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As language learners and teachers ourselves, we understand the desire to learn or teach the real English language as used by native speakers. ESL textbooks and grammar workbooks are not only boring, but they also don't represent the real English language that is used every day.

Full of mid-century science-fiction wonder, cosmic imagination, and bold adventure, Beyond the Stars is Ray Cummings at his most visionary—an exploration of the infinite, the unknown, and the mind-shattering possibilities that lie just outside the reach of human understanding.

Before the Neon is both intimate and expansive, a Western family saga and a prelude to the rise of Las Vegas. It begins in a shack where beans simmer thinly and debts weigh heavier than gold, and it stretches toward a city where neon lights will one day sell illusions to the world. Through Clara, Thomas, Lila, and Rachel, the novel reveals how survival, temptation, and silence echo across generations, binding dust to neon, past to future.

Anac, a resident of the 29th century, is torn away from his son, Sol, and exiled far into the past. He finds himself frightened and alone in the small middle Georgia town of Corston. Centuries away from home, with armed agents on his trail, Anac must hurry to save Sol before it is too late

A collection of short stories of people and events about my time in the service, and the year serving my country in Vietnam.

Adopted and protected by loving tribe giants, a young human boy Cheeba discovers his identity—the lost son of a royal family, destined to be an emperor.

Are you living as though the best years of your life are a time in your past? Or do you start each day feeling your life is full of possibility–that there are still great challenges, joys, and life victories ahead of you? Your honest answer to this question is the most important decision you will ever make.

Have you ever dreamed of owning an in-house daycare? Have you ever dreamed of impacting your community in a positive way? Then this book is for you—with insight that will save you years of struggle and heartache. In this book, I will lead you down the path of success in the daycare business. I will share with you my story of how my wife and I started the business with very little money and turned it into a booming enterprise. Where we lacked in money we more than made up with in faith in God.

Three short fiction stories, each different, but all from the same author, the same mind. The first, a humorous look at what happens when a stoner is abducted by a UFO. Second, a darker science fiction story. A man running from his loss discovers that his haunting memories follow him, even to another planet. The third, about finding the solution to a mystery inside a dusty black book.

This is a true story of persistence, prayer, and a huge desire for independence and freedom; how one man took a $200 investment and turned it into a six-figure income in 18 months. The order of events that took place are duplicatable and can be scaled to just about anyone's situation. Told from the perspective of a firsthand observer and friend, this book shares in detail how "Charlie" did it, and how you can, too.

B.A.R. Man is the incredible true story of a man who wished to serve his country more than he cared about his own life. B.A.R. was the rifle of his choice in the Korean War. He was wounded by American airplanes and captured by the Chinese during their push south. He was forced to march 200 miles with no medical attention. Those who could not keep up were shot. He was held as a POW in some of the harshest conditions imaginable for two and a half years.

How does the law of attraction really work? Does manifesting have anything to do with my mind? Are there principles by which the law works that I can learn and apply to manifest the things, people, and situations I desire? You will find the answer to those questions and many more in this audiobook.

This book will teach you how to take control of your destiny through your thoughts and actions. When you align your thoughts with the word of God, you will become unstoppable and undeniable. No circumstance will be able to hinder the person that God created you to be. You will start to create the things that you truly desire from the inside out. You will learn the inner workings of the mind and why you do what you do.

Tracks: Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran is the amazing true story of a young boy in high school who decides to become a United States Marine, knowing he would go to Vietnam. This book describes boot camp and infantry training. He is placed in tanks, something he had never dreamed of serving in. He then ventures on a Mediterranean cruise. He becomes a sergeant and a tank commander and is sent to Vietnam. His first full day in Vietnam almost became his last.

An exchange student, dreams come true, when he wins a scholarship with a well-known England University to study Medicine, he has never left India to go abroad, but excitement and the unknown settle in, has he leaves his home in India for England, the family wave on and say goodbye, but the students nightmare begins when he lands in England and reaches his university dorm, and gets tangled up in his roommate’s murder.

Prince Juna is next in line to become king of a powerful ancient land, but there's one problem. Juna isn't very wise, and everyone knows it. Terrified of the weight of this position, Juna sets off to attain wisdom from an esteemed guru in a far-off forest. Instead, he falls into a peculiar course of events filled with exhilarating highs and devastating lows. Will his journey be worth the trouble? Only time will tell.

How Your Tongue Shapes Your Life Is generally about the power of your words! This book will show you how your words, be it ignorantly or words used intentionally do hurt or heal, weaken or strengthen, produce failure or success in your life and in the lives of others....

NASA thermal engineer Graham Ellis is on a beach in the Dominican Republic when the Boundary arrives—watching helplessly as the ocean before him turns to solid ice. Racing home to Florida, he joins a desperate scientific effort to understand the impossible: the sun is shrinking, and a perfect circle of survivability has formed around the Americas.

H. Beam Piper’s The Edge of the Knife is a gripping tale of prophecy, knowledge, and the dangers of foreseeing too much. Set in the mid-20th century, the story follows an eccentric history professor, Edward Chalmers, who begins experiencing vivid visions of the future. As he struggles to make sense of his uncanny foresight, he finds himself caught between disbelief, skepticism, and the terrifying implications of what he sees. With global tensions rising, Chalmers' predictions could change history—or seal his fate.

This is a story about secrets, lies, and the unwavering pursuit of truth. It's a tale spun from the threads of a seemingly ordinary event—a routine flight—that unravels into a maelstrom of government conspiracies, high-stakes chases, and a terrifying encounter with the unexplained. Our protagonist, a small-town pilot, finds his life irrevocably altered when his plane is inexplicably intercepted by a UFO, leading to a bewildering displacement and a desperate flight from the authorities. What follows is a gripping narrative of evasion, subterfuge, and the relentless pursuit of justice.