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From the dawn of mankind, there have been groups with the power and intent to manipulate the masses to their end game of control and dominance over all humanity. Over the centuries, there have been elite brotherhoods that have developed incredibly subtle, complex ways to manipulate the people. As populations grew so did the quest for power and the need to create new, improved methods of control.

In the long and storied history of science fiction podcasts, never had the powers-that-be deigned it safe to allow John H. Stevens, Fred Kiesche, and Jeff Patterson to appear on the same panel discussion. “It would be worse than crossing the streams,” they said. “Violent weather would sweep the land, and cicadas emerge from the depths!” Okay—it’s more like visiting three cranky uncles in a run-down retirement home…

On the night of April 8, 1956, Marine drill instructor Matthew McKeon led Platoon 71 on a forced march through the backwaters of Parris Island in an effort to restore flagging discipline. Unexpectedly strong currents in Ribbon Creek and an ensuing panic led to the drowning of six recruits. The tragedy of Ribbon Creek and the court-martial of Staff Sergeant McKeon became the subject of sensational national media coverage and put the future of the US Marine Corps in jeopardy.

In this volume, what you will find in the sections that follow are twenty-one amazing stories of death and wealth set around a wandering cousin far out in the cold edges of our solar system. You will find Vikings, knights, warriors defending home and hearth, of triumph and tragedy, and, yes, even the god himself. You will listen to tales of great courage and great loss. Of sacrifice for a greater good and of justice delivered to the overly greedy. You will even find the aforementioned Walt Disney himself.

Sound interesting? We think so too! Listen to David Crockett His Life and Adventures and learn about this important historical figure.

Cheerful in the face of dark opposition. Innovative to improve a backward world. Industrial as a cure for oppressive conditions. Unyielding beneath all who seek to bind and control them. Faithful until they conquer the fear of death and rise to great acts of heroism and service. Mormons and steampunks are two faces of the same coin. Twelve authors spin tales of true believers facing impossible odds, risking this life in the hope of gaining something better after.

Will President Trump destroy civilization or win the Nobel Peace Prize? Humankind’s survival feels like a jump ball that could go either way. We are perched on a precipice, and the reason we are looking into an abyss of nuclear annihilation is that the American president has unencumbered, unilateral control over the nuclear codes. One thing we know for sure is that the mind of Donald Trump is currently in control of our fate. Never before have the nuclear codes been in the hands of a man who many observers view as unstable and erratic.

On 1 April, 1945, the largest amphibious assault of the Pacific Theater began. The battle for the island of Okinawa would last for the next 82 days. Through the course of this dramatic battle, over 20,000 Americans would lose their lives, and over 75,000 Japanese were killed in one of the bloodiest clashes of World War II. Okinawa: The Last Battle is a remarkably detailed account of this monumental event by four soldiers who witnessed the action first-hand.

"Alltagstauglich Deutsch" bereitet Deutschlernende mit arabischer Ausgangssprache zielgerichtet auf typische Gespräche und Situationen im Alltag vor. Sie lernen wichtige Redewendungen, Alltagssätze und Höflichkeitsfloskeln. 13 Hauptkapitel unterteilt in jeweils vier thematisch verwandte Unterkapitel behandeln wichtige Alltagsthemen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Telefonieren u. v. m.

"Alltagstauglich Brasilianisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen. Mit "Alltagstauglich Brasilianisch" kann man sich auf eine Reise, Begegnungen und spezielle Gesprächsthemen gezielt vorbereiten - das schafft Sicherheit beim Kommunizieren mit Muttersprachlern.

Today's economy has been fluctuating so much that companies are whittling down their pools of local workers and outsourcing their services from abroad instead, which means that true job security is up to you. The best way to survive unemployment is by self-employment, and this book will teach you how to put up and operate your very own business right within the comfort of your own home.

"Alltagstauglich Englisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

"Alltagstauglich Französisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

"Alltagstauglich Schwedisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

"Alltagstauglich Türkisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

"Alltagstauglich Spanisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

"Alltagstauglich Italienisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. Meanwhile, Confederate reinforcements bolstered the numbers of the Army of Tennessee, and by the time the two armies met at the Battle of Chickamauga, in northern Georgia, the Confederates had gained numerical superiority.

Some 100,000 soldiers fought in the April 1862 battle of Shiloh, and nearly 20,000 men were killed or wounded; more Americans died on that Tennessee battlefield than had died in all the nation's previous wars combined. In the first book in his new series, Steven E. Woodworth has brought together a group of superb historians to reassess this significant battle and provide in-depth analyses of key aspects of the campaign and its aftermath.

Here is an unabridged audio collection of the "best of the best" science fiction short stories published in 2009 by current and emerging masters of the genre, as narrated by top voice talents. In "Erosion",l by Ian Creasey, a man tests the limits of his exo-suit prior to leaving a dying earth. In "As Women Fight", by Sara Genge, a hunter has no time to train for a fight to inhabit his wife's body in a society of body-switchers....