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As I walked out under the Los Angeles sky, the possibility of becoming something more than a short order cook, living in the valley, and resenting my dysfunctional family occurred to me… A young man, torn between two women, struggles to find his way in the world in Michael D. Dennis’s touching new novel, A Native’s Tongue. Charlie Winters is used to just getting by while living with his single mother and working a dead-end job. Meanwhile, he’s constantly grappling with the voice of his sister, who died in a tragic car accident years earlier, echoing in his head. Soon Charlie finds ...

490 shares powerful stories coupled with an eye-opening forgiveness technique that empowers anyone to experience every day with strength and clarity. You cannot be happy, healthy, or step into your purpose until you know and understand fully three things about yourself: your love language, fear triggers, and fear language. Knowing these changes everything! In this audiobook of compelling stories paired with eye-opening truths, Dr. Joan Samuels-Dennis introduces us to the room - a moment in time we must all forgive before we can transform into the beautiful.

Kushtaka or Kooshdakhaa is a Tlingit word meaning “land otter man.” The Kushtaka is on one hand the nemeses of the Tlingit people, yet necessary to their Shamans who play a critical role in the survival of the Tlingits. The Tlingit people are as mysterious in their beliefs as the Kushtaka, making for strange bedfellows.

Joe Silvestri was a tough kid from the mean streets of New York. He went from street brawler to wearing a tux at the glamorous Copacabana. He eventually provided “muscle” for the Mob, a highly respected and feared fixer - the guy you went to if you had a problem that needed to be resolved. Award-winning Mob author Dennis Griffin joins forces with Joey “the Fixer” Silvestri to tell a tale of a bygone era when organized crime dominated New York City.

Un soir de l’été 1974, Jules, la fille de Mary Pat Fennessey disparaît dans le South Boston. Personne ne l’aidera, la communauté irlandaise est plus désunie que jamais. Elle devra partir seule à la recherche de la vérité. Un thriller passionnant et un beau portrait de femme.

Durante la elaboración de la tesis, aparecen premisas que resuenan en la cabeza del investigador como verdades irrefutables que, en realidad, solo se tratan de mitos o ideas equivocadas. "Entre más páginas, más relevante la tesis", "Si no se confirma la hipótesis de trabajo, la tesis no tiene razón de ser", "Todas las tesis deben tener un sustento estadístico" son algunas de las afirmaciones erróneas que se promueven en las aulas y, con el tiempo, crean modelos alejados de la verdadera práctica científica.

In the quaint English village of Bridleford, nothing ever goes wrong—unless you count the occasional murder. When a dear family member unexpectedly dies, Katy and her sassy Grandma Ruby head to the Cotswolds to deal with legal matters. They’re met with the warmest welcome as the friendly villagers offer help and moral support. However, things take a turn for the worse when Katy and Ruby find themselves targeted by vandals. It seems that not everyone in town is thrilled with their visit. Could a double dose of murder be next on the itinerary?____________________ What readers are saying ...

Some 4000 years ago a being stepped out from behind reality and spoke to a man called Abraham. Abraham was told he would receive a land and a "seed" (many offspring) who would someday bring a special blessing for every family on earth. The blessing would come near the end of this present world. This is Zion's Promise. This book is for Christians who want to understand the Bible's deepest message. This book is for Jews who want to understand Zion. This book is for everyone who is searching for the truth of why they were born in the first place.

The profound coming-of-age story of a young boy growing up in rural Virginia, and the historic summer that would change his life forever. During the summer of 1959, Virginia’s Prince Edward County is entirely consumed by passionate resistance against, and in other corners, support for, the desegregation of schools as mandated by Brown v. Board of Education. Benjamin Rome, the 10-year-old son of a chicken farmer in one of the county’s small townships, struggles to comprehend the furor that surrounds him, even as he understands the immorality of racial prejudice.

C'è una buona ragione se nel 2016 "Noi Siamo Infinito (Noi Siamo Bob)" è stato nominato miglior titolo di fantascienza di Audible, ed è per la sua irresistibile sagacia e i toni irriverenti. Bob Johansson ha appena guadagnato una piccola fortuna dalla vendita della sua azienda di software e non vede l'ora di godersi la sua nuova vita all'insegna dell'agio. E il primo punto della sua lista di cose da fare è proprio iniziare a sperperare quel bendidio. Trascinato dal desiderio di spendere e spandere, acconsente a far conservare criogenicamente la sua testa in caso di morte.

