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Black Lives, Lines, & Lyrics conveys the 21st century Black experience through lines and verse. Divided into three measures, this poetry collection provides rhythmical reflections on black experiences with racial and social injustice, a poetic account of the lives lost to police brutality and racial violence, and a lyrical celebration of the beauty, resilience, and humanity of Black people.

In this bunch of offbeat stories, the listener will be sucked into a series of abnormal, yet compellingly dark and amusing tales. A sailors tavern gets an unexpected visitor with a message that could save humanity from itself. Two naughty boys on a school trip to the zoo decide to play a trick that backfires with crushing consequences. A grumpy old man drops devastation in his wake as he leaves behind a trail of deadly flatulence on his trip through the village. The neighbours from hell get neighbours who really are from hell.

A story set in a small Southern town contaminated by gang violence and drugs. This small Southern town has seen better days, and things are about to get much more turbulent and dangerous. Those that wish for the community’s betterment and sustainability are hard to find, while those that aim to corrupt and disrupt its peace can be found lingering around all its allies.

On Saturday 22nd October 2016, the township of Bogganobbi NSW was completely destroyed in an event that saw the greatest loss of Australian life since WWI...and there was a Professor.

In this workbook for writers of all levels, you’ll find oodles of exercises to get you writing, and writing well, right away. All the while you’ll be writing short, quick, and easy. With over 60 exercises, there’s a wealth of different ones to choose from. Learn how to get words down on the page, no matter what - with a rock, in your dreams, by passing a hat and other fun, easy, and different playful methods.

Nicki der weiße Hase begibt sich auf eine abenteuerliche Wanderung - mit von der Partie in diesem vergnüglichen Hörspiel sind die Osterhasen Paco, Flipp und Flapp, die Zirkusaffen Bingo und Bommi und weitere Tiere!

Presented as 73 narrative-style poems, some of which are rhyming and others in prose or blank verse, Reflections on Mountaineering, A Revised and Expanded Edition: A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains summarizes much of what the author, Alan V. Goldman, learned in his more than 30 years of climbing. Many of the same moral issues that confront us in everyday life are present in the high mountains, only to a sharper degree.

Does it seem like common sense has vanished? You’re not alone! How do we go forward? Our journey in life is easier and more fruitful when we leverage the wisdom and experience of others to help us navigate our journey through these uncommon times! Navigating Life's Journey uniquely combines common-sense principles and optimism with a wealth of examples in an easy-to-listen-to, referable format. It will restore confidence in your beliefs, encourage you to defend them, and inspire you to teach your sacred values to your loved ones. It will enrich and help you enjoy life!

Captain of one of the world's megayachts, Michael Churchward was suddenly arrested and thrown into a Turkish prison for a crime he did not commit. This is the story of a man's journey through a labyrinth of injustice and corruption in two foreign countries and three despicable prisons, fighting for his life. A story of endurance, survival, and the human spirit.

It is critical to break down the growing body of myths and misinformation and to discover the truth about everyday health and well-being. Dr. Bernard Patten suggests that the benefits from even small changes in nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle are enormous, and, properly applied, will increase your life-span and greatly decrease your healthcare costs. Health Is Wealth is the place to start making these changes.

Twins Aleta and Merina are back, and this time they’re teenagers! Join them for another magical night filled with merry-making and mischief in their first Christmas Adventure. So excited to get onboard The Christmas Express Train to Santa’s Village with their friends and families, they’re even more excited to see the new mobile restrooms in the village, known as The Peppermint Potties.

Your office is a place full of interactions and communication, whether it’s in a one-on-one meeting with a boss or employee, chatting about a project with a coworker, or pitching your ideas to the whole team. Whether you call it people skills or presentation skills, the ability to communicate with the people around you is crucial in the workplace and one that can be improved with these simple steps in Running Presentations & Meetings!

Dr. George Cotzias lived a large life. He stood over six feet tall; he drank Metaxa like milk; he smoked cigarettes as if eating candy. He bullied patients, sometimes looming over their wasted bodies. He had “a stare as strong as death”. His passion for women, his wife, and others was infamous. His voice boomed through the halls of the hospital where he was chief of physiology research.

Reno Villarrubia has killed more men than she has kissed. A fierce Colombian bodyguard who carries a switchblade in her boot, she protects a black-market kingpin named Victor Pagnolli. When Pagnolli is blackmailed by a cop who knows more than he should, Reno must stay alive on a reckless journey through the criminal underworld surrounded by treachery, murderous jealousy, and pursuing FBI agents. As the clock ticks away, Reno knows she is just one bad break away from being killed or arrested.

Being an International Time Travel Agent requires absolute obedience. The smallest change in history could completely destroy the present. When Charul Shazad loses the trail of the Mirror, a time-traveling vigilante, both history and his career are put on the line. Unwilling to lose everything, Charul takes on the dangerous renegade alone and finds himself marooned in a forgotten forest. But Charul isn’t one to give up. Could the vine covered castle in the distance hold the secret to capturing the Mirror once and for all?

Her changeling friends are imprisoned. To free them, she’ll have to break the laws of magic. Ember Wright managed to save her friends’ lives, only to see them locked up and tormented. With each passing day, the changelings weaken and submit to their interrogators. Secrets start to slip. Running out of options and allies, Ember turns to an ancient, forbidden form of advanced magic. Her reluctant teacher’s warning echoes in her head: Almost all mages who attempt the spell become corrupted by it.

A brutally cunning serial killer. A relentless mage. When her changeling friends become the next target, the hunter becomes the hunted. Nobody had better get in her way. Undercover Investigator Ember Wright swore an oath to protect the powerless and serve justice in the Magic City. When two changelings bleed out along a gravel road, everyone assumes it was just another sad accident. Everyone but Ember. Armed with her ability to interview the ghosts of the dead changelings, she follows the clues. She finds a pattern. She realizes her friends may be next in the hunter’s sights.

Ember Wright hates high heels, steep staircases, and having to cook for herself. She lives mostly on instant noodles and old western novels. She sometimes chats with dead people. Newly-promoted to Associate Investigator, Ember is sent undercover on her first assignment to rural North Dakota. Mages and changelings have been living in harmony, hidden in plain sight among humans for centuries. But now a shadow is upsetting the balance.

Fifteen years ago, tragedy struck in the small town of Malvern, Arkansas. All but one of the Drexel family were slain, leaving eight-year-old Tyler Drexel as the lone survivor. Sheriff Clyde Tidwell wrestled with demonic spirits to save the boy and eventually raised him as his own, changing Tyler’s last name to Tidwell and moving to Mountain Home, Arkansas, to start a new life. Eight years later, Tyler and Clyde both faced the demons again when another tragedy strikes.

What is a Christian husband's role in marriage? This short book provides practical answers to the above question. It’s so clear today that the devil has increased his operation against marriages, especially Christian marriages. The rate of divorce, even among Christians, is a great pointer to this unfortunate fact.