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A 13-year-old child serves in the Civil War from July 1861 to June 1862. During that time, he makes friends with other children of the war, travels to places far outside his New Haven home, and has experiences he never thought possible—some exciting and some that give him nightmares. Will he get to go home and see his family again?

In 1947, a peaceful day at home for talented negotiator Ryan Wilcox is rudely interrupted by a phone call from the president. With the help of General Jones and Malcolm Dow, he’s to arrange an interplanetary alliance. It’s an opportunity that Earth can’t afford to miss. But as with any friendship, the beginning stages require a delicate approach. And there’s one issue of “delicacy” that threatens to turn their partnership into an outright war. Will Ryan the wordsmith rise to the challenge and find common ground? Or is it the end of life as we know it?

Jackson Bolger is a new kindergartner at Summit Park Elementary School. Having high-functioning autism is not easy for him. He is a germ freak, and he is sensitive to many other things. This short-chapter audiobook will get you through the life of a K-5 grade kid who has autism. This audiobook is based on the author, Zachary Weber. Some events in this audiobook are fictional.

Young Ephraim Goldman is the author of a perennial best seller. A celebrated academic lion, he hobnobs with the movers and shakers of his era, such as Einstein, Berenson, and Bertrand Russell. Ephraim's son Bernard is a young writer desperate to make his own reputation in the literary world. After a shrewd publisher hires Bernie to write his father’s biography, he stumbles across a startling photograph. As the mystery of his father slowly unfolds, Bernard has to come to terms with both the present and the future.

And in this audiobook, we’ll discuss a profound campaign that you can have: the Jesus variant. We, as Christians, should be contagious. We, as Christians, should affect every environment that we are around, just like the coronavirus. To any person within six feet of you, you ought to be able to impact their lives. This audiobook will transform the way outreach is done. For all too long, Christians have been dormant. Christians have been hiding in the incubator.

Paul was a young French Canadian drawn to a life in the wilderness and trained in the ways of the Wendat and the Shawnee. His dream was to be a coureur de bois, and in 1753, he left his home in Montreal and traveled alone by canoe to the western frontier of New France. Alice was a young woman of English descent living in the remote Jackson River settlement near Fort Dinwiddie, Virginia. Based on a true story, this is an account of how the paths of the young frontiersman from Quebec and the young widow from Virginia intersect and determine the course of their lives.

Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump sought to weaponize American Christianity and use it for his own political benefit. But he could not have done so without the willing assistance of church leaders who were seduced by the prospect of wielding political power in their battle to win the culture war. This audiobook seeks to unravel the strange relationship between Donald Trump and his deluded Christian followers and to explain why Christians from all over the United States would converge on Washington, DC, and storm the US Capitol in the service of a transparent lie.

Lynn Pinchas, a 50-year-old gay man, is approached by a younger man named Mark, who appears out of nowhere and claims he is Lynn’s son. Is this a scam? Apparently, Lynn’s father had taken him to a female prostitute when he was 18 to “prove” his son wasn’t gay. Could Mark’s mother actually be this prostitute? Through DNA testing, various scenarios are revealed as to the authenticity of Mark’s claim. And just when you think you’ve figured out the mystery, a 50-year-old secret held by Lynn’s dead mother is revealed.

Marshal Jack Branson rides into Pueblo, hot on the trail of Caleb Risley and his gang. Risley's gang has kidnapped a wealthy businessman's daughter, Sally, and Branson's job is to bring her back alive. Risley's men lay traps to stop Branson on his ride from Pueblo to Cherry Creek. When Branson finds an ally in Cherry Creek, the two men form a united front, arriving at Risley's hideout and planning a surprise night attack. The only thoughts in Branson's mind are getting Sally safely home, and taking down Risley and his gang of thugs forever.

Writer Rodney Walker paints an engaging portrait of disillusioned high school teens struggling both academically and existentially. In a final attempt to help the students graduate, a radical new biblically based course in home economics is offered, introducing life-changing lessons about family, faith, relationships, and purpose. It's a triumph over tragedy story as a subplot introducing the perils of human trafficking thickens. This story reveals practical applications to family life and friendships that run in stark contrast to a fatherless pop culture.

