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This one-chapter audiobook covers the ABCs of the alpha person: acting first as the one who makes the difference, being the first one to act benevolently, and caring authentically and consistently make up the core values. Includes positive affirmations and self-declarations at the end of the book.

Bill Conlon’s lust for a high school girl has caught him a stretch at Graterford Prison and led to his kid brother’s suicide. And when Bill witnesses his young friend Mikey get shanked in the yard of the prison, his guilt comes into high relief. Catching Mikey’s killer would make everything right. Or would it? After his release, Bill begins to stalk Deadly Eddie, a former fellow inmate who Bill suspects is the killer. But like a late afternoon shadow, trouble is glued to Bill’s shoes.

Mary Carson is thrown into the fire as the new chief executive of the United States, the first female to hold that position. Enemies put her to the test soon after based on dovish campaign promises as well as dislike for females in that coveted role. The news media does her no favors since she holds mostly traditional positions. Whether she survives is a defining moment in her life and for the country. Pushed to the brink by the Mexican Cartels and the Iranian Government, Mary must make decisions that fulfill her duty as Commander in Chief.

Donny Lentini is a talented young man hungry for his mother’s love. To please her, he becomes guardian angel to his mob-wannabe father. When the father is murdered and found with his hands hacked off, Donny is dealt a set of cards in a game called vengeance. The pot is stacked high with chips; the ante, his soul and the lives of loved-ones. With the help of friends - ex-con, defrocked Jesuit Bill Conlon along with former high-school nemesis, Antwyne Claxton.

Is it an oxymoron to use the phrase "serious humor"? In An Interview with Jesus, E. Hyland Maze explores the otherwise untouchable realm of verifying the biblical expressions attributed to Jesus, straight from the horse’s mouth, if you will. This is a new adventure that might be called an abridged Red-Letter Edition of the words that Jesus spoke more than 2,000 years ago, but with a new twist.

An NFL linebacker, Brian Williams, is found dead in the middle of the street in the nation's capital. In the following weeks more famous athletes are found murdered, each in a different way. The police and FBI are stumped. Homicide detectives Ariel Summers and Paul Costello are brought in to investigate. Ariel's private investigator boyfriend, Jason Steel, is hired by Williams' wife to find answers and is soon clashing with Ariel over the investigation and her arrest of his new client. But as the death toll continues to rise, the citizens of DC panic.

Lucas Willson died on the battlefield. He went to heaven. At least, he thinks he is in heaven. He finds himself teamed up with an angella (a woman-like angel) named Dama. The two of them are to go on assignments to Earth, where the divine plan must be carried out. Lucas, however, has no desire to stay in heaven without Ginger, the girl that he loves more than eternity, but seems to have lost forever.

Caleb Jacobs is a man with a past. After serving on a failed dark ops assignment in Afghanistan, he leaves Marine Corps Intelligence to try to build a new life in Philadelphia as a homicide police detective. Jacobs is happy for a time, until he is assigned to solve the murder of Shannon Faraday. During the investigation, he is convinced the evidence points to him as the killer. He knows it is only a matter of time before other investigators see the same. He has no alibi, and the clock is counting down.

Ashley Wilkes of Gone with the Wind helped to seal Rock Island's reputation as the "Andersonville of the North". McAdams separates truth from fiction about the Rock Island Barracks, the prison that held tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers. Revealing that Rock Island was not without its problems - ignominious punishments, inadequate facilities, malnutrition, and lack of basic supplies - McAdams shows how Union officers sought to maintain humane conditions in the face of a war that raged on longer than anyone anticipated.

After living in the shadow of his older brother, Ivan Wells knows his place in life. Never one to take responsibility for his actions, he spends his days eking a living by playing poker at the local casino. He's comfortable with his lot, until a long-forgotten woman from his past reappears. Hurtling into a heady relationship with the mysterious Sonya Lewis, his existence takes on new life. But then his ex-wife shows up with news that makes it difficult to turn her away. Torn, Ivan finds himself faced with complicated decisions. Will he finally learn to take control of his own destiny?

When a body is found at the foot of a cliff, the local Suffolk Constabulary calls in their consulting lateral thinking detective to help. There are many unanswered questions. Why did a man with impaired vision use a dangerous path as a route to work? If he did use the path every day, no matter what the weather, how come he suddenly fell? With plenty of red herrings and twists to keep the listener guessing.

The long-awaited followup to Assignment: Dublin, this new installment in the series, Assignment: London, brings the story full circle. As James Burke struggles to come to grips with the apparent death of agent Lyndsey Archer, enemies - both old and new - are aligning against the agency. You can't trust anyone.

Would you agree with this statement? “Our judicial system might have some problems, yes, but think of what it would be like if you lived in a country where they might just put a bullet in your head without a trial.” This treatise, in the form of fiction, is on the American justice system - from the average citizen's point of view. Did you know that you can be arrested, thrown in jail, forced to pay thousands of dollars to the system - even if you are innocent, even if the court knows that you are innocent? Wouldn't a bullet in the head be less painful?

When Aiden, a young survivor in a world shattered by the Storm, discovers a mysterious girl who speaks an unknown language within the wreck of a crashed airplane, he comes to understand there must be a safe land somewhere out there. But in order to find this new land, they will have to leave the relative safety of the Eye and face the Storm. It will not be easy. They will need the help of the Stormwalkers, a mysterious group of nomads who choose to live in the Storm. They are a mystery. They may not be what they seem. They may not even be human....

Following the success of the comedic fairytale, Shadoe, this newest audio version of Eclecentric offers a unique feature: Not just a collection of poetry and prose, this audio version includes a capella singing as well as music samples from lyrics off of E. Hyland Maze's first 2 albums. Co-narrator, Dana R Ramirez, offers an inspirational and entertaining element to the selections. If you just want to listen to an eclectic arrangement of poetry (some, in song), or, enjoy short rantings and ravings about such subjects as a better way to elect the President to heavenly-minded enlightenment to answers to questions regarding non-corporeal existence, and to the tongue-in-cheek wisdom of growing old, this book will prove to meet your listening pleasure.

Horrified, saddened, and angered: That was the American people's reaction to the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the 2008 financial crisis. In Consuming Catastrophe, Timothy Recuber presents a unique and provocative look at how these four very different disasters took a similar path through public consciousness. He explores the myriad ways we engage with and negotiate our feelings about disasters and tragedies.

Col. Samuel R. Johnson, U.S. Air Force, was shot down in April, 1966, while flying his twenty-fifth mission over North Vietnam. Shortly after his capture and imprisonment in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, Colonel Johnson was labeled a diehard by his enemies. His creative and innovative resistance of prison authority earned him banishment to the high-security prison unit where, unknown to U.S. military intelligence, Ho Chi Minh kept the eleven prisoners believed to be a serious threat to his war efforts.

Centaurius Alphos is a billionaire alpha male who mostly keeps to himself. He finds his perfect companion in an Omega, Wright, on a venture into a local gay bar one night.

James Benton might be the last man on earth. Racing to get to work, he finds random abandoned cars, smoldering pile-ups, and something even stranger. Everywhere he goes there's no grass, no people, not even a bird in the sky. Alone in a barren world, James travels west in search of someone, anyone who might have survived The Quiet.

Patrick's life was going well. He had his life in order at last, got himself off of the drugs that totally controlled him, and found a decent job and was paying back his dues. All of this comes crashing down when his abusive ex-lover stepbrother comes back into the picture, promising that he has changed and has nowhere to go. Patrick takes him in and eventually finds himself falling into the same abusive patterns all over again. Can he keep himself from destroying this new life he has forged for himself?