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Scripted tales of the past, written by James Urbaniak and Brie Williams. An audio road movie about the personal and political crossroads that is Bicentennial America. A cast of dozens featuring Angela Trimbur, James Urbaniak, Rhea Seehorn, Nate Corddry, Johnny Pemberton, Samm Levine, John Ross Bowie and Andy Daly as Jimmy Carter. Music by Jonathan Dinerstein.

After a beautiful but deadly lightshow, humanity is on the brink of extinction. And in the midst of this chaos, the ruthless will be king. Former detective Elijah Wade awaits execution at the hands of a brutal local despot, but even if he can escape, he must find a way across two thousand miles of lawless country if he's to rescue his daughter. If she's still alive. Meanwhile, astronomer Hannah Redman has begun to unravel the mystery of the deadly aurora, and its implications for the survival of humanity. Two sisters fortify their cabin against those who take everything from them.

Former detective Elijah Wade faces a two thousand mile trek across a lawless, decimated country to rescue his daughter. If she's still alive. Meanwhile, astronomer Hannah Redman must survive this brutal new world while she attempts to unravel the startling truth behind the appearance of the deadly aurora. Two sisters struggle to survive at their family cabin deep in the woods, having rescued a potential killer. An old woman finds she's not quite as prepared for the end of the world as she thought. Mankind is on its knees, and the clock is ticking.

"Strike one is the best pitch in baseball." Mike loves pitching, and he loves knowing his team counts on him to deliver wins. But Mike's father starts to worry that Mike is getting too carried away with baseball and not spending time working at after school jobs and developing a sense of responsibility. Can Mike and his father reach a compromise in order to let Mike play the game he loves and help his team win the league championship?

A retired Green Beret who can't walk away from trouble finds no shortage of it. This omnibus edition collects the standalone John Tyler action thriller novels Lost Highway and Four on the Floor.

Leadership expert, activist, and executive coach Reiner Lomb knows that to address the many issues of our time, we need to come together and collaborate. Yet we are divided—not by a wall made of bricks, but one made of emotions, and this prevents us from working together. In his timely book Aspire, he weaves leadership lessons learned from living through the reunification of East and West Germany, as well as building multiple businesses, to demystify the process for creating a vision of an aspirational new future.

The fighting prowess of United States Marines is second to none, but few know of the Corps' humble beginnings and what it achieved during the early years of the American Revolution. That oversight is fully rectified by Jason Bohm's eye-opening Washington's Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777.

Emmy Award-nominated journalist David Montero follows the trail of the massive wealth amassed by Northern corporations throughout America’s history of enslavement. It has long been maintained by many that the North wasn’t complicit in the horrors of slavery. The truth, however, is that large Northern banks were critical to the financing of slavery; that they saw their fortunes rise dramatically from their involvement in the business of enslavement; and that white business leaders and their surrounding communities created enormous wealth from the enslavement and abuse of Black bodies.

Throughout history there has always been a need, in military forces, for special units. In the past, these units have usually been ad hoc formations that were disbanded after their mission was complete. It has only been since the early 1950s that such units have remained active, but even in recent times special purpose, special mission units have been organized and used for a period of time or for a specific mission and then either deactivated or replaced by other units.

In a ruined future split between those who have and those who do not, America has contracted like a singularity into a single city. There, citizens live under a divided society, split by five walls. At the center, their depraved leader, Gideon, rules with the iron fisted reach of propaganda and an oppressive governmental agency.

Elected officials answer to public employees. Basic tools of good government have been eliminated. There's no accountability, detailed union entitlements make government largely unmanageable and unaffordable, and public policies are driven by what is good for public employees, not what is good for the public. Public unions keep it that way by brute political force—harnessing the huge cohort of public employees into a political force dedicated to preventing the reform of government. The solution, Howard argues, is not political but constitutional.

Cultivate: The Six Non-Negotiable Traits of a Winning Team is a robust and empowering narrative about three corporate team leaders discovering how to build a high-performing team. Over the course of the story, you'll follow these frustrated leaders as they take an introspective look into their own flaws, strengths, fears, habits, and shortcomings and learn firsthand how they impact their teams' cultures.