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Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos, is a luminous work of fiction inspired by the real-life, 37-year friendship between two towering figures of the late 19th century, famed writer and humorist Mark Twain and legendary explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley.

An infant is orphaned in the Canadian north. In his teens, he leaves their home to continue schooling at a seminary in the south. The next 30 years of his life are spent in traditional religious vocation. In midlife, upon his adoptive father's death, he returns to the cabin of his childhood and discovers a series of letters written by his great-grandfather, Minominike. This is a novel that pierces the core of humanity's longing for inner peace and opens the simple joy of being to all of us. The letters of Minominike bring insight and encourage us to live in the reality of transcendent love.

The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue's latest fact-inspired fictions have all gone astray: they are emigrants, runaways, drifters. They cross other borders, too: those of race, law, sex, and sanity. They travel for love or money, incognito or under duress. Donoghue describes the brutal plot hatched by a slave in conjunction with his master's wife to set them both free.

Fiction, poetry, and music come together to create something new: Verb. Original stories and poems you won't find anywhere else, by the best writers in the country, brought to you in an innovative format. Verb is the ancient oral tradition and the venerable literary magazine combined into a fresh new package: the audioquarterly.

This state-specific pre-license audiobook is both a comprehensive resource and a perfect supplement to a general real estate textbook by covering the necessary topics in order to pass and qualify to be a Massachusetts Real Estate Instructor. Each chapter is organized by topic making it easy to correlate to a general teaching book.

While this audiobook doesn't intend to tell the listener the best way to lead a healthy lifestyle, the author advises the listener to take away items that he or she can realistically achieve. You won't lose 50 pounds overnight, and you will have an opportunity to explore options that might benefit your physical, emotional and lifestyle needs.

America confronts a jobs crisis that has two faces. The first is obvious when we read the newspapers or talk with our friends and neighbors: there are simply not enough jobs to go around. The second jobs crisis is more subtle but no less serious: far too many jobs fall below the standard that most Americans would consider decent work. A quarter of working adults are trapped in jobs that do not provide living wages, health insurance, or much hope of upward mobility.

In the year 3567 an Earth ambassador named Mustafa Striker makes a deal with a far-distant-galaxy reptilian named Drax, to destroy our galaxy in exchange for Striker's control of a planet occupied by humanlike beings in Drax's galaxy. The plan consists of using a wormline linear accelerator (a time machine) to change historical events' in-out timeline, creating an uncontrollable blackhole that will destroy our galaxy. Time traveler Bob Gullon is assigned the mission of capturing Striker and preventing this catastrophe. Striker is successful in creating three major ripplepoints by altering history. The destruction of the universe has begun!

A former superintendent of the West Point military academy and a psychologist explain why all successful leaders rely on a foundation of strong character. The Character Edge is a ground-breaking leadership book that shows you how to win the right way.From the battlefield to the classroom, General Caslen and Dr Matthews have witnessed first-hand the vital link between strong character and strong leadership, and how the latter cannot exist without the former. Competence matters, but without character leadership ultimately fails.

Whatever your motivation is for passing the UK Driving Theory Test, we understand your desire to get out on the road.. Yet unfortunately, more than 30% of people fail their theory test. And for 1.8 Million people, it took them more than 3 attempts to pass their test! We've created this audiobook to help you avoid becoming one of the unlucky ones who fails their theory test—saving you time, money and stress along the way. Our audiobook is the ONLY audiobook on the market that gives you up-to-date practise questions and answers to help you pass your theory.

This collection of essays draws from The Imitation of Christ, one of the most widely read Christian books after the Bible, and updates it for a more modern, general, and spiritual audience. This audio gives you practical wisdom on humility, relationships, suffering, and more!

A young woman discovers a bottle at sea...The story of a life-changing moment in a young Russian girl`s life as she takes a step into the unknown French landscape. Encountering obstacles and surpassing them with the help of an unlikely cast of characters, we are let in to the secret that the biggest of journeys are made up of the smallest of occurrences.

It’s spring break! But Max doesn’t get to go to the comic book convention to see his favorite superhero Mr. Amazing like he wants to. No, he has to spend it at the beach with his family. And his vacation turns into one horrible disaster after another. First, there’s the sticky road trip, thanks to his little sister’s messy eating habits. Then, he suffers the worst sunburn ever, and to top all of that, his nose has a dangerous confrontation with a crab.

At the striking of midnight into the new millennium, a new threat comes from the darkness. A baby was rescued, but now a young boy is in danger. Three women are fighting. Nobody is safe. The year 1000 is no more; the year 2000: death.

The Thundering Smoke - Book 2, The Dutchman’s Plan is a continuing evocative tale of redemption, resilience, and the enduring bonds of family set against the backdrop of the African wilderness and the tumultuous history that shapes its inhabitants' lives. Tom Sutton's journey from grief and despair to purpose and hope is a testament to the human spirit's capacity for transformation in the face of adversity.

This short book helps divorced or divorcing dads solve their issues through a transformative process that involves addressing the initial hell and trauma of the experience through to realizing a bright new future full of confidence and fulfillment.

Discover passive income strategies that everyday people are using to take back control of their time and make the most of their lives in 2019. Yes, you can now live the lifestyle you’ve always dreamed about and enjoy multiple streams of income. If you are sick and tired of making your boss rich, working hard for little pay, living paycheck to paycheck, or just want to dramatically upgrade your current lifestyle, this is the book that can change everything.

In the early 1800s, Nicholas, Jessica, and Jon Santa attempt the first human trek to the North Pole and stumble upon an ancient race of people left over from the Ice Age. They are short, fat, and hairy. They slide across the ice on scaly soles and carve their homes in the ice that floats on the Arctic Ocean. The elven are adapted to life in the extreme cold. They are as wise as they are ancient. Their scientific advancements have yielded great inventions - time-stopping devices and gravitational spheres that build living snowmen and genetically-modified reindeer that leap great distances.

In the tumultuous backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, Tom Sutton, a fierce revolutionary, is consumed by grief and loss after his wife is brutally murdered by the Black & Tans. Believing his son has perished as well, he flees his homeland, only to descend into the depths of alcoholism in the heart of Africa. But a chance encounter with a young girl, Heidi, holding a humble bowl of soup, pulls him from the brink of despair.

Bob Random, the world's most wanted man, ends up in the magical land of Oz. In order to get home, he's going to need to team-up with unique characters and revelations will shake everyone to their cores.