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Riley has crossed the bridge into the afterlife - a place called Here, where time is always Now. She has picked up life where she left off when she was alive, living with her parents and dog in a nice house in a nice neighborhood. When she’s summoned before The Council, she learns that the afterlife isn’t just an eternity of leisure. She’s been assigned a job, Soul Catcher, and a teacher, Bodhi, a possibly cute, seemingly nerdy boy who’s definitely hiding something.

Having solved the matter of the Radiant Boy, Riley, Buttercup, and Bodhi are enjoying a well-deserved vacation. When Riley comes across a vicious black dog, against Bodhi’s advice, she decides to cross him over. While following the dog, she runs into a young ghost named Rebecca. Despite Rebecca’s sweet appearance, Riley soon learns she’s not at all what she seems. As the daughter of a former plantation owner, she is furious about being murdered during a slave revolt in 1733.

With her mother busy traveling for work, Elsby isn’t thrilled to be spending a few weeks with her great-aunt Verity. Luckily, she has her notebook and a lush garden to sketch to help pass the time. But a visitor takes Elsby by surprise: a cat standing on its two hind legs and dressed like a sailor dashes across the garden and into the neighboring woods!

Amy Grant narrates this endearing story about two Christmas presents, a dog and a cat, who fall out of Santa's sleigh. By working together, something that doesn't always come naturally, they find their way to their new home. And, through their example of love for one another, they bring harmony to an entire household. Musical accompaniment by Chet Atkins. Ages four and up. Part of the award-winning Rabbit Ears series, Holiday Classics.

In Inside the Secret Space Program: Valiant Thor and the U.S. Air Force, former Air Force pilot Mel Noel, in a transcript from one of his rare public talks, describes his interactions with a shadowy Air Force Colonel, who provided him with many insights about the secret space program and the US government's alliance with the space people.

Noel Fielding seamlessly bridges the imagined worlds and counterculture references we have been led through courtesy of Mighty Boosh and Luxury Comedy. This is a live recording taken from his 2016 stand up tour of the UK, USA and Australia....

Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs—their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British. The British Government referred to this bloody and costly struggle as the 'Malayan Emergency'. Yet it was a war that lasted twelve years and cost thousands of lives. By the time it was over Malaya had obtained its independence—but on British, not on Chinese or Communist terms.

Update 2021: The first eight seasons, 95 episodes, are in the vault. Current available episodes, 96-100, from final Season 9. Think Differently about everything. Jeff Noel shares his 30 years of Disney experience to bring the magic of looking at what it would be like If Disney Ran Your Life. Balance is not a myth. A seven-season content arch, : Intro, mind, body, spirit, work, home, outro. Everything matters. Nothing is optional. Each of the 100 episodes brings you questions, paradox, and common sense stories about how to understand what it would be like If Disney Ran Your Life. Every ...

It is the midwinter of 1961-62, a decade and a half into the Cold War Though continents apart, the flashpoints of tension and political intrigue around the world have never been more intense. The stakes have never been higher. Berlin. Havana. Saigon. Moscow. Tel Aviv. Another world war could start in any of these places. Thomas Buchanan of the FBI has worked on special assignments for two US presidents, Truman and Eisenhower. He is not inclined to work for a third, their successor, John F. Kennedy. Buchanan has nothing against Kennedy, but is not necessarily a supporter, either. If anything...

The mystic warrior Jethro Dumont was a jaded, rich American who hungered to find purpose in this world. His search for self-knowledge and fulfillment led him to a secluded Buddhist monastery high in the Tibetan Himalayas. There Dumont studied the mysteries of the Orient, at the same time learning to accept the nonviolent tenets of this ancient and venerated philosophy. By the time he returned to America, he was a changed man.

