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Nate Lovejoy is a self-proclaimed nobody, a stay-at-home dad who doesn’t believe he’s important to anyone but his wife and their two daughters. So it’s a shock when members of a powerful secret society kidnap and spirit Nate away to a mansion at the behest of their leader, Vanslow DeGange, who claims to know the future. He’s foreseen that a billion people could die - unless Nate acts. It seems improbable, especially given what DeGange says will set this mass casualty incident in motion: a lawsuit against the biggest power company in Virginia, being brought by Nate’s wife.

Featuring personal tales originally prepared for a radio audience, My Time With You Has Been Short But Very Funny is infused with frenetic humour along with undertones of wistfulness and edgy sadness. In a series of sketches spanning two continents and seven decades, the author introduces listeners to a rollicking cast of characters from everyday life, including the iconic Pesticide Pete and Barbecue Billy, as well as a series of off-kilter incidents, both hilarious and disquieting.

One midnight 17-year-old Cora Cassidy gallops away from her abusive family on a modern Oregon ranch to illegally catch mustangs. She hoped to be a famous trainer and writer. The desert is breathtaking, its way is hard. Grit by grit, Cora learns to survive, and meets helpful strangers.

Martha Mosey Kane—former rodeo queen and shirttail relative of Annie Oakley—sees life as an 80-year-old widow as no obstacle, but a banquet. Staying fit, loving pets, baking pies and starring in trick-shooting shows for daughter Pepper Kane's Best Little Bed, Barn & Breakfast in Oregon help her blow a raspberry at old age. But when "Granny Oakley," her bestie, new man and old horse bring their act to Las Vegas for National Finals Rodeo week, a murderer puts Martha in their sights.

In this updated edition of Quinn’s smart and hilarious debut, NOTES FROM THE UNDERWIRE, she tackles the domestic, the cultural and the delightfully ridiculous. From fending off a catnip-addled cat to having mortal combat with a sewing machine; from scheduling Steve the Rat Guy to acquiring a human heart; from wrestling tree raccoons and wrestling orthodontic appliances, Quinn provides insight into her often chaotic, seldom perfect universe–a universe made even less perfect when the mischievous smile of past celebrity shows its occasional fang.

Martha Moses Kane—a former rodeo queen and a shirttail relative of Annie Oakley—sees being an 80-year-old widow as no obstacle, but a banquet. By staying fit, loving pets, and baking pies for a cafe and her daughter’s Bed, Barn & Breakfast, she blows a raspberry at old age. But she’s bored. She wants more. Color. Excitement. Maybe a man. When her daughter dragoons her into headlining a Wild West show like her famous 19th-century sharpshooter cousin, she reluctantly agrees. But practicing is a blast.

Carlie is not merely traveling. A child trauma survivor as a teen, she steals ten thousand dollars and runs away to Asia. Through Hong Kong, The Philippines, Bali, and Thailand, the Lonely Planet path of hookups, heat, alcohol, and drugs takes on a terrifying reality for the young survivor. Trading sex for protection, Carlie retreats to alcohol and self-starvation.

A spirited ex-reporter questions her deepest beliefs and desires while rushing to learn who killed a woman in the long-abandoned cabin of a famous writer—a riverfront gem she and a fellow horsewoman hoped to turn into a guest ranch. The timing couldn’t be worse: She’s preparing for a major horse show and trying to save her tack store, The Best Little Horsehouse in Oregon. But when she receives a death threat and, with her Lakota police partner, finds shocking evidence related to Indian adoptions, she shifts into overdrive. Unless she IDs the killer, her dreams—and life—will go up in flames.

People tend to avoid what they can’t control. Believers often shy away from the Holy Spirit because we don’t know who He really is or what He might do. But if we will let Him into our lives, He will come with His power and change us forever. In School of the Spirit, Pastor Lee Cummings encourages believers to get to know the Holy Spirit, the most misunderstood Person of the Trinity.

