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At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the Western world, his armies were seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. He had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised. A special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture.

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The homesteaders have a terrible crop, and with winter on its way, Morgan knows what could happen. He had seen it all before on the Kansas plains and comes up with a great idea. Sheriff Farley has his own problems mounting. Even as he sobers up one town drunk, another one comes along. Only, this time, it's a violent one, and he blames all his problems on Morgan and Miss Betty. With the night air turning chilly and the sagebrush turning brown, Sheriff Farley, Morgan, and Miss Betty all know that turbulent times are on the horizon.

In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture.

When trauma surgeon Dr. Tom Barrett returns from military duty in the Middle East War, he is stricken with flashbacks, terrifying nightmares, and tremors. He learns his old friend and surgical colleague, Akira Yamaguchi, is conducting a clinical trial of a potential breakthrough drug that could erase bad memories in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) victims. Unable to function and desperate to get better, Tom enters Yamaguchi’s clinical trial. But something is going wrong.

Drummer Ryder Chord has been living half a life since he was 16 when a brutal tragedy strikes his family and he and his best friend hit the road. Ryder, desperate to forget, throws himself into touring life and writing music. When Lexi joins the band, Ryder’s life becomes almost tolerable. Until one day when the rest of the band isn’t there and Ryder and Lexi have to share a hotel room: with only one bed.

To understand self-hypnosis, you first need to learn about hypnosis. What is hypnosis? Also referred to as hypnotherapy, hypnosis uses intense focus and concentration through guided relaxation methods to reach a "trance" or a heightened state of awareness. Self-hypnosis is, therefore, using the "power'"of hypnosis on yourself to make positive changes in your life. By using self-hypnosis, you are suggesting certain desirable things for yourself.

Offering a fresh look at the various surrenders that ended the war, To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confederacy by Robert M. Dunkerly brings to light little-known facts and covers often-overlooked events. Each surrender - starting at Appomattox and continuing through Greensboro, Citronelle, and the Trans-Mississippi - unfolded on its own course. Many involved confusing and chaotic twists and turns.

First published in 1985, Habits of the Heart continues to be one of the most discussed interpretations of modern American society, a quest for a democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions. In a new preface, the authors relate the arguments of the book both to the current realities of American society and to the growing debate about the country's future. With this new edition, one of the most influential books of recent times takes on a new immediacy.

This collection comprises 40 stories by and inspired by the originators of weird fiction. From Blackwood's The Empty House, through to Philip K. Dick's The Hanging Stranger, Lovecraft's Out of The Aeons, and beyond.

Often remembered as the president who died shortly after taking office, William Henry Harrison remains misunderstood by most Americans. Before becoming the ninth president of the United States in 1841, Harrison was instrumental in shaping the early years of westward expansion. Robert M. Owens now explores that era through the lens of Harrison’s career, providing a new synthesis of his role in the political development of Indiana Territory and in shaping Indian policy in the Old Northwest.

James rescued Mariah from the worst moment of her life, but that night still affects her life 10 years later. After what happened to Mariah that night, she’ll never be whole again, and she has to keep moving. Then the hero who saved her walks back into her life, and she agrees to couch surf at his place during the holidays.

Brad is a very straight guy who gets one random thought. Just one stray thought. That leads to another and another; and then a question. And then, that thought becomes an obsession that might just push him to venture to find out about gay-straight action.

When Apache warrior Gabriel Golden Eagle escorts his sisters to England to live with his mother's family, he only intends to see them safe and claim the family inheritance so he can free his village from the white man's cruel tyranny. What he doesn't count on is meeting Riley Flanders. Infatuated with another woman, Gabriel doesn't pay much attention to Riley...until the day she is kidnapped.

Brokenhearted after losing the only woman he ever loved to another man, Reverend Joshua Holmes returns to England. Thirty years later, he is summoned to Willow Creek, Arizona. His rival has died, and his deathbed request is for Josh to marry Amanda and keep her safe from harm. But he fears she will not accept his steadfast love.

Tom Salem is a reporter searching for answers after a failed suicide attempt. Soon, he is on the trail of someone believed to be secretly helping people all around Kern County in California's Central Valley. He finds others who have been similarly helped, such as an elderly man saved from his burning home, a young girl lost in the woods for days, and a shopkeeper saved from a robbery. All incidences have one thing in common: a mysterious, heroic stranger dubbed "The Angel" by locals.

Raven Eagle, compromised by a white agent invading her village, is sent to live in England with her mother's people. Separated from her siblings, she boards a ship owned by the Lord of Limerick, going to Ireland instead. To save her from the threat of the Sea Patrol, the lord agrees to an arranged marriage. Braiton Shannon, suffering from an inherited illness forbidding intimacy, becomes tormented by his heart's desire to love Raven. Her courage in the face of danger saves him from death, risking her own life to release him from his curse.

I have personally interviewed all of the persons whose stories appear in this book. I am convinced that what these people saw, heard, or felt actually happened to them. I think it is important to state that none of the people whose stories I will tell in this writing sought me out or wanted to tell their stories to the public. I have been granted a peek into a world that exists not in our imaginations but in a reality that will cause you to question your own sanity.

The first dawn of humanity’s evolution has begun, and a war is coming. Twenty years ago, a plan was conceived of and set in motion by a group of powerful individuals. Their aim is unknown, but the outcome will soon be realized, and the fate of mankind rests on the few. Sam and Karl meet on the morning all hell breaks loose and are set on a course that will change their lives irrevocably. Hidden secrets will be revealed. Can Sam figure out the changes within herself before it’s too late?

On an ordinary January afternoon, a disturbing revelation about his wife hurls one man into a maelstrom of public humiliation and heartbreak, and eventually on a spree of run-ins with lawyers, judges, therapists, and law enforcement. Land of July tells the true story of a teacher/student sex scandal that not only shocked an entire school and small suburban community, but made national news. It’s a story filled with countless anecdotes about marriage, trust, infidelity, grief, and the desperate search for hope and family in the face of ruin.