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A mysterious suicide. An airbus A380 heads over the Colorado mountains, before crashing through the snow clouds. The only bridge over the River Styx is taken out. No phones, no internet, no communication with the outside world. Then things start to get strange. Welcome to a town called Hell. This collaborative collection of short stories takes place over the last seven days in Hell. Poisonous green slime, murderous rampages, talking trees, rogue wolf-packs - the residents of Hell are having a bad week.

In this new short biography of Ulysses S. Grant, leading scholars provide an accessible introduction to Grant and his legacy. Grant led Federal forces to victory in the Civil War, was the first modern American president, and authored his memoirs, which would eventually become one of the greatest books of nonfiction by an American author. The authors present a thematic exploration of Grant, providing the necessary insight to appreciate Grant and correct the myths that for too long clouded his true importance.

Experience a reminiscent journey side by side with death itself and discover the world from a new perspective. Hear the heart-wrenching stories told of life, love, nature, and more. Step into a supernatural realm unlike any other as this book opens a doorway that walks you through the final moments of death's most memorable work. Along with the unique tales told from the recollections of death, people from around the world have submitted their own stories of their experiences with death, loss, and the darkness that can surround us all.

If you work in Christian ministry, it’s likely that at some point in your career, God will call you from one church to another. Do you know how to make this transition effectively? Moving can be scary and full of questions: Where do I start the job search process? Which people do I talk with, and what do I send to them? How do I know if my family and I will fit in at a new church? And how do I tell people I’m leaving?

Thriller-paced action, shocking twist endings, alternative history, engaging characters, visionary science fiction, suspenseful pause-resisters, epic adventures, and barbaric fantasy all wrapped up in one entertaining bundle. 5 Blades' authors are endorsed by an international and New York Times best-selling author, multiple magazines, and thousands of listeners and readers spanning dozens of countries across the world. This is your one stop for top-tier science fiction and fantasy short stories.

David Greer has a mission - to take his 35 years of entrepreneurial experience and share it with other entrepreneurs to accelerate their success. Of all the things you as an entrepreneur can focus on, getting clear on the strategy and purpose of your business drives progress the fastest. Listen to Wind In Your Sails and you will always have three ideas that will accelerate your business in the next 90 days. What are you waiting for? Listen to find out more.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. It can also make you tired, depressed, and affect your physical health. This is a common mentality with today's workforce, but it's time to break through this mindset to create a healthier, happier you. The solution? A vacation. It may seem simple, but studies have proved that getting away from it all can reduce stress, improve productivity, and change your life for the better. Not enough Americans take their designated vacations, and this needs to change. This short guide will reveal the benefits of taking that much-needed vacation.

For 2,000 years, magic has been outlawed, repressed, even outright destroyed throughout the world of Ehrde. By law, Angst is reduced to using his great power only to file papers. But without warning, Unsel is besieged with dangerous monsters - birds with metallic beaks, monkey creatures that can dive through solid ground, mindless horse-eating giants. The world that shunned magic now turns to Angst for help, and he is happy to listen once his back stops hurting. On the edge of a midlife crisis, Angst drags his reluctant friends along with him on an adventure into the heart of magic.

Lucas dreams it every night: the rock show, flashy, ear-pounding, chaotic. The frothed-up mob that storms the stage. The death of his daughter Kristen, trampled in a sudden surge of tribal frenzy. In Lucas Ellington's eyes, the audience is blameless. His child was murdered by the main event - Whip Hand, the ultimate party band. The arena disaster in which Kristen was killed causes Whip Hand to disband, but the individual musicians are still out there, alive and kicking. Not for long.

Since the dawn of human consciousness, we have wondered about the enigma of life before and after death. We yearn to unravel the origins of our existence, the purpose behind our time on Earth, and the forces that shape our destiny. Are there hidden truths beyond our grasp that make this life truly meaningful? Could there be celestial guardians among us, guiding our choices and watching over our earthly sojourn? Prepare to embark on an extraordinary journey as Messages from Beyond the Veil reveals a treasury of detailed transmissions from spirits who once walked the Earth as humans.