Eli Gac has been ten moves ahead of Doc since beginning his deadly game of cat and mouse, with Tucker’s life as the prize. Doc is willing to go as far as is needed to save his friend, including sacrificing his own life. But as the battle of wits leaves Doc with no other options, will he be ready to do the unthinkable?

Granny Oakley—aka Martha Moses Kane—bakes killer pies, and enjoys her new career of trick shooting like her famous shirttail relative Annie Oakley. Especially as it helps daughter Pepper Kane's Best Little Bed, Barn & Breakfast in Oregon. She's eighty and greaty. Older and bolder. Has a new man and is hot to trot out her skills and horse at the famous Bites, Kites & Lights Festival on the Coast.

Claudia’s latest invention, PREVIA, represents a groundbreaking—and potentially dangerous—new method for helping Alzheimer’s patients retrieve their memories. When the platform is stolen from her lab, Claudia immediately suspects her boss, billionaire Horge Hooglestar. But when you want to make a move against one of the most powerful men in the world, you need to think outside the box...and the law.

First Sgt. Carlos Gonsalves has pledged his allegiance to the rogue Mars colony and to his best friend, the former rebel aristocrat, Jack Windsor. Going all in for the colony means he's been declared AWOL and cannot return to Earth, but it was worth it, especially now that he's found the love of his life: Safia Asfour. With the off-world colony on the brink of civil war, the rebels recruit a savior to tip the balance.

Jane Roland and her painter friends are enrolled in a watercolor retreat at the picturesque Gardens and Horses Resort. They're looking forward to a week of sun-drenched landscapes, sleek racehorses, art instruction, and — best of all — laughter and conversation. Out for their first stroll, the women discover a dead thoroughbred in the pretty reflecting pool. Next evening, they find the handsome young stable man in the horse watering trough. Surely, there's a link between them?

From a working-class family, Scotsman Andrew Cunningham stewards for wealthy travelers aboard elegant cruise ships of the early 20th century, but he resents those who flaunt their inherited wealth. New Yorkers Florence and Bradley Cumings, first-class passengers traveling aboard Titanic, are the exception, and the three discover an ancestral connection. As the ship sinks on the fateful morning of April 15, 1912, Florence watches in horror from her lifeboat.

Ex-reporter Pepper Kane and friends bring their horses from Oregon to a Seattle show to vie for jackpots that will kick up their plans for a Western Bed, Barn and Breakfast. On the eve of the show Pepper hears violence going down in a fairgrounds restroom, and learns someone was killed. Security is slow to help. Her Lakota-police partner is busy with another case. A transgender rider is threatened. When Pepper's daughter doesn't return calls and Pepper herself is threatened, she sticks the spurs to her sleuthing.

In the 25th century, the recently widowed Prince Jack Windsor escapes his grief after the death of his wife and child by fleeing to Mars to solve the mystery of the dormant HMS Ares. When Harlow Hanson, the Robin Hood of the Martian colony, sneaks aboard to plunder the ship in order to save her people, the Ares springs to life and begins communicating with her. Prince Jack realizes the woman stealing from him is the key he's been searching for.

Emily Sweeney, MD, is a vibrant young trauma physician at a major Seattle medical center who is tragically taken from the comfort of her 21st Century life. Suddenly, dropped into the 1880s unforgiving frontier, she is determined to survive, or die all over again. Using her knowledge and skills as a physician, Emily struggles to save a stranger in the desert hills of the Arizona Territory. In the end, can she return to her previous life and leave behind the man she's come to love?

Former seasoned pastor, Christopher Ash, urges church members to think about pastors not just in terms of what they do, how they lead and pray and preach and teach and so on, but also about who they are. He encourages us to remember that pastors are people and to pray for them as they serve us. Paradoxically, caring for our pastor will be a blessing to us as well as to them, and create a culture of true fellowship in our church family.

I don't forgive debts. If you owe me, you pay. It's how I've built my empire. But Ellie doesn't come begging me for her father's life; she comes demanding an exchange. Her life for his. A deal is struck. I'm not a good man. I'm a beast, and my hunger for her will be fed. I will possess her. But there's more at play here than just the possession of a beauty. Secrets don't stay buried.