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Losing game after game during softball season, the Bailey Batters wonder if their eccentric coach, who is continually wearing bandages because of many injuries, is really a mummy and has placed a curse on them.

Lloyd Jones was seven years old the first time he climbed high into a grandstand to watch rugby with his father. The experience was baptismal. From his new elevated perspective Jones believed he could see everything that mattered – a field of play that rolled out, green with promise, from suburban New Zealand to the wider world. The grandstand is a guiding metaphor for these questing narrative poems that reach back into childhood and forward into the life of a writer constantly experimenting with form and voice.

He was stationed at Area 51, a loyal soldier serving his country, and later injected with what he believed to be a standard vaccination, only it was an experiment. Now he's a weapon, a man with skills like no other, who can travel with the wind, a man with darkness within that he battles every day of his life.

The search for a perfect world begins …The oppressive life of an eighteenth-century French peasant is not enough for young, ambitious Alexandre Brunet. Aided by a charismatic priest and inspired by the rebellion of the common man in America, he risks everything in a tragic failed attempt to achieve the dream of freedom for people and free markets—a perfect world.

Patton's Shadow by Nathan C. Jones, a leading authority on George S. Patton, offers a definitive account of the creation of the Patton legend and what it illuminates about American culture and the worship of heroes. Jones traces how the persona of Patton, a brash and brilliant general in the European theater of World War II, transcended the individual man and became a cultural icon and byword for triumphal American might.

In her role at the council’s Unclaimed Heirs Unit, Linda Standish investigates the lives of those who’ve died alone and tracks down any living relatives. She’s been a friend to the friendless for the past thirty-three years. And now she’s looking forward to an early retirement. But before she hangs up her lanyard, Linda must take on one last case – that of Levi Norman Jones – a Welshman who’d made his home on a remote Scottish island for the past five years.

Mere weeks have passed since the Usurper’s defeat at the hands of the Final Heir. With Mahzun’s whereabouts unknown, his empire—forged in blood by the Eternal Blade—fractures at a furious pace. Severely weakened, Mahzun flees back to the Northern Wilds. In the land that cradled him during his youth, he seeks rest and revenge. Unfortunately, all he has are vague and mysterious instructions from the ghostly apparition of his oldest enemy.

¿Qué pasaría si pudieras tener una carrera satisfactoria, un matrimonio próspero, amistades sólidas y pasatiempos gratificantes, todo mientras estás en el mejor momento de tu vida? ¿Qué pasaría si cada día que vivieras fuera mejor que el anterior? ¿Qué pasaría si aprovechar tu potencial no fuera tan difícil como crees? Según el autor de éxitos de ventas del New York Times, Jon Acuff, podría no serlo. De hecho, todo lo que se necesita es una meta.

The Word of God is like a seed planted in the heart. Many people end up failing before obtaining the promise because it can take a while to break through the surface. A lot is happening in the ground with the roots, but because it's hidden, they start neglecting the seed. A Winner's Faith will address: What faith is and how logic and reasoning can be enemies to faith. How the condition of your heart affects what you receive. How to stand in difficult seasons until the harvest shows up. You were created to win! Discover how faith is your access to a limitless life!

Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis reveals hard truths—powerful findings on the role of racism, coercion, inadequate prenatal care, the pressures undermining breastfeeding, and the lack of access to alternatives to a broken maternal health-care system as key threads of black women's birth experiences.

We’ve all heard the words, “Go ahead, there’s nothing to be afraid of.” Little did we know just how big an impact those words would have on our lives. They were meant to encourage and empower, but over time became engrained in our minds causing doubt and wondering, “What more is there to fear?” This has left some stuck with the same self-destructive fears they’ve had since childhood. Fears that now hold them back from success, happiness, peace of mind, and even . . . love.

Most people sleepwalk through life, unaware of their breath’s numerous capacities. Don’t be part of that unfulfilled group. Reclaim your birthright as a luminous, fully thriving human through the ancient power of breath work.

Håkan Söderström, conocido como "el Halcón", un joven inmigrante sueco que llega a California en plena Fiebre del Oro, emprende una peregrinación imposible en dirección a Nueva York, sin hablar el idioma, en busca de su hermano Linus, a quien perdió cuando embarcaron en Europa. En su extraño viaje, Håkan se topará con un buscador de oro irlandés demente y con una mujer sin dientes que lo viste con un abrigo de terciopelo y zapatos con hebilla. Conocerá a un naturalista visionario y se hará con un caballo llamado Pingo.

The Elite Kings Club left a trail of fear behind every person who whispered their names throughout the centuries that they'd existed. They were the product of every nightmare you were told as a child, only now, they don't go bump in the night. They race modified cars, throw parties to conceal their morbid games, and leave behind the kind of chaos that can never be tamed. They were from an ancient bloodline of the three Founding Fathers, and it was almost time for them to plunge deeper into the depths of hell.

Most of us are living a life crafted by other people: family, social media, societal expectations, etc. We’ve conformed to the patterns of everyone around us without even meaning to. Being a rebel doesn’t just mean going against the norm—it’s about giving the world your truest self. Author and podcast host Graham Cochrane shows you how to truly create your life of freedom, joy, and meaning—on your terms, not someone else’s.

After receiving an unexpected inheritance of jewelry, including a rare 'spoon ring', Zelah agrees to go to Cornwall to find out more about its history. She knows she may have to face discovering her own closely-guarded family history. Reluctant to dig up her past at first, she gathers the courage to find out where she comes from and who she really is. So, in the middle of a glorious summer, the Maze Investigations team takes a month off and heads to Cornwall.

Serenity Miller has much to love about life as the owner of The Pink Petal in Arthur, Illinois, and enjoys trying natural remedies and exploring garage sales. Then comes the day her neighbor, Stephen Lantz, saves her from trespassers on her property and their friendship deepens into an attraction Serenity knows can never lead to marriage. She holds secrets she can never divulge, despite Stephen's way of wooing her. But how can Serenity return to her life of contentment after a taste of love? And when danger returns, will it steal her last hope for a bright future?

Zaman ke zariye naviget karna aapko darshan ke mool siddhanton aur existance ki fitrat ka pata lagane ke liye ek khud-nigari safar par le jata hai, taake koi sheesha mein dekh sake aur sawal kar sake "Aap waqai mein kaun hain?" Aapke khayalat, aapke amal, aapka khulq kis se bana hai aur kya aap khush hain? Aap kya banna chahte hain? Aap kahaan jana chahte hain? Halankeh hum mein se kuch log is khoj mein poora jeevan bita sakte hain, lekin aakhri jawab khojne wale ke dil mein hi chhupa hota hai.

The simple story of a young man and a young woman reared in two different environments: The young man, Bud Thompson, is a farm boy who lives with his family in the South Carolina Lowcountry, much the same as did their ancestors with the land providing for their needs and nourishment. The young woman, Amber Sawyer, lives in the South Carolina upstate where she is the daughter, an only child, of a prosperous couple and whose culturally and socially driven mother has settled on a direct life path for her daughter. Bud meets Amber in college.

Kurt Cobain irrompeu na consciência americana e mundial com força depois do lançamento de Nevermind, um clássico instantâneo que definiu um som e uma geração. Três anos depois, ele cometeu suicídio, deixando uma carreira meteórica e uma influência cultural que nunca diminuiria. Esta obra resgata as principais entrevistas do artista, incluindo a última delas. Nela, o ouvinte encontrará um Cobain engraçado, atencioso, sarcástico, apaixonado e até gentil. A visão de um homem que muitas vezes foi incompreendido está aqui, trinta anos depois de sua morte, com a mesma força de sua música.