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Dark Frequencies: A Collection of Short Stories presents three chilling and interconnected short stories that will plunge you into worlds, where reality blurs and the ordinary collides with the extraordinary. In the first story, delve into the past as a curious office aide stumbles upon a sinister radio broadcast hidden within a historic institution. Uncovering long-buried secrets leads to a nightmarish web of conspiracy and malevolence.

"What is the secret to understanding life? Is there an alchemical process that can turn the baser metal of our mundane daily living into the very elixir of life? What is the path to our true, limitless, expansive, free self? In this enchanting and thought-provoking book, enlightened teacher Avi urges you to embark on a grand quest, searching for the only thing that has ever mattered, the only thing that can truly complete you: your own true Self. Henry David Thoreau said, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." There is a reason why so many of us spend our entire lives searching ...

The Old City lay dark and cold … It is night. And Edmund is alone. His mother is gone. His aunt, who went in search of her, is dead. His sister has disappeared. Edmund has no one. Except for a stranger of the night.

In the darkest corners of the cosmos, a cursed ship, known as the Ghost Ship, sails through the endless void. Its spectral crew, damned souls seeking vengeance, hunts malevolent beings in a ceaseless cycle of darkness and retribution. Led by the enigmatic Captain Eldrith, they pursue their haunting mission across the cosmos, leaving behind a trail of eerie legends and whispered tales.

Reclaiming the vital realm beyond home and workplace, igniting transformative conversations in the pursuit of wisdom.

Eleven-year-old Kevin Cartwright can hardly believe his ears when his father, a brave soldier wounded in the Revolutionary War, announces that he is leaving Philadelphia and never coming back. He is heading into the untamed wilderness of New Jersey, where he hopes to find a peaceful place to raise Kevin and his little sister. But in 1783, New Jersey is filled with secret traps and hidden dangers. Before the family has traveled far, Kevin is captured by the mysterious Captain Grey and his murderous band of pirates. These lawless men of the sea say they have killed the boy’s father and sister. Will Kevin be next?

When Avi Steinberg's love life took a grim turn, he did what he always does: He consulted his old books, the usual cast of great (very serious, usually male) authors. And he immediately realized that these books were part of the problem. Instead, he began to read romances, the books he - like so many of us - have been conditioned to dismiss as "trashy". What he discovered was a genre that was tremendously diverse and daring, along with a vast network of innovative writers who were keeping the novel as alive as ever

How tourism’s insatiable hunger for exotic destinations keeps Romania’s fictional heritage alive.

Avi Loeb ist einer der renommiertesten Astronomen unserer Zeit. Und er ist sich sicher: Wir sind nicht allein im All. Denn Form und Eigenschaften des unbekannten Flugobjekts, das im Oktober 2017 durch unser inneres Sonnensystem schoss, ließen nur eine Erklärung zu: Oumuamua, wie man es nannte, war Alien-Technologie, von einer außerirdischen Zivilisation entwickelt und auf Erkundungsflug.

In a world where humans and Reptilians coexist, a fragile alliance shatters, leading to war and despair. Dr. Elara Morgan, a diplomat burdened by her past, embarks on a quest for redemption. Amidst treacherous secrets, radical factions, and painful reckonings, she strives to heal the rift and confront the shadows of atonement. Echoes of Destiny is an epic tale of reconciliation, forgiveness, and the enduring quest for peace in a world scarred by conflict.

Chile, 1973: The Human Solutions team (a detective, a psychologist, and an actor) work together to engineer social situations to help their clients with anything they might need - until a case leaves one of them tangled in a cult run by an ex-Nazi with torturous ties to the Pinochet dictatorship.

אבי וחזקי, האחד גדל בבני ברק, עזב את הקהילה החרדית והתגייס לצבא, השני אברך חרדי שגר כיום בבני ברק, נפגשו על ספסל הלימודים בלימודי התואר למשפטים, משם החלו לעשות סיור מצליח בבני ברק שסוחף אנשים מכל העולם, ועכשיו מביאים עד אליכם את כל מה שמעניין בקהילה החרדית.

In 2017, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, went public with a theory that shook the scientific community - our solar system has been visited by advanced alien technology. His provocative and persuasive argument (and internationally bestselling book Extraterrestrial) has opened thousands of minds to the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. This book tackles the huge question of what happens next?

In Accent Insights the Accent Realty team of Avi Kaufman and Ron Scharf share their real estate and Brookline expertise as your guide to the market, approximately 10-20 minutes at a time. Each episode shares an inside view on an aspect of real estate - tour insights on new and unique properties, updates on the Brookline market, and deep dives on a variety of topics. #AccentRealty #BrooklineMA #RealEstate #Brookline

The present is not just a moment. It is a reality of its own that does not belong to time. It is next to impossible for the human mind to understand the present, for it dwells only in the past or the future. Perhaps this is why, as human beings - creatures bound to the mind - we struggle to comprehend the sheer magnanimity of mindfulness, the subtle art of being here and now. In this fascinating deep dive into the world of the "Now," enlightened teacher Avi takes us on a magical journey through the labyrinth of the mind - its fears and afflictions, desires and disappointments - to a place ...

Years after her father suddenly disappears without a trace, Tanya’s family is on the brink of poverty. To save her mother and little sister, Tanya embarks on a journey to a new country, where she will be able to work and gather enough money to prevent her family from falling apart. While other foreign women like her usually work in the shady downtown, Tanya finds a job as a caregiver to a very successful, though unwell, author who has trouble communicating with his surroundings.

In a compellingly honest collection of stories, multiple-award-winning author Avi introduces seven boys - boys with fathers at home and boys whose fathers have left, boys who spend most of their time with their grandfathers and boys who would rather spend time with anyone but the men in their lives. By turns heartbreaking, hopeful, and funny, the stories show us boys seeking acceptance, guidance, or just someone to look up to.

While young adults listen to this thrilling historical adventure, they’ll also gain fascinating insights into the historical and political complications of Prohibition. Set in the 1930s, it is the story of an Irish-American boy who concocts a dangerous plan to bust the liquor smugglers who are terrorizing his island home.

Punch is a young orphan boy, hungry and alone. When he is offered a job with a traveling medicine show, he takes it, although he has no idea what his work will be. But after he joins the troupe and sees the owner’s beautiful daughter, Judy, he no longer cares what he has to do, as long as he is near her. Soon the shady medicine show is on the run, just one step ahead of a sheriff who is determined to put them all in jail for peddling their bottles of elixirs. To save the day, Punch will have to take on the trickiest job of all: making people laugh.

What's happening in Israel, from the perspective of two American olim with very high below-average intelligence.