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After Austin Merryman’s wife died, he and his 14-year-old daughter left home to travel the country in an old RV. But the comfort and renewal they sought soon descends into chaos - even before the EMP hits. When a message from an old college buddy leads Austin to a bridge in the middle of nowhere, he finds his friend - now an NSA agent - waiting to give him a USB drive. Before the contents can be explained, machine gun fire strafes the bridge, killing Austin’s friend and forcing Austin into the raging river.

The practice of charging interest on loans has been controversial since it was first mentioned in early recorded history. Lending is a powerful economic tool, vital to the development of society but it can also lead to disaster if left unregulated. Prohibitions against excessive interest, or usury, have been found in almost all societies since antiquity. Whether loans were made in kind or in cash, creditors often were accused of beggar-thy-neighbor exploitation when their lending terms put borrowers at risk of ruin.

What do you do when you’ve devoted your life, putting your life on the line for your country, then that very same government turns on you? You take the fight to them. It’s just another day at the office for Bobby Bridger and his cohorts when the US government attempts to use them as scapegoats. Follow along as this rag-tag group of operators attempt to stay one step ahead of their pursuers. From the heart of Texas to Pakistan to the very bowels of the CIA, these boys know how to play hard, fast...and dirty.

Exploring equality versus synergy, completion versus individual quest, harmony versus productive debate, a test drive versus constant commitment, and more, the Eyres show that popular opinions and behaviors toward successful marriages actually reduce the chance of marriage fulfillment. Drawing on more than 50 years of marriage and hundreds of interviews across the world, The 8 Myths of Marriaging is a must-read book for anyone considering marriage or currently nurturing their marriage of many years. 

Liam Kidd, a former smuggler for Vesta Corporation, Earth’s largest and most corrupt asteroid mining company, is on the run. But Vesta isn’t ready to let Liam go. They’ve sent their best enforcer to hunt him down. If caught, he will become a slave laborer on an asteroid mining colony to pay off his debts. Eventually, he forms a team of miscreants and they are thrust through a wormhole to a place no other humans have traveled. Just when things seem to be going their way, they find themselves in a thousand-year-old conflict between three alien species.

First, they rose. Then they attacked. Now, they've evolved. From the beaches of Kona, Hawaii, to the streets of Vancouver, Washington, Ben Chase and his friends have traveled far. Now they face their greatest challenges yet. After resting from their long journey and catching up with his mother, Ben and the others begin to carve out a safe zone in the city, centered on his childhood home. Even as they build up their defenses, they learn to remain on high alert.

Failing to kill a god brings more than a stain to your reputation as a killer. It brings the wrath of others upon your head - those who hired you, those you tried to kill, the family of the target...all of whom have the ability to destroy you with a mere thought. When Sven took on the task of removing a Norse lesser god from creation, his reward wasn't gold or silver, but his very soul. After hunting the trickster, he is thwarted by the god of thunder, who ejects his soul from Valhalla and into the great beyond. Neither ancient spells nor modern witches can locate his lost soul. 

Indispensable tax information to get a young person's life started off right. Ideal for high school, college, or vocational students, as well as kids just starting out in the work force. Made in an engaging and snarky way, this audiobook provides tax, financial, and life advice that is easy to digest (and afford). Twenty-five years in the Navy (on submarines), 20 years preparing taxes, 50 years of life, two years of financial advising, and four eye-opening months of traditional college (at an age that made me feel like Billy Madison) are the knowledge base for this audiobook.

In the final chapter of the Monster Squad sagas, the teams face enemies on every side. Not only must they face the Titans, they also have to deal with Thorn and his ambitious thirst for power. Deaths must be avenged, plots thwarted, and an army of supernatural beings are about to storm from beyond the veil and into the world of man. With government agencies plotting their destruction and their own Oversight Committee ready to disavow them, will this finally be the end of our heroes? Listen to find out more.

