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The fate of the Union and the emancipation of slavery were at stake in the national election of 1864. It was the most important election in the history of the United States, and a beacon of hope for the world. This is the story of how Lincoln mastered language, and how his words changed public perspective, drove home emancipation, reignited the ideals of freedom and saved democratic government. In all he said, Lincoln’s words speak freedom to peoples the world over today as in 1864.

After some of the most devastating explosions to rock America in decades, Jake Patrick and his team are racing against the clock to prevent further disaster. Terrorism remains the country’s most dangerous enemy. This time, the extremists have chosen a new path, one that is totally unexpected. It’s an emotional ride that will leave you breathless and rooting for Jake and his team to, once again, keep America safe and end this living nightmare.

Maria Magliani arrives home to a frantic call that her pizza restaurant is on fire. The saucy, recently-widowed entrepreneur speeds downtown to suspicious, smoldering ruins. On the scene, she encounters rugged, handsome Fire Marshall Clancy McClavey. The two exchange numbers. Clancy phones a few days later for two reasons: To report the findings from the fire, and to ask her out. But, before their big, Saturday night date occurs, Maria discovers that she is at the center of two mysterious murders.

Rev. Wallace A. Evans is my grandfather who lived to be 100 years old. He was born August 22nd, 1884, and he died November 29th, 1984. My grandfather was a man among men. I have come to realize he will live on in all of us.

Ava Hart thought she lived a normal life working the night shift as a labor and delivery doctor, but she discovers that her life is anything but normal. As a result of a traumatic childhood, Avas psyche has been split, creating alternate personalities that are ruining her life. In order to gain control over her life, Ava has to dig deep into her memories to discover what happened to her as a child. What will she learn, and can she face the truth without losing herself completely?

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to A Father's Love: My Journey with God and learn about the author's journey with God in Christianity.

This audiobook is based on the autobiography of Hamid Bey, titled My Life Preceding 5,000 Burials, telling the dramatic story of the life of Master Hamid Bey, who could control his heartbeat to three beats per minute and put himself in a trance. This is how he was able to be buried alive and come out breathing just like you and me. Bey also was able to stick pins in his body with no visible marks to be left, and he appeared on the old Ed Sullivan Show to demonstrate his ability to withstand weight when he had Mr. Sullivan stand on his body while he laid on a bed of nails.

In September 2000, I was sitting on a bench facing the Mediterranean Sea in the French Riviera town of Nice. I had flown there during a three-day break in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial in Camp Ziest, Netherlands, where I was expected to testify. As I sat on this bench eating lunch, I suddenly found myself overwhelmed by emotion. It was an awakening: I realized that my being there was the fulfillment of one of my many life dreams and goals that were launched thirty-one years earlier from another bench facing the Three Sisters Ponds in Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park.

I can still feel the chills, as I recall the scene on Fifth Avenue, below the editor’s office in August 1997. Two people were given their lives back, because of the journalism by my team. Now, their family was gathering in front of the building, holding copies of an extra edition of The Herald-Dispatch, which declared their freedom. This was why, I was sure, the Founders had created the First Amendment. We had stood up to a foreign government, forced our own to do the right thing. Stories would not always end so elegantly. Justice and good journalism do not always win.

Arlo’s dream was to leave a system of oligarchy and turmoil in the lands of Boorish, where it’s survival of the fittest. To escape war, he had to seek Nirvana. Here, Nirvana is not only a state of mind, but rumored to be a physical place, a paradise. Join Arlo and others on their attempted pilgrimage for a better life, steered by a bunch of heroic pirates aboard the Imhotep, flying through dangerous skies. Here lies a quest in question: Will the Imhotep arrive safely in Nirvana?

Getting divorced and fired from your job don’t usually happen on the same day. But that’s exactly what happened to Will Kraft, a 40-year-old nonconformist teacher and father of two young boys. Seeking to find solace in the wilderness and map out a new life for himself, Will drives off alone to Montana. Mechanical problems force him to leave the car behind and continue by hitchhiking. He finally arrives in Montana, only to fall into the hands of a shadowy cabal that seeks to use Will to carry out their villainous agenda.

This book called Forever Love: How to Stay Married Without Losing Your Mind is about the personal experiences and married life of Tim and April Bell, who have been happily married for over 30 years. They share stories about how they met, subjects that they think are important in a successful marriage, as well as some helpful tools and resources for a long-lasting, loving, and intimate marriage.

Nana loves spending time with her kiddos, especially on road trips, where she has a captive audience in the Moxymobile, named after her dogs Murphy and Roxy. Along with her grand daughter Eden, they enjoy adventures, however, events do not always go as Nana planned. Follow the gang as they explore the beauty of Arizona, where Nana’s huge granny panties end up on Saguaro cacti. Still, in the desert, they look for gold and work together as a team to catch a coyote pup.

Each thought serves a different purpose to elevate each individual into their own unique direction. The author writes from real life experiences to help others to open their minds to a new horizon, that is just beyond their reach.

Reunion begins and ends with the 45th reunion of the 1960 class of Princeton, West Virginia. Set in a small town on the southern edge of the state, it deals with usual themes of coming-of-age and high school, as well as the once-in-a-lifetime experience of desegregation and its impact on a group of friends. In addition, the debut novel, written in the first person in an engaging style, probes the relationship, or lack of it, between an emotionally-distant father and his son, who much later in life begins to understand what it means to grow up as the adult child of an alcoholic.

Hey, I’m Italian is an insider's look at growing up Italian in New York. Abducted at gunpoint, being bitten on the nose by the family dog two days before my wedding, and paying for a lavish Hawaiian honeymoon only to learn that our travel agent had absconded with our money, were but a few of the events that shaped my life. But growing up Italian in New York, well that can really shake you up.

A truck load of toxic chemicals crashes into Tampa Bay, threatening Dr. Derk Bryan's own slice paradise. A bank president’s son and a senator’s daughter die after smoking weed at a fraternity party. The publisher of a weekly entertainment rag accuses the cops of murder.

The crash of shattering glass portended much more for Anne and Tom Ryan than an angry mob’s attack on their home. It signaled an end to the life they had built together. Caught between an increasingly dictatorial government and media claims of insurrection by their son David who had disappeared many years before, the Ryans were thrust into perilous and overpowering events that forced them to reevaluate all of their preconceptions.

This book is about the day-to-day encounters that police officers face on a daily basis. It emphasizes the good and evil that lurk about every day. Some fall victim to the mayhem. Others are just lucky to avoid conflict, or escape the fatal blows that others fall victim to. All gave some, some gave all.

Where Is My Home? is based on a true story about a cat named Sonic, who was described as born to be wild. When given the opportunity to be free, he realized that he wanted to go home. To get there, he traveled 30 miles as he battled weather, animals, people, hunger, sleep, sickness, traffic, loneliness, and fear. When he arrived home nine months later, he entered the garage and snuggled into the quilt where he was born. Though born to be wild, he found there is no place like home. It could be called the story of the prodigal cat.