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The story of how two small children had to trek all alone across Manchuria in 1946.70 years

It's election season - America's most lucrative sport - and there are no rules. When climate scientist Dr. Helen Gardner accidentally reads an email from the International Task Force on Climate Change which proves that global warming is a lucrative scam, she's shocked and horrified. But that's nothing compared to how she feels the next day when her boss (the head of the Task Force) tries to have her killed. Helen goes into hiding with the help of her neighbor, a "fundy" Bible college professor named Cody, and an anti-eco-activist lumberjack-writer.

The air is lethal in Altenbyrne.There is no escaping the poisonous fog within the kingdom’s walls. The river is infested with deadly grinderfish, and creatures beyond the wall prey on those who venture out. Without a life mask, no one can survive. While the wealthy get all the lifemasks they need, people like Tristin and his sister, Makenna, only get one each. After Tristin’s failed attempt to save their mother from a dying mask, he and Makenna are forced to flee the all-powerful Angel of Justice.

Rugen Sloane's dreary life changed the day a weathered traveler named Gordon emerged from the wilderness and knocked on his front gate. For years, the world has been plagued by roving monsters that kill anyone they catch outside the confines of their village. The fact that Gordon was able to brave the journey to Rugen's doorstep is a testament to his survival skills.

Thirty years ago, two high school seniors competed for a trophy, a scholarship, and a girl. One of them ended up dead, and the other won all three treasures. Now, follow the story of Tori Clark, a girl haunted by the spirit of the murdered boy. Tori is asked to expose the murderer and bring justice to the 30-year-old cold case. But something unexpected happens along the way.

The Surgeon’s Curse starts in an Atlanta sleep lab, when a PhD researcher discovers to her horror that a curse-driven maniac has learned how to sneak into other people’s nightmares and destroy them while they sleep. Powered by “The Curse of Morpheus”, the serial killer uses his paranormal gift - known as somnambulistic telepathy - to invade a sleeper’s nightmares.

Dis-Is-Able is more than just a book for special-needs children. It is used to normalize and add beauty to disabilities! Even though children may look different doesn’t mean they should be treated differently.

On August 6, 1945, 22-year-old Kaleria Pachikoff was doing pre-breakfast chores when a blinding flash lit the sky over Hiroshima, Japan. A moment later, everything went black as the house collapsed on her and her family. Their world, and everyone else's, changed as the first atomic bomb was detonated over a city.

After narrowly escaping Halaby mansion alive, Leonard Krueger flees America to secure a key mineral his captor, Ms. Likvold, desperately needs. He gains leverage over her, but soon realizes nowhere is safe, men are still watching his every move. Leo returns to New York to negotiate for answers about his father’s disappearance but returns to chaos. His absence only gave them time to start their plans, he might be too late to stop them.

Miles Landry is trying to put violence behind him when he takes up work as a private detective focused on humdrum adultery cases. But when a Tibetan monk hires him to find a missing person, things get weird fast. Charged with tracking down the reincarnation of a man possessed by a demonic guardian from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Miles is plunged into a world of fortune-tellers, gangsters, and tantric rituals.

This audiobook is a reflection on man’s rightful place in the ecological universe. Using personal stories, recounting how he came to love and depend on the Great Outdoors and how he learned his place in the system of nature, Chadwick challenges anyone to consider whether they are separate from or part of nature. The answer is obvious, that we are an indivisible from all elements of a system that is greater than ourselves and should never be neglected, taken advantage of, or exploited.

Nel lavoro, come nella vita, poche cose ci danno una gioia maggiore dell'essere completamente immersi in ciò che stiamo facendo. In questa condizione riusciamo a sentire poco lo stress, a sentirci soddisfatti e ad essere produttivi più del solito. Insomma niente ci fermerebbe. Chi non vorrebbe provare questa sensazione? E chi non vorrebbe vedere la propria squadra così motivata e stimolata sul lavoro? Questo audiolibro (adattamento dell'edizione cartacea) propone strumenti e tecniche per coinvolgere e motivare i vostri collaboratori.

This Conscious Leadership book is a gift to every individual, leader, and organisation dedicated to creating a life that is greater than what they now have, and to making a difference in the world. It is an invitation for those people who choose to be more conscious in their leadership, with an emphasis that no particular way is right or wrong.

The long, dusty cattle-drive from Texas to Kansas is over, but as Avery Carson stands in the warm light of a Dodge City morning, he is shrouded in a dark cloud of grief. Now that the toil and ever-present dangers of the drive are behind him, tragic events back home rise up as poignant as ever. He cant go back; he has neither the courage nor the strength of will to do so. Instead, he leaves everything he knows behind and strikes out into the wilds of the frontier wilderness to lose himself.

Learn how to hear God’s whisper. Develop a wonderful relationship with God to hear his voice. Over the years as I read the Bible, I understood that individuals that had great relationships with the Lord were favored and heard his voice. I believe this devotional will give you keys to build and maintain an awesome friendship with the Lord to hear him and live an awesome life for the Lord. Hear the lord by reading his word daily. You will be strong because God’s word is strong and it is sharper than a double edged sword.

In 1954, Joyce Johnson’s Barnard professor told his class that most women could never have the kinds of experiences that would be worth writing about. Attitudes like that were not at all unusual at a time when “good” women didn’t leave home or have sex before they married; even those who broke the rules could merely expect to be minor characters in the dramas played by men. But secret rebels, like Joyce and her classmate Elise Cowen, refused to accept things as they were.

Andrew awakes in a strange garden perched on the side of a mountain. The boy can't remember who or where he is. But he does know that he has a task to do - and it's very important he complete it exactly the way he was instructed, no matter who - or what - tells him otherwise...At the every step of his quest. Andrew is faced with a choice: Will he do what he knows he must, or will he take a shortcut? He will meet new friends, bitter enemies, and some who are a little of both as he discovers his story is at once stranger and more magical than he thought.

Across the world, key decisions are made by tiny coteries of political and business leaders. With enough talent, élan, and hard work, any of us can join them - so we are told. Follow key rules: be transparent; defer to bosses and clients; take responsibility; feedback is everything. Understand these, and the world is our oyster.

As a young man, Mike had it all. He was athletic and handsome with loving parents and a nearly flawless girlfriend; he was blessed. But when a horrible event occurs near the end of his senior year, his life is forever altered. We meet him much later, on December 14 in 2020, as a homeless 65-year-old man with little else than a lifetime of memories. His shattered dreams are sandwiched between failures and losses and only his faith remains.

This book is intended for the average individual - an average Joe, if you will - who is looking to put their money to work. We are not talking about millions of dollars. We are not talking about rubbing elbows with the Fortune 500. We are talking about regular hardworking folks who want to take their savings and watch them grow.