Between having a girlfriend, a job, and pretty decent grades, 17-year-old Jules Hatcher is living a perfectly normal life. That is, until he stumbles into Hunter Adams, who is not only openly bisexual, but also notorious for being a player and always getting what he wants. And what he wants happens to be nothing less than Jules. What starts with Jules spilling coffee over Hunter and in turn lending him his hoodie quickly spirals into something much more complicated.

The new tax bill has just been passed, and people are scrambling to find out what it means for them. This audiobook goes through all the major changes that apply to most people. Each change is explained in an easy-to-understand and easy-to-apply way. Most sections are short but contain all the details you might need, and the book has been updated for 2019.

The dust has settled, and the squads train new team members while licking their wounds. No peace can be had, and tensions remain high with the threat of the Titans looming over their heads. Phoenix and his wolves retreat to a forest sanctuary only to be called back to deal with a new threat. A threat that could possibly put all of humanity at risk. Rufus Thorn, now the vampire chancellor, hatches his own plan to free the Sicarii and erase all of the human hunters without firing a single shot. Just another day at the office for these covert operators.  

Sven Ericsson: Viking, warrior, sailor, enforcer, assassin? After establishing himself with the vampire ruling council, Sven finds himself being approached by heavenly beings with an offer too good to refuse: hunt down and kill a god. Not for silver, not for gold, but for the one thing no vampire could ever have. His soul. When hiring an assassin, one should never attempt a double cross. Especially if your assassin is a vampire. A Viking vampire with a bad attitude. He is a killer. A fighter. And a Hunter of his own kind.

Noah Lysander, son of the former Marine Commandant and Chairman of the Federation, followed his twin sister in enlisting as a Marine. While Esther excelled, getting commissioned as an officer, Noah is not so driven, and when he proposes to Miriam, he makes a pledge to be a better husband and future father than his own father had been. Reenlisting for armor, Noah becomes a crewman on an M1 Davis, the most powerful tank ever developed. He quickly finds out that despite nominal peace within the Federation, the deployment demands placed on his platoon are heavy.

Born of Viking stock, careered into the Swedish Navy, Sven Ericsson finds himself in the fabled New World. Away from the restraints of society, the young Northman is dragged into long nights of debauchery, nights that lead him into the waiting arms of a dark beauty who will change his very nature forever. Fighting his new unnatural status, Sven steers clear of humanity, skulking along the fringe of society, and filling his inhuman need with the blood of the outcasts or the easily forgotten.  Centuries later, he is forced to emerge from the dark.

Esther and Noah Lysander are the twin children of General Ryck Lysander, Commandant of the Marine Corps, leader of the Evolution and Chairman of the Federation. When they are told that their father and mother have been assassinated, they are both devastated. Cut adrift, they each decide to enlist in the Corps - but for different reasons.

The human mind needs monsters. In every culture and in every epoch in human history, from ancient Egypt to modern Hollywood, imaginary beings have haunted dreams and fantasies, provoking in young and old shivers of delight, thrills of terror, and endless fascination. In Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors, anthropologist David D. Gilmore explores what human traits monsters represent and why they are so ubiquitous in people's imaginations and share so many features across different cultures.

A strange virus has resurfaced in the Serengeti, not seen since the Second World War, infecting man and beast alike. Its victims soon become violent, viciously attacking anything that wanders into their path. Logan Reed, a former Australian Special Forces soldier turned African game warden, is at the front line of this disastrous outbreak. Together with his team, including his sister, a Serengeti Zoologist, Logan searches for clues to the contagion's origin in hopes that knowing where it came from will help them stop it. And they'd better hurry. It's spreading....

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan convinced many policymakers and scholars that the United States should pull back in international affairs and that restraint should guide grand strategy. Paul D. Miller offers a tough-minded critique of this trending body of thought, arguing that US security in fact depends on active, sustained support of the international liberal order.

When JRR Tolkien is summoned to authenticate a recently-discovered book of Beowulf, events are set in motion that years later will unveil an imminent tragedy: The entirety of the world's art and invention has been inspired by a corrupted muse, who has implanted a series of codes within the works of history's most influential authors, warning of humanity's end and a new dawn of time.