From the author of FLOWERS FROM BERLIN, FIREBIRD and TRUMAN'S SPY.... A tough hard spy story, tough, hard-hitting, based on cold war history, actual events and real spies. A gritty in-your-face espionage thriller... "Noel Hynd knows the ins and outs of Washington's institutions, public and private." Publishers Weekly (on 'The Enemy Within") From the author of FLOWERS FROM BERLIN, CONSPIRACY IN KIEV and two dozen other best selling thrillers, comes a newly revised 'endgame' spy story, based on the events of 1983 that were all too real. It is 1983, the freezing point of the Cold War between ...

Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights, and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that ...

It's been one year since the brutal murder of her older sister, Zoë, and fifteen-year-old Echo is still reeling from the aftermath. Her parents are numb, her friends are moving on, and the awkward start to her freshman year proves she'll never live up to her sister's memory. Until Zoë's former boyfriend Marc shows up with Zoë's diary. At first Echo's not interested, doubting there's anything in there she doesn't already know. But when curiosity prevails, she starts reading, becoming so immersed in her sister's secret world, their lives begin to blur.

Follin, and his wife, Eve, have completed their lessons in the pragmatic Pentacles Kingdom and are on their way to study the lessons of the intellectual Swords. During their trek through the dark forests and sweeping grassy plains of the Swords Kingdom, the lovers confront the Swords lessons of stress, grief, and lack of clarity, as they strive to negotiate life’s challenges.

In the small Connecticut town of Wilshire, James Corbett, senior member of a local outlaw family, has been hideously murdered. For Ellen Wilder, new editor and owner of the local newspaper, the gruesome killing is as disturbing as the irrational fears it has triggered within her. She is left doubting for her own sanity. For State Police Detective Michael Chandler, the murder is only a hint of trouble to come... and an eerie echo of his own near-death experience.

Krispin Adair has been alone for years. After his family was killed by his brother in the ultimate betrayal, Krispin accepted his lonely fate. Until a chance encounter brought him face to face with his fated mate... Ben Morgan, on the trail of a rogue gargoyle, finds himself in an ambush. Attacked and left for dead, he knows there’s no hope for him. But when he wakes, he finds himself face to face with his Beloved and an ultimatum; if he wants to live, he must bond with the dragon king...and bear his son.

An incubus, a nephilim, and a human enter a fae’s domain… who will be the first to come undone? Leandro, one of the capricious fae, seems to have it all: a glamorous casino as his personal playground, more power than he knows what to do with, a loyal nephilim bodyguard… and Kolt’so, his pet incubus. But when Kolt'so tries to push the boundaries of their relationship and evokes feelings in Bryce Ackerman, a nosy human detective, his arrangement with Leandro becomes more and more complicated — and Kolt’so soon finds there is a high price to pay for angering one of the fae.

In the 1960s and '70s, class struggle surged in US industrial cities. Many leftists joined these struggles by going to work in the nation’s factories; among them was Noel Ignatiev. He labored in different factories during this period, and this memoir came from his experiences as an electrician in the blast furnace division of US Steel Gary Works. His firsthand account reveals the day-to-day workings of white supremacy, patriarchy, and the exploitation of labor. More so, though, we see the seeds of a new society sown in the workers’ on-the-job resistance.

Bill and Rebecca Moore are an ordinary middle-aged couple raising two children in suburban Connecticut when an unsuccessful attempt on Rebecca's life by a mysterious stranger leaves her with an extreme case of post-traumatic stress. To help her recover, Bill suggests a move to southern California where they buy and renovate an old house in a posh neighborhood. It seems, however, that the house hosts a particularly persistent ghost named Ronny.

From best-selling ABA author Noel Hynd comes this new series set against the backdrop of Havana, an explosive capital city of faded charm locked in the past and torn by political intrigue. U.S. Treasury Agent Alexandra LaDuca leaves her Manhattan home on an illegal mission to Cuba that could cost her everything. Accompanying her is the attractive but dangerous Paul Guarneri, a Cuban-born exile who lives in the gray areas of the law. Together, they plunge into subterfuge and danger.