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The story of the Nazi hierarch who saved his own life at the Nuremberg trial. Despite his direct responsibility for the death of millions of slave workers and prisoners of war, Albert Speer miraculously avoided the hanging sentence that his Nazi colleagues on trial in Nuremberg did receive. Albert Speer was the only Nazi who showed any kind of repentance and accepted shared responsibility for the atrocities committed during the Nazi regime. Speer was sentenced to "only" 20 years in prison in Spandau prison, a sentence that he served in its entirety until the last day.

Storytelling was outlawed. Magic had all but vanished. That changed when the woman in black came to town. Branded with the black stamp at a young age, Brent thought he would end up a vagrant like his father. His craft was telling stories, but the Order had long forbidden any weaving of tales. When Brent sees the woman in black, she leads him into a menagerie of tunnels beneath the Earth where his life falls into the nauseating, but beautiful, mist of the dead. He finds friendship in Rho, a young woman who hides her face with a tree branch while roots and vines bow to her every whim.

Jason falls in love with Raynee almost the moment he sees her. She thinks he's a turnip. What the heck? Turns out, he was. After watching his home and the city of Seattle destroyed by an alien force, he’s tossed out of Earth and onto the paramount dimension, where strange forces capable of materializing objects, crossing dimensions, and seeing the past apply

In this comprehensive yet easy-to-read book, Michael Fox-Rabinovitz, Managing Partner of Chartwell Capital LLC, and a successful investor with over 25 years of experience, decodes the secrets, nuances, and benefits of collectible assets. He also provides a road map on how best to leverage fractional ownership to include collectible investments in your long-term financial plan.

Ben Upson is a broken man, a high school history teacher with dark secrets and deep resentments. As racial tensions run high on a school trip to Washington, DC, Ben meets a mysterious woman in the Capitol who knows more about him than he does himself. An explosion rocks the Capitol, and the woman sends Ben on an odyssey through time in search of the one weapon that can save the nation in this - the last battle of the American Revolution.

In this charmingly old-school science fiction novella, investigator Audrey Greene and her assistant, a quirky AI named Luna, must discover how 12 miners can simply vanish from the enclosed lunar colonies.

In this taut thriller, religious extremists the world over are overshadowed by, efficient and well-funded terrorists calling themselves the Crusaders. One knight of the Temple, Colette of Yerevan, goes to ground when vindictive FBI agent Miriam Bloome wipes out her unit. Now she must hide among the heathens, and find her way before she's declared an apostate and targeted by the frightful agents of the reborn Inquisition.

Every get the feeling that your company culture is completely insane? That your organisation is inherently dysfunctional and seems to emphasize pointless drama over getting work done? The good news is that you’re right: Your company’s culture is screwed up. The bad news is that most everyone else’s company culture is throwing sparks too. Culture is the product of the people that you work with, and people are...really quite interesting, given all the ways that well-meaning people can screw things up.

Many recognize Stan Lee as the face of Marvel. Yet Jack Kirby is the one who did a lot of the hard work in creating such heroes as Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, and Ant-Man. While Lee was the public face for what became the multimedia brand, Kirby’s legacy is relegated to the shadows. Much like Bill Finger of Batman and Gene L. Coon of Star Trek, this man doesn’t get enough credit. A man who gave everything to the comic book industry. This book hopes to shed some light on his life and career.

Before Larry Jones became a successful businessman, he had to overcome some of his own battles. Growing up as an abused child, he struggled with defining his identity, which led to lots of fighting and a harsh tongue. As a single father, Larry suffered a divorce, being broke, homelessness, divisive co-parenting, and PTSD. He imparts his knowledge through his journey of hardship and lessons learned, perfect examples of how anyone can withstand the challenges of life.

Oscar Mendoza’s first book, Book of the Dead: True Stories of Spirit Encounters, describes his paranormal experiences during his early years. This second book, The Dead Follow, continues Oscar’s hair-raising stories about supernatural during his teenage years. Imagine having the ability to see the dead, in a time when growing up and being different can get one killed. Follow his precarious balance dealing with the paranormal, dangerous gangs, college, and love life, during the early 90s.

Larger-than-life cowboy characters are heroes on the silver screen, where the stories are made up and the consequences don’t truly matter. In the modern office, however, these aggressive individualists can be a massive pain in everyone’s neck. The stubborn, oppositional, uncooperative, and all-around unreliable office cowboy, on the other hand, is tremendously corrosive to discipline, productivity, and team morale. The all-too-common "I do what I want" non-conformist won’t listen to reason.

Guardrails starts with False Prophets, a short treatise explains how conspiracy theories are used to reinforce the big deceptions. It describes how free-thinkers are routinely brought back into the paddock. Many well-intentioned truthers have unwittingly helped to bury the very truth. And just what is the truth buried by the conspiracy theories? Simple. The truth is, the media is not reporting factual events to inform you; they are reporting stories to conform you.

From the Eastern religions of Buddhism and Taoism to the Abrahamic religions that billions across the globe follow, this audiobook provides a detailed introduction to some of the world’s major religions, breaking down their fundamental concepts in a way that anyone can understand. With insightful explanations and an unbiased approach, An Introduction to the World Religions is a must-listen for anyone interested in learning about the belief systems that billions of people practice.

Young Malila Chiu, once a hero of the Unity, emerges from the jungle to deliver a dire message to a beleaguered America: the Deep Scorch, a polyarchy of sentient plants, declares itself to be a potent ally - or a dangerous foe. Familiar and distrustful of the Scorch for much of his long life, Jesse Johnstone stays by Malila’s side for the sake of their love. The grand architect of the war, Unity General Eustace Jourdaine, recovering from grievous injuries, rallies to lead his troops into battle in the hopes of winning a new empire - but for whom?

The Snapper is book one of a 10-book serial killer series in which the serial killer terrorizes the streets of LA, California. The Snapper serial killer earned the title as the snapper because he snaps all of the body parts of his victim after he murders them.

God's narcissism is well-documented. That his only begotten son Jesus would have become a codependent is no surprise. Having been fashioned in his father's image, molded to fit his father's expectations, he could be nothing but a reflection of his father. This imposition removed Jesus from his own life and personality, making him just an extension of his father. Far from being "closer" to God, he was, in fact, a prisoner of his father's overbearing personality.

On September 11, 2001, a cadre of fanatics instigated what would turn into the longest war that the United States of America has ever endured: the “Global War on Terrorism”, now better known to generations of veterans as the “Forever War”. This world-wide conflagration had hopped from country to country in pursuit of a never-ending parade of adversaries. This book isn’t about the war itself; it’s about the people who served during it and came home to a bewildering rebuke from current and potential employers.

Eversley is a quiet humble town with citizens who are perfectly content being left alone. Cynical insurance investigator, Harley Cawthorne, is one such inhabitant...It appears that a serial killer has picked the town as his hunting grounds. Left with little choice but to try to find this maniac themselves, the four loners who have spent most of their lives distrusting, will have to trust each other. And leading the investigation, Harley isn't sure who is the bigger mystery: the killer...or her partners.

Episodes 4-6 of best-selling author Joe Nobody’s highly regarded serial, Apocalypse Trails, follows Commander Jack Cisco as he continues his journey across the Southwestern United States after Yellowstone’s super volcano has decimated society.