When Private Malcolm Dow went to clean up a crashed weather balloon, he came face-to-face with an alien instead. Being an alien of sorts in his own otherwise all-white regiment, Malcolm instantly took on the Alien’s plight - military help for his besieged planet, Zalma. And it’s not just Zalma; Earth will be next. But to do so, he must first overcome the obstacles he’s faced since childhood and find a voice for himself. The trouble is, he’s not the only one who knows they’re here.

On July 19, 2010, Newsweek’s lead article was “Creativity in America.” The primary message in the article was that the single greatest shortcoming in American business and education was a dearth of creative thinking. The article also said it could not be taught. I differ with that assessment. My book, Eating a Bear with Its Own Teeth, proves you can teach people to be creative thinkers.

We can't overlook the fact that there are real fights taking place in the spiritual world. We'll begin by taking a look at the battlefield in the present moment. To win fights, it is necessary to comprehend all facets of the battlefield. In light of the daily news reports, it is clear that terrorism is on the rise around the world. There have been more deaths of infants in the United States than in all of history's wars. In the United States, an average of 2,260 newborns are aborted each day. About 58,200 kids in the United States are kidnapped every year.

A speckled box tortoise finished its labored crossing of a rutted and shabby highway. A thin jackrabbit watched the reptile while rubbing its nose with a wrinkled forepaw. In the shadows, a rattlesnake watched both while deciding what it wanted to have for breakfast. And, the car rolled along. The sun drifted sluggishly over tall spiny cactus and haphazardly strung boulders. Blue skies. No problems? That relentless, molten sun beat down upon the weathered and cracked blacktop.

You walked out of the meeting replaying it. You should have asked for the raise. You should have pushed back on the deadline. You should have said something — and instead you said "I'll make it work." This is the script library you wish someone had handed you on day one. How to Talk to Your Boss gives you word-for-word language for the conversations that decide your career — adapted to the four boss types you'll actually encounter. No "build rapport" platitudes. No vague "communicate clearly" advice. The exact sentences to say, in the exact order, when the moment comes.

An old prophesy is stirring in a world where rivers flow endlessly, marshes have enigmatic life, and wheat and maize grow for food. An enormous slate-blue house sits inside this magical realm, and it is here that dark, drooping clouds put in action stories of mystery and lunacy. Premonition of a baby's future permeates the atmosphere at his birth. Might he be the one who was foretold? While Lucil and Bartimus Complicated, the head of the family, try to figure out the answer to this issue, the Soul Snatcher approaches with increasing sinisterness.

Your ideas aren’t the problem. The way you communicate them is. Have you ever sat in a meeting knowing exactly what to say—but someone else spoke first and got the credit? Do you overthink presentations or struggle to speak up, sell your ideas, or advocate for yourself—even though you know you’re capable? You’re not lacking confidence. You’re missing a system. What if you had a simple, repeatable way to speak with clarity, authority, and impact—every time?

After already beating Organized Crime charges, and after already being in many prisons, race wars, riots and solitary confinement, Glenn Langohr still had one more 11 year sentence left...In a Maximum Security Prison, on the border of Mexico, where stabbings and riots keep the yard on lockdown most of the year, guards have a way of keeping it going. Take a trip into California's prison underworld through the eyes of a White inmate who climbed the ladder all the way to the top.

In this book, Nathan Soren—a Corporate HR veteran and self-described "recovering overthinker"—strips away the academic fluff to give you a high-impact, 30-day roadmap. Nathan has spent over a decade in the room where the big decisions happen, witnessing firsthand why some careers skyrocket while others stall. The secret isn't IQ; it's Emotional Agility.

Classic Fantasy Tales of Robert E. Howard gathers some of the most powerful and influential tales of sword-and-sorcery ever written, showcasing Conan the Cimmerian at the height of his mythic legend.