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Ride into a lawless frontier town where the wrong decision can kill you before sundown. Welcome to Placerita. The whiskey's cheap, the guns are loaded, and the sheriff isn't especially interested in saving you. You're an outsider caught in a town where outlaws, grudges, bad luck, and something far worse all collide. Draw too fast and you might start a war. Trust the wrong stranger and you might end up in an unmarked grave. Wait for the law and you might die waiting. Read the room, pick your allies, and decide whether courage means standing your ground or getting on your horse.

A father no one in his house can hear anymore. A gang member who walks into a church where something is very wrong. A cameraman who exposes a trafficking ring and can't outrun what he saw. Then the collection turns on its author. In the final piece, Tullius counts the cost of a life spent absorbing punishment (football, boxing, MMA) and what it did to the man throwing the punches.

Trapped aboard a cruise ship during a manufactured outbreak, every choice could spread the infection, or make you its next victim. Your cruise was supposed to be an escape. Then passengers start getting sick, and panic spreads faster than the infection. The crew loses control. Armed men move through the restricted decks. And the whispers say this outbreak was no accident. You're Dylan, stuck on a ship bearing down on San Francisco Bay. Who you trust, where you hide, whether you fight. Every call matters.

The walls of Brightside no longer contain the danger, and freedom forces the surviving telepaths into a conflict far larger than the prison town they escaped. Escape was supposed to mean freedom. Instead it's a death sentence. The survivors of Brightside have made it past the boundaries of the telepath prison town, but the outside world has been taught to fear them, and the people who built Brightside won't let them simply disappear.

A totalitarian state doesn't just happen overnight. It's a slow, dangerous slide. 25 Perfect Days chronicles the path into a hellish future of food shortages, contaminated water, sweeping incarceration, an ultra-radical religion, and the extreme measures taken to reduce the population. Through 25 interlinked stories, each written from a different character's point of view, 25 Perfect Days captures the sacrifice, courage, and love needed to survive and eventually overcome this dystopian nightmare.

Everyone's favorite dinosaurs are back—and this time they are going to school. More fun dinosaur antics await. These prehistoric pupils are in a class of their own! As in their previous works, Yolen and Teague capture children's rambunctious natures with playful read-aloud verse.

As Michael Talbot and crew hit the last stretch before the US border, they are struck by the most devastating losses thus far on their journey. After trekking some of the harshest environment on the continent, surviving the shipwreck of their floating home, an escape from a brutal military that still pursues them, and attacks from every ilk of undead monster, the finish line is finally just up ahead. Making better time on the road than they ever have, the crew are menaced by the most ironic of enemies, led by an evil presence that has yet to reveal its motives.

In an oil refinery deep inside the Brazilian jungle, the Talbot clan awaits a breakthrough as their scientists work nonstop to produce usable fuel. But on the verge of success, an oversight brings down the wrath of both a giant horde and the persistent Brazilian military. In a shocking development, Mike discovers a possible zombie liaison within their ranks, one that could save the day—or destroy them all—and it’s unclear which way she leans. Hostages, treachery, sacrifice and fierce battle mark this chapter in the Zombie Fallout saga...just as hope is finally on the horizon.

A compilation of popular short stories from American literature narrated by professional voice actor Jake Phillips.

This field guide is a flexible framework designed for B2B salespeople like you. Each chapter contains a secret and a challenge. Once understood, these secrets will give you insider knowledge to win more deals and influence critical stakeholders. And if you complete every challenge, you’ll be ready to crush your next negotiation.

Mark Twain, con su característico humor satírico, narra una situación bizarra a bordo de un tren atascado por una tormenta de nieve. Los pasajeros, aislados y desesperados por la falta de provisiones, recurren a medidas extremas para sobrevivir. El protagonista, un observador astuto y algo cínico, relata con detalle cómo la cortesía y la civilización rápidamente se desmoronan ante el hambre.

Picking her battles is a luxury Amber never has. Still reeling from her brutal duel with the Queen of Diamonds, Amber must win over the Assembly. The price of failure? Her own execution and the utter destruction of Emergence. Traditionalist Athanate are calling her an abomination and baying for her Blood. When those who should be her allies attack her, she must bind enemies to her cause.

Marder-Alarm. Marder Kevin liebt Autos über alles. Gerade ist er in Frau Grubers Sportflitzer verliebt, und um den auch nur zu riechen und anzufassen, nimmt er jede Gefahr in Kauf. Gefahren aber gibt es reichlich, angefangen bei Frau Gruber selbst, dem boshaften Nachbarn Lüttkewitz bis hin zu deren heftige Hausmittel, Marder zu vertreiben. Törtel hat alle Hände voll zu tun, Kevin vor dem Schlimmsten zu bewahren.

"This Young Adult book is a scream to listen to."—The Berkshire Eagle This program features multicast narration as well as an author's note and acknowledgements read by the author. 13 SCARY STORIES. 13 AUTHORS OF COLOR. 13 TIMES WE SURVIVED... THE FIRST KILL. The White Guy Dies First includes...

Coaching, autoajuda, desenvolvimento pessoal, mentalização positiva—sem querer desprezar o valor de nada disso, a grande verdade é que às vezes nos sentimos quase sufocados diante da pressão infinita por parecermos otimistas o tempo todo. É um pecado social se deixar abater quando as coisas não vão bem. Ninguém pode fracassar simplesmente, sem aprender nada com isso. Não dá mais. É insuportável. E é aí que entra a revolucionária e sutil arte de ligar o foda-se.

On March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyons, ages 10 and 12, vanished from a shopping mall in suburban Washington, DC. As shock spread, then grief, a massive police effort found nothing. The investigation was shelved, and the mystery endured. Then, in 2013, a cold case squad detective found something he and a generation of detectives had missed. It pointed them toward a man named Lloyd Welch, then serving time for child molestation in Delaware.

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER WITH ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! AN ECPA BESTSELLER A compelling emotional and spiritual case against hurry and in favor of a slower, simpler way of life—from the author of Practicing the Way “Prophetic, practical, and profoundly life giving . . . provides a way...

Fight insomnia with simple yoga poses, meditations, and breathwork that will help you sleep better, longer—from a master yoga trainer and the author of Yoga Sequencing and Teaching Yoga. Although modern science has unraveled some of the mysteries of our sleeping, dreaming, and waking states...

Tommy Morgan hit a home run straight out of college landing a killer job with Miami private equity firm Venue Capital. Tommy made more money than he ever imagined riding the melt-up triggered by the government’s run-it-hot policy. However, the recent increase in AI productivity is crushing the US job market and wrecking the economy. After losing ground to double-digit price inflation and a burgeoning housing affordability crisis, American workers displaced by AI are sinking. Most are living on government handouts, and many are facing homelessness.

In the quiet fishing village of Dark Water, the sea doesn't just take lives; it hides secrets. The village of Dark Water is a place of quiet rhythms and ancient legends. But when a local girl is found mangled on the shore, the silence of the town becomes deafening. The local police are quick to dismiss it as a tragic accident, but Officer Louise Graham knows what she saw: wounds that no jagged rock or rising tide could ever inflict. Enter Jacob. At six-foot-six and built like a Spartan, Jacob is a specialist in the impossible. He works for Light in the Dark Inc.