster thrown into a lifestyle he knows nothing about. He has a lot to learn, and Charlie, an aging rock shop owner, and her quirky Indian sidekick, Tree, are just the two who can teach him if they can get his mind clear of lusting for Silko, a beautiful, seductive Indian maiden. Then there is the multimillion-dollar land and minerals that Bender is also lusting after.

Once, there were three goats: Big brother Gruff, little brother Gruff, and Middle brother Gruff. They loved to eat grass. They ate so much, that they ate it all up. But when they see fresh grass over the bridge of where they are located, they belt out in joy: "We are the brothers Gruff," and they can't get enough!

The Cascade Mountains in Washington State can be gorgeous, but they can also hide unseen enemies. Amid all that beauty and danger, reluctant clairvoyant Sarah Thompson once again takes center stage in a thrilling mystery. Compelled by her unruly sixth sense, Sarah finds a man left for dead on the side of a snowy mountain road. Her quick actions save his life. But the man can’t remember a thing before that fateful, bone-cold night.

Dark tides flow as Arek and his party try desperately to flee Arcadia before the realm collapses, swallowed whole by the life-stealing touch of the nephilim. Their only escape is the Gate of the East Winds, ruled by the Celestial Zafir. Once brothers-in-arms with both Arek and Duncan's aeris forms, now Zafir rules his kingdom with an iron fist. Arcadia dies beneath them, a place even the mighty Celestial seeks to escape, but what price must Arek pay for passage? Always hunting them is Alion Deft, Queensmark of Lilyth and magehunter turned demon.

Carthinal is alone in the world. His parents and grandparents have died. Without money and a place to live, he faces an uncertain future. After joining a street gang, Carthinal begins a life of crime. Soon after, he sees a performing magician and decides he wants to learn the art of magic. But can he break away from his past and find the path to his true destiny?

So ein Umzug ist ganz schön aufregend! Inmitten von Kartons und allerlei Krempel richtet Tine ihr neues Zimmer ein. Ihre Eltern wühlen sich durch die Kisten in den anderen Räumen... Und dann taucht auch noch Teugel auf. Der ist halb Teufel halb Engel. Teugel möchte Schutzengel werden. Leider hat er bereits siebzehn Schutzengelprüfungen vermasselt. Jetzt will er seine letzte Chance nutzen: Er soll Tine 24 Stunden lang beschützen. In dieser Zeit darf dem Mädchen nichts, aber auch gar nichts passieren. Nur dann kann aus ihm ein richtiger Schutzengel werden.

Street Nurses is an inspiring series of people who will go to extremes to care for others. This small group of nurses and medical staff face harsh challenges every day, as they try to keep the people in the slums healthy and safe. The Street Nurses motto is: Care with Caution, as anything can happen in this volatile arena. Everyone deserves medical attention when they need it, and Street Nurses are here to answer that call.

Satire at its best! In this indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time, two young people, Beckman and Malany, set out on an odyssey to find meaning and reality in the artistic life and in doing so unleash a barrage of humorous, unintended consequences. Beckman and Malany's journey reflects the allegorical evolution of humanity from its primal state, represented by Beckman's dismal life as a dishwasher to the crude, medieval development of mankind in a pool hall, and then to the false but erudite veneer of sophistication of the academic world.

A comprehensive study of the geopolitical, security, economic, and environmental future of a major game-changing phenomenon - the alternative energy megatrend. This is not another alternative energy study. Rather, The Prologue identifies and charts the security-related trajectory of a relatively new global phenomenon: the ascent of alternative energy as a 21st century megatrend.

After escaping the trauma of the Umbrella Lady’s home, 13-year-old Saffron Faith Anders is determined to find the father who abandoned her all those years ago. But when she finds him in a nearby town, Saffron is shocked to discover that he has married a woman he clearly had been involved with before her mother’s death. Worse, her father insists Saffron pretend to be his niece so he can continue to con his new wife’s family. Desperate for her father’s love, she goes along with the farce, but it soon becomes clear that perhaps it is better to face the world alone....

One woman seeks to uncover the truth and protect whistle blowers from repercussions as they uncover corruption and unethical practices within large corporations around the globe. Ann Pierre is a one woman that you don’t want to be on her bad side. The founder and head of the largest website on whistle blowing throughout the world, Ann can find the deepest secrets on any organization.

Fourteen-year-old Anna has just moved to New York with her mother and stepfather, and she hates everything about her new life. After another argument with her mother, she defiantly sneaks out to ski in Riverside Park. Much to her surprise, she meets another cross-country skier, a boy about her own age, and follows him into a snow-covered magical Otherworld inhabited by the monstrous Wyssun and the Skiers who hunt them.

Born in Lithuania in 1885 under the rule of Russian Tsars, Nettie was ever aware of the injustice levied on her Jewish people. Rules limited their freedom, reducing their status to that of second-class citizens. Additionally, Nettie challenged her own religion's system of excluding girls from Talmud instruction, which the male-dominated Jewish society deemed to be the exclusive right of men. Nettie fled to America with Russian Cossacks hot on her trail for a murder that occurred during a pogrom while she was defending her husband. In America.

Una historia de intriga, mentiras, amor, celos y tragedia donde nada es lo que parece. Un monumental thriller, trepidante, inesperado y singular, donde el fuego no es lo único que arde. Inés y Oliver son los protagonistas. En un incendio mueren algunos de los compañeros de Oliver, que es bombero y eso parece haberlo hundido. Inés empieza a recibir mails sospechosos de mail que le empujan a investigar sobre lo que realmente pasó en el incendio.

The Life and Times of a Black Garage Door Guy is an anecdotal journey spanning the human condition from: pathos to comedy, inhumanity to empathy, unawareness to enlightenment.

Xandr Taluti is dead, and his brother, Zane, has called a halt to the feud with the Andruses. As the two clans attempt to return to peacetime, it appears happily ever after is in store for everyone. Kit openly declares his love for Miranda; Niki and Ardala prepare for their long-wished-for wedding; and other secret romances are now revealed. Nevertheless, Dominic's plans to transform his family into law-abiding citizens are thwarted when the Gataen police invade the House of Andrus and old nemesis Detective Ceran Synubis arrests Dom, Kit, and Niki.