In the wake of a catastrophic terrorist attack on a beloved American icon, Walt Disney World, the President vows “never again”. A new covert government anti-terrorist group is established, buried deep inside the National Security Agency. Its mission – stop the next terrorist attack before it happens. Their remit is to do whatever it takes, and there are no rules. Frightening new technologies are leveraged to spy on terrorists and everyday citizens alike in pursuit of public safety.

Psychologist and police consultant Daniel Rinaldi's new patient - a former Hollywood starlet now married to a ruthless business tycoon - is kidnapped right outside his office. Through a bizarre sequence of events, he's forced to deliver the ransom demand himself, drawing him into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a brilliant, lethal adversary. Complicating things is the victim's own family, whose members have dark secrets of their own and whose loyalties are suspect.

Michael Feydeau, alias TV's much-loved Inspector Niblett, and crime expert David Pershore (the best-selling author of A Nice Sit Down with Some Horrific Murders) go on a thrilling journey through the gruesome history of crime, digging deep into the vaults of villainy to exhume dastardly cases of theft, intrigue, deception, fraud, murder, murder and a touch more murder.

Hobart, 2022: a city with a declining population, in the grip of a dark recession. A rusty ship sails into the harbor and begins to unload its cargo on the site of the once famous but now abandoned Gallery of Future Art, known to the world as GoFA. One day the city’s residents are awoken by a high-pitched sound no one has heard for two generations: a factory whistle. GoFA’s owner, world-famous billionaire Dundas Faussett, is creating his most ambitious installation yet. He’s going to defeat technology’s dominance over our lives by establishing a new Year Zero: 1948.

When Robert, a young boy, is kidnapped by pirates, he is shipwrecked on an island where everyone is six inches tall! Will he ever see his mom again?

Bob Johansson acaba de vender sua empresa de software por uma pequena fortuna e está ansioso por uma vida tranquila. O primeiro item de sua lista de tarefas: gastar! Ele então se inscreve para ter sua cabeça preservada criogenicamente quando morrer. Pouco tempo depois, é atropelado, morre e acorda 117 anos depois para descobrir que sua mente será enviada para uma sonda espacial senciente com capacidade de replicação. Bob e seus clones estão em uma missão para encontrar novos lares para a humanidade e corajosamente ir aonde nenhum Bob jamais esteve.

A young, single mother, a widow, meets a nice young man and begins dating him. Just when she starts to believe she may have found a father for her two year old daughter, the boyfriend and her child disappear in the middle of the night. The police are brought in and when it becomes obvious to them that the boyfriend, who has not been seen by any of the girl's friends, family or coworkers, is a lie, they begin to suspect her.

This biography of William Shatner adds some surprises beyond the all the stories of his eccentric behavior. It reveals what really makes the man tick. The author has done his footwork, talking to all the cast and crew and sifting through sixty years of archives, and he has come up with many amazing insights, including the shocking source of the Star Trek franchise. This is a moving portrait of a fascinating man, an in-depth and often unsettling biography of a modern icon. This is a book for people who don’t give a damn about Star Trek.

When Ivy Sinclare, Washington state’s most notorious convicted murderer, asks Judy Pine to tell her story, Judy jumps at the chance. As she unravels accounts of Ivy’s past, Judy begins to believe in the prisoner’s innocence, but Judy’s determination to find the truth may jeopardize her own future. This opportunity proves to be more than Judy bargained for.

Darrell Dennis is a stereotype-busting, politically incorrect Native American/Aboriginal/Shuswap. With a large dose of humour and irreverence, he untangles some of the truths and myths about First Nations: Why do people think Natives get free trucks, and why didn’t he ever get one? Why does the length of your hair determine whether you’re good or bad? By what ratio does the amount of rain in a year depend on the amount of cactus liquor you consume? In addition to answering these burning questions, Dennis tackles some tougher subjects.