This audiobook gives you the best ideas and instructions to launch your online business and turn it into passive income! Get ready to discover the online marketplace. You will be astonished to learn thousands of people are making a full-time income online.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a cautious 19-year-old rookie preacher when he left Atlanta, Georgia, to attend seminary up north. Immediately at Crozer Theological Seminary, King, or "ML" back then, found that he was surrounded by a white staff and white professors. Even his dorm room had once been used by wounded Confederate soldiers. His fellow seminarians were almost all older; soldiers who'd fought in World War II, pacifists who'd chosen to resist fighting.

Best friend ever? Bullies love to hate Clod. Not just because he’s bigger, clumsier, and uglier than his classmates - he’s also the only student in his school without magic. In a world where all magic is possible and everyone else is born with great gifts to do amazing things, Clod is alone. Living with his mum in a broken-down cottage on barely enough, the only thing Clod has to play with is the clay she occasionally brings him. To call his life bleak would be an understatement.

The collected poems of David J. de Young, most previously unpublished. Read by the author, 70 poems touch on topics from Elvis, to Hostess Twinkies, to late-life fatherhood. This is David de Young's first anthology of poetry, assembled from poems written over 33 years, from 1984 to 2017.

Hank Hammond, ink hardly dry on his private investigator business cards, never anticipated that a chance encounter with a pair of suspicious characters and a mysterious crate would change his life forever. But it did, and nearly ended his life...also very much forever. And the deeper Hank gets into his investigation, the more the danger spreads until ultimately imperiling other innocent - and not so innocent - people, including his client, wealthy octogenarian Walter Tompkins, the client's favorite grandson Richard, and Hank's reluctant investigating partner, legal assistant Lori Reed.

The first emperor of France and one of the shrewdest military leaders of all time, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) eventually came to control much of Europe. In Simply Napoleon, authors J. David Markham and Matthew Zarzeczny tell Napoleon's story, from his birth on the island of Corsica to his eventual imprisonment and death on the island of Saint Helena. They explain how the famed military commander's unique combination of determination, intellect, and personal charisma allowed him to rise from a provincial village to become a powerful and authoritative ruler. While taking an overall positive view of Napoleon, Markham and Zarzeczny also make it a point to draw attention to his mistakes and their consequences, providing a balanced picture of this complicated figure who was both a product of his times and a man pointing the way to the future.

Field research, the collection of information outside a lab or workplace setting, requires skills and knowledge not typically taught in the classroom. Fieldwork demands exploratory inquisitiveness, empathy to encourage interviewees to trust the researcher, and sufficient aptitude to work professionally and return home safely. The Field Researcher's Handbook provides a practical guide to planning and executing fieldwork and presenting the results.

A low-level drug runner named Cruz finds himself exiled from sunny Miami to frigid Chicago. He holes up in a decrepit rooming-house, the Kenilworth Arms, in the dead of winter. There he meets Jonathan, a yuppie struggling to get over a failed romance, and Jamaica, a prostitute on the payroll of the drug kingpin Bauhaus. When Cruz and Jamaica are forced to drop two kilos of cocaine down a ventilation shaft in the rooming-house to escape a police raid, strange things begin to happen....

You don't have to surrender your personality and drive to the robot overlords, but it's critical to leverage all of the tools available. David J.P. Fisher, best-selling author of Networking in the 21st Century, shows how the sales professionals that will survive and thrive in the new world, will learn to integrate technology into their existing relationships. Information has become a commodity, and there are new resources that separate the mediocre from the masters: influence and attention.

As American interests assumed global proportions after 1945, policy makers were faced with the challenge of prioritizing various regions and determining the extent to which the United States was prepared to defend and support them. Superpowers and developing nations soon became inextricably linked and decolonizing states such as Vietnam, India, and Egypt assumed a central role in the ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union.