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Delving into various aspects of the author’s life and Zimbabwean culture in general, this literary project speaks to both those familiar with Weston’s life as well as those who may have missed some of his experiences.

Musa is a young man in Uganda who struggles to pay school fees and stay in school until he graduates as a doctor. It begins with his father’s desire to keep up appearances in an elite club and his mother’s ambition to become a nurse. Musa survives in school, doing well academically while trying to be the darling of girls, but he competes with rich boys and sugar daddies. They are in the difficult position of needing money but also wanting true love from a boy like Musa.

Growing up in the 1920s and 1930s, Pete, Howard and Ann Bradbury do what they can to please a father who is unrelenting in seeking to have them submit to his strict demands on them. No matter how harsh their father is, their mother does what she can to provide a good home for them. In spite of their father’s callousness, they often share their individual expectations in life. As they mature, they yearn for independence while maintaining the closeness to friends and family.

New England, 1964. Police Chief Henry Donald is on his way to speak with Albert Braley. As a young child, Albert’s claim that he saw a dead body couldn’t be verified, but now years later, it seems maybe he was telling the truth…

Jack has just completed a successful mission in Czech Republic and is on his way home when he learns of the unsettling disappearance of Christopher Toby, ending Tompkins’s book Messerchmitt: History with a twist of Fiction. A phone call redirects Jack to Cairns, Australia. The search for Christopher Toby leads to a complicated plot involving Russian espionage. Jack’s evolving Australian assignment with historical backdrops provides captivating locations, an intricate web of mystery, and dangerous intrigue with interesting characters.

As a child, into adulthood, Jerry Lee Burkert experienced several types of trauma that cast a shadow over his life until his breaking point. As a teenager he used drugs and alcohol as coping skills, including sexual relationships. After being in and out of prisons, addiction treatment centers and waking up in a hospital due to an accident where his friend could’ve died. This was his breaking point of addictions, he knew he had to expose his fear of the first sex act when he was fourteen that occurred with a man to his counselor, who brought him into the light of God.

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Winning provides a lawyer with the essential tools to prevail in courtroom trials, jury trials, administrative hearings, and indeed any contested hearing. The overwhelming majority of lawyers are completely unprepared for the rigors of trial whether it be unsavory opposing counsel, pressures to settle cases from an overburdened court system, fear of the courtroom, or fear about proper preparation of the case.

A young, inexperienced man from a small country town who knows very little about the innerworkings of the American government finds himself agreeing to embark on a top-secret mission. Stranded as a spy in the middle of a foreign jungle, Jim must survive unprecedented challenges outside of his depths in order to become a true American hero.

In this haunting account, Marlowe J. Churchill investigates the secrets of a family tragedy from nearly 100 years ago. This mystery has haunted Churchill’s mother and was rarely discussed. Almost 100 years ago, the Hassell family suffered a major loss after the brutal murder of Susan Hassell and eight of her children, murdered by her new husband, George.

History shows through the ages of humankind that there was no secret, and it was commonplace to know and speak about how new ideas come forth. Receiving new, profound knowledge is important for our survival here on earth.​ The ancient knowledge, now called “the secret” is difficult to find. There are many people who seek to discover, but only a few people find it. There has always been and forever will be a gift of inner power we all are born with that will guide us to the ways from our desires and how to attain, for our individual self, what we need to live well.

In the 1980s, Mary Edwards watches as her daughter Emily fights for her life against leukemia. With each visit to the hospital, Mary finds herself drawn to the research floor, and meeting with a mysterious man named Bun who educates her on the advancement of stem cells, and the critical work being done by Dr. Randall Byrne, before he abandoned his research after a psychotic break and disappeared into the night many years ago. As Emily finally succumbs to her cancer, Mary, in her grief, finds herself on the park bench outside the hospital where Emily suffered, and meets the long-lost Dr. Byrne.

The Crystalline Apocalypse is a boldly entertaining, highly imaginative science-fiction story about an apocalyptic event that puts the entire world into peril. The colorful characters—both human and alien—capture the listener's attention as all of humankind finds itself fighting a proxy war against a horrific, godlike alien species. This story will captivate the listener, who’s in for an exciting adventure!

Anecdotes of an FBI Agent chronicles the experiences of an FBI agent from 1966-1995. Phil K. Walter investigated bank robberies, extortion, kidnappings, espionage, and major drug cases. The broad range of cases he worked were in St. Louis, MO; Los Angeles, CA; and Glenwood Springs, CO. These are his personal experiences expressed as anecdotes and as a reminder that FBI agents are still “the good guys.”

Marine Wife, Lyn is the simple, yet uniquely different story of one Marine wife, Linda “Lyn” Gale Bates, the wife of and lifelong partner to a United States Marine. During her lifetime, she loved and honored the Corps of Marines as much, if not more intently focused than many Marines and Marine wives have in the past, present, and perhaps the future. Her husband, too, loved his Corps, but it was she who most often unnoticeably accomplished a myriad of tasks and initiated numerous actions simply because of her unique abilities, insight, and desire to focus on the Corps and those who served it.

To prepare young entrepreneurs for a world that began to change more than a decade ago, and to address issues of recovery after the pandemic, businessman Tony Velasco illustrates personal success principles in his book, Fear Regret, Not Failure. He addresses issues that hold people back and teaches listeners how to break through barriers by following 7 Pillars of Success that work together to forge a mindset that will build the foundation on which to take action.

An evil, cruel young man takes over the family business after the mysterious death of his father. As the company and his hometown are essentially one in the same, he uses his newfound power and wealth to do what he wants, when he wants, without any consequences. Now, the man’s younger brother must save the company and the village he loves from his tyrannical brother.

Scott Turow's Innocent is the eagerly anticipated sequel to the huge bestselling landmark legal thriller Presumed Innocent. Twenty years ago, Tommy Molto charged his colleague Rusty Sabich with the murder of a former lover; when a shocking turn of events transformed Prosecutor Rusty from the...

The Everyday Bible guides you to listen to the entire Bible in 365 sections designed for short, daily segments. Each day is a blend of Scripture from the Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs, and the New Testament. With no complicated charts or plans, this provides a simple way to read the Bible in...

In the first nine chapters of Proverbs—Solomon’s letter to his son who will be king someday—Solomon provides an astounding amount of wisdom. If the son will listen to, accept, and claim this wisdom for his own, he will be a wonderful king and enjoy the fruits of kingship. The question is, will he? Business and Personal Wisdom: A Wise King’s Advice takes the wisdom Solomon gave and translates it into wisdom for us today using historical references and anecdotes from author Bob Biles’ career and personal life.