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In 2014, the conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine began - and top football club Shakhtar Donetsk has since been in exile. This book tells their story; inevitably a story of the conflict and the recent Russian invasion but also a testament to the power of the game and the will of the players. It is ultimately a footballing story, exploring the experience and meaning of being a Shakhtar player through the lens of a country in the shadow of a huge aggressive neighbour.

Rock & Roll Nightmares, Volume 1 scratched the sinister surface with tales of the 27 Club, rock ‘n’ roll suicides, plane crashes, curses, and more. Now the award-winning series continues with concert mayhem, a look at the “baby groupie” trend of the 1970s, Satanic panic, horrific home invasions, musicians who’ve died on stage, rockers who lived on borrowed time, gun-toting music producers, deadly DJs, and much more.

Between 1895 and 1901 H. G. Wells wrote six science fiction novels, which have become among the most celebrated examples of the genre. In this collection, Wells explores a number of topics that have since become very common subjects in science fiction, including time travel, celestial beings, eugenics, alien invasion, and space exploration.

Set in modern-day America, post-pandemic and election. The new government, only two years into its tenure, already has the green-energy project up and running. And, with the midterms a few months away, it seems like a rather strategic time to push for the liquidation of all physical currency to E-dollars. Supported by the liberals and vehemently opposed by the conservative side of the country, both sides fight to protect their version of America, but what they do not know is that life is about change completely from all they knew it to be.

Amalina's dark adventure continues. Now, helplessly folded into the creature's plans, Amalina struggles to remain above suspicion as she works against him, serving as an agent for the commander of a growing counterforce intent on bringing him down. All while trying to keep her friend, a guileless princess from the west, entertained, unaware of her peril, and out of harm's way.

Titan was one of the nation’s most loved and respected Heroes, until an infidelity scandal tore his image and family apart. After decades spent out of the limelight, Owen Daniels has decided to take up the mantle of Titan once again to try and make amends for his years away. Unfortunately, the Titan Scandal is still common knowledge, and no Hero team wants such a polarizing figure. With no other options, Owen is forced to take a job overseeing a group of corpies, corporate-sponsored Supers who do rescue work… as long as there are cameras around.

European tourists travel languidly along the Nile River to Abousir, at the southern frontier of Egypt, aboard “a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler,” the Korosko. But Dervish warriors threaten danger and then attack and kidnap the tourists. In this novel, Doyle explores themes of...

Ten-year-old Annie Warren hasn’t made it home from school and with every passing hour, hopes of finding her alive are fading fast. Her parents, Cathy and Kit, are frantic with worry, fearing the worst. Could their daughter, the miracle child who came as a surprise to them both, have been...

The gang wants him. The DEA needs him. Mason may be a lost kid's only hope. Passing through Atlanta, all Army veteran Mason Sharpe wants is a break. A break from the rain. A break from the grief he’s carrying. A quiet campsite beneath Georgia pines where he can wrestle his demons into silence...

This book is written with the purpose of leading or confirming the listener's way to eternal life by the One True God of all people. Hear what Jesus prayed before he was crucified.

Life should at least be fair, right? But even on good days, life is complicated. And sometimes, life forces you into the deep end where you feel like you cannot touch the bottom.

Ever since 1977, The News Quiz has been finding the hilarity in the headlines and providing witty commentary on stories big and small. In these 25 episodes from 2009, the inimitable Sandi Toksvig is in the hot seat, presiding over an all-star panel of journalists and comedians.

The story, whether you call it a romance, a historical novel or a horror story - comprising as it does a young woman being offered as a prize in a bowling match, a wife-burning, highwaymen and buried treasure - is of course wholly fiction.

The more we learn about psychedelics, the less we seem to understand them. . . . In this engrossing, sometimes hilarious, always dramatic chronicle, a neuropsychologist deflates the hype, explores the limitless possibilities, and reveals a much-needed perspective about psychedelics, giving us a...

Self-publishing can seem confusing, with all the gurus out there claiming to “easily earn seven figures”—if you subscribe, follow or hop on a call…but it isn’t that complicated. Anyone can publish a book. And I will teach you how to create high quality books which are profitable in the long term.

In recent years, scientists have made major claims for psychedelics' ability to heal trauma, alleviate depression and cure addiction. From micro-dosing to ayahuasca retreats, the psychedelic renaissance is well under way. And yet, psychedelics are hugely various, and as every expert acknowledges, the experience of taking them depends on how and where they are taken, and above all on who is taking them. In Ten Trips, neuropsychologist Andrew Mitchell shows that by narrowing our view of these substances, we miss what is most interesting about them.

In July of 1975, shortly after coming to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, Ron Tyler prayed, “Lord, I will be anything you want me to be! I will go anywhere You want me to go! I will do anything you want me to do!”

Enter the amazing world of legendary aircrafts and the heroic aviators who flew them! Discover fun trivia and mind-boggling facts, plus awesome experiments you can do at home to demonstrate the scientific principles of flight. By the time you finish listening, powerful memory builders will turn you into a veritable aircraft Einstein!

Meet Louis Warlock. Man about town, denizen of Soho's nightclubs and cabaret bars - and the most skilled magician of his time. As a boy, Ludvik Weinschenk fled Nazi Germany to England with a pack of playing cards and three tricks to his name. Twelve years later, in 1950s London, having risen through the ranks of concert parties, night clubs and variety theatres, Ludvik - or Louis Warlock as he is now known - is the most famous magician in Britain. But after his talent for deception attracts the attention of the British secret service, Louis is thrown into the perilous world of espionage.

In this extraordinary memoir, world-renowned guitarist Andy Summers provides a revealing and passionate account of a life dedicated to music. From his first guitar at age 13 and his early days on the English music scene to the ascendancy of his band, The Police, Summers recounts his relationships and encounters with the Big Roll Band, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, the Animals, John Belushi, and others, all the while proving himself a master of telling detail and dramatic anecdote.