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Life gets crowded on the open road. Jason loves the open spaces of the western US. There is contemplative quiet that comes with crossing the endless miles. And that's his job, traveling, doing mobile repair and maintenance work for an office equipment company. When they send him into New Mexico, an overnight stay at a motel that is haunted changes his life. Who knew spirits could be so tenacious or complicate your life so much? A short, fantastic adventure in surreal New Mexico.

Martin Billings heads to Venezuela to locate a friend’s business partner. The man has slipped off the radar, and a lot of people want to find him. It’s easy enough to locate the man’s wife, vacationing on Margarita, but she knows nothing of the man’s whereabouts and cares even less. Several people do care where he is, however, including an ex-British spy named Simon, organized crime, and a mysterious foreign woman. None of it seems to have a thing to do with the reason he's there, but Martin is caught in the middle—again.

In a land filled with magic and dragons, a young Blueskin girl of 18 summers survives being attacked by an old one-eyed snarcat. As a result of the attack, Kisha discovers that she’s suddenly able to communicate with animals, calling on their claws and fangs when she gets into a pinch. Armed with this power, she tries to set things right and restore justice to her tiny village of Anon. In order to save the kingdom, she’s forced to call vicious animals into the battle and do things that will haunt her conscience for the rest of her life.

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death globally, taking an estimated 17.9 million lives each year. Just about everyone has a parent or grandparent who has died from either a heart condition or a stroke. While medical doctors focus on the bigger vessels and the heart, a more profound system may be failing you and doctors aren’t treating it! This audiobook will teach you about this important aspect of health and what you can do to prevent the ravages of cardiovascular disease.

Global Communication Skills takes practical hands-on experience and magnifies the craft of reaching nations to make change. Today's digital multimedia publishing landscape has produced international opportunities to cross borders and blend communities in business, education, science, and technology. The business leaders of tomorrow need the competitive edge and advantage to overcome barriers. Get the global communication skills that positions you in the right place on stage for excellence on the international arena.

When an LA private investigator heads to Colorado to see an old buddy and get in a little fishing, he walks squarely into a murder investigation. It’s like he never left home, and he was looking forward to a relaxing time in the country. The victim, a reporter for the local paper, worked for his friend Jimmy who retired there. Now, Jimmy is calling in favors. The local sheriff isn't an exactly a go-getter, and Jimmy wants to ensure the killer is found. Old friendships can make for high-maintenance situations.

Raine is seventeen-years-old and still on the run. She can see the dead, a secret that could get her killed. Seeking refuge with a deluded cult is her latest bad decision but rescuing an injured woman in the snow is soon revealed to be a horrific mistake. Hazia endangers not just Raine, but the whole world: she's escaped from Redwinter, fortress-monastery of the Draoihn, the warrior magicians who answer to no king or queen of the land, but to their own Grand Master. They will stop at nothing to retrieve what she's stolen.

Many people have asked how the marriage to my wife has been so very happy from the beginning and lasted so long. The amazing testimony isn't related to how that happened, but rather when it happened. In the year that we met and got married it was a time that we would have most unlikely been married at all. This book has been on a journey of 20 years in the making. God created the true story. Today, it is shared with you. Immediately following the tragedy of 9/11, the world changed. Our testimony comes from the ashes of that change. We made a choice from the beginning.

Former Navy SEAL Martin Billings thought he was through with special ops, but when he gets word that his brother is in jail in Venezuela, charged with killing a fisherman, he knows he is the only one who can do anything about it. Arriving, he finds that the Venezuelan police, a mysterious and gorgeous woman lawyer, a vicious gringo called Highball, a seemingly affable drug lord, and a guy named Raul would all much rather Martin just turned around and went home.

Sailing out into deep water is deceptive, especially when the weather is beautiful, the sky crystal clear. The tropics can lull you into complacency. This is the story of a Rasta and his girlfriend going fishing on a borrowed motorboat, and the separate tale of a couple traveling the islands on their sailboat. They have little in common until things go wrong. Sailing in the same waters, with no knowledge of each other, they come to share the life-threatening challenges the sea can offer them, without there being a storm in sight.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Wonderful, mind-broadening... a journey to alternative realities as extraordinary as any you'll find in science fiction' - The Times, Book of the Week Humans have three or four colour-detecting cones in their retinas. Mantis shrimp have 16. In fact, their eyes seem to...

It was February 2020 when Ed O'Loughlin heard that Charlotte, a woman he'd known, had died, young and before her time. He realised that he was being led to reappraise his life, his family and his career as a foreign correspondent and acclaimed novelist in a new colder light. He was suddenly faced with facts that he had been ignoring - that he was getting old; that he wasn't what he used to be; that his imagination, always over-active, had, at some point, reversed its direction, switching production from dreams to regrets. He saw he was mourning his former self, not Charlotte. 

Daemiana shifts rampantly each night in proportion to the phase of the moon. And during the day, she is on a frantic quest for a cure. Out of nowhere, a brooding and self-loathing loser, Caelin, stumbles into and narrowly survives her situation. Oblivious to what is happening and what he's getting into, a fiery passion for Daemiana and her quest ignites in Caelin. Knowing that she will only devour him, Daemiana refuses to get too attached since Caelin's days are certainly numbered if he remains with her due to her accurst fix.

Every leader recognizes the importance of an effective communication strategy. But, how do you consistently succeed in telling the story of your brand or organization? It takes a model and a guidebook written by three authors who have spent decades learning the art and science of creating powerful stories for some of the world's best marketing organizations.

Olivia Claven lives in the North Carolina beach community of Azalea Bluff. She's trying to regroup from a flood-tide of setbacks. Michael Starling, the love of her life, died in a mysterious accident. Saddled with debt like many millennials, she moved back to her parents' house after losing multiple media jobs. Now, the local news website she runs could fail at any time. Then she gets a tip that could turn things around.

Discover a Christ-centered approach to antiracism that will empower you to be transformed as you transform your world. “A clear biblical theology for why racial solidarity is integral to discipleship—one that is not influenced by the right or the left but by Jesus!”—Dave Ferguson...

The specter of war arises. The evil Sage of Dagorath sends her army to destroy her foe. She has harbored a burning hatred for too long and it must be sated. But the King has allies. He must now call upon them and awaken a legend. Hellion, a burning mystery to the people of this world is called to battle. His mate Fire and the combined might of the Five Clans must become more than legend. They must become the immovable object that stands before the unstoppable force. They must prevail. Or their world will perish.

When their paths cross, Kasey and Andrew embark on a tumultuous journey that demonstrates just what they’re willing to do to save the ones they love. After her husband’s infidelities are revealed, Kasey Sanford just wants to rediscover who she is, including her new friendship with police officer and soldier Andrew Adams. Intent on preserving her marriage for the sake of her young daughter, and with no one else to confide in, Kasey turns to Andrew for support.

Colonies require support and expansion to other planets means shipping supplies to them. Pirates love long supply chains and not even Elon Musk is invulnerable, although there is reason to believe he might do slightly better than cumbersome governments. This highly speculative look at the perils of building the first functional Mars colony stars Elon Musk.

We depend on - we believe in - algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which book to buy, execute a mathematical proof. It's as if we think of code as a magic spell, an incantation to reveal what we need to know and even what we want. Humans have always believed that certain invocations - the marriage vow, the shaman's curse - do not merely describe the world but make it.