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Pigafetta's book on Magellan’s travels is an engaging travel narrative honoring the legendary explorer. But it is much more: an accurate ethnographic and geographical account of the circumnavigation of the globe. Pifagetta describes the peoples, countries, goods, and even the languages that were spoken in every area.

In Truth of the War Conspiracy of 1861, the author argues that Lincoln and his co-conspirators used deceit and disinformation to promote war. Published in 1917, the text benefits from documentation which was not available when postwar Confederates wrote their histories of the conflict. This audiobook makes an important contribution to exposing the historical myths promoted by big government elites and academics.

Genesis Mabry is out to climb mountains, not emotionally unavailable men, but Baron Cross is one mountain of a man she just can’t ignore.

Bechet Cross is determined to get his Reclaimed Wood Furniture business off the ground. Isis Hale is set on proving herself more than just a pretty face on her path to political glory. Neither has the time for romantic distractions from their goals, but a chance encounter leads to an unexpected bargain. A companionship contract could help them reach their goals without all the mess of an actual relationship. Can these two stick to the contract, or will the heat between them burn it and all they've worked for to the ground?

A collection of short stories by Texas author William Harrison.

Olivia West is a damned good attorney, and doesn’t apologize for it. She takes on the case of a woman abused by her husband. She uses her talents for good, but never considered that the bad might come back to bite her. Detective Carter Jackson adores Olivia and will do anything for her. The one thing he never expected he’d have to do is save her from the crazed ex-husband of one of her clients. Will he save Olivia and have a chance at a real future with her?

Lana is in an unhappy marriage to a jealous man, and in love with someone who will never see her as more than a friend. Eve is in an abusive relationship that has turned on her children. Her search for freedom sends her into the arms of a dangerous man. Katie is a naive, stay at home mother who thought her world was perfect until she receives a text message that her husband no longer wants to be married.

O'liv'et lost her wings in the Great War after she chose to follow Lucifer. It was the only mistake she ever made and it earned her an eternal place in the lake of fire. Lucifer was no more. Once he and all his followers were cast out of heaven, Lucifer' could no longer hide the evil inside. Slowly over millennia, O'liv'et watched in horror as Lucifer transformed into Satan, the King of Hell. Only then did she realize Lucifer had not only betrayed God but all of his followers as well. He was not God's equal, he could never be.

"The Mortal Immortal" (1833), a short story by Mary Shelley, relates the life of Winzy, a man who gains eternal life after taking a mysterious drink. At first elated, Winzy likes immortality less and less as time passes and his loved ones grow old and die. Winzy starts considering himself a pariah among people because they die, while he cannot. He even envies the mortality of others but at the same time dreads death more and more, due to having witnessed the deaths of so many, including that of his beloved wife, Bertha.

Mikel returns from a journey across the vast Tempest Sea to announce his engagement only to discover his long time mistress, Zannia is with child. After Zannia's attempt at blackmail fails, she disappears into the war-torn landscape of Latria, determined Mikel will never see his child again. Will his new fiance, Sari support the search for his unborn child or is this the end of his new beginning?

Nicole wasn't from this world. She didn't know a quest for the Sword of Eternal Fire was a death sentence. If she had known, she wouldn't have cared. Nicole earned the title of "elf warrior" through her fierce deeds. Her husband Jack always fought by her side. He was her calming influence, the love of her life, and the father of her twins. Regardless of the twins’ half-human blood, they would easily live a thousand years, just as their mother would. But their father was mortal. He'd be lucky to reach 80.

Kendra discovers that the mountains hold a horrifying secret which could lead to the end of the empathic way of life as well as their own. A secret that legends have foretold. Cap hasn't come to see Kendra for over six months. He's a helijet pilot, so a quick jaunt from the capital city to the far side of Treborel wouldn't be that difficult. He knew Kendra couldn't travel. Her teaching position at the Empathic Institute required her to live deep in the mountain wilderness.

When her husband asks for a divorce, Darcy Burns moves from the city, with her two children, back home to her daddy's ranch in Wimberley, Texas. Darcy wasn't surprised at her husband's request to end things. Their marriage was destined to fail, and she was relieved that they were finally going their separate ways. Even though her daddy's ranch was the last place she wanted to be, she knew he would protect her and support her through this change in her life.

A Journal of the Plague Year is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in March 1722. It gives an account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the the bubonic plague struck the city of London.

Fanny Kelly (1845-1904) was a North American pioneer captured by the Sioux and held captive for five months. Her ill-fated party was attacked by chief Ottawa on the Oregon Trail. She escaped when Sihasapa people took her to Fort Sully.

He looks at me and I forget to breathe. He touches me and the world falls away. He's made me an offer I can't refuse, full college tuition in exchange for becoming his. But everything is so confusing. How do I know what I want? Who I want to be when I can't even think straight? What if this isn't healthy? Maybe I should get out while I still can. Or maybe I should say screw the world and die in his arms....

Frances D. Gage was one of the most significant figures in women’s history that the United States ever produced. Gage was a leading figure in feminism, reformation, and various human rights campaigns in the 19th century. She was also a passionate and vocal support of the abolitionist movement and it was regarding the fight for emancipation of the salves at the time that Gage made her Address to the American Equal Rights Association, delivered at the association’s first anniversary at the Church of the Puritans, New York in 1867.

This gripping erotic audiobook bundles together author Tina Tirrell's most infamous stories of intense teasing, excruciating longing, and ultimate submission to the divine seductress. Three men try to fight the allure of the keen temptress in their lives, and all three fail...much to their reward.

Sasha is the only woman at the largely all-male business conference, the same conference leaving Michael without a single moment to himself for personal gratification all week. Worse yet, it's feminine feet that drive his fantasies and stimulate him; and not even Sasha, who all the male attendees swarm around, has revealed one glimpse of more than just a pointed toe in her high heels peeking from the hem of her slacks...until tonight.

Spanning three generations, the epic tale offers a realistic look at salvation, forgiveness, obedience, and faith and the consequences of accepting or rejecting God's way.